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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

Whether at Naishapur or Babylon,
You merely have to turn to find some one
Who willingly will talk OF tees and
greens,
Whose face and arms are blackened by
Some for the glories of This world and
somo
Sigh for the prophets paradise to come
For me the links! When one may drive
and putt
Why toot the slide-trombone or bin the
drum?
Chicago Times-Herald.
Wont YOU give veteran something to
eat. NUM-" said Tired Thompson TO Mrs.
Whiffet
unbelievingly. You were never a soldier.
I'll be bound"
Madam" added the tramp. "you do me
a grievous injustice. / have done nothing
but soldier all my life."-Detroit Free
Press.
'"The Chinese are very polite race OF
people remarked the visitor.
Perhaps that's why they are SO very
untruthful' answered the hostess. "One
docs have 20 tell SO many fbs. YOU know.
NO. Tommlc dear YOU don't get any
moro Jam. Next time. when YOU have hecn
very good child. YOU get some more"
Say mother. do you think it will keen
so Ions? brooklyn Life.
To civilize tho Philippines,
At least to nobly try.
|, Let's hasten to those warlikc scenes
With stacks OF pumpkin pie
Chicago Record.
Rev. Dr. Spookie-But dear mads m.
why should YOU shrink from knovirg
| Mrs. Trimmlns2 In the courts above W.
shall an be equal
Mrs. DeBlatch-I suppose II will have "a
come TO that. doctor; hut. I'm the mean.
time. / want 90 Keep myself respcct,uie o.
Life
DO you believe "a man could oliph ,,t
Go Pixies Peak on un automobile"
~ don't know; but -ay. be- couIi com.
| down all right indianapolis Jourrat
50 the last girl ~ summer.
Left blooming alone.
Then accepted drummer
Weighing seventeen stone.
Chicago Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13
TRIBUTE TO NATIONAL ANTHEM.

Ex- Queen Liliuokalani gave a graceful
lesson recently I'm submission 10 the inev-
liable. IL was the occasion of her sixty
second birthday and large number OF
natives had gathered at her home 20 pay
their respects.
AZ the band struck up The Star Span
gled Banner the Queen arose from her
seat and remained standing during the
playing, but when the Hawaiian national
anthem was given she kept her seat IL
was her way of showing the people that
the National hymn Of the United States
must now be the recognized one I'm Ha-
wall
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

Mr.. Granger Is too intelligent not 70
know that he owes his successive elections
10 the office OF city treasurer largely TO
the votes Of independent citizens. with
out this support he never could have
gained the office. Unless he II wilfully
blind or is woefully deceived by those
who are promoting his boom he must see
that these independents viii oppose him
should he secure nomination for mayor.
becsuse OF MS advocacy OF Bryanism ana
free silver These independents are To a
man IN favor Of honest money and 20
man viii vote against any msyorslty
candidate known 10 favor nat money
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13
Providence. n.

For Mr. Pcarson's Information The
News will repea, N'hat Il has said several
times rccenty-that IL is not in the boom
building business. u Is entirely willing
that the Journals stereotypcr and tho
Journals lawyer should enjoy a monop-
oily Of that prohtless and disappointing
Industry. 80 the Same time II may DE re-
marked that either OF the gentlemen in
-wfT7Tu VT. Pearson displays such an in.
iercst would make an admirable city cx.
ecutlve.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

gress on the Democratic ticket. lie fur
ther made it known that while he would
support Bryan and anti-imperialism he
was opposed to the free coinage OF silver.
He was turned down In the convention.
Why? Because ne IS opposed 70 the Brv-
enite proposal TO substitute fifty-cent dol
lars for those OF theoOO-cent value.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

AS an expansionist, who can rival.
Chairman Jones of the Democratic Ma
tionaI committee when IL comes to max
ing estimates on the result of the presi-
Dental election?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13
is an active club MEM

Penelope Jopps is an active club MEM
Der. isn't she?"
active? / think 40. She has al
ready this month resigned from three
clubs and started four new ones" In
dianapolis Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

II ls only the small contingent OF Gran
ger boomers, who entertain the mistaken
notion that sound money city will elect
a fat money mayor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

Al the rate at which the odds on Nc
Kinley are increasing il is reasonable to
expect them TO reach the 16 to l point be-
fore election day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

