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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

James r. Boyd, OF Omaha. who was
Is close student Of public affairs and
much better posted on current political
tendencies than ne will admit. Among
his friends he Is generally credited with
being the man who started William j.
Bryan on his public career, which fact
has long been recognized in Nebraska
politics, according to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. However. Mr.. Boyd claims
no credit for this unintentional act, al
though he regards Bryan as I'm many
respects q wonderful man."
The story as told In Nebraska politics
is about as follows: In 1890 Boyd was
the Democratic nominee for governor
OF the state, while Bryan was the can
didate for congress in the district which
then included both Lincoln and Oma-
ha. Douglas county. in which Omaha
is located. was the battle-ground of the
state. and one OF the principal issues
OF the campaign in that particular
county was prohibition. Boyd early in
the fight took a position opposed To
the enactment OF prohib.tory legisla-
ton. and this, coupled with the fact
that Douglas Was his home county.
enabled him to carry the county by
large plurality over the combined op-
position. He also pulled Bryan through.
although the latter's plurality was
much less. 1t has since been claimed,
and never denied. that but for the anti
prohibition stand taken by Mr.. Boyd
in that campaign, which enabled him to
secure some $4,000 of the 26,000. votes in
Douglas county. normal Republican
stronghold. Bryan could never have
carried the county OF the district. In
1a he, "a
orator OF the Platte. would have been
defeated in his first try for congress.
and would in all probability never have
been heard Of in national politics.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
QUEER FISHING IN JAMAICA

A gentleman who has returned from
Kingston. Jamaica, tells how they
catch ''red snappers," All you need IN
the. way Of tacke is club with which
YOU beat tattoo on the side OF your
boat. This seems TO charm the fish SO
that they leave their native element
and jump aboard in schools, almost
swamping the boat sometimes. Here
Is his account:
Il have just returned from Kingston
Jamaica" said he, "w'here saw many
interesting things. chief among them
TO an ardent fisherman like myself
being the method of taking the red
snapper. "a large fish common 10 tne
waters around that island. Soon after
my arrival / heard how the natives
caught these fish by knocking on the
sides Of their boats with clubs, Which
seemed either 10 attract or alarm the
fish SO much that they jumped out OF
the water in all directions ana many
fell into the boat
I'm order 10 prove the truth or false
ness OF the account to my own salts
faction l made arrangements with one
OF the native fishermen to take me with
him on one of his midnight excursions.
all the fishing there being done az
litnt on uctOunt Dl tiit ftat.
The moon was high when we start
ed for the fishing grounds. couple or
miles outside Kingston harbor. As
soon as we got there my boatinan
ceased rowing and peerei round for
Signs OF the fish. Suddenly ne Whls-
pered and pointed 10 a spot where the
otherwise calm surface was ruined, as
III by "A sudden squall.
'Squall or fish, II was gradually APP
preaching. and presently the rlppies
We're all round the boat Nov. massa
Buckra, start de racket, cried my
boatman at the same time commencing
"a loud tattoo on the side OF the boat
an instant the air seemed TO be full OF
fish, coming from all points OF the COM
pass.
"One big fellow struck me in the
chest and knocked me fat on my back
in the bottom OF the boat. where lay
fioundering among the fish that had
fallen aboard.
1T was some moments before could
scramble to my feet. When did so.
the school had passed on and the flight
was over. Al least a score OF the snap
pers had fallen on board. They were
large fish. resembling a sea bass. ex-
cepu in color. which, instead OF being
black was red.
During the night we ran into sew
eral more schools. and the. same per-
formance was repeated. excepting that
i kept my seat and did rot again min
gle with the fish in the bottom of the
boat
"On the way 30 Kingston asked
the darky fisherman how they first dis.
covered this method of taking the red
snapper He could tell me nothing
about II: all he could say being: Him
take dat way long time. massa-'
II neard later that Chinaman was
the first 10 discover that a red snapper
could be persuaded TO leave Its native
element at the sound of club applied
10 boats side. but how he found 1t
out nobody seemed to know"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

