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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-16

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Academic training and culture.
is5th year begins september 10. 1885,
New Catalogue cent on request.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-16

BY BERNARD McGuINNEss. Auctionccr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Does the Man Love Home?

That woman is wise who chooses for
her partner in life man who desires to
find his home place of rest. 1t is the
man with many interests, with cngross-
ing occupations, with plenty of people to
fight, with struggle to maintain against
the world, who is really domestic man,
in the wife's sense, who enjoys home,
who is tempted to make Il friend of his
wife, who reishes prattle, who feels in
the small circle, where nobody is above
him and nobody unsympa thetic with him.
as If he were in Il heaven of ease and
PREPARATION. The drawback Of home life
it's contained possibilities of insipidity,
sameness and consequent WEAKNESS, is
never present to such man. He no
more. tires of his wife than of his own
happier moods. He is no more bored with
home than with sleep. He is no more
plagued with his children than with his
own lighter thoughts. All the monotony and
WEAKNESS of life he encounters outside. 1t
is the pleasure-loving man, the merry
companion, who requires constant excite
ment that finds home life unendurab le
lie soon grows weary of it, and considers
everything so very. tame. and SO like flat
beer, that it is impossible for him not
only to be happy, but to feel that he
we 90 not mean that the domestic man,
in the wife's sense, will be always at
home. The man always at home has
not half the chance of the man whose
duty is outside it, for he must sometimes
be in the way. The point for the wife is
that he should like home when he is there,
and that liking, we contend, belongs, first
OF all, to the active and strong and deep
ly engaged, and not to the lounger, or
even the easy-minded man. In mar
riage. as in every other relation of lie,
the competent man is the pleasantest man
to live with. and the safest to choose, and
the one most likely to prove an unwearied
friend, and who enjoys and suffers others
to enjoy, when at home, the endless
charm of mental repose.-Philadelph
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Russell Sage's Journalistic Venture.

n lew weeks ago Cncle Russell Sage
set up a financial news plant for young
man who nailed photographic lie that
reflected on him. The newspaper looked
prosperous, but, while it was growing. it
was running behind little \ week or
so ago when Mr.. Sage dropped in to
look at the profit and loss account he
found $50 on the wrong side of the ledg-
er. The young man was putting Park
row perfecto. How much did that ci-
gar cost?' asked Uncle Russell 1t had
been given to the young editor, but he
told the old man that it was worth about
; cents. This is downright cxtrava-
gance!' cried Mr.. Sage, petulantly give
cents day for 265 days would amount
to $lS.2o. Do you know what that would
amount to at compound interest in ten
years-hey? The editor confessed that
he wasn't good at figures. "Well, stop
the paper" said the disgusted millionaire.
Il can't be beggared by running bust
ness at loss of $50 week, in the con-
troll of man who burns money, as the
saving is, smoking 5-cent cigars. NV
friend Daniel Drew used to smoke stO-
gles at 60 cents a hundred, but that was
extravaganza. too And so the editor
and the manipulation parted. This is the
first instance on record of a promising
journal going up in cents worth Of
cigar smoke.-New York Letter to Pitts
burg DisDatch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
It's Mighty Co1nfortfn'.


Oh, It's mighty confortin' when your hair is
And fG the wrinkles rhR in your face have come
Just to feel her little hand smoothin' out
each silver strand,
While you meet her lovln' look and hear
her say:
''John, my dear, it seems as tho every day
you live you grow
Handsomer than In olden days"
{ Sak En IN a 1qc 1oS at X3er wife while you
You never heard a sweeter word Of praise.
Then, somehow. the teardrops rise to your
dim old fadin' eyes,
While you kiss the tender hand still white
and small.
And you try to tell her how you loved her
But, bless me, if the words will come at
all!
For Just then 1t comes to you to think Of
trials she's gone thro'.
And borne without Il murmur for your
sake;
You can only bow your head at the lovln'
And your poor old heart con only ache and
ache.
But she knows what ails you then. and she
kisses you again,
While you hear her gently whisper, sweet
and low:
Life has bro't more hopes than fears; we
have known more smiles than tears:
You are the dearest dear Of dears, John
Anderson my Jo!''
So it's comfortin'. / say, when your hair Is
gettin gray,
And your slippin' down life's hill mighty
fast,
Just to feel her little hand strokin' back
each silver strand
While she whispers that she loves YOU to
the last.
Anon. in the Farmers Voice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

