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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28
SNAKES AS FOOD.


According TO Capt. George +. Barlow
of the big coal schooner Benjamin +.
Poole, snakes were worth So apiece for
food at Guantanamo during the siege.
Capt. Barlow lives here at . Park
row, and he has just come home after
making a number of runs to the Cuban
coast as a collier 10 the L. ;. war yes
sells. He not only coaled the Yankee
gunboats but filled the bunkers OF the
Maria Teresa before she went To the
bottom off Cat Island
Capt. Barlow says he went on deck
early one morning and found an I'M
mense snake coiled up abaft OF the
wheel box He killed the reptile, which
measured feet inches i'm length ana
was as large around as the captain
arm. The snake was of harmless
species. Capt. Barlow says he was OF
fered SO for the snake for food.
Something never before published as
an instance of the straits TO which
hunger drove the populace of Guantan-
amo during the siege is the fact that
during the time when supplies were
shut off by the American forces the
Guantanamo people We're paying " and
SO apiece for the big snakes and eating
them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28

At the Church of the Redeemer to-
morrow evening, Rev. Il. NJ. spur
archdeacon of West Virginia is expect
ed To make an address on his work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28
THE WEATHER.
SnoN Tonight and Tomorrow; Warmer Tomorrow
With North astsrIy Winds.

Washington, Jan. 2s.--For New Eng
land: Snow tonight and Sunday
warmer; light variable winds, becom-
ing northeasterly and increasing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19
NEWlANDS AND NEACIE.

Newlands' organs continue to
charge Dave Neagle with murder in
killing Terry. This position Of the
NeWlands organs involves a very Sc.
rlousq question for Newlands. The S1a-
ron estate was certainly the beneficiary
on the death of Terry, and if Neagle
was a murderer the burden o fproof is
on Newlands, the manager Of the
Sharon estate, to show that he had
no connection whatever with the
matter. These facts make it supris-
ing that the friends of Newlands
should insist that Neagle is a muir
derer. They do not seem to realize
that it devolves on those who are
benefited by the killing of Terry to
show that they did not participate in
the murder.
Our advice to them is to drop the
prosecution of Neagle altogether.
1t has no business in this campaign,
and it reflects no honor on Newlands or
his partlsans. Why do they want to
raise a suspicion against Newlands?
How does he expect to be benefited by
the assertion that Terry was murder
ed by Neagle?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

The San Francisco papers say that
the downfall of Howard Wright was
due entirely to marrying into a set
whose pace was too fast for him fnan-
ciallv, and in his frantic enoeavors
to keep up with the procession he
went to the wall. A fearful warning
to people who marry into the wrong
set,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

A gentleman like N. w. Rolf must
feel a little cheap to have a pledge
breaker like Newlands say that he
falsited the call for the meeting
Thursday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

viii Mr.. Newlands please formulate
a platform upon which Democrats,
Republicans and Independents can
staMd to vote for him for United States
Serato1?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Ncwlands admits that he is guilty
of TREASON to a person. but says
some other person is guilty of treason
to a whole State. If 4 man commits
murr'er can he plead in justification
that some other fellow killed a whole
family y? Why not plead insanity at
once
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

The following pledge; was publicly
taken by Mr.. Newlands in order to Sc
cure the Silver party nomination for
Congress-:
We earnestly recommend the ~re-elec-
tion of VIM. NJ. Stewart to the Senate of
the United States, and pledge the Silver
party and the nominees of the convention
to lis support tor that office.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Young Wilson of Elko, a brother
in-lrw in the Newlands family, indis-
creetly conhded in the public that he
is here to pull down" part of the
Elho delegation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

NJ. Newlands burned more wood
for tonhres on Tuesday evening than
he I'd during the whole Silver cam
pail /. There is quite a difference
with Mr.. Newlands whether he is
working for himself or for the Silver
tick t.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Ncwlands expresses surprise that
som Of his own men should have
voted for Lem Allen for Speaker. He
will feel greater surprise when the
same men vote for Stewart for United
States Senator.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

State Senator Comins has foye OF
ten that he was chairman of the COM
mittee that unanimously reported the
platform indorstng Stewart.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

