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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
Capaclty and Fallure:

capacity ana fuiiuft'
OF course TO fail 90 demonstrate a
capacity for managing with success
ones personal business is by no means
warrant for charging that one may not
be able to do very well with public at
fairs Flure I'm a certain line OF busi-
ness no sign that one VIII not be sue
ccssful i'm another line. Historic ex-
amples TOO numerous and too familiar
20 make il worth while to cite them,
will support both these assertions. We
believe the records OF the commercial
agencies will show that as many as 90
per cent Of business men make failures
at one time or another i'm the course
of a lifetime. anyway. William Nc
kinley went broke at his private busi-
ness. but. we believe. ne Is making
very fair success IN the highest public
aficc i'm the world. The men who never
fail are the rare exception Capacity
FOR managing business either public or
personal Is relative. The patriotic
banker who financed through the Civil
war the whole United States failed in
the management of his own financial
affairs afterwards L. S Grant. mag
nificent in public life and the savior of
n nation, was a miserable failure when
1t came TO doing a comparatively plea
yune private business.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19


AMONG the many writer's who have
achieved distinction in the Letters coll
umn OF the Sunday Journal. Mr.. Ste
vens may perhaps be identified by the
grace OF his wit. the profundity of his
thought and the brilliancy OF his die
tion. His style may. indeed be lacking
that accurate insight into public affairs
that distinguishes contributions of
"Vox PopuD. His knowledge of Tx
change Place geology may not he so
broad as that evidenced by the contrib
utor who signs himself Henry 4. Bar
ker." He is hardly SO well up on the
usages Of polite society i'm it's relation
tofthe Prairie avenue or Admiral street
cars. as are Trolley Sufferer" and
Patron" Taxpayer" may possibly be
able 10 give him points on sundry is-
sues OF public policy Of a merely alb
stract nature, and We wouldn't venture
to assert that ne would come off winner
in a comparative debate with George
a. StockwelI' on the subject when
Does the Twentieth Century Begin %"
simple as that undertaking might seem
10 one ignorant OF the mathematical
and controversial powers Of the citi-
zen who contributes under that name.
But none of these mentioned nor any
other whose iusabrations have shot
shafts of light athwart the sombrc
pages of the Sunday Journal can really
touch the mysterious Stevens i'm his
own especial sphere Of calm philosophy
and radiant invention.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
FOURTH DISTRICT CONVENTION,
w. G. T. L.

The fourth district Of the Rhode ISL
and w G. II. L. held very enjoyable
convention IN the chapel at West King
Ston Wednesday Jan, 10. \ delegation
from IL Of the unions OF the district
making good slzed aud nee gathered
from the early morning trains.
The president, Mrs. :. IL. Dawley of
Ecryon, presided. calling the couVer-
tion to order about 10 a. M \ praise
scr ice conducted by Ms r. T. Nichols
of Westerly. in which all took part by
reading Scripture passages, was very
interesting. Miss Carrie I.amphere Of
Clark's Mills union served as OrganiSt
THIS service closed with all repeating
the Lords prayer. \ Welcome Song"
was sung by Mrs II. w. cole and Mary
T. Kenyon of Carolina with Mrs. FiNh
Burke as ursanist They also sang sew
cral times dLging the day and their
music was very pleasant feature ~
the entire session. The president gave
"a short address I'm tl' form ol New
Years greeting. Rev. T.. VI. Wilson
pastor cf ;ho church added words -
welcome Miss SalOh A Money gave a
recitation on "Tho New Year" Invita-
iions vcrc given bv Ocean View. Clarke
Mills and White Rock ;'uions Co hold
conventions with them Voted to hold
convention in March or April win
Ocean View union. tho d1ic tp bc SD-
'cctc1 'ater After considerable dIs-
Cus~ion the vote u3sscd In 1897 that Tho
entertaining union bear the expense or
evening session was rescindcd.
The noon hour BIhlc reading was hy
Mrs ~ a. Whtforl of Westerly who
epl"cfo1 Psalm @i~A pocm "Thc Noon
Tidc Hour was read hv Mrs J. \.
CrardaU Rev s. H. Crlstv. state su
Dcrintendort 90 me Anti saloon League
was Introduces anl spoke ~ some ~
Che work ~ that rrani7ation IN,
~'orn'~r eeeeior closed with prayer D.,
Dov T NJ Wilson
Tho hastot luncr wae suprlemortod
hv ho' coffee furn shed hv Nfrg Shor-
man Who reeldcr rnqr th- chanai and
is r. loy'l white ribhouer She was given
vote of hank for b"r 'Npdnass The
convention rc-0ssemhicd at O'Clock.
Th" devotiOnll nvereisoe were conduct d.
90 by Nrs. R. NJ Butlinrlmo of Tost
GresuU i,h prayef wae pWc'ol bN Mrs
Du'iou of Westerly. w &C. ~ ~ vori,
't Fi~reIor i1' woe 'anortrl hr Mice
F N lr,nch who Tor ~ wears hos roua
th.fa every Surdlv WHOM utJeonprs
were tlrt0 hu'dIu~ delicious services In
tho corridors puly missing ono SUNDAY
'ur'ur 'h1f 'ir-o and hat hesaues ~
sickness, Mrs. L. q. Clarke Of Kings
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

