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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
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The announcement that Mr.. Edmund
B. Weston is TO resign from the SER
vice OF the city is received with regret
by everybody at all familiar with the
kind and character Of that officials
work. Incidentally, IL reminds us that
Mr.. Weston once prepared a very in
teresting and informing report on wa
ter filtration which the City Council
for reasons best known TO itself never
had printed or made public. Thereby,
the city has lost the advantage of one
OF the most important tasks that the
able engineer has been set TO during his
long term of service, and while we are
praising him, upon his departure. IL
might be also deemed a tribute TO him
10 look up that report.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
KeRSHAW SAILED.


The fine new steamship Kershaw OF
the Merchants and Miners Transporta-
tion company sailed last evening on her
first trip from Providence for Southern
ports. leaving her wharf at the foot Of
Benefit street shortly before s No'clock.
General Traffic Manager J. G. Whitney,
who had come on from Baltimore 10
attend the reception held on board the
steamer yesterday, left on the ker-
shaw, and before going expressed him.
self as thoroughly delighted with the
vessel in every particular.
The reception yesterday afternoon
was delightful affair. and one OF tho
main features was the coliatbn served
i'm the main saloon. AT one table Capt.
+. NJ. Howes presided, while at the 9TH
er Mr.. Whitney did the honors. The
party at Mr.. Whitney's table was COM
posed Of the following gentlemen: Gov.
Elisha Dyer, Gen. Il. NJ. Sackett. Col.
III. Anthony Dyer. Col. Witherell. Lieut..
Col. Knight, Lieut.-Col. Stearns. Capt.
Webb, Mayor Baker. ex-MayOr Me-
Guinness, Daniel T.. George. Daniel
Jackson, Edward Shaw. Jr., j. Lewis
Pierce and James +. Rhodes. Others
who accepted the hospitality OF the
management included host of promi-
nent business and professional men.
The entire party was then photo
graphed on the upper bow deck. and
everybody finally left the steamer very
deeply impressed with the hospitality
OF Capt. Howes and the officers of the
company
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
QUEER FRIENDS.


An intimate connection subsisting be-
tween different animals Is known as
commensalism. commensals being crea-
lures which may be said to sit at the
same table but which do not prey upon
one another. OF late years naturalists
have become acquainted with numerous
examples of this form Of animal part
nershp. In one of the Chicken islands.
off the New Zealand coast. a curious
lizard known as the tuatara and GER
tain species of the petrels were found
inhabiting the same burrows, appar-
emily on the best of terms, says HUI
name Alliance. In rare cases the bur-
row, which consists OF a passage two
or three feet long, ending in a chamber
a foot and n half long, one foot broad
and six inches high. Is the work OF the
bird. As a rule. however, the lizard is
the excavator. Each builds it's nest on
opposite sides of the chamber, the liz
ard almost invariably choosing the left
and the petrol the right side. The lizard
feeds partly on worms and beetles and
partly on the remnants OF fishes
brought to their common table by the
petrol. both being thus benefited by the
partnership. This Is probably more
than can be said of the prairie dog,
whose underground home is frequently
shared by the rattlesnake and the bur
rowing owl. These were at one time
supposed to form happy family,
but considerable doubt has been cast on
the point by the discovery of young
prairie dogs i'm the stomach of the rat
tlesnalxe, which seems to Indicate that
commensalsm i'm this particular case
has been a one e-sided affair so far as
the benefits were concerned.
Ii Is among marine animals, how
ever, that the most striking examples
OF commensalism have been observed
A feeble fish called the remora owes its
success in life to the powerful alliances
its forms. One of it's fins has been trans
formed into sucker placed right on
top Of its head. by means OF which it
attaches itself firmly to any passing
shark. whale or even ship. no doubt
mistaking the latter for some hugs sea
monster. By these IL is transported
without any exertlon on it's own part
over great distances, meanwhile pick
ing up such food as may come in Its
way.
Several small fishes have been found
also, to habitually lodge I'm the mouth
cavity OF a Brazilian catfish, sharing
such food as the latter succeeds in cap
turing. The enemies OF the smaller
fishes are so numerous that IL Is only
by retreating TO places inaccessible to
their foes that they have chance OF
survival. A favorite shelter for many
small fishes IL the round disk OF the
larger sea jellies, the singing properties
OF which probably cause them TO be
avoided by the other deniZens Of the
deep. AS many as 20 fishes have been
counted swimming within the fringed
margin OF one OF these pulsating um-
brelas. The sea cucumbers are an
other lowly group of marine forms
which afford shelter 20 fishes.
other instances might be given. such
as that of the little pea crab, found In
musseis and other bivalve shells, which
in return for the protection given them
by the molluskan shell gives its host
a share OF the food IL captures.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
CAPTURING lEECHES.
Fifty Thousand oil IN, Animal; coronlsd in NV
York-Raw Their usss.

