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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
BUTTER FOUND IN BOGS.
Relics of Several Centuries Dug Up
in Ireland.

The Ontario Archaeological Museum
prehistoric times in the shape of a
good sized lump of bog butter" In
Ireland in the very old times the art
of butter making was known, but the
preservative effects OF salt were as yet
undiscovered. Nevertheless, the peo-
pie of that age possessed some means
of preserving it. burial i'm a bog being
part of the process. Firkins of 1t
were frequently left there for safe
keeping and from time to time these
relics of prehistoric housekeeping are
unearthed. Mr.. LEROY, OF Toronto
who is now in Ireland is the donor of
the good-sized piece of the cheesy-
looking stuff to the museum. He
writes:
Il have sent a piece of bog butterto
you. / don't know whether IL is a thing
of sufficient antiquity and rarity. but
as the Dublin museum has keg in
prominent position, perhaps you may
consider IL worthy of admission to
place I'm your muspun1. The Keg, of
which this Is portion. was dug up re-
Gently in bog near Dunlavin, county
Kildare. The slaves are said TO have
been around it, but to have fallen off
on removal. 1t lay I'm "A peasants gar
den, and the dogs fed on il for a time"
MIR. Lefroy has also secured an "Og-
ham stone" and il will come over in
due time. An Ogham stone is stone
which Is occasionally found i'm ireland
inscribed with the "Ogham' alphabet.
which was current i'm Ireland prior to
the ninth century. The Ogham alphabet
is OF runic variety, the characters be-
ing straight lines, generally upright
and paraliel-Toronto Globe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
FIRST MAHOGANY BUREAU.


Many people suppose that the use of
mahogany for the manufacture of fur
niture, is very ancient. As a matter OF
fact, the first record we have of this
rare wood Is I'm 1895, when Sir Walter
Raleigh repaired one OF his ships with
IL In the port Of Trinidad. The next
we hear OF mahogany Is many years
later, when an Englishman who was
sailing from one of the West Indies
used uuite lot of what appeared to
him rough lumber for ballast. and when
he arrived i'm England ana found his
brother building house he gave this
apparently ill-featured timber TO him
Tor his house When his brother turn
ed the lumber over To his carpenters
they refused TO use IL. because ii was
so hard that IL spoiled their tools so
it's use for building that house was
abandoned.
His wife. however "A short time after
gave some of this wood TO her cabinet
maker i'm order To have made for her
candle box. He. too. complained of
the hardness OF the wood and its ef-
feet upon his tools. The candle box
was finished at last however. and il
was 80 handsome, having taken on
such a beautiful polish. that this box
became quite a curiosity among the
society people of that day: SO much so
that the lady's husband had the same
cabinet maker make him a bureau of
the same wood. The bureau was so
unusually beautiful that the cabinet
maker went regularly into the business
of manufacturing bureaus and made
not only a reputation. but large fort
unc out of the business. Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

no nation would be mean enough TO at
tack the unfortunate power. Indeed.
Spain i'm her present distress commands
the encouragement of her sister nations
I'm any plan looking to the development
of her industries. the education of her
people, the rehabilitation Of her finances
and in general the setting of herself up
for the comfort of her people and her
government. She may safely go with
out navy and disband her army TO
devote all her energies to the general
good. No one is disposed TO browbeat
her. But If instead she undertakes Ia
resume the frills of power she is likely
10 excite only the contempt of the un-
friendly and promote the despair of her
well wishers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
AUGUSTINE ZARAGOSsA.
Spain Needs Many Women OF Her
Spirit Today.

