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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
NOT NEEDED. BUT GRATEFUL.
Anecdote of Professor Walter OF the
rIichigan University.

A former University OF Michigan stu
dent and pupil of Professor waiter
cites the following personal experience
that brings out prominently trait per-
haps heretofore unnoticed.
Zone summer during my college
course / made trip to Europe. ] had
made Paris my base of operations
while in France, and had left my bag
gage there while taking tramp tour
in neighboring provinces. From this
returned to Paris on warm Autumn
day, tired, dusty and travel-stained'ciad
in costume prompted more by econ
omy than by style.
"As proceeded wearily down the
Boulevard des Italiens / came suddenly
face to face with Professor Walter,
dressed with his usual neatness and ex-
actness, and swinging the slender cane
that he always carried. Pleased TO
meet a countryman and acquaintance,
/ rushed up to him and greeted him.
Professor Walter shook hands cor
daily, but looked somewhat puzzled as
he surveyed the decidedly shabby and
unkempt person who stood before him.
He had scarcely more than expressed
his pleasure at meeting me when he
said kindly: why. Mr.---,aren't you
in need Of money!
while able to assure my thoughtful
instructor that / was well supplied. and
that my poverty was only apparent,
my gratitude was not lessened by this
evidence Of entirely unsolicited gener-
osity."-Detroit Free Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08

OF all the curious starts In life OF
which self-made men are apt to boast,
the most extraordinary one is that
which furnished the basis for a busi-
ness from which a stationer In this
city derives a comfortable income. He
does not tell the story himself, but 1T
comes from an old acquaintance whose
veracity is beyond question. The sue
cessful business man of today was once
a collector for a mercantile house and
made as high as 80 or 40 calls per day
on delinquent customers. He always
borrowed lead pencil from each one,
and never returned 1t unless asked TO
do so. or course, no suspicion attached
to him, for forgetfulness In regard 10
lead pencils is recognized as human
failing. One of every three he secured
was long enough to pass muster as a
new pencil, and after he collected 1000
in this way he secured a contract for
furnishing lead pencils TO country
school. One of the advantages OF his
bid was that he offered to supply PEN
ellis already sharpened He now main
tains a commodious stationery store.
and his contract department hourishes,
philadelphia Record.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
JOHNNY conEs r,ARcnlNd horlEl

The troops in Cuba are on their way
back to Gods country"
A shattered army 1t is. pretty well
battered by shot and SHELF cut down
by yellow Jack and pretty thoroughly
run through by malarial fever, against
which. as Col. Roosevelt puts 1t. a
quarantine is no more available than
1t Is against toothache.
II Is an army that has gone through
a bigger variety Of narrowing expert
ences than perhaps ever beset any
army in the same time In all the worlds
history. 1t is an army whose heroic
deeds have few parallels. 1t is tri-
umphant army.
They will be welcomed home with
cheers, will the boys from Santiago,
white and black. regular and volunteer
A few weeks in a salubrious climate
will set 1t on It's feet again and make 1t
ready to lick It's weight in wildcats.
A rousing welcome for the boys that
come marching home! Tears for the
boys that marched away but are now
missing from the ranks forever!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
MANS ODD NIGHT HABIT.
What We Unconsciously Do to In.
sure the Quick Visit of Sleep.

"What is the first thing you do after
the lights are out and you have retired
for the night?" asked the physician
who is fond of psychological investi-
tigation.
"Try to sleep, Of course" replied.
"Is it riddle?"
"No," said he. "but ! want you to
tell me what little trick you resort to
what particular disposition of your
anatomy you make in order 10 WOO the
dream god?"
l failed to answer satisfactorily, so,
with gratified smile, the physician
continued: II scarcely expected you
would know. In fact. there are few
persons who can tell off hand just
what positions they assume to invite
sleep. and yet there is not an individual
in the world who has not some favor
ite. esoteric little plan-some trick OF
distributing limbs and trunk-to insure
slumber's blissful spell which he prac-
tices unconsciously. This is night
habit. as perpetual and immutable un-
der normal conditions as the succession
of the seasons.
"No sooner are we really off for the
Land of Nod than the night habit as
serts its dominion. Our hands and
arms seek the same parts of the bed
or the same portions of our bodies upon
which they have nightly rested since
infancy, our feet and legs stretch at
the same angles or loosely entwine In
comfortable relaxation, as commanded
by unconscious will. 1t Is seldom or our
own deliberate volition that we place
our bodies i'm position FOR sleep. as you
will find tonight on going to bed II you
remember my words. In truth, III you
do not seek to combat the inclinations
Of your mysterious instincts you Will
be surprised at the disposition Of the
various members involuntarily made.
eff you endeavor TO go to sleep by. a
new ARRANGEMENT of the body and limbs
YOU will also be surprised by the re-
volt against siumber which will surely
ensue. but even before the struggle Is
well begun YOU will probably surrender.
and permit the all masterfulnight habit
TO reinstate those little details of posi-
tion which long practice has made nec-
essary to your comfort.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
TRADE IN WAR RELICS.
Fragmentary Testimonials OF the Ter
rible Strife Now for Sale.

