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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
PUBLIC HEARING.

HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
PROVIDENCE, March - 1898.
The Committee on Corporations of the House Of
Representatives will hear all persons interested In
An Act in Amendments of and in Addition 10 An
Terminal and transportation Company" In the
Committee Room on TUESDAY, March 20, 1895,
at 10 A. ~
WALTER PRICE, Chairman.
NATHAN ID. PIERCE. Jli., Clerk mr235t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
OFFIcE OF LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR

OFFICE OF LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR,
~ Third District, at Tompkinsville, N. Y,
Marcn IA. lS9s.-Proposals will be received at
this office until 12 o'clock M. on Wednesday.
the 18th day OF April, 1893, for maintaining all
the buoys now in the channels OF Lake Cham
plain, Pawtucket river, X. l., taunton RIVER.
Mass, Housatonic river, Conn, the Hudson
river between New York City and Troy, NY.
Fire Island Inlet and Great South Bay, south
side OF Long Island. n. Y, Jones Inlet, south
side Of Long Island, N. Y, Rockaway, west
Long Island, N. Y, Stamford Harbor, Conn,
and such others as NAV be authorized for
one year from the first day OF July next
Forms OF proposals ana printed specihca-
tions showing what is required can be had by
applying TO this Office.
Tho right is reserved 10 reject any or all
bids and 10 waive any defects and 10 increase
the number Of buoys In each OF the highways
named. A clause to this effect will be in
serted in the contract.
NN. NJ. FOLGER, Commander, u. 8. n.
m.l-m-w f-8t. Lighthouse Inspector.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25

FOR sALE-Tep first class. round. bottom
row boats; one 6.toot Cathost: ono 24foot
srst-clsss cobdition. Apply 70 V or ADDRESS "a =.
GEORGE II. Covo. Warren, r. I. ma ct
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY.

a Dividend Of si.0o per share has been de-
clsred. payable ON FRIDAY, April 1st.,
pr oximo. 10 stockholders of record - sp-
resrs by the books ~ the Company st the
Close OF business the 18th. instant.
A. h. SLATER, Treasure.
Providencs, r. l., March IS. isos
nris-7tn-vs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
600 FULL BOXES

Of Doan's kidney Pills wi bc given
awav frfe to every Eersun suffering with
kidney ailments at the undersigned ad.
dress. First come. first served, and only
this one chance offered. Ken embsr this
Is not samrlc box, but re1uler size
box If Doan's kidney ills. whirh re
tails at 90 cents.
SATURDAY, MARUH Goth.
Remem ber.
Free Distribution One Day Only.
r. L. LOTHROP'S,
IS Westminster st.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25

It-ttfAta ttlt W
for Dr.AfiIes'Remedies.
DIR. Miles Remedies
are sold ~ all drug
eists under a positive
guarantee. 6rst bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address.
DR- MILES MEpIcA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
Her Health Restored

bAHE misery OF sieeplessness can only %
realized by those VINO have expert
= cnced IL. Nervousness. slccplcssncss.
headaches, neuralgia and that miserable
feeling ~ unrest. can surely be by DIR.
Miles Restorative Nervine. go certain Is
DR.. Milsso OF this fact that all druggists are
authorised TO refund price paid for the FIRST
bottle tried. providing It does not benefit.
Mrs Henry Bruins, wife OF the we'll known
BLACKSMITH at Grand Junction, Iowa, says;
"I was trpubled with slecplessncss. nervous
ness. henliache and Irregular rmcnstruation;
suffering untold misery for years. used
various advertised remedies for female COM
plaints ucsldos being undor the care Of local
physiciahs. without help. I noticed in Dr.
Miles advertisement the testimonial OF .
lady curd of ailments similar TO mine, and
fshall never cease 20 thank that lady. Her
testimonial induced me 10 use Dr. Niles
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. which
rcsfored me 10 health. tcannot say enough
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
Things worth Knowing.

A gold coast negro prince is among
the candidates for the bar at Lincoln 8
Inn. His father is Acquasie Kaye
King of Deakerah, in the British Pro-
tectorate.
The Russian scepter is Of solid gold
three feet long, and contains among
its ornaments 26S diamonds, $50 ru-
bies and 10 emeralds.
The skins of animals were the
earliest forms of money. Sheep and
oxen among the old Romans took the
place of money.
Anthracite coal discovered at historic
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
shows an analysis of ninety-flve pei
cent. of carbon.
Psychologists say that of all people
in middle life at least one-third have
one ear in some degree affected BY
deafness.
An English advertising firm wants t
board in the banks Of the Suez Cana
and decorate them with advertise
ments.
Dresden's new central railroad sta
tion, which has been six years in build
ing has been opened for general traffic
Tasmania has one of the most won
derful tin mines in the world, callet
the Mount Bischoff Mine.
A captive bee striving to escape ha
been made to record as many as 1854
wing strokes per minute.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
THEY PLAYED IN LUCK.
The Adventures Of Three Sailors Cast
Away on n Pacific Isle.

