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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

do you remember anybody on your
vessel who did observe smoke and report
ed IL TO your
Il do not remember
capt Lemly read a report from Capt
Merrill Miller, formerly OF the Raleigh
concerning the accuracy of the stadime-
ter. 1his report was dated in 1895 and
stated that the stadimeter had been
found 10 give accurate results I'm measure
ments OF less than 500 yards but not so
when the distance was greater.
Lieut.. Aaelbert Althouse, formerly
watch and division officer on the battle
ship Massa achusetts. was then called. lie
detailed the movements OF that vessel
I'm connection with the flying squadron.
lie said that AZ Cienfuegos the vessel lay
six 90 ten miles out at night, going near
er in the day time.
Lieutenant Althouse said that on the
day OF the bombardment OF the CTistobal
Colon. he had been i'm charge OF the eight
inch turret Of the Massachusetts. lie
said that the ship had not exceeded three
minutes in passing the entrance TO the
harbor in first passage and that only two
shots were then fired.
The instructions were 20 make the range
1000 yards. but the shots fell short and
the range was increased on the return
trip 10 $500 and then 20 10000 yards Asked
what was discovered TO the strength
Of the land batteries by this reconnais-
ssnce. he said that 90 his mind Il was
shown they were very weak In reply 10
a question as TO whether he had made
any notes concerning the engagement,
he replied: mo, we. went in under in
structions 90 sink the Colon" His
orders had been TO direct his fire at that
vessel
OFFICIAL REPORTS OFFERED.
When Lieut.. Althouse was excused
Capt Lemly introduced az evidence the
reports made by Commodore Schley TO
the secretary or the navy OF the engage
ment of May 81. In one Of these. dated
June 3. Commodore Schley said. Recon
naissance was intended principally 90 in
iure and destroy the Colon The fire was
returned without delay by the heavy bat
teries 10 the east and west entrance, large
calibre, long range. reconnaissance devel-
oplng satisfactorlly the presence of the
Spanish squadron lying behind inland
near inner fort the fired over the hill
az random. Quite satisfied the Spanish IL
there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

Morris Ross waived an examination In
the sixth district court. today. on the
charge 90 asssuitine Bernard Nesherg
with poker and was held for the Grand
fury in 500 This assault occurred in the
South Providence synagogue, one day last
week Ross had been elected from the
ssnaeoGue on previous occasion aud be.
lieved that NeSberg was responsible for
that action
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11
DECLARED BANKRUPT.

The Berry Iithis Spring Water COM
pany was declared "a bankrupt In the
United States court this afternoon on mo-
tion OF the attorney for the petitioners
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11
BANK STATEMENTS.
BANK STATEMENTS
The Merchants
National Bank

omers TO deposItors srd 20 customers
every facility and aeeomm odsuon con-
sistent with souna banking.
Special arrange ments made for 'nterest
on current accounts or on certificates of
dsposIt. from, the date OF dsposit to date
Of withdrawal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

vIOuUl tects them from steam AMI wates.
aud prev snts glazing For sale BY
Bnows BIOS CO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11
REPORT.

OF the condition Of THE MERCHANTS
NATIONAL BANK. at Providence. In
the State OF Rhode Island. at the clos or
business September 30 1901:
REGOTrRCESs
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
The Human System

British women are said TO
average two inches more in
height than Americans. Aver~
ages to1 the height Of women
show that those born in summer
and autumn: are taller tnan those
born in spring or winter. The
taIlest girls are born III August.
As far as hOys are concerned,
those who first see the light
during the autumn and winter
are not Sc tall as those born in
spring or summer. I hose born
in November are the shortest; in
July the tallest
An average head of fair hair
consists of 143,o4o hairs; dark
hair Io5 900, while red head
has only $4,000. Far haired
people are becoming less numer-
Gus than formerly.
A person who has lived seven-
tv ears has had pass through
his heart about o7o,92o tons Of
blood, the whole of the blood OF
the body passing through the
heart in about thirty-tWo beats.
The heart beats on an average
of seventy times a minute, or
36,702,ooo time in the course OF
a year, so that the heart of an
ordinary man eighty years OF
age has beaten 5000, 100000.
The heart beats ten strokes a
minute less when one IS lying
down than when one Is in an
position.-EN.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
One of the Richest States in the
UniCn.

