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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
AUTOMATIC STcKER FOR BOATS

A machine 10 take the place OF iremen
on board steamers has been successfully
tested here, says the Tacoma correspond
ent OF the New York Commercial. II is an
automatic stoker Steamboat men arc
watching 1t with much interest. Though
a simple invention. u is claimed II will
save half the coal used, besides making
the work OF flremen unnecessary. IL Is
operated on the principle OF feeding the
Are by means OF forced draught, carry
ing pulverized coal from hopper
through a gate which works automati-
cally.
The machine can be placed In a steam
boat or any place where heat generat-
ing apparatus IL used. The coal must he
puIverizcd. and ~ is claimed that a pound
OF puiverized coal fed through this ma
chine will expand double the quantity OF
water expanded by the ordinary method.
The test OF the machine was success
f,i. though some minor alterations re-
main 10 he made. Engineers think the
machine will help solve the problem OF
cheaper navigation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
MUSICAL SPIDERS.

We know from Mr.. Cornish's delightful
book that some OF the larger animals at
the Zoo are unmistskably musical says
the Westminster Gazette. That frogs are
musical We also know, not only on ovids
authority but on that OF our own sense
OF hearing when we take our walks
abroad IN the country on mild spring and
summer evenings, But that dwarf tor
toiscs, squirrels. mice and other small fry.
not 10 speak OF spiders and snails. arc
agrecahly touched by hRrmoniouss~cunds
We learn from an interesting controversy
I'm German contemporary. A spider it
seems. on hearing the sound the pi-
sno. lets himself az once down 10 the lew
el Of the players eyes-a proceeding
which. we should imagine. did not add 10
the iatters enjoymonti though u evident
" suited the spider exactly. for there ~
remained t.ll the music ceased. when this
musical acrobat at once hauled Itself up
b. rope Of It's own manufacture. and
vanished In ts mysterious hsunts IN the
upper regions. That German spider ought
TO come 20 England and live In a semi
detached villa. OF one OF a row or houses
In a street. It would then set as much
a. snd probably more than. II could ever
wish FOR by way of pianofcrtc music.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

The Providence Art Club. rooms on
Thomas street were bright and inviting
yesterday afternoon, the occasion being
n Tea" given by w. Staples browne.
the well known artist. TO his friends ana
patrons.
Perhaps the brightness that seemed
everywhere apparent was reflected from
the sunlight that characterized the entire
collection OF Mr. Drownes pictures.
which adorned the walls OF the art gal
lery.
AS is well sknown M. browne passed the
past summer In England. painting among
the quaint English villages OF the Shake
speare country AS a result or his work
there he exhibits "A collection OF 40 pic
lures. which show that the artist must
have been In complete harmony with the
conditions and scenes among which ne
worked.
After viewing the collection an art cri-
tic exclaimed: HAS MIR. browne left
any sunshine I'm all Engiand? ana TINS
expression WAS natural for the pictures
are indeed so inherent with sunshine mat
one involuntarily exclaims upon the fact.
Mingled among the sunlight effects,
however. are some charming twilight
scenes Mr.. browne has certainly caught
the spirit OF the twilight hour with a
true artistic sense. az IL shown In his
Evening at Cropthorne
In this canvas one instinctivcly feels
the spirit or the time
Between the dark and the daylight
when the lights are beginning TO low
err"
A QUAINT ENGLISH SCENE.
Morning at Little Dorsington," Is an
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
w. STAPLES BROWNIES TEA"
AT PROVIDENCE ART CLUB.

