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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

Senator Justin Smith Morrill, of Yer.
mont was the senior In Congress from
his state. the senior I'm service IN the
United states Senate and the senior in
age OF that body. Ire was indeed the
grand old man" Of Congress. prescrv.
ing In a marked degree the mental
capacity for sharing in his country X
Important work that had always dis.
tinguished him. and almost literally dy.
ing in the harness OF his ccuntry's ser.
Vice. lie was a senator FOR more than
thirty conc years. while his entire Con.
gressional service from the time he en-
tered the House covered almost forty
four years. That represents just one.
half of his long ne FOR his years were
$ upon his death. Hls name is con
spicuously associated with the Civn
war-t tariff. with the agricultural col.
lege land grants and with the nov,
Congressional library building. Of which
hc Il known as the father"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28
EMPEROR WILLIAM AS FATHER.

But IL is at the final hours Of a busy
day that he becomes loving father. TO
the exclusion of every other theme.
Surrounded by his little gang" as he
loves To call the seven children. he Joins
them in all sorts of fun and frolic
They tumble and play and monopolize
every inch of him, while the mother
stands by and enjoys this rarest picture
of earthly bliss The photographs of
his loved ones invariably accompany
him on his travels and may be seen the
first thing in his cabin. or I'm his room
in some distant castle. He never re-
turns home without bringing a present
fox each. Thus. while taking leave of an
aristocratic gathering at Hamburg re-
Gently. the ladies OF the party handed
him seven pretty boxes OF choicest
candy for the little gang" II thank
YOU he said, With undisguised fUUftng
II have visited Petersburg. Copenha-
hagen and Vienna the past year, but
outside of Hamburg no one remembered
my little ones. You may fancy, ladies'.
what q joy there'll be when / reach
homc;" and in truth II was "A circus.
for on returning from such trips the
emperor himself unpacks the trunk i'm
presence Of the seven" and the baby
often gets ON top and monopolizes the
contents. IL is "a picture fit for "A
painter--a theme for "a poet. IL is. in
deed. the greatest possible measure of
earthly happiness-for an emperor not
Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28
THE POWER OF ELECTRICITY.

An interesting experiment i'm burning
steel with electricity IL TO be tried IN
Cincinnati I'm an effort to remove "a
safety vault that was built 40 years
years ago. The vault has long been IN
disuse. and the room occupied by il is
now wanted for other purposes. The
walls are constructed OF layers OF hard
spring steel one and n quarter inches
I'm thickness. Two operators viii be
placed i'm the vault, each with carbon
attached 10 a feed wire. The men will
wear heavy rubber gloves and specially
constructed goggles Co protect their
eyes from the intense light. They will
pass the carbons over the walls OF the
vault. burning them i'm interesting
lines. \ somewhat similar test OF clec-
tricity was made I'm Washington about
two years ago, when a hole large
enough To allow the passage OF man
was burned through the walls of ono
of the large government vaults I'm H.
minutes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28
CLEANED OUT THE OFFICE.

Any one who has known what IL is to
wait day after day in some out of the
world nook for letters which were ali
the time safely reposlng in some neg
lected corner of a sleepy post office can
appreciate the story that IL told OF Lord
Wolseley by Mr.. Nourse. who was with
her majesty's forces through the Sou
dan campaign.
At Korti Nourse went into the most
office TO look for some letters The
postmaster was "A native and not much
used 10 handwriting. He made su-
perficial examination OF a big pile of
letters and papers and said there was
nothing for the applicant. Nourse
asked TO see the pile OF letters. and
while he was looking them over, a man
with nothing TO designate his rank
came into the Office. He took in the
situation AT a glance.
Lets clear this thing out he said.
They jumped on the counter and pro-
ceeded 10 clear il OUT by first bum
ding ont the postmaster. They they
began careful examination OF the
post office. and found IL congested with
mail FOR the army. They searched
every nook and Granny. throwing the
letters for each regiment into a differ
ent pile and heaping up all the news
papers i'm the centre of the room. Then
they went through each pile and sepa-
rate IL into companies. Before night
every letter was i'm camp and distribut-
ed. and the next day the papers We're
out.
Nourse did not know the name of his
companion in the benevolent deed. and
when he asked, the answer was. They
call me Charlie"
Some time after Nourse found IL nec-
essary To see the commandant. and, sit
ting under the tent TO whicE he had
been directed. he saw his companion OF
the post Office.
Hello Charlie," he said. I'm look
ing for the compandant. Where shall
i find him?"
We'll" said Charlie. you won't have
to look far I'm the commandant.
Come inside and have bite TO eat and
drink
Ii was Lord Wolseley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28
'TWixT you AND ME-

