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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
BURROWING ANIMALS.
Many Of Them dig as a Form Of Amusement
The prafs Dogs.

Ventilation. or rather the want of il,
| must be a difficulty i'm the underground
life of almost all mammals. The rabbit
and the rat secure current OF air by
forming bolt hole i'm connection with
their system OF passages. but the fox
the badger and many OF the field moles
and mice seem Indifferent 10 any such
precaution. There is no doubt that
whatever gave the first impulse TO bur
row, many animals look upon this, 10 us
most unpleasant exertion, as a form of
actual amusement. IL also confers
right To property.
Prairie dogs constantly set TO work
TO dig holes merely for the love OF the
thing, says the London Spectator. IL
they cannot have a suitable place TO ex-
ercise their talents in, they will gnaw
into boxes or chests of drawers. and
there burrow, to the great detriment of
the clothes therein contained. In an i'm
closed prairie dog town" they have
been known 10 mine until the superin-
cumbent earth collapsed and buried the
greater number A young prairie dog
let loose i'm small, gravel-floored house
instantly dug a hole large enough TO
sit in. turned round in il and bit the
first person who attempted to touch
him. Property gave him courage. for
lie ndu Dttu ds Hlteh as n ulouSt.
IL is noticeable that the two weakest
and least numerous OF our mice, the
dormouse and the harvest mouse, do
not bthrow, but make neses. and that
these do not multiply or maintain their
numbers, like the burrowing mice and
voles. But the fact that there are mem
bers of very closely allied species. some
OF which do burrow. while others do not
seems 10 indicate that the habit IS an
acquired one.
In this connection II is worth noting
that many animals which do not bur-
row at other times form burrows in
which to conceal and protect their
young. or, If they do burrow. make a
different kind OF a more elaborate char
acter. Among these nursery burrows
are those of the dog. the fox and the
the kingfisher and the
sheldrake. Foxhound litters never do so
well as when the mother is allowed to
make burrow on the sunny side of a
straw stack. In time she will work this
five or six feet into the stack and keep
the puppies at the far end. while she
lies at the entrance. Vixens either dig |
or appropriate clean burrow for their |
cubs, which is a natural habit, or. al |
any rate, one acquired previously TO the |
use of earth by adult foxes. !
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
Endurance Of BsIs and Girls About the
Same Until They Are Nine Years 0Is.
A MARKED DIFFERENCE AT SIXTEEN.
Glts al That Age Had Less Endurance Than Bos.
After Nine Years Endurance Of 6oys Increased
and That Of Girls Decreased.

Chicago, Aug. 2i.-A new department
is to be created In the Chicago public
schools to be known as that of scien-
tine pedagogy and child study. win G
special supervision and assistants i'm
charge OF IL. The child study work is
highly approve of by the members OF
the board of education.
Dr. w. $. Christopher chairman of
the special committee on the subject.
has just completed report covering
experiments made with children in the
Alcott. Burr. Hoyne and an ungraued
school as 10 .heir weight, height. en-
durance power, air or lung capacity.
grip 1right and left hands,, sight ami
hearing capacity. In all about 400
school children were examined.
Professor +. w. Smedley OF the Uni
versity OF Chicago. and Professor
Victor Campbell Of the public schools.
conducted the experiments.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
Height and Weight Tests.

The measurements for heights
showed that there is an intimate rela-
ton between intellectual capacity and
height. AS rule a child of normal
height at a given age was founa TO be
OF stronger intellectual capacity than a
child of less height at the same age.
The same rule was found TO apply to
weight. child of healthful intellec-
tual capacity was found to be of nor
NAL weight for its age. This led DIR.
Christopher to suggest that the test
for the first admission of child to
school should be upon it's weight and
not its age, as at present.
investigation was made OF how the
strength OF the child varied during
school hours. At Q O'Clock :. was fair.
at 10 strong. at IL decreasing. and at
noon it was exhausted. A slight re-
vival was shown | O'clock, IL was
fairly good at 2 and second decline
was observed at 3 O'Clock
Tests were made OF the duh. stupid
and unmanageable children of an un-
graded school. In every particular
but lung capacity they fell below the
wen fed and disciplined children Of the
Alcott school
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
A PARISIAN HOLIDAY.