North Carolina is one OF the
richest States IN the Union, aud
will make an exhibit at Char
lesion that will cost from SIo,-
900 to $4,000. The exhibit is
already nearly available, the
Stafe Department of Agriculture
having devoted for years great
deal OF intelligent attention to
the establi, ,hment OF a State
museum in which is assem- bled
specimens Of nearly every min
eral. wood, crop and manufact-
ured product in the State. Mir.
Bruner, who has been engaged
in the work of making these
collections for the last 20 years,
aud Professor Holmes, who en-
joys a national reputation IN his
special field, have already gone
into the work with energy and
enthusiasm, AID promise that
the North State will make bril-
liant display at Charleston. The
Governor is heartily in sympathy
with the enterprise, and the
money for making the exhibit
IS available. Philadelphia and
Baltimore and the Northern and
Western States will find III the
exhibit from North Carolina
much to inform them as to the
richness OF the Southern field,
which they will hnd II to their
interest to cultivate. We Shall
have to work very hard If South
Carolina is not to be beaten on
its own soil by the other, and IN
some respects, the greater Caro-
lina.-Charleston News and
Courier.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
Business Bulletins.

Advertising has been called
life of commerce because it is
the means by which the public
is informed of the existence OF
an establishment and the mer-
its and other facts of its wares or
York. Therefore, advertising
has essentially a news Character,
and the most successful adver
tiser is lie who makes OF his
newspaper announcement a daily
bu1letin of his establishment.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
Mr.. Small's Work.

Hon. John H. Small has again
been awake to the interest of
his constituents OF this district.
AS a result of his efforts, the q.
S. Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries has directed Supt.
Worth OF the Edenton Fish
Culture Station to make plants
of shad in Pamlico and Tar
rivers, and also in the Pasquo>
tank. Perquimans, Roanoke,
Scuppernong and Chowan rivers,
and also in Albemarle sound.
The stocking of these streams
in this district should eventually
increase the supply of shad in
our waters to the benefit of our
fishermen and our people.
When our waters were stocked
by the State some years ago
there was a very perceptable lu>
crease il the supply OF ahad
after a few years Washington
Progress.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
HOW CAOKEx
FIRE.
fIGH Is A
In The Face of Flames He
Can't Stand Being bothered.

Croker'S method of directing
the hSht on a fire is typical.
says Lindsay Deni>on in Everv>
body'> Mag zine. Bonner taught
the hre>chiefs of the void to
take up a position com manding
the best possible view of the
fire, and to hold it; issuing
orders TO the deputy commands
ers and receiving reports from
them without moving from the
spot. Croker's first step on
reaching a fire IS to look over
the building thoroughly; then
he selects his position command
ing a view, but he does not stay
ii it; he leaves Os valid there
and starts out on a daredevil
chase through hc fire. He goes
TO every spot where there are
men at work and II many where
th@re are not Everywherc he
drives the men, encourages
them, warns them, and directs
tlem. From time to time he
sends a messcger back to Oswald
with al order for a change in
the disposition Of the attacking
toT&c. or for call for 1eiuforce>
ments. He may be traced
around the outskirts OF the nre
by the telerish feTocitv with
which the hremen work where
he has been His very presence
seems to transform them into
iGJopah9 crews of devils. and
Jh4 spell does not p SIS from them
until they have seen him toss
aside his helmet, pull the
Crumpled brown hat over his
eyes, and stick a black cigar
Slantwise in the corner Of his
mouth. When ,he Chief does
these things, the fire is out. 1t
may smoke and sputter for hours,
but it is beaten, there is no more
fight left in 1t; all that remains
is the "Wetting down."
Once a man stood in front of
Croker and ob,truCted his view
of a building which was burn.
lug. Croker didn't ask him to step
aside, neither did he push him
out OF the way; he knocked him
down. After wards he denied
violently hat he had struck any
body; he could not remem Der
any incident Of the sort. But
he could remem Der with abSo>
lutte accuracy every order that
he had given to his men. he
knew from what engine every
one of the twenty lines of hose
had received water. Another
time he struck a police captain
in the face for asking the quest
ion, Fire almost out, Chief"
There as murder in his eyes
when he struck the blow. but
in the same second he was Civ
ing orders to his aides in as calm
and cold tones as though he
were asking them the time o
day. His own expression for
the feeling that comes over him
al such times as these is that he
cant stand being bothered at
fires"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
SENATOR VESTS TRIBUTE.
A Mans Best Friend May Turn
Against Him. But His Dog
Will Never Prove Ungrateful
Or TreaCherouS.


