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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-19
'TWIxT YOU AND M e.
i don,t like this meather.

Il don't like this weather.
And ! am credibly Informed that
there are others of a similar frame OF
mind.
1t seems particularly hard on
Brown. which has had no end of the
same kind OF luck since the football
season opened.
1t is also hard on the numerous
thousands of us who planned TO take in
Shepard's opening today.
However, before these lines come
off the press, IT may be all cleared up.
The agricultural and society editor
tells me that the farmers need this rain
To fll the springs before winter comes
to lock them up with ice.
I'm glad somebody is happy.
Still | don't see why the farmers
wouldn't be just as we'll pleased to have
the springs filed on some other day
than Saturday
And perhaps. after all, the agricul-
tural and society editor was only filling
me up, THE CRANK.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-19

The official count OF the ballots cast
for the revised constitution shows that
only 1852 votes i'm favor were lacking
for it's adoption out OF a total vote ac-
curately recorded of nearly $1,000. The
result indicates what The News has al
ready pointed out. that at an early date
the revised draft should be again sub
mitted. while time should be taken for
more fully educating the people as TO
it's advantages. or course, minor
changes may be suggested, but the vote
on the Sth inst. demonstrates that a
very large majority OF the people of
Rhode Island want the change and are
satisfied with the work of the commits
sion that prepared the draft. Nearly
half the towns failed TO give the prop
osition a majority vote, and there was
evidently "a tremendous loss by de-
fcctive ballots. The fields FOR mission
arN NOfk are lhuS lhui''''u' az N'ii 'S
the necessity OF a little instruction I'm
the matter Of marking ballot on such
a question. No one denies that rcvi-
sion OF the constitution rs necessary.
and. according TO the returns. most OF
us are satisfied with the instrument
framed by the commission that repre-
sented the highest constitutional talent
available that was non partisan In it's
composition and unanimous In it's de-
cisiOn.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-19

Rhode Island is particularly fortunate
I'm her regiment. The First Rhode ISL
and has acquitted itself in way to do
credit to any state This happy condi-
ton is probably due 10 the fact that
regular army officers are chief in com
mand, and that the men in the ranks
were carefully selected and represent a
good type Of soldier material. To be
sure, the Journal correspondent lost his
head on one occasion. and bemoaned
the hardship OF nine mile march, but
IL appears that he was coming down
with fever. himself. at the time some
of the soldiers were sick. and every
thing looked particularly blue, even to
stout hearts. The Telegram, too had n
spasm of demanding the home coming
OF the regiment, and an occasional
parent has grieved for her boy suffer-
ing at Camp Alger But such misap-
pleu synpdlhy mas petn oHiy spasiio-
die. and as general thing Rhode ISL
and folk. while maintaining a cordial
interest i'm their regiment. have shown
no disposition to baby it, Moreover,
the boys themselves have stood the SER
vice manfully. grinning and bearing the
hard fare. whooping II up enthusiastic
cally when there was a ray of sunlight
to cheer their soldier hearts. No scan
dal has attached 10 their camps. and
they have from the first merited and
won the high regard OF their govern
ment, the folks at home and their coun-
try.
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NEW WEDDING RINGS.

IL has been said that the wedding has
no fashions and does not change. New
ertheess. this winter sees the new style
in wedding rings that all coming brides
and all grooms should heed would they
obey the laws of form" The plain
gold band slipped on the finger at the
altar is much narrower. quite percepti-
bly, SO. in fact only about two-thirds
its former width. Besides this there is
a new wedding ring in the shops. As
worn IL precisely resembles any con-
ventional wedding ring. In reality II
consists Of two separate gold bands,
each made i'm a spiral. These tit close
~ together. the Joining not being evil
dent. forming the perfect ring
This wedding ring has a symbolic
meaning. 1t signifies the joining Of
two together into onc.--N Y. Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-19

