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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-22
Credit Extended.


Judge Rogers finds that plaintiff.
soon sIter getting the guarantee ex-
tended its credit 20 said Hadfield and
when the amount reached $500 n took
hadfield's note. payable four months
after date. This note was twice re-
neWed Tor four months without the
knowledge or assent of defendant. and
the plaintiff took a mortgage on Had
fields stock. When Hadfield failed in
1896 he owed plaintiff about s19s2. The
pIalhtlH having made demand for the
POW auesed TO be due on the guarantee
brought this SUIT. The question ia
whether the defendant is liable under
the guaranty upon the facts stated
Judge rogers says THE plaintiff claimed
that its treasurer, Potter. had a talk
with the defendant when the guaranty
was given and explained to and agreed
with him as to the taking of notes. etc
which the defendant denied, and the
plaintin has not satisfied me by any
pfeponderence OF evidence that any
such talk was had
A guaranty will not be contested.
Judge Rogers continues, as a continu-
ing one unless its language indicates
that such was the intention of the par
ties. There is nothing i'm the guaranty.
IL seems to the court, to imply that il
was TO be continuing. or to cover any
amount other<fhan the first $500 guar
anteed, that is to say. it does not cover
one $500. and when that was paid up,
then cover another or other $500. and so
on indefinitely. as contracted. or until
notIce OF cancellation was given. What
uefendant guaranteed 10 be responsible
Tor was any account that may be due or
or become due. etc. Judge Rogers does
not think that any notice TO the defend
ant or the acceptance of the order was
necessary, but he does think the plain
tiH had no right without notice TO or
agreement OF the defendant to give
time to Hadfield by the repeated renew
al or notes given for the accounts guar
anteed. thus putting IL out Of his power
10 collect of Hadfield during the run
ming or the notes. and by so doing. in
the courts opinion. he released the de-
fendant from liability under his guar
at,tx
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-22
Another Meeting 10 Be Held.

Later in the day various rumors
were still current regarding the cabi-
net meeting. but the following, which
the Pail Mall Gazette publishes. is be-
lieved to be correct:
The comparatively short duration %
the council warrants the conclusion
that nothing Of supreme Importance
was decided at II. and such we believe
to be the fact. Information In our pos
session is to the effect that 1t was an
interim cabinet meeting, summoned to
consider an interim dispatch. 1t is bee
lieved that this paper, which met with
the unanimous approval of Mr.. Cham
berlains colleagues. will be published
as soon as received by the Boer gov
eminent. on Monday or at the latest ON
Tuesday"
The Pail Mall Gazette says that an
other meeting of the cabinet Will take
place next Thursday or Friday. when
the issues will be presented In a more
serious shane.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-22

council will Immediately be followed by
a Boer raid.
The Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon,
publishes special dispatch from Cape
Town which says II Is stated that the
Beers have given guarantee to their
sympathizers in the Orange Free State
and Cape Colony that the Transvaal
will not be the first TO make war;
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-22
Boer Raid EYuecied.

News from south Africa is eagerly
awaited as many think the cabinet
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
Curious Blunders.

Occasionally the English penny-a-
liner produces a gem of unconscious
humor. THE murderer" wrote one,
"was evidently in quest of money, but,
luckily, Mr.. Duncan had deposited all
his funds in the bank the day before,
90 that he lost nothing but his life"
Another, describing a street accident,
wrote: 1.-THE unfortunate victim was
taken to Guys hospital. where he now
lies, progressing favorably, although
he is sedulously attended by DR.. J. R.
Robertson, the resident surgeon. and
some of the leading members Of the
medical staff" In a report Of a Glas-
cow newspaper Of a shipwreck of the
coast Of Ayr this appeared: "The cap
tain swan ashore. and succeeded in
also saving the life Of his wife. She
insured in the Northern Marine
company for five thousand
pounds, and carried a full cargo Of &C.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

Compulsory Education for Russia.
Russia is at last on the eve of the
Introduction of the greatest reform
since the Emancipation of the Serfs in
1S61-the compulsory education of the
people. The first experiment is to
be made in the city and government of
st. Petersburg, but there can be no
doubt that the system will be grad
ually extended throughout the fifty
governments of European Russia.
There are already S35 schools, accom-
modating 10000 children, in the city
and suburbs of the capital, and these
are to be Immediately increased by
the addition of 52S others. Each
school will serve an area of two and a
half miles in circumference. For
young children living at a distance
ia night asylums are to be provid-
ed in the various districts. This pro-
vision will deprive negligent parents
of all excuse for keeping their chill
dren from school.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
SPEND TOO MUCH FOR DRESS.
Enelishmen Find Fault with American
women's ,~Extravagance.