| Perhaps YOU may remember the lit
Tie story that was told me and that |
confided 10 you about the good soul who
hollercd into the slot In the post Office
WALL 10 know If the letter she mad
! tucked in there would so all right. and
was deeply grieved because she got no
! answer
"A friend of mine didn't sec any
thing funny about that story, nor about
the other one heard.
oh. | guess / didn't tell you the
| other one.
1t was Of another good soul who
went 30 the stamp window for a stamp
u have known folks 10 inquire for all
sorts Of things at the stamp window.
but this person just wanted only
stamps).
You know how 1t is at the stamp
window. There is a brass railing I'm
front OF II. You are supposed to stand
I'm line and pass before the stamp win
dow at one end of the railing and then
trickle out gracefully at the other end.
-This keeps the line moving.
Sometimes a person after buying a
stamp, or two stamps. or three Dust
as YOU please), starts To go out the way
she came in--it's always a she
You know there are such persons.
They are the same that dance
against the tide" at the ball and bump
everybody to pieces.
They always get off car back
wards.
In the railroad train they just itch
To drop into the seat your grin is I'm
when there are half a dozen other seats
vacant i'm the car.
But I'm not telling the story I
started 10.
There isn't any story, anyway.
Only this good soul--you remember
started To tell you about n good soul
she was one of the kind | have tried i'm
my feeble way To Indicate.
She got her stamp--two stamps. for
all / know-and then instead of leaking
out where the way was wide open. she
turned fiat around and started into the
long and impatient line of men and
women like centre rush bucking the
other football team.
AS the good soul was possessed of
gray hair and benign visage. the folks |
in line did the best they could for her. !
but she was pretty well mussed up by !
the time she pumped out into open |
space. Good gracious." says she. II |
never did see such crowds of folk. They |
ought to make the post office big
enough. I'm sure
The moral of this is that we are
prone to blame on others the sufferings
We inflict upon ourselves, etc, etc
But that wasn't what | started to
ak about
1t was what my friend said about
he post office.
III have TO put that off, though, till
ater, If you'll just remind me-
THE CRANK.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

tn" News mourns for the death of
Miss Isabel Malion. known to our read
ers as Bah For upwards of two
years now Bah" had been a weekly
contributor TO the columns OF The
News. and, needless to say. her bright
letters were eagerly read. She was a
clever young woman. was Miss Mallon.
and most industrious. Aside from the
syndicated letter shared by this news
paper her principal contributions were
10 be found In the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Then she wrote under her own
name and as Bah" and conducted a
department OF chat with girls under the
pen name of Ruth Ashmore." In some
of the single Issues of the Ladies' Home
Journal. we believe, all three names
can be found. her versatility being de-
monstrated by this peculiar test that
she could contribute three widely diff
ferent articles to one and the same
number OF the magazine. Miss NAL
Ions early reputation was made as
Bah" but later Ruth Ashmore" be.
came strong rival for familiarity and
popularity. Some Of her Talks" in the
Ladies' Home Journal have been pub
Iished in book form. Perhaps her fame
from a literary point OF view. viii not
b. lasting. Her work was essentially
OF the kind that could last only because
OF the little lessons she taught. Rut
because she did instruct and suggest
and give us all new and good ideas.
however trivial some OF them may have
been, as bearing on the everyday con-
Germs Of life, We shall miss her and the !
bright writing which always enter
tnincd and left one. beside. better and
more hopeful for the reading. For
Bah was always an optImist. ana she !
loved the world AMI the people In il. |
And 20 good pail OF the world came |
TO love her.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