| The Grand Prix de Paris. is inciden
tally. horse-race. 1t is really. how
ever great JOYOUS social festival.
All Paris turns out, and makes a mad.
exhilarating holiday OF il.
To reach Longchamps you go through
the Bois de Boulongne. Go on foot
ana you emerge upon the famous
course through the green cool woods.
thousands OF light hearted banterng
farfsaans so thus. The other thou
sands go on coaches ana in cabs-seem-
lhgly every cab I'm Paris IS hired for the
occaSion-and all are gay, excited. r. R'b-
Dons are futterinq from the seats. the
driver cracks his whip with an esten-
tatlon or greai spirit, Madame Is smu-
ing and bowling, Mademoiselle is laugh
ing with Joyous abandon, Monsieur IS
shoutin ing. crying 10 his friends and
farers.
You would never think that the Re-
puoic was on the verge OF rcvolu-
tion at the height OF "a MISUNDERSTANDING
political crisis
short. rapid live and Won are
there, Then follows n brief hntervieN
WIN me suave dispenser of "bilIets."
Whlch preliminary being successfully
over You enter the "Pavsage."
III ~ tUdFnlllk nlrk. Isl1N-
urlant thress shade You from the Guns
rays. fou revel in the delightful sense
or coolness. There are seats every
where; YOU need nothing for your com
.ort' porgeously -gov-ned women mvs-
terles or millinery "cOnfections." big
suinnery hats laces. thin diapha nous
material. everything light and floating;
YOU pegin TO wonier was the race or |
Sanizeu by the milliners
gong rings. \ mild rommotion |
selzes the crowd With the others Won |
go down the the front of the grand |
stanu mere Go climb on chair.aud other |
pnliHs of vafftage looking down the
oeufsr Presently over Inc smoofh-
SHaFen' immacuiate green of the course
eomes bunch OF brilliant-col,raI \
l9cke5s or rushing hjrsss that look |
ilelshed Gopher In She sun.
There u buzz ~ fank. a lHtle shout
ing ana ref icul1tiGg and the radi-
antly y-Eowncd lai'fes and their escorts
saunter hsch- ~ the shade " tho trees.
Every tvp' ofvthe military o. On tho |
course. Their purpose ~ ~ suppress
any r0Naltst drpiay a-d their num-
oers would .oyerave the biggest rsbble. |
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
To Separate the Sexes.

The ergograph, the child fatigue test
ing machine, showed in experiments
with 400 school children that girls ls
or IL years old had far less endurance
power than boys OF the same age, while
IN children between and . years old
the endurance power OF the girl wa the
same as that OF the boy. After 3
years the girls endurance decreased
ana that of the boys increased.
In the geographic test the child was
required 10 lift with its middle finger
per cent. OF its actual weight for 90
seconds. The ergegraph registered by
tracings the endurance power OF the
child. Its use Immediately revealed
the neurotic child. the child of highly
strung nerves and irregular capacity
for work
One of the most important questions
submitted TO the board OF education is.
After certain age IL reached should
the girls and boys Of the public schools
be separated in their school work and
different tasks be assign 10 each?
As result of the tests. DR.. Christopher
believes that after n certain age girls
should not study with boys nor carry in
the school work the same burdens put
upon the bows
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
HORSE or THE FUTURE.


