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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

clothing store OF impressive proportions
has contributed 10 the prosperity OF the
! street. There ~ about everything in the
shop lire there now.
--Gradually--no, with marvellous ra
| pidity-the store Of the retailer unable
to hnd elbow room In Westminster
street has gone onto Mathewson and
/ Weybossct streets and is taking up po-
sitlon in Washington street Success
has, 1 believe rewarded every such de-
parture.
Westminster street. with it's splen-
did department stores and imposing es-
Establishments for various lines OF trade
win undoubtedly always remain the
centre and chief headquarters OF the
shopper.
But that docs not mean that the
retailer in most any line cannot do
business on the nearby and for a long
period deserted thoroughfares.
Results OF the experiment have
demonstrated that he can
4 am beginning TO wonder however.
IL all the Westminster street landlords
appreciate the changed conditions.
Rents have been going higher and
higher on Westminster street for n
good while and ! shouldn't wonder il
I'm some instances they are now higher
than the changed conditions justify.
Now that the Westminster street mo-
nopoly Is SO surely breaking.
Seems to me the situation is worth
thinking over
1t may be conceded TO be sure, that
the Westminster street landlords know
their business.
But when I see stores vacated but
not grabbed up with old time avidlty. I
wonder IL IL went be sometime before
The newly broadened area of the shop
ping district win be crowded as has
been. for SO many years, the preferred
and only street.
Il ann told that there are more than
160 empty stores between Turks Head
and the Hoyle tavern junction on West
minister street. THE CRANK.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
IT'D BITS.

The salvation Army was 80 years old
the other day.
Some butterflies have as many as 90
coo distinct eyes.
There are three newsy little American
papers I'm Manila.
Many insects hear and breathe with
the same apparatus.
The London Mail calls the Philip
pines the jewel OF the far east"
Nearly all skin diseases are supposed
to be caused by microscopic insects.
In South America there is race OF
cats which does not know how to NEW.
Some one has exported a ton OF Irish
turf for an Irish fair at San Francisco.
The pantries at Windsor Cattle con-
tain gold and silver plate valued at 81
500. 600
The American Bible society has sent
$500 Spanish New Testaments to San
tiago, cuba.
II man were to leap as far i'm pro-
portion TO his size AK a flea, he could
jump rs miles.
1t requires over 5000, 600 a year to run
the Crystal Palace in London. and it
barely pays itself.
writer I'm "a London tailoring maga-
zine complains that tailors themselves
are seldom well dressed.
over one hundred persons disappear
in London every year without leaving
the slightest trace behind.
At the Strozzi Palace. In Rome, there
is a book made of marble. the leaves
being OF marvellous thinness.
In sweetening acid fruit a little soda
put i'm first will lessen the amount OF
sugar required. and will not injure the
flavor OF the fruit unless too much Is
used. Half teaspoonful to quart of
fruit is usually about right.
Cut glass, washed i'm warm soap suds
rinsed in hot but not boiling water and
stood I'm a pan of dry sawdust till dry
then brushed with soft brush and
rubbed with a piece of chamois viii
have every bit OF its brilliant beauty
dazzlingly brought out.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
AUSTIN AS A NERVE DESTROYER.

An amusing incident occurred the
other day at Lady Paget's villa in
Billosguardo. Italy. when Alfred Aus
tin, the English poet laureate arrived
on a visit Austin is very difficult man
TO please. and upon his arrival Lady
Paget sent 10 inquire what wine he
would prefer. Sir Alfred replied that he
was Indifferent and was certain To be
pleased with whatever kind his hostess
selected. Therefore at dinner Lady Pa
get said that she had chosen Bordeaux
but that If he desired she would provide
champagne Sir Alfred looked discon-
solate and said thet he wished he could
have some champagne at once.
Then Lady Paget was In a dilemma,
because Billosguardo is three miles
from Florence, and, there being no ice
In the villa. il was impossible TO graft
fy the poets wish. However. he was
promised champagne the next day and,
sure enough, at dinner the sparkling
vintage was produced. iced and foam
ing. Now. however Austin had quite
lost his desire for IL and wished only
Bordeaux of all things i'm the world
Alas! the last bottle of Bordeaux was
found to be exhausted and Florence
still three miles away.
This was too much. and Lady Paget
ordered that the hext-tlap- -betA-Rar=
deaux ana iced champagne should ap-
pear on the table. Thinking that now
she was safe. she joyfully ushered her
guest to the board. What was her dis
may at being asked is she would order
of her butler a bottle of California
Iinfande, which an American gentle
men in the train had strongly recon-
mended for shattered nerves.-Chicago
Record.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
'TWIxT YOU AND Me.

