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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
gow PRINCES ARE PUNISHED.

That there Is no whipping boy IN
Germany was evidenced the other day
when the empress sent her eldest son.
the future emperor. from the table on
account OF his dureness. The prince
IL appears. was unmannerly TO a young
er brother. and the empress, turning
10 the Frepch tutor, who on that occa-
SION had charge OF the princes, said:
Monsieur. 1 beg that you will ask
me to excuse his royal hlghness the
prince"
Ihe tutor begged ;he prince be ex-
cused, says the Washington Post, and
that young gentleman was forced 20
ieaVe the table without finishing his
meal. 1t is Well known that the royal
boys or Germany have had To grin and
bear many sound logging admins
tered by the imperial hand, along with
vast deal of discipline from COVER
nors, tutors, etc.
ulHerent state OF affairs this from
me time when boy was kept 10 be
punished instead of prince. In Eng
land such youth was called the whip
pug poy, and famous English artist.
w, "A. Stacey painted a portrait or
i'rlnce Edward, afterward Edward W..
trying To defend his whipping boy from
nogglng which he himself deserved.
In those. days "a prince who was 10 be
KING was looked upon and treated
as person of great importance. His
person was held 10 be sacred and so IL
would never have done to punish him.
lf an English prince missed his les
sons. was rude TO his teachers. or COM
mltted any of the other naughty tricks
common TO saucy children his whip
ping boy was logged. In Stacey's pic
ture the princes governess an old wom-
an, is represented to be about TO fog
with formidable bundle OF switches
the little whipping boy. who, with hat
IN hand, appears astonished when the
prince, rushing up. seizes the bundle
of switches.
on that occasion Prince Edward had
not only refused to learn his lessons.
but had persisted in teasing his old
governess 10 such degree that she
was finally forced 10 resort TO the ex-
tremity Of furnishing his whipping boy.
The name OF the lad who took Edward
Wis fiogging for him was Barnabas
Fitzpatrick. and II is said that he and
the prince were lifelong friends. The
painting represents the last logging
which he was compelled To take for the
royal child. who was So much impressed
by the injustice OF the practice that he
ever afterward behaved himself so well
as TO leave no excuse for punish
mont
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
eAslEs WITH MARTIAL NAMES.

One OF the interesting consequent
ces of the war has been the readiness
of patriotic parents in London To give
their babies names commemorative OF
British generals and British victories
in South Africa, says the London Mail.
New Cross, for instance, has recently
produced an Archibald Baden Lay. an
Audrey Butler. Lily Wallace. Harry
Redvers Doncaster and Colenso
Stuart Dudley Middleton.
In the Holborn district, besides a
Thomas Glands Laagte Wilks. fond
mothers have named their babies after
Roberts, Kitchener and Butler, while
the famous deeds Of our gallant soldiers
on the had-won mountains of Natal
have prompted other parents 10 call
their infants Gleneoe, Ladysmith and
Dundee.
Bromley furnishes Lord Robert
Kitchener. Alice Pretoria and Amelia
Ladysmith. while Greenwich has four
Redvers, one Kimberley and one Preto-
ria.
Ladysmith Waghorn. who appears OH
the Hampstead register, was botn
March !, and Frank Kimberley Stuck
ey is the baby son OF a Hampstead
coachman. The mother of girl born
in the same district on December IL IS
the wife OF a Reservist. a gallant cor
poral i'm the Essex Regiment. She
named her baby Pretoria May. in an
ticipation of the month when the Brit
ish army would be likely TO enter the
TransvAal headquarters. Hampstead
has also a Cecil Redvers and q Butler
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
FISHING IN POL lyNEslA.

a party of palu fishers are ready to
set outlfrom the little island OF Nano-
maga, the smallest but most thickly
populated of the Ellice group. says a
writer in Chambers Journal. The night
must be wndless and moonless. the
latter condition being absolutely in
dispensable. although, curiously enough
the fish will take the hook Oh an ordi-
nary starlight night. Time after time
have / tried my luck with either "a
growing or a waning moon, much to
the amusement of the natives. and new
or once did ] get palu. although other
nocturnal feeding fish bit freely enough
notably a monstrous species OF sea
perch, called la-heu.
The tackle used by the natives IL
made OF cocoanut sennit four or eight
stranded. of great strength. and capa-
BILE OF holding flfteen-foot shark.
should one OF these prowlers seize the
bait. The hook is made Of wood--in fact.
the same as is used for shark fishing
about one inch and half i'm diameter,
fourteen inches in the shank. with "a
natural curve. the barb. or rather that
which answers the purpose of barb.
being supplied by n small piece dashed
horizontally across the ton of the end
of the curve.
These peculiar wooden hooks are
grown: the roots of "a tree called ngua,
whose wood IL OF great toughness. are
watched when they protrude from a
bank and trained into the desired shape.
Specimens OF these may he seem in al
most any ethnographical museum. To
sink The line coral stones OF three or
four pounds weight are used, at
fached ~ a thick piece of sennit, or
bark. which. when the fish is struck. is
always broken by its struggles and
fails off. thus releasing the line from
an unnecessary weight 1t is no light
task hauling in a thick. heavy line
hanging straight up and down for a
length of from seVenty-iive 20 a hun
dred fathoms or more.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

