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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06
AUBURN.

At the regular monthly meeting OF the
Auburn Athletic association held in their
rooms In Masonic hall the secretary and
treasurer's reports were read and ac-
cepted. A bicycle club was formed with
Earl Chandler Captain; John Basley.
first lieutenant Wallace Main, second
lieutenant. and Albert Appleton. bugler.
It was also voted te purchase suits at
once.
A baseball team with William r.
Whitehead as manager and John Bag
ley, captain was also organized. The
team will be picked ana other details
arranged I'm the near future.
-Four new members were received Re-
freshmcnts were served
man named Polk. y resident Of this
place. employed as mail carrier I'm Prov
idencc. ran into and quite severely in
iurcd boy near the Auburn pharmacy
last evening. a, H. alleged.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06
AT THE NORTH END.

Yesterday and today gang of men
was at work putting the tracks OF the
Union Railroad company at grade TO
crosr- the new bridge on Mill street. The
supports. sides ana main flooring of the
new bridge arc now in position and COM
done
Tomorrow aspitants for positions on the
Imma culate Conception Institute ball nine
will have chance To show their fine
points. as there viii be sort OF NEE
on the Spring lot.
a new street is being laid out through
Cat Swamp.
Farmers and gardeners n the suburbs
have begun their sDring work This Is
an earl. start. but parties who bear good
regulations as climate prognosticators say
there will be no more frost.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06
A CARD.

We. the undersigned. do hereby agree
TO refund the money on 30 cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup OF Tar II
II fails TO cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee n 2j-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded
Handing a Blanding. A. w. Fenncr,
kenyon, Smith & Co., III. V. o'DonneiL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

Lamp wlcks will become ciogged with
ne settling from the Kerosene. unless
cieaned occo sionnlly. it VIII be well TO
boil dry and trim them IL they give q
poor light. and renew oftcn-therc b. no
economy In using short or dirty lamp
wicks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06
Swan Point Cemetery,

Oflcc-35 North Main Street.
An omnibus runs from the junction u
Angel and South Angel streets e. th'
cemetery on Sundays every 20 mInut>s
from % q. m. to .. N.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

\ Canadian has designed an ice skate
which has the foot plate pivotcd TO the
center OF the runner. with spring at the.
front aud rear. which allow the foot to
cushion the skate I'm passing over rough
ice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

The Boston park commissioners have
issued nm order 60 restrict the use Of mo-
tor carriages IN the parks OF that city
10 the hours before l03o n. m. and after
. y. IN. This action was suggested by
serious accident due TO the frightening
OF a horse By a motor carriage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06
DREssMAKER
(lE

WANTED - DRESSMAKER OF
pleasing address; good talker up-to-
date methods OF cutting AMI nttir~.
good salary: give business address.A-24,
News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

Peter Wallgrove. better known as
"Stecple Jack" OF Boston. is I'm town and
Is repairing a number OF flag poles. A
day or two ago he cut the top OF tho
pole on tho Central police station 81
ON the Industrial Trust. the Lauderdale
buildings. Hotel Dorrance. the Hall &
LrOn building and on Engine Co. on
South Main street. Jack has been I'm the
business 70 years. and during this time
has climbed the highest poles domcs
monuments and chimneys In the United
states
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

Oatmeal IL a capital thing for renovat-
ing suede gloves Fine oatmeal Is the
best. Half fill n bowl with IT, draw on
the gloves and rub them about II in the
oa tmeal i'm the same manner as when Law
ing the hands In water. As the meal gets
dirty replace II by fresh until the gloves
are clean. The oatmeal adhering TO the
gloves easily brushes off.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06
PROVIDENCE, FALL RIVER & NEWPORT
MBOAr CO.
Week days only for

STEAMBOAT CO.
Week days only foe
NE WPORT.-f u m. return NJ q 10 q. m.
Mondays AMI Saturdays only sop nj Pru-
dence.
Mondays only stop at ConanIcut
FALL KTyER.--Sp y. IN. return q m.
stopping Mt Bristol and Bristol Ferry esoh
way r. BUFFUM. supt. Transportation.
ARTHUR IL W ATsON. President
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

