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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
Good Beds.

1--WE spend one-third OF our lives in
bed and yet beds are not made SUI
preme or even "A very important con-
sideratlon in the equipment of most
homes. The fact is strangely unac-
countable." writes Ella Morris Kret-
schmar In the May Woman's Home
Companion. Anne of Austria told her
friend. Cardinal Mazarin, that her idea
of future punishment was--to be put
between linen sheets. SO would say
many If questioned-at least the pro-
test against linen would be long and
loud. In winter IL borders upon refined
torture in summer il Is fairly comfort
able but not sufficiently SO to justify
it's eXpensiveness. Nice cotton sheets,
made long enough 20 tuck in generous
ly are the sensible thing, and good
enough for the most fastidious. Sheets
should measure at least two and three
quarters yards This will make the
sheet long enough TO tuck IL well In at
the foot and give enough at the top TO
turn back and prevent the blankets
from coming i'm contect with the face
ands hands Why will people make
sheets too short? 1t is one OF those sins
of domestic management, which encour-
ages male humanity 10 profanity and
women TO hysteria, Did any woman
ever save $40 i'm lifetime by shorten
ing her sheets? IL she did. her family.
II normal, have taken 1t out of her
nerves.
In providing beds for a family one
should guard against misfits. IL hus-
band. son or brother is six feet three.
let him he spared at home the discom-
fort he is sure 10 suffer abroad in the
accommodating OF his superfluous inch
es. lie is entitled TO the privilege of
stretching out. The length of a bed for
an adult should be no less than six feet
six inches.
The use OF folding bed is either an
accusation or matter for congratula- :
ton. II "A necessity, by reason OF space
Limitation, its use must be condoned:
but II used "a matter % chOicc, it
stands as an accusation against the
sense Of propriety OF it's owner. It's
presence in a roomy we'll appointed
home. unless for emergencies. is dnjus-
tinahlc."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
A RAILWAYS CuAI.oF.ARMS.


The Genealogical Magazine informs
us that the Great Central railway the
ncwest Of the great railway lines, has
petitioned for and obtained a grant Of
arms OF which the official blazon IL as
follows: Arms-Argent. on cross
gules, voided of the field. between two
wings in chief sable. and as many dag
gers erect In base of the second, I'm the
fesse point "A morton winged OF the
third, on chief also of the second a
pale of the first, thereon eight arrows
saltirewise banded also Of the third,
between on tho dexter side three bend
lets enhanced and on the sinister "A
fleur-de-lis- or. Crest. on a wreath OF
the colors-a representation of the front
OF locomotive engine proper, between
two wings or.
The grant is dated February %. 1898.
and in itself is typical of many things.
To begin with. what railway company
20 years ago would have troubled 10
bow 10 thu authority OF the earl mar
shall? In the next place, what herald
coo years ago would have granted a To-
comotiye FOR a crest, even II such an
awesOme instrument had been then IN
vented? That such charge should be
introduced into an armorial achieve
ment testifies To the fact that heraldry,
like every other science which has "a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
WONDERFUL FOeS.
Those on fugsi Sound More with Walls That
Are Nsady Perpendicular.

