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The times., 1898-12-02

There are two propositions that were
made during the brief war with Spain
that are not likely to be revived. One of
these was the restoration of the grade of
lieutenant general for the benefit of the
present adjutant general. and the other
was the same thing for the glory of Cen
erai Shafter. No rivalry for the place will
rupture the close friendship of the two
warriors fi- tfr t'thssf -Tt-''',
The times., 1898-12-02
FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY.
A Board of Officers to Consider Uni
form Small Arms.

The Secretary of War has detailed Col
Alfred Mordecai and Major stanhope E.
Blunt, both of the ordnance department
L. S. army. and Capt. George S. Ander-
son, Sixth U. S. Cavalry. as members of
a board of officers to meet at the Army
Building, New York City, at 10 o'clock a.
m, on Tuesday, December 6, 1898, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, Jointly
with an officer of the navy and an officer
Of the marine corps, who may be de-
tailed as members of the board by the
Secretary of the Navy, to consider the
question of the adoption of a uniform
caliber for small arms and machine guns,
and of a standard and uniform small-arm
cartridge for the use OF the army. navy,
and marine corps, and make report and
recommendation thereon.
The times., 1898-12-02

The Dewey receptions next Spring will
make the peace jubilees look small. The
popular admiration for real and sue
cessful hero surpasses any esteem for
gentle peace. If there is anything Ad-
miral Dewey sees that he would like, he
has only to call for it-from the Presiden-
cy down. -
The times., 1898-12-02

Perhaps the Endorsement of Senator
Quay by the incomprehensible Republic
ans of Pennsylvania entities him TO infiu-
ence with the President, but 1t is hoped it
will be exercised in relation to other than
District offices.
The times., 1898-12-02

We can afford to keep very calm about
the rumors of Aguinaldo's purposes.
When the time comes for the Americans
to establish form of government it will
be time enough to get rid of any annoy
ance his activity may occasion. GO ~
The times., 1898-12-02
SIX SEAMEN DROWNED.
Two Schooners Lost on Gay Heat
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Vineyard Haven, Mass, Dec. 1.-Syl-
naus Calhoun. member of the Gay Head
Life-saving Station. has reached here.
bringing news of the loss of the schooner
Amelia G. Ireland, of New York. and the
Clara Leavitt, of Portland, Me-. and of
the captain. mate and four seamen from
the Leavitt and one seaman from the
ireland. The names of the lost and the
survivors had not been learned when Cal
houn left Gay Head, as those rescued
were too greatly exhausted to tell whu
they were.
The times., 1898-12-02
An UnpopuInr Plan.

CFrom the Toledo Bee)
There will be bitter opposition to any financial
policy that favors substituting an interest-bear-
ing for a non-interest bearing debt Issuing bonds
to retire greenbacks will be unpopular with the
people, however much it may please some selfish
fnanciers
The times., 1898-12-02

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The times., 1898-12-02
Under Four Flags.
lErnm the galveston Newa ,

Few public men of Texas are able to tell about
sixty years personal experience in country
they served under every one of the four flags
it owed. at various times. allegiance TO. But
among those honored relicts of days pregnant
with promises that are being redeemed is ex-
Gov. T. r. Lubbock.
The times., 1898-12-02

General Garcia is genuine hero. who is
entitled TO all the attentions he will allow
Washington to show to him. He is a
veteran of two wars for Cuban liberty,
and he has kept his record clean.
The times., 1898-12-02

The December Atlantic is partly COM
posed of sort of symposium on the re-
suits OF the war. Benjamin Kidd writes
of The United States and the Control Of
the Tropics" W. Alleyne ireland of ''Eu-
ropean Experience with Tropical Colo
MES and Carl Evans Boyd on Our Gov
ernment of Newly-acquired Territory
The first poem in this issue is one by
James Whitcomb Riley on The Name II
Old Glory" W. D. HOwells writes some
Confessions of Summer Colonist'
There are three or four punches Of rent
niscences. among them the first of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe's "reminiscences. Lit
tie Henry and His Bearer, by Flora An
ME Steel. is pathetic tale of Indian life-
Other articles in this number are Among
the Birds of the Yosemite" by John
Muir; The Landscape as a Means of
Culture" by y. S. Shaler; The Whole
some Revival of Byron" by Paul FL
mer More: "old Homes" by Madison
Cawein. and M. Edmond ROstand,' by
Ellery Sedgwick.
The times., 1898-12-02

