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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

THE esteemed Manufacturing Jew
eler, which may be safely accepted as
an authority on the question Of any
thing of Importance TO the jewelry
trade and which. 81 Far as II touches
politics. is ever a strong protectionist,
relieves the atmosphere by its lucid
statement regarding the jewelry pro-
position In the much discussed French
reciprocity treaty. Led by the Attic
boro fellows. who are more aggressive
and always better organized than the
trade anywhere else in the land, our
jewelry friends have made strong
effort to have the reciprocity treaty
uuashed unless il could be amended 10
save the trade from the reduction In
the tariff which was contemplated All
New England was led 10 believe that
i.s jewelry Industry would suffer mate
rally by the tariff reduction in favor
of France In the reciprocity treaty and
we have an been disposed 10 feel dis
hcartened az The Information that the
treaty would probably De ratified as
originally drawn, FOR an the opposition.
But the Manufactures Jeweler cx-
plains that the tariff reduction pro-
posed amounts only 10 about 6 per cent.
that is the schedule is cut from so per
cent TO a per cent In favor of France.
And the Jewcler seems 20 be reason
able i'm its assertion that while the
jewclry Interests naturally want al
the protection they can get. thar spe-
clal reduction In the French schedul,
will result In no serious hardship &,
! this leading New England Industry.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05
AMONG N0AEKS CLUBS
EDITED By NELLIE b. PErrTs.


plan or outline OF study OF American
history.
A number OF United states histories
and reference book, called Topics OF
American History" were submitted Tor
the inspection OF the club. II was Noteu
20 adopt the latter and II. BENJAMIN
Andrews History OF the United states
as general text book. A discussion
on the method OF taking up literature
OF the country was entered into, ana IL
was finally decided 10 study by perlous,
corn bining with the history ana Keeping
pace with it. Also 20 intersperse SUIT
able music as the committee thoushl
best
Following the discussion concerning
the course OF study, Miss Ellinor Briggs
read a humorous story entitleT ne
Good Old Days" describing IN WHY
dialect the adventures OF man VINO
was transported (by a dreamD Dack
60 the early American times and touhu
them anything but good old days
The next meeting of the club will oc-
cur on February II. when an interest
ing program in American history VIII
be carried out.
The Travellers study club met on the
evening OF Monday. January ZSth' at
the home OF the president. MISS ANNE
sumner. Trinity Square. when the reg
ular scheduled study OF Spain was CON
tinued. THE meeting was largely al
tended and after the usual history
questions one of the most interesting
papers of the winter was read. inns
paner gave very vivid account OF
Moorish learning Moorish universities
and their influence. Referring 70 ms
partfcular paper. the report adds Few
of us realized before how much we or
tho present time owe 10 these wise
men from the East. whom we have
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

WILLIAM r. Goebel Is dead and the
assassin's work is complete. 1t is pitt
full tragedy, even for Kentucky where
killings are common for slight cause
and assassinations not unusual. IL re-
mains for the commonwealth OF Ken
lucky to punish the murderer OF Goebei.
II would be well If the murder should
mark the beginning of new era in the
blue grass region when men shall take
their politics rather less seriously than
human life
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

"The nag symbolizes our purposes
and our aspirs lions. 1t represents whs'
we believe and what we mean to MAIN
tsin. AID wherever 1t floats 1t Is ths
nag OF the free. the hope OF 'le oppress-
a.: snd herever II Is assailed. at any
sacrifice it viii De carried to a triumph
ant peace."--President Mckinley. Aug
13. 1899.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