first New York has had and is now
passing through is one OF the strongest
arguments in favor of building up the
regular army Gen. Miles has always
urged that the regular establishment
should number one man for every
thousand population, and the present
plan does not contemplate more than
that strength. As a matter OF record
the volunteer organizations, as rule,
have not made a brilliant record. either
in camp or field. For all the enthu-
siasm OF their local communities, no
one acquainted with military matters
was sangune that they would. There
has been a sad lack Of discipline among
tho volunteers In many of the camps
and a failure to maintain a military
standard both on the part of officers
and men. Had the war lasted longer
the volunteers would have developed In
natural course. But the war ended
with all the failures unredecncd. The
volunteer OF 9S was, likely, no poorer
a soldier than the volunteer of '6l and
would have become as good soldier If
the war had lasted year or two as
were the volunteers OF SO TO the end OF
the Civil War. But the opportunity to
develop is denied such of the volunteers
as are now mustered out. The lesson
of the experience ought to be effective
however. A man cannot be resolved
into a soldier over night The militia
system, though It may be improved, can
never hope TO produce n reliable soldier
the first time the militiaman is under
fire Indeed, experience has demon
strated that even I'm camp the militia
man. except under exceptionally good
organization. has 10 learn lot when
he pitches his tent beside the regular or
IL counted upon for regular service.
The regular soldier is trained for years
TO be prepared for brief period OF
fightlng. But the militiaman never sees
so much consecutive service in time OF
peace as even the recent short war has
demanded Of him 10 be at his best.
Training men at the front is bound to
be disastrous, and there is no other
place to train the civilian soldier.
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Club" which convened at the home of
Mrs. Moore on Pine street on Monday
afternoon.
The program for the afternoon was
continuance of their Travels in Spain"
for il must be remembered that this is
distinctively a Travellers Club" seek
ing, for the present, a more complete
acquaintance with the history, govern
ment and religion Of the Spanish ma
ton. In this connection. the course
marked out for the Monday meeting,
included primarily-papers on /. THE
Moors in SPAIN" 2, Present Politics
and Government of SPAIN 3. "Relig-
ion of Spain"
Mrs. Julia Ashley Rich, the president
OF the club. gave the third paper, which
was treated in the same broad. COM
prehensive style which characterizes
all her work.
of the Jesuits and its founder, lgnatius
Layala. was extremely interesting and
something of IL follows: "At Azpeitra,
the little village in the north OF Spain.
where Loyala was born, stands the
majestic pile, church and monastery
i'm one building. which perpetuates TO
all generations the name of Ignatius
Loyala The chief interest of the place
is i'm the santa Casa" or holy house
where Loyala was born. 1t Is preserved
with religious care. like one of the
holy places of Jerusalem. the monas-
terry being built over and around IL to
protect IL with its mighty walls. The
monastery is really a college or SEM
mary for training candidates for the
"Order Of Jesuits."
After describing the severe discipline
and life of isolation. endorsed by the
candidates, as necessary To their relig-
ious development. Mrs. Rich passed on
To dwell more particularly upon the
story of the life OF Loyala and the cir
cumstances that led up TO his founding
the powerful order OF the Jesuits. Af-
ter years OF self-immolation, during
which ne developed within himself
those characteristics which he felt TO
be necessary for the faith. he conceiv-
cd the idea OF a new order OF men who
should be trained by severest dlsci-
pline, till there was nothing they could
not attempt or endure.
Mrs. Rich at this point dwelt upon
the establishment OF the order, in 1871.
the most powerful religious organiza-
tion that ever existed.
Ioyala said Mrs. Rich. was chosen
general of the order and from that mo-
ment was an uncrowned king as abso-
lutte az the Sultan or the Czar. For
sixteen years he wrought i'm IL with the
tireless energy of Napoleon. He soon
had branches i'm every civilized and al