Mr. Perkins is allowing the Granger
boomers 10 do the talking while he de-
votes hims,~ TO saving wood.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13
|CEaA97E u!
ABOUT
| PEE(8pHl1.R q

In the third act OF "The Princess Chic"
az ne Providence opera house, Comedian
Mcneil. who Is particularly clever. has
occasion use line thar r. very sig
nihcant IN Providence, not because Il
calls attention TO an existing state OF
things, but because the thing Is not. In
diSmisslng one Of the characters who Is
annoying him. AIr. Mcneil says: This
Is where YOU get your transfer" Sew
eral az the people in the audience re-
marked. sotto voce, mot in ProYi-
dence."
Horace Nose OF South county has for
many years sent turkeys TO the White
House. but il now devolves upon South
county TO send turkeys 20 the president
OF the French republic. 1 see that IS Sc
lected turkeys. for breeding purposes.
have just been shipped from n Maria
gansett Pier farm to the estate of the
Marquis de Brentil in France. and the
Rhode Island turkey VIII soon bo an
epicurean dish in Paris.
-T -
] was talking with a prominent bust
ness man last evening and he said: 'I
think that City Treasurer Granger would
do we'll 10 follow the advice given by
the mikado OF Japan 90 the emperor of
China; Get rid OF your blgoted coun-
sellors In short order"
There was rather an amusing Incl
dent at the Providence opera house yes
70 af he a.
engaged for the Sothern performances of
Hamlet were being drilled -nn-tha-
stage, by the regular person employed
for that purpose. and he was explaining
the action of the play etc. One OF the
supes listened carefully. and then turn
ing to another, he pointed to the drill
master and said: II suppose he wrote
the play?'' why. no." responded the
second supe, Shakespeare wrote It,"
"Oh." said number one. but 7 suppose
th.s fellow sort of rewrote Il, didn't heY
Wouldn't that give you literary paraly-
sis?
I am told by leading Rhode Island fish
ermen that the artificial propagation of
the lobster i'm the waters OF Narragan-
sett bay bids fair to be great success.
Well let us hope so, for at the present
price OF Holsters the toothsome salad is
becoming a veritable luxury.
My friend, Councilman Dennis II. Shea
han. seems to he quite at ease In his
fight for the aldermanic nomination I'm
the third ward, and, while he Is not maxi
ing any claims, his friends assert that
he will win out without any trouble at
all.
I hear more talk about new theatre
for Providence, and the place named this
time is the old public library building on
Snow street. AS near as I can Judge.
however. IL Is only talk. and the rumor
does not come from any reliable source
The Gossip.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

There b. little doubt that the great
mwashcd' OF The Second Congressional
district will see Co % that Dr Garyin's
Characterization on them is not rewarded
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13
For a Cold in the Head
Laxative Bromo-QuInine Tablets
HOUSEHOLD SEWING MACHINES

You will be surprised when you get our
prices. either cash or instalments All
kinds repaired and supplies kept i'm stock.
EDWARD PARKINSON, 90 Sprague
street. Telephone 1850
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

The News Is I'm receipt OF the following
communication:
October -. 1900
Editor of The News: Dear Sir why don {
you boom Mr.. Charles Fletcher or his son
ioseph for mayor OF Providence?
WILLIAM PEARSON.
Providence n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

by their ballots. even though II may have
been an unintentional slip of the tongues
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13
SMILES.
The Gossip.

Whether at Naishapur or Babylon.
You merely have to turn to find some one
Who willingly will talk OF tees and
green's,
Whose face and arms are blackened by
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

Aoorfeid storey Of Massachusetts, an
pounccd himself ~ a candidate for Con-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

I hear more talk about a new theatre
for Providence, and the place named this
time Is the old public library building on
Snow street As near as I can judge,
however. IL Is only talk and the rumor
does not come from any reliable source.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