PERRIN-C s Finley and wife. LYNN:
Harry Hathaway. Portland: 5 Rlchtner.
Chas Freeborn. q w street, New York
T. W Hudson. j r Walsh, Boston; J A
mace and wife, Providence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06
xAIlRoAD.
RAyLROA Da
NEW YORK. NEW HAVEN AhD
HARTFORD RAILROAD


a Time Table giving full inform alton
"a 10 local and through troIn servics
may DO obtained q. Providence station
and stations below:
vRoWDENcE psvIslon.
Train Service from provIdenes.
Corraofad 80 49,, n .onn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

CITY-Luther Brown. Buffalo: Chas
Sawyer Chicago; @ & Hackett. Brockton;
j l. Phillips. Providence; " $ Raleigh.
New York: w A Randall Rhode Island
A. Husn'n; Rr Sprnnsn%s,u, % dfh' Trah.' NJ MAJ r.
Nichols. + Monaghan, Boston: J J
Callberg. Chicago; Thos Wright, Provi-
dcnce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-06

SAVOY Mcguire, Chi
cago; g w Brennan. New York: &
Green. Hartford; i u Webb. Providence
Il T Williams. Boston, Henry Williams
and wife. Newport; Il II Booth. Wake
York: ] Sullivan. Providence Frank
kcmpton and wife. Warwick: T. s Lewis
and wife, boston; Jas Carey Attleboro:
l. ] Murphy. Providence: Geo Folmer
and wife. New York.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
The Question of the Sale of Liquor
in Brunswick-Dangers to the
Life and Property Of the
People.

The citizens of Brunswick, this
county, are somewhat agitated over
the question as to whether they shall
have right to vote for or against the
sale of liquor in their midst. At pres
ent Brunswick is local option town,
though on the outskirts there are sew
eral places where whiskey and beer
are sold. We are told that there are
about forty barrels of whiskey sold in
the town of Brunswick yearly and
beer in proportion. If half, or quar-
ter of this quantity is sold, it surely
looks as il there was no necessity for
further license. No one seems to be
suffering for want of Smiles" Out
side of the question of selling liquor in
the town, one important fact should
not be forgotten. At Brunswick are
located the engine houses and great
freight yards of the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad. This PLACE has been
builtup by the railroad and hundreds of
employees are daily waiting for others
to go out on trains as conductors, en-
gineers, brakesmen and laborers. These
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02

ance with this country, which, for
many reasons, is totally repugnant and
Incompatible. What is sauce for the
goose surely should be sauce for tie
gander, aud in the above case the diver
gence is glarinsly palpahle.
George Washington, our first Presi-
dent and the greatest statesman and
soldier Of our modern times, in his
farewell letter 20 the American people,
says:
Europe has set of primary inter-
ests which to us have none or very
remote relation. Hence she must be
engaged in frequent controversies, the
causes of which are essentially foreign
to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it
must be unwise in us to implicate our
selves by artificial ties in the ordinary
vicissitudes of her politics or the ordi-
nary combinations and collisions Of her
friendships or enmities. Our detached
and distant situation invites and ell
ahles Us to pursue different course.
Why forego the advantages of so pecu-
liar situations? Why quit our own to
stand upon foreign ground? Why, by
Interviewing our destiny with that of
any part of Europe, entangle our peace
and prosperity in the tolls of European
ambition, rivalship, interest or ca
price,"
1t is plainly evident that these and
other wise words of this great man
have either been blotted out OF the
mind Of our Executive and his follow
ers, or el-e they seek to usurp the lofty
position occupied by him, "the latchet
of whose shoes they are unworthy to
loosen"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02