Years ago Senator Vest was
attending court in Missouri
town and became interested in a
dog case. Voluminous evidence
was introduced to show that the
defendant had shot the dog in
malice, while other evidence
went to show that the dog had
attacked defendant. Vest took
no part IN the trial and was not
disposed to speak. The attor
neys, however, urged him to
make speech. else their clients
would not think he had earned
his fee. Being thus urged he
arose, scanned the face Of each
juryman for a moment, and said:
"Gen.lemen Of the jury The
best friend a man has III the
world may turn against Kim and
become his enemy. His so1 or
daughter that he has reared with
loving care may prove ungrate~
full. Those who are nearest and
dearest to us, those whom we
trust with our happiness and
our good name may become
traitors TO their faith. The
money that man has II may
lose. 1t flies away from him
perhaps when he needs it most.
A mans reputation may be
IL a moment OF III con-
action. The people who
are prone to fail on their knees
to do us honor when success is
with us may be the first to throw
the stone of malice When failure
settles its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely unSelhsh
friend that man can have IN this
selfish world, the one that never
deserts him, the one that never
proves ungratful or treache1ous
is bis dog. A mans dog stands
by him in prosperity and III
proverty, in health and IN sick~
ness. He will sleep on the cold
ground, where the wintry winds
blow ard the suOW drives herCe
ly, if only he may be near his
masters side. He will kiss the
hand that has no fool to otter;
ne will lick the wounds and
sores that come IN encounter
with the roughness OF. the world.
He guards the sleep of his pau
Der master as if he were prince.
When all other friends desert he
When riches take
wings and reputation falls 70
pieces he is as constant IN his
,ove as the sun in its journey
through the heavens If fortune
drives the master forth an ou:~
cast in the world, friendless and
homeless, the faithful dog asks
no higher privilege than that of
accompanying him to guard
against danger, to fight against
his enemies. And when the last
scene of all comes, and death
takes the master in It's embrace,
aud his body is LAID away IN the
cold ground, no matter II all
other friends pursue the11 way,
there by the graveside will the
noble dog be found, his head be-
tween his paws, his eyes sad, but
open in alert watchfulness. Ia1th-
rul and true even in death.
The jury gave a verdict for
$500, although the plaintiff had
asked for $3.50 only.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25

The Southern white people,
as a rule, are not IN favor OF
negro suffrage. bat tdeY are not
averse to helping the negro
along, a proof Of which IS that
they have since 1875 spent
900, 900 on MS schooling.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25

We are informed that there is
a man living in Burlington who
has been married six times, and
is the father of 20 children, of
these 80 are living. We under
stand ne is now looking for
another wife. This is a record
breaker, and he is 'just now
starting. Huntington News.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
OLD RED RYE.
1ugefsoil's Eulogy OF Whiskey
and DR.. Buckler's Reply,

Il send you some ef the most
wonderful whiskey that ever
drove the skeleton from the
feast or painted landscapes in
the brain OF man. 1t is the
mingled souls Of wheat auu corn
Ia 1t YOU viii md the sunshine
and shade" tnat chased each
other over blliowy fields, the
breath of the lark, the dew of
the night, the wealth of sum-
mer and autumn'S rich conteut,
Iall golden With imprisoned
light. Drink it. and YOU will
hear the voice Of men and
maldens singing the 'Harves,
Home, mingled with the
laughter Of children. Drink it,
and you will feel within your
blood the starred dawns. the
dreamy, taWuy dusks of perfect
days. For forty years this liquid
JOY has been within saves OF
oak, longing to touch the lips OF,
man.
DR.. J. NJ. BUCKLEY's REPLY.
81 send you some OF the most
wonderful whlSkey that eve
brought a skeleton into the
closet, or painted scenes of lust
and bloodshed III the brain of
man. 1t is the ghost of wheat
aud corn, crazed by the ! oss Of
their natural bodies In it YOU
will find a transient sunshine.
chased by a shadow cold as
Arctic midnight, in which the
breath OF june grows ICY, and
the carol of the lark gives place
to the foreboding cry Of the
raven. Drink it, and you shall
have woe, sorrow, babbllng, and
wounds without cause, your eyes
shall behold strange women.
your heart shall utter perverse
things. Drink it deep, and you
shall hear the voice of demons
shrieking. women Wailing aud
worse than orphaned Cnildten
mourning the loss OF a father
who yet lives. Drink it deep,
and serpents will hiss In your
ear, coil themselves about your
neck and seize you with their
fangs; for at least it biteth like
a serpent and stingeth ike an
adder For forty years this
liquid death has been within
slaves Of oak, harmless there as
purest water. | send it to you
that you may put an enemy III
your mouth to steal away your
b-ains. And yet | call myself
your friend. "-Ex.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25
NEW YORK'S VICE.
The Investigating Committee
Of Fifteen Makes a
Reocrt.