Englishmen Find Fault with American
Women's 'E~xtravagance.
If the opinion Of the average Eng
lishman is worthy of credence-and the
opinion, indeed, Of all men throughout
Europe-American women spend too
much money on their personal adorn.
ment. 1t is n fault Of the women Of
America that they consider themselves
obliged to buy perishable dresses to
meet the exigencies of fashion, while
in England a princess, a duchess, will
do with one handsome silk as her only
elegant costume. The tyranny of Dress
makers and the frequent changes of
fashion make dress a very serious bust
ness to fashionable women in America
If they chance to be poor. And in CIV
ing good material into the hands of in
experienced dressmakers women often
suffer a dreadful loss. 1t is the old
story Of the Irish cook trying to make
a vol-au-vent de volatile. To make a
French dress one needs a French artist.
The French dress is elegant and it fits.
It is easy and comparatively inexpen-
siye to dress a woman favored with a
good figure, but not one in a hundred
has a good figure any more than she
has a good walk. Dress is made. there
fore, to conceal defects, and to heighten
beauties, as moonlight is said to do.
The stout people must not be cos
tuned like thin ones. 1t is a conces-
sion to defects which has brought
about extraordinary fashions. The
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
World. Largest Grapevine.

La Para Grapde, the biggest grape
vine in the world, has reached the end
of it's long outdoor life, and will soon
be cut down. Seventy-five years it has
been growing on a ranch in the Monte
otto valley, e Santa Barbara, CAL,
but it has shown signs of dying, so
the owner, Albert Magee, the Pittsburg
stove, manufacturer, has ordered 1t re.
moved. From the pride of the Cali
fornia vineyards the vine will be
turned into a museum curiosity. The
Santa Barbara chamber of commerce
will preserve it as a specimen of what
the soil of Santa Barbara county ia
able to produce. La Para Grande has
a trunk or main stem three feet and q
half in circumference, and the trellis.
higher than a mans head, on which
the spreading branches Of the vine are
supported, measures nearly six feet in
each direction. In its prime this single
vine produced full four tons of grapes
in a single year. Those days of its
glory are, however. long past.-St
Louis Post-D Dispatch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
REST OR
Che Unavoidable Difference of Opinios
No. ~

Che Unavoidable Difference Of Opinios.
That Troubles Every Household.
One of the problems that develops
out Of that trying first year of mar
ried existence is the equal adjustment
Of the amusement question. To the
average man, worn out with the work
and worry of the day. tired of the
babel of voices and confusion in which
he has toiled, and weary OF trying to
make himself agreeable to those he
must please for business purposes
there seems nothing else on earth SO
desirable as the quiet and ease of his
own home. He doesn't want to talk
or be talked to-. He doesn't want ia
have to force himself to smile or to
think, and least Of all does he want
to forsake his slippers. The woman
on the other hand, has been shut up all
day in the house, going through the
deadly dull round of domestic duties
without the distraction of seeing a
fresh face. She has toiled in her own
way as hard as her husband, and when
night comes she, too, feels the need oil
a change to rest and refresh herself
She would like to put on her best
dress and 60 to the theater, or eve
call on the people next door. To ever
suggest such a thing to her husband,
however, is to bring on a glowing dia'
tribe on woman's gadding, and the
matter ends there or bursts forth into
a wordy quarrel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