Women were tender. pitiful and mild
long before the days of the Red Cross
and it's congeners Witness the women
of Zara gossa. Headed blythe heroine.
Countess Burita. they formed them
selves In companies To attend upon the
hospitals to carry ammunition 10 the
oombasants and TO supply them with
food and drink. Throughout :he two
months siege of their city--one OF the
ssvagest recorded in all history--they
never banched on quailed. Contra
riwise when il came to hand hand
and house-to- house fighting the COM
panies Of women and young boys
showed themselves no mean allies.
The people gave up evc'ything-their
goods their houses. their liyes-not only
cheerfuly. but eNultantly. The soldiers
could do nothing but fight to the death
the man who ran WAS st once hanged
higher than Hamaan. Precious few
thought OF running away. Iaras;os is
the capital city OF Aracor and the Ar
agoncse arc for Spariards. grave.
quiet. almo Purtanic race. grim and
dour lighters, especially when they
fisht for their own.
Notwithstanding. the siege began 10
go against them. Tho Frerch coil tight
ened day ty day. ~ ono esDeCially en-
posed point, known IA La portlla. the
Spaniards had placed a heavy battery.
Th. French concentrated Upon II the
fire Of a hundred guns. meaning as soon
as IL was silcnced 10 rush i'm and seize
a key To the Spanish position. They al
most succeeded. Every Spanish gunner
lay dead or disabled beside his piece
when Augustine Zaragossa came to her
citys help.
She was n woman of the people.
young and big and handsome. II is said
she had lover among tho artillery
men. However that may have been. she
came To the battery laden with food
and drink Catching "A blazing linstock
from a dying hand she discharged the
gun that woulf else have remained si-
lent Thus the French attack was held
back until other gunners could come.
Her exploit was so nearly a miracle
that the whole defense took heart from
1t. There had been some talk OF sur
render--there had been even discussion
of the terms. Now all that came TO an
end-at least for awhile. But when IL
was renewed and growing stronger
than ever. the unexpected. the unbe-
ievable almost, came to pass The
French raised the siege and marched
awav-tradition avouches. because their
soldiers had grown mutinous over the
hopeless task OF conauerng where even
the women were warriors. Whether or
not that is tr' IL is beyond dispute
that Augustine's exploit marked the
turn Of the tide.
She was lucl or than her great proto-
type. Jeanne dare. She was publicly
honored. given the rank Of sublielI-
tenant and a pension equal TO an artil-
leryman's daily pay. More than all that
she was permitted to wear all her life
an embroidered shield upon her left
shoulder. bearing the word Garages
sa." and To claim the citys name as her
own-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
JIN0OES IN ENGLAND.
The Newspaper Variety Is Yellow,
But Has Lost Its Force.

The newspaper "iend" has reveled
of late in our relations with foreigv
countries. Nowadays daily newspa-
per lives on sensation. This Is 70 a
very great extent the cause OF the fin
goism of some Of our London dailes.
a correspondent abroad telegraphs
some startling aggression upon Brit
ish interests on the part OF some for
eign power. Then an article. based
upon the telegram. is published. in or
der to make the flesh OF the patriotic
Englishman creep. A week later il is
discovered that the telegram was i'm
aginative. but neither explanation nor
withdrawal Of the telegram is vouch-
safed. Another Of the same character
is sent from some other part of the
world. and once again the trembling
jelly. which constitutes the flesh of the
patriot lingo. is made to creep.
When the kilograms fail. the lingo is
treated to abstruse calculations with
a view to show that even If no one
meditates anything against us. vet II
any one did. we should in all probabil-
ity be crushed. unless our army and
our navy are at once doubled. All this
is varied by an occasional essay i'm
which some scribe. who knows as lit
tie OF foreign affairs as a carp i'm
pond knows of the irish Local
TO what our foreign relations should
be. defes the world, and denounces the
Foreign Office and our naval and mill
tary authorities for not doing his bid
ding: though what precisely ne would
have done he never makes very clear.
The public are, I am happy TO think.
awaking to the absurdity of all this.
The flesh of no one except the very sill
liest. creeps any longer. The sensation
game is now understood, and do not
believe that any person of average In
tellect cares one jot what London
daily writes about our foreign rea-
.rtOns. This is a step i'm the right direc-
tion. a country whose foreign rela-
tions are conducted b. newspaper
fiends. vying with each other in myth
ical announcements I'm order to out
sell each other. would very soon be
dragged into war. Fortunately
there is solid vein OF common sense
among Englishmen which rebels
against such guiding. The fend has
had his day. He still howls and dog
matises. but he Is a detected hum
bug.-London Truth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
Bacteria i'm Ice Cream.