He Could Have Conc to the Front.
eFrom the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Gen. Blanco is sorry to leave Cuba without
having had fight When. he compares notes
with Toral, Linares. and ,Cervera, he may not
feel % blue about it.
The times., 1898-12-02

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The times., 1898-12-02

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The times., 1898-12-02

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The times., 1898-12-02
THE CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES.

Inc Christmas magazines are unusually
rich IN good htings this year. In special
articles. in fiction, in poety, they have a
wealth of literature that is almost phe-
nomenal. One Of the finest fiction num-
bers is Harper's. The first Of the Christ
mas stories is "old Captain" by MyIes
Hemenway. illustrated by Howard PYLE.
The colored frontispiece, by Mr.. Pyle. is
one of the daintiest bits of Illustration
ever seen in Harper's. Ruth McEnery
Stuart is represented by a story, The
Second Wooing of Salina Sue,p and
poem. MARY" Perhaps the feature Of
the magazine so far as poetry is con-
cerned is "a Ballad. of Manila Bay" by
Charles G. d. Roberts Poems on the late
war which can really be considered liter
ature are so few that one may count
them on the fingers. but this Is one. "A
Transient" Is story by Annie Trumbull
Siosson, ghost story of novel tyne
and one of the best things she has ever
written. The ninth OF Margaret Deland's
'Old Chester Tales entitled THE Unex-
pectedness of Mr.. Horace Shields" an
pears in this number. Other tales are
How Santa Claus Was Saved" by Mary
T. Van Denburgh, THE Girl and the
Game" a football story by Jesse Lynch
Williams, "A Fable for Heiresses'' by
Alice Duer; THE White Heron" by Fiona
Macleod. and IAN Esmeralda of Rocky
Canyon" by Bret Harte. The two special
articles are The White Forest" by Fred
eric Remington. and THE Rescue OF the
Winslow." by Lieut.. Ernest Mead. There
are. poems by Louise Morgan Sill, Vir-
ginia Woodward Cloud. Rosamund Mar
riott Watson. Louise Imogen Quincy and
Martha Gilbert Dickinson. Ernest F
Fenoliosa contributes paper on THE
Coming Fusion of East and West"
The times., 1898-12-02

THE Fail of Manila" by Capt T Bent
ley Mott. L. S. A, is one of the features
of Scribner's for December. Another war
article is "In the Rifepits." by Richard
Harding Davis. Two articles of especial
interest to book-lovers will be John Rus
kin as an Artist by NJ H. Spielmann.
and stevenson at Play" by Lloyd os-
bourne. The latter article is supplement-
ed by "A Martial Elegy for Some Lead
Soldiers" by Stevenson himself paper
of Importance at the present time is Re
cent Developments of Policy in the
United States" by Joseph Chamberlain.
British Colonial Secretary The fiction
numbers are all frst-class. Sarah Orme
Jewett's story. Where's Nora ?" being
one of the sweetest and most delightful
bits of Irish character study ever written.
Mrs II. Harrison Wells's Shoes" Is
another newspaper story by Jesse Lyncn
Williams. who has succeeded particularly
well in this field OF fiction. The poems are
by Josephine Preston Peabody, Alice
Learned Bunner and an unnamed author.
There is a quantity illustrated translation
OF Wagner's Ring OF the Nibelungen.'
The Illustrations. in colors. are done by
Maxfield Parrish
The times., 1898-12-02

Corner Tenth and D Streets Northwest
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
IN A KINDLY VEIN.
Sir Walter Besant Advises Englishmen
to study Our History.