Cuban Notarles Get Enormous Fees.
One drawback to investment in Cuba
is the uncertainty of titles and the alb
solute authority exercised by the ma
tive notaries. According to the old
Spanish laws. which to a great extent
are yet in vogue, the notaries keep all
records of land titles, and from their
decisions there is no appeal. The Of
flee has descended from father to son
through many generations, and, hav-
ing had things SO long their own way,
the incumbents have grown exceeding
ly arrogant, and demand outrageous
fees. For the copy of a deed $500 is
not considered exorbitant. Not long
ago $4,000 actually was paid in Ha-
vana for recording a deed. One thou
sand hve hundred dollars or 81, 900 is
the common charge for recording a
will.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
what British Ho,,d.y-s.sk.rs sp.nd

Whist British Holidsy-assksrs Spend.
In the course Of last year no fewer
than 443, 102 passengers embarked or
disembarked at Dover alone, and a.
the number Of continental travellers
embarking at Hull. Harwich, Queen
borough, ~Folkestone, Newhaven and
Southampton is likewise immense. at
the very lowest estimate 1900. 900
Britons must annually seek relaxation
on foreign shores at the cost Of about
Els. O00, 00o-a sum sufficient to provide
enough sovereigns to allow q ribbon Of
these coins to be laid down the Great
North Road from the Mansion House
to Woodham, which lies half way be-
tween Darlington and Durham. OF
this 1.5oo,0 600. the majority visit Bel
GUM. the Rhine, Switzerland and
Paris, and the money they leave be-
hind is fairly equally divided among
the popular holiday resorts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

expected to take in by setting up three
eye hospitals for the poor-one in
Munich, the other in Meran and the
third in Tegernsee. 1t costs more than
$40, 900 a year to keep up these institu-
tions-a bagatelle compared with the
income Carl Theodore should have
from his rich customers. But, as
things go. he pays three-fourths of the
sum out of his own pocket. for, know
ing that their Doctors claim will not
be pressed against them, most of the
rich patients sneak away with a
thank you. ever so much" and an in
significant poor-box contribution.
Such ingratitude. would disgust nine
out of ten philanthropists with their
self-imposed duties.
Not so the Duke and Duchess. Poor
as they are-for people in their station
in life-they cheerfully continue to
bear the expense Of their hospitals,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
AGES AND
Can Thor be Happiness When tho
Wife Is this Older:

Can There BE Happiness when tno
Wife Is the Older:
The prevailing epidemic of marriage
among women older than the men
whose names they take was produce
tive Of a decided discussion at the din
ner-table, says the Philadelphia Times.
Certainty, three such clever and beau
tiful women as Patti, Langtry ana
Lady Randolph Churchill are examples
in favor of such matrimonial selection,
but whether the humdrum courtship
of everyday life ends more happily IN
such an arrangement of years Is a
question. One lady, whose intellectual
acumen is unassailable, declared
strongly in favor of such alliances,
quoting many instances in her W
acquaintance where the wife was older
than the husband, and where such a
union resulted in the greatest mutual
happiness. II believe" she said, that
when a man marrieS a woman older
than himself he finds in her the truest
sort Of counselor, and a real compan-
ion, who spurs his ambition without
retarding his efforts by her desire for
over-much petting. Such u wife real
ICES that the baby act on her part is
foolish and therefore refrains from in
dulsing in that clinging dependence
that in a young wife is pardonable.
but which generally pals after awhile.
A difference of five or six years is
scarcely a difference at all, and even
when twenty or more years loom be-
tween the husbands and the wife's
age, the latter being the elder, l see
no cas- why the marriage should
not be a thoroughly c%ongenial and
happy one-infinitely more certain to
be so than if the wife were twenty
years younger than the husband"
This was n argument. The other
side of the question was taken by a
young married. woman, who is but five
years the junior of her husband.
"Such marriages mean misery gener-
ally to both, but always to the wife.
A m grows older SO much faster
than a man that though, at the time
of the wedding they may not look mis-
mated, or feel so, either, but a few
short years must elapse before the
husband finds that his tastes and in
clinations are absolutely youthful in
comparison with his wife's, and that
she is an old woman while yet he is a
young man. A woman of so and a
man Of 80 do not seem so unequally
matched, but let ten years more be
added and the man Of 40 is only a boy
in comparison to the oma of 60.
Not that the disparity Of actual years
is any greater, but he is only in his
| prime, while she has passed that bor-
der line that marks the division be-
tween middle and old age"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