8 X Young Folks Column II 8


large as those of goose, and Of large
hens are very much larger.
The eggs THUS laid and covered in This
great sand oven in the hot districts are
never aga in disturbed by the hens. The
eggs are Matched by the heat the SIN
bakes into the soil where they lay. 1t
has never been known how the young
grave, for the eggs are deposited fully
six inches below the surface and the
hardening rains do not aid their exit very
much.
The hen is so very shy and viyilrnt
that no one is able to study her maternal
and domestic habits with satisfaction. As
she lays her eggs at night and transacts
most of her affairs in the night watch, 30
that no naturalist or curious individual
can ferret her out, possibly she steals
to her expected brood. under cover of
unearthing which they must surely need
after the piping of the egg shell.
Bush naturalists have been curious %
know how this peculiar fowl builds ,hat
nest. The birds have been seen working
at it, and the mounds have been inspect
ca, but the piling of the dirt is not from
the immediate vicinity, for that is undis-
turbed. Small sprigs and the like enter
into the plastic masonry, which stan Is
storms and heavy rains, when they do
tall: without serious injury.
The huge cones stand for years, to be
annually nested in by the same flock
which originally constructed the family
Incubator. When detected the hens emf,
a pitiful little cackle and futter AVN ,;
like wounded innocent The young of
covey either root under the sand or hide
behind some mound or object of friend
ly color.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Gen. Rawl1n,s son in Dis1rass

There is before the Senate pension COM
mjttee bill to grant a pension to James
Rawlins, the son of Gen. John A. Raw
Inns, the friend of Grant and at one time
Grants secretary of war. There is no
chance Of the pension being granted. be-
cause the precedent of giving pensions to
sons would be a dangerous one to imam
gurate. but in the meantime pathetic
story is told.
In order that the soldiers sons, while
awaiting action on his case, might be pro-
vided with living, Senator Cullom and
other friends secured him place as q Ia.
borer i'll one Of the departments here. A
few days ago he went over to New Jer-
sey to see his relatives, and while return
ing was stricken with blindness on the
train. He was led from the depot to his
home. and almost the first thing he asked
for was a box placed in corner of the
room. He opened it and carefully lifted
out a silk sash and jewelcd sword. The
sash had been given to his father by Gen.
Grant. and the sword was Il memento of
gallant actions at Vicksburg. The son.
though unable any longer to see these
trophies of .valor, wanted at least to feel
them and thus imbibe. in his sudden aftlic-
ton, some of the courage which must
have filled his fathers heart in equally
trying times-WasIllngto Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Need Of Safety-ValveS.

The wisdom and unwisdom of self-re-
preston is carefully weighed by Mary e.
Baldwin, in paper on "Safety Valves
in Home Life" where she contends that.
"A high-prcssure life calls for protective
measures, and the woman who engages
mind and heart in her purpose, even
though she may not be classed among
public workers, instinctively seeks he1
safety-valves. These are peculiar to her
individuality, and suits, as she mgines,
her needs; but sometimes they are not al
together chosen wisely, and often arc
overused. The intense nature with the
greatest need for letting off steam is the
one who will make the mistake in this
direction. Action and reaction will be
equal with her. The home of such
woman is often Il place where tragedy is
frequently enacted. Her nervous sys-
tenn, wrought up to a point bordering
upon frenzy, her mental and physical en-
ergies following its lead, there comes d
moment when the strain must be relieved
or mind and body will give. way under
the great weight. =
1T is not an. easy thing to acquire the
ha bit Of withholding the worst from the
dearest friend, and showing him only the
best; but it is possible when the heart is
right and the purpose has even germ Of
strength pne brare, gentle srQraan fun
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

