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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

There is trouble with the school sys-
TEN at Holyoke; that is in case the
Springfield Union gives the facts 10 us.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

'-rhe flag symboIizes our purposes
and our aspirations; 1t represents what
we believe and what We mean to main
tain, and wherever 1t floats It 10 the
nag cf the free. the hope of the oppress.
&C, and wherever II 10 assailed. at any
sacrifice II will be carried to triumph
ant peace."-Prssident Mckinley. Aug.
- 1soo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

Stylish hat by Jane Lauvicr Pale-pink
Neopolitan straw with facing and bands
of pale-green velvet. The trimming con-
ssts of scarf of pale-green tulle and
a spray of chestnut leaves and blossoms
Pink roses rest under the brim on the
left side.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

The Journal can take heart in prog
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
THE NEWS
rs'LY EUROPEAN pINr.

fSccured for exclusive publication IN
The News by arrangement with Felix.
Rouff. Doucet. LaFerriere, Paquin and
other famous Partisan costume maxi
ers.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

Gen. Brennan eot after shs doctors
at the trial Of the Massachusetts In
dian curer for violating the medical
laws OF the state and az usual he ac-
quilted himself With much distinction
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

When read in the paper that the
money circulation per capita In our
glorious country had reached the mag
nifcent figure Of s2e.12 hastcned out
to find Jimmy Glimly.
Jimmy has been indebted TO me
in the sum OF eighteen cents. contribut-
cd TO enable him to make up a gum to-
tai OF twenty-five cents TO go to the
continuous. since last Thanksgiving.
But Jimmy assured me on his word of
honor that his allotment OF the s2s.ie
hadn't been forwarded yet from the
treasury department ar Washington.
guess there may be others, TOO.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
DEMAND FOR BELGIAN HAREs
Numerous Shipments Are Now Being
Made to Eastern Cities from
the West.

Belgian hares are being shipped to
the Chicago and New York markets
in enormous numbers from the
west. There are large numbers of
rabbit farms in Nebraska, and Omaha
commission men are beginning to reap
rich harvest from this traffic. A ready
sale is found for the animals for ship
ment to all eastern cities, says a Chi
cago paper
The income from some of these rab-
bit farms, started by children, has been
large. At Columbus boy started with
apair of rabbits and in one year cleared
$500 and had left more than 200 ra bbits.
They breed six times year and begin
TO propagate at the age Of four months
Many OF these little animals have es-
capped in Nebraska and Kansas and
have already occasioned alarm among
farmers for fear that they will increase
so rapidly that they will become a
menace to crops
Belgian hares are offered for sale in
all the markets around Omaha, and
several of the big packers are arrang-
ing to pack the animals for foreign
shipment. The flesh does not resemble
that of the wild rabbit, but is very
white and sweet.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14

the music of the boys whistle. Beeth.
oven, Mendelssohu or Brahms are I'M
known to young Fitch, but the simple
melodies and popular songs loved by
the country people roll from his lips
in ripping melody, and no corn husk.
ing bee, donation party or barn dance
is complete unless he is there to enter
tain.
But his whistling found a new use
one day recently and was the means of
saving him and n pair of oxen he was
driving from probable death from the
stings of a swarm of thousands of bees.
He heard loud buzzing overhead and
was almost instantly covered with bees,
which, attracted by his whistling, set
tied on man and oxen,
With great presence of mind he
seized the tails of the oxen to prevent
them switching and angering the bees.
He continued whistling as shrilly as
possible to keep the bees pacified and
started the oxen slowly home. His
mother heard the sound of her sons
whistle, and, shading her eyes with her
hand, looked down the road. Fitch and
the oxen appeared as If they were COW
cred with soft brown fur.
Knowing that her son was in immi-
nent danger of being stung to death,
she ran into the house and quickly
emerged with large tin pan. Then,
opening the sliding door of an empty
hive in the farmyard, she began to beat
the pan Justify. In a minute the bees
rose in cloud, and, after lowering in
the air a moment, lit about the hive,
which had been sweetened with sugar
and water for the reception of another
swarm the day before. Gradually the
bees disappeared within the hive, and
after the last one had entered the slid
ing door was shut, Young Fitch was
nearly Frustrated by his terrible ex-
perience
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
RECOVERED HER TEETH.
Chase of n Philadelphia Woman Art
era Pug That Had Taken
Her Molar~.