Hokey-pokey ice cream sold I'm Lon
don streets. though full OF bacterial life
turns out on inspection to be less harm
full than was expected. The analysts s
report says: 1T contained upward of
800. 600 organisms per cubic centimetre.
The bacteria isolated We're the Bacilli
coli communis (the cream contained 200
or 300 per cubic centimetre), Strepto-
coccus pyogenes Straphylococcus pyo-
genes aures. Straphylococcus pyogenes
albus. Baccilli liquidus. liquefaciens,
liauefacens nuorescens and ubiquitus
No oirium lactis could be found. nor
could any diphtheria bacilli be discov-
cred" None OF these microbes, how
ever, are particularly injurious.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
Receipts Of Paris Theatres,

Receipts at all the Paris subsidized
theatres last season fell off slightly
from those OF the year before. ranging
from diminution of $500 francs for
the Comedie Franchise to 15i. 900 francs.
for the Odeon. The Grand Opera took
in 3,l55,071 francs. the Comedie Fran
caise. 2, 14l.16I francs, the Opera Com
ique 1,427.31i francs and the Odeon 5i6.-
oil francs. Coquelin, at the Porte Saint
Martin with "Cyrano de Bergerac."
took in 2069.13 francs, an increase of
1,l60.000 over his previous season. Porel
just held his own at the Gymnasc while
improving the Vaudeville receipts by
zoo. 600 francs. Antoine's receipts rose
from 1882 francs i'm 1897 to 1924
francs in 1898
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

What Some Of Them Cost and What
They Weigh.

An ordinary passenger car on a steam
railroad costs from $4,000 TO $4,000 aud
weighs $4,000 pounds, or 10 tons. A mail
ear, which costs from $1,000 TO s2500 and
~ shorter by about one-quarter than
the ordinary Spassenge coach, weighs
$1,000 pounds, or Is tons. A baggage
car, car without the baggage In II. weighs
-o,'"V pounds, or IA tons. and costs
about as much as a mail car. A sleep
ing car. with observatory attachments,
literary annex and culinary depart
ment, costs anywhere from $4,000 to
Szo,ooo. rhe average weight OF sleep
ing car Is from 20 to % tons.
ruiz train I'm motion, as a little figur-
ing VIII show, is no light affair The
ordinary weight of the railroad loco
motive for passenger service, inclusive
or tender, but not of fuel I'm the tender.
is 40 tons. One baggage car weighs IA
tons, ana one mail car 16 tons. bring
ing up the weight OF the locomotive and
the baggage and mail cars TO 30 tons.
SIX passenger cars at an average OF 10
tons, weight OF baggage. OF fuel car
rled, weight of train made up of a
locomotive and eight cars would be 1S4
tons, or S6S,000 pounds. exclusive of the
passengers and mail matter.
Pulling lS4 tons along rails at the rate
of 80 miles an hour or more Is an
achievement which has not been easily
brought about. and the more. the prob
lem IL studied the more clearly IL il un-
derstood how far the mechanical work
on railroads has been pushed. There
were by the last figures reported $4,000
locomotives i'm use on the American
railroads, 26.000 passenger ears and 5000
mail and baggage cars. These figures
seem large until compared with the
number OF freight cars on American
railroads. and they seem Insignificant
for the number of freight cars in use
is 1.250 900.
Freight cars among the railroad men
are divided into four classes-fat cars
such as are used for the transportation
of stone. machinery and lumber: box
cars. such as are used for the trans
portation of grain. fruit and ordinary
merchandise: stock cars. such as are
used for the transportation of live
stock. and cars such as are used for
coal and oil-those used for oil being
supplied with tanks The average
weight of fiat or gondola ear is seven
tons. The car costs from 5000 to s400.
Box cars weigh a ton more and cost 800
more each. Stock cars weigh eight tons
each on the average; coal cars weigh
three tons each. 1t costs about 5000 TO
build coal or oil cars, and they are de-
signed to carry five tons apiece. The
weight of so coal cars is $50 tons. and
of their contents. if all filled. $50 tons.
which. with locomotive and caboose
added. make 420 tons as the weight of a
train. 1t may be added roughly. that
the weight of loaded trains. passenger.
coal or freight. ranges from 200 to $50
tons. The lighter the train the greater
the speed that's the railroad rule
Indianapolis Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