precious possession, as the stress and
anxiety that follows the attempt to crowd
too many things into our lives, and things
that are essentially incongruous: never
meant to belong together. 1t is an ex-
ceptionally sane mind that adheres to it's
own special duties, and leaves to others
what belongs of right to them. The
vaulting ambition of the feminine mini
should not over leap the practical consid-
GRAFTON of altruism. 1t is selfish to want
We owe it to men not to force them to
degenerate into race of shirks. Be
sides, there is another thing to be thought
of. 1t would be unpleasant for us if they
altogether forgot how to work by the
time we are ready to give something up
for them to do"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
SHE MAY WED A PRINCE.
Fabien Colonna of Corsica is in Lo,
with Miss MOrau

Fabien Colonna of Corsica is in Love
with Miss Moran.
Though Miss Eleanor Berger Moran of
Richmond. Va. and Prince Fabien Col
onEa Of Corsica. who makes his home in
Paris, have never met. the report comes
from Virginia that an engagement he
tween the two will shortly be announced
The prince fell in love with photograph
Of the beautiful American belle.
The Morans are wealthy and in the
summer stay the most of their time at
the White Sulphur -sssiSSrii44a sssss. Newport
Narragansett and Bar Harbor. The
prince and the charming Southern girl
never met. They will soon be brought
face to face. for Mrs. Moran will take
her daughters to Paris in the spring.
Through mutual friends Prince Falien
Moran and fell in love with it. He OK
pressed desire to meet the beautiful
girl whose picture expressed So much
l"velineSS of person and character
The prince. who is famous as a poet in
Paris and who has hecn selected as poet
laureate of the Paris exposition in 1900
asked the privilege of Mrs. Moran to
dedicate one of his poems to her laugh
ter
Mrs. Moran consented to this and the
poem. which soon afterwards appeared in
some of the Paris journals attracted con-
siderable attention. 1t is entitled White
Girlhood, and Il copy of it. with the
princes crest. was sent to Miss Moran
by the nobleman himself.
\ correspondence then commenced and
the prince soon became so deeply inter-
eSted that he wrote freely to the South
ern girl. expressing himself in glowing
terms.
He requested that Mrs. Moran would
bring her two daughters to Paris and
permit him t" introduce them into the
select circles of French society.
The \irg mia girl who has touched the
heart of the prince is the daughter of
one of the oldest and best-known fam-
lies in America
There is a distant family connection be-
tween Prince Colonna and the Virginia
girl he so greatly admireS His grand
mother was a cousin Of Napoleon Bona
partc. while the niece of Nine. Bone
partc of Baltimore married Mrs. Moran's
first cousin. William Fauntleroy Turner
of Virginia. and he is the father of Mrs.
Elisha Dyer. Jr., of New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Production Of Goat Pelts.

An interesting stock-raising experiment
was inaugurated recently when G. S.
Onderdonk of Philadelphia took lease
on the Canada dc Los Alamos grant of
$1,000 acres, near Lamy Junction, which
he will at once stock with goats. Five
thousand goats will be placed on the land
at once and as many more in the sprnc,
and if the experiment proves success
other grants are to be leased and stocked.
The object is to produce pelts to supply
kid-glove manufacturers. French cX-
perts say that Northern New Mexico and
Southern Colorado, owing to the dryness
of the atmosphere and the constant sun
shine, produce tncr-graned and tougher
pelts than any other part of the world,
and for this reason goatskins from this
section command high premium in the
Eastern and foreign markets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Diseases OF Flowers.

The department of Agriculture ut Wash
ington is experimenting with the diseases
of flowers. This is not new. but this
winter the violctS have been so diseased
as to make them scarce in Washington.
and quite expensive, and new disease
has been discovered in the rose tube
These new diseases have made work for
the division of vegetable pathology in
the department of agriculture. Prof.
Dorset says: There are probably about
a dozen diseases that visit the violet kind.
OF these the spot is the one most known
and most dreaded 10y the growers. The
first thing noticed is a slight spot on one
of the leaves. probably no bigger than a
pinhcad. This develops until the entire
leaf is consumed. The disease is contagi-
Gus. and l have seen 4 whole house of the
violetS destroyed by the spot inside of a
week The leaves are the life of the
plant and when they become affected the
plant is vitality affected The spot is
fungus growth. consisting of number of
spores. We have not as vet found any
successful cure for the disease 1t is
sometimes called smallpox by the grow
erS. but 'soot' is the most common name"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