IL may not be generally known that
greater New York possesses a colony
OF 10000 leeches. Leeches are not good
TO eat" The Shiny creatures are not
pretty TO took upon. either, ana while
IL Is true that they have a clinglng dis
position, they could hardly be consid-
erea harmless household pets.
Still leeches have their virtues ac-
cording To the New York Herald. They
come in handy i'm the treatment OF bad
bruises where quantities of castom
blood have collected beneath the skin.
Many q black eye has been checked
through their kind offices.
Awful thought! suppose the whole
10000 now held in bondage at the New
York iecch farm should break loose at
night ana and With their gluttOnish.
biood-hungry instinct. crawl through
cracks and crevices into the sleeping
apartments OF neighbOTing dwellings!
This Is just what happened to the wax
ing tenants who lived near the san
francisco leech farm only "A few years
ago.
Hundreds OF them crawled up the
watts ana tried every window and crew
ica seeking an entrance because OF
some OF some instructive knowledge
chat In the houses they could find pas
turage upon the occupants
few found their way into sleeping
chambers-perhaps 1000 out Of the G00O
which made up the population OF the
Frisco colony. But even that number
OF anaky, black and green, creepy
worms, distributed about n couple OF
large tenemcnts sutilced 10 terrify the
lhhaDitantS almost INTO fIts When Tncy
felt the eager suction Of the leeches and
awoke 10 find themselves festooned
VITA Tie ugly products of the swampy
oOIs.
There are said 10 be only two leech
farms I'M this country-one In this city
and one IN San Francisco. Their loca-
tions are kept secret to prevent COM
plant from residents i'm the neighbor-
hood. y prominent physician, who fat-
~ denied the least knowledge of the
whereabouts of the metropolitan estab-
iishment, informed the writer that
there were at times as many as 1000
leeches squirm carelessly around, over
on through swamp muck, necessarily
searching for some hapless unto eunatc
that Chanced may have mircd 10 fur
nish feast for them.
These leeches are mostly brought
from France. In the surroundings of
Bordeaux there are large areas of black,
light ooze. i'm which leeches multiply
without interference.
When leeches are desired to send TO
New York or San Francisco men are
hired whose poverty compels them -
accept any chance. These men walk
bare-leggcd i'm TO the borders of the
swamp and their legs are Immediately
covered by the crawlers. But before
they can more than pierce the skin they
are swept off into pouches,
from which they are. counted out into
boxes OF wet moss and their native
ooze. Imbedded i'm that way and care
fully sealed, they are transported in
safety to any distance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Lieut.. Gilmores party is
only increased by the repeated reports.
IL appears that the sailors We're pro-
ceeding up a river in a boat and one
OF the party left at the landing place
saw the boat disappear little later
and heard the sound or nring. That is
all that is known. Whether the party
was all killed then and there, caught in
an ambuscade, or whether there was
any fighting of consequence does not
appear to be at all clear. although the
presumption is that there was a trap
and II is improbable that there was a
surrender before some lives were given
up. Stnl, Gilmore and his whole band
may be all right. There is surely hope
for 1t, so far as there is nothing to the
contrary absolutely known.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

