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snrcex nnd the Prince.

Francisque Sarcey, the French crit ic. who is as democratic as he is court ly, and as courtly as he is brilliant was at Monte Carlo a few weeks ago, whither he had been called to give a series of lectures under the patronage of the Prince of Monaco. says the Chi cago Record. After the first of the lee- lures an officer of Prince Charles court bore to M Sareey a message from his master inviting him to an au- dienee. His Highness was not quite ready to receive his guest, and, to im- prove the interval before he should be announced, M. Sarcey leaned his head on his hand and went to sleep, when he was awakened by a gentle hand He thought he heard some one laugh ing, but was too drowsy to be sure of anything. "The deaee!9 he cried, T quite forgot the Prince. Do you know?" he continued, to the gentle man who had offered his arm, presum- ably to conduct him to the Princes apartments, q would rather go to bed"
 'sAb, but, M. Sareey," replied the other, "I wouldn't for the world op- press you if you need rest. Would you rather defer your call until tomorrow?"
 Not at all," replied sarcey. We must at least be civil to the great ones of the earth"
 At that Sarcey's escort, who was in fact Prince Charles, burst into laugh. ter and introduced himself "Ah, Prince" exclaimed the critic, who was in no wise discomfted, this is treason! You know I am nearly blind. Why did you come to the mountain when the mountain was ready to come to you? Mahomet, at least. gave the mountain a chance" :"
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Grandma's Ignorance.

Little 5-year-old Nettie, who had been brought up in the city, was spend- ing a few days in the country. Grand ma, whTt are those funny little green things?" she asked. as they were pass ing through the garden one day. Why, those are peas" was the reply. Peas nothingi" exclaimed Nettie, I'm s'prized at your ignorance, grandma. !" Why, dear, what do you mean?" asked the old lady. I'd think" replied Nettie,
 that woman of your age ought to know that peas come in tin cans"
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THE CARPENTER BIRD.

ahese Industrious Little Fellows Fly Many
 Miles to Secure Their stores. S Down in Mexico there lives a Wood Becker who stores his nuts and acorns
 h the hollow stalks of the yuccas and
 gueys. These hollow stalks are sep
 4ated by the joints into several cav sies, and the sagacious bird has some How found this out, and bores a hole aat the upper end of each joint and an- pther at the lower, through which to Extract acoTns when wanted. Then it Els up the stalks solidly and leaves it's ktores there until needed, safe from the Expectations of any thievish bird or Hour footed animal.
 The first place in which this curious habit was observed was on hill in fhe midst of desert. The hill was cov- Bred with yuccas and magueys, but the dearest oak trees were thirty miles saway, and so it was calculated, these 4ndustrious birds had to make a flight pf sixty miles for each acorn slowed Hhus in the stalks!
 # An observer of birds remarks: *There are several strange features to De noticed in these facts: the provi- .dent instinct which prompts this bird 4o lay by stores of provisions for the 'Winter, the great distance traversed to collect a kind of food so unusual for lts race, and its seeking in a place so 4emote from it's natural abode a store- shause Sn ren1arlxa bIp :"
 Can instinct alone teach, or have ex- perience and reason taught these birds eaat, far better than the bark of trees or creyices in rocks or any other hiding place are these hidden cavities they make for themselves with the hollow stems of distant plants?
 This we cannot answer. But we do know that one of the most remarkable birds in our country is this California and that he is well en- titled to his Mexican name of el car pintero-the carpenter bird.-Ex- change.
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Joaquin AEiller's Tomb.

Joaquin Miller, the California poet, will sleep the long sleep in tomb sat- isfaetory to himself.
 It has already been built under his own supervision, and from his own de- signs in a romantic spot on the top of a kissing hill back of the poets home in Oakland, where big trees thrust themselves up into the air and huge powders dot the ground.
 Upon one of these is carved in big letters: ITO the Unknown" the poets greeting in the future, which his eyes cannot pierce.
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An OId Waterine PInce.

