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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

The members of the Massachusetts,
General Court attempted TO increase
their own salary, but failed by lack OF
numbers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07
rHg NEWS
rAsLy EUROPEAN MINT.

(secured for exclusive publication In
The News by arrangement with Felix.
Rouff. Doucet. LaTerriere. Paquin and
other famous Partisan costume max
erS.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

pihess." That is Quits d low valua-
tion to put upon happiness. Can you
buy with money, to w.t.. three pence.
a single days happiness?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

The southern people still use, blood
hounds In hunting negroes; It is a
relic of barbarism.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

The following clever poem IL an In
genious specimen of macaronic verse.
which periodically gJcs travelling
through the magazincs;' 1t lie written
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

The Att!eborough Daily Sun seems to
have no editorial direction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

The Hope Valley Advertiser has an
idea that 'if ones income Is o shilling
day. aud his expenditures but nine
pence, he was reasonably sue Vt hap.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

The shortage OF freight cars by many
OF the railroad companies throughout the
country has caused considerable activity
In the car building trade.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

Sailor hat of beige straw. The crown
Is encircled by three shades OF blue silk
finishing under a choux of the palest
shade. a quill completes the trimming.
Model by Nine. Marescot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

The News will have special de-
partment in each Saturdays issue sug-
gesting subjects connected chiefly with
Rhode Island historical events. but not
rigidly held TO that special line, for the
purpose OF assisting scholars in the
senou In the STUDY NJ these thlnss K
is an excellent practice to cultivate
the habit OF Investigating such things.
and a still better habit to be able to
describe in decel-ly written English
the story which you have discovered.
Teachers In the public schools have for
years applied TO the writer for such
hs. - ano never Departed without
help; now through the News this will
be done Come on with your questions.
SUBJECT 80. /.
Annawon's Rock, and the capture Of
Annawon-See Bliss Hist. Rehoboth.
p. 109; Church's King Philips War. ed.
1927, p. 1873; Mather's Hist. King Phil
ip's War. ed. 1852. y. 127; Arnold's Hist.
Rhode Island. vol. i, p. All. The local
.ity is on the main road TO Taunton.
about nine miles from Providence. The
Taunton electric cars now run directly
by the place. and within fifty feet Of IL:
fortunately 1t was not touched. and q
visit TO 1t will give a certain demon
stration which nothing else can quite
equal.
SUBJECT NO. ..
Pierces fight with Indians. on the
Blackstone river between Pawtucket
and Valley Falls. See Bliss' Rehoboth,
p. 80: brakes Book OF the Indians, ed.
1s4l, Book 8. .. Al; Updike's Hist. Mar
ragansett Church. p.224; Mather's Hist.
King Philips War ed. 1862, p. 127; Dag
gett's Hist. Attleborough. p. AZ; Good
rlch's Hist. Pawtucket. p. 20. In this
connection some account could be given
of William Blackstone, from whom the
river gets it's name, and Of the wild
rock house Quinsniket.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

'-The fag synbolizes our purposes
and or aspirations; IL represents what
We believe and what we mean TO main
tain. and wherever II floats II Is the
nag cf the free, the hope OF the oppress-
&C. and wherever It is assailed. at any
sacrifice It will be carried to . triumph
ant peace."-President MCKINLEY. Aug.
~ lisa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

At Quincy. Mich, hen was buried
which had reached the age of almost
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

Honest. I chewed so many hy-
gienic food samples at the Food Fair
that I've had the stomach ache ever
since.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

That 16-year-old anarchist with
6o-cent pistol must have scared tn
Prince of Wales out Of his stocking
feet.
1t was truly awful experience.
DAN H. LOW
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-07