Philadelphians on Diamond street
were very much interested the other day
in watching the chase OF ayoung woman
stylishly dressed after a pug dog, re-
ports an exchange of that city. The
wind was high and during n gust that
came around corner the young WON
an sneezed, gently at first, and then
with some degree of violence. A cry
of alarm escaped her lips as something
resembling a string of pearls fell from
her mouth to- the pavement. For am
instant the object gIittered on the side
walk, when the frisky dog bounded to
the spot picked up the glistenfng thing
and bounded off again.
Blushing. the girl, in her perplexity.
cast wistful glance at the dog in the
distance, Quickly she placed her trem-
bling hand over her mouth and Kept It
there, while she started in pursuit Of
the dog. The chase was exciting
Pedestrians paused to watch. After
many turns, rushes, lodges and halts
the pretty maiden caught the dog at
Tenth street. The animal fell pros
trate at her commands.
drop it, Fido; drop it'll" she cried.
The dog obeyed, opened it's mouth
and dropped upon the pavement with
great reluctance the. proud maiden's
set OF false teeth.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
TWO POPULAR PAsTIMEs.
Bicycle Riding and Golf Have Gained
the Greatest Hold I'm
America

The two forms OF recreation which
have taken the greatest hold upon the
American public are bicycle riding and
golf. Why these pastimes have at
tanned so great a popularity in this
country is not difficult to understand;
and an analysis of the elements Of their
great success involves an enumeration
Of those elements which must be found
in every sport which approaches the
ideal, says the Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
Wheeling and golfng are equally
adapted to the pleasure OF both men
and women, and naturally bring them
together for their outings. This an
sures the wheel and the golf club a
place in thousands Of homes from
which they would otherwise be exclud-
ed, for many husbands will not allow
themselves regular indulgence in a
recreation which may not be shared
by their wives, and when to the intrin-
sic interest Of any recreation Is added
the zest of social intercourse between
the two sexes its pleasures and attrac-
tions are multiplied.
That pastime which calls Its partici-
pants into places of scenic beauty, and
at the same time furnishes them with
the exhilaration of interesting exer-
else, possesses sure and potent
charm. No recreation possesses this
characteristic in a greater degree than
does golf.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
CRAB FROM INDIAN OCEAN.
Captured Recently Near
Calcutta.

An enormous phosphorescent crab,
the like OF which has never hereto
fore been found, was recently cap
tured in the Indian ocean and Is now
in the aquarium of the Geological So
ciety of Calcutta, says the New York
Herald. This huge crustacean, which
was caught a mile away from shore,
is e2 centimeters in diameter and its
claws are more than yard long
It's voracity is incredible, and it's
great eyes protrude In such man
ner as to give 1t a peculiarly ferocious
appearance.
After 1t was caught 1t was placed
In large vessel, which was filed with
sea water and which also contained
about so crustaceans and other fishes.
Two hours later the crab had de-
voured all these, and when evening
arrived the biologists. who were
watching the strange creature, saw to
their surprise that it emitted curious
phosphorescent rays of a milky white
ness, which illumined the entire yes
sci. This inexplica BILE phenomenon is
repeated every evening, and natural
lists have travelled from many parts
20 witness it,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
HER FORETHOUGHT.
The Way a Bright Maid wished to
Make Sure OF an Income After
They Had welded

The New York Sun calls her a fair
young thing, no matter whether she
lives in Brooklyn or Kalamazoo, and
she knows young man who is all the
world to her, albeit the world might
not hold her choice in such esteem
as she herself holds it. When a fair
young thing is in that condition il
matters little to her where she lives.
The only shadow on her sweet young
life is cast by her respected father,
who is, or was, not favorably inclined
TO the object of her cohice. Just what
he thinks now is not yet definitely
ascertained. The fair young thing
had an interview with her father the
other evening.
80" he said, severely, "you have ac-
eepted that young SNUG, have your"
ITO all intents and purposes, papa"
she admitted, freely.
You ought 20 know better than
that" he grrmbled. Don't you know
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14