THERE are just two other members
of the state House commission. Ellery
II. Wilson and Joshua Wnbour who
have slipped up in their personal bust
ness affairs. but as TO whose capacity
one would be cautious about cvticislng
without first reviewing their whole ca
reer. They certainly made successes
before failure came and there was evil
IDENTIFY moth sg about their hard luck
to incapacitate them from the exercise
of due intelligence i'm ~ selection Of
statue for the state House dome. As
10 the other ten members of the COM
mission--wel. nobody would venture To
say that Gen. WILLIAM Ames. or Gen.
Olney Arnold. or Senator Wemorc. for
instance, had ever alarmed their
friends FOR fear that they were not
capable OF managing their personal
business Indeed, the average OF busl-
ness capaNity is on the whole unusually
high IN the State House combustion.
1t is representative body OF Rhode
Islanders.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

HONEST John w DAVIS IS credit
cd not only with completing a success
ful business career himself. hut Win
launching a number II his employees
ON the road 90 reasonable prosperity.
We believe he long ago retired from
business, lie. his activities being mod
crately employed In The promoting Of e
very desirable cemetery property with
which ne has achieved aiccess. as he
usually has with his undertakings. We
have never heard 80 hntcs that Albert
l.. Saylcs or Rowland e.. Hazard wen,
incapablcs az their private business.
capt Nathaniel u. church Is perhaps
the most successful fisherman In the
world. Former Governor Brown has
had "a notably successful business od-
reer. Beginning with little else hut ca
paci,y for build.ug zap and manag.n ng
n large business Francis T.. O'ReiIly
Is q lawyer and his standing i'm his pro1
fcs..uu U.s. NOT questioned Col web
stef Knight ts evidently all right lie
b. young man yet But he finds mo-
difficulty in Keeping his J.b The com
mlssioner whom q replaced on ih-
board th. only member who has dfrd
since 30 was established Enas 1uhain.
was ONE of tIe most eminent of Rh8l.
Island lnamfictuf,ra
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

ton commended the work Of Miss
French and Mrs. NJ. a. Babcock spoke
words OF appreciation. Mrs. Babcock
then gave very Interesting account
Of her trip TO Seattle and the National
Conversion held there. Mrs. j. ~
Crandan was appointed historian" Of
the district. Miss Sarah \. Money re
cited od-byc. God bless you" After
singing 4" Tis SO sweet 10 trust i'm Je-
sus," the meeting closed with the bene-
diotion by Rev. l.. NJ. Wilson.
j. 4. CRANDAIL.
tSccretarV0
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

France a. absolutely dependent up-
sn England for ncNvs of The TrnusVanl
war. because the cables are under her
control. and she iH ready to sprnd "A
vast sum uf money go free hrrself This
is ukt many people, who. after allow
nr dyspepsia tU settle upon them.
spend a. fortune seeking deliVeranee.
Save your money and uy Hnsettei' 4
stomach Bit,rs lhc medicine which
never fails to cure Dyspepsia. constipa-
tom. biuousncss. maSra. fever and
agoc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