One OF the most oppressive laws ever
invented i'm Rhode Island yesterday
passed the House Of Representatives,
and has now gone TO the Senate. The
purpose of this law has been hidden
under this deceitful title. IAN act pro-
viding for proceedings supplementary
TO judgment in the supreme court;"t the
real purpose of the law is 10 restore
the imprisonment of poor debtors, by
getting around the provision in the
constitution which prevents such i'm
prisonment: those who are backing the
law are lawyers; it is really class legis-
lation OF the very worst type, for while
IT makes no exceptions, in reality il
reaches only the very poorest people
wage earners, and day laborers; it
places these poor men wholly at the
mercy of a lot of anen who stop at no
legal fraud: what poor debtor can test
the constitutionality OF the law-not
one: or what influence in the General
Assembly against the enactment Of
such an iniamous statute can such
men exert-not the slightest; and so
every man in Rhode Island, (unless he
is lawyerl, who owes a small debt
can be gent straight TO state prison. and
kept there during his entire life-for
there is no legal limit, and there work
for his own support. his creditor being
at no cost; it has long been the prac-
tice of certain lawyers here TO bring
fraudulent actions against poor men;
these actions are technically known as
actions OF tort. like allegations OF fraud.
or. deceit where no fraud, nor deceit
exists: under such actions hundreds OF
poor men have been sent TO the state
prison. and kept there as long as their
creditors paid their board, not exceed
ing six months; but under this new law
there Is no limit. IL makes possible and
practicable, life sentence, against
poor men. simply for owing and being
unable TO pay, small debt. Is IL possi-
bile that the General Assembly will thus
bind men, and allow them to be thrown
into prison for such cause? There is
still open TO these poor men, one reme-
dy; ii is the bankruptcy court. Take no
lawyer, but go directly yourself 20 the
court. state honestly your condition.
and the court has the power. and the
discretion. to relieve you: and Mr.ClerlS
Cross will lead you carefully and gem
tly 10 relief; and there is no man so
poor in Rhode Island, but he can inn
mediately obtain relief in this United
States court which sits every day in the
custom, house building over the post
office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
CEkvsRA'S WATCH IN PAWN.

Admiral Cervera's watch Is in soak
in this city. says the Kansas City
Times. and Mr.. William Pitt Cleveland.
a local genius OF literary tastes and
aesthetic habits, is organizing a COM
pany OF forty persons to redeem il and
send it back 20, spain to the admiral.
Ed. Vail & Co. jewelers.. are in pos
session OF the watch. having advanced
$40 upon II To ex-Lieut. W. A. Bettis,
colored While in Cuba Bettis was lead
ing a detachment of his company when
he met a Cuban who was all but dead.
This Cuban had been in hiding, vainly
waiting 90 make his way TO Spain. He
tore from the ping OF his trousers. in
which il had been sewed, this watch.
and sold Il 10 Bettis. The watch con-
tains the name of the admiral and the
arms of Spain. On the way home from
cuba a passenger on rhe transport Of
fered Bettis $500 for il, which he re-
fused.
Lieut.. Bettis, after arriving at his
home. was rather flush, and started in
TO a little business in Wichita that Is
commonly supposed To have a fascina-
tion for young men of color One day,
or night. luck was against him. and he
soaked" the watch for $40. Luck
hasn't come his way yet with sufficient
smiles To enable him to redeem the
watch. and now Mr.. Pitt Cleveland
thinks II would be a graceful thing TO
have Wichita company chip in for its
redemption and return it to Cervera
with the compliments Of the people of
Wichita.
The story of the watch is this--that
Is, the Cuban end OF it: Admiral Ger
vera gave IL To "a Cuban pilot, tn show
him the way out of Santiago harbor
the morning of the memorable battle.
After Cervera had been crushed the
Cubans We're so delighted that they
wanted to hang the pilot who helped
him in his intended escape from the
American navy. The Cuban pilot made
his escape from Santiago and skulked
in the woods until he could find some
means of escaping to Spain. Lieut..
Bettis caught up with him and OBJ
tained the watch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