My friend, Councilman Dennis II. Shea
ham seems to he quite at ease In his
fight for the aldermanic nomination I'm
the third ward, and. while he Is not maxi
ing any claims. his friends assert that
he will win out without any trouble at
all.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

am told by leading Rhode Island fish
ermen that the artificial propagation of
the lobster in the waters OF Narragan-
sett bay bids fair to be great success
Well, let US hope so, for at the present
price OF Holsters the toothsome salad Is
becoming a veritable luxury.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-13

was talking with a prominent bust
ness man last evening and he said: II
think that City Treasurer Granger would
do well 10 follow the advice given by
the mikado OF Japan 20 the emperor of
China: Get rid OF your bigoted coun-
sellors In short order"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23
WARRIORS OF THREE TYPES
TOMMY ATKINS, THE AMERICAN
IF AND TIE#BOER.
How Each Is Learning Something
From the Other IN the Conduct
.F of War. :. -

AS to Tommy Atkins, am inclined to
think him the most 4pampered soldier In
the world. He does not get $13 a month,
IS does his Yankee cousin, but he lives
In such luxurious quarters, has SO much
attention paid to his wants in the way
OF outdoor sport and indoor recreation, is
SO gorgeously arrayed and. fed SO boun-
TRULY LII that one Wouh suppose him de-
void of complaint save that the service
is too short. One evening 1 went a round
of inspection at the artillery barracks,
Weolwich, with Capt. SDu Cane. We en-
tered the room of thesIboys and found no
one there but the sergeant. The plates on
the table were piled high with excellent
mutton and curry and rice. The CAPTAIN
asked for an explanation, >ssWhere were
the boys?'' The answer was that thew
didn't care for the food, they had gone
to buy something elsei
tasted the food;ait was excellent. It
would have made the mouth Of an Amer
lean regular water I'd. have sat down to
such good supperybut@ proud young
Tommy Atkins took umbrage because his
diet was not varied enough, and he
showed it in this wise. @# 1.-
There seems to be a. great diversity in
the British army regarding the size and
strength of men, andsthis is a. source of
weakness in war. It is a glorious sight
to see men like the Gordon Highlanders
and the Guards about London, but for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23

WORK IN the saddle; that he has been for
ten or twenty years adding nothing to his
professional capacity, but on the con-
trary has been undermining his forces by
high living Such men may have been
military heroes once upon q time, but that
Is not sufficient reason for plncing them
now in positions where they may en-
danger the lives Of our brothers. For in
stance, the commanding general at
Tampa was hopelessly unit foS any cem-
mand In the field. and vi ha was, for
political reasons, given post wh4re he
was able to do irrepairable harm to tnou-
sands Of brave men. I should like to
have seen him in the suite Of the German
emperor!
Now as to the Boer-the ideal "citizen
soldier" Some Of my friends who had
large investments in the johannesburg
gold mines kept telling me, before the
war, that the Beers were towards, that
they were degenerate, that they could
not shoot as they used to, that they would
make terms as soon as the British showed
on the horizon. These gentlemen prove
that it is not safe to phophesy through
your pocketbooks. There are Beers and
Beers The Beers who sell themselves to
gold SPECTATORS exist, and we are sorry
that they do, sorry to discover that they
have SO much Of our own weakness.
But there are plenty Of the other kind
left, and that other kind is SO much like
our better selves that 1t is worth more
attention than the f1ippant notices hither-
to thought adequate on the subject.
The soldier in South Africa needs to be
a bit Of a Boer II he is not DESTROYS Of
starving to death. Tommy Atkins out on
| the veldt Of the Transvaa has lots to
learn which the Boer has picked up as a
child All Beers practice certain arts
which are highly necessary IL not indis-
pensable to successful campaigning In
South Africa. When went from Bloem-
fontein into the Basuto country after the
Jameson raid went in company with a
fsentler.an who vas In TIE habit of trav-
CONTINUED In Seventh CO1umn.l
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FOND MAN AT TIE FLORIST s

