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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
WHY MADAME DREYFUS PUBLISHED
HER HUSBANDS LETTERS.

For many weeks a most Infamous
campaign was kept up in the columns
| of L'Echo de Paris, lie Petit Journal.
lie Gaulois,and L'Intransigeant against
| Dreyfus. So varied i'm characte- and SO
! ingenious i'm conception were these IL
belous tales that IL became impossible
| for the friends of the condemned man
to make an adequate defence. Dreyfus'
counsel, Maitre Demange, heard the
stories, and could do nothing. The ver-
dict of the court martial closed the door
to legal redress. The devoted wife of
Dreyfus at first attempted to reply to
them in lie Figaro. Parisians laughed
at her naivete. She was no. the only
deceived wife In the world they said. Ar
length, wearied of the unequal combat
lone woman against a horde of anti
Semitic vilifers-she gave to the world
a volume of letters written by her hus-
band to herself. 1t was her desire sim
ply to show him as h was, to rehabili.
tate the prisoner as a husband and n
father In the eyes of Frenchmen. But
Les Lettres dun Innocent" have done
more than this. To the women OF
France, at least, they have established
the innocence of the man. No one can
read these letters withous being struck
by the absolute sincerity oi the writer:
by his love for his wife ana his family
and for his country; by his dCyotian ia
duty aud To the traditions OF the army
whose heads had so remorselpssly sac
ridced him: by the utter hopelessness
of his position. When I'm the papers of
January 6, 1895, the story of his dra-
matte degradation was published 10 the
world. the French people pretended TO
see I'm his proud. fearless deneanor as
his uniform was stripped of insignia
and his sword broken before him. a
criminal stoicism that would have been
impossible In an innocent mPA. N.ny
English and American readeis recog-
nized simply the final desperate appaal
of an entirely innocent man. The senti-
ment that was then aroused outside of
France will be emphasized by les
Letters dun Innocent" Although not
destined 10 have the judicial and lopi.
cal weight OF the testimony before the
Cour de Cessation. they have n sym
pathrtic and persuasive Significance
that Is eminently human. The evidence
before the court proves that Dreyft,s
aid not write the burd rcau. 70, letters
convince one that he was Incapable OF
treason. Harper Bazaar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
THE SACRED CARPET.

III a. England's wise policy in all her
colonies TO have her army take part
In the national religious ceremonies" ("
says Lillian Bell, writing of her adven-
tures in Cairo i'm the August Woman 5
Home Companion. $50 when the sacred
carpet started from the citadel ON It's
journey to Mecca there was magni-
fcent display 1t is an odd thing to
call il carpet. for it not only is not
"a carpet in itself. but IL is not the shape
of carpet. It is not used for a carpet,
and does not look like a carpet.
we We're among the fortunate ones
who were invited to the private view
Of IL the night before, when the faith
ful were dedicating 1t. They sat on the
floor, these Mohammedans rocking
themselves back and forth and chant
ing the Koran.
The carpet is a black velvet EN-
broidered solidly i'm silver and gold. Ii
is shaped like an old-fashioned Metho-
dist church. only there are minarets at
the four corners. IL looks like a pail.
Every year they send a new one TO
Mecca, and then the old one Is cut into
tiny bits and distributed among the
faithful, who wear IL next their hearts.
This carpet was about six feet long,
and was rallied in so that no one could
touch h. a man stood by and sprayed
altar of roses on YOU as you passed, but
/ do not know what he did IL for. unless
IL was 10 turn sensitive women faint
with the heavy perfume.
but the next morning the procession
formed. and amid the widest enthusi-
asm. the bowling and salaaming of the
men and the shouting and running OF
the children. and the singing OF the
Arabs who bore the carpet, IL was
placed upon the most magnificent
camel j ever saw. which was covered
from head 10 foot with cloth Of gold,
and whose very gait seemed more ma
tesftic because Of his sacred burden,
and thus. led by scores OF enthusiastic
Arabs. he moved slowly down the
street following the covering for the
tomb and I'm turn being followed by
one scarcely less magnificent destined
10 cover the sacred carpet In its camel
journey To Mecca. That was absolute
ly all there was TO IL. yet the Khedive
was there with "A fine military escort.
and all Cairo turned out at the un-
earthly hour OF O'Clock I'm the morn
ing TO see II"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
THE QUEENS BREAKFAST.