the cigar store once an8 then hesi-
tated and stood.
She wants to buy cigarettes and she
hasn't got the nerve, guessed one of
the observers.
No, I'll bet she's got fellow that
clerks in there and she wants to go
in, but the mob around the cigar
ease just jolts her off, said the
other.
While they were wondering and bet
ting, the young lady herself settled
the dispute. She walked directly up
10 the window, which was filed TO the
top with open boxes of cigars, and
while apparently studying the labels
on the boxes she deftly adjusted her
tie, the glass giving back a good re-
Election of her figure and acting as a
temporary mirror. She patted the
scarf and Strengthened it, and when
she was done rejoined her friend and
strolled on. The two young men
were silent a moment. Then one of
them looked at the other snd said;
Wouldn't that Jar you ."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14

class held a secret meeting, at which
they declared Indignantly that the
eyesore of the junior class sign was
no longer to be endured, and that il
the boys of the senior class were
afraid to go up and haul down tho
thing the girls would show them that
it could be done.
Miss Ida Hancock and Miss Clara
Wells volunteered to make the first
attempt. They donned their gym
nasium suits, kissed their chums good
by, and started up. The others kept
watch below.
The girls entered the building by a
window, climbed to the tower loft,
and emerged upon the roof. Hanging
on to shingles by their toes and shut
ting their eyes TO their perilous po-
sitions, the two girls managed to get
within reach of the wires from which
the emblem was suspended. They gave
the word and simultaneously shipped
the wires with pair of pruning
shears, letting the obnoxious sign
drop to the ground at the feet of
their companions, who set up n
mighty cheer. The girls who did the
climbing eventually reached the
ground with torn clothes and bruised
bodies, but exultant and happy. Then
they had class parade and sere-
naded the president of the junior
class
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
BIG INDIANS AT WAR.
a Bieody Feud Now Raging I'm the
osase Nation over the Cues
tie. OF Chief.hip.

A civil war Is raging In the Usage
Indian nation, south of Wichita, Kan.
It is caused, says local exchange, by
the fact that Peter Bigheart and
Eagle Chief, two rich and influential
AS only one can be elected, the feud
that has been started threatens TO
Guido the Kentucky struggle so far
as bloodshed goes. Already 20 In
dams have been asssssinated on ac-
count of the bitterness between these
two factions, and the fight has just
commenced
The fight commenced four years
ago. Eagle Chief and Bigheart were
then candidates for chief, and Big
heart won. Eagle Chief accused his
rival of fraud, and in the contest that
followed four or Eve Indians were
killed. The defeated candidate repre-
'sents the progressive element, and the
present chief Is in favor OF running all
the white men out of the country and
going back TO the first days of saw
agery. Notwithstanding his backward
ways, he is the richest man in the
tribe, and is said to be worth over
$3,o00,0Oo. He has made it all since
he has been chief. By securing the
passage of bills favorable to his oil
wells and the extensive mines he owns,
he has amassed big fortune from
his Office. These facts are being
made good use of in the campaign
against him, and they are telling on
the influence of the big chieftain.
On the other hand, Eagle Chief is
accused of trying to play into the
hands of the whites by favoring allot-
ment. Many campaign stories have
been spread, in which there is not a
grain of truth, and this has only
served to add fuel to the flames
Each man has large following.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
Letters I'm London.

The traveller is interested in getting
his letters promptly. At his London
hotel there are IS deliveries a day.
He may drop a card in a post box at
eight in the morning, get an answer
at noon and mail reply which will
get to his friend before evening. With
in the last three years, says the
Forum, whenever the post Office bill
has come up in the house of represent
atives, there has been discussion as to
the practicability of the pneumatic
dispatch. One might as well discuss
the practicabihty of the telephone.
They would smile at such suggestions
in London or Paris, where a slight ad-
dition to the postage will secure a
rapid delivery by pneumatic dispatch.
Another great convenience in the
postal system abroad is the method
of paying money orders. One Is not
obliged to go half mile to branch,
or three miles to the central post of
fee, to get his money. The postman
who brings the order brings the
money with him. You receipt for It,
and that is the end of it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14