The Slanderous Stevens:
AMONG the many original and over
flowing intelects that illuminate the
Letters to the Editor" department of
our otherwise gloomy contemporary.
the Providence sunday Journal, none
has perhaps succeeded in exciting pub
lie curiosity as TO his identity and
mental state more than the mysterious
person who writes over the signature OF
"E. G. stevens" AS is appreciated by
such persons as find in the perusal OF
the Sunday Journal no cause sufficient
ly exciting 10 accuse their consciences
of violating the peace of the Sabbath
morn. the Letters TO the Editor" de-
partment Is the one oasis i'm a desert
waste OF vocables, ripple on the sur
face OF the dntenectual doldrums.
While the balance OF the sheet is
filled with the last weary fragments OF
editorial and reportorial thought ex-
hausted by persistent space stuffing all
the week. TO the Letters" column
come the fresh and vigorous utterances
of thinkers who write for pastime and
not for hire, and only indulge the thing
occasionally. not oftener than once in
seven days. one need only compare a
communication from "E. c. stevens"
for instance. with those familiar sun
day contributions to the editorial page
bearing the sensational title The
Week 20 Come" and "A Glance
Ahead" 20 dnd the extremes of this
newspaper condition which brings TO
one page OF the paper the sunshine OF
thought and shrouds the other fifteen
pages with the apparel of intellectual
heart failure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
THE ORIGINAL SPEECH.

The original speech, the true pHmeval
language We have ever heard: yet we
have all talked IL. and all IT'S clements
are present i'm the tongue Cf today. Tie
primevsl language was a vowel lam
guage altogether: 1t had no consonants,
or contacts, as we ought 10 call ,hem,
at all. It's words consisted OF vowel
sounds following each other, repeated
or varied -tf words like acaea. aoao,
ala. auau. Geola, iaua, oioi. Cuou. Halta,
ueue. all Of which. l may say IN pass
ing, are taken from language In use
today. The sentences were intermit-
tent streams Of vowels, each stream
held on so long as the speakers breath
allowed or whim dictated. When all
literature was recited, the same consid-
Grafton, the capacity OF the lungs, de-
termined the length OF the bardic line,
50 we may kave our shlokas,, our hexa-
meters, our Alexandrines, and SO forth,
each a iung-full OF verse: I'm the prime
val tongue II WAS nkeMIse. but the-
sentences were vowels only, says the
Contemporary Review.
There are about ten or dozen pure
yowels 10 go upon, and -'.sel words
Tray run mp 10 Ave syllables,so Nc nave
n very considerable fund 10 draw on
for our vowel streams. And these
streams of vowel speech corresponded
10 and expressed. streams OF emotion
or feeling rather than descriptions or
concrete objects. For we hardly real
ize how terribly overladen with materi-
al trines our life is today, and therefore
wnat great demands we make on IAN
guage for concrete words. But our eX-
carnations. each OF which indicates
single emotion, tend 10 remain puIs
,,oyyeI sounds even at the present day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

how contemplate Is the slur which the
vague stevens" filings at them as a
body. No newspaper with any sense OF
the proprietlcs would permis his silly
and imperlinent yaporings 70 appear in
It's columns.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
FOR Over fifty Years
wINSLOw'S

MRS WINSLOWS SOOTHING
SYRUP has been used for over fifty
years by millions of mothers for their
Children while tecthing. with perfect
success. II soothes the child. softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie,
and Is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
III will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately. Sold by Druggists in ev-
cry part OF the world. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
winslow's Soothing Syrr,p." and take
no other kind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

The Gilt statue:
We are moved 90 these remarks by
Mr.. Stevens most recent contrlbu-
tion TO the Letters" department OF our
contemporary. which doubtless has ex-
cited the greatest interest among those
to whom ihe writer sent marked copies
of the paper and is otherwise known 10
have given much infcllorusi satisfac-
tlon 20 the proof reader in the Journal
once. In the article referred to. Mr.
Stevens" exercises his critical facul-
ties upon the giH figure that stands
on the point Of The State House dome.
and brings 10 bear upon his argument.
that the statue is not attractive fo him.
tho thoughtful and convincing ob-
scrvatinn that ~ Was placed on top 20
tho State House by commission
OF which only a small part arc capa-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
SPECIAL SERVICES.