1t seems to me that remark a rap
ia widening OF the territory OF retail
trade down town.
1t Is evidently no dream that the
widening OF Washington street means n
spread Of business over on that thor
oughfare. with a mighty pretty oppor-
tunity through Mathewson street.
--Wcybosst street above Dorrance too
81 showing marvellous development
az a shopping district IL has ioug been
popular In the furniture trade. A shoe
store thar made bold 90 advertise largo
iy iis location on Wes Dossct street
shortly moved iatO larger quarters. a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

Seemingly the United States bought
an unfinished revolution along with the
Philippines to judge by the reported
attitude OF the Filipinos. But that is
not the only unusual and unexpected
possession they have come into. Ac-
cording to credible authority, the spoils
of war include fine assortment Of
churches. converts, parish houses and
accompanying buildings down in Porto
Rico. All this property. as appears
was held In fee simple by the govern
ment OF Spain, and with the surrender
of the island the church property goes
to the new owner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

The iron graveyard promises 70 be
the graveyard OF the furnre In those
countries where the dead rcpose in lit
tic lockers set in a wall instead of being
buried in mother earth. At least that
seems to be the significance OF recent
proposition that comes from Venezuela.
In the south American countries they
build a high wall for a cemetery. The
wall is pierced by lockers just bis
enough each. to hold a coffin The
hole is sealed up after the coffin Is in
IT, Sometimes the photograph OF the
person whose mortal remains occupy
the place appears on the little door
along with the usual inscription These
lockers are rented more often than
owned. When the rent ceases to come
In the tenant is taken out and buried in
a ditch and the little house is then for
rent again TO a new tenant. Now, it
appears that down i'm Venezuela the
folks fancy that wall built OF IRON
frames is better, more durable and less
costly than the soft stone or granite or
marble affairs that are TO be found i'm
every city. The stone houses leak and
crumble So they have applied to a
Pennsylvania firm TO present plans and
spe ecifcations for an iron graveyard in
the capital city. Caracas.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

The cause Of the natural tailed horse
now enjoys the advocacy OF the Royal
Agricultural Society OF England. which
has voted TO abolish the practice of
docking tails, although the cause was
won by only bare majority. But IL
Is evidently significant OF the march OF
reform that this important body has
been moved to even consider the sub
ject. In the opinions OF many people
who are supposed TO know horse. the
docking of a tail is species OF cruelty
that doesn't even have the justification
OF Increased usefulness or beauty of the
animal, although for some years now
the proper thing in smart horsefesh has
seemed TO be the docked animal Many
of the valuable horses that are now
iocked, however. viii probably be the
last Of their race to be so disfgured.
For great many years the type OF
hunter generally familiar has shown
the docked tail, and the fashion has
spread 10 harness horses. Custom in
one class Of horses is thus responsible
Tor the more recent fad. hut IL Is an
artificial notion, contrary to nature, and
apparently no better ground can be adj
vanced in it's behalf except that some
body first did it, and our idea OF a
smart stopper came TO depend to a con-
siderable extent on the stubbiness of
the docked tail. 1t is a queer mutila-
tion at best.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

The municipality OF Bridgeport,
Conn. offers an example of how 10
raise money that will be interesting TO
study. Bridgeport is up to its debt
limit. and for several years public inn
proyements have been at a standstill
because the annual receipts were in
sufficient to provide for them and bonds
could not be issued. To be sure. the
debt is less than million and half
and the tax rate is only sl-01 On n valu-
alton of s5s00O,oOo and a population of
perhaps 65,0c0. But Bridgeporters want
neither the valuation nor the tax rate
raised. though both are probably
smaller than those OF any city OF its
size in the country. In the emergency
they have hit upon the plan Of having
the lives OF leading citizens insured. as
signed in the name OF the municipa+
corporation, which would then borrow
money upon the policies after the usual
fashion of individuals. If the plan is
carried out. Bridgeport will have lots
OF new things by next Christmas.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
May Bring Leprosy to this Country.