The oldest of Virginia watering places, the Sweet Springs, was a select and well known resort before the White Sulphur had become famous. In the old times" the beauty and fashion of the far south thronged to driuk of it's sparkling spring, and bathe in it's limpid pool. It was then the custom to visit the White" and take the wa ters for the benefit Of ones kealth and complexion, and afterwards go to the "Old Sweet" as it was afterwards af- fectionately called, for the luxury of it's bath. Many dyspeptics took the bath before breakfast, following it up with a long walk, but the favorite hour was tand isl about noon. Then friends gathered about the natural pool, the water of which bubbles up from count less springs, enclosed within high brick walls, and, after a plunge in it's inVigorating waters, partook of the famous Virginia mint-ju1ep. Bellies as well as beaux indulged in this practice (about which, however, public opinion has undergone change, so that the mint=julep is largely a thing of the past. The bath, though, is as popular as ever; it has been compared by some enthusiastic admirer to a plunge in champagne. This exhilarating effect may account for the gradual abandon. ment of the mint-julep.-Lippincott's Magazine.
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A pugnacious sparrow the other day flew into the elephant house in the Central Park menagerie, New York, and began picking up the crumbs from the table of the elephant then inside. The mammoth and midget apparently did not see eacli other for some time, until the former, in shifting his posi- tion, nearly placed his ponderous foot on the latter. The fighting little speck of fuss and feathers evidently accepted his thoughtless act as a challenge to battle, and at once flew in the ele- plants face. The great beast looked astonished, and, sending a small cy- clone through his trunk, raised spch a cloud of hay and dust that the bird was lost sight of.
 When the air was cleared, the biped was seen on the quadrupeds back. A shake of the elephants loosely fitting, tough, though sensitive hide, frighten- ed the little fellow, who hopped to the floor and looked into the face of his antagonist.
 Thus they stood as though trying to recover breath for a few seconds, when the elephant reached out his trunk towards the sparrow. The bird with outstretched wings and rufled feathers, threw himself, with full force at the end of the threatening proboscis. Then came gentle blast of air from the elephants lungs, and the sparrow was blown against the wall of the house. The little fellow, without even so much as a parting look at his huge antago- hist. mounted to the open window and disappeared.
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enough to bring it under the "shouI- der" of the decanter. Doubled, it is pushed into the deeanter, and then it spreads apart, leaving the long end out side and the short one inside. This end is lifted carefully and as it is it dis places the center of gravity which is brought directly under the point of sus- pension. It is we'll for the performer to have two or three extra pieces of straw, to be sure to find one without crook or break.
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eannot# pierce.

The tomb itself is square, solidly built of 620 rough blocks of stone, to last for all eternity. Three steps lead up to it. It is ten feet square and eight feet high, so that from the top step a man can look over and see in it's top only shallow depression.
 Here the poet has directed that his body be cremated and the ashes scat tered to the winds.
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WesIeY,a Hnnle.

John Wesley's house in London, close to City Road chapel, has been made into library and museum and eonnexionaI centre. It contains many interesting relics of Wesley. The little prayer room" is to be kept as he used it. An endowment fund of $100, 900 will maintain the house.
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Queer Pills.

A wapderer from the Flowery King dom recently died in Melbourne. It transpired at the inquest that he had been treated by a Chinese physician, who gave him pills, each the size of a ducks egg. There were said to be forty different ingredients in the medi- cine, including blood, grasshoppers. ashes, bone dust, clay, dates, honey, sawdust and ground-up insects
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A SERIOUS QUESTION.

A kitten went a-walking A One morning in July, End idly fell a-talking With a great big butterfly, 'The kittens tone was airy, The butterfly would scoff; |When there came along a fairy
 Who whisked his wings right off. .And then-for it is written Fairies can do such things Upon the startled kitten
 She stuck the yellow wings. |The kitten felt quiver,
 She rose into the air Then flew down to the river
 To view her image there. With fear her heart was smitten,
 And she began to cry, Am I butter kitten?
 Or just a kitten-fly?"
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Vast Wealth.

Tn Russia no one knows how rich are the Demidoffs or the Yousoupoffs, be- cause their fortunes are in the shape of vast domains containing gold and silver mines of incalculable value. These have not yet been developed, but they are but two of the millionaire families, and there are hundreds of others in the empire.
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Where Boys YeII in school.

In Burmese schools making the lads shout is the approved method of ele- mentary instruction. The Burmese edueationalists argue that so long as a boy is shouting his mind is occupied. When he is silent he is certain to be scheming mischief. Therefore the best ahnl11ars are the hest nltnils
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To Lift Deoanter by a Bsnt strav.