For the future the autonbile holds
out the promise y city practically
free from the maddening street noises
that make modern urban existence
more or less torture. Cobble pave
ments are laid To- resist metal tires and
the pounding OF steel-shod horses. With
every vehicle motor-driven and every
wheel pneumstic-tired all pAvements
can be OF asphalt. Not only will the
rumbling of heavy trucks and the clat-
ter OF hoof-beats disappear, but there
viii be no more tracks to cup up the
streets since electric omnibuses. carry
Ing as many people and moving as
swiftly as the electric cars OF to-day
will take the place of street railways.
says writer m Golfers Weekly.
Having already conquered the rail.
electricity Will then hav made Itself
master OF the highway as well. Rapid
transit for long distances being sup
piled by electric trans In clean, cool,
brilliantly lighted subways, the elevat-
ed roads will be no more. The removal
OF the horse from the streets Will not
only make them noiseless, but Will
practically solve the problem of street
tary conditions OF urban life, reducing
the amount OF street thoroughfares,
through which swift, air-shod. easy
riding vehicles dart noiselessly will
no longer be necessary 10 seek the
country for rest and quiet.
Once the horseless age is In full sway.
every man viii have his own autom-
bile. and the bicycle. which has already
TO some extent supplanted the horse,
will In turn be shsived cave for the
purpose of sport. With the universal
development OF sources of supply OF
the electro mobile will take
the place of all other forms OF traction,
and plugs will be provided in the
streets from which the automobilist
may take his supply OF power by a
nickel the-slot device, while along
rural highways power stations will be
established SO that journeys OF any
distance may be undertaken. Even on
the farm autowains will do the heavy
burden carrying. The horse may still
be harnessed TO the plow may still fur
nish sport for the race course and rid
Ing exercise for the few, but no longer
will be the chief bearer OF mans bur
iens. Who will say he has not earned
his rest?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK

Coffee at night. Tt sp0iis their sleep.
You can drink GrIin-O when YOU please
and sleep Ike o :oD. For Grain . does
not rtimulate u nourishes. chearq and
feeds. Yet II looks and tastes ike the
best come. For iervous persons. Young
peoplo and children Crain-o is ths
perfect driak Made from pure grains.
Get packsEe from your grocer today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21

IT Is calculated that the railway
companies of Great Britain pay a daily
average OF $3.50 I'm compensation about
so per cent. being for injuries TO pas
sengers. and the remaining 40 per cent.
for loss or damaged freight.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21

According to a report just issued by
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Great Britain in 1897 exported to her
colonies merchandise OF the value of
more than $500, 900 900. or about one
third OF the total OF her expectations,
and took from the same source $3.50.
0UO.000 worth OF goods. or about one
NTH OF all her imports.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21

The weight OF a car-axle Is but little
ing from 425 10 $50 pounds In the new
steel cars, with capacity Of 100000
hounds. the weight NJ the axlos Is about
900 pounds each. The guaranteed life
OF car-axle varies from three TO six
years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21

The most northern newspaper i'm the
world is published in Hammerstein,
Russia. The editorial work is done ia
a small wooden house rooted with turf.
The paper is called the Nordkap, and
is published weekly, The news is fire.
quently fortnight old before it
reaches the subscribers. Most sub
scriptions are paid in fish.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21

One OF the oldest bridees I'm Europe
Is soon 90 disappear. under tho demand
for better navigation OF the river lt
spans. This is the stone bridge. with
u arches. and n total length OF 300
feet bult across the Danube lt Rp-
gensburg Ratisbon) I'm Bayar8. 10y
Duke Henry the Superb. ln ilg5- as.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21
h0.I0BAc ssss @ 70 CURE To6as3yo Sy 1 HsSl1s SSSlgs

One carries away Very vivid impres-
sion OF the race for the Grand Prix
Altogether IL is a very function. hugo
Informal garoen party. The horses do
not unnecessarily obtrude themseIves
upon you: anu, were IL not for the col.
umns OF soiuiery you might conceiva-
ably. in an absent -minded moment lool,
around for your hostess ana ask FOR
introductfons to the guests.-A n
Wenzel in Golfers Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-21

A Lewiston (Me.) street car c0nduc-
tor saws that the man who invants a
stepladder for suburban cars will make
his fortune. He will be canonIzcd by
conductors OF short stature who have
TO lift heavy women down from the
car at byroads where there Us some
times a clean jump OF fve feat
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18