Close by Che aviary anu the dairy in
the grounds Of Frogmore is the queens
tea house, simple little bungalow
surrounded by verandah and sur
mounted by a red tiled roof. u Is con-
nected by an open passage with a
smaller building which contains the
kitchen. The furniture Of the tea house
Is All or plain oak. and the walls are
covered by an old-fashioned French
chintz paper representing flowers
climbing ON trells work. In fine wealth.
er the breakfast table is set out be-
meath the great oak trees which over
shadow the tea house, and here her
majesty takes her breakfast attended
py ihdlan attendants, and accompanied
py ner grandchildren and the three Ia
vorlte dogs, who are, according 10 the
henhel books. I'm the house. During
tne meal music is furnished by the two
pipers, who march TO and fro beneath
the trees
The breakfast equipage is Of silver.
aiu contains some favorite pieces, no.
taDiy the salt cellar presented by Lady
Alice Stanley. and the chicken egg
cup one saw in Burton Barber's pie
.ure or Marco" the queens pet dog.
LUNG s IN the Royal Academy in 1898.
me queens breakfast is. in common
WITH all her living, of the very simplest.
AZ ner desire everything good that is
IN season is served at her table but
LOT nersef eggs. dry toast or fancy
Dread are all that she ever takes.-Pall
Mall Magazine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
THE FLIES OF EGYPT.

The flies Of Egypt deserve tribute
TO their peculiar qualities. \ plague of
American flies would be a luxury COM
pared ~ the visit OF one ny from
Egypt. For untold centuries they have
been In the habit of crawling over thick
skinned faces and bodies and not being
dlslodgcd. They con stay al day ~
they like. ronscqu sitly. if they see an
American eye. anu th'y ight on a.. not
content with that they try la crn,,l in.
Ynu attempt 20 brush thcm N. bat
thav only move around tn the other
side. until YOU are mad with nervous
ness from their sticky feet. " they
find out your ear they crawl An and
walk around. You oannH discourage
them. They craze YOU with their IN
furiatlng persistencc. II haI been
the Egyptians the lsraeiites would have
bcpn escorted out ~ the country In
state at tho arrival ~ the FIRST n.y.
women'r Home Companion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
DU MAURIER AND +" TRILBY."

Apropos OF money, "Kiki' Du Mau-
rier began making a fortune most un-
expectedly just a very few years before
his sadly premature decease. With the
true Frenchmans instinct for saving.
he had carefully husbanded a very re-
spectacle amount when the sudden and
almost unexampled success in America
OF Trilby as "a book and then as a play,
made his fortune. The dramatic adapter
author; and from America, England
and the Colonies, the money, in the
shape of percentage on the perform
ances, poured into the Golfers OF the
utterly surprised and overjoyed Du
Maurier. His previous novels had
achieved fair amount of success but
this beat Banagher," How well / call
To mind his boyish delight as. holding
MS cigarette In one hand, while the
other was thrust into his capacious
trouser pocket, he said. by Jove, old
boy, III this goes on / needn't do an
other stroke OF work. Then becoming
suddenly depressed. he added plaintiye-
ly 'Ahl but will 1t go on? Isn't IL too
good to be true?'' Then, after I had
pointed out 10 him the usual course Of
a highly successful modern play he
plucked up again and exclaimed, Il
must do another novel and have il
dramatised! Wasn't IL good Of the pub
fishers TO render me the dramatic
rights, which | would have sold 'em for
fifty pounds, heinz" | agreed with him,
naturally. but I've got another on the
stocks. They would give me c10,00O for
Vt, my boyl Fancy! / must get on with
II, and then I'll take il easy
| strongly recommended him To let
his publishers wait, and advised him to
take his rest at once. contenting him.
self with doing just one drawing a
week for Punch.
'Oh. I'll neveUgive up Punch" he ex-
claimed cheer.ly "as long as / can
draw. I'll always do something If it's
only a quarter-page now and then.
But" he paused, walked up TO the
smoked turned round. faced
me and resumed mo. ] must do this
work first. Et apres. and he waived
his hand with the cigarette in Ii. shrug-
ging his shoulders I'm his frenchiest
and laughing sarcastically at
his own whimsical mood.
After this interview, except at the
Punch dinner table, / never saw him
again.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