n Va pointed out that tho T'nitad
states soldiers In Hawaii may contract
lcprosy there. and briug 10 90 this cOun b
Try when they return. While loprosy ls
much to bc dreaded. there are a thou
sand lines es many victims 10 stoni.
acn disorders and blood diseased. but
there a. cure for them in Hostetter's
stomach Bitters. Other common aU.
mcnis that the Bitters are SpcelH.
iur are malaria. tcNer aul geu.. Sold
AT all drug stores.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

The first Of Uncle Sans naval ships
to cast OFF the war garb of gray paint is
the armored cruiser New York, which
was Admiral SIMPSONS flagship. APP
pearing in her former style OF white,
which distinguishes our naval ships i'm
time OF peace and has helped TO make
them the admired OF all craft, the New
York is thus significant OF the restora-
tion of peace. The paint was not
changed until the conclusion Of the
peace negotiations at Paris, the war
gray remaining throughout the armis-
tice under the protocol. Pretty soon
the ships that fly the Stars and Stripes
will all be beautiful in their white
dress.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
HE KNEW BILL.

Il Is far bark back TO 1915, but still
there are some survivors OF Waterloo
Knocking about Australia, according TO
the colonial papers. There Ia one I'm the
Liverpool Benevolent asylum. near
sydney and an enterprislng Sydney re-
porter went up TO interview him the
other day. $50 you We're in the battle
OF Waterloo" queried the reporter.
Yes" said the old man: "I remember
1t all as IL ii was only yesterday" did
you know Bill Adams who got the
V. G. there?" asked the press man. II
should think l did" replied the vet
cram. he was serving in the same COM
pany as me!"-London Chronicle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

The long popular drama OF "Jim the
Penman" has it's counterpart in real
life. A well connected young fellow of
Chicago, Frank A. Parker. has just
been arrested charged with being the
head of a dangerous band of forgers
Like Jim the Penman" ne did the ex-
pert work OF forging. and his accom-
plices passed the checks. His social
connections gave opportunity for the
securing OF well known signatures and
checks as well for raising, and
ne has done a thriving business until
The capture OF his less important assoc
ciates led up to his own discovery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

the resources for taxation In the United
states have not begun 10 be sounded
yet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

Uncle Sans debt is decreasing
steadily. And his resources are grow
Ing at a marvellous rate. The debt is
over billion-a figure that is easier to
write than TO imagine. But even that
Is nearly one-third less than the ma
tional debs at the close OF the civil
War, on which heavy interest had 20 be
paid. while the resources of the coun-
try a generation ago seem small by
contrast 10 todays immense wealth..
Uncle som shows up well. too. by con-
trast with other nations as TO his debt.
The billion obligation represents a per
capita debt Of only si5. while France
has u lvr capita debt of slis. Holland
ol 500. ana GREET Britain OF 81. And
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet.
All druggists refund the money m IL
fails tp Cure. 60. Tne genuine has 4.
~, -. on 1acn tablet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

The Poet Gnsinuatingly)--Do YOU
| think we would make "A good couplet?
She (coyly)-Tm not averse.-Brook-
| lyn Life.
Beneaict-Does your friend believe in
a future punishment?
Bachelor-No; he says he never ex-
poets TO marry.-Yonkers Statesman.
"Some men, says Uncle Eben,
"wouldn hab no trouble tall bout get
tim rich ef dey held on as tight to de
money dey earns as dey does TO the
money dey berrows.i- Washington
Star. ~ ..,...,...
"I would like TO interest you in our
compressed air motor"
Compressed nothing. wouldn't
touch II with ten-foot pole. 1 am an
expansionist. "---C Chicago Tribune.
She-Were YOU wounded at Santiago?
He,-No / was wounded at Washing
ton.
She-Why. how could that be?
He-l was wounded i'm my vanity.
You see | failed to get the promotion
l expected.7-Chicago News.
Bobby (at the breakfast tablet
Maud. did Mr. Jules take any az the
umbrellas or hats from che hall last
night
Maud-Why, of course not why
should heP
Bobby That's just what Td like to
know. | thought he did. because I
heard him say when he was going out:
I'm going 90 steal just one" and
why, what's the matter, Maud?-Tt-
Bits,
lic-lr were a snowdrop-a soft little
flake
/ would watch from my place i'm the
sky
TIL / saw you fare forth then Ia fall
on your cheek
Aud there | would happil ydie.
ShC-lf YOU were "a snowdrop-a soft
little flake
In the form OF "A five-pointed star.
Permit me to say that you'd not be
lit
More soft than at present YOU are
Cleveland Leader.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
DTvfpENDi