\. Barney, aged 15; Miss Mary Chase,
aged So, and Mrs. Harriet IL. Bisbee,
aged IS. Miss Chase and her sister.
Hannah, the latter being now an in
mate of the home, had her home there
for IL years. Among those TO whom
thanks were returned were Manager
Potter of the Union Railroad company
for the use of cars for the inmates;
Manager Boyden of Crescent Park for
entertainment: TO the Continental
Steamboa; company for rides to vari-
Gus places on the bay; the State Fair
association, and the Womens Christian
Temperance union for hospitality ex-
tended during the annual visit to the
fair: TO Mrs. Abner Angel for her an
nual outing at Roger Williams park.
and 20 Park Commissioner Richard III,
Deming for courtesies extended.
one pleasant feature had been the
entertainment given the inmates by
young people. A number from the Pill
grim church gave a musicale at the
home during the year and number
from the First Universalist church
gave n series Of entertainments on the
first OF each month mat were exceed
ingly measurable. During the year
there had been but one admission into
the home. There was now n waiting
list OF IL women. The needs of the
home as regards funds were referred 10
ana III was SAdNfu lhhN the WoTh NldL
could he done had been considerably
hampered by the lack OF money.
The report OF the treasurer. Mrs.
Emma j.. Sackett was read. This
showed the receipts had been SS.0S9. 20
and the expenditures l0S6i.li which
showed a deficit OF S2,l2j.22. 1t was
stated that the fact there had been so
Few admissions To the home i'm meas
ure explained the deficit ln part. and
there were other equally satisfactory
reasons
The report OF the nominating COM
mittee was received and u was con-
nrme by the unanimous election OF the
following:
President. Mrs. $. s. Sprague: first
vice. president. Mrs. Lucy G.. Lincoln
second vice president, Mrs. Caleb c..
burrows; third president. Mrs.
BENJAMIN w. Parsons; fourth vice.
president. Mrs. Elizabeth Il. Andrews:
recording secretary, Ars. Walter r.
ANGEL: corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Louis w. Downs; treasurer Mrs. Em-
ma y. Sackett: managers Mrs. VIM.
IT, Bowpn. Mrs Charles T.. Carpenter.
Mrs Joseph Dews. Mrs. Andrew Com
stock Miss :. G. Tobey. Mrs. II. Rus
-l-.owrn Mrs. :. H. Bailey. Mrs.
william r. Dart. Mlsr Josephine Paine.
Mrs. Charles Catlin and Mrs. j. :.
Kenyon: advisers. lienry T. Russell.
Hon. Thomas Durfes snd Hon. Royal
e. TAFT: NOMINATING committee Mrs.
|. BENJAMIN v. Persons. auditor. charles
warren. physician. Or Wshcr v. sew
mpur. matron. Mrs. Mary 4. Halio-
way.
! The assemblase sans Hymn g2., after
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
AGED WOMEN'S HOME.
Annual Meeting Of Corporation Held
Yesterday Afternoon.
Reports Made Business Session Followed
By Address BY Rev. MI. Anderson.

Al the Home for AgeI Women yes
terday afternoon the annual meeting OF
the corporation that maintains and
conducts the home was held. The
meeting was called TO order by the
president, Mrs. S. :. Sprague. There
was good attendance OF those inter
ested in the work OF the home, and a
considerable number OF the inmates
were present at the meeting.
The meeting was opened With read
ing from the Scripture and prayer by
Rev. Or. Anderson, pastor OF the Cen
tral Baptist church. The records OF
the previous annual meeting were read
by the secretary, Mrs. Walter +. An
geL ana We're approved. Next came the
reading or the annual report, Whlch
was also read by the secretary.
Regret was expressed at the retire
ment OF Miss Mary Grinnell as corre-
spending secretary of the corporation
In February 1898 after II years SER
vice The report told OF the changes
in the board OF managers Mrs. A. l..
calder 2d retiring and Mrs. William
IL. Dart being appointed TO All the va
cancy. Mrs. Gardiner G. Sims succeed
ed Mrs. Henry T. Brown, retiring
member of the board, and regret was
expressed that Mrs. Sims was soon to
leave the city and sever her connection
with the corporation.
The report stated there had been
three deaths during the year at the
home the deceased being Mrs. Andelle
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
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ARNoLD--At his temporary residence
i'm Flushing OF April 18Th. Richard
J. Arnold Of Newport. son OF the
late Richard j., and Louisa Gindret
Arnold.
BILLINGTON--In Pawtucket on the
18th inst. cara, wife OF Daniel j.
Ellington. aged 81 years.
DOUGHERTy-In thisscity. April 18Th.
at her late residence, No. ~ Ford
street. Bridget. wife Of the late Neil
DouEherty.
FORSYTH-In Lexington. Ky. 18th
inst. in her 6eth year. Sarah j..
widow Of T. r. Forsyth. NJ. ID, for
merry of Weymouth, Mass.
GRossE-In this city. on the 18th inst,
Mary Louise, wife OF Otto r..
Grosse. aged % years.
KNoWLES--In South Attleboro. Mass
nth mat, Mary Ann. wife OF John
NJ. Knowles, ;n her 18th year.
MoRAN--In this city, April lsth. Ann
Moran, wife % the late Msl'ca Mo
ran
McGrFGOR--rn this city on the 18th
inst Mary Ella dsuehter OF CHRIS
tins and the late Robert McGregor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

