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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19


"Thero has been heap of rubbish dumped
about the patient seas,
And all cleaning hitherto has been a sham.
II is time for my spring cleaning, and hope
you catch my meaning,
For I'm going to clean em out" says Uncle
Sam.
Sand I'm going to rinse 'em down, and I'm
going to soak 'em out,
And I'm going to sponge 'em of and make
em clean,
And I'll do a handsome Job with my scrub
bing brush and swab,
And III give different aspect to the scene.
"on the Philippines. dump ground for the
mesimval truck
And tho old miasmal rubbish heaps of Spain,
began my vernal cleaning, and think they
know my meaning,
For / turned my hose upon them at full
strain,
And guess / swabbed 'em down, and guess
rubbed ii in,
And guess swashed EN- off and made 'em
And when I've wiped em dry with my army
mop, says /,
Thero'li be different aspect to the scene.
"And Ill clean off Puerto Rico, and I'm going
TO wipe it dry,
And poor filth infested Cuba must be clean
-Four hundred years of lumber that its rubbish
holes incumber-
II you wait, you'll see il burn like kerosene,
And guoss III soap 'em down. and guess I'll
scour 'em off,
And l guess iii turn my hose on at full
strain.
And then, when am through, then old Cuba
will be new,
And there won't be any rubbish heaps OF
Spain.
"Sho has blotted all the oceans, and I'll wipe
her off the seas,
And I'll cleanse tho cluttered islands of her
slime,
And this is Just the meaning Of my vigorous
spring cleaning
Fate's washing day has como, and IL is timel
And l guess when have soaped 'ern. and
guess when have wrung 'em,
And guess when have hung EN- out TO dry
Not single blot OF Spain on nm island shall
remain,
And think that they'll feel cleaner then.
saysI IT,
Sam Walter Fass in New York Sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19
POCAHONTAS coal
The RICHEST or ALL BiTuMi-
NOUS COAL FOR sTgAMINo.
THE POMROY COAL COMPANY.
COAL! COAL!
EARLY CLOSING.

We the unde rsigned, will close our places oi
business on SATURDAYS at ONE O'CLOCK
p NJ. on and after the 2lst Of May until the
9th of August, inclusive.
The Pofnroy Coal Co..
The Providence Coal Co.,
John X. white 4 Son,
Doe 4 Little.
*. II. Little a. Co.,,
Joseph Olney a. Son,
George III. Newhall,
Robert Il. Smith a. Co.,
Davis Coal Co.
mys.4t
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19
LOTS OF ROAST CHICKEN.

oldtown. Me-, May ia large hen
merry, the property OF the university OF
Maine at orono, was destroyed by fire
yesterday. One thousand hens and
chickens were burned. and the loss 20
the state will be about $4,000. which is
total. rs there was no insurance The
cause OF the fire was the explosion OF a
lamp IN an incubator.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19
OLNEYvILLE.
Chlnaman said 10 Have Lost His Money BY
Gambling Notes From The Square.

UamuA1uk NUNS TWIN sh~ Sd~~A~
ouonR wah. q resident OF this place for
quits while. sold his shop TO another
Chinaman about two months ago. The
cause OF the ssle was thought to be Mr..
Wah's inclination to retire from business.
and live on his money. But the true state
OF affairs has leaked out and 1t has besn
ascertained that Mr.. Wah was very fond
OF ardent spirits. and dovout believer in
ssfan tam At the time of his owning
the place he had stored In his trunk in
the back OF his shop 5000. This he took
with him one night 1t is alleged, and
thinking to doublet. gambled 1t away.
Unfortunately for him he lost every
cent and has not been seen in Oineyvills
sinca
Father Cassidy will deliver lecture in
st. Mary's Church sunday afternoon.
when the knights of Columbus visit IL.
1bere will be . musical vespers.
Tie cars ON the Manton avenue route
have been giving passengers quite little
trouble lately as they fail to arrive on the
switch at their scheduled time. A sewer
teing cut through the street near the en-
aine house is the cause.
The Pioneers and tine Dutch Hollows,
two rival French baseball teams In this
SECTION, will try conclusions Saturday on
the grounds of the "Dutohies, In But.
ton mould near Merino.
Joseph Maionev, popular conductor
on the UentIedale route. Is spending ten
days vacation In New York.
Judge Phillips. visited .Cranston yester
day and tried Edward Helton, on the
charge of assaulting David Briggs. The
prisoner pleaded not guilty but was CON-
vioted and paid the fine of IS and costs.
The Centredale Gun Club held a prac-
tios shoot yesterday afternoon and some
very good scores were made, under Diff
culties.
Alfred Tallman and Walter sweet went
fishing yesterday TO dreystone and came
bsck with mess Of small "bull pouts.
Seven members Of the Peacock Cycle
Club have signired their intention OF GO
ing to Boston the Sunday before Memo
rial DAY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19