most every uncivillzed country. II
might be said OF him that from the
monastery at Rome he ruled two
hemispheres.
Continuing. from this point. the
writer discussed still farther the de-
velopment Of this order and it's great
power not only In religious but I'm secu-
lar things for. said she. from being a
power In the church the order aspired
To be a power I'm the state. and while it
sent out missionaries. TO preach the
gospel. u also sent out agents OF a dit
ferent character. 10 every court In Eu-
rope. whefe they were deep In plotting.
intriguing and prosecuting heretlcs-
FOR this body was the main support ~
the inauisition. N N did not instigste. u
connived at the massacre " 81. Rar-
tholomew. while evidence is strong that
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The seventy-first Regiment. the pride
of New York. because it was one of the
two volunteer regiments engaged in the
battles before Santiago, and the en-
We'd of all the other volunteer COM
mands because IL had SO fine an op-
portunity 10 distinguish itself and with
a long record OF desirable history at it's
back, besides. has fallen into sad dis
repute Indeed, the part IL took In the
battle OF San Juan was not notably
glorious. although there is probably a
sufficient explanation OF its failure at
a critical moment. 1t is a matter OF
the Seventy-frst wavered on the march
forward. falling back i'm confusion on
the balance of the command coming
up, and creating a blockade that made
IL necessary to withdraw the whole
regiment from the firing line to clear
the road for the regulars. Honored
with position in the van, the Seventy
first failed to keep that position. This
is the record of the official report OF
the commanding general. A New York
newspaper of a rather more pronounced
reputation for scandal than reliable
news charged the Seventy-first with
cowardice. But II was not cowardice.
The volunteers explained the matter on
the ground that. armed with Spring
field rifles. il was beyond human en-
durance for them to hold their own.
The real reason was, more likely, that
these raw recruits hadn't the nerve to
stand a fire TO which they could not
then respond. even with the arms of
the regulars, for at the time OF the con-
fusion there was little chance for any
OF our soldiers to do any shooting. The
charge up San Juan hill was the least
onerous part OF the attack. IL was the
marching into action under the CALLING
fire Of well posted Spanish regulars, TO
which our boys were not for some time
able to respond, that tested the nerves
of the soldiers most severely. And IT
could hardly have been expected that
volunteers would stand such test that
tries even veterans sorely. But 1t was
not cowardice. Nobody believes that.
Some of the Seventy-frst men later
took a hand in the fighting, and the
long roll of deaths by bullet and by
disease attests that the New York regi-
ment stood its share nobly of the pecu-
were called upon TO do i'm Cuba.
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A wise writer says: "Once give full
scope To the expression of womans
powers. in any and every form of ac-
tivity that may correspond To those
powers and womanhood will blossom
into a beauty and strength and lowell
ness OF character hitherto undreamed
Of"
Surely the Woman's Club, more than
any other factor I'm the moral and in
tellectual development of woman, may
become the open door TO a growth that
we scarcely yet measure.
The day is near at hand. let us hope,
when the thoroughly educated woman
will be the one admiringly described by
Goethe as Able, If necessary, TO be
both father and mother TO her chill
dren."
We are amazed when we read of the
magnitude OF the work undertaken and
accomplished by our Western Club
women, yet right here in our New Eng
land states. particularly in the states
of Maine and Massachusetts,, the re-
suits of united effort among club wom-
Ell have been strikingly illustrated.
The past week has been indeed an ac-
tive one among Rhode Island Club
Women. Nature herself seeming toN be
in harmony with the movement and
presenting so attractive guise, in the
early days of the week as TO be in
directly influential in the many largely
attended and inspiring meetings.
The first meeting of the week was
that OF the Read, Mark and Learn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-19
DIE D..