The News OF yesterday evening told
the Interesting and pathetic story of
the rise and fall OF the Ruskin cooper
ative colony i'm Tennessee. This colony
OF something over two hundred souls
represented the most pretentious social
hstic experiment since the day OF his
torfc Brook Farm. The persons COM
prising II, however, were IL may be
readily believed. better constituted
than were the literary crowd at Brook
Farm to make such an experiment sue
cessful and indeed financially Ruskin
has been a success while it failed i'm
the very element that il was organized
to secure that is to maintain equality
between all the members of the COM
munity, to have the welfare of one the
concern of all. Instead, rivalries and
consequent friction sprang up, parties
developed, factions became unendur-
able the one TO the other. and finally,
a receiver was demanded who has sold
out the property at a loss for distribu-
tion among the members, who will now
separate and go their several ways,
cS'iiic VI eHSih bciildpS tO Ddnu lOgetnef
once more and try the experiment over
again. In a word. these sincere and
worthy people found the same difficulty
as other folks in getting along together
harmonhously, and for the same gem
eral reasons that they complain OF i'm
the larger sphere Of human activities
comprising the world in general But
had they succeeded In their praise |
worthy object they would have failed |
to have provided any leaven for regen-
Grating the world. Socialism or any |
other plan for making life more endur-
able to the sufferer from its hard rubs
and better for all mankind is not TO be
brought about by the establishment OF
lone colonies in parts remote from the
busy world, but by striving within the
world itself To make man and his con-
dftions better and set things up on a
loftier plane.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

The Journal mourns because there IS
no lunch stand quick or otherwise at
the new station and declares that Prov
idence Is being advertised as the only
large city i'm the country having no res
taurant in It's railway station. IL mlghr
also b. added that Providence is Likely
90 be still more widely advertised as
the only large city i'm the country mat
has fifteen acre asphalt and cobble
stone lot IN front OF it's railroad sta
tion. The Journals complaint Is frivo-
lous. Who pray, would keep the res
taurant keeper at the depot i'm clio hes
and shoes ana pay his rent and pus
food in the mouths of his hungry chill
dren--unless indeed he took them down
TO the restaurant and put his depot
food into them-by patronizlng the de-
pot restaurant? Where is the trade
coming from? In no large city does the
depot restaurant earn it's saIs from the
railroad patronage. 1t gets it's living
from the patronage of the adjacent
business community. There Is not any
to be drawn on in Providence now
only asphalt and cobblestones. while
the bronze Burnside and the soldiers
on the monuments and the cupds on
the fountain will mock the restaurant
keeper and give him the ha-ha whe n
he peers from his door 20 try 20 dis
cover live people that have to eat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

The steamer Chatham, for a brief Pc
riod engaged in the service of her coun-
try in the Spanish war as the machine
shop" ship Vulcan, is home again a
mute hero of the war to which we all
extend welcome and are proud to do
honor. Next 10 the man-b -behind-the-
gun. the Vulcan is entitled TO the credit
for big share in the triumphant work
of the North Atlantic squadron. A ship
like the Vulcan is bound to be a part
of the naval force in future wars. A
Rhode Island boat with Rhode Island
man at the head OF the mechanical
ammunition and manned very largely
by Rhode Island boys. our State takes
a peculiar pride i'm the vulcan's record
and has shared in the honors the fine
steamer won.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
DIE o.

BOWEN-In Attleboro. near Hebron
vile. August 4, Abby Allen, widow
of Simeon Bowen, I'm the 18th year
of her age.
BOWEN-In Warren, August g. John
NJ. Bowen, aged 81 years.
COFFIN-In Baltimore. Nd. sudden
ly. on the Sd inst, Andrew A. Cof-
fin, aged A years.
GARDINER-At the Rhode Island hos
pital, ON the 5th inst. Herbert Gar
diner, in his 26th year.
HARRINGTON-In Warren. the 9Th
inst. Mary. widow Of Daniel Har-
ringbon.
HOLLINGWORTH- Berkeley, on
the eth inst, Ann, wife of Joseph
Hollingworth, aged So years.
MACKENZIE--In Providence, August
6. Jefiie Ross, daughter OF the late
Alexander and Helen Mackenzie.
MORIARTY-In Pawtucket. the 5th
inst, at her residence. 302 Lonsdale
avenue, Hannah. wife of John Mori-
arty.
MCANN-In this city. 7th inst. Henry
j.. son of Frank J. and Jennie Nc
Cam, aged months. IL days.
MORRISSEY-In yhis city. on the Eth
inst. John Lester Morrissey, son OF
Daniel and Elizabeth Morrissey,
aged 1 month, days.
MKIERNAN--In this city, on the 9th
inst, Patrick J. McKiernan.
MARTIN-In this city, suddenly, 5G
inst, Anna Potter, daughter of
George Il. and the late Abby +.
Martin, aged 46 years.
M'NEAI.-In this city. on the eth inst.
Willard r., son OF John j. and Eli
zabeth Brady McNeal. aged 6
months, days.
OLNEY-In Chepacheh on the 9Th inst.
Betsey j.. wife OF Walter VI. Olney.
i'm the 62d year of her age.
REYNOLDS--In Riverside, r.. J.. IN
the 5th inst. Marietta. widow of
John ). Reynolds. in the s9th year
OF her age.
RING-In this city. 9Th inst, Rebecca
l.. Ring. aged so years.
vAUGHN-In East Providence. tho
eth inst, Elizabeth H.. widow of
Abraham III. Vaughn. aged Il years.
wHITE--In Portsmouth. 9Th inst. Pa.
ticnce Rogers. wife of Benjamin B.
White.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
To BROADEN A CHlLD'S MIND.