To local curiosity shopkeepers our
recent triumphs in Cuba are prov
ing a financial boon. Already cart
ridges. bayonets, bits of shells, atoms
of firearms, buttons, pieces of flags.
bullets, epaulets, ETC., alleged to have
been found on the several fields OF
operation in the vicinity of Santiago,
are exhibited in the show windows OF
the curiosity shops, to the attraction
of the multitude and the enticement or
the collector. Among them are Cuban
machetes, stained and rusted, and re-
puted to have cut short innumerable
Spanish lives.
Relics from the fields of General SHAFT
ter's victories come high, but there are
many persons who must have them, III
q curiosity dealer in Fourth avenue
speaks authoritatively, and IL is equal
TO a rich strike in the Klondike to have
a supply of such sanguinary mementos
on hand. q. ~.
four-pound guns of the Spanish, said
the dealer, commands a fancy hgure.
/ sold one yesterday for $25 to store.
keeper on Broadway. and II had
twenty of them 1 could sell them all at
higher rates. A bit of Spanish flag Is
worth as much as you choose to ask
for IL or the purchaser is willing to
give. Mauser cartridges are consider
ed dirt cheap at 81 apiece. Even the
common bullets found on the fields are
worth fifty cents apiece. AS for the
pieces OF shells, they sell for 81 to -
per fragment. Buttons are worth from
20 cents 10 $3.50 apiece. and epaulets
run way up in price. A bayonet sells
for different prices, according to It's
condition.
"Are they genuine? Certainly. we
Give the names of the persons who
pIcked them up on the battle fields and
tell our customers how they reached
New York. OF course, / shouldn't won
der but that some OF the dealers who
don't value their regulations are palm
| ing of spurious goods on unsuspectine
customers. but the responsible men IN
the business couldn't afford to do It,
New York Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
The Meanest Man.

To the large number Of stories of the
meanest man." which are frequently
related, one should be added OF GER
tain Frenchman, famous for his habit
of grumbling at everything and on ev-
cry occasion.
He was attacked by infiammatory
rheumatism, and was carefully nursed
by his wife. who was very devoted to
him in spite of his fault-fnding dispo-
sition. His suffering caused her to burst
into tears sometimes as she sat by his
bedside.
one day a friend or the invalid came
in and asked him how he was getting
on.
it,s ALI nv wifes fault"
"Is il possible?" asked the friend in
surprise.
"Yes. The doctor told me that damp
places were bad for me; and there that
woman sits and cries just to make the
air moist in the room."-Pearson
Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08

II Was Given by Queen Elizabeth
and Crowned Heads Contributed.