An interesting trick is to lift de- canter half filled with wa.ar by a bent straw. This would seem impossible, but it is not. The decanter should have 9 narrow neck and wide and rather square shoulder" part. The straw, which must be good and whole one, apout two and one-half feet long or two feet. This is to be bent up- wards one-third of it's length, or
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To Strike the KnucHles Without Hurting
 Select marble mantel or any other hard surface, then tell the spectators that by a certain preparation you use, you have made your knuckles so hard nothing can hurt them, in proof of which you offer to strike them on the marble slab of the mantel. To do this
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Ten leading firms of byeyeie manu- facturers have formed q combine at New York with $50 1000, GOO capital.
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Telephone A. 0. Edwards for High Soaring Partridge 6oehi1 eggs SLIGO per setting.
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Rree,e, the Ashe ville bank president gets q ten-Y year sentence.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
next week

Clean blood means a clear skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar- tie clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all ini- 5anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads. and that sickly bilious complexion by taking iasearets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gstss satisfaction guaranteed, 10e, 2Sc. 50o.
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THE DIrFBRENT posITIoNs.

4tkb IIf T Efah3SI fOoIIIR' you raise your fist firmly clinehed above the mantel, and as you bring it rapidly down, open your fingers suddenly and strike the marble, then close them again as represented in. the engraving, ], ?, and 3. If this is quickly done, you will seem to have knocked your knuekles violently
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COTTON BELT ROUTE

Annual Meeting Cattlemen.s Association. Fort Worth, Texas. March E to l. l899-Rate one regular first-class standard Lnot tempo rarily redu cedl fare for the round trip Dates Of ale, March il and F; return limit, March is, 1S99
 Annual Meeting Electric Medical Associa- ton. Little Rock Ark. April 19 to q. ls99.- Rate one and one-third fares for the round trip on the certificate plan. Dates of sale, March l6 to 21 return limit. March 24 1899
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FOR SALE--Bun Coehins eges Sf.50 per dozen, Apply to A s KNOX 150
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AEANTED - Two salesmen. Permanent w job. Apply Monday at The Singer Mfg Co.,, 125 Barraque streets tf
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EGR sALE-Two good, gentle horses for sale cheap. Apply to ], ". BUTTON 6l9 West Barraque street, City. H5
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The Texas legislature appropriat3 ed $2.000 to fight smallpox at Lare- do.
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kl0R SABF-rwo fine Pointer puppies, Apa ply to H. c. WHITE, 104 Tennessee St. Pine Bluff. Ark. 1a6
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
IVORY FROM DEAD ELEPHANTS.

a new development in tbe ivory ira a,
is reported With the opening I'M of Cen
tral Africa the elephant Will have 10 GO.
and with ii the African ivory supplv.
IL seems a strange subversion of popu-
lar association OF ideas i'm connection
with the ivory market that the supplv
OF the near future win Be derived as
travellers now maintain. not from, iron
lcal lands, but from the frozen regions
oI the north. II is stated thar she
amount of ivory that is hidden i'm fbe
ice hslds of the polar regions defies es-
Iimal-a-- : : 4 :
The rapid decrease i'm the herds Of ele-
plahts IN AFRICA has turned the search
OF merchants into other directions and
the industry is concentrating itseif nm
speclal- explorations for the finding of
the remains OF mammoths Reports are
continuity coming in of ~lds OF frozen
cafcasses or these huge beasts. yalua-
Die Tor the mass of ivory i'm their tusl,s
mainly in Siberia. Mammoth fvorv
however Is not by any means a mod
eiA discovery It Vas known TO the am
CeHts. ana Tor centuries IL has been
USED as an article OF connnarce and
manufacture. Eighty years ago The ,acl
ora or one years sales OF IVORY in tba
lakutak l,3rket exceeded co. 600 mounds
ana the annual sales in that oifv from
1870 70 1891 averaged over so OOO mounds
ln 1870 il was estimated that tha au.
nudi output OF the Siberian ivorv reach
ed 10000 pounds, reprtsenting at least
lVy lhdlNidual mammoths. end I'm 1875 it
that the worlds ivory narlrete 49, ~,
enriched by the remains nf f,illv On 000
siberian m1mmoths since tho ccnouosf
~ Siberia.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
EAST PROVIDENCE,