The Russians are a most inventive
people. their humor, las gay as the
firefy's light. plays around every SUBJ
ject, and shines as It plays. Thus they
have often set themselves TO lind new
ways 10 while away an evening pleas
antly. and not altogether without sue
cess, says the London Times. In Sibe-
ria, where winter nights are long. and
times lies heaviest on their hands. they
invented a game OF cards called
screw" based upon whist. which is
one of the most complicated, ingenious
and fascinating games in the world. 1t
ts now played all over Russia, from
Riga to Nladivostok. and from Archan-
gel 10 Kars. Boarding school girls and
grammar school boys learn IL with en-
tliusiasm and play IL with passion. 1
have known people TO spend twenty
four hours at IL. with just sufficient
pauses for meals but none for sleep.
So completely does passion for
screw carry its victims away, that
once a perfect gentleman so far forgot
himself as 10 call his lady partner. who
made some grievous blunders in the
game, an "idiotic hussy.' The lady
summoned her insulter. who was se-
verely taken to task by the mGgis-
trate; bat when the legal aGministra-
tor heard how the prosecutrix had
wasted three splendid truiEps and
spoiled a record. he. too. suddenly for
got himself, and called the lady by a
far more insulting name than that for
which she was suing her late partner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
Hus or THE xoalu's rtlEsaAFA.

Although thousands OF miles OF the
were In operation before 1866, the world
telegraph as 1t exists today dates from
that time and from convention held
In Paris to adopt regulations for inter-
national telegraphic operations. Pre-
viously. In sending a message from one
country to another. delays were en-
countered which made the telegraph
little more expeditions then the post.
In travelling across Europe a message
not only occupied an exasperating
amount OF time. but also accumulated
an appalling list OF charges reckoned I'm
different kinds OF money for each coun-
try IL had passed through, says AIMS
lees Magazine. These charges could
not be paid in advance because the
amount OF them Was not known at the
point from which the message was
sent. Ii may be imagined that under
these conditions the telegraph was not
generally employed in transacting bust
ness.
From the point OF view or the private
citizen. the most important work done
by the Paris convention was TO arrange
uniform schedule of telegraphic rates,
and to provide that messages might
be sent in code, or secret language, III
desired. Arrangements were likewise
made for the more rapid transmission
OF international messages.
AS a result of the work of this and
succeeding conventions. we have the
marvelously intricate yet simple system
OF sending telegraphic messages which
prevails today. 1t " possible now to
send message from any village that
can boast telegraph ONCE 10 any other
point In the world that. is reached by
the farspreading maze OF wires. More
over. the sender may feel assured that
his message will 60 forward quickly,
and Il requires but a moment for the
clerk to inform him as TO it's exact cost.
Considering that the ownership OF the
various telegraph and cable lines of the
world is divided between nearly forty
different governments and half that
number of private companies. this is
highly interesting example of business
Capitalization. II has been brought
about through the establishment of the
International Bureau OF Telegraphs at
Berne. Switzerland. This bureau codi-
fed the charges of the many different
countries subscribing tothe union. using
the franc as basis for all rates. II
has brought about many other changes
calculated TO extend and SInprove the
telegraph business. being the compila-
ton OF great dictionary, or -interna-
tional telegraphlc code. containing some
300. 900 terms taken from almost every
language in existence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

The theological pot is evidently still
boiling. In evidence there is the fol-
lowing from the New York Herald Of
Monday:
"Dr Parkhurst yesterday. in his SER
mon on ChrlslIanity as accepted by
many OF roday. said the Presbyterian
Confession OF Faith should be obliter-
ated. He called II libel on the IN
finite grace Of God
I'm the observation just made am
not so much rejecting upon the Con-
fession of Faith as upon the tse that
traditional and stereotyped orthodoxy.
what | would call congealed ortho-
doxy makes of the Confession. At tho
same time I avail myself of the oppor-
tunity of that illusion 10 say that we
ought TO have a new Confession oil
Faith. 1t is surprising that the Pres
byterian church is able TO do as much
as II Is doing with such an incubus
strapped upon us as we are tottering
under i'm our present Confession
1T dies not meet the case to say that
II is only in the book and that nobody
breaches II. Ii is true that nobody
breaches II. and equally true, doubt
not. that nobody believes Il; neverthe-
less, II is printed on the flag beneath
which the Presbyterian army is march
ing. And II hurts us as denomhna-
ton. Men are staying out because 1t
is there, and men are going out be-
cause 1t is there
the influence OF churches. or In the de-
cline OF attendance? In what consists
the good Influence OF a mans preach
ing what he himself believes to be
false? The truth Is the only thing in
this world or in the next which will
ultimately prevail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