The Elmwood avenue Free Baptist
church is planning on special services
Sunday which is termed Decision
Day" REV l.. 8. Woodwork will
speak in the morning at 10:45. 10 the
Sunday school. 1915. and again at 7:30
in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will
assist in the services by solos and other
singing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

'The hag symbollzes our purposes
and ,ur aapir uors; 1t represents what
we believe and what we mean TO main
nas Of the free. the hope OF ne oppress
e. and herever II is assailed. at any
sacrifice II will be carried to a triumph
ant peace. President Mckinley. Aug
13. 1899.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

.h0 desire TO be used OF God may NOT
always be wholly unselfish. It is one
thing TO say Lord, send me where
Thou wilt Il is quite another to pick
OUT the place and say "If YOU will send
me there | will serve you"
The Lesson-When the president Of
the United States or the sovereign Of
sUU1e kingdom, singles nut a man and
sends him on an important mission in
his name. men say: How fOrtunateo
and envy him because of the honor con
ferred upon him. We can scarcely inn
agine the man himself receiving the
commission otherwise than ioyfully. IL
in addition to all this Cthe honor. and
the prospect of the valuable reward).
the err3Ed Is ina the Interest Of some
cause dear TO the ambassadors heart
we can scarcely imagine a crcum-
stance that would lead him 10 refuse to
go Moses. as we remember tried un-
on every possible plea 10 escape from
the work laid upon him: and yet we
know that he was a lover Of his people
l1nd had at one time taken his life in
his hands ~ save a brother However.
! do not know that we have great rea-
son 10 wonder AZ this whom we rcmem-
ber that So many uf us who profess low
atty 10 Christ and to desire above all
else that lost mon and women he re-
deemed when called 10 go out i'm his
name. begin with one consent to make
excuse"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19


OF
In
Modern Department
providing
handling and
its
Like teparmnt Trust Companies have attained their high
a savings
Is respectfully soic
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
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bile OF managing their personal busi-
ness with success"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

s brief rotrN pf ihe status N .lc
memh'rs uf tbe State House commits
sion is thus sumcrnt 10 demonstrate
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

Subscribers falling to receive their
paper regularly either from the carrier
or news1ealer will confer a favor by
prompt notification.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

Any person desiring The News left at
his residence I'm any part OF the CITY
can send his order TO this office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
RELIGIOUS AND
PnILANTHR0PlC WORK.
lconlLnued trom Page SD

| Continued from rage SIM
organizations and societies. Musical Sc
lections were given at intervals by the
Orpheus Club. After some Introductory
remarks by the president. Secretary
! John Willis Baer oered up praycrPres-
! ldent Walsh then read a sympathetic
letter from the Hon. s. B. Capen. who
wished DR.. Clark every success in hi
mission.
The Rev. j. J. Dunlop next spoke
briefly, describing the value of Chris
tian Endeavor work. The Rev. \.
Plumb and the Rev. w. T.. Campbell al
so extended their congratulations &c
Dr. Clark and wished him hearty god
speed. Al an interval OF the speaking
handsome umbrella was presented to
Or. Clark by President Walsh.
In response. DR.. Clark thanked the
speakers, and explained his great re
grct that Mrs. Clark was not able 10
be present. Speaking OF the reason;
which called him 10 undertake ahis long
Journey. he declared that he did not go
lured by the entlcements OF foreign
travel. for he would much prefer 10 stay
at home, but that II seemed 20 be the
imperative call OF duty Just AT thi
time, as China Is In a peculiarly criti
cal state. Good and evil forces are bat
Ting for the future OF China Christian
ity and heathenisrl, progress and reac
ton. ana any one who can exert eve
a small degree Of influence at this time
should do everything that lay in his
power for the regeneration OF ths
lcstial empire.
Christian Endeavor has some peculiar
responsibilities In china, because II
seems 10 be adapted TO the native mind
and where IL is understood and thor
oughly worked as in a number. OF mis-
sion stations. il has been productive Of
very great good. one Of the first socie-
ties in China was called IN the native
dialect, il the word should be retrans
lated into English the Drum Around
and Rouse-up Society" The first socic-
~ i'm CSihnaciRnmconrnodngcCSHRDL
~ In China was established I'm 1885, be-
ing the first one outside OF the United
States and Canada. Mr.. Ling. the man
who signed the first Christian Endeav-
or pledge in China. is still active in the
society.
DR.. Clark said he expected to attend
many Christian Endeavor meetings IN
Japan, and particularly the national
Japanese convention i'm Kobe some tim
in March. He also expects TO have meet
ings in Korea. ana then he hopes to re-
turn to America by means OF the trans
Siberian railway st. Petersburg and
London, where he will attend tn
worlds Christian Endeavor convention.
meeting the delegates from America In
London early in July.
The topic for the Endeavor prayer
meeting this week is: Send Mer--Isa.
6:l-l0. Use me. God I'm Thy great har-
vest field. which stretchest far and wide
like wide sea; the gatherers are so
few, l fear the precious yield will suf-
fer loss. oh, find a place for me-"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30