s X Gossip for the Ladies =. s


Of the fire that would have early con-
sumed her but for her wise use of safety
valves, contided to friend her expert
ence in trying to relieve the tension of
mind and spirit without giving discom-
fort to those whom she loved. Her piano
became her abiding friend whenever she
felt the need of letting herself down from
too highly strung condition. She played
off her feeling and gradually found her
self calmed and rested And there were
times when favorite poet offered him
self as guide into the realm of restful-
ness and step by step led her ON to the
heights where she found rcpose. The
woman with mental resources and with
wise discrimination will learn to choose
her safety-valves with reference to the
! comfort and peace of the home, and will
| thus find gain in self-respect and III
strength of will. "-Woman's Home Com
paniun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
VasSar's "ithletess. L"

Vassar college is growing over a won-
dcrfnl 'nthletess." She's a 19-ycar-old
coaster. weighing 16O pounds and stand
ing $ feet 81 inches i'll a Trilby costume.
She can ride, swim, fence. row, wheel,
rim, jump swing clubs and tlumb-bells,
play football and basketball, and is in
expert on the trapeze. In the games at
>Vassar lately she broke the women's rec
ord for the broad jump. clearing IL feet 3
inches; won the 12O-yard hurdle race and
the running high jump, doing 3 feet s
inches, And she's only soph at that.
After she graduates she ought to be able
10 take in washing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
DepeW Believes in Peace,

1t is safe to say that Washington. with
all the food of ratory that has been
poured out at the national capitol. las
never heard a more brilliant speech than
that delivered before the New England
society of that city. on Forcfather's day,
by our distinguished fellow townSmar.
Chaunccy NJ. Drpsw. His most striking
declaration was that the Twentieth cen
fury mission of the United States is
peace. peace. that it may capture rhp
markets of the world" Some have criti-
cizrd this uttrrancc us selfish. but the
critics Of the eloquent Deprw forget that
nations. like individuals. live for achieve
mrnt and profit. Call it selhShnesS if you
will 1t really is more. 1t is Self-rrotec
ton and self-suStenance for among ma
tons as among individuals the all-rcrvad-
ing law is the survival of the titteSt. Mr..
Depew was at his hest in his Washington
speech and We wish that his patriotic
words could reach the ears of every citi-
zen in the land-Leslic'S Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Mistakes of Modern Woman.

In an article on "Nervous Tension" in
the Woman's Home Companion, Florence
Hull Winterburn thus arraigns the won.-
an active in church, social and philan
thropic life:
'The modern woman is conscientious to
fault, but she feels responsible for
many affairs that her grandmother calm
ly left to Supreme Power. She does not
wish to resignany Of her old prerogatives.
but she does want to assume every new.
one that comes within her reach. But
there is sidevto fthe question that has
not received serious enough considerations.
Woman's will and ambition are unlin1..
lted. but her nerve power is limited.
Neothips 60 speedily rastes this, es.r most
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
SIGHTS OF VERSAILLES.
The Palace and Park Visited by Thou
sands Annually.