The town council held a regular ses-
sion yesterday afternoon and the only
important business transacted was the
vote to exemps the property Of John r.
McCaUsland n Valley street from
taxation for a period Of ten wears Mr.
McCausland has concluded TO remove
his property from Providence to this
town.
The salary OF the tax collector was
raised TO $500 and the beduest of SIOO
from the late Mary w. Walker was re-
ceived the interest Of the same TO be
devoted to the rdse OF her mothers 8
grave, the town council TO be trustee
of the money IL was voted to replace
the wooden threshold OF the town
clerks office with a stone one. and as
this matter has been agitated for many
years. Town Clerk Peck feels highly
elated at the result.
Bills amounting TO $500 were ordered
paid
Thomas Francis and Joe Cemmach.
umbrella members fell into the hands of
the police last evening, and the result
is that they are now at Cranston where
they will remain for six months. The
former was charged with being a sturdy
beggar and the la with being a va
grant.
The open meeting held by Rising Sun
Lodge of Masons last ev ming was a
success.
The tax books for 1899 wEl be issued
IN about one week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
GtNEfVittEE.

William II. Hughes, the Oldest son OF
Thomas Hughes, OF HughesvIlle, died
at his home at 4 O'Clock this morning.
He had been sick for some time.
Hope Council, Knights of Columbus,
held a smoker" last evening and it
was an exceedingly pleasant affair.
The Ladies Auxiliary Of the sunset
Whist Club met in the parlors of the
club yesterday afternoon for the hrst
of the series of whist for the season.
Mrs. r. p. Burdick won the first prize
and Fred S. Spratt the second
Luke Murray, one OF the best known
citizens in this vicinity, died at his
home 32 Joslin street yesterday. His
funeral will take place tomorrow
morning at 8 O'Clock
At the monthly meeting " the Red
cross Chapter OF the Messiah Guild
last evening a pleasing musical pro-
gram was rendered
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
HOW BALzAC WROTE HIS BOOKS.

With no inborn literary facility, with
an Unborn artistic conscience that drove
MIN on in untiring pursuit OF pertec-
ton, he filled the vast chasm between
MS thought. and its expression with
countless penstrokes ani by methods
or composition all his own: the exact
reverse Of those of Dumas, writing az
white heat, never rewriting; or OF
Hugo, who said. 81 know not the art
OF soldering a beauty d the place OF
utiect. and | correct myself i'm another
work. BalZac began with short ara
sketchy and slip-shoi skeleton, making
no attempt toward sequence or style,
and sent it. with AN ts errors. 90 the
printer. Proofs were turned % MN
ln small sections pasted ln the centre
or huge sheets: around whose wild n2r-
oers soon shot from The central tex.
rockets and squ'bs ~ thr author aa-
ditions and correct ons fired by his in-
iurlated fist The new proofs came
PACK on similar sheets to ho returned
10 the printer. again Ike tH. W'o ana
tracks OF tipsy s0idnr. Th g was re-
peated dozen or 90 ls said. q score or
times always with anuif 7tions. un-
W hs typesetters became pa'sitd iuna-
tlcs. lie overheard ON ~ th'm. as h'
entered the office one day say: 'l'Vo
+'" Af'N fiNUF OF iH.IIaN WV t.'ft.
nm heNt?' Typesottcr. pub.sher au-
thor were put out ~ misery only whom
the last proof camc in. at its foot the
mqrf" Bon n torer"
lnls stupendous work had been pro-
~ ana was accr- r-ur1rInI nF ns stu
r"ndous preparation ~ fo'H rs H' dug
deep 10 set tho solid f1uu1aiions for
earh structure ho meant fH hutlf ~
nave had to read go -r70v books h
s7Ns referring 20 his nro'.m nary t7il
on Louis Lamherf g. r.1l wer' hts
creations - f'm-n,oro 1'iro io h.s vie
Ton iA'n Visible croafur.e 0h'u' -inat
NN must Weeds name from f'i.rr.F an
-rr-rrr HDnTTU" N If '''''t'l
NOM nclature gava ~p v'fql'tv fn T. - 'ri.
in bis view. ara he hu-frd o~ -'~"s 1n'
snCo-fr'~'e v-hrrav0- rr v0~t o." ROY
nomoe fhaf uasaDt fr- r~r euoei1i
We. - r01'o" " ne D., sol7. "r'h '' 'r-
nlnins ard uiefn~or ar7 u~ooiair-e Ninr
na--a 'No' eNar ba hls fhat ror'7 80
p0ee bly, belong % any other'-S-iio-
rer'a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
AT THE NORTH END.