The San Francisco Call compli-
mems the Gazette on its ringing edi-
torials against Stewart. The Call
seems to have overlooked the fact
that these bringing editorials' did
not appear until after Newlands'
financial agent struck Reno.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Newlands' advice to the Democrats,
Republicans and Independents is to
get together and vote for a good man
for United States Senatt.. 1t is use
less to ask who he thinks would be a
COOL man.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Things are coming to a pretty pass
when a gentleman can't be sick and
lose eighteen pounds without bring
ing witnesses to prove it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Newlands, Dennis, Chartz-What
would society at Chevy Chase say to
such a combination.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Mr.. Newlands told the people that
he religiously complied with the
purity of elections law during the cam
paign. There is no disputing this
statement. Mr.. Newlands should also
bear in mind that there is a law on
the statute books prohibiting the offer
of money to members of the Legisla-
ture for votes. See 47oS of the Re
vlSed Statutes. Is Mr.. Newlands so
great that he can obey one law and
ignore another at will?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

A Sacramento preacher told his con-
gregation the other day that ''poli-
ticians sowed bossism and reaped
d~ead-locks." The assertion is hut
another incident demonstrating the
ignorance of the clerical mind in
dealing with matters political. A dead
lock is not the result of bossism- but
comes from more than two people
seeking the same office.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

Newlands cites Coffin as a witness
to the charge that Stewart wanted the
Republicans to put up a strong man
for Congress. 1t was also Coffin that
furnished MI. Wren with Newlarls'
record, and Wren has the paper in
Mr.. Coffin S own handwriting. 1t was
Coffin that wanted the Republicans to
put up a strong man to beat New
lands.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

The Silver State asks, "Where is
Nagle? Don't hear much about him
these days Didn't get scared and
crawl in his hole, did he?" It may
be necessary yet for Maggie to crawl
out, like Newlands, hire a hall and
make a speech.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

George Nixon and Dolph Shane are
doing the banking business for New
lands in Carson. Both have had con-
siderable experience in banking-ope
a national bank at Winnemucca and
the other a faro bank at Reno.
Newlands claims that he was loyal
to Stewart all through the campaign
and yet the only place where the
Silver Party Legislative ticket was
defeated was where Newlands had
some influence.
Friends of Mr.. Nixon complain that
the picture Of him published in the
APPEAL was not a true likeness. The
APPEAL apologies for putting SC
much hair on the head.
Down in Lyon county the ticket was
Newlands and Mcmillan. Out If
/ ElkO it was Newlands and Russell.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-01-19

The Secretary's minutes Of the
meeting last Thursday, made at the
time, read Mr.. Comnins moved to
adjourn, to meet one week from to-
day in the Supreme Court room at ?
O'clock" Newlands says that it was
a motion for a new meeting.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
CHAPTER XVIII.

We were now in the latitude of burn
ing days. of starry nights. and bright
blue seas. The winds were light, and,
as usual. near the line. there was a
| tremendous swell upon the ocean,
which rose in long and slowly-heaving
hills, without foam or ripple-smooth,
CLASSY and without sound.
On lovely night, when the ocean
seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we
crossed the equator.
The Eugene was running with the
lee clews Off. e., with flowing
sheet-when Father Neptune came on
board, and the usual unpleasant pranks
were played on those who had never
passed the girdle of the world before
Great preparations had been in
progress all day in the forecastle, and
these were perfected under cloud of
night. All the crew were on deck save
Antonio, who turned in, having prob
ably dread of what was about to en-
sue, and knowing that he was anything
but a favorite.
Accompanied by the shouts OF the
crew, and preceded by Will White,
p1aying "Rule Britannia" on a VIOLIN
old Father Neptune was drawn on n
species of hurdle aft to the quarter
deck, where Weston stood ready to re-
ceiye him, with his hat in one hand
and a case-Eottle of brandy in the
other.
Under an old swab, which had been
well dried and curled to make wig
for the son of Saturn and Vesta.
recognized the grotcsquely tattooed
visage of my friend Tom Lambourne.
A cutlass was stuck in his girdle, and
he wore huge paunch Of canvas
stuffed with oakum.
In a gown made by the sailmaker,
Ned Carlton ofIiciated as Amphritrite;
and both deities were armed with har-
poems. as emb!ems of their dominion
over the sea.
The attendant Tritons were got up
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
CHAPTER KIN.
The Cubano Unmasked.