often in their religion, they exhibit
none.
Now character is a precious posses
sion, a priceless possession. 1t Is the
token of manhood, and the glory OF
it. 1t Ia in a word, the person. Char
acter ls the salt Of earth, But for 1t,
existence would be a stagnant pool. 1t
gives the impulse to progress. All I'M
provement is Of it's achievement. There
is no person who may not count one in
his place, though his place be small,
and to count for less than one, should
be thought humiliating. We must all
work our way to personality. An educa-
tor may warpj a mind as we'll as
parent, and no educator has the same
stake in it's destiny. To respect charac-
ter when it appears, not to thwart it
because it is troublesome, not to crush
it because it happens to be restless; only
to guard it and glory in it, is a lesson to
be learned by all. But to do nothing,
may be as fatal as to do too much.
The need is to do the right thing ana
profound respect for character will in
time disclose what the right thing Is.
Only by taking to heart our RESPONSE
bility, by setting clearly before US our
duty to the world, we live by weighing
the value Of conscience, the worthines3of
truth and honor, the pricelessness of
moral dignity; only by holding steadily
in view a generous ideal and working
faithfully up to high standard, can
the possibilities of individual force be
made real"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18
SUNDAY CIGARS IN BOSTON.

The Boston hotel men were consider
ably exercised when they were inform
ed that it was probable that they
would be denied the privilege of selling
cigars and tobacco at their counters
Sundays. Many of them had expect
ed that orders would be issued from
what some termed the purity board of
police or some of the Jealous police
officials, at any time.
1t is said that. because Of an old
ruling of the courts, the druggists may
have no further fear, because they can
sell tobacco under the definition of a
drug. They will sell by what amounts
to the same as the permission of the
board of police and by virtue of the
ruling of the courts which considers
these articles a drug when sold by
druggist.
1t will be amusing, particularly here
in Worcester, to watch the effect Of
the order of the police board on the
conduct Of the hotel men and victual-
ers.
One Boston police commissioner is
said to have remarked; "If these
smokers, and 1 am a smoker myself,
feel that their cigars and tobacco are
they should provide them
selves with a sufficient supply on Sat
urday night, as I do, in the matter of
cigars for Sunday. No man neglects
to or feels it a hardship to buy his
Sunday dinner on Saturday"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18
TWIN RELIC
OF BARBARISM
Continued from Page one)

quickening touch upon more men than
any other teacher Of the century, SAID
that when morality and the character
and interest of country are concerned,
politics assumes an Importance second
only to religion. 1t is the truth Of
this statement, and truth is ever uni
versal, which in our late municipal con-
test prompted the religious people OF
Worcester to do their utmost to curb
the drink demon in our city
And When a week ago last night,
there was an assemblage in Washburn
hall, which ought to have filled Me-
chanics hall instead, it was a place OF
honor for every man who had anything
to do with the occasion. The pastor Of
Piedmont church, representing a great
religious denomination, never appeared
to better advantage than when he
stated and sustained his four reasons
for voting no-icense. The, president
of the meeting and he who offered the
opening prayer, clergymen of still
other denominations, were equally mer-
itorious in their eloquent championship
of safe and happy homes. Two other
religious teachers, representing still
two other sects, lifted their voices in
behalf of the same sacred cause. When
to their presence may be added that of
o. dln6T hC1Oyy WHO was NlllluB "
distribute no-license ballots at the poll
ing places the entire day, or a Father
John Scully, who has helped to make
Cambridge an earthly paradise, bring
ing with them the great denomination
which they represent, then the religious
world will be able to relegate rum-sell-
ing to the oblivion which a generation
ago enveloped slavery, its twin relic Of
barbarism.
Notwithstanding the faults that exist
in our body polite, our state and nation
are far better than they were, and far
better, than those of other climes, al
though we are by no means perfect,
and Of our country we may say, as
Cowper expressed it in his Task"
With al thy faults, love thee still"
Whatever good has been accom-
plished has come through religious ac-
tivity. Whatever good is to be done
must come from the same source.
When we find the names of 1000, 900
American people of both sexes present
ed to congress against the admission
there of a confessed offender against
the laws of the land, we may believe
that our people are still alive to their
needs and duties.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18
THREE FIRE ALARMS
Burning of a Coat and Hat Was
the Greatest Loss