Neuwield, sleepy little village
couched along the hanks of the Rhine.
has had greatness thrust upon II, for
Neuweild has had . doll show, and
royal one at that. ~ ~ %
Ordinarily. Neuwield basks In the re-
flected glory OF Coblentz. which Is only
a few miles away. but the sleepy little
village has at last set up in business Tor
itself, and boasts anevent all It's own.
To properly understand, however, that
Neuwield has never been utterly FOR
saken, IL must be remembered that the
house of Wied, boasting among It's
members Queen Elizabeth or Rou-
mania, I'm literature Carmen sylvia,
has always maintained sort OF mead
quarters at Neuwield in the shape or
great chateau to which the inhabitants
point with pardonable pride.
The size of the chateau. the rows OF
trees and the spreading lawns made the
ancestral homestead of the house OF
Wied an ideal location for doll snow
At least so thought Queen Elizabeth.
SO the Queen decided TO arrange the
affair on a large scale and make the
doll exposition the eliminating event In
"a long series OF fetes.
Now. Queen Elizabeth was SO situat-
ed that any project she might have In
mind was assured OF royal support.
Either allied to or close friend or all
the reigning houses of Europe, queen
Elizabeth certainly felt that she could
count upon the most princely contrib
utions TO her fete.
And not one failed her-neither the
crowned heads of Europe nor the great
est artists whose names are familiar
on the Continent from one years end
to another. The exhibition was a great
success.
one of the most interesting features
of the Neuwield exposition was the
number of groups contributed. The
costumes of many countries were re-
produced with painstaking exactness.
Boyars and Bohemian peasants pre-
dominated. But Carmen sylvia" did not
forget that she was queen I'm another
kingdom than Roumania and therefore
saw to IL that the world of fancy was
well represented by fairies. undines,
gnomes, sprites and others OF imagina-
tion's elves. ttt
Among the royal contributions to the
exposition were Welsh fishermen the
Empress Frederick, Tcherkesses in be-
jewelled costumes from the Czarina,
Servian peasants from Queen Nathalie
Italian peasants from Queen Marguer-
ite, and the model of the interior OF a
Netherlands peasants home, from
Queen Wilhelmina. A doll representing
Charles XII. sent by the King of Swe-
den was much admired.
There were also twelve hundred
groups of dolls reproducing the cos
tunes of all periods from the Jews in
the time of Moses clear down to the
modern wheelmen and wheelwomen.
Many historical scenes were also rep
resented. The flight of Henry H. was
one OF the subjects, and reception
given by Louis XIV. another The pa
tricians of Nuremberg and the grand
danes" OF Venice were to be seer
among the groups.
From Paris an entire wagon load oi
dolls was sent to the exposition, and
these were among the most admired
Carmen Sylvia" herself played the part
of "cicerone" as well for the roya
guests as for the poorer visitors.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
KNIT AND KEEP COOL.
This Is a Knitting Summer. and the
Palmer the WORK the More Stylish.

Knitting-genuine old-fashioned knit
ting. without an ounce of pretense of
style or elegance about it; knitting with
worsted or yarn and big ncedles-is to
be the chief enthusiasm of the summer
as it looks now.
II is yet to be told what has brought
this about, unless it be the fact that this
homely art il enjoying great vogue in
England now, especially among young
girls. but whatever be the reason the
knitting needle Is going to be seen ev-
erywhere this summer and VIII be
drawn out OF the work bag on ell oc-
casions.
For example. the women. young and
old, when they go out TO dinner this
summer must carry their knitting along
and while the men are smoking and
they all are gathered in the drawing
room waiting for the cigars to be fin
ished, must drag IL forth and start
briskly at the particular piece OF work
they have on hand, chattering merrily
meanwhile.
One great advantage knitting has Is
that IL requires very little attention
and still less thought. 1t Is essentially
sociable, and when a crowd OF girls are
knitting together the flow OF conversa-
tion Is unrestricted.
When a girl pays an afternoon call
out OF town. too, she must go armed
with this ever present knitting, and 1t
has been decreed. also, that IL is the
very best OF form to knit during long
drive and in the midst of a long train
journey.
Taken altogether, the new project Is
starting off famously and promises TO
be exceedingly popular. Its possibilities
are great. for there are any number OF
things girl can knit. and as IL would
be hard to find n girl whose fingers are
not skilled enough to ,rsge her fair pro-
| ficiency in this art II follows that none
| will be outside the new fashion
| The chief articles Of knitting manufac-
| ture that this summer will see will be
golf stockings, blankets. mittens. caps
| garters and childrcn's reins. IL will bs
| the great occupation. n is now said. OF
the younger girls OF society. as well as
| OF girls that are older.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08


and was able TO do nearly all my own
work. Icontinued the use OF your medi-
cine, and feel that I owe my recovery to
you. i cannot thank you enough foryour
advice and your wonderful medicine.
Any one doubling my statement may
write to me and will gladly answer
all inquiries. NELL HURST, Deep
water, Mo.
Letters like the foregoing, con-
stantly being received, contribute not
q little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs.
Pinkham that her medicine and counsel
are assisting women to bear their heavy
burdens.
Mrs. Pinkham'saddressis Lynn, Mass.
All suffering women are invited to
write to her for advice, which will be
given without charge. 1t is an ex-
perienced womans advice towomeu.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08