hoping against hope that one day there
will be a great windfall that may place
their charity above want.
+, Meanwhile the royal couple have re-
duced their stable. and have curtailed
their social expenses in every way pos
sible. Carl Theodore. his wife and
their children, live like private people,
refusing to indulge in such luxuries
as court marshals, ladies and gentle
men of the court, etc. The money
saved goes to bring life and happiness
to thousands of people in the course of
a year, for the Duke has often as many
as thirty callers a day.
When he is engaged on cataract
operations he can't see all the patients
himself, so his daughters, Elizabeth
and Marie, take preliminary charge of
new arrivals. Both princesses are
studying medicine and are schooled In
giving first aid to sufferers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

The picture made for the New York
Press from a photograph taken at the
royal villa in Tegernsee, represents
Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria and his
wife attending to a patient.
Removing cataracts is the Dukes
speciality. He has taken out more than
5000 since he began practicing twenty
years ago, and the majority of these
operations turned out successfully. In
deed, so great has been Carl Theo-
dore's success in this special line that
the Medical Chambers of Germany pc
titioned him to charge the usual fee
for his work, "as he was drawing the
best part Of the custom from regular
physicians"
To this the Duke agreed-in a meas
ure. He promised to hand to his we'll
to-do patients stiff bills thereafter, and
then, like the true Samaritan he is,
went to work to spend the money he
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
BABY CARRIED IN A vALlsE.

Odd Experience Rotated by an Old
Time Conductor.
Carrying a baby in a grip is a new
wrinkle on me-" remarked an !old-tlme
palace car conductor at q downtown
hotel the other night. "It was away
out in western Iowa." he continued,
chat the incident I am about to re-
late happened. I had two porters In
my car. One was the regular porter,
who is familiar with the travelling pub
lie, and the other darkey was Just
being broken in. He was on the first
run and wanted to catch on to the bust-
ness. Well, somewhere west of Mar
shalltown an elderly man climbed on
the sleeper. He had.two grips, n fat
one, the other a mere hand grip. He
remarked to the porter to handle the
bags very carefully and to keep them
upright. The man went into the smok-
ing apartment and ordered his grips
placed in his berth. It so happened
that the new porter got hold Of him,
and / can never understand how it
happened that there wasn't a tragedy
on the car, for he took the fat grip and
gave 1t a big toss, handing it up on the
top berth. There wasn't a sound.
Pretty soon the man came out the
smoker and proceeded to retire. He
made considerable fuss about the
rough way in which his grips had been
handled and the finding Of the large
one upstairs. In the night some time
a baby's voice a heard. The little
one cried several times, but always
ouieted down. The sound vas traced
to, the berth Of the man who had been
fussy about his grips. Next morning
he did not get up and remained in the
berth until the train reached Chicago.
When he left the car the big grip was
a. heavy as ever and the porter receiv-
ed the same precautions about careful
handling. I managed to get around in
front. Of him and asked II the baby was
all right. He looked q little puzzled,
and then answered in the most indif-
ferent way that 1t was all right, but
had spent q rather restless night. He
said he always carried 1t in the grip to
avoid appearance, taking along several
bottles Of milk when on long trip Y
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

The Tegernsee hospital occupies an
entire wing of the castle, and poor pa
tients are treated to a meal and a bath
Immediately upon arrival. Then the
Dukes daughters make a first exami-
nation and report to their father about
the urgency of the case. II treatment
can be put off a couple of days 1t is
done, to give the patient a chance to
gather strength. So the Duke is not
only keeping a free hospital, but also
a free restaurant and clearinghouse.
Duke Carl was 60 years old On Aug.
9, but looks younger. His wife, a
Princess De Bragance, is his Junior by
eighteen years. Her chief attraction
is her eyes, full of tenderness and in
telligence. She is her husbands faith
full assistant, and medical science is
indebted to her for the Invention OF
several surgical instruments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
Typhoid Rat. and rur. water.