Sir Walter Besant i'm The Queen writes
words OF wisdom regarding America IL
every Englishman would see as clearly as
he does, how much more pleasantly the
two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon
race would get along together.
sin writing TO an American correspond
ent the other day-it was :, letter which
she sent, with my knowledge, to news
paper-I fell into a double blunder; a
thing which cannot defend except 10y the
futile excuse that most Englishmen would
make the same mistake. The state i'm
which my letter was published was that Of
Tennessee.
First / spoke OF Tennessee as mid
die statc-I did not use the word mid
die in the American sense, but as we un-
dcrstand IL. as meaning one of the states
in the interior of the continent With tho
Americans IL is n southern state of course.
However, this was not a very bad blum
der | won't on, foolishly, 10 speak Of the
happiness TO state of having no history.
No history! Ii now appears that the state
Of Tennessee has rich history of its own
and that l ought, i suppose, 70 have
known it,
But let us ask each other this qucs-
tion. There are i4-or is IL 45?-independ-
ont sovereign states; every one OF these
states has its own government; its upper
and lower house; every one has its own
history. Many of these states arc larger
than the European states. New York is
as large as France; Texas, say, Is as large
rs Austria and Germany together Every
one is n most important individual and
separate state; every one, say, has its
own history.
What do We know about their histo-
ricsi Which among us could pass m cx-
animation in tho history of kentucky,
Tennessee, Texas or Alabama? OF Massa
chusetts We know little; of New York
state little; Of Virginia little; of Flori-
la little. What do VIC know of Ohio, Of
Wisconsin, Of Oregon We know, as q
rule. just nothing.
Il will not admit that am more ig-
norant than my neighbors, and l know
next TO nothing But / do know this,
that tho experience which was learned by
the originators OF the American colonies,
whose early history is one of such terrible
sufferings, mistakes and courage, went a
long way to conferring upon the Ameri
can people the pride and self reliance and
enterprise which are undoubtedly among
their most conspicuous qualities.
They went a long way ms well in teach
ing us how "a colony is TO be made, when
and how TO leave IL entirely alone, how 10
foster it, how to encourage it. Before we
colonizcd Australia and New Zealand and
South Africa we had already colonized
and conquered tho continent OF North
America. OF our colonies and conquests
there the greater part has been lost to us,
but the lesson remains. For these reasons
alone IL is fitting that we should teach our
children tho history OF our country first,
our empire next and Of the United States,
taken separately, next"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
SUBlNTEllIGENCE.
sonc Persons Initiate Unconsciously the
Actions of Others.

"Have you ever noticed" 4" asked an oh
servant physician the other day, how per
sons who have something on their minds
initiate unconsciously the actions of 9th
ersf'
A reply in the negative brought forth a
reiteration of the statement.
"a subintelligcnce seems t. be at
work, " continued the physician, "in all OK
us at all times that controls our actions
and causes US 10 do a great many things
hnconsciousiy. A nervous man or woman
will twist ana tear a scrap Of paper or toy
with some article for an hour at time.
When spoken TO, such persons start and
look at the article in their hands as though
wondering where they had obtained IL.
In nine casos out OF ton this person saw
some other person doing the same thing,
and unconsciously his or her hands, under
the direction of subntelligence, sought out
the paper or article 10 play with"
Tho conversation took place In the wait
ing room of "a ferry house, where a score of
business men, all prcoccupied mentally
with the coming business of the day and
all anxious 70 got TO their offices. were
congregatcd waiting for boat. To prove
tho truth of his romarks the physician sug-
gested an experiment.. lie began a march
up and down the waiting room. In two
seconds worried looking man who sp
pcarcd 10 be prosperous merchant or bro
ker began 10 march also. Two clerks and n
stout person followed his example. In five
minutes two men who were reading news
papers were the only persons out Of the
twenty odd in tho room who wero not
walking about The physician ceased sud
denly. Peculiar as it may seem, his action
appeared ia give tho whole assemblage a
shock. They woke up, as 10 were, but not
sufficiently 20 know that they had been
experimental upon, Before the boat ar
rived they had assumed tho positions in
which the physician found them.
Another thing | have noticed, added
the physician. "is that the higher the in
telligence OF man is the more liable he
IL to be controlled by subconsciousness
An unintell'gcrt man seems to have none
of IT, - "~'' n'crcial
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
ARC LIGHT AND EYesIeHI.
Gray and Biue Eyes Are Most Susceptible.
to Injurious Effect.