In former years fishing Tor sturgeon
has not been very profitable, as the
meat did not bring a large price, but
last year the Ely brothers of Hadlyme
learned the secret of picking the
spawn. after which 1t brings big price.
II is used in the New York restaurants
for caviar. These men have several
nets in Chester Reach which catch from
The spawn brings from IS TO Sl5 for
each fish IL makes remunerative busi-
noes After being picked the spawn Is
a,n,ost black. and one large fish Will
furnish a pickle keg full. When a fish
is found In the net Il IL drawn along
eide OF the boat and a hitch taken
around its tail with a strong rope. when
a. "a towed ashore and tied to a stake
until wanted. The meat brings from
six 10 ten cents pound.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08

That the farmers OF the West appre-
ciate young Joe Letter even IL the la
borers of the East do not is indicated
by the report OF a subscription started
in the wheat country for the relief of
the dethroned Young Napoleon of the
pit. 1t Is proposed that every wheat
grower shall donate to the fund one
cent busnel from the price of all
wheat sold out of this years crop in
recognition OF the young man who re-
vived dollar wheat" This sounds
modest enough but like the "chain let
ter" scheme II promises hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
Testing His Eyesight.

"Just sit down in that chair said
the oculist to the patient, whose repu-
tat,on for financial procrastination and
population was well known to him, Il
vii, test your eyes Then he held a
rrinted schedule OF his prices with a
nNo trust line at the bottom In front
OF his eyes and asked: "Can you read
that?'
II am afraid" replied the patient.
reaching for his hat. that my case Is
beyond the reach Of human Skull
Chicago Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08

Experiments with plant seeds sub
tected to extreme cold have shown that
the power of termination is not de-
stroyed. but merely suspended by the
cold. BY the use OF liquid air. seeds OF
harley. oats, squash, cucumber, peas,
suntlower and some other plants we're
recently kept for 10 hours at cold OF
from ls3 TO 1872 degrees centigrade.
They were then carefully and slowly
tba,yed for fifty hours. They were then
PLANTED. and sprouted as well as IL they
had not been frozen. The experiments
were made by Messrs. Browne, Es-
combe and Horan in, London.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08

The News is in receipt OF the follow
ing notes
ssNewport, r. l., August 6, 1889.
sOnc OF the most unique and enjoyable
affairs ever given among the-Sewport cot
iakers was the dinner picnic last evening at
'Gfay Craig, the beautiful farm o. o. n. II
Belmont tt N4 IfNks$ ~ &
-Niany thousands OF dollars we're spent in
making IL an affair that win live long In the
memory OF the many guests fortunate enough
10 be present"
The note bears evidence or having
come from one of those copying devices
that reproduce hundreds or thousands
of copies from a single written sheet.
We have no doubt that it is the work
of Mr. Belmont's press agent, solici-
tous, as good press agents always are,
lest his master should fail to receive
newspaper notice adequate to his feat
of importing a fourth class summer
show from a third rate shore resort,
along with a merry-g -go-'round and such
instruments OF popular diversion,
wherewith to entertain his guests at a
dinner picnic"
But neither Mr.. Belmont nor his press
agent need have gone to the trouble.
The newspapers all over the country
reported the occasion as fully as press
of other matter permitted. AS mat
ter OF fact, the press agent seems to
have been amazingly slow, for his no.
tice OF the "most unique and enjoy
able" affair was not mailed from the
seat Of war--no, the seat OF the dinner
picnic--until 10 d. m. of Saturday and
II the newspapers had been held on the
presses to await the coming of the all
absorbing item, their readers would
have had to go without both the item
and the papers on Saturday. However,
official reports have a value OF them
selves, so that we are glad TO print the
press agents authoritative account OF
the picnic. We may only regret that he
did not include for publication snap
shots OF Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont and
their guests dancing to the music OF
the steam hand organ, whirring about
on the merry-go-'round, and munch-
ing the pop corn and hot frankforts.
ON the whole we can but feel that the
Belmont press agent wouldn't be able
TO earn his salt serving any other kind
OF circus than that Mr.. Belmont pro-
vides occasionally. Or, perhaps he. too,
bestrode a gallant steed with spotted
tanks and vermilion jaws and whirled
around the merry-go- round so reck-
lessly that he had dizzy head next
day and wasn't able to get to his duty
OF notifying the world about 1t until
some time after dinner. And as
a writer up Of an important histor-
| ical event he is as cold and colorless as
Admiral Sampson.
We have already noted In our con-
temporaries various expressions OF
.opinion on the Belmont dinner picnic
of Friday night. They all agree on one
point and that is in expending many
thousands Of dollars" on 1t. Mr.. Bel
mont paid an awful big price for a
mighty poor show.
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indian Harbor. Conn. had summer
Festival. too. last week quite as novel as
was the Belmont picnic at Newport But
4 was In far better taste. The magnifi-
cent residence and grounds OF Banker
E. c. Benedict were the scene OF the
faIr and the public was invited. Like
che Belmont circus IL cost many thou
sands OF dollars 20 get II up and the
society Of Indian Harbor spent money
larishly in the preparation. But some
osooo was taken In from the sale of
DAncy and other articles and this fine
<4 Gosato fhe Red Cross.
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Soldiers Relief Association.