toleItEdAlpns anu MoutIn lnOuknl
goes again over the entire ground some
what after this manner:
"Dr. Miyart records how the various
Congregations. such as the Congrega-
tlon of the Holy Office, the Congrega-
tlon of the Index. etc, arose gradually
out of the inability OF the Pope TO give
personal attention to the multitudinous
affairs which were committed To his
care az the head Of the Church and the
necessity of securing the services of
assistants. He then recounts the cir
cumstances which led to his being per-
sonally disciplined by the Consrega-
tlon OF the Index on account OF his book
on Happiness in He'll which was pub
hshed several years ago. and which
he was led 10 vtite by the desire 10
show that the doctrine OF he'll was not
inconsistent With the teaching of the
| Church as TO the goodness and mercy
~ God. The occasion of his latest diff
| Guilty with his ecclesiastical superiors-
! which led 10 his separating himself
from the Roman Catholic Church was
his publication OF certain articles on the
Bible and the higher criticism, in which
he ayowed his belief that there is nc
lack Of errors in the Holy Scriptures
Dr. Mivart ls emphatic In declaring nj.
conception OF the duty Of the Churchs
"'The most lmperativetask for Romar
theoiogians today is ~ TO modify il.
meaning Of the dogma VI the Church
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
COWS WRECKED
n.s Garden, But Started Him on the
Road to Fortune.


About the narrowest escape from
financial embarrassment was expert
enced by & friend of mine" said Will
liam Reese Of Allentown, Penn, at
the Broadway Central Hotel. 1T was
like this: lily friend and neighbor is
an inventor Of window sash appli-
ance that is likely to make him
rich man, but, like most inventors, he
was aWfuily hard up for cash while he
was working out his idea. He bor-
roWed money from all his friends un-
Ill they got so they disliked to see him
coming, and he had really reached a
crisis in his career. He realized it,
but he told his wife that something
would happen to enable him to raise
$50 due the next day on contract
that involved the loss or the preserva-
ton of his hold on his patent. He
didn' have the $50 on the night before
and when he went to bed that
night he was thoroughly discour-
aged. He lived On place that
had a large barn on it, and in
the garden were growing fruit and
a good garden. That night about
dozen COWS, which in some parts of
Pennsylvania run at liberty, broke into
his garden and ate up most OF his crop.
besides destroying a number of choice
young fruit trees. He woke up in the
middle OF the night ana caught the
COWS in the act. He was on the point
of soaring them out and banning one
more unlucl<y incident to his long list
when a bright idea struck him.
calling a neighbor, he quickly
drove the COWS into corner of the
yard, and repaired the fence. Then he
sat on the fence the remainder of the
night and allowed the COWS to COM
plete the destruction of his garden.
In the morning, with the help of his
neighbor, he tied the COWS up and
then sent word to the owners to come
and settle. BY counting the COWS he
calculated how much he would have to
get from each owner n order to make
up $50, Under the Pennsylvania law
the owner must pay the damage caus-
ed by his COW Or the damaged person
can held the animal. The owners
came and pleaded but it did not avail.
My neighbOr was obdurate. Some Of
the owners were poor women, but it
made no difference. He pointed to his
ruined crops and wrecked garden,
and, like the absent minded beggar
said: Pay, pay, pay TO make
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
The Czarina Belieyas in Woman.

The Empress Of Russia is an ardent
believer in the influence and power OF
women in public affairs If she lived
in America it is probable that she
would be leader in the woman's SUI
frage movement. Under her imperial
patronage societies for the higher cul-
ture of women are rapidly increasing
in number in ST. Petersburg and are
spreading throughout Russia. Owing
to her great interest in the work the
Czar has ordered that full reports of
the proceedings of all such societies
shall be prepared for the perusal of the
empress, SO that she can be able to de-
termine where her advice and assist
ance is the most necessary. The en-
press has also instituted the English
fashion Of Offering her hand to be
kissed at presentations instead of to be
shaken, as was the custom of the dow
ager empress.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
MASKING" rs BARRED
FLIRTING A MISDEMEANO In
TENNESSEE.
A State Statute Aims to Suppress Too
Ardent "Johnnies" - Measure Passed
in Consequence of Their Amatory At
tentions-Its Good Effect.