Seafaring men have often described
meeting with a fog bank at sea the
limits Of which were so clearly defined
that the forward part OF their vessel
would be i'm bright sunlight with the
after portion enveloped i'm dense fog.
That the phenomenon is not misstated
any OF the many people passing the
brink of the decline leading down Pa
cific avenue from the city Hall at 10
o'clock Saturday morning could readily
attest, declares the Tacoma Ledger.
This had cleared SO that the ships at
the elevators were plainly visible.
Suddenly there came from the stralts
a bank OF fog. which. instead OF un-
folding and drifting over the SURFACE
OF the bay, came solidly on. This for-
nation was kept up until the fog struck
the rise on Pacific avenue leading 10
the wharf. Then it broke. the mist
drifting up i'm trailing clouds. The
spectacle of =etaarehing wall OIL
fog. as clearly perpendicular as the
side of building, with the suns rays
striking against il. was, indeed, grand.
Several shipping men noticed Ii. and
fog was made the subject of converse
tion I'm a number OF offices on the water
front. bringing forth the narration or
similar instances.
One of these came from Capt Nc
Cabe, who said:
The strangest combination for fog to
take on that has come under my OBJ
servatlon occurred here on the sound
some months ago. / was travelling by
steamer from Port Townsend TO Seat
tie. AS we rounded Admiralty Head
there loomed up before US what ap-
peared TO he water-logged steamer.
From her bulwark rails up, everything
was perfectly visible. The lookout on
the focastle head the officers on the
bridge, the deckhouse, masts and
smokestack were all as plain TO our
sight as IL the Northern Pacific ware
house across the railroad track where
we now sit.
But below the bulwark line moth
ing could be seen of the vessel IL
might have been some Puget Sound
Flying Dutchman for all We knew, or,
possibly, a craft seeking bleaching
point before sinking.
1T was weird, and for several ma
ments deceiving. The morning had
opened so thick that the fog had driven
down so close TO the surface or the
channel as to form a blanket for all
but the lower part of the vessel. Yes.
so IL was. We came near enough to
hail, and were informed that the steam
er was doing finely. All well on board,
and beyond Il being -trifie- damp on
the lower decks through the fog failing
To rise. everything was lovely.
1T was a strange sight, however. to
see that steamer plowing on toward Us
with every part visible. but its upper
works, and with passengers and crew
walking unconcernedly about the
decks"
How do you account for such freaks
of fog?" was asked.
'1t was simply some odd combination
OF air and elements taken by the
weather, just as the atmosphere along
the water front fought against the ap-
proach of the fog Saturday morning
last. and only yielded when the fog
bank found it's advantage I'm the Pa
cific avenue incline"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
AMONG The JEWELLERS.

James T.. Blake OF the James Il. Blake
company, jewellers and silversmiths OF
Attleboro, has purchased the large es-
tate of Charles III. Sturdy in that town,
and will greatly improve II. Mr.. Blake
will be soon one OF the largest real es-
tate owners In the town.
John +. Tweedy OF Cheever, Tweedy
& Co has gone to New York in the In
terests OF that firm.
Jesse Carpenter, formerly travelling
salesman for that firm, has taken
charge of the New York office OF Hor-
ton, Angell e. Co.
Saturday morning Deputy Sheriff
Elijah Read Of Atrleboro served notice
Of two suits on w. ii. Herring 4 Co.
OF that town. and as result the whole
factory is shut down pending settle
ment OF the difficulties.
Attleboro is soon 10 have new jew
elry Arm. Freeman, Daughaday x Co.
OF Charley. Mass, are planning to
move their entire business 10 Attleboro
where they will occupy quarters In the
new factory being erected by David T..
Makepeace.
A representative OF Dingwall a. Co. of
Winnipeg Manitoba, was in Attleboro
last week placing orders among many
of the local houses.
AT present the jewelry business in
the Attleboros is pretty dull. especially
among the chain houses. Many OF the
manufacturers, however, report that
they expect to see the trade take rise
within ten days or less. when the sum-
mer business begins TO come In.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
EWCTEO BY CATS.



Assistant Engineer Allen OF the
American line steamer Waesland which
arrived at her dock at Philadelphia re-
Gently from Liverpool, brought with
him a rather peculiar story. an expert
ence which befell him In that city just
| previous 20 The sailing day of the voy-
age iust completed. The incidents re-
lated by the engineer ON the voyage
across were ot such an unusual nature
that he was forced to tell them again
and again ana the truth of the story is
vouched FOR by all the officers OF the
vessel. Including capt. Ehoff
Mr. Allen has a pretty little house in
liverpool. situated about one mile from
. the docks, where his wife and child
live. on his return from the trip pre-
ceding the present one he found 10 his
establishment that the house had been
abandoned.
My hrst thought. of course" said
Mr.. Allen. was OF my family, and
lost 40 tinle searching for them. My
| wife ! found In my mothers house,
where she had been living for three
weeks. Her explanation for leaving our
Wv II lpuN' was SlHSulaI. one SAll lnd 1
sle had been driven out OF il by an
army OF eats. The cats OF the Liver
pool docks are terrors. They are as big
and strong as tiger cubs. While | had
, my doubts. an investigation OF the
| premises showed my wifes story TO be
! perfectly correct ifilry actualiy drove
me out. When l opened the door of the
sitting room ! was confronted by at
least fifty OF them, and savageness is
a ha N n he h
they made on me.
"Of course. l was pretty well aggra-
! waited at having my home broken up
| In this fashion and Immediately resolv-
| ed 90 cxterninate the lot. l hurried
! back To the steamer TO secure the
necessary weapons. ] guess I was pret-
| " well excited when | went up the side.
! | met Mr. Fowler, the chief officer, at
! the gangway.
"'Bnl,' l said, lend me your revol-
! YER.
Fowler sized me up and replaced the
! gun, which ne had made "A pass for, in
| his pocket. He thought / Intended 10
commit suicide and backed away from
| me AS though | was a maniac.
THAT was only sample or the
troubles l had i'm nv crusade against
| the intruding felines. Not to be defer
| red. however. / bought two pistols and
went ftr them right. BY a hasty call
culation / shot about thirty OF them,
and after two hours hard work put
| them To flight in disorder Subsequent
| ly l found broken pane OF glass in
| the back kitchen window, through
which they had entered. But you ought
! TO have seen the condition OF the house.
The beasts had torn up everything and
ripped the carpet off the floor. Ii cost
me money to fix that place up again,
and any amount of persuasion to in
duce my wife TO live in 1t.
THE worst OF all about this Is that
when | reported the matter To the po-
lice | was promptly arrested for cruel
~ 10 animals Mould you helleYe Il .
They kept me in Jail for a day until
established proof that | was not killing
the animals for mere pastime. Don't
talk any more cats to me-" concluded
Mr.. Allen. making vicious pass at the
Waesland's pet tabby. which at that
moment ran between his legs. They
never any good, but when il comes
to breaking a mans home up, It is the
last straw"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