As in the case OF all men endowed
with SOME great and special natural
gift. 1t will doubtless prove true that
the late distinguished evangelist.
Dwight l.. Moody. has left no success
sor. Other men will rise to do per-
haps equally large service In the same
field. hut not ~ the same style and by.
the same methods. Simplicity, earn
estpess. sincerity and good sense, uni
ted with remarkable business and ex-
ecutive abilities. were combined in the
tions which probably never will be seen
again. In a large and true sense, how
ever. the evangelist has a worthy sue
csssor TO his name and work In MI.
William IL. Moody, the eldest OF his
two sons says Leslie's Weekly.
He has many worldly advantages
wiirh his father did not enjey. and has
improved them 10 the full. as his father
desired him to do. lie graduated from
Yale in the class OF 81. and has since
travelled abroad. and accompanied his,
father on many evangellstic tours as
his secretary and manager. a year or
TWO ago he was made business man
ager OF the Mount Hermon Boys
school. and for three years has been
editor OF the Record of Christian
Work"
In 1894 young Moody married Miss
Mary Whittle, daughter of Major Whit
tie. the friend and associate of his
father. Ii was the two children of this
couple a little boy and girl. whose
death within the year threw deep
shadow over the last days of the evan
gelist himself. who was greatly at
tached TO the little ones. In his dying
hours he was heard to exclalm: II
see the childreu's faces" meaning
Uhose of his beloved grandchildren.
With courteous and genial manner
which makes him most approachable.
Mr.. Moody possesses a clear grasp of
the possibilities of the great and ever
widening field of service 10 which he
mas been called. and his success seems
practically assured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

The New York sun gives this note:
George w. Hull, formerly speaker OF
the Arizona House OF Representatives.
and a millionaire mine owner. who was
arrested at the instigation OF his wife,
Margaret j. Hull, on charge OF per-
jury in connection with his suit against
her for divorce in Rhode Island, is
still In custody. lie is held on a tele-
gram from Providence to await the
necessary papers from that city.
This action was brought here, but the
divorce was not granted and on the
18th OF December last, was discontin-
ued.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
DIE D.

BARTLETT-In this city. 1ith inst. Ma
thanial +. Bartlett son or the iate
Nathaniel i. and Lois a. Bartlett III
BERRYMAN--In this city, 1lth inst
Susan. wife OF Robert A. Bergman.
aged ~ years.
CASHMAN-In this city. 18th inst, Pat
rick eastman. aged Ss years.
CALLAHAN-In this city.1Ith inst, Ann,
wife of William Callahan.
DoRRANCE-In this city 18th inst,
Maude Dunnell daughter OF Samuel X
and Alice X. Dorrance, In the 18th year
of her age.
DEXTER-In Pawtuckct. 18th inst. SAM
uel Slater Dexter, aged % years.
HOPKfNS-In harrington, 18TH inst,
M Mary y C., wife of Myron j. Hopkins. I'm
her 5Ith year.
HAMMOND--In this city. l1th inst,
James Il. Hammond, son Of the late
John s. and Mary A. tSweetland)
Hammond. I'm the SD year of his age
HILI.,In East Providence, 18th inst,
sadie NJ. daughter OF John and Mary
Hill aged years, months ana IL
len r., widow Of John II. Holland, aged
~ years.
HfyNDRICK--In this city. 11th inst.
sarah. wife of William a. Hendrick,
I'm her Sith year.
INMAN-In Burrillville, r. l., 18th inst,
her 18th year.
KtNGSBURY-In this city. 11th inst,
George ~ kingsbury, In the nth year
of his age.
KNoEPFEL--In New York city, 18th
inst Ellen wife of Gustave knoep-
fel and daughter OF the late John and
Mary Mclaughlin. formerly OF East
Providence
MALONE--Tn East Providence, 18th inst,
Theresa. daughter OF Patrick and Mar.
Malone. aged years, 4 months and IL
days.
MARTIN-rn Georgiaville. 11th inst, Otis
Martin, i'm the nth year of his age.
McGARITY-In this city, 1lth inst,
Michael Mccarthy.
McIATGHLIN--in ais city. 18th INST,
Bridget wife of the. late Michael Nc
Iaughlin.
pERKINS-In this city, 11th inst, Jo-
anna Bnr,len. wife 81 the late Lyman
: ". Perkins. I'm the e2d year OF her age
pITKIN--In this city. 18th inst. Lucy
NJ. widow of John Q, Pitkin, aged ~
years.
RANspAI.E-ln East Providence. 18th
! inst, James l.. Ramsdale, In his oJd
year.
RICHMoND-In Washington. ". /. 18th
inst. Walter Richmond. son OF Ste
phen r. and Mary H. Richmond In MS
Ust year
| READ-In this city, 1lth inst.' shefhe'o
~. Read I'm his 9th year.
| siti.RMAN-At the II. I. hospital. 18th
insf Edward C., son OF the late Cyrus
and Emily sherman OF Centreviilc. IN
the 18th year Of his age.
| TIIJINGIAST-In Coventry Centre. X.
r. 18th inst. Sarah Cshippee) Tilling-
hast. I'm her I1st year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
BOOM IN IRON iND STEEL.