Edwin Arnold, a shcrir's keeper. who
had trouble with BENJAMIN +. Leavitt
at the lntter's shop on Mitchell street n
few days ago. was nrraignei in tbs Sixth
District Court this morning on private
warrant charging him with making an
assault upon Mr.. Lsavitt with danger.
ous weapon, to via, a gun ana . hammer.
Mr.. Arnold pleaded not guilty and gave
ball In the sum OF eevo to appear for trial
Friday, May ~.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19

Mamma-why is 81. Willie, that you never
care 10 play with boys Of your sizef You
are always either with those that ara much
smaller or much larger than yourself
willic-'Cause can lick the littier boys and
~ sin't no disgrace to git whipped by bigger
ones. -Chicsgo News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue Of an execution, No. 1866, issued
from the Common Pleas Division OF the Su-
preine Court, holden in Providence, within
and for the County of Providence, dated Feb
ruary 3D., A. ID. 1893, and returnable to said
Court August 3D.. A. ID. 1893, wherein Frank
Providence and State of Rhode leland, Is
plain tiff, and Hiram A. Doughty and Lizzie
Doughty, his wife, both of said city and
county OF Providence and State OF Rhode
Island, are defendants will be sold at Public
Auction on SATURDAY. May 81, A. ID. 1928,
at l2 o'clock noon, at the Sheriff's Office, In
the County. Court House, at the corner ot
Providence all the right. title and interest
the within named defendants, Hiram A.
Doughty and Lizzie Doughty, his wife, had at
the time of the levy, that being the following
described real estate:
"a certain lot Of land, delineated, laid out
and described upon plat entitled, Map Of
the Park Garden Plat, owned by Warwick
1852, which plat is recorded in the Office OF
the Recorder of Deeds in the city of Proyi
dence, in said State, in Book of Plats 70. IL,
at page twenty-six t26) viz. Lot No. thirty
eight 1881 said plat, and Is bounded north
by lot No. b5, whereon it measures fifty feet
(5O), cast ON lot No. thirtv-seven $50, where
on il measures one hundred feet llOC) south
feet l50), and west on lot No. 39, whereon 1t
measures one hundred feet 100). Also large
building used as n stable and situated in the
rear of the above-described lot"
Levied on this 18th day of February. A. ID.
1897, and will be sold to satisfy said execution
LEOPOLD HARTMvtN,
Providence, February nth, A. d. 1908.
ap28-thu-4t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-19
EVERYBODY says 80.

Ccscarets Candy Cathartc, the mUst won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
aud positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of g. G.. G. to-day; 10, %, so cents. Sold and
guarantee to cure by al druepists.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03