other canvas in which In depleted a quaint
old matched cottage beside a wide sandy
road. which stretches along and II lost In
the purple hills in the distance. The tall
English elms and the shade which they
cast along the road are brought out with
remarkable fidelity to nature.
"A Street at Branscombe' shows a long
row Of white thatched cottages and
seems indeed a whole village In itself.
Several Cropthorne cottages are shown
with their typical back yards, character
ICED by the thick growth of climbing
vines, flower gardens and rustic old wells.
''rhe Cottage and the Bridge at Crop
thorne" reveals a charming bit of Eng
lsh landscape. Half hidden by the trees
IL a quaint little matched hamlet. with
below the running brook and the rustic
bridge which spans IL.
Other beautiful landscape scenes are
"A Late Afternoon at Stafford Priors."
"a Green Lane" Morning at Flatford."
BLACKSMITH Shop at AK" and many
others.
A noticeable thing in all these land
scapes il the clearness with which the
scenes are depicted. the artist seeming to
have caught. in large degree. the beauty
OF the placid English atmosphere.
IS Mr.. BROWNIES BEST.
As whole the exhibition is perhaps
the best that Mr.. browne has ever given
here
The Tea" was presided over by Mrs.
Jeffrey Davis, assisted by Mrs. Nathaniel
Il. Davis. Mrs. Albert Harkness Mrs. A.
Smith Miss Amey Bassett. Miss Florence
Eddy and Miss Harriet Armstrong.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
WHAT THE FRYE BILL MEANS.

Concerning shipping bill before the United States
Senate THE writes 81 that paper favos
the Frye shipping claims will be great benefit to
maritime interests that benefit will accrue
except to ship owners will get millions OF dollars from the
public treasury every year."
correspondent is not alone in his opinion Indeed it IS unor
tuney true many of his fellow citizens take the
same views shipping bill he but this due to want OF
knwocdge OF purposes intended to
They should carrying trade
is foreign ships chiefly British This condition the result
othe smaller building ships in Great Britain and the lower
wages paid The who them
American ship receive higher than do
those of the Britain The American sailors
penaon higher aud his food better than that OF he Brfon
maintain than the American ship and
course carry freight price which, though
profitable to him. would be runous to the American
purpose Frye bill grant subsidies sufficient Offset
the building navigating American ships The
subsidy fixed So and all vessels bene
flied mail free of the
transports.
believed this subsidy will be sufficient revive
dwndlng marine End give American ship
owners the greater part Of $Isooooooo
paying foreign ship for the carrying
freight
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
DIE d.

| AUST1N-In this City. at st. Francis Xa-
viers convent"12th inst, Sister Mary
Austin.
ABBoTT-In this city. 18th ins:.. Ed
win X. Abbott, aged ~ years.
BUCKLEY-Ip this city. 1lth inst, at his
residence. 266 Charles street, Michael
Joseph Buckley.
CARR-In this city. 12th inst. John ].
Carr, aged q years.
CROwLEY-In this city. 1lth inst, Ellen
Crowley. aged SO years.
DUNLAP-In this city,1lth inst. Emma
f., wife of owen f. Dunlap. and daugh-
ter of John w. and the late Eliza Ar
mold.
GARvEY--Tn this city. Ith inst. Mary
A.. wife OF James Garvey
GEIST-In this city. 18th inst. Elsie H..
daughter OF Louis T. and Mary Il. Geist.
aged ! year and II days.
HANCoCK-In Warren. II. L.. 18th inst,
Maria A.. wife OF Nathan Hancock,
aged IS years.
HUDSoN--In this city, 18th inst. Ernest
G.. Hudson.
LIvLEy--In this city, 18th inst. Patrick
Livley. aged 80 years.
LANE--In this city. 1ith inst, Bridget.
widow of Thomas Lane
MULvEY-In this city. 18th inst. Cathe-
rne Mulvey. Residence, 50 Ashburton
street.
O'CONNELIr-In this city, 18th inst.
Daniel f.. son of Hanora and the late
Patrick O'Connell. aged 26 years,
months and days
PERRY-In East Providence. 18th inst.
Ruth Davis. widow OF Syivestus II. Per-
ry, aged 62 years.
PFCK-In Rehoboth. suddenly, 18th inst,
Gustavus -. Peck, aged 81 years.
SELBY-In this city. 18th inst, Richard
Selby, aged 81 years.
SpINK-rn North Kingstown. 18th inst,
Samuel A. Spink. aged 70 years.
wILSON-In this city. 10th inst, Edwin
r. Wilson. aged 72>years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
WILL BE AN AMERICAN CANAL.


majorty as
thorough break parry lines
in
of
the canal
be an Ameri on
w dea
in
and It,
mem
O
It Its
retaining the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
WHAT SOME WOMEN DO.