The Adventures Of Three Sailors Cast
Away on Pacific Isle.
When the steamship Cottage City
arrived at San Francisco from New
York to join the Klondike trade 1t car
ried three ship-wrecked sailors, picked
up at Valparaiso.
They we're Jack O'Neil of San Fran
cisco. william Walsh of New York and
John Dali, a Norwegian. They had
been seamen on the bark Monantum,
wrecked seven months ago.
I'VE were on the way from Newcas-
tie, Australia, to Panama, when the
bark sprung leak" said O'Neil, at the
Sailors Home. Captain Newhall put
us at the pumps, and he soon conclud-
ded that we would have to run for
Easter Island. This island, mind, is
away off the coast of Chile, about g.
500 miles from anywhere.
''The captains idea was to run the
bark ashore, 50 he wasn't particular
what course he took and, as hard luck
would have 1t, we banged into a reef.
That settled it, and we barely sue
ceeded ingetting ashore with our lives.
Easter Island is about twenty miles
long and eight or nine miles wide 1t
is inhabited by a simple and hospita-
BILE lot of Kanakas-about 1S0 OF them
in all. There is a king at the head,
and there are three or four chiefs or
officers, who seem to hold office by
right of age.
"The king took q fancy to me He
unceremoniously conducted me to his
house-a rude cabin of sticks, dried
mud and thatch. The captain and the
rest of the crew had to put up with
the homes of the ordinary citizens, but
we all had about the same amount OF
beef and sweet potatoes to eat. These
are the only foods we saw on the is
| land, and as the cattle run wild and
have scant pasturage the beef is pret-
ty lean. They have only one meal a
day on the island, and that comes
about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
"By one of those funny freaks that
always happen at shipwrecks, a chest
containing paint had floated ashore.
| painted the kings house for him red
white and yellow, with trimmings .oi
tar. His bare-footed highness thought
that was out Of sight. He had an ex.
ira dinner that day, just as they dc
at weddings and funerals, and he never
stopped chuckling.
1--WE had been there six months
when a sailing vessel landed and tool
| us To ValDaraiqo Tho hing and al
his subjects-men, women and chill
dren-shouted in lamentation as w
sailed away"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
shInpInr NIoIten Trnn-

A mechanical and an economical
triumph reported from PENNSYLVANIA
Is the daily shipment of tons of molten
iron by railway from the blast fur
naces at Duquesne to the Homestead
Steel Works. This remarkable service
was instituted on the 1st of June, and
is now an ordinary daily routine. The
molten iron as it is tapped from the
furnaces runs into an immense mix
ing ladle having a capacity of $50
tons, and from this 1t is poured into
the 2O-ton ladle-cars, the ladies' being
made Of sheet-steel or iron, with a lin
ing Of refractory material The cars
are then hauled by locomotive to the
steel works, where the direct CONVEX
sion of the molten iron into open
hearth steel is made, avoiding all the
expense of casting the metal into pigs
and cooling, handling, reloading, re-
heating and remelting the pig metal.
1t is stated that between 700 and 800
tons of iron are transported daily
from the Duquesne furnaces in this
manner.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
AustralIa,s CurIositien.

There are some curious things in
Central Australia. According to Prof.
Baldwin Spencer, Lake Amadeus, in
the dry season, is merely a sheet of
salt. Ayers Rock, about five miles
round, rises abruptly from the desert.
Formerly vast rivers flowed here, and
the diprotodoton, a wombat-like crea-
ture, worthy Of its name, and four
times as large as a kangaroo, -four
ished on the plains. Now there are
hardly any animals to be seen. The
fish live in water holes Of the hills un-
til the floods wash them down to the
valleys. At the end Of the wet season
the water frogs fill themselves with
water, roll themselves in the mud, and
lie low till the next rains, which may
not come for two years. Meanwhile,
the provident frog, like the "mousie"
of Robert Burns, may have the misfor-
tune to furnish a drink to a thirsty
black. The natives also get water
from the roots Of trees. They are in
the totem" stage and revere certain
plants OF animals which protect them.
Men Of one group can only marry wo-
men from another single group.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
Curing n shIrIser.