s.ui-sanus' dividend o. tha T1fe % four fil
ref ceHi. PEI annum ie raran'- ans sfter
4annarF Z. nuf ueYcfltt ftsslffd On 80 before
that dsie drau iffrfct fraif ffa isf
proyid.scs Jar, a Issa ii.tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

sole covered with guipure. Redngote
of pale rose satin. Scarf of pleste
white tulle gathered with pink roses
and foliage Model bY Longnin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
SMILES. S

The Poet Gnsinuatingly)-Don YOU
think we would make a good couplet?
She (coyly)-Im not aVerse.-Brook-
lyn Life.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
A Healthy business Growth

Follows use Of cuts and printing, see The j. !.
Ryder Co, a. Washington 81. Best work.
Low prices. iaglt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
THE NEWS
DAILY EUROPEAN HINT.

tSecured for exclusive publication in
The News by arrangement with Felix,
Rouff, Doucet, La Ferriere, Paquin ana
other famous Partisan costume max
Nrs.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

Benedlct-Does your friend believe in
future punishment?
Bachelor-No; he says he never ex-
poets TO marry.--Yonkers Statesman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

"Some men," says Uncle Eben,
"wouldn' hab no trouble tall bout get
tim rich ef dey held on as tight to de
money dey earns as dey does 10 the
money dey berrows. w Washington
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
CITIZEN
SAVINGS BANK.
GAG Westminster Street.
President John Austin
Vice President James 3. Paine
DIRECTORS.

william =. Hayward. Lester = Hln, Charlie.
Law. Edwin Lowe. Arthnr 4. Austin Chas n
Irons hngelhsrt 9 ostby, Daniel H. wHliams
Amount a Deposits. s6O.S7ls "
Net prohts .s.+..................... 29ffis ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04

'I would like TO interest YOU in our
compressed air motor"
Compressed nothing. I wouldn't
touch IL with a ten-foot pole. L am an
expansionist. - Chicago Tribune.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-10

WAS IN MONTANA.
John ID. Davis, the Automobiles, Known
in the Northwest.

John ID. Davis, the young man who, with
his wife, is travelling across the contin-
ent in an automobile and writing up the
trip for a syndicate of newspapers, is not
unknown throughout the Northwest. al
though he is now spoken of as New
Yorker.
Davis is said to be a distant relative of
Senator Cushman *. Davis of Mime
sofa. In 1893 and 1894 he lived in various
towns in North Dakota and Montana
along the line Of the Northern Pacific
railway in the employ of that road in a
clerical capacity. He went from Mon
tana to Tacoma in the fall of 1894 and was
there employed as clerk in the office of
Joseph McCabe, division superintendent
of the Northern Pacific, a brother of SUI
perintendent McCabe of the b, A G. p,
and remained in Tacoma about a year.
During his stay there James NJ. Ashton,
western counsel of the Northern Pacific,
became brigadier general of the national
guard of Washington. General Ashton
put Davis on his staff as lieutenant col
onel and assistant adjutant general, Da-
Wis having served an enlistment in the
regular army and having been previously
connected with national guards.
Anaconda people who knew Davis dur
ing his career in the West recognized his
portrait printed last week in Leslie's
Weekly,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-10
Problem of the Unemployed.