1ypuOIu 1sSs0 snU 1uF0 W1tOEs
In Vienna the typhoid rate Of 1875
deaths to 10000 inhabitants fell to IL
otter a pure water supply was OBJ.
tanned. In Dantzig the mortality fell
from 10 per 10000 to Is. In Munich,
after the introduction of a good water
supply. and proper sewerage, the rate
fell from 81 per 10000 to 60, and ip
Boston from ia to Sc.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

her Of snakes in this station, and when
the rains set in it is rarely that a day
passes without several poisonous ones
being destroyed In the cantonment.
The strong spring Of the trap had evil
IDENTIFY killed the KRAFT" instantane-
ously, as the trap had not been moved
from the spot In which It was set.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

done in that country before. She is
successful at the markets in Boston
and New York, and visits them regu-
larly, and she says that contractors and
laborers r always equally courteous
to her.-Boston Advertiser.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
And tho Band l. ,

Ana th0 ES1nu FI2y6os .
Waiter-Kin All bring yo' an 'ade
sab?
Jollyboy-what kind of AIDES hav, .
you?
waiter-Lemonade. oranseade an
limeade, sab?
Jollyboy-BrinE me 4 serenadA
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
Literary Criticisms.

Bertha-But isn't there a good deal
of Emerson's writings that you do not
understand, Uncle Charles? Uncle
Charles-Of course there is. The
great pleasure in reading Emerson is
the opportunity it gives a man with a
fertile imagination to think out mean
ings for profound passages."-Boston
Transcript.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30
Tho Advantage Of Youth.

The Advantage Of Youth.
Father-One would think by the adj
vice you are giving me that you know
more than I do. Son-Well, dad, you
must remember that, I am younger
than you are.-Life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

There are 10000 locomotives in use
ON American railroads. They repre-
sent On investment Of $50 .ooo.ooo.-Ex.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-30

high collars worn by the princess Of
Wales are to conceal scars. Should
every woman who has a fair throat
that most peerless Of beauties-cover
1t up because a princess has scars?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
LAW POINT.

Has just Been Established for Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup Co.
An important decision has just been
rendered in San Francisco in the
United States Circuit Court, in the case
of the California Fig Syrup Company
vs.. Clinton e. Worden & Co., ct al"
The principal defendant is a large nom
secret manufacturing concern. A per-
manent injunction has been granted
enjoining the defendants from using
the name-Syrup of Figs, or Fig
Syrup-and ordering them to pay the
costs and account for damages. The
decision is Of the greatest value, not
only to manufacturers Of proprietary
articles, but to the public generally, as
1t affirms that the valuable reputation
acquired by an article of merit, will be
protected by the Courts, and that the
party who builds the reputation by ex-
tensive and legitimate advertising, is
entitled to the full fruits of his enter
prise. This confirms the title Of the
California Fig Syrup Co. to this genu-
inc and most valuable remedy, Syrup
of Figs"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
Locomotive Runs.

During the past few months, the Bal
timore and Ohio Rail Road has materi-
ally extended the runs of the passenger
locomotives on through trains. Form
erly, engines were changed on an aver
age of 100 or $50 miles. 1t was thought
that the mountain grades of the Balti-
more and Ohio Rail Road would pre-
vent an extension of the runs. How
ever, the experiment was made. 1t has
proved successful and reduced the
number of locomotives formerly re-
quired by "a, which can be used in 9TH
er branches Of the service, and save
the purchase of more motive power.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-24
Almost World Wide in Scope and Magni-
fcent in It's Display.
GREAT AND POPULAR ENTERPRISE
Bringing Together a Comprehensive Ex-
hibit of Our National Resources, Indus
tries, Manufactures and Products-Four
Months OF Sightseeing, Commencing
July !, 1895

Perhaps there are comparatively few
people who appreciate the a s scope
Of the First Greater America Colonial
Exposition which opens its gates at
Omaha on July 1st. The United States
has become. within the past year, a
mighty empire whose possessions lie
on either side of the globe, and it is
a ~stupendous undertaking to bring to-
gether in n grand comprehensive
exhibit the national resources, indus
tries, manufactures and products, not
only of the North American continent,
but of several of the principal islands
OF the seas. The peoples of these far
away sea-girt lands are of different