An old civil war veteran tells a good
story Of how lazy private in his regi-
ment was cured of shirking. 1t ap-
pears that the fellow was utterly no
good. He had been drafted into SER
vice, and thereafter devoted his whole
time and attention to getting out of
1t. He spent more than half of his
time in the hospital tent. He ran the
gamut Of all the diseases that flesh
is heir to or has acquired through its
own misguided efforts. Somehow even
the severity of military discipline was
inadequate to his case; shirk he could
and would.
One day the regiment was ordered
to battle. There was to be a long
hard march and fierce conflict at the
end of it. When the orders came the
shirker collapsed. He was taken to an
ambulance, where he lay apparently in
a comatose condition, hearing nothing
needing nothing. The surgeon, a new
officer just appointed on the staff. was
sent for to see him. The physician
CHANGED to be a keen-witted man, and
after taking in the situation he ban.
daged the fellows eyes, motioned to a
private to take his feet, while he him.
| self took the head, and without more
ado dumped the comatose shirkel
head-foremost into the river. AS il
was the dead Of winter, with Ice
blocks clogging the water, a more VIC.
lent remedy could not be imagined ant
the way the fellow swan to shore wa.
caution. From that day forth ht
was never known to try his game o.
shirk again.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
AN ELECTRIC BUOY.
Nautical Finger Posts for Use IN
war Time.

War Time.
A very ingenious electric buoy has
been devised for use in navigable chan
nels which may be sunk at will in a
few minutes If, for any reason, 1t is
desired to obllterate all finger posts
OF navigation as, for instance, on the
appearance of a hostile feet. The
buoy consists Of the usual metallic case
attached by cable to an anchor and
carrying incandescent lamps on its up
per part for lighting the channel at
night. A small polyphase induction
motor In the buoy is coupled to a CEN
trifugal pump, which fills or empties
the buoy according to the direction OF
its motion. This pump, as described
In L'Eclairage Electrique, has a very
large clearance, so that II 1t is operated
after the buoy is discharged of water
1t will not create a partial vacuum in
the case and cause the water to again
enter and sink the buoy when the
motor stops. The motor is in a cham
ber partitioned off from the rest OF the
case SO that it is not liable to be wetted
by the submergence of the machine
BY using a three-phase circuit, two oi
the wires can be used at all times tc
carry current for lighting the lamps
Such buoy might be used for sub.
marine mines and be sunk to the bot
tom Of the channel when necessary fol
the passage OF ones own fleet.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26

Emma, little girl, of was left to
take care of her younger brother and
sister while her mother was absent and
one of her duties was to put them to
bed, says Harper's Bazaar.
Her mother returned and on looking
after the welfare of the little ones
found them in bed with the hot-watel
bag, although it was hot night in
July.
why, Emma" she said in surprise
"why do you have this hot-water bag
when it is so warm?"
well, mamma" said Emma, you
put hot water in it in the winter tc
keep us warm and l have filled it with
Ice water so that it will keep us cool
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26

A Philadelphia man owns a most
unique assortment Of pieces of blotting
paper, collected by his father, who was
long an official Of the White House,
each Of which, reversed, bears the sig
nature Of a President, from General
Harrison, who died a month after his
election in 1S41. to Garfield. On one
sheet, the most highly priced of the
lot. the last official letter signed by
President Lincoln was blotted before
he was assassinated by Booth.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
Age of the Whale.

The age Of the whale is calculated
according to the number of laminae, OF
layers, of the Vhalebone, which In
creases yearly. From these indica-
tions. ages of 800 to $50 years have
been assigned to whales.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26

Little Ethel-This is a portrait of
mamma before she was married.
Visitor-Ah, indeed2
Little Ethel-Yes, she hasn't time to
look like that now.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
No More Hand kissing.