The Philadelphia North American has
sent a message to President Kruger
by messenger boy sent by the Ameri-
can District Telegraph company OF
Philadelphia. Messenger boy number
1884 was selected. Mr.. Rayons. the su-
perintendent. called up the boy, James
Francis Smith and said:
"wnl you carry message to Presi-
dent Kruger"
"Yes, SIR" came the instant reply.
do you know where TO find him?''
Eyes, sir; in South Africa"
"Supposing YOU find that President
Kruger has been taken TO ST. Helena
when you reach South Africa. what will
you do?'
Follow him to st. Helena, or TO the
end OF the earth, if necessary"
do you know where st. Helena IL? ?''
Eyes, sir; II is the island where Ma
poleon was imprisoned and died"
A representative Of the North Ameri-
can asked the boy what he would do II
the Brisith soldiers attempted to STOP
him on his way to Pretoria. II would
appeal to an American consul for pro.
lection" came the prompt reply.
The boy sailed ON the st. Louis and
will reach Havre on the 18th.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
HOW A MEmoRIzEa worked.

Coming down town on the trolley
car yesterday" said st, Charles
street business man TO a
New Orleans Times Democrat reporter.
II met a neighbor who was diligently
studying a little red book. This is a
new system for improving the memory
he said, and. honestly. it's the great
est thing in the world is Il really of
any practical assistance in everyday
affairs?' / inquired. for I've always been
little skept,cal about these schemes
for brain calisthenics. rs it..' ne ex-
claimed enthusiastically. We'll. Should
say so. Before / got this book / had
the worst memory I'm New Orleans. I'd
forget my spectacles. forget my latch
key, forget whether I'd eaten lunch,
forget all sorts OF important appoint
ments, and was forever forgetting the
combination of the safe. My wife
would send me out with a big string
tied around my thumb To remind me to
order a roast at the butchers and I'd
put I'm the rest OF the day rackng my
brains TO recall what the deuce the
Stfl0k was tntIe TOT. U ntn u u kct the
roast when | sneaked back home.
1T was awful. and l was beginning
TO actually believe that | was drifting
into paresis. But now all that's
changed. and my brain Is exactly like
a well-arranged letter file. know ex-
actly where 10 put my hand on any
thing I happen TO want and the beauty
OF IL II that the thing is as simple as
A. Il. g. 1t Is merely the application
OF system TO what was formerly a mass
OF disordered, hap-hazard information
''fiis eagerness impressed me and 7
asked him to briefly outline the meth
cd he was using. I'd like 10 do II,
he said. but | get of at this next COR
ner and will have To see YOU later.
Good by With that he hurried out,
and after the car started again ! hap
pened 90 glance at the seat he had just
vacated and could hardly repress "A
merry ha, ha. He had forgotten his
red book"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

Who ever before heard Of such
thing as this? No resident OF the town
OF Guilford, Conn, will be taxed during
the coming year At the recent town
meeting it was Shown that the town
had now on hand more money than IL
required. and that II was a waste of
money to hire tax collector and pay
collect taxes which would only lie in
the banks idle for months. The Mar
ragansett Times, in mentioning the
extraordinary circumstances. says:
Since the vote was passed, letters
have poured in upon the town officials
asking for information OF the towns
resources. past municipal history and
reasons for omltting the tax levy
Professors in political economy all over
the country out-number all other in
quirers. The town had ten thousand
dollars surplus two years ago. Last
year this had been reduced to seven
thousand dollars. Now the figure
stands at about one thousand dollars,
which the selectmen fear to wipe out
for fear that the impression will get
abroad that the towns credit has been
lost. For five years the tax rate has
been only ten mills on a thousand.
Guilford has for years been no license
town, and its police force has been re-
duced till IT consists of few special
constables. The Guilford voters boast
that Il was the first town In New Eng
land, IL not in America, to be able TO
go a year without tax. The popula-
ton of the town is six thousand. The
town is about ten miles long and six
wide.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