Tennessee has a number of laws Pc
culiar to that state, but in this respect
the Johnnie" law, passed by the legis-
!ature in 1897, is entitled to first place.
Previous to that time the presidents
Of the various institutions of learning
Ia different parts of the state were at
times compelled to call upon the civil
authorities of the cities in which the
colleges were located to pay their re-
spects to the class of young men
known as 'mashers." Arrests invari-
ably followed, and the boys were often
assessed a nominal fine by the city
judge or recorded, under the head OF
"disorderly conduct" or something of
the kind.
Upon one occasion a number of
young men from East Tennessee made
a trip to Cleveland, the home of large
female college, and were soon caught
lurking about the college buildings,
flirting with the girl students. They
appeared several times in an effort to
carry On courtship with certain of
the young ladies, and finally they were
arrested. After an effort on the part
of their papas the Johnnie" boys were
released from custody and allowed to
go on their way rejoicing. The lead
ing educators of the state talked over
the question of suppressing these
youths and of securing the passage
of an anti" Johnnie" law in the legis-
lature.
Their work resulted in the introduce
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
SHE FIGHTS UNIONS.
CHICAGO WOMAN WINS SUD-
DEN NOTOR,ETY.
Mrs. j. j. Robb, who Recently Appeared
Before the National Industrial Com
mission with Il Tale of Woe-Who
She Is.
(Cnicann LAtLer.l


Mrs. J. ]. RobD, who spoke her mind
of labor unions and their alleged treat
ment of non-union laboring men to
the members OF the industrial subcom-
mission at the Auditorium the other
day, is a middle-aged woman of not
unpleasant appearance. Despite her
bitterness toward the unions one can
readily see by a little talk with her
that she is not bitter toward everything
in the world.
Anyone who knew me as little
girl would wonder at the way | talk
now" she said, Il was timid, even to
an extreme, when | was little, and
| always was g retiring woman later,
but | have been forced by the wolf at
my door to cry out, and to assert my
rights as an American woman, as the
mistress of home, to protection
against the mon who take from my
husband the chance Of earning a liv-
ing"
Mrs. Robb dresses well, although she
makes her own clothes. She appear ed
and dark skirt, and not until she said,
Il come to you as the wife of me-
chanic-an outraged mechanic,' would
anyone have believed that she was
'other than some womans club member
with a general interest in reforms,
rather than with special grievance
gnawing at her heart.
"I am mechanics wife, she said,
"and | am proud of it. My husband is
Jas good citizen as any in the city
He is first-claes workman, one Of the
kind who always got frst-class wages
when he was employed, wilo never had
any complaint against him for inferior
work. Hasn't he as an American citi-
zen, right to work? Have any Amer
leans a right to say whether he shall
work or not, when he is willing to?
Haven't | as his wife and the mistress
of his home a right to have him earn
his living as he desires to? Are not
all the principles of republican gov
ernment outraged and vilfied and
abused and degraded by these unions,
that rob me Of my home and my hus-
band Of his work, and society of our
services?"
Out Of breath, Mrs. Robb paused q
moment, and then more calmly contin-
!ued to tell something of her husbands
history. He was member of a union
of painters and gIazters in good
standing said she, "and one day ne
broke the unions rules in order to pro-
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18

feathers of the cocks have particular
value. as they are used for trimming
ladies' hats, and most of them are sold
for eagles feathers. The feathers that
are used for stuffing beds and pillows
bring from to cents a pound, but
the "sickles," the long tail feathers of
the cock, sell as high as 80 cents per
pound. The separation takes place in
the establishments where the fowls are
dressed. A mixed lot of feathers has
little value to the buyer.
Beard is a term used for bunch
OF feathers under the throat of some
breeds of chickens, such as Houdans
or Polish.
Stag" is a term used for a young
cock.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
Applying Protective InoculatiOn.

Bulletin 81 of the Kansas Expert
ment Station says: One of the great
est difficulties encountered in our ex-
periments with protective incubation
is to convince farmers that it is use
less, or worse than useless, to inocu-
late sick or exposed hogs with an at
tenuated culture of swine-plague
germs This may be illustrated thus:
Suppose an animal were poisoned by
drinking a great quantity of some
strong fermented liquor, like brandy,
which contains about fifty per cent OF
alcohol: would it not seem ridiculous
to attempt to save this animals life by
beginning now to accustom it to the ef-
fects of alcohol by feeding it additional
but diluted potions of the same bev-
erage? Attempting to save an infected
animal by administering dilute or at
tenuated doses of the poisons (toxines)
that are the actual cause of the disease
is an analogous case. But, on the
other hand, by feeding the diluted
poisons before the full-strength pois-
ons have been administered, the AMI
Atiel Cl s:dHlSLl viii t5lduuttlly dCCuololI
itself to stronger and stronger doses,
until fuli-strength doses can be admin
istered without harm. There are, OF
course, limits to all these assertions,
but within these limits the facts will
bear out the statements. On these
principles protective inoculation rests,
and this once fully understood, there
will be no danger OF confounding pro"
tectiye incubation with curative treat
ment The average farmer is unWll-
ling to go to any reasonable expense
in order to protect himself against a
danger not yet in sight, but when II
is too late he is too often willing to
go to the opposite extreme and per-
NIT himself to be imposed upon by
the very worst kind OF pretenders. AS
already stated, our great difficulty lies
in trying TO induce farmers to inocu-
late their pigs in time, before they
have swine-plague Or cholera, and be-
fore their neighbors' pigs across the
road begin dying Of this disease (or
diseaSes?)
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18