sands Annually.
Out Of the hundreds of thousands who
visit Paris to see the sights it is safe to
say that very few omit !; visit to the
hamlet of Marie Antoinettc, in the
grounds of the Little Trianon. The great
palace and park of Versailles. that cost
Louis XIV. such Il large sum. the gall
vid. Gerard, Deacroix, AIRY Scheffcr,
Nernot and Dclaroche; the richly fur
nished Grand Trianon, built for Nine.
De Maintenon, and the tasteful Petit
Tranon, all fail in simple human inter-
est before the group of matched hutS.
where King Louis pretended he was Il
miller and Marie Antoinette churncd and
set her court ladies making cheese.
Some have declared the place seemed
ill-kept. but careful observer will see
that the walks and lawns are almost too
we'll swept to permit the illusion that the
picturesque cottages are inhabited. The
stiffness is nearly oppressive, for even
on the days when hundreds of visitors
crowd the garden, the want of life and
household noise in the little huts them
selves stamps desertion upon the spot:
The Temple of Love. built of white
marble after the Greek style. has not
suffered from the touch Of time, It
stands on little island in an artificial
stream and modern lovers may pose on
its steps when the rustic bridges by which
it is reached are open to the public. AL
together the hamlet is charming. a most
fascinating spot in which to wander and
after being rushed through the Grand
and Petit Trianon by the energetic
guides it is a relief to find Il place where
one may linger indefinitely.
The ''cha teau' Of this village has been
supplied with fresh thatch and could
not have looked more picturesque when
it was the background for dainty ladies
dancing on the green in Vatican. milk
maid and shrpherdcss costumcs.-London
Mail
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
Matinee Hat and Waist.

Footlight favorites say there is no color
as soothing to the eyes of an actor as
green. \ woman dressed in green takes
shape and personality, where other colors
dance before the eyes,
One of the neatcst of matinee dresses
had Il skirt of green broadcloth with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

blouse bodice of coarse green netting
over green satin: The vest was of white
satin with Il white chiffon jabot
The toque was covered with the net
ting and relieved only with big white
feather The stock was of green satin
and the sleeves We're of green broad
cloth, making four or five materials of
green in the waist.
Helen Grey-Page.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
The Queer VISION Of Senator Dawes.

a remarkable instance of telepathy is
related by former Senator Henry l..
Dawes in connection with the death Of
Gardiner G. Hubbard of Washington. for
many years an intimate friend Of Mr..
Dawes.
At 3 o'clock Saturday morning Mr.
Dawes was awakened with distinct AMI
vivid impression that he had been stand
ing by the bedside of his friend and thai
he had witnessed the death of Mr.. Hub
bard. In the morning Mr.. Dawes related
the occurrence to members Of his family.
About 10 o'clock that morning Mr..
Dawes saw messenger boy coming down
the Hill toward his house. and so strong
was his impression that Mr.. Hubbard
was dead that he remarked, THAT mes
scngrr hoy is coming with Il message for
me, announcing the death of Mr.. Huh
bard"
The messenger had telegram for Mr..
Dawes which stated that his friend.
Gardiner G. Hubbard, had died at Wash
field Journal
New York society, of the kind that is
now engaged in the delrctablr job of rein
stating in the company of decent young
men and women certain discarded, cast
off, and divorced damsels, some of them
of international notoriety. 1t seems to be
thought only necessary for the Furnishing
of their furnished regulations to bring
their owners into a public function ut
some millionaire's residence, to invite Il
minister, or bishop, and after the dinner
to publish list of the guests. Then
every body is expected to forget the past,
to hide the family skeleton. and to toss
into oblivion the scandalous record of dis
honor. Just how much mischief may re-
suit from this peculiar plan of reinstating
private virtue by the process Of public
exhibition, we must leave for the future
to measure I'll eslis,s Weekly. So
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
The Barometer and Mems Weight.

The man weighs less when the baron
eter is high, Notwithstanding the fact
that the atmospheric pressure OF, him Is
more, than when the barometer is low.
AS the pressure OF air on an ordinary:
sized man is about fifteen tons. the rise
Of the mercury from twenty.nine inches
to thirty-pne inches adds about one ton %
the losd he has to carry, s. So -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11
The Secrets Told in Dellrium.

Every one fears that if he should be-
come delriouS he would give away his
secrets and trot out every skeleton in his
private closet Calm yourself. People
who are ,lelirious tell nothing they know.
An .Atchison man who was recently so
near death that he heard Moses sing,
raved constantly about his head being i
Missouri-Paciic freight house.-Atchison
= lylnhe
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-11

Another $4,000 damage suit was filed
against the street railway company.
Charles y. Tesch. the plaintiff, asserts
that Oh November 26. 1897. all electric
car ran into his buggy. He was thrown
Gut and pis collar bone vas hsasea II ths