men have the lives aud property of the
p ople AT stake. Is it right to throw
temptations in their way? Is it right
to the men and to the travelling public,
to provide loafing placs where whis-
key and beer can be had, where men, if
such temptations did not exist, would
seek other quarters and other loafing
places? Is it fair TO the wives aud
children of-the railroad employees to
have these dangerous temptation $
thrown in the way of men who are en-
trusted with such grave responsible
t es? If there was any necessity for
this great American right to be exer-
cised by American citizens. we could
readily understand why all opposition
to right to vote should be removed.
But who is suffering in Brunswick
for whiskey or beer? We are told that
forty barrels are sold there yearly,
and that just outside the corporate
limits, places where whiskey and beer
are sold can easily be found. Some
hotel men, as We are told, might profit
by the bill if carried, and a little IL
cense money secured to the town.
But let the people stop and consider
what misery would come to them,
what waste of hard earned money, the
chances of the loss Of employment,
the chances of the loss of life and prop
erty if this measure is carried. 1t is
too serious a question TO pass over with
out thought as to the possible conse-
quences of the passage of such a meas
ure. As rule, we are ever ready to
advocate the rights of the people to
govern themselves, the rights Of the
citizen to decide for themselves on all
questions affecting their own hsppi-
ness and welfare, but this case is sur
rounded with far deeper ques ions
than the simple right of the individ-
ual to say whether liquor shall be sold
in the town or not We are opposed
to the agitation of the Temperance
question in this county, for it make s
bitter feelings among neighbors, and
We are very well off just as things
stand now Our laws are sufficient to
maintain good order, and surely we
have enough places where liquor is
sold all over the county. In districts
where there is local option, let them be
satisfied, for if the people want liquor
they will get it. local option or no local
option. In districts where liquor is
sold, let them be likewise satisfied, fol
those who do not want to drink need
no; visit places where liquor is sold
For this reason we would like to see
all bills in the Legislature which
mean undue agitation of this question
among our people buried out of sight
We have received numerous letters
from the wives of railroad men al
Brunswick, urging the defeat of the
present bill before the Legislature, like
wise several personal communication.
which we decline to publish.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
The Liquor Law in Bruins
wick.

A dispatch to the San from
Brunswick, this county, says:
The bill introduced by Senator
ROhrback, of this county, to sub.
nit to the voters of Brunswick
the question of legalizing the sale
of liquor within the corporate
limits is exciting great local in.
terest. Petitions for and against
the bill will be presented to the
General Assembly. Brunswick
is at present a local option town.
and those who oppose the bill
claim that the sale of LIQUOR
would be especially Objectionable
here because a large proportion
of the population are engaged in
the handling of trains and the
work pertaining thereto, and the
sale of liquor would add to the
naturally dangerous nature of the
work. They claim that no last.
ing benefit would accrue to the
town from the sale of liquor and
the only people benefited would
be the sellers ofthe same.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Sampson at it Again.

Recently the captain of one 1Iody
Spanish cruisers sunk by our wil tntJ
off Santiago, gave a description y inc
battle and made mention of the fal Lth
''loOp" of the Brooklyn, which on
created so much animosity and co.. tho
versy among the friends of Adm VS.
Schley and Sampson. The latter coniis
out of his retreat long enough to reithe
ate his previous denial of the advaut,h '
of the movement claimed by those WI.
should know " whereof they speak. Id
says the intervention of the Texas ira.
Oregon saved the Brooklyn from be- hrs
rammed by the Marie Teresa. ptn
New York Journal gives Sampsohle
deserved rebuke, by saying that it Wis.
the "loop" made by Schley's ship tail
put the Texas and Oregon betwee
aud the enemy, and that as ajers.
Simpsons knowledge of the fight in
obtained from reports of his ofAnti-
and those who saw it Che being nj
away, when it comes down to q ey.
ton of choosing between the statemeh1s
of eyewitnesses aud that of one who,
at a critical time like that, sailed away
on one of the finest vessels in the
squadron, on 'steam launchn duty,
and was nine miles away during the
heat of conflict, it unhesitatingly
chooses the former.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02

when the Washington Centennial
Committee came out strong for
the projected Federal avenue,
from the capitol to the proposed
Memorial bridge to Arlington,
over the Mall, upon which all fu-
ture Federel buildings shall be
located. The Mall is owned by
the government and there would
be no pickings in the erection of
buildings by the government
upon its own ground.
Senator Vest has thus sized up
the Republican policy, in a short
speech: "The proposition that the
United States can hold territory
as a colonial possession and its
people as vassals, is the most pre-.
posterOus and dangerous that has
ever been advanced in the course
of my public life."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Change of Attitude.