| ical journals and medical circles ne
! would never, never permit any pushing
| through the columns OF the lay press
and would bar the physician from get
ting his name In the papers IS an in
direct advertisement either through the
performance OF some critical operation
or by reason OF reading an interesting
paper like that of DR. Rogers. before
medical society. Rather than enlarge
the opportunities of the medical prac-
titioner by permitting him TO use
wholesome, honest advertising space
in the lay press he would discipline
those of the profession who violate the
spirit of the Code by association with
reporters OF nature sufficiently
friendly to furnish an occasional
mention in the local news.
We DO not venture to disagree with
DR.. Rogers. This matter is not the "fu-
neral Of the lay press or the public.
Perhaps If the newspapers were as
prompt TO report every case that the
doctor loses as they are ready to open
their columns TO mention OF the cases
the doctor saves, such practice might
prove of material assistance to the
sanctity of the spirit of the ethical
code But this is none of our discussion
We merely present IL from the view
point of a chronicler OF various mani
festations and IL is but due to Dr.Rog-
ers to affirm that our few remarks are
entirely voluntary on our part are i'm
dulged wholly without his knowledge, |
and we trust they will not embarrass
him or get him into any sort of diff |
Guilty with the Code of Ethics.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
SMILES.

II suppose golf will gradually die over
here. as every other game has"
Possibly; but statistics SHOW II Is not
likely to die of old age. brooklyn Life.
NO said the bedzened general. 'it
is unnecessary for me To make any
statement. Everybody knows what |
stand for"
Yes" Kissed tho aid beneath his
bated breath. "the photographer."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Miss Dauber says she IS welded to
her art"
Yes the world is full of mesalli-
ances. es."-Chicago Record.
sonny" said Uncle Ebcn. don't try
to rest ON yoh laurels. Dey's fine on
yoh forehead. hut dey makes a mighty
po' mattrass. Washington Star.
You say he is not litterateur."
sa Yes ''--
How do you know he isn't?"
lie IN able To sell what he writes ''--
Chicago Post.
They say that the devil is tho father
OF Hes. said the typewriter boarder
bat surely the saying cannot appiv to
little. white lies"
NO" said the Cheerful Idiot. only
internal lies. Indianapolis Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

Hot Time in the Old Town" may not
amount to much. from the viewpoint of
musical criticism, but it will always
hold a tender spot in the hearts of
Americans since il was the favorite of
our boys i'm Cuba, sharing the honors
with the Star spangled Banner" as an
for the bivouac.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
Soldiers Relief Association.

The Rhode Island sanitary and Relief A.
socIation ak q generous public for contribn
iions OF money to enable them To carry ON
their work of relieving sick and wounded
soldiers and sailors. by sending clothing
does not supply,
All contributions sent IN the Daily NCws
will DC aoknowlc lodged in that paper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

Kansas flour mills are reported to be
shutting down because the farmers re-
fuse to sell their wheat at present
prices. The farmers have money left
over from last season and can afford
the kind of trust they are.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
THE BUSINESS OF BEING A
DOCTOR.