Suffer the discomforts OF a short shoe
20 make her foot look small.
Wonder for a half hour what time *
Is, forgetting the watch tucked into her
belt
spend ~ for 'ortv.
Raise her skirt at the side TO show her
silk petticoat. and let II drag at Its long
est point.
Go without lunch. get headache and
spend the price Of the lunch for headache
cures
Pull her waist In. while plying the
foot-bound Chinese women.
Buy cheap dress goods and expensive
trimmings.
Wear an imported wrap and bargain
underwear
Wear her husbands necktis and her
brothers scarfpin.
Buy n silver tea service and borrow a
sugar dredger.-Philadelphia Record.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
JOLLY LITTLE DIALOGUE.

Here's little Dolly Dialogue -that-zxas
overheard in a S24-a-month Capitol Hill
mansion one evening last week, says the
Washington Posts
She--''Why, oh, why did 1 ever marry
you?"
He-"Because / was a good thing"
She-'You are becoming positively
coarse"
He-"Association."
She-''You pay no attention whatever
TO my littlc wishes"
He-"Whats the use Of chasing a car
after you've caught it?''
She--'T believe YOU have been drinking
again"
He-"No such luck"
She-"Tm I'm rags"
He--"Well. well do r. sketch-som l."
she-"I haven't been to the theatre for
two weeks" tt 1i'
He-"Yours Is a sad story"
She-'Brute."
He-"Ours is a peaceful home"
She-"Are you going down town to-
night?"
He-"Jf can swing you for car fare"
She--"I have only 50 in my purse
He-'Hetty Green"
She--"'I saw pair of high heeled pa tent
feathers today--rcduced TO $S-that I
must and shall have"
He-"D'je see any, mems brogans for
nS9g'
she-"why don't you get shaved?''
He--"Waiting for pay day
She-"Don't you know the rent and the
gas will be due this pay day?'
He-"Then I'll cut out the shave"
She-'T wish I had never left mama,
so do"
observation-disclosures"
She--"I have a good notion to go right
back TO her this minute
He-"Have you got an umbrellaY'
She-"Oh. MISREPRESENTATION &C.
clerk. (Tears. Curtain)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
LORD KITCneNER'S REBUKE.
The Gossio.

A certain yeomanry commander while
on parade rated his men In unmeasured
terms, says the Daily Telegraph Moth
ing was right that the troopers did. They
sat their horses wrong, they moved un-
like machinery, etc, and we're mo bet
ter than "a d. rabble,' "a lot OF gutter
snipes." etc. That" said Lord kitch-
ener, who came up. ''is not the way 10
address men. They are not a d. rab-
bl Out soldiers, and Go be spkoen 60 as
such. No troops can be trained In that
fashion, and the commander who does
not respect his men is unable 10 lead
them" The whole force, We arc told.
heard the observation. and the men were
ar decorously elated az the yeomanry Of
fcer was obviously crestfallen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
roloHS FOR MEDICINE BOTTLES.

The use OF colored glass for bot-es has
recently been investigated by ". j. Mol
Ter OF Copenhagen. and I'm an article late
IN published by the German Pharmsceu-
deal Society he describes the proper
colors for bottles which are TO contain
medicines, liquors and other substances.
I'm order 10 secure protection for the
contents from the chemical action OF the
lixht n glass OF dark color II used. and
the best for this purpose are black
topaaue,. red. orange and dark yellow
Ish brown. Next 10 these I'm the matter
of protection stand light brownish yell
low. dark green that ls without a blush
tint and dark brownish green. while blu
ish green. violet. milky. blush and color
the actinic rays OF the sunlight For
preserying wine. beer and liquors a glass
~ dark ycilowish brown or dark brown
ish yellow 10 the best.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
TOO MUCH AsRtvIATloN.