phia, would each appear during sp ring
time as brown patches in the surro und-
ing landscape Of green and vel low.
The great lakes would seem like patch
es of silver.
The prairies would look like e mer-
aids. The Bad Lands of Dakota would
appear as great stretches of sienna, I'M
relieved by any verdure.
The Rocky Mountains would catch
the eye by reason of the perpetual
snow on their SUBMITS. A mountain,
by the way, is an object which cannot
be so clearly observed from above us
az it can be close at hand. The reason
for this is that it would be ~foreshort-
ened when seer from the moon, while
looking at it sideways it would make
a big indentation in the sky line.
At evening the shadows cast by these
enormous excrescences would stretch
for hundreds of miles like black patch
es across the neighboring levels.
Pixies Peak, which rises like a senti-
mel from the surface of the earth, casts
a shadow which frequently extends for
hundreds Of miles, and for this reason
it could be easily picked out from the
moon at a distance of 200 miles.
Cultivated states could be picked out
from the uncultivated regions, and the
advance OF the seasons could be
marked off by the orderly succession of
shades of green, yellow and orange
The large outlines of the continent
would be clearly apparent while arti-
fetal geographical lines would not ap-
pear.
There would be nothing to mark
where Canada ended and the United
States began. There would be nothing
to show where one state ended and IN.
other commenced.
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surrounding country, would be clearly
apparent at this distance, If the atmos-
phere were perfectly clear at the time.
There is no limit to the distance at
which an object can be seen with the
naked eve under the proper conditions
of atmosphere and background. We
see stars and planets millions of miles
away.
Rockets and lights high in the sky
have been seen at an astonishing dist
ance. A heliograph or flash mirror in
the hands of United States engineers
engaged in the work Of triangulation
mas been seen a distance of 1870 miles
from a mountain top in the Rockies.
Now, then, if a small piece of glass
no larger than tho cover of an ordinary
book can be seen at 1870 miles, how
easy would it not be to see the whole
city of New York at a distance of 200
miles?
The earth as seen from the moo at
such a distance would be an enormous
globe, presenting an astonishing var
iety of color. You would first observe
the snow caps at the north and south
poles, which exist all the year round,
%glistening white in the un, extending
far down toward the equator in winter
and receding in summer, to give place
to brilliant green as the landscape de-
veloped its crops, this in turn chang
ing to a beautiful orange in July and
August, and taking on a brown aspect
with the approach of autumn.
And just think for a moment what
the Atlantic ocean would look like seen
at this distance! With brilliant sun
light playing upon the ocean, it would
looked at fatty or from above, irridiate
a glistening emerald hue, which could
be seen from afar.
This is a condition which has already
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
Il e e se &e ase&&&&&&&&EH
I The Moon Is Now 200 (
Miles from the Earth. I
X From The Np Ik Journa. ~

From the New Tcrk Journal.

The great Yerkes telescope has now
brought the within a distance Of
200 miles of the earth. That Is, looked
at through the enormous Yerkes tele-
scope, the biggest on earth and just
completed, the moor looks exactly as
1t would if it were seen with the naked
eye at a distance of 200 miles.
This means that if you stood on the
tower of Madison Square garden and
looked at the moon ct about Washing
ton, you would see it as it appeared a
Few nights ago to President Harper, of
Chicago University, when he pro-
claimed the Yerkes telescope ready for
business by taking the first look
through it. Previously the Lick tele-
scope in California had been the larg-
est in the world.
Now the Lick has been entirely
eclipsed by the new Yerkes telescope.
The latter takes in rs per cent more
light than any instrument ever before
used, and it brings all the planets near
or to the earth and paves the way for
astronomical discoveries such as were
never before possible.
The Yerkes telescope cost hundreds
OF thousands of dollars. 1t is so enor-
nous that the mere grinding of the
object glasses was more than its origi-
nal purchasers could stand, and these
remarkable crystals lay at Cambridge,
Mass, for years waiting for some mill
ionaire to come along and finish them.
The latter appeared in the person of
Charles T. Yerkes, Chicago's street
railway king, who bought the glasses,
had the telescope finished and present.
ed it to Chicago University. 1t has
been set up in a magnificent observa-
tory at Williams Bay, Wis, far from
the smoke and dust of the western me-
tropolis, and in a country where the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03