To the mind Of the vast majority of
the American people there is nothing
ethical, religious or legal about the
polygamous condition. And according
~ there is an immense protest against
the sitting in the Fifty-sixth Congress
OF Representative-elect Brigham H..
Roberts OF Utah. Mr.. Roberts has three
wives, at least. acknowledged and taken
under Utah law. By sending Roberts
To the Congress OF the United States.
the state of Utah affronts the people
and the government that made il a
commonwealth. Nevertheless. the sit
uation is sufficiently complicated to
threaten n controversy on technical
grounds before Roberts can be sent
back home. For Roberts was married
thrice in proper accordance with the
law of Utah territory. To entitle il to
the territory made n new
'''"''"" pIohioitlnS polygamy,
which the late Mormons have contend
ed was not a necessary feature of their
religion, and the state constitution
provides that the prohibition shall not
be repealed without the consent of the
United States government. But the
new law could not be made ex post
'acto. Roberts already had his three
wives. II is not recorded that he has
'dded to the number since Utah adopt
d its new constitution. There was no |
way TO reduce the number. Technical |
y, perhaps, he is entitled TO all the
privileges OF citizen of the United |
states. Marriage laws are matters OF
tate legislation. There is nothing I'm
he Constitution OF the United states
orbidding polygamy. And yet i'm
lost offensive way the sending of the
olygamist Roberts, To have a voice i'm
he shaping of the laws and destinies
the land is a defiance OF the spirit
the constitution of Utah and breaks
nth with the fellowship OF states that
ermitted Utah 10 come in. According
, all accounts, Roberts is a decent
nouSh fellow. If he really is, though.
e will resign his commission as con-
ressman- -clect.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

General Merritt adds his testimony To
that of lesser authorities in endorsing
the administration OF General Otis as
military governor OF the Philippines.
Dewey and Otis appear to be the right
sort OF a pair for the task that has
fallen to their hands TO do. The bogey
of insurgent rule i'm the Philippines is
melting away. AS was indicated az the
height of the evolutions of that aspir-
ing young man, Aguinaldo the phil
ippine republic" seems TO be wrecking
itself easily and naturegly from pure
lack of capacity for taking care of it
self. It's military strength has been
considerable. But i'm the arts of peace
IL makes signal failure. The meet
ings of the legislature OF "congress''
have been picturesque ceremonials sug-
gesting childs play. Indeed there is
probably good deal of the child nature
about our new fellow citizens. Now. as
reported, the Philippine congress has
adjourned i'm despair OF constructing n
constitution for the new republic. The
play is over. The policy Of Dewey and
OTIS 10 make no terms with the sha-
dowy republic inaugurated with such
happy festivities I'm July last Is proved
TO be correct. They neither recognized
IL nor bothered 20 restrict its opera
tons Meanwhile it appears that ex-
cellent missionary work has been done |
among the Philippine populations. and |
except that some OF the island tribes
may have a fondness for the warpath.
it Is confidently believed that the pro-
cess of making good Americans out OF
them will not be seriously impeded.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

| ably bright man, who has done very
material good i'm slum work, took 10
| himself a wife In London the other day
and an ethical" ceremony was per-
Formed. IL appears that number OF
less well known persons have been
chained that way both I'm this coun-
try and in England. We believe there
is a well known pair of people resident
in this city, for some time happily mar
ried, who were united by an ethical
ceremony. The members of the Society
for Ethical Culture and such others az
take kindly 10 their exalted view, like
ethical marriages. although we believe,
as was the case with Dr. Colt and his
bride, civil or religious ceremony IL
also INDUCED i'm. There need be no
confusion between the idea of an ethical
marriage and a common law marriage.
for instance, for even If, to some of us,
the former appears To be a notional
thing, il has the merit of being taken
most seriously and is entered into with
the spirit Of a larger measure of the
sentiment and poetry and solemnity of
the marriage tie than the persons IA
voring it are able 10 find i'm the usual
church ceremonial. According To the
statement Of one of its leaders. the So
ciety for ethical culture stands for the
strength and permanency of the mar
riage bond between man and woman
and for the greatest morality possible
In the marriage relation. Entered into.
as the principles OF the society call for,
1t is precious and solemn tie, and al |
lows of no free love or separation by |
mutual consent. The society recog- |
nizes, too, the new place of woman I'm |
the marriage relation as consequent /
upon advanced conditions of the world. |
The old ideas made the man the head |
Of the household. The ethical folk be-
Iieve and practice that the man and
woman are coequal and a united head.
In some instances, at least, we have
been moved To the conclusion that this
belief seems 10 tend To make the wo-
nan the head OF the household. But
his works nicely. too. i'm such cases.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28
RErIARKABE OPERATIONS.