s-s without my ordering them, and so
Toes lily wife,
The proprietor looked at him in rather
a puzzled sort of way
! Had but known at the time of YOUR
wedding he began.
| Wedding, said the regular customer.
1 don't believe quite
d" Surely your marriage has been quite
recent?' the proprietor said, and then an
exceedingly well bred chuckle came from
our regular customer
| III give YOU the order to decorate our
| mouse when we celebrate our silver we'd
olng early next year he said, between
very broad Smiles and then he went out
lie mas been In every day since with his
| OF DER Tor flowers for his wife, and !.
ana, therefore, presumably stands in
need of a GUARDIAN" .<i'ss E:
Have I not just been telling VOL, that
ne is married. And then the poor Stiles
Il mean the young ones in the before
stage agaln-d'ye know, they really and
truly believe the girls when the girls tell
EN- that they press every flower you send
me In my copy of Tennyson? Actually
believe every word Of it, they do. Thew
never stop to think that no volume of
Tennyson as big as the Domesdav Book
mas ever been published How'll thew
press?' is the question that lots of the
DOOR, deluded things ask me when they
are picking out roses to be sent to the
onllest ones. Oh, SO easy?
There's new fad in town that on1v
recently got over here from London,
believe 1t is spreading out pretty RAPIDLY
mere. 1t is now the right thing for a girl
10 acknowledge the receipt Of a box of
mowers the very next day by ordering
just as nice a boutonniere as money can
ouy Tor the sender. and having it con-
veSeo TO nus address by special messenger,
Ing girls VINO brought this little scheme
over here from the other side are all
apparently believers in the one-good-tnrn-
deserves-another system but thew have
succeeded in nightly mystifying the re-
clplents of the boutonnieres.'' York
Sun. .
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lice have shrunk and some shooting has
to be done. Then company of regu-
lars is ordered in. It gets pelted by the
mob, insulted by demagogues, and
marches back to it's garrison without say
ing word. Whenever a congressman
wishes to make a popular speech he at
tacks the regular army. That is safe, for
the army does not vote often.
One of the silent regulars passed
through a Northern town after the war,
and lady addressed him with emotion:
Are you one of our heroes?' g. =
"No, maarm-I guess there's some mis-
take. amt no hero-I'm Just Jnly a
regular" -.-ss
Tommy Atkins needs more pay and less
petting. There should be no necessity for
wheeling him into the ranks. served
with a regiment in the Cuban war whoss
colonel told me that every man in it had
already served one enlistment of five
years They never had to recruit "a man,
It certainly was not the uniform which
proved attractive! It used to be thought
that force was necessary in order to get
sailors for the British navy, and ad-
mirals now living have told me that they
once firmly believed in the press gang.
To-day the British blue jacket is a model
for the world, and no compulsion or I'M
due influence is needed to draw him to
the service. This war will no doubt lead
to the conclusion in high quarters that
Tommy Atkins deserves good pay quite
as much as the riveter or the carpenter;
and with increased pay there is no reason
to doubt that his physical standard will
be raised all around. l., -
fc vii ~,
which appears to operate in England as
we'll, and perhaps it is inevitable in a
country governed by parliament. There
seems to be no adequate means, in times
of peace, of determining as to. who is fit
to command in time of war. We see in
both countries a man promoted by mere
seniority, though all his friends know
that he is physically unfit to do hard
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23
Hot steam for Train Robbers.

Every locomotive that is built in the West
nowadays has the new anti-bandit, attachment
On all the new engines Of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad are iron pipes extending along
the roof Of the cab and connecting with the
boiler. Through these pipes, without making
perceptible motion, either the engineer or
fireman can send, under 200 pounds pressure
q jet Of steam and boiling water that would
efectually cook anything living that happened
to be on the tender or the front end of the
baggage car. The diameter Of the pipe is one
and q half inches and single second would
drop any man who tried to stand before it in
action. The steam leaves the pipe at a tenn
perature sn about ESQ degrees, hot enough to
have the toughest OF outlaws cooked by the
time the train could be brought to a stand
still. It will quell the ardor Of these gentle
men who make speciality of holding up engi-
shy Of this railroad.-Cinc1nnati Commercial
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the purposes of a. campaign it is more
important that all should reach a GER
tain fair average. I have seen land at
the Cape troops that needed several more
inches about their bodies, and few more
years as well, before they could call
themselves useful soldiers. Such men
ultimately swell the sick list and hamper
the strong, and in a war facing the Beers
the strongest are none too good
To compare the British with the Amer
lean officer is difficult, and yet they both
start in much the same way. The boy
who goes through West Point is not very
unlike the Englishman who has had a
course of Woolwich or sandhurst. But
the American is apt to be the more seri-
Gus of the two, The military posts in
-America are mainly in the 0pighborhood
Of the American frontier or IA !, places
where the North American Indian is ex-
pected to develop g. taste for scalping and
cattle lifting. The number Of men to
each post is usually small, say two OF
three companies. There are no garrison
towns in America, and consequently nc
large messes land both officers and mer
are hard pressed when 1t comes to sug-
costing any means Of diversion. OF
course there is game shooting tout
Vest but even that becomes monot-
onous. The small Indian wars are full Of
danger to those engaged, but they take
place far from the public eye, and the
press cares less for the massacre Of 8
command on the Rio Grande than for the
life in the American army is very limited
indeed There is none of that running
about for a few days here and there
which makes life In the British army :
charming sort OF picnic to a large mum
Der.
The American soldier and his West
Point officer are lonesome things they
have little in common with the social lif.
about them They do their work stole
ally, and feel that they exist by the ca,
price OF congress. They appear In civil
ration at times Of biz nots, when the DO
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23