II reckon there are enough police
men in New York to sqaeleh any old
riot that you might have" said west
ern man who, according to the New
York Sun. had been studying Broad
way, 'for I don't see any old-time shut
tiers on the windows of the stores. In
my town, as web us many Others In
the west, during the civil war, where
we had no police, the old-fashioned
shutters were all the protection the
business men had against jayhawkers
and bushwhackers. The shutters were
made OF oak and were screwed in front
of the windows at night and taken
down in the morning. When the jay
hawkers and bushwhaekers came yell
ing down the street, our merchants
rushed out and put up the shutters, IL
they had time. The enemy knew bet
ter than to try to batter the shut
tiers or shoot through them, for they
couldn't do 1t. When the merchants
put up the shutters in such an attack.
they locked the door and fed to the
cellars and stayed there until the dis
tnrbance was over, Cellars were as
safe from jayhawlxers and bushwhack-
ers as they are from cyclones. Cellars
and oalS shutters are great protection.
But i haven't seen any oak shutters in
New York"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
alarm ALMOND the Pong yaps.

The Japanese are getting anxious
about their physique, which is de-
teriorating so much that the land OF
flowers may in course of time become
a land of babies. The military au-
thorities have discovered that their
lien cannot use the ordinary rifle be-
cause 1t ia too long for them and have
been compelled in consequence to arm
them with special short firearms. Re-
cent investigations have shown that
the students are among the worst de-
veloped specimens of humanity on the
face of the earth, the finished product
of the Japanese university generally
presenting the appearace of puny,
sickly, undeveloped youth.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
SAN JUAN AND Ell cANEY.
The BRttIeacIHs Are overErown with
Weeds and the Blockhouses
Going Into Decay.

81 thought you would probably Hike
to hear about the old battle grounds
how they look now" writes a CORE
spondent of the Boston Transcript. 'I
went TO Caney and went over the whole
field Of July /. You would scarcely
recognize the places. The wire fence
where Col. Haskell and Dickinson were
shot has been repaired, and it Is diff
cult to locate the spot. The bodies
buried in the pineapple fleld--some 20
or more--have all been removed and
the trench filed up. Parts of leggings,
shoes, and other clothing of the dead
can be seen lying about. The old stone
fort Is full Of weeds and is crumblinr
down. The roof is entirely gone. The
Spanish trenches near It are almost
filed up. Down nearer the city the
Spanish positions are difficult to deter
mine. All of the wood blockhouses
have either been burned or carried
away by the Cuba-ns for the lumber.
The sunken road is the only natural
looking place. There is q company OF
the Fifth infantry doing garrison duty
at Caney. Their quarters are clean
and cool, and IL Is considered a good
station. The town is very free from
filth. The streets are being repaired,
waterworks being put In, new plaza
under construction, etc.
"San Juan hill is overgrown with
rank vegetation. A Cuban peasant has
hut where once stood the famous
blockhouse. Vandals have injured the
Surrender tree some, but a strong
double-barbed wire fence protects It.
together with penalty of punishment
for any violation"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
wHrsr1lrc SAVED HIM.
strange story OF How /. su.ic.r co.-
nectieut Farner Escaped Beins
stuDs 10 Death.

From Danbury. Conn, comes this
strange story: Henry Fitch is q young
and prosperous farmer. and his home
is at Mountain End. To his more inti-
mate friends young Fitch is known as
whistler" nickname he has earned
by his unusual gift of whisthng When
he was mere lad he acquired an abil-
ity to MARBLE in imitation of the birds.
To the people of the countryside the.
whistIing was marvellous. and staid old
farmers stopped their horses as they
passed the Fitch farm just to en- for
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
Trouble over well. In rna...

The question of wells in India is
complicated by the coexistence In each
community of two castes-the purer
Hindoo and Gonds on the one hand,
the weavers on the other, says Corn
hill. No weaver may draw from the
we'll of the Hindoos lest it be defiled;
nor win the Hindoo drink from the
hands or the well. of weaver. Thus
it becomes necessary either to dig two
wells or to depute certain number
of the Hindoo element to give water
to their less exalted fellow-villagers.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
GIRLS CLIMB sTEEPLE.
College Msideas Usderfake PERIL
GUS Task 20 resrBevn the Em-
blem OF = Rival Class.