Two remarkable operations FOR the
purpose of stopping internal hemorr-
hage have been performed by Or. Ha-
bart Of Vienna. I'm the case OF a young
man who had fred four slugs into him
self. the surgeon cut into the thoraic
cavity. removing one of the ribs. and
stuftcr n yard and a half Of iodoform
gauze between the heart and the lungs
The other case. that of a man stabbed
through the armpit, was treated i'm the
same way. Both patients recovered
and are now perfectly wei.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28
BOOMING MARRIAGES.

Marriage is booming In the Lambeth
district OF London. one of the regis-
trars having advertised that ne would
perform the civil ceremony for nine
shiilings seven pence the vicar of Lam
beth church announces that. in order
90 encourage marriage Ia church he will
perform the ceremony for nine shilllnss
nine pence. including publishing the
hans. the fees until then having been
lI shiilings pence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28
SMILES. S

How well Mrs. Plollett holds her
age"
Yes, she doesn't look n day older
than she saws she s."--Indanapolis
Journal.
He-"Man proposes what's the rest
OF ~?
She-But IL not always accepted
Detroit Free Press.
Blinkcrs-Why are all those theoso-
phists rushing into that hau?
Winkers-A lecturer from the Orient
has promised io tell them what thcosu-
ply is.-New York Weekly.
How rich would you like io bag"
on. ! don't know the exact figures.
but I would like 10 be- rich enough to
declare publicly that Shakespeare was
a bore 10 me Cincinnati Enquirer.
Has your wife begun her Christmas
shopping yct?"
"oh. yes; she's all through. and viii
now have the rest of the time to look
around and price things. Chicago
News.
To hll the cup of pleasure deep
At Iuletide's happy day.
just buy the things you'd like 60 keen
And give them all away
-Thicago Record.
Grace innit-The Count o. very
mcthodicM person
Mrs lnnet-ls heP
Grace innei-Yes indeed. lie brn-
posed Co every girl in our s.t iu .lrh,.
h'ticdl oIdcr.-puck.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

What is an ethical marriage? Wen.
Il seems TO be q Kind Of ceremony that
II chosen bJs some very good ana IN.
'eilleent people. although rarely ceie-
brsiod. OF course. Il - am advanced"
notion. Dr stanton colt. a remark.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

The largest individual subscrirtiau
YET received ~ the Central cuban ~,
nci committees b. $1,000 from prnca
LOUIS Sapleha. q Eussian nohiomap.
Who lives I'm Paris.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

his residence in any part OF the city.
can send his order 10 this Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-28

He-'Man proposes what's the rest
OF it2
She-But is not always accepted
Detroit Free Press
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-07

China is an Old coquette. No one
knows her age. Beside her arts and
wiles those OF dead Greece and buried
Rome were the creations of yesterday.
Before Troy fottered, before Uneven,
before Memphis, before chronicles be-
gan, China was. The fact, always
interesting, recent events render
Important In the fate OF the earth's
most ancient nation reside perhaps the
future Of the world. At present little
moro than a buffer state between two
great powers one does not need to be
q prophet to assume that should she be-
come Russian, India viii follow, Asia
Will be MuscoYHe, and, ultimately, Eu-
rope as well. Behind Russia Is the
north wind. Where the latter sweeps
bulwarSS must be high and stanehions
strong to Withstand It. The sohdity OF
the walls which England has thrown up
time Will demonstrate. Those OF CHINA
arc porcelain In the cities OF Cathay
there>once were sewers perfectly anu
prodiEiouBly cOn'tE1ved. In Pckin to-
days the streets are ceSSpo0ls. In them
drown men and beasts. AS the streets,
so the executive. The F1owery King
dom Is a pretty name, but lilies that
Tester smell worse than weeds, The
need there OF practical plumbers and
landscape gardeners has beeen as pat
ent in Downing street as on the HeVsd
Prospect. The question arises, whence
shall they come? Meanwhile who shall
say that times are duH7 1t Is a pleas
Ilre to be alive, II only becauseof the or
cheStra stall We inhabit, and before
which a panorama that shall be history
villa presently unrol-Edgar Saltus in
Golfers Weekly
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-07
POINTED PARAGRAPH