AS we kept the coast of South Africa
well aboard. few days after we saw
Cape San Rogue, or, as it is sometimes
called, Point Pelinga, the northeast.
ern extremity of Brazil, rising from
the blue water like purple cloud
But it diminished to low black streak
On our weather quarter when the sun
set, and we found ourselves ploughinc
the waves of the South Atlantic.
There fell a calm for a whole day
after this. and while the Eugenie
rolled lazily on the long CLASSY swells.
with her topsails tapping, and her
courses hauled up. the sole amusement
of the crew consisted in catching al
batrosses. or in killing them, unde-
tered by the old superstition that it
was bird of good omen." or by the
story of the Ancient Mariner" of
which they were probably ignorant.
flock of these gigantic sea-birds
congregated under our stern. where
they gobbled up everything that was
thrown over to them; so Hislop and l
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
HOTELS GOOD POINTS.
These Are the IIoa- OF Man Who
know<. Too.

These Are the ILn.- OF IL Man Who
Knows. Too.
II have record CT over 700 hotels
where have stopped" volunteered a
well-known and popular minstrel per-
former to a Washington Star reporter,
which are scattered all over our glo-
rious country. from Maine to the Rio
Grande, and 1t is to be presumed that
l know something of hotel life after
living in them and in hotels alone
nine months out of every year for the
past twenty-five years. Besides the
700 and over l have a record of,
have stopped at some hotels where I
did not make a record. At many OF
the 700 l have stopped from ten to
twenty times. generally from one to
six days each time. Now, what l am
getting at is that those who complain
most of hotel life in this country are
those who know the least about it.
During three months of each year
live at my own home. l come in con-
tact with wanderers. travelling people
like myself, and associates, by the
thousand, and l hear what they havo
to say about hotels and hotel life. Tho
professional traveller has no kick like
the amateur or occasional traveller;
he knows enough to know that he is
as a rule better fed at even the second
grade hotels than in the ordinary pri-
yate house; that is, he has more to
eat If he desires and a larger selec-
tion to choose from. AS far as the
room is concerned, the travelling man
only has it to sleep in, and, provided
the bed is good, he does not care u
ran about the other furniture, or
whether the room is papered or white
washed or not, so that it is clean. In
the minstrel business ballad singer
is generally the hardest man to please,
and if we find that he likes place,
it suits all the rest of the company.
NY opinion that the hotels feed well
goes with them all, north, south, east
and west. Now and then some are
specially good The difficulty with the
so-called poor hotels is that the eaters
are bad-it is not the food. A poor
sleeper likewise makes a very poor
bed. The ballad singers say this, and
what they say goes for all it is worth"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
The railroad expert believes that the

The railroad expert believes that the
number OF revenue tons hauled per
mile is the best indication OF rail-
roads ability to handle traffic at the
lowest cost OF transportation. As Is
well known. the receivers OF the Bal
ttimore & Ohio Railroad have been
spending millions on improvements
and have not completed the work. the
Hines west OF the Ohio river being IN
need of general rehabilitation. which
they are to get this year. But the
revenue haul per mile In 1S97-9s was
Increased to 314 tons and a special re-
port for the six months ending De.
cember 81, 1898. shows an average OF
331.9 tons. quite an appreciable ad-
vance. 1t is confidently expected that
still further improvement will be
!: :ohown before long.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
TEDDY RoosEvELT.s PIECE.

How the Rough Rider Was fioored Once.
Mr.. b. Cornell of Homewood. ILL.,. sendS
mo tho following little story about Cow
ernor Roosevelt:
One day. while he was . schoolboy. It
came his turn to speak piece. He was
His elocution was greatly admired by the
satisfaction to his teacher. On this par
ticulRr Friday afternoon a number OF tho
town people had come In to witness the
exercises and everybody was expected to
do his best. Young Roosevelt had selected
for HIS defamation and carefully commit
ted to memory the weli-known poem.
"Marco Boxzaris." He went to the plat
form. made stately bow and COM
menced:
At midnight In his guarded tent
Tho Turk wns dreaming Of the hour
When Greece her knee"
and there he stuck. He had forgotten tho
lines. But he started again ut the begin
ming:
AT midnight In his guarded tent
The Turk wns dreaming Of the hour
When Greece her knee"
but he could get no further. He coughed,
wiped his lips with his handkerchief and
blushed painfully.
when Greece her knec-''
when Greece her knee-"
but It was hopeless. and he looked over
toward his teacher for sympathy.
Grease her knee again. Theodore" sug-
gested his teacher. with u wink. and may
be she'll CO."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
DICK RODNEY:
Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
ny JAMES GRANT.
SIS see
An Eton Boy.
BY JAMES GRANT.