At Monday nights caucus of
the Republican members of the
House it was decided to change
the title of the Puerto Rican bill
to show it to be of temporary and
emergency character; to reduce
the proposed tariff to 10 per cent
of the Dingley schedule and to
make the law cease to be OPERA
tive in March, 1902. Mr.. Nc
Kinley's attitude toward the bill
is a shrewd one. He simply says
he will sign the bill if pres I'd.
This throws the burden on NcS
gress. If it is defeated the Pres
ident can point to his recommen-
dation for free trade. Messrs.
Mccall and Littlefeld refused to
accept the amended bill, but the
leaders say it will surely pass.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02

So far as learned, with the counties
of Allegany, Queen Anne's, Calvert
and Talbot TO hear from, there is
total of illiteracy among the registered
voters Of the State of 39,927. 1t is
thought this will be brought up to at
least rs, 900 or almost one-fifth of the
registered vote. OF this number 1886
are white and % .59l colored. In some
counties, where the negro vote is not
so large as in the southern section, the
greater percentage is among the whites.
If, as at present proposed, bill is passed
in the Legislature imposing an educa-
tional test as qualification for exercis-
ing the right of suffrage, it will react
almost as heavily upon the white as
the colored population. At least is, 900
white voters will be denied the right
to vote unless they can come up to re-
quirements Many things should be
taken into consideration before such a
decided change is brought about. If
it is to the peoples interest and the
betterment of the system of voting now
in vogue, then pass it by all means and
without delay.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Items of News about the War
in the Transvaal-Other
Interesting Topics.
MONDAY.


At last accounts General Cron-
je was still at Paardeberg drift,
Orange Free State, holding out
against Lord Roberts British
army.
General Butler is meeting
strong opposition in his advance
toward Ladysmith, Natal.
Fighting between British and
Beers has occurred near Sterk.
strOom, Cape Colony.
TUESDAY.
General Cronje is still holding
out at Paardeberger Drift, Or
ange Free State.
In Natal General Butler has
met severe loss, and the relief of
Ladysmith is not yet reported.
Introducing the new naval es-
Inmates in the House of Com
mons, George j. GOschen, First
Lord of the Admiralty, said
that Great Britain proposed to
spend more than France and Rus
STA combined.
British influence in Persia is
now considered completely re.
placed by Russian.
WEDNESDAY.
General CrOnje, with a Boer
force of between three and four
thousand men, has surrendered to
Lord Roberts at Paardeb berg drift,
Orange Free State.
General Butler met a bloody re.
pulse at Peters, nine miles south
of Ladysmith, Natal.
The Uganda railway telegraph
line has now reached Ripon falls,
at the head of the Nile.
Literary people and critics of
Berlin Missed the Kaiser's play,
"The Iron TOOTH" presented at
the Royal Theatre last night.
Paris closed the Mardi GraS
carnival with a brilliant street
parade and an exciting confetti
battle.
THURSDAY.
General Butler has gained a
decisive advantage by the cap.
ture of Peters Hill, Natal, one
of the strongest BOer positions
south of Ladysmith, but the gar
rison is represented to be in DIES.
perate straits and Butler has
hard fighting ahead.
Lord Roseberry has severed his
connection with the Liberal
party in England.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02

THE House Committee on Naval
Affairs will recommend total appro-
priation of S677, 800 for the years work
at the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
One item, if approved by Congress,
will set at rest all rumor affecting the
permanency of the institution at Mary
lands Capitol. This is the matter in
which Ho'. Sydney +. Mudd, of Mary
land, is SO much interested, aud on
which he made memorable speech in
COngrts IS last year
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02

BY vote of l72 to l6l the House
passed the Puerto Rican bill, with the
caucus amendments. Four Democrats
ana five Republicans voted in opposi-
ton to the 20 icy of their respective
parties. That the Senate will accept
the Is per cent. tax and the limitation
of two years life for the act, and that
the President will sign it, appears GER
tain. The closing scenes in the House
were interesting.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
SOMETHING ABOUT LENT.
The Observances of Ancient
Times and Incidents Con-
nected Herewith.