The Rhode Island sanitary and Relief A.
sociation ask a generous public for contribu-
tions Of money TO enable them TO carry on
their work of relieving sick and wounded
soldiers and sailors. by sending clothing.
medicines ana stores that the government
does not supply.
All contributions sent to the Daily news
win be acknowledged In that paper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-08
Dragged to the scaffold.

Capt. Boitscheff. Prince Ferdinand or
Bulgaria's former aide-de-camp, and
Prefect of Police Novelitch have been
hanged at Philippopolis for the murder
of the singer. Anna Szimon, year ago.
Their first sentence TO deatn was com
m,,ted 10 imprisonment for life. but as
they appealed against IL they were con-
demned n second time. Boitschef raw
ed like n maniac on being told that he
was 10 be executed: accused Prince
Ferdinand OF abandoning him; refused
TO listen To n priest. and had To De
dragged TO the scaffold by violence.
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THAT ROOSEVELT LETTER.


In Col. Roosevelt's veins run cataracts
pf good red blood. He is always jealous.
sometimes intemperate. usually right in
the judgment of the great mass of peo-
pie who have no liking for wobblers
and rejoice to see a nail hit squarely on
The head.
The Secretary of War has before now
demonstrated jealous nature. His
work since the war began has been dis
4inguished by much inefiiciency in re-
suits. He seems to have little gump-
lion and is notably indifferent. not to
saw smug. to comment and criticism.
IN the cabinet, upon great oppor-
tunity. ne has won for himself no dis
tincfion. He nevertheless appears to be
eelf-sufIicient enough to care little for
what his fellow countrymen think of his
workmanship.
Col. Roosevelt was anxious to lead his
men into Porto Rico, and he wrote an
urgent letter to the Secretary of War,
in which he declared that the Rough
Riders were almost as good as regulars
and better than 10000 national guards
men, the New York term for militia
men. or something to that effect. AS
matter Of fact. OF course. Col. Roose-
welt had only a limited opportunity to
zee the work of militia regiments. as, in
the Santiago campaign, the army was
chiefly made up Of regulars. What he
said of his own command is probably
krue; the Rough Riders certainly have
made a fine record, and many of them
Had had as much experience in lighting
Is the regulars before the outbreak of
war. and ought to have made a good
showing. Except for the odious COM
parison with militiamen, the Colonels
remarks would not have been open to
any criticism as evidencing poor taste
and probably ungrounded Judgment.
Secretary Alger rebuked Roosevelt
For this comparison, and ne made the
correspondence public. If there was
any other reason for this publicity
than malice. it is difficult TO discover
what IL may be. No good end is served.
surely. Roosevelt's letter was distinct
" personal communication--"M
hear Secretary" 1t began, the writer
houbtless feeling that he could rely
npon personal acquaintance and asso-
cfation when he was Assistant Secre-
harry OF the Navy to have the remarks
1 made respected as the free and frank
t1tterance of one good fellow. Growing
kor his own crowd. to another man to
whom the frankest condolences from
bis juniors would not be unacceptable.
, Roosevelt has found out his mistake, so
ear a. Alger is concerned. but his hasty
words. thus made public. will do him
no harm. nor do they require explana-
1ion. But for making them public Sec
retary Alger has dropped stili another
step in public esteem. To that all oul
contemporaries. regardless OF politics
bear testimony in their comment on tn
incident.