sToNE--In this city, 18th inst, Jason
u. stone.
Funeral services Sunday. goth inst,
at . o'clock. from his late residence.
Relatives and immediate friends in
vited.
Fall River papers please copy.
CLARKE-In Providence. 18th inst.
Lydia Clarke, widow OF the late Jo-
seph Clarke.
DEIGNAN-In this city 18th inst.
Mary A. Dcignan, daughter of
Thomas and Margaret Deignan.
DODGE--In this city. Nov. IS. Mary j.
Clum, wife of II. n. Dodge.
Funeral Monday, 2lst inst, at p. M.
az her husbands residence. No. i5l
Massachusetts avenue. Washington
Park Relatives and friends are i'm
Vited to attend.
New York. Boston and Chicago papers
please copy.
LEDYARD-In London. England. 10th
inst. Matilda Cass. daughter uf the
late Lewis Cass and widow of
Henry Ledyard OF Newport. u. T..
aged No years.
NIALIs-tn Warren. 18th inst. Anna
r. Wall. daughter of the late Ben
jamin y. and Julia Frances Wall.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-19
It'd BITS.

The boys who work for the New York,
New Haven g. Hartford Railroad have
been obliged 30 abandon their sporty"
clothes Striped shirts, gay neckties,
and tan shoes are no longer allowed.
and those who desire TO remain in the
employ Of the company must now wear
black shoes, black ties and white
shirts.
In the Chicago directory the names of
George Washington appears ten times,
John Adams twenty-five times, Thomas
Jefferson only once, James Monroe sew
en-, John Quincy ADAMS eight ana
Andrew Jackson fifteen times. Thero
are SO persons named Dewey, and not
person in Chicago named Shafter.
The Grand canyon of Arizona, the
greatest known, Is about 200 miles long,
upward of 1000 feet deep and at some
points, from rim to rim, measures 10 TO
II miles In breadth.
The Arabs show their friendliness
when meeting, by shaking hands six or
eight times. Arabs of distinction go
beyond this--they embrace each other
several times.
According to Sir Howard Douglas
authoritative book, Naval Gunnery."
published first about sixty years ago,
six-pounder with an elevation of one
quarter of a degree had an effective
range of 300 yards. A tweive-pounder
with no elevation had an effective range
of 49s yards.
The Oldest inhabited house in Eng
land stands close to the River Yer. and
about $50 yards from st. Adams Abbey
II was built in the time of King Ona
of Mercia, about the year 40. and is
thus over 100 years old. 1t is OF oc-
tagonal shape the upper portion being
of oak and the lower walls OF great
thickness. At one time IL was fortified
and bore the name OF st. Germans 8
gate.
The comparative infant mortality be-
tween n rich and poor district in the
French city OF Lille has been ascertain
ed TO be as one to seven. Most of the
poor infants die OF CASTRO -enteritis.
preventable disease due to injurious
diet. especially bad milk.
Thompson, the father of English
wstchmakers. died in 1713, at the age Of
"a. and was buried in Westminster Abb
hey. IL Is said that he is the only man
buried there who began life as black
smith.
Multnomah Lodge of Freemasons has
lust celebrated its 50th anniversary in
Oregon City. It Is noteworthy because
II was the first Masonic lodge estab-
lished west of the Missouri river.
The shah has i'm his palace at Tehe-
ran Pinch globe upon which the
parts of the world arc set out In jewels
of various colors-England with ruties,
India with diamonds, the sea with
emeralds, and so on.
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TREASURE LOST AT SEA.

On the Cornish coast, about FIVE
miles from the Lizard. it is quite COM
mon to pick up Spanish dollars which
have been washed ashore from the
wreck of a galleon that went down in
1884 with a large amount OF bullion on
board
IL is surprising that with all the
modern appliances for diving, syste-
matte attempts are not more frequent
ly made to recover treasure from the
deep.
AS early as 1898 great deal of treas
ure was recovered, including the his
toric golden cup which once belonged
TO Frederick. King OF Sicily, from the
wreck of one of the ships of the in
vincible Armada"
In 1880 an American named William
Phipps came over from Virginia to
this country. and craved the assistance
OF Charles III. toward recovering some
wrecked treasure on the coast OF His
PAMELA. Charles provided him with a
ship and the necessary funds but the
first attempt proved unsuccessful.
In a second effort he was financed by
the Duke OF Albemarle, and this time
he succeeded i'm recovering specie to the
value OF c200O00. and after paying all
expenses he was able TO give the Duke
the sum OF cSO,000 as his share in the
venture.
The specie on board II. NJ. s. Lutine,
wrecked in 1893 off the coast of Hol-
land amounted TO el,200,000. and the
whole Of this stlll remains at the bot
tom OF the sea, with the exception of
SOS. $50 recovered in the year 1859. At
tempts 90 recover the remainder are
still being made.
Diving operations resulted I'm the re-
CoVery OF ES0.00 i'm gold from the
wreck OF the ill-fated Royal Charter.
which took place close Co Moelfra. of
the Anglesea coast. but a vast number
OF diamonds are still lying about the
wreck.
Forty thousand pounds I'm specie was
recovered from the wreck OF the Ham
MA Mitchell. in the Chinese sea, after
lying I'm twcnty-three fathoms of water
for upward OF twenty years. and coo. -
COO in gold WAS saved from the wreck
of the Alphonse XII. which was sunk
in tWenty-siN and one-half tathoms OF
water or the Canary Islands In 1855.
Some Of the French ships sunk at
Trafalgar contained vast treasure Five
tons OF silver plate. excluding the Ia
nous silver gates Of 81 Johns Csthe-
dral Malta. ana n ton and u half of
gOld plate. mostly studded with jewels.
the plumber of the Maltese churches.
We're on board one Of these ships
Not an ounce of this treasure has
been recovered. London Mail.
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is not so much in knowing
how to make money as it is
in knowing how to keep it
after it is made. There is
nothing like a Savings Bank
to help you keep that spare
dollar that, somehow or other,
always gets broken if you
carry it around with you.
Save the small change that
you now waste in useless
extravagances. You can open
an account with only five
cents and receive interest
at the value Of 4 per cent.
per annum as long as it
remains here Of course, you
you have the privilege Of
withdrawing both principal
and interest-without previous
notice to us-at any time
you wish the money.
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SMILES.