The Beers in South Africa seem now
10 be acting as IL they were somehow
IN league with the iron manufacturers.
Wherever they retreat they blow up a
bridge or destrbyla bit OF railroad.
There Is the fear tina. they may also
do much real damage to the mines on
the Rand. wreeking costly equipment
and valuable machinery. In any case
there is likely To be an Industrial
boom of much consequence in South
Africa once peace Is re-established, says
The Manufacturer.
There Will be large demands imme-
dately for bridges. machinery and ma
terial to replace what has been de-
stroyed. That is certain thing. and
that the iron and steel manufacturers
OF England are fully aHve to the i'm
portance Of this marKAt there is abun-
dant evidence. American manufactur-
crs should also keep this field in view,
as there Will be opportun ties TO carry
on extensive trade with this par, OF
the world ,nce the work OF recupera-
tion actually begins.
More than this. IL Is reasonable TO
expect shat new work OF development
country. africa viii have got general
advertisements as the result OF the war;
Capital which had been invested there
in large amounts before Will be at
tracted thi,her in still greater volume.
The railroads will be heightened and
improved. the mineral wealth VIII be
further explored under the guaranty
of a liberal and stable government.
and. of course. In a short while there
Will be commun cation between Egypt
and Cape Town by Cecil Rhodes all
rHif fintEThis will bring Europe very
close to South Africa and viii insure
its rapid economic upbuildlng.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

The Taunton Evening Herald actu-
ally admits letters to it's columns upon
the (not question butt gabble whether
weare living in the nineteenth or twen-
tieth century. Well-well!!
A strike OF the machinists at the
saco-Patee shops at Saco. Maine. sent
a contract for 100000 worth of cotton
machinery to the Howard Bullock
works at Pawtucket. For this fact the
News IL indebted to the American Wool
and Cotton Reporter. From this same
paper we gather the cause OF the strike
at the Lorraine mills. The weavers
run three machines; by a re-arranee-
ment Of the work II was made possi-
BILE for each weaver 10 run one more
extra loom. which was at once done,
and which at once put "a weavers out
of work. Now the strike is on and a
great number OF laborers are idle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

II seems incredible. but the Chica
go Inter-Oc affirms IT, that insur-
ance rates on department stores have
been increased from AZ -100ths OF one per
cent. to 1 per cent. What are these in
surance companies thinking of? Do they
wish 10 ruin the department store
business? The destructiveness of fires
in these large stores has been three
times illustrated in Providence in re-
cent years-the Shepard. the Barnaby
and the Newell fires.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

The Insurance Press. published I'm
New York city, makes this outrageous
inslnuation:
1T is not an easy thing 20 believe
that a corporation having highly re-
spectacle names among its officials can
be so much in need OF newspaper sup
port as 10 make it worth while for a
journal. however insignificant. 10 pub
lish false stories for the purpose of mis-
leading its shareholders or the public"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