been noted on the surface of Mars
when the seas are exposed by the melt
ing Of the winter SHOWS and ice.
Looking at the earth with the naked
eye from a distance of 200 miles, the
outlines Of continents could not only be
clearly apparent, but rivers, small
lakes, towns and railroads would be
easily perceived. This distance is little
more than that to which the terres-
trial atmosphere extends, and if no
clouds interviewed it would be easily
possible to distinguish forests from
prairies and even to mark off the areas
covered by certain crops.
Large fields of ripe wheat could be
distinguished from pieces of woodland,
the colors of the two being radically
different. Between a big field of ripe
corn and one of grass Or meadow the
difference would also be apparent.
There are many physical character
istic5 of Greater New York which could
easily be seer at a distance of 200
miles. Central Park could be seen. 1t
would appear as a bright green spot in
the center of a great mass of brown
buildings.
The Brooklyn bridge also might be
observed, as it would cross a bright
background of shimmering water.
New York at night would, of course,
be easily observed at such a distance.
1t would be quite possible for an OBJ
server on the meon supposing it to be
at a distance of 200 miles, within
which the new Yerkes telescope brings
it, to pick out Broadway at night, il
Illuminated as it is by a succession of
electric lights. signs and lamps.
Other points about Greater New
York that would be seen at such a dist
ance at night would be the Statue of
Liberty, where there is an electric
light of unusual power; Sandy Hook,
now supplied with ~searchlights of great
penetration; He'll Gate, where another
great light has been set up for the
guidance of mariners; the Highlands
of Navesink, whose twin lights can
now be seen with the naked eye twenty
miles at sea; Fire Island li%ghtship, the
Sandy Hook lightship, and the row oil
electric light buoys which marks the
entrance to the harbor for a distance OF
three miles in the lower bay.
Chicago, New Orleans, st. Louis
San Francisco, Cincinnati, Phlladel'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
NAMES OF WEEK DAYS.

Sunday (Sun daeg in the Saxon)
comes from the sun, chief object of the
Saxon's worship.
Monday, or Moons daeg, was given
over to the worship of the moon.
Tuesday, or Tuisco's daeg. was so
called in honor of Tuisco, the son of
earth and deified father Of the Teuton-
ic race.
Wednesday belonged to Wooden, the
great god of a
Thor's daeg was named for Thor, the
eldest son OF Wooden and Friga, the
bravest of the gods.
Friga's daeg was dedicated to tho
wife of Wooden, and Saturday or Sac
ter's daeg was called after the god
Saeter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
Swept Away All Distractions.

Dome newspapers are criticising
Mark Hanna for the grammar he used
in his speech at the Toledo convention,
a few days ago. This is a reminder
OF an incident scme years ago. A
stenographer proposed to Henry Ward
Beecher that he be allowed extra pay
for reporting Mr.. Beecher's sermon,
in consideration Of correcting the En-
rors in grammar. "How many en-
rors!' asked the great preacher, did
you find in this discourse of miner
There were 216," was the reply.
Young man," said Mr.. Beecher, SOL
eu,nly. when the English language
gets in my way it dosn't stand half a
chance"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
FIGS AND

Others see our faults as plainly as
we see theirs.
Some are active because they fear to
be thought idle.
Only the man who looks away from
himself has ideas.
Put the wicked in Office and the dew
IL will rule the town.
We excuse our selfishness by assum-
ing our greater need.
1t takes as close application to be a
hypocrite as it does to be a Christian.
Happy the man who finds and re-
moves the particular cause Of his mis-
fortune,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
CENTER SHOTS.