1t has hitherto been the custom OF
the children attending the public
schools in Austria and Hungary to kiss
the hands Of their teachers on arrival
and departure. This has now been for
bidden by ukase issued by the I'm
perial Board of Education, which bases
its decision on a declaration OF the
Sanitary Council to the effect that kiss
ing is a dangerous proceeding, and
should not be practised when not abb
solutely necessary.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26

Trains leave Chambers street, New
York for Port Jervis ON week days at 4 %,
as, 900, 9l5, 10 30 A. NJ. 100, 3 90,
4 80, 6 80. 2. 80, 9 10 p. NJ. On Sund ays,
400, z 30, 800, 9.l5 a. m; y 30, 200,
z 80 and o Tsp. NJ.
ID. 1. Roberts,
General Passenger Agent,
New York,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26

NOTICE-Allhunting, fishing or other
trespassing on the premises Of the under
signed, in Dingman Township, ON Ray
mondskiil and Dwarfskill Greeks, is for
binden under penalty of the law.
CHAs ]. BOILEAU,
Dingman Twp, n. BOmEAU,
May n, 1905. JOSEPH +. BoILEAu.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
Administrators Notice.

Letters Of administration having been
granted to the undersigned, upon the es-
tate Of Conrad Gumble, Sr. late OF the
township Of Palmyra, OF the County OF
Pike an persons having claims against
said estate win present them, and those
indebted to said deceased will please make
Immediate payment to
FREDERICK @. GUMBLE,
Administrator,
Avg. Il, rs, 80, Milford, Pa
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26

Importance OF tribes.
1t is the trifies Of our lives that
makes its history.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
3. .. HURSH.
Repairing done in tin or iron, and
Electrical supplies furn-
ished to order.

ELECTRICAL WORK A SPECIALITY.
Prompt attention iven to build
ing private telephone lines putting
in electric door bells call bells
burglar alarms electric alarm
clocks house call or hotel annuncia-
tors and the general keeping in or,
der of electrical apparatus.
LAYTON, N. ]
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men sWpng, blood pure, tppl o. All dFpeelssA
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
. RAILROAD
TIME TABLE.
Corrected to Date.

Solid Pullman trains to Buffalo. Ming
ara Falls, Chautauqua Lake, Cleveland,
Chicago and Cincinnati.
Tickets on sale at Port Jervis to all
points in the West and Southwest at lower
rates than via any other flrst-class line.
TRAINS Now LEAVE PORT JEWS AS
FOLLOWS.
EASTWARD.
The times., 1898-08-29
AT THE THEATERS.
Glen Echo-Concert.

The usual high-class program that is
given weekly at Glen Echo by the Jaxon
Opera Company was repeated on two oc-
casions yesterday before audiences that
did not seem at all hndered in their ap-
probation by an evident drop in the mer-
curry. Sunday entertainments are gener-
ally much alike, and those of the present
Summer season are fortunately no ex-
ceptions to the rule-fortunately because
the first of the series was so much above
par that any change in the quality could
not but have been to the disadvantage of
patrons. The bill of yesterday consisted,
in the main, OF sacred music, interspersed
with ensemble and solo numbers from the
more familiar operas. Gounod, Wagner,
Bizet, Maseagni, Verdi, and others were
represented by well-selected pieces of
their music sung in the best possible man.
ner. Whatever may be said of the his
trionic, there can be no doubt of the vocal
balance of the Jaxon company, and IL
shows TO better advantage in these en-
tertainments than in any other WILL
lam MacQuinn's we'll trained orchestra
lends great deal to the concerts, TOO,
and the chorus is unusually good. The
entire company appeared yesterday
among its members being Mile. Diard
Payne Clark, Winfred Goff, and William
Carleton
The times., 1898-08-29
Pets of n Learned Man.
(From the Youth,s Companion.l }

Sir Henry Rawlinson, the great authority on
Persian inscriptions wrote his Memoir" in
summer house overhanging the Tigris, where
the outside heat of I20 degrees was reduced TO
30 degrees by the action of a water wheel which
poured a continuous stream of water over the
roof.
For recreation while writing his hook Raw
had tame leopard named Fahad, which he
brought TO England and presented to the zoo
logical gardens at Clifton, near Bristol. When
ever Rawlinson was in England he would visit
Fahad As soon as the beast heard his cry,
ssFahadi Fahad!'' it would rise from the floor
Of its cage, approach the bars, and then. rolling
on the floor, extend its head to be scratched.
Once the keeper. who did not know Sir Henry,
on seeing him patting the leopard, exclaimed:
'Take your hand out OF the cage. The ami
mails very savage and will bite youi'
'sDo you think so?'' said Sir Henry al don't
think he'll bite me. VIII you Fahad?" And
the beast answered in a purr, and would hardly
let the hand be withdraw.
He also had at Bagdad h pet lion, which had
been found when kitten ON the bank of the
Tigris-its mother having been shot-and
brought to Sir Henry. He alone fed it, and the
lion when grown would follow him about like a
dog One hot day the lion moped and rejected
its food. 1t paced about the masters roc m, and
he, being very busy, called two servants TO take
the lion away.
The lion would not go with them, but drew
nearer its master, and at last sat down under
his chair with its head between his knees.
sOh." said he, "if he won't go let him bide. ;"
The servants went cut, and Sir Henry wrote
on The lion sank from sitting position into
that of n sIion couchant." All was quiet for
several hours save the scratching Of a pen.
When his work was the master put down
his hand to pat the pet. The lion was dead
The times., 1898-08-29
Grand to he Open.