ADAMs--ln this city. 10th inst. Charles
Francis Adams. r
ASPINwALI.--ln this city. 14th inst.
Louise. wife of John Aspinwall. in her
Gith year.
BALIs--At Block Island. Mary A. Ball,
wife OF the late Hiram ID. Bah.
BRAYToN-In Georgiayille. r. l.. 18th
inst. Sarah A. Brayton. I'm the 18th
year of her. age
CAHooNE-n Kent, Scituate. r. l..
1ith inst, Albert B. Cahoone, In his 18th
year.
CRANE-Tn Central Falls. 18th inst,
Thomas j. Crane, aged 80 years.
DAwLEY--In Crompton. R. L.. 18th inst.
William G. Dawley. I'm his 10Th year.
GRANT-In Cumberland. 18th inst, SUI
san Ellen. wife Of Burgess Grant, I'm
her 67th year
HARRls-in this city 18th inst, Eva
H.. only child OF Abram and Silvia ~.
Harris. I'm her 10Th year.
HrLI.-In this city. 18th inst, Mary
E.. wife OF Olin Hill. I'm her 18th year.
MATHEWSON-In Graniteviile. near
Ccntredale 18th inst. Clara NJ. wife
of Daniel l.. Mathewson, i'm the 9Th
year of her age.
McINTOSH--In this city. 18th inst,
Richard Mcintosh, in his 5lst year.
O'CONNOR-In this city. 18th inst.
Grace MAY. wife OF John It. O'Connor,
aged 25 years. months and days.
PAGE,-1u this city. 18th inst. Jane A..
widow of Henry Page. aged ~ years.
REX-1n Pawtucket; 18th inst. Mary
Louise, daughter OF Richard and Mary
Roberts and wife of George NJ. Rex.
aged "A wears. 5 months and IL days.
STt'TTARD--rn East Providence, 18th
inst. William Stuttard. In the 10Th year
of his age.
TAFT-In Burrillvllle. ", l.. 10th inst,
Sally Richardson Taft. eldest daughter
OF Joseph II. and Mary II. Taft.
TlIEWtIS-ln- -Arkwright, n. T.. 18th
inst. Martha Hattie. daughter of Da-
/ Ma H. and Mary w. Thewlls. in the
nth year of her age.
WARD-In this city. 18th inst. James T.,
son Of John y. and Mary Ward. aged
"a years and months.
MAIL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that there has
been presented and is pending In the
House of REPRESENTATIVE ~ tho state OF
Rhode Island. an act and a petition for
the passage of an act entitled AN act
I'm amendment OF and IN addition 10 an
act entitled An act TO incorporate tho
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Com
pany,' passed by the General Assembly
act in amendment thereof" and that
said act now pending In said House of
Representatives auth9rizes said Rhode
Island Suburban Railway Company TO
exercise the right or eminent domain in
any and All OF the cities towns and dis
tricts I'm the counties Of Providence. Kent.
Bristol and Washington. This notice IL
given sby the Rhode lsl9nd uburban
Railway Company. which r thc petitioner
for said act.
RHODE ISLAND SUBURBAN RAIL-
sy HENRY v. A. JosLIN. Secretary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
rIsaERxEn Of THE BANKS

Fishermen 81 the banks are. as a rule,
unmarried The majority of the shippers
are married and have comfortable homes
and happy families. but the ordinary men
of the crew are single. In crew of 20
or more II is not unusual to find that
two. three or four men only are married.
That might be used an comment from
the fisherman's point OF view. says
writer in Donshue's Magazine.
Another notable thing Is that the sons
of fishermen rarely follow the calling OF
their fathers Further. Instructive infer
ence might he drawn from that fact. En-
dowed ss these boys generally are with
the good brains and bodies that go To
the making OF fine seamen they do not
choose To make a living by way OF the
liz might he added that the worries OF
a fsherman's home life fall largely on
the women. When fisherman steps
ashore his work IL practically over. When
he comes home everything is looking It's
hest for him His wife may have had
sleepless nights and restless days while
he was away. but once he Is safely home
such matters are forgotten. ,
that when the main provider Is home he
and until he goes out 20 fight again he
wants no more OF ~. These men are
curiously reticert Of their life. Some
worthy incident OF his last trip but IL
is nearly always In a casual. unenthu-.
siastic way that might make II seem
most matter-of-fact and commonplace to
any who may have been fed on the or
binary exaggeration Of romanVe.
IL is not surprising perhaps. that the
wives OF fishermen make remarkably
rood mothers The habit OF calmly uc-
cepting Ak a matter of ordinary life wha {
the world rates as dangerous and hard
10 endure. must in time have It's effect
ON the character. The most ordinary
woman would acquire some measure of
more than ordinary women If a
were not they would hesitate 10 mate
with men who pursue so psrilous call
ing
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