The committee OF ntteen or
oanized some months ago to in
Testigate vice as it exists in this
citv, made its preliminary report
70 the public to day. This report
will be followed by others from
time to time as the com mittee
deems necessary.
GAMBLING = POOL ROOMS.
The report says the committee
AGENTS by investigating disclosed
the fact that gam bling and pool
rooms were being operated open
" IN violation Of the law, that
the GAM bling spirit had been
developed to such an extent as
TO become q distinct menace to
the community, and that these
resorts were undoubtedly pro
tectcd in their operation by Off
GERS whose duty it was 10 close
them. Raids were made BY the
committee and its agents and
the results obtained show con
clu5ively that a committee oI
citizens eau force the police to
close such resorts, thus proving
that vice is protected and also
that the raids have resulted II
making the gambling business
unyr0htable-
WILL MAKE y REPORT.
The committee has been COl~
1eLtin5 data from different coun-
tries and intends repairing 4 re-
port en- bodying suggestions tor
the treatment OF the social evil
problem IL great cities. 1t does
not feel tna. the D.>. Interests Of
the city w1l ha. served BY any
violent attempt to suppress this
evil, but 1t IS hoped that the
forthcoming report will present
such information ard reC0m~
mendation3 as shall cuabie the
community to face the situation
frankly and deal with ii conser-
vatively and wisely.
ACTUAL, C0NDITIoN,3 ALARMING
The committee says that the
actual conditions of the tene~
ment house population is alarm
ing III respect to the social evil,
and that III one hun ired and
twenty five tenement that were
examined by its agents and II
which disorderlv women were
living there were found IN each
house an average OF tWenty~touT
children under the age OF Is
years, and the comm'tree is col>
leCtin9 evidence WhlCl will be
utilized to eliminate this evil.
1t is also investigating the
organized traffic in young girls
by the so called cadet SYSTEM.
RECOMMENDATION.
The committee recommends
with ea,nestness the necessity OF
providing suitable places of
meeting where the people IN
each neighborhood can come to-
gether and discuss the evils that
menance their civic life and |
where they may from time to
time meet their legislative res
presentatives with a view of OBJ
tanning from them an account OF /,
their stewardship and where
remedies may be proposed and
discussed.
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY HALLS.
Therefore, the recommends
ton is made that in each as
sem bly, district one suitable as
semblv hall shall be built, which
shall be kept available for such
citizens meetings, and it throws
OUT a suggestion that these
a. Sht be built in connection
Wi,d the new public libraries l
which are likely to be erected in
every part of Greater New York.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-04-25

It is said thai the paper trust
has increased the cost Of paper
to the noa spapers OF the country
$4,000, 900 %
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-12-14
HAVE TO BE ON TIME.
why Suburbnntfes Are 50 ParticulaR
About the Accuracy OF Their
Watches.

"Before ] became a suburbanite,
said a man who recently moved out OF
town. according 10 the Philadelphia
Record, Il used TO note with consid-
cradle amusement the crowds or peo-
re who every day would compare their
watches with the official t;mepiece to
be found in front OF several Chestnut
street jewelry stores. / used TO re-
gard them as cranks when they would
say TO each other: Right on the dot
or draw long faces over a difference
If a fraction Of minute. For my par.
] was satisfied il my watch kept de-
Gently good time. and never bothered
my head over a matter Of FIVE min
utes or 50 out Of the way.
Il have since discovered that the
people / used 10 think were craDks
are really suburbanites. with trains to
think about. IL hasn't taken me long
20 discover the importance OF having
a watch exactly right. and after hav.
ing missed several trains myself have
I joined the crowds around The places
where the official time IS kept"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-12-14
THE STRENUOUS AMERICANS