Gray and Blue Eyes Are Most Susceptible,
to Injurious Effect.
One effect Of the advent OF the X ray
has been 20 direct closer attention To the
influence Of the electric light on the eye
sight. IL has recently been stated that
sailors suffer much In their eyesight fronS
the brilliant electric lights used on ship
board. Gray and blue eyes are the most
subject 10 injury. not being heavily
charged With pigments. The men who
work the searchlights already wear dark
blue glasses, but 10 is found that these
only. mitigate the intensity OF the light
and do not absorb the source of the trou.
BILE. the ultra violet rays. These rays
however, can be intercepted by goggles of
screens OF uranium or yellow glass, and
with these, II is understood, the sailors oi
the French navy are soon TO be provided.
Another interesting case bearing on this
subject is reported from a British warship.
II seems that two stokers on the ship,
having a little spare time, became en-
crossed In the operation OF al electric
drill which was burning out holes In
hardened steel plate. Both men declared
they only watched the arc for about three
minutes, and at the time felt no i'll effects,
except that all objects appeared to be OF
deep ROld colOr At niRnti however, Dotn
men were aroused by intense pain and
partial blindness for the time being, but
both recovered quickly after treatment.
The electric drill acts by fusing Il hole
through the steel, and the intensity OF the
light is greatly increased by the rays OF
light thrown off by the molten metal. The
fact, too, that the work Is carried on chief
ly in the daylight is apt TO deceive the
casual onlooker as 10 the degree OF bril-
liancy of the light, and it is not until the
after effects begin to assert themselves
that he is aware of anything out of the
common. Dark glasses are now used by
all the men on the electric drilling shifts.
A singular feature of this affection Is that
IL Is analogous TO snow or desert blind
ness, and as in them the pcrniciou
effects of tho electric light are probabl
due TO the ultra violet rays OF the spe6
trum. .--Pittsburg Dispatch
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
A Terrifying Wig.

Many extraordinary and several very
ludicrous incidents are described by Cap
tain Arthur Cuninghame in his " "Recollec
tions Of Service In China" One day while
stationed IN Nankin friend of his stepped
into barber's shop, and by way OF en-
ploying his time he desired the barber t.
shave his head. This gentleman wore |,
wig, but which, for the sake of coolness
he had placed in his pocket. This opera
tion OF shaving, so common in China, wal
speedily and quickly executed, the barber
seeming to bo delighted with the homo,
of shaving one of the illustrious strangers
Previously 10 his leaving the shop and
while the mans attention was called il
some other direction my friend replaced
his wig upon his head, little thinking OF
the result Of this simple process. No soon
er, however, had the barber turned rounc
and observed him whom he had so lately
cleared OF every vcstige of hair suddenly
covered with a most -luxuriant growth,
than, taking one steady gaze at him, t.
make sure he was not deceived, he let fal
the razor, cleared his counter at n bound
and running madly through the crowd,
which was speedily collected, cried ou;
that he was visited by the devil. Nuggets
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
Completeness

in the furnishing of News
IS important in a news
paper. The people cs-
pect to find all the News
that has turned up since
the last reading in their
favorite newspaper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
SEA ANeMONeS.
Something About These Strange and Beau
tiful Plant Animals.