The complete upset of the Clark
tourist party, which sailed from Bos-
ton on the steamer New England in
February is announced. There were 300
tourists. These sightseers to the Med
icerranean must have come from the
better classes around and from Boston.
smallpox broke out among them. Ihe
ship sailed and left many 10 get home
as best they could. Heretofore we have
been told that vaccination prevented
smallpox. and the better classes. like
rhese tourists, all attended TO that mat
ter. Will somebody tell us the real
truth about this affair?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

OF the highest repute took up the prob
lem. and after many months OF expert
ment, constructed and connected with
an ordinary working steam engine OF
the compound type an additional con-
denser and auxiliary engine, the work
ing power Of which could be exactly
measured" The result was as has been
stated above but further details are too
elaborate and too technical TO be used
by the News. which now only desired TO
call the notice OF all engineers and en-
gine builders. and manufacturers, 20
the discovery and 10 its apparent mag
nitude.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

make II have gone on strike rather
than work longer with the stun.
guess the imagination plays large
part In the enjoyment Of good
cigar"
1t seems rather pity that all these
Presbyterian ministers who want 10
throw up the Westminster Confession
and leave their church cannot do II in
quiet and orderly manner without
raising such q fuss about it.
Strikes me some OF them seek sensa-
tionalism quite as much as new light.
DAN. III. LOW.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
William B. v. Ra|Gtt,
ATTORNEY
AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
"a WESTMINSTER STREET,
PROVIDENCE, r. I.
TELEPHONE NO. 4os.
THE CITY or PROVIDENCE.
Public Hearing Relative to a
Proposed Street TO Prospect HILL
ofnee of the clerk of Committees.

Office of the Clerk of Committees,
city Hall, April Ia. 1900.
The Joint Committee on Highways, to
which has been referred Report and
Plan of the Commissioner OF Puonc
tion OF the city Council No. 430, approved
December 8 1899, directing the Com
missioner OF Public Works to consider
and present Plan whereby Prospect
HilI MAY be conveniently and readily
reached from Market Square and It's VIC
nifty by n street of an easy grade ana
less burdensomc for public travel, here
by give notice that they Will hold
Public Hearing on said Proposed Plan Tor
n Highway i'm the Clerk of Committees
Department. City Hail. on FRIDAY:
April 20, 1900. mt o'clock y. M. when All
parties interested are hereby notihed TO
appear II they shall see NJ. and be heard
thereon Plans may be seen at this Of
fee previous 10 the date of the Hearing.
BY order OF -
THOMAS II. LEONARD, Chairman.
ID. T.. HAYDEN, Clerk of Committees.
aI6 AZ
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

All over the country the regular"
boards of health are undertaking 10 OBJ
tain legal control OF all practice upon
the sick; to get monopoly OF attempt
ing to cure" the sick; thing which
no mant-medical or not--can do. IN
Wisconsin just now the effort is di-
rected against those who believe I'm
Christian Science. but the district
attorney refuses 'ito go off at half
cock"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

There are lot OF silly men writing
for the newspapers silly articles con-
cerning E. Benjamin Andrews, once OF
this city a resident Concerning them
the News will presently print Balzacs
admirable word picture OF the monkey
which climbed the pole, and how the
thing appeared.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

The use OF milk by every indiv-uuaS
on earth. for all past time. would servo
TO knock out every modern notion con-
cerning bacteria in ii by which dis
ease Is carried. 1t is simply pure nom
sense. stop putting water In the mix
sold and we will stand the bacteria. AS
"a matter of fact, were 1t not for the
bacteria in butter. IL could not be used.
Just now milk fever is on at To-
raDfO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

the house and in February there were
four. In the first month the company
charged Mr.. Brisk. for 1900 cubic feet
of water, sSi.s2. while his tenants paid
him SIS in rent. In February the charge
was for lo.l53 feet OF water. $26.'c'
while the rent from four tenants was
s22.
But there are two sides 10 this ques-
ton. The tenants kept the water run
ming on cold nights.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17
CRY OF PROVIDENCE.
PUBLIC HEARING

City Clerk Office.
City Hail. April ., 1900.
All parties interested In the petition
of Golden and sherman for License
10 buv and cell Junks at No. Ambrose
street corner of Victor street are hereby
notified that said petition Is referred. by
the Board OF Aldermen, To Thursday,
April 49, 1900, at o'clock p. m, when
All parties interested may appear and
be heard thereon.
WILLIAM Il. CLARKE.
CITY Clerk.