The key to every man is his thought.
Imaginary eminence is actual humili-
alton.
Don't jeer at everybody's religious
beliefs.
The virtues of society are vices OF
the saint.
The great man is not %convulsible or
~tormentable.
A fire plug is not the horse that pulls
the hose reel.
Don't be rude to your interiors in
social position.
Better a servant from love than a
ruler from lust.
A dull remark shines in the shadow
of a great name.
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atmosphere and the conditions for as
Economical work are exceptionally
good.
Professor Barnard has been secured
from the Lick observatory and presides
over this unequalled astronomical es-
Enlistment.
Looking at the moon through this
eXquisitely built telescope, President
Harper expressed his admiration of it's
mechanical perfection when he saw
brought out before him in clear outline
and, detail its c%raters, valleys, dry river
beds and extinct volcanoes. He like
wise scrutinized the curious dark green
patches which for years have puzzled
astronomers in regard to the surface
of our satellite and which many have
believed to be forests or prairies where
vegetable life exists.
These patches were more clearly
seen in the Yerkes telescope than was
ever before possible with any other in
strument, and their careful observa-
ton, now that it has come into syste-
matte use in the hands of experienced
dStIOlOllSlo 10 ilhSly III Inc ASdl iu
ture to develop some surprising results.
Thus, for instance, it is possible that
some new light may be thrown upon
the theory that the noon is inhabited
and that instead of being a dry, dead
body it is in reality peopled by a Curl
Gus race of men and animals, whose
bodies, in accordance with the theory
of evolution, have conformed to the
peculiar conditions existing on the
moon. 1t is known that no such atmos-
pheric conditions as those of the
earth or of Mars exist on the moon,
and if it maintains any kind of animal
life it is presumed that it must be
quite different from anything known
to us.
But just think for a moment what
the earth would look like if seen from
the moon through the Yerkes telescope.
There is on the moon a certain noun
tain well known to astronomers for its
height, and which all agree is the loft
lest pinnacle on the surface of the sa-
tellite. -
If the Yerkes telescope were sta
toned on this mountain and turned
upon the earth the picture which
would be presented to the observer
would be one of astonishing variety
full Of life, movement and color. New
York city, with the bay, rivers and the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

In all probability Eve did it because
Adam refused to go and set out the
geraniums.
The longer a man is married the less
room he finds for his clothes in any of
the closets.
After a man has moved he never feels
quite at home till the dog next door
quits barking at him.
Instinct is what tells a woman five
years afterward just what people didn't
send her wedding presents.
A woman can never enjoy q visit
very much, because she is always wor-
rying for fear her husband will use all
the napkins for wash rags while she is
away.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
Patents Issued.

List of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors:
Frederick Aloith, Casselton, N. d.,
combination match box, cigar cutter,
etc; Jacob Danz, Second, st. Paul,
Minn., Reversible compartment lid for
dinner pals; Charles Lindberg, Du-
auth, Minn., electric motor; Olof Suth-
eriand, Rutland, N. d., dish tray;
Charles r. Travis, Minneapolis, Mimi,
lDlcycle, etc.; Alfred e. Watts, Duluth,
Mimi, attachment for riveting ma
chii.es; Minneapolis Brewing compa-
ny, Minneapolis, Mimi, (trade-mark)
Deer malt tonic, ale and porter.
=. u. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 90
P.Oneer Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
Easy Down-Enst Stump Grabbing.

This is the way one of Caribou's
progressive farmers clears land: He
has a portable fence which he can
owe around without much inconven-
fence, and he encircles a stump with
it, placing within the enclosure two of
his biggest hogs. Then he goes to
work with a crowbar and makes some
holes around the stump, filling them
with oorn or oats, or buckwheat,
whatever he has handy, and the ami
mails get in their work. In the course
of a few days the hogs have so rooted
the dirt from the stump that it is an
easy job to tip it over and take it
away.-Kennebec Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03

Mr.. e. s. Carl Lee, Of the Little
Rock Gazette, came here, expecting to
be the youngest Confederate soldier
present; but on his arrival, he had
chs ambition knocked from under
HIM. Mr.. Carl Lee was fifteen years
old when the war closed. He was
with J%ohnson's spy corps Of the de-
tatched service, and he has long
claimed to be the youngest veteran liv-
Ing; but on his arrival here he met a
Tennessee soldier who entered the reg
ular service at the age of nine years,
n who was only eleven years old
when the war closed. II is soldier has
credentials to establish this fact be-
yOnd contradiction Nashville Banner.
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Quite PrODers

Little Johnny-"Pa, is it right to say
that the duties of the Office are congo
NAL to Mr.. Pinch, or that they are con-
genital?" Pain the case of Pinch,
who has thrived on government pap
from the time he began to breathe, 1
think it would be proper to say that the
duties of his Office are congenital.'-
Boston Transcript.
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A Working knowledge

81 thought you guaranteed a work.
ing knowledge of French in five
weeks" said the puzzled and disguised
pupil.
$50 l did," said the professor, bland
ly. "You know enough French now to
work out the rest by yourself."-Wash-
ington Times.