AS In every new invention. hopeful
investors look for another Bell tele-
phone. so the speculative world is al
ways on the watch for another case of
"coppers.' Current interest in zinc
mines is doubtless to be attributed to
this persistent watchfrlness but wheth-
er il will be justified or will result only
In furry and failure, just as so many
promising inventions have missed be-
ing Bell telephones, the fact remains
veloped at a wonderful rate and the de-
mand for zinc is just now something
unprecedented. For good many years
we have been dependent on Europe for
considerable part Of our zinc supply
but now, just when the demand is
growing faster than ever before, we
find ourselves called upon TO supply
Europe and able TO do IT, too. | wasn't
81 WHY many years dbb AndN dNtl-
age zinc mine wasn't worth working
because of the low price of the pro-
duct The new demand for zinc comes
from it's increased use I'm the arts es-
pecially by the manufactures of gall
vanized iron work while the demand
upon American mines is said TO denote
the near exhaustion Of the principal
European fields. That the revival VIII
promoters of the zinc mining companies
profess great faith about. and which in
vestors may believe IL they choose. But
there is no question at all that just now
zinc is on the boom.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

The News has before now delivered
itself OF its opinion OF trading stamps.
1t has never pretended - regard theEa
highly. 1t is not altogether matter OF
prejudice that leads IL 90 doubt the
value Of methods of advertising other
then such as make use of printers ink.
We have been OF the opinion that in
time both customers and business men
would tire of the trading stamp device
as they have tired OF good many
the merchant for achieving publicity,
but which proved TO be costly out of all
proportion 10 their value. or for other
reasons became unavailable. But that
. scheme of advertising which did not
conflict with any of the several hundred
pages OF laws with which our statute
book is already filed should be made
the object of specific legislation for its
suppression seemed to be as ridiculous
as II was unfair. AT any rate num-
Der of progressive. intelligent and hon
est business men make use OF the trad
ing stamps and il is reasonable TO sup
pose that these find the stamps advan-
tageous and something appreciated by
their customers. II is pretty business,
indeed, when the legislature OF the
state Of Rhode Island undertakes 20 tell
these merchants that they don't know
their own business and are abetting a
swindlel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
It'd BITS.

There was a lively football match
near Glasgow recently in which the
spectators took part. with the result
that 20 policemen had 60 be- taken to the
hospital
An Improvement introduced by the
Great Eastern Railway consists in wli-
enng the cars GO the limit of safety IN
order 60 allow elk passengers Go wedge
themselves into one seat.
Paris's amusement centre keeps SHIFT !.
ing to the NOMINATE Hill The new
Hippodrome. driven from the Bouieyai 4
De rAlcna mad the Champs Elysets
quarter. Is 90 be built on the Boulevard
de Cilchy
Monte Baldo. near the LagO df Gard1.
II showing slams .uf volcanic activity.
Steam issues from assures near The top.
there is a rumbllng inside ne mountain
and the shores 0f the lake nave hecn
rising for n month past
With y view OF stimulating export
from Austria. the Ministry of Conn
incrce proposes 90 establish trading
agencies in British India. the Dutch
! East Indies Shanghai. Yokohama. Al
exandrie. Natal. Singapore. Smyrna and
in several polats an the United states,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