Expand the chlld's mind by showing
him from time to time scenes from all
sides OF life. Take him today TO stu
dios and let him see how pictures are
made: next week to silk factories, TO
learn the poetry Of labor. and after
ward to a brick yard and an iron foun-
dry, not forgetting the claims of great
churches and monuments upon an
elevatng education. The alienation
Of city and country Is delightful
stimulant. When travel Is possible we
should give the child glimpses Of
mountains and sights of the sea. and
let him become acquainted with moun-
taineers and fishermen. even as he
ought i'm town to know something OF
the ways and thoughts OF the work.
men. 50 that he may come TO feel sym
pathy with all sorts OF people and un-
derstand the merits of labor. Actual
experience OF this kind Is worth infin-
itely more than the theorizing I'm school
books. lt is not particularly interest
ing To child To read that he should
be grateful TO all the people TO supply
him with his daily comforts. To- the
farmer. the baker. the manufactures,
the builder. But when he sees how
grain grows and Is converted into
Hour: how furniture Is wrought from
blocks VI wood. and threads woven into
cloth, the whole history OF the objects
about him is revealed The different
parts Of life become connected and no
gets sense Of the thread of harmony
that runs through u all And he has n
moment " satisfaction. coming
through feeling OF lNnship with the
world. which IN more useful than graf
itude upon general principles.
Woman's Home Companion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

We wonder who IL was that prompted
the Journal to complain because there
was no philanthropic restaurant ent..-
prise at the depot, not even a soup
kitchen or "A steriized milk booth May
be the Journal didn't require prompt
ing. When the editor goes to Boston
does he hurry from the train and pull
up at the depot restaurant at Park
square? Hardly, He goes right past
II and hastens on TO the Tureen, or Par
ker's, or the Spa. or one OF the French
table d'hotes with wine for go cents.
But when he comes back home. he
kicks because he doesn't find a restau-
rant in his depot though lunch carts
line his path all the way to the Gan
sett and the long journey across the
asphalt desert makes fine appetizer.
Nobody that uses the trains requires a
depot restaurant, that's plain. For
such persons to whom Providence is a
terminal station no depot restaurant
would appeal and TO the rest the trains
don't stop long enough to enable them
to find their way through the cata-
combs and the secret dungeons of the
depot. eat and get back again TO the
same trffh they left. The promoter OF a
at the depot would have to
eat his own heart and his own sand
wiches TO keep alive. IL the Journal
bankers after a restaurant over there
ii had better start u popular subscrip-
tion as we do for potato patches or en-
list the services of the society for or
ganized charity.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
AN OLD FRIEND IN PORT.

steamer Chatham of the Merchants
anu miners transportation company's
neet appeared az this port yesterday
Tor the hrst time since December "a.
lesi, When she was taken bv the GOV
ssnii,rns anu converted into n repair
snip under the name Vulcan.
,ssdl She vas soid % The government FOR
ssSo"yy ~, ano bought back 10y the Ine
,,,.'.i 80 si'",VvV; SAID since tho repur-
and made ready Tor reont,, ,,,'.,,. -
service ON the line.
Her record during the contin,,,,,.. ~,
hostinties from July 1 to Angos5 n 49,
5ss orders FOR repairs ana 2ss reo,,,.,-
tons. She rcndcrci work on 5s IVA, o..
sells during that period
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

President of these United States Is re-
ported 10 be making great headway CO
Saratoga where II appears TO have en-
listed all the back numbers Of New
York's Democracy that II has been
possible 10 gather together The col
lapse OF Columbias steel boom VIII be
like only crack by contrast 20 what
viii happen 10 the Van Wyck article
providing IL grows sufficiently 10 hs
produced in the next Democratic ma
tional convention.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