q Russia,s Academy of Science has a prize
Of / ,5OO, 900 rubles to bestow In 1898 Gen.
.Arakczeijew bequeathed to It 10000 rubles,
which were to accumulate till 1925, when
three ourths of the sum should be given to
reign The ether quarter was to be spent in
printing the work in having it translated
into French and German, and for a prize to
the second hest work The Accommodations will
amount to nearly 2 O0U.ouO rubles.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23

says: IF you go to one of the perform
ances and write a question, do not write
on your business, on your hobbies or on
anything personal to yourself. Write your
question at home, don't tell anybody about
it, don't let anybody see it, and it will be
impossible for any Of these wonderful peo-
pie to tell what it is.-Nebraska State
Journal. H ~. y. ,s.s~".rs 49,.
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The Pic Ra1+

Is the pie belt broadening? It looks
that way. The New York Sun, which is
always prepared to shed light on the
fortes and the foibles Of human nature.
notices that the pie bakers of that city
are finding that work hase.not been so
plentiful for many years, and that the
consumption Of pies has grown so enor-
n1ously that the union can't supply the
demand for oven bakers. The union re-
ports that this is due to the disappear
ance of the time-honored belief that pies
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.Glimpses across the sea-

~ @-"G11mDsFs AcrOss me ser, So =
Is a clever little book by Sam I. Clover,
and will be Of particular interest to IN
tending tourists to Paris exposition.
1t is a narrative of a recent European
trip and contains interesting information
about London and Paris.
Issued by Chicago, Milwaukee & st
Paul railway and will be mailed to any
address upon receipt Of six cents fol
postage Address. J. T. Conley, A. P. A.
st. Paul, MINI. } s Il
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23

Small families are hardly the rule among
the English upper ten. The average is six or
seven The queen is the mother OF nine and
the princess Of Wales OF six children, Lord
Abergacenny is the father Of ten, the duke
of Argyll of twelve, the dowager countess OF
Dudley is the mother Of seven children, the
earl of Ellesmere boasts OF eleven the ear
of Inchiauin of fourteen and the earl Of Iea1
caster nf efphteen. FS.E% 4154E ~ va, s..
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Intervals of Amtty,

'.Pa, when you were ir tn war did you fight
ev'rys minute, day and night?' ~
mo, George; we and the enemy had to stop
every now and then to borrow tobacco Of each
other.''-Cleveland Leader. 3. ...'.'A
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23
The Brute,

(Which proves y said the landlady, conclud-
ing her discours., that there are other ways
TO kill a dog besides choking it with butter
Yes the rash boarder agreed in some
ases ii might be Just as effective to make the
poor brute smell the tter.'''-Philadel phia
Record. ~ @ { 8s $50 aE8as
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23

A check for SIT 1854. A drawn on the Ta-
tional Bank of Commerce OF New York. in part
{ payment of the Third Avenue railroad bonds
by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the purchasers, is said
TO be the largest ever made In this country in
a h,isinesSa ira ctiou.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23

are indigestible. This seems to be a prac-
teal demonstration Of the wisdom and
correctness of the Emersonian philoso-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-23

Lewis Yeti is giant, the strongest
man in the world, and he lives down at
Eagle Pass Tex. He is jet black negro,
about thirty years old, and the finest
physical specimen alive. He is six feet
tall, weighs 300 pounds, and his flesh is