Gatherings OF Rhode Island club
women have been OF frequent occur
renee and of especial significance dur
ing the past week.
Perhaps the most conspicuous events
i'm club circles have occurred I'm the city
OF Pawtucket whore that large ana M
fiuential organization, the PaWtuchet
Woman's club Is already recognzed
stimulus in the social and intellecluai
life OF the city
Az the meeting on Monday afternoon,
in the assembly rooms of Music halL
the especial guests OF honor were Miss
Helen Whittier. president of the Ia
NOUS AnddlcseX club "of COO OF Low
ell. Massachusetts,. and Miss Anna u.
West of Somervlle. state chairman or
the General Federation OF Massachu-
setts.
Mrs. Edward L. Johnson. the prasi-
dent OF the club presided with Grace
and dignity and presented the sleak-
ers Of the afternoon in a few briet
words. Miss West. the first speaker
enumerated the causes and coniiuons
which led To the organization g! the
federation and spoke elocucn.iy OF the
work which il la accomplished ~ inc
past. noting particular" the work on
the industrial department In sreuIins
shorter noNf~ hl tt 1lt l'li NFtii ~ s'i''.
children the work % he Consumers
League. OF the Travelling Libraries ana
the Postal Savings Banks
She alluded 10 the need or recon
struction and the causes which haNe
led TO the discussion OF the plan. Miss
West was followed by Miss Whlttler
who gave statistics showing the growth
of the General Federation and the un-
wieldly proportions Il has reached
IN hich necessitates reconstruction. she
outlined the original system OF organ-
ization by which the Federation con-
sisted Of individual clubs. each presi-
dent being vice president - the federal
tion and also a member ~ the board.
Continuing Miss Whittier presented
new plan DIFFERENTIATION whereby the
representation should be through the
state federations. the general fedora
ton to consist solely of state fedora ?
tions: and individual clubs 20 pay their
dues through the state federations.
II will he remembered that Miss
( Whittier Is prominently Identified with
| the reorganization question. having
/ herself compiled and submitted a plan
| Of reconstruction which has been wide
/ IN published and discussed.
! The plan" referred 10 was published.
! IN full. in the News club column In
! the early fall. at the time when the
! same was given TO the press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

England can no longer compete with
us I'm the SHIPMENT ~ many products
to china. our trade with the Ch nose
has Increased almost forty per cent.
within the last year. This ls merely nat-
ural. The best wins in every thing For
a like reason. Hostettcr's stomach
Bitters. tho best remedy in the country.
has for nftv years acknowledged mo-
euprior 90 cure cons ira lion. indigps
ton, dyspepsia and bliiousneFs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

Joo-How do YOU like YOUR lutomo-
bile?
Jim-flurrid mun0tOnous ike CO.
ride behind something that Will kick
the dashboard once I'm a Whilc.-ludiau-
apelis Journal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05
TNE NEWS
rhit.Y EUROPEAN MINT.

(secured for exclusive publication In
The News by arrangement with Felix.
Rouff Doucet. LaFerriere. Paquin and
other famous Partisan costume max
ers)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

Subscribers falling to receive their
paper regularly either from the carrier
or newsdealer will confer favor py
prompt notification.
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WA L G.
for the
SPECIAL EDITION
of the
PROVIDENCE
NEWS.

1t will contain the most complete
History of the various Industries
of Providence, PaWtucket and
AttIebOrO ever presented to the
public, and will be prOfusely
Illustrated by Half Tone Cuts.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

rho Pcad Mark apd fnarn Ciuh ~
this elite r'ni af 'he residence of Mrs.
Arson v Pic" ~ Mo~dty afternoon.
WITH the president Mrs Arthur ~
Rich. boz The rhpir There was u1 fur-
nal program at thie r'eetin~ tho meni-
bers having assembled TO formulate a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05
Our Printed Cheney's
Fouiards and Jdfins

original in design and mostly confined 10 US
An examination of our Silk Stock before purchasing
elsewhere will repay the careful buyer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-05

Active preparations are now being
made by the members OF the club for a
large and brilliant reception TO be given
on the evening Of Washington's birtn-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
What a RtW HdUocate
Of the Faltb Must DO
TO Win Concerts.

spreads, the inquirers scatter and mes
sages come ito the compounds from
distant villages, asking them to come
there and preach more Of the new doc
trine.
n outside work, however, can only
be carried on in the winter time. Life
is strenuous In China. and the people
have no time to listen while they are
sowing and gathering their crops. Mis-
siOnaries have tried to work in the
sumner, but the %torrential rains make
travel difficult, and the people will not
stay to hear while they have work to
do.
With the cold OF winter. however.the
roads freeze and travel is easy. while
the people, with their crops garnered.
are ready and anxious to hear and dis
euss-for the Chinaman is a philoso-
pher; he enjoys debate keenly and
accepts only what seems to him rea-
sonable and just. The missionaries
travel about In the Chinese carts dur
ing the long, cold winters from village
to village, stopping In the cherries
Chinese inns or at the home Of some
friendly native, trying to follow up
those who have come to them as in
quirers. AS this work can only be car
ried on In cold weather. and as life in
a Chinese city is neither healthy nor
comfortable In summer. the city com
pounds are closed IN the spring and
the missionary families move for the
summer to some mountain resort near
by; the great place near Pekin being
the famous western hills. only about
fifteen miles from the city. The hills
are covered with beautiful old temples
kept by sleek. bald-headed Buddhist
priests, where accommodations can be
secured for the summer at very rca-
sonable Drioea-Leslie's Weekly.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
Fightlng Seals with Dynamite.