A gentleman dating from the University
OF Pennsylvania. writes 20 the Nation TO
cxpostnlate with the publishers Of re-
cent translation OF Tolstoi's "Resurrec-
tion." for allowing certain figures TO ap-
pear in the text. she was already r.
and he moved his arms 30 times" seemed
90 him devices unworthy OF good liters-
ture. Re concludes his letter by wonder
ing whether the next edition OF Tennyson
may not contain q celebrated poem print
cd after this fashion:
" lea, "a lea,
a lea, onward.
Into the valley OF death
Rode the 600
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

doubtedly been made in the proper quar-
ter
The AFFAIR was ell tho more rcgrotable
owing 20 the fact that the British en-
bassy NJ Washington had courteously
flung It's nag 20 the breeze in recognition
OF the one huudredth anniversary Of the
founding Of tho national capital. the cele-
bration OF which was apparently over
looked by the representatives. OF other
foreign powers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

The Dritish Rag was not In evidence
during the centennial oratIons IN the hall
% the House OF Represents lives Ia wash
inrton on Wednesday. and. Il t. said that
" vas covered up by orders Of Speaker
henderson. There g. however. no proha-
bliity hat International complications
viii arise. for the removal Of the rag was
due 70 such a iudIcrous misapprehehsion
that no offence can be taken. especially
~ explanations and apologies have IN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
Chat fbout
People.

According to what hear among the
men proficient I'm the details of the
national game. IL IL rather difficult not
TO sympathize with the demand of the
professional baseball players that they
shall not be- bought sold and traded
of without their consent. They pre-
fer to be differentiated from cattle.
Ladies will please leave all extra
cash at home when they go shopping
holiday times. The woman who drew
$1,000 I'm bills the other morning at
Boston bank, rolled up the wad and
stuck IL In her coat pocket. may have
money TO burn. but she shouldn't
tempt Satan TO help her do II.
see that they are having real win
ter down in Maine. The Penobscot
river IL closed To navigation, and tho
ice Is from five 10 seven inches thick.
When the ice on the Maine rivers
gets little thicker. they will begin
10 cut IL TO use In your refrigerator
next summer. and the iceman will tell
you the price of ice has gone up.
@%a
An exchange pertinently remarks:
Now that Justice Andrews of the
Supreme court OF New York has de-
cided that the latest hour at which
woman should return 10 her apart
ment is midnight. perhaps he VIII an
nounce officially what time the men
ought to get home"
c><SS,
There are some people who have
yearning for a title OF some sort, and
never lose an opportunity or using one.
IL they have an excuse TO do so.
day or two ago. "A lady who has an
account in one OF the big local dry
goods stores said to the clerk. after
receiving her package: You may
charge this TO Mrs. Councilman --."
The name is withheld for obvious rea-
sons.
The Salvation Army OF this city Is
preparing to give poor people pleas
ant time on Christmas Day. The gifts
and dinners viii be OF the substantial
order This will be the largest effort
the organization has ever attempted.
and help is needed TO make IL sue
cess.
@A9
am informed that the outgoing
European mails are loaded with regis
tered pieces and foreign post office
money orders, not TO mention express
packages galore. and they are the gifts
of the rich and poor alike To friends
and relatives across the sea. II looks
like the greatest Christmas that ever
was on both sides OF the ocean.
~@~
am informed that an Iowa man
Is engineering a project TO corner all
the soft-shell crabs on the market and
advance the price. He will have TO
do considerable negotiating in these
plantations before he can say that his
little scheme is a success.
The suggestion to make Dec. "a
holiday this year does not come from
the shopkeepers. 1t would cost them
thousands OF dollars TO make Mon
day a holiday. But II would be money
saved for some OF the big manufactur-
ing corporations.
The Gossio.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

II is a sad commentary on the residents
of Harlem. N. Y, that they should for
two DAYS make run on bank that has
30 sound a record. and II 90 highly
vouchcd for az the Harlem Savings
Bank. II seems as ~ the land once I'm
possession Of the famous goats had now
les. intelligent population than when
the goats predoninSted. Goats are never
RANKED either as very intelligent animals.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

An exchange remarks: "Rummage sales
are all the vogue now What JOY It
would be II an end-of-the-century dis
posal Of a certain lot OF politicians
could be made" This might apply fully
as well 10 Rhode Island as II does to
some other sections OF the country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
Nhaf Others
fire Saying.

sin his message To Congress Presl-
dent McNinley dwelt upon the neces-
sity OF economy In the expenditures OF
the government. To prevent cxtrava-
gance close watch ought TO be kept
upon the appropriation bills. But this
is not the way OF Congress. Members
OF that body vote for measures appro-
priatlng millions OF dollars without
moments thought evidently regard
ing such immense sums as mere trihes
when the government pays the bills
Baltimore sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE INDIVIDUAL.