From the Boston Post
AS our population has increased, not
only by the natural growth of families,
but by immigration. We have reached the
point where in unskilled or low grade la
Dor we have more hands than work can
be found for. Have we, then. multiplied
on" working populate beyond the re-
sources of the country to supply work for
all at living and decent wages? If so. the
labor problem has indeed reached an acute
stage. If for every man employed at liv-
ing wages there stand two men hungry
to take his job at less than living wages,
neither legislation nor labor organization
nor any other artificial influence will
avail to permit the working out of the
natural result.
The answer to the labor problem must
be a cruel one. Shall go into the bus
mess of Imperialism and create vast ar
mics for the employment Of men who can
fine no work in peaceful industry? Shall
we undertake great public works to give
employment to citizen labor? We do not
think the country has yet reached this
point. But surely the labor situation as
Illustrated in the recent strikes demands
serious and thoughtful consideration.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-10

ton were Endorsed on the complaint as
witnesses and V erly held in the sum of
$500 for hearing at o'clock to-day,
before Justice Devine. He could not
furnish bail
There is another complaint against
this man which l will file in the morn
ing" said Prosecutor Duffy. He forg-
ed an order for 81 on his mother-in-
law"
who did, asked Verify.
You did said Mr.. Duffy.
What would / want to forge an or
der for when I'm givin' 'em money all
the timer asked Verify belligerently.
We'll, I've got the order that you
signed her name to- said Mr.. Duffy.
BY the jumping - -, what am
l up against here?" said Verify. Why
- - it, it's all - lie. This girl
here I lived with two years and l mar
ried her sister, and I'm tryin' here now
to get a divorce. It's all a put UP job
You lived with this girl while you
were her sisters husband?' asked the
prosecutor.
Yes, l lived with her while I was her
sisters husband" said Verify. sneering
ly, land there's a lot of people knows
it. Why, 1 can bring people here
who've been in our rooms, when we
We're living together. There's an old
- up at Helena who knows about it
anu d lul Illolt.
III fix these people yet. l got some
people that will come up from Frisco,
California, with $4,000. and they'll make
'em all think they're house"
Then Verify was led away to Jail.
Verify has been in trouble several
times before and has a hard reputation
among the peace officers. June &c. 1897,
officers from Butte, after chase, ar
rested him on the charge of stealing
saddle from Butte. At the same time
he was charged with stealing in this
county a horse belonging to his father.
The Silver Bow county officials turned
him over to the Deer Lodge officials.
thinking the offense here the more SER
ious one. The boys people came to his
assistance and he was discharged on
preliminary examination. He has also
been defendant in a grand larceny case
at Helena, it is claimed.
1t developed last night that six weeks
ago Fl6ria Majors expressed a fear of
Verify. At that time she went to Po-
lice Judge Kennedy and told him she
feared Verify, who had just returned
to Anaconda from Pocatello, Idaho,
would do her harm. She said she was
afraid of him.
Verify does not deny having been at
the Arlington lodging house with the
girl, but declares that he did not rob
her. she jumped out of there at )
o'clock in the morning with all my
money" he declared yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-10
ACQUITTED BY A JURY.
Mrs. A. Myers, Who Hit Mrs. NJ. A. Har-
rity, Goes Free.

Mrs. A. Myers, Who Hit Mrs. NJ. A. Har-
rity, Goes Free.
In the domestic economy of the fami-
handles occupy a place as an adjunct of
wash boilers. They are used to lift
clothes from out the steaming suds. Mrs
Myers used one as a club the other day
however, and her action in perverting the
stick from its natural uses caused her to
be in Justice Frank Kennedy's court yes
tercay to answer the charge of assault.
Mrs. NJ. E. Harrity. also of Lovers
gulch, was the complaining witness Be
tween Mrs. Harrity and Mrs. Myers there
exists a bitter enmity. Mrs. Harrity
Mrs. Myers claims has been in the habit
of walking across Mrs. Myers unfenced
land and has been warned off.
AT the time of the disturbance Mrs
Harrity was walking across this lot
trurding before her a baby and carry
ing in her hand pail of milk she had
borrowed from a neighbor. Mrs. Myers
saw her coming, reached for the wash
ing stick, bounced out of the door and
calculating the one word, Cit" whacked
Mrs. Harrity over the arm.
The case was bitterly fought, j. NJ
Simpson represented the defense while
Prosecuting Attorney Duffy appeared for
the state. Six goodly men and true COM
posed the jury and listened with atten-
ton.
1t was brought out by the state that
the day the affair occurred was not wash
ing day and hence the washing stick had
no legitimate use, but had evidently been
placed in readiness for use in an assault.
Further, the peaceful errand of Mrs.