"A woman can't pick out a good
cigar"
scent for a bad cigar. Chicago Rec
ord.
"I understand that Mrs. Smith leads
her husband dogs life
"Yes. poor fellow. She pets him from
morning TO night Truth.
In one sense little money is lots of
trouble"
How do YOU make that out2'
Because there ~ always some one
to borrow Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mrs. Styles hate TO hear a man
whistle m the house.
Mrs. Phvlcs-Then YOU must have
your bills for millinery sent to your
husbands office uppose.-NonKcrs
Statesman.
"Hnw do you like my washerwoman2'
Mighty well. | came out three COLI
lars aud two handkerChicis long last
week. and she has just taken To sending
me your pink flannel shirts. Yale
Record
This is not the ordinary campaign
cigar. Dennis. These are ten-centers
straight Take n handful
'"rhauky. MI. Outfort. Id vote FOR
you " voted fur anybody. but. ] fur.
got to- register. .'-Chicago Tribune.
M. uayseed tarriving al city hOteD
i s'p0sa / kin hear the gong here NJ hen
NJ fings for dinner can't a.
Sletk We have nu gong We have
a. IN
90 s. supper from Co ~.
Mr.. Hay seed -Jehosaphat' How am
I To XII time 60 see the City2-New
York Weekly,
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bring a grateful relief from the Tele-
grams megaphone.
Brown expects every man 10 do his
duty this aft.
A New York surgeon says that the
best way To prevent appendicitis Is TO
amputate the appendix i'm early youth.
This suggests the sure. though not pop
ular method OF anticipating corns by
cutting of the feet.
Chicago will name a new 100000 pub
lie school house the George Dewey
School" and IL will be dedicated May /,
the anniversary OF the battle Of Manila.
There seems 10 be about everything
you can think OF in the new Shepard
COMPANY Store except newspaper
plant. But they help TO keep several
running
That was a big sale OF cotton prints.
The price wasn't much. but IL is some
thing to be able TO turn the stuff into
money after the long period of stag
nation.
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But evidence OF state OF demoraliza-
ton not easy 10 conceive OF i'm a com
mand OF regulars was afforded I'm the
Seventy-hrsts armory the other even
ing, when the men while yet in uni
form and in the United states service
set UP an efIigy OF their chaplain In
their armory and disported themselves
disgracefully with IL. 1t does not APP
pear that the regimental chaplain is
anything but brave fellow and per-
formed his whole duty TO the command
and 10 his country while I'm Cuba, but
whether the feelings entertained to-
ward him by a part Of the regiment are
justified or not, the way they took TO
express them was disgraceful and sad
blot upon the regiments history. The
unfortunate affair. moreover. has start
ed an epidemic OF charges and counter
charges throughout the regiment. the
members OF the hospital stan showing
publicly that they we're at loggerheads
In cuba and in the camps. and the field
and line officers accusing one another
OF being responsible FOR the regiments
loss of prestige at the front and Of
cowardice. All this Is most disheart-
cnInr. not to say disgusting.
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s M ALL SHOT.

The United states couldn't stand
spain as httle neighbor Ia Cuba and
plainly to have her for biz ucighbor
In the Philippines would De- highly un-
comfortable.
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The end Of the football season will
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-19

such an experience as the seventy