An account of the blue rose has been
given by the German gardeners I'm Sla-
vonia. Chwoika and Bitz who are cul-
tivating IL. Reports came OF blue roses
that grew wild IN Servia. and a speci-
men was sent 10 them two years aRo
with beautiful violet-blue flowers. They
have been experimenting 10 sec wheth-
.r the color II retained under cultiva-
tion or whether II Is due 10 tho soil az
the moors where it II found. NJ the roses
retain their blue the plants VIII D.. FOR
sale i'm 1901.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

If the Rhode Island Congress dslega-
tion didn't heel itself i'm the good favor
of Speaker-to-be Henderson by that en-
tertainment at Pomham yesterday then
there is nothing in the old maxim of
the late Senator Anthony that good
dinner beats all the bribery and corrup-
ton that ever was devised as winner
of emoluments
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

The municipal authorities OF Philo-
delphia have something the same kind
OF a drinking waeer probla,n
that our city government has besr
considering at its leisure for a nunho,
of years. Like the Pawtuxet sbe
Schuylkill river. which is the sourc. ~
Philadelphia's water supply. is pollutea
by the residents along its upper banks
Philadelphia's attention was called
sharply 10 the abuse OF riparian rights
by the epidemic OF typhoid fever which
swept the city last winter. At Glen
Rock the sewage Is drained into the
Schuylkill and the State Board OF
Health brought suit TO prevent a con-
tinuance OF the practice The trial
court decided that dwellers along the
banks Of the river had right TO use
the stream az a common and public
sewer. but the superior court promptly
reversed this absurd decision. II was
shown that an outbreak OF typhoid fe-
yer at Glen Rock was transmitted n
distance OF twelve miles and the higher
court handtd down n decision 10 the
eject hat NJ prescription or usage can
Justify the pollution u a stream by the
discbarge ~ sewage IN such manner
as 10 b. Injurious 10 the public health.
-. -. -.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
THERE is A CLASS OF PEOPLE

Who are injured by the use Of coffee
Recently there has been placed I'm ali
the grocery stores a new rreparatlon
called cRAIN-O made of pure Erains
that takes the place of coffee The mos,
delicate stomach receives % Without
distress. and but few can tel q, from
coffee. Ii docs not cost over = as nuch
Children may drink ID wi,h great bor-
eft. i5cts ana 25cts per pscsace. Trv
AZ. Ask for SRAIN-O.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

cross recently discovered ip tha
kiaNe or the beautiful Queen Dagmar
" supposed 10 krp y away all evil inilu.
cnces There is mo- more evil iunt,,.,,,
than ill health, and there h nothing
winch has So gIrat "a power To- Keen
~ away than Hostetter's stomach
bitters. It is worth a hundred good
luck crosses TO tho man or woman ar
iicted with dyspepsia and indigestion.
private revenue Stamp should cove
the neck OF the bottle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

There is reason to believe thar II CO.
lumbia has any more mast experiments
TO make II might be wise 10 substitute
Defender TO again defend the Ameri-
cas- cup. 1t is not at all improbable
that the old champion could show her
tafrail to Shamrock unless the latter !,
more wonderful than anything a for
eign designer has yet turned out.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

Congressman Fitzgerald of Massa-
chusetts paid tribute that com.s with
peculiar grace from "a Democrat when
he said that no man in the Senate had
done more for the country at large"
than Senator Aldrich.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
A DOCTORS
Success With Grippe.
He Preseribes BRAZILIAN BALM,
Which not only effects cure in the most
critical cases, but is the only known remedy that
leaves no evil results behind.

Miss Emma Rockwell Of Kewanee, Ills write under date
OF January 2s my mother, 10 years of age been
very, very sick with Grippe Her head ard lungs a
feced The fever up c 103 egrces The doctor gave
us very little hope but ordered give Brazilian EaIm
all the time This stood first among the medicines Nothing
seemed to loosen her Cough and reduce the fever like the Balm
Although the Pneumonia and her crt
CAL brought her through all right 1t is certainly
derfu remedy, chief reliance in the family ali think
we could not keep house without it,
We make the claim Grippe leaving
perfect health You The fu, Of today
Asthma Pleuri
Grippe
remedies fail Brazilian Balm falls Insist
druggist
and oos bottle The $0obole
Tablets Il.
r JACKSON anap Ind.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
-WHOLESALE-
Hall Lyon Chambers Calder Co., Geo. L. Cafin Co., and
Banding Banding
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08
THE NEWS
DAILY EUROPEAN HINT.

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Inc News by arrangement with Felix.
Houn, Doucet, La Ferrlere, paquin and
other famous Partisan costume max
ers.l
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-08

~hr Apvo'f yam s'ycA boom ,or