The seals and sea lions which infest
the mouth of the Columbia river have
created such havoc among the salmon
fisheries that a crusade with dynamite
is soon to be begun against them. The
animals are both shrewd and bold. and
it is said that a seal will police a set
net with great regularity, and take a
bite out Of the throat of every salmon
1t contains. Frequently when a fisher
man is taking his net into a boat and
is about to gaf a fish which is entan-
gled in the meshes, a seal will rise and
bite it's throat. The seal herds con-
gregate on a certain sandspit IN the
mouth of the river. and it Is proposed
that dynamite mines be sunk In the
sand and connected with the main
land by wires. When the animals are
ashore the mines will be exploded.
Similar plans are laid for the destruc-
ton Of the sea lions. which do not
gather with the seals.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23

strange Discoveries IN Central Afrioa By
Explorer Moore.


Strange Discoveries IN Central Africa By
Explorer Moore.
The problem OF how the apple got
into the dumping sinks into insignia
canoe beside that Of the 5eliynsh. the
crustaceans and Lake Tanganyika; but
J. p. s. Moore, who has Just come back
from Central Africa, believes he has
discovered how the fish from the sea
got into the lake in the middle Of the
continent Mr.. Moore Is one Of the
young men at the Royal College Of
Science, South Kensington. He was
leader Of an expedition largely suSsl-
died by the Royal Geographical socie-
ty, and after a years march Of over
5000 miles, from the zambesi to Ugan-
da, be has come back with hundreds Of
specimens and several important addi-
lions to the knowledge OF Central Az
RIGA. He has encountered cannibals,
volcanoes and glacier and scaled an
ice-elad peak called "sitchwi," in the
Ruwenzori mountains, or Mountains
OF the Moon, at a height Of about 16, 500
feet. The mountains took ten days to
climb. The peaks Of the range are COW
cred with fee to a depth OF hundreds
Of feet. for the snow melts in the day
and freezes at night. Mr.. Moore and
she twenty Ujlii boys who accompa-
pied him lived on goats during the as
cent and descent, driving the goats
and killing them when food was want
ed. The Ujlii boys were so struck with
the phenomenon Of Ice that they tried
to carry bits down to Ujiii. The trop-
ical sun nearly boiled the ice on the
way. Between ~Tanganyika and Lake
Albert Edward is a lake called Kivu.
The best atlas published gives Il as
about one-tenth the size Of Albert Ed
ward. Mr.. Moore, who was accom-
panied by Malcolm Ferguson, geolo-
gist and geophapher, found that Kivu
is larger than Albert Edward. The
north end of Tanganyika was found to
be fifty miles westward Of its ascrined
position. 1t was between this lake aud
kivu that the cannibals were met.
They are tall, light-colored men, more
like Arabs than negroes, and are born
thieves. They gave much trouble and
killed two or three bearers. but Mr..
Moore never had to fight them out
right. The primary object of the ez-
petition was to dredge and sound the
lakes with reference to the marine
forms which Mr.. Moore found there
four years ago. The question was
whether the jelly6sh and c-rustaceans
originally got into T~anganyika by way
Of the Nile or the Congo. Having de-
termined that these marine species are
to be found in none Of the lakes north
of ~Tanganyika, Mr.. Moore believes
that Tanganyika was once Joined to
the sea by way Of a great basin in the
Congo State. When Tanganyika was
left high, If not dry, in the center OF
Africa, the jellyfish and crustaceaus
Of the sea remained behind and their
descendants are f%iourishing today.
They have been there many thousands
of years, for fossils they resemble are
to be found below the chalk level.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23