Accordingly. the News opposed the
making of any such law, just as some
time ago IL opposed the action OF the
city council in prohibiting various
forms Of street advertising. A
law making body that proposes
TO make general provisions against
every fussy little manifestation Of
life. liberty and the pursuit of
happiness TO which some one makes
OF happiness 60 which some one makes
objection is going to have its hands full
and in time viii transform the hon
ored sheepskin volume into a book that
to future. generations win look like
comic almanac out OF date. What the
legislature has actually done in this
piece of law making designed TO sup
press the scheme Of giving stamps TO
customers oy merchants to be after
wards traded for some article as agreed
upon, is to leeislate against one set OF
stamp promoters and ono set OF mcr-
chants using their stamps and permit
another SET Of men engaged In the same
scheme aud another set OF merchants
nsIng that scheme to continue IN bust
ness. This demonstrates how IN con-
sidered was the legislation and how
recklessly II was rushed through, even
~ II does not Justify the suspicion that
the competitors OF the particular trad
ing stamp concern that the legislation
aims at not only had friends ct court
for their own protection bat thet these
actually promoted the scheme 20 shut
out all rivals. No wonder that the per
fectly reputable merchants who max,
use ot the trading stamps are indlg
nant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

Now they are talking of Mayor Jones,
socialist, of Toledo. for governor OF
Ohio This is ! matter OF course. Per-
haps his candidacy for that Office will
be temporarily side tracked by another
year in order that he may be promi-
neatly mentioned for the presidency. or
even become a candidate. He has at
tracted great deal OF attention has
Mayor Jones Of Toledo because of his
views coupled with the fact that they
are endorsed in Toledo with all the old
line parties in opposition. 1t appears
however, that socialism, as the Ger
man and Russian part OF our citizen
ship breaches II. Is not the Toledo brand
which doesn't go much farther than
municipal ownership Of franchises.
Probably socialist politicians would be
good deal more anxious to claim
such fellows as Jones Of Toledo than
the latter would 10 acknowledge fellow
ship with them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

The crude method OF recording sun
shine by lines burnt upon cards has
been improved upon hy Prof. calendar.
The now Instrument. which was exhib-
tied at the British Association meeting.
rs essentially recording bolometer,
showing the difference betwccnN the
blackened and bright platinum ther-
momctcr in a continuous curve traced
with pen and ink ON n revolving drum.
This curve u "a strictly quantitativc
record of the heat received at the
carth's surface throughout the day. in
stcni of merely the number of hours
~ bright sunshine. The character and
intensity OF the sunshine are shown.
and the passage OF small clouds Ia re-
corded. and also the considerable heat
penetrating clouds SO thick as To i'm
tcfrupt the ordinance records.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

presently operative existence, takes
cognizance of the changes of these rap
idly moving times. Doubtless, many
heraldc pedants will dub the charge
"unheraldic," but with a railway com
pany there can be no objection To thus
openly dating the arms as modern.
There can be no ancestry behind. And
with reference to the wider subject of
the Introduction of such charges i'm per-
sonal achievement we ourselves have
always frankly admired the pluck and
the honesty which have led To the selec-
tion OF such charges as the telescope"
i'm the arms OF Herschel, the vase" I'm
the crest of Doulton, and the CORFU
gated boiler fiue" in a recent grant of
arms to well-known manufacturer
Though we ourselves should be the
first to ridicule the meanings" he
roic or otherwise" which are so fire.
quently attached to coats-of-arms. IL
is however. interesting to notice the
evident sources which have been drawn
upon in designing these arms for the
Great Central railway. The cross gules
upon an argent field is derived from the
arms OF the city of London. Probably
IL Is voided because Argent, a cross
gules." Is now appropriated to St.
George, the Order of the Garter ana
other royal purposes. The daggers in
base very probably have their origin
in the same quarter, though the charge
I'm the arms OF The city of London, as is
we'll known. is the sword of st. Paul,
and not the dagger OF Wat Tyler. The
winged morton is but another name for
the winged cap of Mercury, and the in
sertion OF the charge Is singularly ap-
proprate, The bendlets enhanced are
taken from the coat OF Manchester, the
arrows from the shield of Sheffield, and
the fieur-de-lis from the arms of Lin
coin. Thus are amply typihed the
towns OF the original Manchester, Shelf
field and Lincoln railway.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

About the most absurd thing in legis-
lation OF which aw-making body was
ever guilty, is the act TO prohibit trad
ing stamps in the state OF Rhode Is
land. AS a sample of the paternal in
legislation the statute books are cum
bered with nothing quite so glaring as
this. The General Assembly has sim
ply been used TO take sides in a quar-
rel between business men who ought to
have been left to themselves TO settle
st. Their dispute was surely too petty
matter to ruffie the dignity of such a
body with.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
DIE D..