An aim of fire from box 81, Put
nam lane. yesterday morning, was sent
in for fire in house owned by T. H.
Murphy at Henry street. A lamp in
a tenement occupied by T. ]. Calvin
upset, starting blaze which was ex-
tinguished with chemicals. The dam
age WIS slight.
At 10.41 o'clock an alarm was turned
on from box 36 on Front street, OPP
posite Spring street. The floors in NJ.
j. Horan's saloon We're being washed
and much of the water soaked through
into the furnace in the cellar. A passer-
by, noticing the steam, turned in the
alarm. There was no damage.
This morning at 1890 o'clock an
alarm from box SO was sent in for a
fire in Z block owned by c. H. Prem
tice at IA Spring street. 1t is occupied
by Mrs Kate Cosgrove as a boarding
house, and when the department ar
rived a coat and hat, which had caught
fire from a blazing lamp, were thrown
into the street. There was no other
dam age.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18
WHY WAS FINANCIAL
AID REFUSED2
Public Anxious to Know Why
Clearing House Did Not Help
Broadway National

Boston, Dec. 17.-All day today the
rooms of the Broadway National bank
were scenes of activity, as Receiver
Wing and a force of clerks continued
their work of Strengthening out the
affairs OF the bank, the suspension Of
which yesterday following the fall
ure of the j. P. Squire & Son corSor-
alton, had so startled financial Boston.
There have been no developments to-
day ana the clearing house committee
did not meet last night as expected. 1t
is still the subject of much discussion
that the clearing house did not come
to the relief of the Broadway bank, as
it did for the Globe bank earlier in
the week, and this feature Of the fail
ure is likely to continue uppermost in
mind until the situation is made more
clear Since Mr.. Wing assumed con-
troll of the bank under orders of Comp
troller Dawes, the statements Of Pres
ident Roosevelt c. Downer and Cashier
Curtiss as to the amount of funds on
hand, and the quick assets have been
very Wei taken, and this means re-
assuring condition in the market at
the opening of business tomorrow.
The work accomplished today was in
the way Of tabulating assets, and while
IeiIldlilS W iii Jul lAlC btiiNASt
papers, 1t is anticipated that detailed
report to the comptroller will go for
ward late tomorrow. Mr. Wing has no
further information to give out. He
will continue to accept payments on
notes becoming due, but will not pay
out any of the bank funds. Everything,
apparently, depends upon what action
Comptroller Dawes takes on receipt OF
Mr.. Wings report. The bank will re-
main tied up until permanent receiver
is appointed. Something definite Is
looked for on Tuesday, and no doubt
depositors will be anxious for quick &C
ton on account of the holiday bust
ness which to them is Of great i'm
| portance.
Among financial men it would seem
that the opinion Of President Downer
that the bank would meet all its OBJ
legations. is taken in a favorable light,
| and If so, In fact, it will greatly re-
lieve the tension of the money market.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18
MARCONl OUTDONE
Coherer Invented Two Thousand
Times More Sensitive

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. H.-Bold researches
by Prof. Reginald A. Fessenden and his
assistant Prof. Kintner, in the electric
laboratory of the Western university of
Pennsylvania, have resulted in the pro-
duction of a receiver for wireless tele-
graphy that is 1000 times more sensitive
than the so-called "coherer" of the Mar
conf system.
In speaking of the discovery today, Prof.
Fessenden said: Although we have i'm
proved the receiver so that 1t is 1000 times
as sensitive as the original one, we real
ize that we have not vet begun to see the
limit. Marconi. in his brilliant expert
ments. has demonstrated that messages
can be sent over 30 miles. AS our re-
ceiver is several hundred times more sem
sitive, 1t is clear that the messages can be
sent by our method very much farther
distance, but as to what the time limit Is
/ would not like to say. The ultimate dis
lance must be checked, by actual expert
ments before 1t becomes a scientific fact"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-18
SHOT A DETECTIVE
Cincinnati Youth Shot Shadow"
Employed BY Family

Cincinnati, O., Dec. II. = There was a
sensational murder today at the residence
of E. Alexander Ferguson, on Dayton
street. Dudley Ferguson, son of E. A.
Ferguson, has been afflicted with melan-
choly on account of failing to pass an ex-
animation recently for admission to the
bar.
The family employed Gus Meehan, a
well known detective, to shadow young
young man than anything else. When
the detective appeared today young Fer
guson shot him and Meehan soon died
Dqdiey ferguson was arrested.
Il. A. Ferguson is one of the most
prominent attorneys here. He is the au-
thor of the act that built the Cincinnati
Southern Railway, of which he has been
counsel and trustee, and he was a pro-
moter of other enterprises