CHAPTER XVII.-(Continued)
Soon after this. when evening came
on we heard noise In the forecastle.
and the voice OF Hislop exclaiming:
Stand clear-sheer on. Antonio! II
you come athwart me. I'll knock you
down with a handspike! What! you
grip your knife. do you? Well. Just
do 1t again. and I'll chuck you over
board like IA bit OF old junk"
What is the matter now?" said ].
fastening forward.
"Oh. this rascally Spanish creole has
been swearing at the men again. and
threatening old Roberts,
He vows. sir. he will burn the
Ship" said Roberts, who seemed con-
siderably excited.
Burn the ship" reiterated Weston.
II have n great mind to put him In
the bilboes for the remainder of the
voyage"
"'Twere best for all concerned. SIR"
said Tom Lambourne. touching his
forelock with his right hand. and CIV
Ing the deck scrape with his left
foot: "or set him adrift with some
provisions In the jolly-boat."'
Come. come, Antonio" said Wes-
ton. with greater severity than had
hitherto seen expressed in his open
and honest countenance, you must
haul your wind-for some time you
have been going too far. can't spare
my jolly-boat, and. thank heaven! the
days OF Narrowing are past among
nrtf h,,t hnu
mate. or the bilboes 1t shall be. and
We have pretty heavy pair below.
And us for you, Marc Hislop." he
added. in a low voice. when we walked
aft. take care Of yourself. for these
Spanish creoles are as slippery and
treacherous as serpents."
"I'll keep my weather eye open."
said Hislop.
You will require to do SO. think"
You do?" exclaimed the, Scotsman,
with growing anger. III he proceeds
thus. I'll break either his heart or his
neck"
Next morning. Roberts, the old man
c.war's man, who had always been
Antonio's chief accuser concerning his
dreams, was nowhere to be found on
board!
All the hands were turned up; the
whole brig was searched. the fore
castle berths, the cable-tier, and every
place below from the fore to the after
peak, but there was no trace OF Rob-
erts. save his old tarpaulin hat lying
crushed and torn In the lee scuppers.
He was last seen when turned up
to take the middle watch, which ex-
tends from IL to o'clock a. m, and
Antonio was then in his hammock.
Roberts was entered in the log as
having fallen overheard in the
night" but his loss cast terrible
gloom over all the ship. Suspicion
grew apace. and seemed to become con-
firmed, as open war was soon declared
between the crew and Antonio.
Every man was ready to take his
trick" at the wheel, rather than trust
the Eugenie to his steering in the
night. lest he might let her broach to.
and lose her spars, or do some other
mischief; and no man. II he could
avoid it, would lay out on the yard
beyond him. No man would walk on
the same side of the deck with him,
or exchange a word. or light for a
pipe, or use the same cup or plate; so
he was generally to be seen, leaning
moodily and alone, against the wind
lass bits, with his black eyes fixed
on the horizon. as II he expected a
sail or something else to heave in
sight.
We shall soon see how all this ended.
--
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
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The Absolute Truth.

The best edited and most readable week
,ly review paper published In the West Is
yer, Colo. (formerly The Road. 1t 10
stili published by Herbert George and Is
for one whole year. Its hobby now is
Direct Legislation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
An Expert Guess.

Electra has sent me n twelve
ipage letter and Il dollar and thirty
nine cents"
"Hm! That must mean she wants
you to do about four days shopping
for her"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01

What silences We keep yenr after year
with those who aro most near to US and
dear:
For. well We know tnat II we once let
down.
The things We told would fly all round Inc
town.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
Dry pbIlOsOpby.

There is one thing" continued this
Dry Philosopher, that can be proven
by goats head-a striking counte-
nance Is not always sign of brain
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01

'The island of Porto Rico. William. is
one vast and fertile garden" "Well you
to. but I'll stay right here. The weeds In
Chicago grow fast enough to suit me-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
Ara You u,lnx Allen.. Foo,-Easef

: It is the only cure for Swollen,
.6marting. Burning, Sweating Feet,
iCorns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot Ease, a powder to be shaken Into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, N. 7.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01

'Uncle Aleck, why do you make such a
fuss over the queen of May?" Because.
Bobby. she has got sense enough to knock
on Mousse cleaning and go to a picnic
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01

Dear me; when I was n girl this time
o. year / used to dance around a May.
pole" "Well?' AN. now l have &c
dance up and down a step-ladder.'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01

zone can say truthfully about Miss Be.
linda stubbs' novel that no no reader % ca! car
isYes: nine-tenths of the readers would
Throw 1t in the fire or out of the window.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01

For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
Is the best medicine we have used.-Mrs.
j, L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canada.