OF course. educated deaf mutes get
10 be pretty handy with their pencils.
They have to write all their communi-
cations to speaking people. and do so
very rapidly. The Rev. A. W. Mann
is a deaf mute missionary and expert
penman. For twenty-five years he has
made missionary trips to deaf mute
churches, not alone in this country,
but in foreign lands. Mr.. Mann writes
wrong side up just as well as the other
way. He is often interviewed. The
method Is this: The reporter sits at
the table opposite Mann. A pad Of pa
per lies between them. The reporter
writes a question. Mann reads It up
side down. and, without moving the
paper, writes the auswer-also upside
down-New York World.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23

American Girls, Wives OF Germans.
It Is worthy Of note that not only
was the wife Of the Baron Won Kettel-
er, the German minister who was muir
dered in Pekin, an American, Miss
Ledyard, OF Detroit, but the wife Of
the German minister appointed to sue
coed Won Ketteler, the Baron Won
schwarzenstein, is an American, Maud
Roosevelt La Vinsen, and the wife OF
the onicer sent out to command the
allied armies, the Count Won Valdez
see, Is an American, Miss Lee OF New
York. The Baroness Won schwarzen-
stein Is a second cousin Of Colonel
Roosevelt, and was a belle In WASH
ington two years ago. She met there
the Baron Mumm Won Schwarzenstein,
who was attached to the German lega-
ton. Miss La Vinsen was stopping
with her mothers sister, the Baroness
Won Orendorh. The baroness took her
niece to Europe, whittier the attacha
followed, and the marriage took place
in Berlin. The bride had no fortune
Of any amount, and the marriage was
n Of pure affection on both sides.
The Baron Schwartzenstein, although
only forty years old, has had a long
experience in statecraft, and is consid-
cred an able APPROXIMATELY York
Press.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23

The chemical composition Of the at
mosphere varies very little. Whether
we take a sample from the top Of the
Himalayas or at sea level the contents
Of oxygen, nitrogen, ETC., are practical
ly the same. The favorable effects Of
high attitudes upon many diseases can
not be explained by any gaseous pecu-
liarity in the composition of the air
and is probably largely Due to the de-
eas Of microbes and dust. Health
resorts in pine. birch and oak forests
owe their beneficial effects to the
traces Of hydrogen and hydrocarbons
in the shape of essential oils and arc
matte products which are found in the
air in such localities.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
ChInese Language LogIeaI.

Every word in the Chinese language
has a logical reason for its existence
and peculiar formation, and each word
consists Of either one individual char
acter or a number of them combined In
order to make a complete word. Take
the word field. a square divided into
sections or lots. When the word man
is written by the word field the COM
bination makes the word farmer. indi-
eating the avocation Of a man who is
associated with fields and agriculture.
Still more suggestive is the Chinese
word for truth, sincerity, f%aithfulness,
honesty. 1t is formed by the combina-
ton OF a man and word, thus express
ing that one form Of honesty consists
in a man standing by his word. The
word for box is indicated by a square
having four sides of equal length, while
a prisoner is literally a man in a box,
a fact which is often grewsomely illus
trated in China. when a criminal ia
sentenced to death. and is carried to
the place OF execution in a square box.
Ladies' Home Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
EleetrIcltr Gauss. rheumatism.

Sir James Grant. a medical man OF
Canada. has evolved the wonderful
theory that rheumatism is due to an
abnormal electrical storage in the hui
man system. He says that for many
years he has been in the habit Of treat
ing cases Of supposed muscular rheu-
matiBm by the insertion Of small fine
steel needles, the number varying ac-
cording to the extent of the affected
parts. and. as a rule. the seat OF pain
will indicate the precise place and ex-
tent to which the needles should be
used. They remain stuck into the
muscles for from one to two minutes.
The previous hard, tense condition ap-
proximating one Of tetany relaxes, the
needles are removed without force, and
the patient is able at once to use the
muscles. Experiments point to an alb
normal storage Of electricity in the
tissues. 1t may be stored as a result
Of sudden draughts and cold. When
the inserted needles are touched the
electrical accumulation is simultane-
eously discharged, passing through the
body Of the operator without any seri-
Gus result. There is almost immediate
relief in lumbago from the treatment.
New York Press.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23