From Geneva, N. Y. correspondent
writes that ever since last fall the
senior class at the high school had
been annoyed and Inundated by the
junior. class sign "a which was hung
towers on the top of the building.
The location of the sign was mac
cessible, or the seniors would have
had 1t down long ago. The junior So
ciety had placed it there with the aid
of professional steeple climbers. The
other night the girls of the senior
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
handwriting Expert.

"No," declared the defendant, ~
couldn't have signed that note, be-
cause 1 can't write"
'Not even your name?" asked the
prosecuting attorney.
No. just make my mark"
well, let's see you do that on this
piece of paper" The defendant took
the pen and made q crude Y. Then
above it he wrote "his" and below 1t
mark. "-Philadelphia Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
Lumbermen,. Libr.ri...

Among the sawmin towns and log
ging camps of northern Wisconsin %
small libraries are circulating under
the care OF Rev. Stanley Z. Lathrop,
Of Ashland. Often this is almost the
only good literature that reaches
these places, where most of the peo-
pie are too poor to buy books. Many
more libraries could be used to adj
vantage; also illustrated newspapers
and back numbers OF magazines.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
SHE NEEDED A MIRROR.
hut In the Absence OF That Useful Ac-
cessory She Was Not n hit
pismayed.

She wore a sailor hat and a blue
skirt and red and white shirt waist,
with the stripes running horizon
tally, which made her look like a
stick of candy from the belt upward.
With her girl friend she drifted down
Washington street, says the Chicago
Chronicle, and paused uncertainty in
front of cigar store. The two young
men in the Office window opposite
watched and wondered what she
would do next. She started toward
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
sNA1Ls ovERRuE 4 CITY.
Inhabitants of Indiana Town Organ
isc night Hents snd XIII
the Pests with salt.

Aplague of snails, or slugs, as the af-
fiicted people call them, lately struck
Jeffersonville, Ind, in full force, and
instances are cited where persons have
been compelled to move. Their first
appearance was after the flood of Feb
ruary, 1884, but they have never been
so bad as at present. The pests are
not exactly like a snail, but resemble
them in some respects. They have no
shells and are night raiders, says the
New York World.
At no place in the city where the
food water failed to reach has one Of
the slugs been seen, but in the most
fashionable quarters the pests are
numerous. In size they range from
one to six inches in length, being from
a quarter TO an inch in diameter. 1t Is
not until ten o'clock at night that the
snails come out of their hiding places,
under houses, and slug hunting parties
have become fashionable.
Armed with lamp and cup of salt,
the people hunt for the pest, aud when
a slug is found its days are numbered,
for the smallest particle OF salt means
death. The more salt the quicker the
work.
They leave behind a Shiny track, that
furnishes clew to their movements.
In some places fine carpets have been
ruined, the Shiny tail eating like acid.
One of the most peculiar character
istics of the slugs is their ability to get
their large bodies through a small
space. They flatten out almost as thin
as knife blade, allowing them TO crawl
through a good-sized door crack.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14

he is very improper young man-that
he plays cards for money and bets on
horse races?"
Eyes, papa"
And he has only SIP week salary ?"
Il know it, papa"
And how do you suppose he is ever
going to support you on that sum?'
HE isn't, papa"
HE isn't?"
mo, sir"
"well, ne isn't looking to me to sup
port him, is hep"
She smiled softly.
NO" she hesitated; mot exactly,
papa, but he says if you'll only keep
on playing poker with him three nights
in the week, there won't by any trou-
BILE about our getting along beauti-
fully"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
A Little Mixed.

There goes that Jerry Bilson- I won
der If he is going 20 school or going
fishing?"
Take a peep in his basket Ifhe has
jam spread over his geography, he is
going TO school; If he has painted
cork projecting from rhubarb pie, he
is going fishing. "-.Chicago Evening
News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-14
stIckler for Propriety.

Tess-She is the most precise and
circumspect girl ever met.
Jess-In what way, for instance2
Tess-She had been lounging about
In a loose wrapper to-day, when she
susdenly remembered that she must
write to her fiance. So she went and
got dressed up. before she. did it,--
Philadelphia Press.