another passionate and the meeting is
for the purpose of extending call to a
minister to fill the vacancy.
The State fee and salary commission,
by the reports it requires from county
officers, is bringing to light some
strange conditions. 1t was found that
nepotism prevails to an astonishing de-
gree in the county public service in In
diana. The commission will not name
the counties but it does give the in
stances. In one county the clerk en-
ploys his father, his wife and his son as
deputies, and recorder has appointed
his son and daughter assistants, on reg
ulsr salaries. The daughter is said to
be the most efficient officer of the three.
The colony of emigrsnts to North
Dakota that has been gathered together
from around Plymouth for several
weeks left today for their new home.
They shipped their goods yesterday,
there being three carloads from here
and two from Bourbon. Among those
who went were: n. Kaufman, L. T..
Heminger, J. ID. Williams, J. f. StuItz,
j. Shoup, e. Shrall, III. Poor, E. Gen
singer, NJ. Gensinger. l.. +. Miller, +. J..
Thomas, Mrs. ). Nj. Group, S. Group,
p. Fl. Wenner, G. Fruits, l.. Fogle, w.
l.. Filson, f. Haminger.
The Peoples Drug store has q splen-
did assortment of everything in the
drug line as we'll as fancy stationery
and toilet articles. The proprietor of
this popular store has spared no pains
to provide the trade with the choicest
assortment of fancy goods and in con-
sequence has merited the excellent
patronage which his efforts have won.
In staple drugs, the Peoples Drug store
carries every thing that the public de-
mands and has confidence in. If you
have never visited this store, you will
please yourself by making your next
purchase there. 4w
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
THE WAY TO SUCCESS.

A rich man who had attained re-
markable success in life was asked
by a magazine editor to give short
sketch of his career, and name the
tactics he pursued to bring about the
prosperity he enjoyed. He wrote
on single sheet these few maxims
by which he had been guided:
"Rise early and let no part of the
day be without its profitable en-
ployment.
''Be alert to recognize opportuni-
ty and quick to take advantage of it.
Exercise a prudent reserve in
business transactions.
off employed, let your employer
find you polite, dillgent and cheer
full.
"Practical frugality-deny your
self all forms of expensive enter
tainment and indulgence.
"Purely sentimental consideration
cannot be allowed to influence or
govern business matters.
elf any young man follows those
precepts he can get rich if he doesn't
have bad luck"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30

sion that the salary of the governor
he increased from $4,000 to $4,000
per year. The Press cites the fact
that for years the governors salary
remained at $500 a year, with free
house rent, and tnat the office was
not intended to be one of profit, but
was simply considered position of
high honor. 1t therefore concludes
that $4,000 year is a sufficient sum
to enable the governor to maintain
the dignity of the position, and, in
comparison with the general profits
in business enterprises, it should be
considered a fair compensation,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30

Indianapolis enjoys the high dis.
tinction of having done more to de-
feat the Porto Rican tariff bill than
any other city in the United States
This is largely due to the united and
vigorous efforts of the indianapolis
papers, all of which have waged {
determined warfare against that i'll
advised measure. General Benjamin
Harrison is also credited with hav-
ing done good deal to arouse pub
lie sentiment against the foolish &C
ton of the house in passing that bill
before having given it proper con
sideration.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30

Mr.. }. w. Kitch, my opponent for the
democratic nomination for representa-
tive thinks that the statement as to his
citizenship in Marshall county was not
made clear in last weeks issue of the
Independent AS | desire to be per-
fectiy fair with him, will state that be
has informed me that he was born in
this county but that he left the state
about the year 81, and was citizen of
Iowa for seven years. returning to Mar
shall county in 1893. The statement
that / made last week was that | have
been citizen of Marshall county long,
er than he has. This statement was
true according to Mr.. Kitch's acknowl-
edgement but he thinks should state
that he was born in this county. l
make this statement because | want to
be fair with my opponent and give the
facts exactly as they are.
CLAY w. METSKER.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30

Talk about lawyers fees. That
New York disciple of Blackstone
knocks them all out. He is said to
have raked in a cool million for
his services in the Carnegie-Frick
squabble. The man who was able
to make this big rake off was James
B. Dill, who only few years age
was reporter on Chicago paper
But reporters are never able to take
in million at single haul.