ALDRICH-In this city, the sth inst,
Elizabeth s., widow of Cyrus III.
Aldrich.
BULLOCK-In Bristol. on sunday May
I. Jonathan Russell Bullock, I'm the
Sith year OF his age.
DAVIS-In North Scituate, 9Th inst.
George w. Davis. aged 66 years,
months, 20 days.
KELLEY-In this city. on 9Th inst,
Mary a.. wife Of John IA. Kelley.
MCARTHY--In Nprth Easton. Mass,
9Th inst. Thomas Mccarthy. father
of the Rev. John w. Mccarthy of
woonsocket. II. |.
MATUEwSON-Tn this city. 9Th Inst.
Ethel May. wife OF David \. Math-
ewson. and daughter of Robert A.
and Josephine 4. Gardner, aged u
years. 5 months.
NoRRIs-At Nisalia, Cal, suddenly.
on the Eth inst, Capt. Charles n.
Norris. In the 66th year of his age.
formerly Of Bristol. r. l.
O'KEEFFE-At her home. North Eas-
ton. Mrs. Mary O'Kecffe. aged Il
years. mother of Rev. T. ~
O'kecrfe Warren. u. I.
PERRY In this city. 5th inst. Alice
a. A.. Perry, in the csth yea of her
age.
swITT-in this city. sth inst cyrus
" Swift. IN the Gth year OF his age.
WASHINGTON In this city. the sih
inst. Jackson ~. Washington. aged
90 Years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

There Is an ancient and dreadful
sword i'm China. lt gives To the man
who happens 20 hold il the power to cut
OF the head OF any one he wishes with
out danger OF punishment All people
fee from this sword as fearfully as
stomach ills Zee before the approach of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This ia
nous remedy cures all forms of stom-
ach troubles. beginning with constipa-
tion and ending with liver or kidney
disease. 1t will be found I'm all drug
stores aud it always cures.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

Tod Sloane. the American jockey, Is
truly a wonder and perhaps his record
has never been equalled. But the Amer
lean sports who have gone daft over
him during the season in England now
realize the cost OF cold figures. For
lfty-one mounts the little jockey has
only scored nineteen wins after all.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

Edward Atkinson announces that he
will bow TO the authority OF Uncle Sam
and obey the order Of the postofice de-
partment not 20 send any Of his sedi-
tious scribblngs to the Philippines.
with Atklnson's support cut off. Agui.-
aldo might as well throw up the sponge.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

The six-day walking match which Is
started i'm New York today viii hardly
be the same test Of endurance as its sew
eral predecessors although it viii be a
more rather wholesome spectacle. I'm
der law passed by the recent legisla-
tive session such contests are limited
to twelve hours out of each twenty
four.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

That the advancing American army
in the Philippines now finds not only
abandoned villages in its march brt
arms and ammunition and provisions.
hurriedly abandoned by the leeing in
surgents. is pretty good evidence that
the backbone OF Aguinaldo's resistance
is already broken.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08
TRY GRAIN.0l IRY GRAlN.O!

Ask your Grocer today 70 show you a
package OF GRAIN-O. the new food
drink that takes the place OF coffee.
The children may drink II without in
jury as we'll as the adult All who try
IL. like IL. GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown OF Mocha or Java. but II Is made
from pure grains.and the most delicate
stomach receives II without distress. u
the price OF coffee. 15c. and 25cts. per
package. Sold by all grocers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08

\ batch OF lettors written by George
borrow has been discovered among the
pauers o' the British Bible Socieiv
some. written from spain. Borrow made
use Of himself. bot many others writ
ten from Russia, are probably new.
They are the reports to the ltible So-
ciety. which had sent him 90 Russia IN
order 10 prepare the Manchu transla
tlOn OF the New Testament.