what Is a trust, father?'
"A trust my boy" replied the astute
business man, as a business combina-
ton tnat you are not in."-Chicago Post.
What date does Thanksgiving fall on
II don't know. Ask somebody who ex-
poets to celebrate IL. I'm an anti-expan-
sionist."-Chicago Tribune.
Miss Browning-You shouldn't com
plain. The editor took one OF your poems
Jack Cribber-Yes, but he took that
measly little thing that l plagiarized
from Byron and rejected my own liter
airy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Did he shake hands with you?" asked
Poindexter OF Kilduff.
We'll, not exactly"
What do YOU mean by not cxactly?' ="
well. he snook his flst at me"--De-
troit Free Press. H
ITS no wonder the German girls usu-
ally accept the first offer they get"
What do you mean by that?"
"Why. thew can accept "a suitor with
one word, hut IL they refuse him they'll
have TO use nein"'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
I.isping Lover-Thalilie. II YOU don't
love me. thay tho; but II you do love me.
and don't like To thay tho. thquecthe my
How women do love to stare at n
hero" said the Cvnical Youth.
Yep" assented the Savage Bachelor
flock 90 weddings. indianapolis Jour
nal.
lIeredity The Wife--I wonder why 1T.
tie Ethel Is SO disobedient, John?
The Husband don't know, nv dear
unless your marrying me against your
narents. wishes has something to do with
it.-Puck
jay Green-Hoh what do YOU girls
want with chaperon at YOUR picnic to-
morrow. II there amt going TO be any
mon along?
Daisy NIcdders-stupid, Don't ycn sun.
pose we want somebody To turn the Ice
cream freezer'-llarpers Bazsr
Remember rat It is the hand that
| rocks the cradle that rules a nation"
We'll. begOrra. Veg may he roight
but Ofm fer thinkin' mesilf. tits the cart
| we've got before ther hoss. T't's tho,
hand as cradles their rocks phwot rules
Aunt hartha-For mercys sake. vhai
| are YOU crying about. Carrie?
! Carrie-Harry called me dearest" 20
4 day. .. j.
Aunt Martha-Tm sure that was nice
Carrie--Whv auntie. don't YOU see. 4
I am dearest. somebody else rnuet y,
| dearer VI there IL ~ will surely break
my. heart - Boston Transcript
Nan. how does my hat compare witt
l<itts's2'
Yours looks more like hearse cominl
around the corner than hers does"-
Chicago Record.
rs that hcr own complexion
"Df course. she has money enough q
huy whatever she wants. -Philadeiphi
Bulletin
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
s,,,s,d.s A,me,ss rsslns.

The magnificent. armored trains used
nv England In her war with the Beers
vii, transport her troops. protect bridges
and telegraphic communications in about
the same way that Iiostetter's Stomach
Bnters drives dyspepsia from the hu-
man stomach and then mounts guard
that Il does not return. The bitiers has
won In every case of indigestion. bilious
ness. Iiver aud kidney trouble Tor the past
% years II Is invaluable at ali times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

In Syracuse so the Journal OF that
city says certain plumbers have struck
because their employers do not belong
to the Master Plumbers association.
VIII these conditions ever work them
selves clear?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

1t is not often that a man has such
an opportunity TO expose his silly nom
sense as Mr.. Mark Twain had yester-
day before a committee Of the House OF
Lords. on the question of perpetual
copyright i'm books, and Mr.. Twain ex-
posed himself 10 the uttermost limit.
His proposition was killed instantly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

The American Wool and Cotton Re-
porter OF April 12 gives the names OF 81
new cotton mills either now in process
Of building or soon to be built. Five
of these new mills are in the northern
states, and twenty-slx OF them are in
the southern states.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

The Fall River Evening News in
forms us that the present session is
likely to be the shortest one on record"
Inasmuch as there are doubtless two
hundred shorter sessions on record. the
statement seems to be in need Of corr
rection.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

The Commercial Advertiser gives an
account of the arrest of two men in
New York city yesterday for splitting
upon the floor OF street car. One OF
these men was A. V. Clayton. who has
charge OF the grand jury.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

1t was a great victory for the Beers,
at some unheard OF place-Meerkats-
fontein. The English army lost 1900
men. The New York Tribune confirms
this news. but General Roberts some
how forgot to notify the war office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

We are indebted to the Boston Post
for this incisive utterance by DIR. Frank
c. Richardson. president OF the Massa-
chusetts Homeopathic Medical Society
at meeting OF that body. concerning
the Boston school board. Dr. Richard
son said 1T rs my clear conviction that
today the Boston school board. In the
matters OF political intrigue and OIL
cial lncapacity. cannot be psralleied By
any department of The municipal gov
ernmsnt'
n IN really bccomiDg a wonder. in
sinu of ths dirty sthooi bVoks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

First Servant Grill believe | am
becoming afflicted with insomnia,
Second Servant Girl-Why so?
First Servant Girl-Here lately when
the missus calls nfe 10 get UP can't
drop off asleep again.-ohio state Jour-
nal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

did you see anything OF stray pig
along the road2" asked the farmer of
an Irishman who was passing.
"Begorry." replied the son OF Ern
IAN how woulu Oi be afther KNOWN
a sthray pig from ony other pigg"-Chi-
cago News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13

"spltting on the school grounds" and
drinking from the same dippers"
scares that any school children still
continue 20 live.