The condition of Charles street gives
the police of the district lots Of extra
trouble both day and night. Thus far
the vigilance of the police has pre-
vented any accident though the chances
of one at eny time until the big i'm
provemen. is finished is much greater
than 1t is pleasont to contemplate. The
bridge walls are about completed and
the new structure will be a fitting
crown to the greatly needed but time
ly carried out improvements.
The Holy Name institute of the I'M
maculate Conception church held a well
attended meeting in Hediey nail last
nigh Great interest is taIan in the
athletic department and the member
ship OF the association continues TO
grow IN III encouraging ma amer
The festival of all souls was duly OBJ
served in all the Catholic chur .hes this
morning. At the Church NJ the i'm
maculatc Conception there was sol
emn high mass of requiem, of which
Rev. Father Fitzgerald was the ccle-
brant and Rev Fathers Dunn ami Hig-
gins the deacon and sub-deacon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
PAWTUXET VALLEY.

The Niagara fire department will
meet at the hose house, Anthony on
Tuesday evening.
harvest supper and entertainment
will be given by the Coventry Free VIII
Baptists in odd Fellows hall, Anthony,
next Saturday evening.
The roads at Fiskeville were badly
washed by the rains Of Tuesday and
yesterday.
The Royal Society of Good Fellows
met in Grand Army hall. Phenix, bast
evening.
Halloween parties were held in many
of the valley villages last evening.
Conductor Whaley of the u. V. rail
road IL slowly recovering from his Sc
rious illness at Hope.
The firm of Charles H. ELS & Co.
Central street. Arctic is dissolved.
The business will be conducted by
Benjamin f. Dawley, ID former part
ner.
The annual communication Of War
wick lodg A. +. and A. NJ. was held
at the lodge room in PheniX. Tuesday
evening, and tie following officers were
elected for the year ensuing: w. NJ,
w. T.. Smith: 5. w, w. II. Snow; j.
w. Lucius +. Arnold; Chap. c. A.
Meader: secretary. V. a. Bailey; treas
urer. Presbery Hoxie; marshal, Thos.
Holden: s. d.. j. B. Lawton; j. D..
Everett w. Whitford S. s, Lucian
Searle: ] s.. Irving Hudson; 5. Arthur
Whitford: tyler, Waldo f. Raynes-
ford; musical director. a. u. Wood.
After installation Of the officers the
members and guests enjoyed an eiabo-
rate supper.
The recent heavy fall OF rain has
raised the Pawtuxet river very percep-
tibly. but other rains will bo needed
TO nm tho reservoirs from which water
has been drawn for the past two
months The streets OF he villages
~ the valley though somewhat washed
I'm places. have not been, much dam
aged by the rain.
Business I'm the valley Is excellent.
some of the mills being Obliged 20 run
overtime In order 60 fll their orders.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
800 Reward, 800,

The readers OF this paper viii no
U,oased 90 learn that thcre is y, io,.,
N. dreaded disease that sriopco 80
been able TO cure IN all it's stages ana
that Is 'a'arrh. haiFs Catarrh cure IL
medical fraternity. Catarrh bein,- oe,,,
gtitut. .ouGI dis 0se. requires "a c7rsti3,,-
tiora. ,reatmont Hairs Catarrh enc -
taken internally acting directly ,ino,
the blood and mucous surfaces OF fbs
System thereby destroying the founda-
tiont strsueth by building up tho cpn-
stitution and assisting nature Am doing
SIS work The proprictors have so much
faith ln SIS curative powers. that fbey
offer one Hundred Dollars for any case
that 10 fails 90 cure Send for ifrf ~
Testimonials Address. +. ,. CHENEY
& co. Toledo. q.
sol7 by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-02
AUBURN.

A party of young men Of the village
met last evening in Masonic hall sor
the purpose of forming a club to be
known as the Auburn Athletic associ-
alton. A room has been secured in the
Masonic building In which the associa-
ton will hold it's meetings the first
Wednesday in each month. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing six months: President, John Bag
ley: secretary, William Whitehead; /;
treasurer. Wallace Hammond, and
house committee composed of William
Rickard, chaitnan; Allen Hopkins and
Edward Donovan. After the business
of the evening was disposed of a col
lation was served by Messrs. Bagley
and Potter.
The Ladies' Aid society ofthePeople's
Free Baptist church held their annual
harvest supper in the church parlors
last evening. Quite a large number at
tended and enjoyed an excellent sup
per. After the supper the Christian
Endeavor society held a social in the
vestry. The evening was spent In
games and music under the direction
OF Miss Mabel Allen. chairman OF the
social committee.