Anemones are beautiful animals that
abound on the shores of the sea. They are
polyps OF soft, gelatinous texture and
have great many tentaclcs arranged in
circles and extending like rays around the
mouth. The baby anemones have only
one row of tentacles, but they increase
gradually outside
Each tcntacle Is provided with n num-
ber OF coiled threads. called "lasso cells, F"
which when thrown out entangle and
poison the prey upon which the ancmones
feed. When food is taken, they mt once
fold up their tentacles and appear 10 be in
dreamland. After thus mapping they
slowly expand by filling with water, and
when fully expanded they resemble bril-
liantly hued polypetalous flowers. Indeed
the ancients thought them flowers, and
accordingly gave them the name "roses
OF the sea.
Usually the anemones are attached TO
rocks, stones or shells but they have some
power OF locomotion, being able 10 move
themselves slowly by successive contrac-
tion and loosening Of the base, thus
stretching forward one side and gradually
drawing tho other along. They are very
voraclous animals, yet they are so consti-
tuted that Ii is possible for them 10 live
for months without food
Anemones have but little intelligence
Apparently they are not even conscious of
prey until IL comes in contact with their
extremely sensitive tentaclcs. IL is sin
gular fact that they arc reproduced in four
ways: First, from eggs, which are formed
and developed on the parent anemone;
when developed, the eggs drop into the
water and produce young anemones
They also increase 10y budding like shrubs /;
oftentimes several buds grow upon one
parent and drop of when perfect in form.
Self division is another way by which
these strange animals may be increased in
number; when cut into sections with "a
knife, each section produces perfect
anemone.
The fourth method Of reproduction Is
perhaps the strangcst. In tearing away
from the rocks or shCifs m wfrfch they
have been clinging the parent anemones
often leave small pieces of themselves,
which, in short time, assume life and
form, become perfect anemones, and move
off leisurely in search of new abiding
places. es.-Philadelphi Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
Uorsefiesn yor Hog Feed.

a new and remarkable industry ha,
been recently established by John Kilburn,
wealthy farmer and stock shipper To-
Gated five miles west Of Fort Scott Kan.
IL Is found that he has established nsr.
ket for tho cheaper grade OF horses, which
he slaughtcrs ana feeds 10 his hogs. BY
experiment he has demonstrated ;hnt hogs
fattcn quickly ON horse meat, and no has
for some time been buying animals that
have served their usefulness to tho plow.
the coal hauler or the teamstor for hog
feed. This class oc horses he finds has
largely increased since the advent of tho
bicycle. consequent 20 tho deorcciation In
their value Mr. kilburn 5uys them. ez.
elusive of their hides, for n pittancc--often
as low as 25 ccnts--and they nre killed In
his hog pastures and fed To the pork for
the city market st Louis Globe Demo
Crat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12

MIR oldGcld. British vegetarian, re
Gently oxhbitCd some ladies boots. The
solcs were of ilax or cotton webbing, he
uppcrs Of pannus corium. n cloth founda.
tion 90 treated ilat it could bc polished
with ordinary blHchinR and hardly distin-
guisrcd irum lcntlrr. They are vid To
wear as we'll ~ leather. ~ present they
cost more, no the manufacture j. limited.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT

And each day and night during this week
you can get at any druggist Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged 20
be the most successful remedy ever sold for
coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Asthma and Con.
sumption. Get bottle today and keen il al
ways in the house, you can check your
cold M onte Price s5c. aud soc. Sample
bottle free
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
EVOLUTION.


SThe dull brute roveled in primoval slime.
Then 20 a naked soul the Lord said, go,
Dwell yonder in that groveing hosh Till time
otr the sloped forehead make loves white
how.'
So 10 tho beast went down the unclothed soul,
Abode in twilight, wsllowed I'm the mire
writhed in t.o serpent, burrowed with the
mole,
Till the dim cons walked it TO aspire.
Then up through tortuous shapes 1t rudely
grew,
Saw the long night expand into the day,
Found its own self and round ID slowly drew
A human vestment from the sullen clay.
And still il grows past what the eye can see.
Climbs austere peaks Of hope TO breathe
heavens air
Above the refuse OF mortality,
Nor frets 20 know what form 10 yet shall
wear.
james b. Kenyon in Independent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12

Lord Norbury and Councillor Parsons
were passing by the Mas Jail in the
judges carriage, when Norbury, noticing
vacant gibbit, observed, Parsons, where
would you be IL that gallows had its
duey" without a seconds hesitation, Par
sons responded, Riding alone. Lon
don News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-12
Splendid Carriage and Bicycle Road.

Professional and business men buy season
ticket--three months sI5.OO; one month