It was informally announced last night
in theatrical circles that reports to the
contrary Notwithstanding, the Grand OPP
era House will be open during the COM
ing season as usual. As matters stand it
is said that the Washington Light In
fantry Company, which owns the build
ing, will lose more money by allowing
the tleater 10 remain closed than it pos
sibly could with the worst sort of busi-
ness were the house running. Mr.. Rife,
of the firm of Herman & Rife, of Balti-
more and washington, who managed the
place last year both for himself and for
the owners, has made the trustees an Of
fer in his capacity as director that will
result in their turning the building over
to him this week if it is not rented by
Saturday next. While the season has al
ready advanced pretty far to begin book
ing. it IS reported that this IS really the
way arrangements are, and that the hith-
erto unquestioned prospect of the Grand
being dark all Winter has changed into
the surety that it will continue in the
field.
The times., 1898-08-29
S. KANN, SONS & CO.
Sth and Market Space.
THOMAS 3. RICHIE.
A Prominent virginiBn Last Seen
in WashinEfon

A Prominent yirginfBn Last Seen
in Washington.
The friends and relatives of Thomas B.
Ritchie, a well-known merchant of
Woodstock. Va, who left there two weeks
ago to purchase goods, and was last seen
in Washington Tuesday afternoon last,
are very much concerned as to his where
abouts, and the police of Washington
have been requested TO look for him Mr..
Ritchie is the proprietor of a general mer-
chandise store in Woodstock, and is well
known in that part of Virginia
When he left home he went direct 10
New York, remaining there until he had
completed purchasing his stock for the
Winter. Then he came to Washington,
arriving here last Tuesday, and register
ed at the Howard House, at Sixth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue. He left q
valise and other small baggage TO be sent
10 his room and has not been seen since
The fact that he did not appear next
day attracted attention around the hotel,
but nothing was thought of his disap-
pearance for a few days. His continued
absence alarmed the proprietor, however,
and, finding his baggage still in his room,
he notified the police and the valise was
turned over TO them.
Ritchie's identity was ascertained and
his family notified. They had not heard
from him for seevral days, and imme-
diately instituted inqu' ries in this city and
New York. The police Of both cities have
been requested to assist in locating him
He is described as forty years of age, of
slender build, and rather delicate looking.
about five feet eight inches tall, sandy
mustache, dark brown hair and one eye
somewhat inflamed. When last seen he
wore a dark blue suit of clothes and a
brown hat. He is unmarried
The times., 1898-08-29
KILLED IN A FREIGHT YARD.
Four Empty Cars Passed Over Mil
ton Pettif's Body.


While assisting the train hands make up
a freight train in the Anacostia yard,
Milton Petit, a fagman on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, living at No. $50 Fifth
Street southwest, was run over and fatally
hurt by four OF the cars. The injured
man was picked up by the crew of the
train and brought to the New jersey
Avenue freight yards on one of the yard
engines. The Fifth Precinct was notified
and dispatched a patrol wagon for the
man, who was taken to Providence Hos
pital.
When they arrived at the hospital Pet
tit was carried into the emergency room.
but before he could be placed upon the
operating table he died.
Petit was twenty-five years old, and
had been in the employ of the railroad
company for some time. He was a flag
man at one OF the dangerous crossings in
Anacostia and was in the habit of assist
ing the train men when they made up
the trains from the empty cars in the
yards
Four empty cars were being shifted
about by yard engine.
In going from one track TO the other
Petit stepped in front of the moving
cars and before the engineer could stop
he was run down. Both legs were broken
and his head was horribly crushed
A number of people who were in the
vicinity at the time of the occurrence
have testified to the police that the affair
was entirely accidental and that the
trainmen were in no way to blame.
After the body was taken to the morgue
Acting Coroner Glazebrook was notified
He investigated the accident and decided
to hold an inquest at II o'clock this morn
ing at the Sixth Precinct police station.