de norrics In the ssorn,nS-guip. his ca
Zee down aud nieS
re runs as n his freedom were az stake.
There's strairtoE Of his muscles. a Wild
look a. In Ia ayes
lie must hurry or there's something
thatu otCSk.
Through the day he wildly hurrics ~his
the seconds trickle pasts
with buieing veins he ruShes here arc
there.
As X ne feared each moment that arrived
wccl6 be hts last
Too busy 10 sse that the day Is fSir.
At last he hurries houscware--ah. nat rot
TO welcome rest,
lie gulps his dinner down with all his
might.
Ard fevsrishiy hurries from the table 10
set dressed
Fer the hurry "a the hustle of the night
On Ec hurrics in the rsorcing arc he 1 ~
riCs tirouSh the Cay.
And he misses much that might inscire
men.
He hurries TN they leave him IN his grave
ard rush away
And hurry 10 forget about HIN then
$. +. KisCr. In Chicago Reccrc-Herald-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-12-14
ROAD THAT HAS NO CURVES.
For Forty-Fiv- Miles the KhRrtoum
Railway I'm India Runs in
Zee Line.

The Khartoum line leaves Wadi
Haifa and goes In southwesterly
direction through the Nubian desert
20 Abu Hamed. which is $50 miles from
Wadi Haifa. says the s.. James Budget.
The whole OF this part OF the country
is n fat. sandy desert, occasionally a
few hills are seca. but seldom exceed
300 feet I'm height. and most OF them
are only from so 70 100 feet above
the surrounding country. Some idea
Of the extraordinary flatness Of the
country. says Engineering, may be
gathered from the fact that IL was
possible 20 lay q piece Of line 45 miles
long without single curve ia 81, and
without any cuttings or entertainments
worthy Of the name. II very rarely
rains az all I'm this part Of the desert,
and when IL does very little seems 70
fail at n time. There are no streams
or surface water Of any sort. Water
was found IN two places between Wadi
Haifa and Abu Hamed by sinking
wells; one place was = miles from
Wadi lIalfa and the other was l2e
miles from Halfa. Water was found
az the former place at a depth OF =
feet and "a the latter place at a depth
of~9B feet. Several other places have
been tried. but so far no water has
been found
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-12-14
WILL NOT INSURE cUBANS.
They Must Learn TO Live Like Ameri-
cans before They Can he
Eligible.

A Cuban who applied for Insurance
from local company the other day al.
most wept when told 10y the examining
physician that he could rot insure
him. but that be should call again in
about two years. The agents had as
sured the Cuban that he would be a
first-ciSss risk. In despair he went TO
New York and confidcd his woes 20
an old friend. Who IS the head Of the
firm for which hc Is the Philadelphia
representative. says the Times Of that
city. The friend said:
"Sincc the Spanish war. when so
many young men from Cuba and Porto
Rico have come here 10 engage in
trade. I have seen scores of cases Ike
yours. You are killing Yourself by
insisting ON living IN Philadelphia a.
YOU did in Havana. Persons who come
10 the United States TO live. no mat
ter from what part Of the world. must
make certain concessions TO climate.
You drink rs much black coffee and
smoke as many cigarettes here as you
did at home. Very wei. IL viii lill
you 10 you keep 81 mp. Your insurance
man probably thought Won were con
sumptive. Stop living ike a Cuban in
! Philadelphia; eat. drink and smoke a.
men there De-. and I will guarantee you
an insurance policy in less than two
years -
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-12-14
THE WORD GUERRILLA
The rerm IL of Spanish orfstn Wy len
Got into English About
Century Ago.

The word guerrilla is of Spanish
origin. the dir,inutive Of "guer. a,
war. and means petty war--that Is
war carried on by detached parties,
says the London PaA Mall Gazette.
The word first got into the English
language. so far as l can discover. in
1909. when IL was used by Sir Arthur
Wellesley. afterward the duke OF Wei
lingtor II have recommended the
iunta." he says in one of his reports,
''to set the guerrillas 20 work toward
Madrid" Two years later Scott got
hold OF the word. You may find IL in
"Don Roderick:"
."rhe guerrilla hard
"Came IKE tempest and avenged the
land"
And in 1914 Southey was somewhat
afraid of my old guerrilla friends.
Guerrilla had then acquired its sec
ondary Specification. In SIS primary
sense IL was used as the equivalent of
4 the Latin velites-the light troops OF
tho skirmishing line of a regular
/ army. G.. A. Sala wrote ''guerrit
/ lesque" in 1864. and the Daily Tele-
graph printed il on April 22. But
what is one 10 say Of Thackerayi
"Irish Sketchbook." 1913? The word
gets "a twist there with a vengeance
when a dirty. lazy. doubtful family
retainer Is summed up as "a guerrila
I footmaut"