We have been duly interested in a
paper entitled The Ethical Advertiser. F"
read by F. r. Rogers, NJ D.. of this city
before the American Academy Of Med
icine and deservedly made the leading
article in our esteemed contemporary
The Atlantic Medical Weekly.
The matter OF how far the medical
practitioner should go in advertising
his talents is. we have always under
stood. matter of frequent deliberation
among our friends of the profession
and the outside public is often awak-
cned to a curious interest In the dis
cussian If not in the question itself. Not
infrequently do we find in our medical
contemporaries sharp filings at such of
the profession who while strong in the
defense of the letter OF the law OF ethi-
cal advertising yet do not hesitate to
evade its spirit when the evasion
promises to be gainful to themselves.
Dr. Rogers tells us in his paper that
not only are the anti advertising pro-
visions of the Code OF Ethics often
tage OF the doctor who so misunder-
stands them, we take TO be DR.. Rogers
meaning7Tbut are persistently disre-
garded even the more often.
1t appears from this informing paper
that the Code of Ethics bears with
particular heaviness upon the advertis-
ing Of the specialist. A doctor may eth
ically print his name and address but
must be cautious about announcing
that he limits his practice to special
diseases IL be would not incur the dis
cipline of the medical societies. And
DIR. Rogers does not hesitate to say
that this provision is especially disre-
garded In these days when speciallsm
has made large inroads in the ranks of
the general practitioner, The family
physician" of the good old days.
DIR. Rogers seems to take issue with
the Code OF Ethics i'm so far as that
imposing formula tends TO interfere
with the duty of the physician. as a
good citizen. to provide substantially
for himself and his family I'm this
hustling age of competition, affording
to the older physicians advantages by
reason OF long time acquaintance i'm
the community that the young and un-
advertised doctor is quite unable TO
compete with except i'm the most in
direct ways, ways that would not COM
mend themselves to the judgment of
any good business man seeking foot
hold in town. And as To this DR.. Rog-
ers maintains that there is little dis
tinction between the professional card
In the newspaper. which the truly ethi.
cal deprecate, and the generous use OF
editorial or reportorial courtesy i'm re
porting the comings and goings. the
patients and operations From an un.
prejudiced point Of view. We should
say 80. And DIR. Rogers calls for "a rec
ognition OF the changed conditions Of
life. Of the mercantile spirit OF the age
as well as the infractions OF the spirit
Of the code Of ethics II not the letter.
and clear statement OF what should
and should not be considered ethical In
this matter"
But We do not gather from Dr. Rog-
ers' paper that he is a revolutionIst
On the contrary while he speaks I'm ia
vor Of greater latitude TO the physician
TO exploit himself strictly within med
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
Foundation or n Theory.

Watts-I see that German scientist
asserts that the memory is stronger in
summer than in winter
Potts guess he wrote that after
hearing some old fellow talking about
the hot summers of forty years ago
Indianapolis Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

a number OF prominent racing cyclists
American Racing Cyclists Union, with
the object of fighting the League of
American Wheelmen from whose race
meets they resolve to abstain. Some
times before with no marked success
for the racers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

Governor Black of New York appears
to be "A victim of surprises. His nomi-
nation two years ago was surprise,
and the concatenation of circumstances
that developed successful rival to
overthrow him after an excellent record
i'm Office is equally impressive.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

Auburn and the State will miss the
Corliss safe-manufactory to be removed
TO the works of the safe trust out i'm
Ohio. The plant was u model i'm it's
day, and the industry contributed "A
goodly share to the prosperity Of our
pretty suburb.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28
Relies Hard to Sell.

a servant of the late Prince Bismarck
named Rohrig. who for the last eight
years had cut the Iron Chancellors
hair. kept the locks by permission. and
is now trying To sell them. He finds
dificulty I'm persuading the German
public that his relics are genuine. ow-
ing to the widespread tradition estab-
llshed by the caricaturists that Bis
marck had only three hairs on the top
of his hend.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

An American company has opened an
office for business in Obispo street,
Havana, the first of its kind. AS might
have been expected, it is real estate
concern and will boom suburban lots.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-28

II Is argued by deep thinkers that the
growth OF socialism Is due to the large
standing armies OF the world i'm which
men are often made to enlist against
their VIII and thus become discomfort
ed with existing conditions The growth
of n stronger race OF people IL duo tn
the large sale of Iostctter's stomach
Bitters. which Is the best medicine FOR
costivoness. dyspepsia fever ague End
all nervous troubles. Try one bottle.