The success Of smokeless powder IN
modern warfare has been such as to
prompt a man Of an inventive turn Of
mind to manufacture a powder which
is said to be also ~noiseless. It is the
invention Of a German workman who
studied chemistry Of explosives in this
country. He has already given a pri-
vaJe exhibition Of the ~practicability Of
his discovery with considerable suc-
cess. A she'll loaded with his powder
was fired at a target fifty yards way
and the only sound indicating the ex-
plosion was the falling of the plunger
of the shell. Bohnengal, which is tbs
name of the inventor, mas not, It is
said, yet sold the secret Of the process,
but is still in treaty wijh different
governments for its purchase.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
RnrInr mstaI PIatss.

Some fairly successful experiments
have recently been made in drilling
holes in and engraving IN metal by
means Of electrolytic solutions. A
nozzle Of special construction was
used. The lower end. which is press
ed against the metal plate, Is divided
into two compartments, through
which the e%lectrolytic fluid flows. The
upper end has two openings; through
n the electrolyte flows in, down to
finally up and out of the other. The
end Of the nozzle, which Is pressed
against the plate to be drilled, is fitted
the lower end against the plate, and
with a rubber washer. whose shape de-
termines that OF the hole bored. A
strong electric current Is caused to
dow through the plate Of electricity.
The nozzzle circulation Of the electro
lyte In the nozzle carries on the metal
as. fast as the electrolysis Hberates It.
Some Of the best results for iron were
obtained with sulphuric acid as the
e~lectrolyte, but good work was also
done with ordinary salt water.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23

Sir L. Alma-Tadema. the eminent
painter. Is particularly partial to mon
ograms. over many of the doors OF his
beautiful house in st. Johns Wood his
monogram appears, but perhaps the
happiest notion OF all in this dlreo-
ton is the one which occupies nearly
the whole Of the door which opens to
the entrance leading to the conserva-
tory. His full name is Laurence Alma
Tadema. The Il" is composed Of the
various wooden curves used by artists
for insuring symmetrical drawing, the
"A" is an easel. the cross-bar admira-
bly, representing the cross line Of the
letter. while the final initial is repre-
sented by a huge 1T" square. Sir l..
Alma-Tadema's conservatory is a floral
fairyland. Winter or summer flowers
in full bloom are always there. He has
a choice collection of tropical plants.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
Charged With
Nine Murders


The Allen line steamer Assyrian,
which arrived at Halifax. N. s., the 9TH
err night from Glasgow and Liverpool,
brought as a steerage passenger a man
who is alleged to be one Of the most
notorious criminals in Europe. De-
tective Power, Port Physician MacKay
and immigration Agent Clay were on
the wharf awaiting the arrival Of the
steamer. The detective and immigra-
ton agent had kilograms and papers
In their possession to prevent from
landing at this port Johan Hannu, a
sWede, who is credited with having
taken the lives Of nine human beings.
The captain Of the steamer, when
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
Paper Made from Leath..

A novel use Of leather is in the
manufacture of hbroleum, a new pa
per product, which is the invention
of g. Brisalant Of Berentiu, in
France. This is a sort of leather
paper on board, which is made from
waste cuttings Of skins into small bits,
and then immersing them in a large
vat containing an alkaline solution.
which dissolves the glutinous matter,
but leaves the fbers unaltered. The
resultant fiber is then beaten and
afterward pressed through a refner.
The stuff is run onto the wire and a
very thin paper is made, which is cut
into sheets, and while wet is placed
in piles and subjected to pressure to
squeeze the water out.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-23
n.HUGE MARRIAGE AGENCY.

While the British housewife is be-
Wailing the ever-increasing scarcity Of
generals" and house and parlor maids
the Queensland government agents in
the country are shipping young women
to their colony in thousands. says the
London Mail. Some idea Of the extent
to which the demand for single women
in Queensland Is being supplied from
the country districts Of England may
be gathered from the fact that the
other day alone 215 healthy young do
nestle servants were dispatched to the
Brisbane hiring depot by the cOlony's
agents. and with farm laborers. their
wives and families, the total shipment
for the day comprised ~ persons.
For the readiness to CUR England