| rooms, at the east end or long, drap-
| carpets to cover the floor, and an old
| lounge and two rocking chairs, with a
small, square table, are all the signs
there are of better and more prosper
GUS days. A bedstead stands in one
corner Of the room which answers for
the parlor. The kitchen is Immediate
ly to the rear, and small coal cook
stove of antique pattern and in state
of delapidation serves, with an old
table and two wooden chairs, to fur
nish the room. The cooking utensils
are few and we'll worn. The cupboard,
which serves as china closet, con-
tains little which could be called china
ware. 1t is in these surroundings that
the couple live.
Mr., Robb is 56 years of age, intelli-
gent, bearing no evidence of dissipa-
ton. Everything my wife has said
is true said Robb to the writer II
was expelled from the union, and like
wise have been assaulted and severely
beaten on two or three occasions. My
trouble with the union began in July,
1893, when I. was working for Angus
& Gindele on the street car power plant
at Twelfth street and Blue Island ave-
nue..
The union made charges against
me, but | paid no attention to the first
notice | got to appear for trial, A few
nights after the day set, and after l
had been ordered to cease work and
had '@1used, Chris Merry, the peddler
who was hanged for the murder of lis
wife. with his gang, broke into the
building. Merry knocked five or six
men down in my presence, and he with
his fifteen or twenty assailants assault
ed me. | was kicked and beaten into
insensibiIity. Two Of my ribs were
broken, and it was a long time before
was again we'll
Il don't know what they will do
with my wife. They may murder her.
am sorry she went before the COM
mittee, and didn't know she was going
there. ! would work and be more than
glad to If ! had the chance. The
chance to work is all l want"
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
SHOT BY A FOOTPAD.
He Thought Neighbors Were Playing
Practical Joke on Him.

~
Practical Joke on Him.
H. G. Gooding of Los Angeles, CAL,
former chief justice of Arizona, was
shot at his door by a footpad. When
two men called to him to hold up his
hands the judge thought they were
neighbors playing practical joke.
When he saw they were really in earn
est the judge grappled with the nearest
man. He was getting the better of
the fight when the other robber shot
him near the heart. Ten minutes after
the shooting of Judge Gooding, the
Rev. Peter Grant. Baptist minister,
was robbed by two men, evidently the
same who shot the judge. They took
his watch and SIS, but returned rs cents
for the preachers breakfast. Mr..
Cooding was appointed chief justice OF
Arizona by President Harrison, and at
the close of Harrison's administration
went to Los Angeles, where he has
since practiced law.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
Tried to Freeze Nude Child.

What appears to have been a pre-
meditated and deliberate attempt at
child murder was brought to light
when Charles Allen, a travelling um-
brella mender, discovered an infant
boy. about four weeks old, face down.
ward, and nearly buried in the snow
ON the outskirts of Dover, N. H. The
infant, which was crying, was in nude
condition, with it's clothing near by.
indicating that the child had baen
stripped in order to hasten it's death
and laid down in the snow to perish,
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
Received a Check for $6,5OO,O0O.