February leaves us in peniten.
tial tears this year, as on its last
day falls Ash Wednesday, usher.
ing in Lent. The name Ash
Wednesday refers to a general
fashion, to the sackcloth and
ashes universally worn by Old
Testament penitents, but more
particularly to the old custom in
in the Church of Rome, of the
priests making the sign of the
cross on the fOreheads of the
faithful on Ash Wednesday morn.
ing with the ashes from the palm
branches blessed at the service
on Palm Sunday the year before.
There is evidence that the
Lent of the early church varied
in length at different times, al
though it never exceeded thirty
six days. Cassian A. ID. 400
says some churches kept their
Lent six and others seven weeks.
Sundays were always deducted,
and in the case of the seven
weeks, fast Saturdays, except
Easter Even.
Ash Wednesday was not al
ways the beginning of Lent. The
Sunday following was the first
day during the fifth and sixth
centuries. This middle Lent
made Lent but thirty-six days,
as the Sundays were omitted.
The exact time when Ash We'd
nesday and the three succeeding
days were added to the list is not
known, but before ia is sure, be-
cause a noted ecclesiastical
writer of Toulon describes the
Lenten feast of that date as be-
ing the same as the present one.
The reason for adding the other
four days can readily be seen, as
it makes forty days. Sundays
are always omitted in Lent and
are termed Sundays of Lent, in
stead Of in Lent Sunday being a
feast day instead of a fast day.,
without the Sundays, just the
length of the fasts of Moses, Elias
and Our Saviour.
A fast has been observed in all
times just previous to the resur-
rection, but not until $40 was
Lent definitely fixed tor all Cath
Ollie ChristendOm, from Ash We'd
nesday until to Holy Saturday.
The word is derived from the
Anglo-SaxOn word neal 'pg
spring.
Lent is now observed IS oblig.
atory by the Orthodox Greek and
other Oriental Churches, the Ro-
man Catholic, the Anglican and
Lutheran Churches, land IS a
profitable exercise by many IAm.
bers of churches of other demon;
nations.
In Medieval times the name
Lent was given to other periods
CT fasting. For instance, the
forty days between Martinmas,
November II, and Christmas
Eve were called st. Martins
Lent, while still another Lent
preceded st. John the Baptist's
day, June "a. 10 distinguish
the former from the latter the
fasting season between Ash We'd
nesday and Easter day, was
called the Great or Clean Lent.
the last names being given on &C.
count of the absolution and con.
fession of ShrOve Tuesday.
which preceded it. Extreme
strictness of diet was required by
the early Church during Lent,
but now the Anglican Church OBJ.
serves Lent in very much more
modified form than formerly.
while even in Rome in Lent there
is much to interest and amuse.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Brief Items of News From
Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
MONDAY.

MONDAY.
MOnsignor Sbarretti has been
installed at Havana as Bishop of
Cuba.
Puerto Ricans, according to
dispatches from San Juan, con-
slider the proposed % per cent
tariff unjust.
DR.. c. L, g. Anderson, surgeon
Twenty-ninth United States Vol
unteers, writes from Manila that
the pOpplace there is still hostile
to Americans.
TUESDAY.
A large secession of Cuban.
Americans from the national
party of Cuba has occurred.
Sir William Van Horne, in an
interview, intimates that the
United States must become the
suzerain of Cuba.
Many bodies of soldiers are be.
ing sent home from the Philip
pines and Cuba for burial.
WEDNESDAY.
General Wood, Governor Gen.
eral of Cuba, will depose Mayor
Frias, of Cienfuegos, for too great
leniency to strikers.
Puerto Rican laborers have
struck for an advance in wages
from 3 to 5 cents an hour.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
Bismarck's Iron Nerve

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