England's purpose Ia maintain "A
navy thai shall be equal 10 the navies
of any two other nations VIII probably
Doe completed for some time 10 come.
when all the ships now building are
launched pnd equipped. She has one
hundred ana twenty-one vessels under
way I'm her yards. twent-eight of which
are armored battleships ana cruisers.
These latter alone viii cost more than
$3.50 cod, 900 and they represent three
times the fighting tonnage OF the
American navy. The new credits ask
cd for will still further add TO this tre
mendous array.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Two of London's leading newspapers
have begun to publish Sunday editions
and a number OF good people over there
have started a crusade against the in
novation. But undoubtedly the Sunday
newspaper has come TO stay i'm England
as IL has in The United States. The ex-
cuse that in these busy days people
can't wait twenty-four hours for news
is responsible for a good many Journal
istic monstrosities on Sunday with us
and probably London Is i'm for it, too.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Here is great news indeed. 4 petit
tion drawn up by a BAPTIST conference
IL before the Massachusetts legislature
praying for the revocation or the sem
tence OF banishment against Roger
Williams. AS every Rhode Islander
knows Roger was banished from the
Bay state In 1898. and although he has
no desire 20 go back at this time. ans
never could have had after he once got
settled in these Plantations. the revo.
cation Of the sentence will be only an
act OF tardy justice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

New York now has a law calculated
TO prevent the spread of disease whicn
kissing the Bible In court is said To
threaten. Whether anybody ever
caught any disease from this practice
is an open question. but the court Bible
century and a half OF service, all on
account of the germs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

The right Of the newspaper writer 60
remain anonymous is 10 be aggressively
tested i'm California. where the legisla.
fure has recently made a law TO com-
pei the signing OF articles rejecting on
any persons character or holding any
body up TO ridicule. If the time ever
comes when newspaper articles may be
signed, the press will be come as limp
as some OF the magazines. And of
proceed as formerly and find out
whether the new law is constitutional
or not.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE

Allow q cough tn run until 10 gets beyond the
lcach OF medicine. They often say. "oh, it
viii wear away but I'm most cases n wears
them away. Could they lie induced 20 try
the successful medicine called kemr's Bal
san, which II sold on positive guarantee
10 cure, they would Immediately see tho cx
cclirnt effect after taxi ing The frstdose. Price
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

According 20 Belgian hgurer 10 you
want to know how long you win live
subtract your age from eighty-six and
divide the remainder by two. The
principle OF this Is that tho number Of
years you have already managed 70
live is to be taken into consideration in
reckoning how much time Is left TO you.
This Is very Simple of course.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
llch ii listened with much Ipterest to

which ii listened with much ipterest to
an address by Rev. Or. Anderson that
was particularly appropriate 20 the oc-
casion. The singing OF the Doxology
closed the meeting, after which those
who wished had opportunity 10 inspect
the home. its furnishings and appoint
ments. and 10 confer with the inmates.
IL was exceedingly pleasant for the old
ladies TO receive the visitors, and they
did all that was possible TO entertain.
That they were successful goes without
saying.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Even IL the volunteers come home,
with the troops now ordered to Ma
Mia there will be some thirty thousand
American soldiers in the Philippines to
wrestle with the problem over there.
Probably that will be sufficient. AT
any rate it Is greater force than our
entire standing army before the Span
ish war.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

The Cuban army will be scaled down
when Il comes TO the division of the
three millions OF hard Yankee dollars
which our government has provided 10
pay Il off. The evidence is that there
were a good many patriots who recruit
ed after the war was ended and the
prospect of "a melon cutting loomed up
on the horizon OF cuba libre.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

The records Of the Americas cup
races show that once before a Yankee
yacht columbia successfully defended
the trophy That was IN is5l The
,bailcrger vas the British Livonla ami
the Columbia beat her twice Both
yachts were schooaers. as was the or
igpal America, tbs. being The prevail
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
Sys'Iowsa Ms false Tech.