Mr.. w. S. stratton OF Colorado
Springs, Col, has received from tho
Venture Corporation, Limited, of Lon
don, a check for $6,5o0,0GO in final pay
ment for the independence mine at
Cripple Creek. Prior to it's sale g. year
ago that mine had yielded net profit
OF S2,500,o00 Uncovered are bodies
show sS,OO0,OO0, after paying s1,464, GOO
dividends in nine months. The work.
ings are less than 1000 feet deep.
Stock quotations place $4,000, 900
value on the mine. A year ago Strait
ton sold the mine for $10,000,0O0, of
which $3,50O,00O was paid down.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18

tect his employers property. There
was strike on the job, and $1,000
worth of valuable machinery was lying
in place under an open slylignt,
where it might have been greatly dam
aged by a storm. The employer ap-
pealed to hint was Charles w. Gin
dele-and he consented to pat in the
glass. The union agents found it out.
They waited till he came out from
work. They attacked hiI1l. They
knocked him down and beat him over
the head until he was insensible. The
policeman who saw it looked the other
way. A bystander interfered and
saved his life. Then they brought him
home to me. He was insensibIe for
days and days, and was sick a long
time. That's the way the city pro-
'tects our rights
What would you like to have done
for a remedy, Mrs. Robb?'
I'll tell you what I'd do. ia 80 to
the governor Of the state and I'd get
him to annul the charter of every cor
poration that abuses it's powers. That's
what I'd do. There isn't any sense in
letting a lot of selfish, corrupt men
dictate to American citizens the way
these men do. The state ought to
stop it as quick as it cam
Mrs. Robb is not sorry she spoke out
in the industrial meeting, though she
says her husband fears that he will be
doomed to worse treatment than ever
by the unions in the future.
my husband thinks" said she, that
he will be a marked man for life. He
didn't know was going to talk that
way. Neither did I till got chance,
and then | just had to say what said.
I couldn't help it. But my husband
wants to leave the city right away, and
he would if he could. What's the use
of staying in a place where he isn't
allowed to work? He don't need to
fear, though. Things can't be any
worse for him than they are now, in
this free land of liberty"
The Robb home is at 655 Blooming
dale avenue. The street in front of
the house is occupied by the tracks of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road. They live in three small, dingy
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-05-18
AMIN AIS WITH BROKEN HEARTS
Cases in Which Dogs, Horses and Birds
Have Died from Grief.

Have Died from Crief.
There have been many cases on rec
ord of animals dying of "broken
hearts," usually dogs and horses, and
sometimes birds, says the New York
Herald. Not long ago a young woman
in this city, who owned a Gordon set
ter that was very fond Of her, was
dog was left behind and at once be-
came inconsolable. He would eat
nothing, and stood looking out of the
window for hours at a time, whining
and moaning pitifully. The dog was
wasting away from exhaustion. Those
who knew him said he was dying Of
a broken heart. When it was seen
that he would die if he could not see
his mistress he was taken to her. His
JOY at seeing her was extravagant, and
he at once got better. His mistress
came to New York for two weeks
visit and left the dog with the serv-
ants in Lakewood. When she returned
she found him dead, lying on one Of
her garments. The poor brute, think
ing himself again deserted, lay down
to die, and could not be driven or
coaxed from his place, neither would
he eat or drink. A horse belonging
to a brewery had been driven for years
by man to whom he had become
much attached. One day the driver
failed to appear at the stable, and an
other man was put on his wagon. The
horse, however, refused to be driven
by any one except his old friend, and
after many trials he was put back in
the stable and another horse took his
place. The horse continually watched
the stable door for his master to enter.
He refused to eat the hay and oats
placed before him. Day by day he
grew thinner and weaker. At last he
fell down and could not rise. and died
before his friend the driver returned
to duty. The veterinary surgeon who
attended him said he died of a "broken
heart" Last summer a woman who
lives in Harlem went to the country
for months holiday. Before leaving
she gave her pet canary, Dick, into
the hands of the woman in the next
fiat to care for until her return. Dick
missed his mistress the next day and,
after a tender little song, hushed his
voice and would sing no more. He ate
very little and began to droop visibly.
AS the days went by he became simply
q miserable little bunch of bones and
yellow feathers. One morning the
woman who had charge Of him found
him on his back, dead, in the bottom
of his gilded cage. He had died Of
grief at the loss of his mistress. A
hundred instances might be cited Of
animals who have died of grief at
being separated from those they love.
Did their hearts break, or was it SIM
ply exhaustion, due to lack of nourish-
ment, the same as if they had been
humans instead of brute animals?