in
II right kill soldier
O tho public
a
probably
his srather ion
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

The citizens OF Indianapolis have found
out how TO beat their gas meters. 40 ef-
fectually that the gas company out there
has had 20 pass it's dividend. There are
some pretty smart people In Providence,
but we have yet to hear OF the man who
has got the best OF the gas company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

now studied. The Roer war has shown
that as that brilliant and keen Americap
statesman James q. Blaine once remark
ed. the English troops have pretty hard
task when they undertake to whip white
troops of other nationalities.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

American heiresses have had many
troubles because OF their money and folly
but none Of their fellow countrymen or
women VIII fan TO pray that King Milan
l. not to be added thereto.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

"Governor-elect Odell, of New York,
is putting out such a beautiful pro-
gram for his term that people are be-
ginning TO inquire whether he has cut
loose from Platt or Platt Is Eping to
inaugurate the political millennium.
Sti.. they need not set excited. other
governors have been known TO circu-
late fine advance notices before tho
actual performance began. '--Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

II Gen. DcWett keeps on eluding his
pursuers ard setting on; of usht places
his s'rateey VIII be s,adica many years
hencs as the strategy Of Xcnoyhen Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

money. Scarcely any OF them are losers
on investments made previous TO two or
three days before the failure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

There viii he no difference Of in
structed opinion with regard to the
action which the French Chamber Of
Deputies has just taken on the absinthe
question A resolution had been in
troduced calling upon the government
10 prohibit the manufacture or the
sale OF all such alcoholic liquors az
had been pronounced dangerous by the
Academy OF Medicine. This was di-
rected against the use of absinthe, and
its unanimous adoption by the Cham
Der shows an intelligent appreciation
OF the serious nature OF the situation"
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14
FUNERAL SUPPLIES.

Full line Mt reduced prices. can
furnish a nice casket for $50 and
upwards: frst-class carriages with
careful and experienced drivers at
the lowest prices.
THos. McMURRoUGH,
,1 Fenner ST., Opposite the cathe
dral.
Telephone No. 22s6@
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

''Wu Ting Fang may have a name
that sounds queerly TO Occidental
ears. but he has very level head. IL
does Christians no harm to be talked
Go by "a Confucian. We may not like
what he says, because we prefer fiat
terry. but all the same the medicine Is
needed and will do US good."--New
York Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

while we are looking for improved
arms and better armor, perhaps IL
would be well To devote some thought
at the same time TO that most terrible
Of all enemies encountered by armies
I'm field or camp. disease. The strength
of an army is Its able bodied men. Its
sick list Is double element OF weak
ness. for not only are the men In hos
pitfalls disabled, but they must be cared
for.Of the deaths and disabilities from
which an army suffers only a very
small share Is chargeable TO the bull
let when the record OF years cam
paign is summed p."-Minneapolis
Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

ut will strike some people that the
Christian ministers who are exhibit
ing so truculent a spirit toward Wa
Ting Fang, and so revengeful a spirit
toward Cinnamon generally. go far to
Justify the contention OF that esteem
ed Confucian, which has given them
offence, that the ethical system pro-
fessed by Christians is beyond their
power TO live UP o."-Philadelphia
Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

English universities playing chess
against American universities is good
variation of the athletic contests
which have been monopolizing the ri
valry between universities. Presently
may come contests in the L.. er ele-
ments of university scholarship. st.
Louis Republic.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

The suggestion to make Dec. "a a
holiday this year does not come from
the shopkeepers. 1t would cost them
thousands OF dollars TO make Mon
day a holiday. But II would be money
saved for some OF the big manufactur-
ing corporations.
The Gossio.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

THE end OF the century discussion
has closed by mutual consent. but II
the former dlsputsnts want something
TO argue about let them get together
on the end OF the Philippine rebellion
question. Omaha World Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-14

I'm trying to prevent looting in Pc
kin. General Chaffee has aroused the
wrath OF those nations which permit
their soldiers to indulge In medieval
warfare. buffalo Courier.