\ man recently swallowed his false
tceth and it drove him mad. Stomachs
VII sTaUd n ETHHr uU7t, nut not HvvTy 2
thing. IN yours is weak try Hostnttera
stomach Bitters. n cures indlgee' iru.
constipation. Kidney and liver troubles,
as well as malaria and fever AMI aRIe.
m IA particularly effective in all ner
vous affections. and Us strongly recon.
mended az this season of ihD year 81 han
the system ia run down and musf sus-
csptible TO disease. All druggists Keep
H.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Three Jeffersonian banquets have
come and gone without approximating
a settlement of the important question
of what are the real things which they
call Jeffersonian principles.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

ing type before the British yachtsmcn
developed the monstrous single sticlers
Of which the Puritan was the first Am.
,rican example.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

This is the-s season of the year when
every city in the baseball league 81
privileged TO lay the fattering JUNCTION
10 its soul that II owns champion
team.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20
It'd BITS.

when the Empress Of China travels
shec arries with her 5000 dresses, fill
ing 500 boxes. in charge OF 1900 coolies.
DIR. A. B. Grosart. well known as the
editor of many early English books
and reprints OF rare works. died re-.
Gently in Dublin at the age or tf yUTTrS.
Beer tabolds are about to be put on
the market by a German firm. \ small
tablet dropped into a glass OF water
will turn Il into beer as fresh as il
just drawn. II is asserted.
capt. G. Rath. who had charge of the
execution of the four persons who con-
spired 90 assassinate President Lincoln.
I'm 1865. Is at present a railway postal
clerk. and lives at Jackson, Mich.
Another breach into the sancuty OF
Londons Sabbath has been made by
the publication of Sunday editions Of
the Daily Telegraph and the Daily
Mail. The latter calls it's venture -
journalistic bombshell,"
Admiral Hichborn has received word
from London of his election OF honorary
membership I'm the Institution OF Ma
val Architects. This rs "a life conncc-
tion of great dignity in naval circles
and a notable compliment
Major Esterhazy has dealt another
blow 10 the anti -Dreyfus cause by as
scrtlng in his confession that tho
souls of Condottieri are not the souls OF
grocers." The Paris bourgeois Is now
bitter against the military caste.
senator-elect Hayward. Of Nebraska.
wears upon mis- watch chain a valua-
bic child's ring. set with a small dia-
mond. which ne found on one OF the
streets 90 Chicago 20 years ago and
for which he has never been able %
discover an owner.
II is announced that Queen Victoria
will confer "A peerage on the widowed
Lady HersChCu. who VIII become a
countess in her own right with remain
der 60 her only son. Richard. who VIII
come of age next MAY a. will be the
first occasion OF thc grant OF an earl
dom 90 n woman during the present
reign. n.-
Tunnels under the Thames below
London bridge are multiplying. Hard.
Isl has the Blackwell tunnel been
opened when another ut Eotherbithe is
projected. 10 is Co be thirty feet IN
diameter. three feet more than tho
Blackwell tunnel n milo and 4 quarter
long and 60 cost S.O00OOO of whicn
4.oc0OoO will go Tor the land needed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Arkansas has just passed a law pro-
hibting the wearing OF stuffed birds I'm
millinery. But Dame Fashion only
smiles. She has already decreed that
flowers aud ribbons are the thing, al
though. 20 be sure. the news may not
have reached Arkansas yet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

BY summoning Mr. Croker at the out
set Of its labors, the investigating COM
mittee seems TO have reached its climax
In .he fret act
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

By the way Billy Bryan is talking
himself out. II looks very much as II he
would be one OF the ciphers i'm 1900.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Tailor gown by Fred. That tailor
made gowns sometimes leave their orig
inal simplicity TO subject themselves to
the dictatessof fashion i'm decorationh as
well as form, is evident in the illustra-
tion OF the above cut. The jaunty
jacket and tight skirt yoke are made
Of tan and brown checked cloth. and the
stitched scallopped trimming and the
serpintine fiounce is of plain tan cloth,
as is the facing of the fiaring collar.
Two large square buttons and loops
close the jacket.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

The small boy of these DAYS yearns
20 GO a-hghting Filiplnos instead OF
snjuns
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Yes. your honor. this is the lady
who claimed that the dog bit her"
well, where is the dog who claims
TO have bitten the LADY,"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-20

Minister-We need "A night watchmcn
for the church. Igave you the Job
do you think you could keep awake?
Man-Do you preach at night
Judge.