1t doesn't take a blooming idlot long
to go TO seed.
The average Kentuehan - above the
high water mark.
When the king loses he alwayO comes
within an ace OF winning.
Gossip Is always short lived unless It
Is properly ventilated.
It's never too hot In summer or too
cold In winter for the ice man.
OF course women are naturally cred
ulous when their portraits natter the1i:
We never heard Of husbands and
wives quarrehng about which loved the
other most.
Satan never gets tired Of 1otiying peo-
pie who imagine they are prize peaa-
ties.
It's always tough on the tight rope
walker when he steps from the straight
and narrow path.
Some actors are like some eggs-they
80 upon the stage when they are no
good for anything else.
Whenever a girl begins to lecture q
young man on financial economy he
can safely ask her TO name tho happy
day.
Probably the happiest day In tho ay-
erage farmers life Is when his best pig
takes three doliar prize at the county
fair.
An old bachelor says there 10 but one
thing sweeter than loves young
dream, and that IL to wake up and hnd
yourself stun single.-Chicago Daily
News
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-07

charges the slda Of tha. dtfsnse has not
been heard owing to the manner n
which the case was brought, thers could
Be no defense at the preliminary near
ing 70 show the innocence Of the ae-
cuasd. and all that could be done was 70
ask for 4 speedy trial.
The case q attracting the attention OF
the country. for the reason that the
charges involve the integrity Of a man
Of national prominence. OF United
states senator who has long held the
position Of a powerful political leader.
and At a dime when be Is IN the midst Of
a political campaign and on the eve, al
most, Of an election. with no future
at sake. The tact that active In the
prosecution gre men who belong to the
opposition faction, leads many 10 be-
Heve that the time was selected by de-
sign, ana this Is 80 charged by Senator
Quay. This adds important interest to
the case in the public mind, and the de-
nand for speedy trial ought 70 be
granted In justlce to both sides. What-
ever the outcome, It is important TO the
public, not only IN Pennsylvania, but
elsewhere, that 1T should be known as
quickly as possible and as is consistent
with the workings Of the law
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-07
Catnrrh Cannot DO Cured.

with local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. catarrh IL
!. blood or constitutional disease, and IN
order to cure It you must take internal
remedies Halls Catarrh Cure Is TAX
en- Internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces, HAYS
Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine.
II was prescribed by one Of the best
physicians In this country for years, and
Is q regular prescription, 1t Is compos-
ed OF the best tonlcs known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting di-
rectiy on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination OF the two iagredi-
ents is what produces such wonderful
results in curing Catarrh. Send for
testimonials, free.
b. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo.O.
Sold by druggists, price 7bc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-07

yer men, they completely ignored q re-
ference 70 the silver question The par
agrlph u also inoonsiiient Fi.h a. eds
torial paragraph in the same paper last
Saturday, which rad as follows: THE
silver men Of New York have named as
their candidate Henry George, tr. The
people Of New York couldn't get through
even an on year without the usual third
or fourth party trimmings"
In view Of these two editorial utter
ances OF the Register, an observing
Democrat desires the 1ntelllgeucer TO
inform him "where he e At" II the
silver men this year are not In the par
y, but are regarded a. third or fourth
party trimmings" and In consideration
that the First district Democrats are
running Mr.. Blair on 4 free silver plat
form, he wants to know how are MI.
Blair ana the silver men supporting
MIN 10 be Regardless a part and par
eel Of these "trimmIngs" referred to, or
in line with those VINO have abandon
ed" the paramount issue?" Are they
in the party or out Of IT? We refer the
inquirer 70 bis party organ.