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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-22
Mr.. pEASE DISCHARGED.

Yesterday IN the municipal rourt st
Boston. before Judge Adams, Leroy
Psare OF Chelsea. Mass. formerly OF
Wconsocket. was discharged from Gus
tody.
There was no evidence. hs counsel
states. upon which The prosecution could
prove the charges made against his inno-
cent client. 80 the case was not pressed.
and the defendant was discharged
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-22
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Prov, Arnold Pick, II M0ulton, Boston:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-22

This is the recent decision OF one OF The
prominent societies OF the world but the
eract day has not yet been fixed upon.
and while there are very few people who
believe this prediction. there are thou
sands of others who not only believe. bus
know that Iiosfetter's stomach Bitters IL
the best medicine 10 cure dyspepsia, In
digestion. copstlps tion. biliousness or
liver and kidney troubles. fair trial
will certsiniy convince you Of its value.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-22
PATHETIC CASE.
Civil War Veteran Found In a
Starving Condition.

John Greene, a veteran Of the Civil war.
was found in a starving condition by a
police officer yesterday afternoon.
Two weeks ago Greene buried his wife.
she having died after much sickness, and
in penniless condition. The old man.
who is almost 20 years OF age. has for
quite a whilo earned n little money by
working in an olneyville coal yard.
When the hard winter weatl~f came
on he was forced TO remain Idle because
~ rheumatism. and in his scantily fur
nished home at 2s5 oak street he has re-
mained sick and destitute
Tic hns been for several days with no
food but some bread which was brought
in by children NJ the neighbors. An effort
IN have Greene admitted to a hospital
failed. and the overseer of the poor was
sent for TO render aid.
Greene belonged 20 the @. A. r. 10 years
sgo. Tie was al the front three years
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-22

Charles Mullen pleaded nor guilty I'm the
SKIN bi>trlct court. to-day, to the charge
or being common drunkard aud WIS
held in $500 for trial next FRIDAY John
Dlgsn, y vsgrant. went ouf for months
walter Nj. Van Ausdall and HATTIE Iu-
hrisky were nned SO aud COSTS FOR selling
impure milk. Both took appeals
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-22

, pal bishop co-sdjutor. also addressed the
COMMITTEES. He said that he appeared not
as the representative OF any church, but
as citizen Of Rhode Island, and he
said: II ask for the passage OF this act
i'm the interests OF morality. II is well
known that this state has become
dumping ground for divorces Many
people come here, not, for the purpose Of
becoming true, loyal citizens. but simply
10 secure release from irksome bonds.
1T seems tn me that the provision
striking out the ground OF non support is
a wise one and would do much toward
correcting some of the evils which now
ma aintain.
II sincerely hope that the act suggested
by the commission and the act doing
away with non-support as y ground may
pass"
Amasa NJ. Eaton spoke In favor Of the
bill as reported by the commission on
uniformity OF legislation. setting forth
the evils that resulted when amendments
were made from time 20 time 10 the exist
ing divorce laws. He submitted 10 mem
bers OF the committee several reports OF
the commission.
ABOUT NoN-sUPPoRT.
City Solicitor Cowell. president OF the
Rhode Island Bar Associa ton. said that
he should hesitate. from his present view
OF the situation. from SAYING that nom
support should not be a cause for divorce.
lie inquired II Il was not working a
hardship on woman who was not sup
ported by her husband by saying that she
should have no relief at law from such q
condition OF affairs
Judge Stephen A. Cooke was In favor
of dropping non-support from the list OF
causes for divorce. He believed that t..,s
would result in men and women being
more careful in their conduct, inasmuch
he true cause for divorce would then
be set forth in the petition. He thought.
too. that IL would result I'm more criminal
prosecutions for non-support.
Assistant City Solicitor Albert A.
Baker also spoke in favor OF any plan
that would relieve the fair name OF the
state from a blot, aria the hearing was
then adjourned.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

\ farmer in Barton county, Kan.
last year carried into successful opera.
tion plan by which outside help was
done away with, lie had two grown
sons, and in September they com
menced sowing wheat This was kept
up, planting 100 acres every month un.
I'll January In May his first crop was
ready to harvest, and in September he
was just rounding out his harvest and
started in to planting again, Thus he
and his sons handled the entire cror
Of 500 acres and were employed the
year round. lie saved the expense OF
20 hands and his wheat crop netted
him $1,000 clear money.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

The remarks against kissing attrlb-
uted to Prof. Crook, of Chicago,
10 KISS or Not to prompted u meF'
chant OF Mount
Hope, kanp to
form an antl-klssing league a doS'
en- married men were persuaded TO
become members. The wife OF the
secretary OF the league has reyolted
and IL suing for divorce, after three
weeks without kissing, The mer-
chant boasts that he has not kissed
his wife In many years, maintaining
that II Is unmNnly, The pledge one
has to take to joln the league Is that
he will kiss no woman, no matter II
It Is his wife, "KIsslng Is for women
only--the weaker SEX the merchant
says. kissing " q weak manner OF
showing affection, We love our wives
more than those men who are all the
time kissing them every time they
leave the house. Some wives may
object, but that will not induce us to
desert the cause, My wife Is In favor
Of the plan and looks at II In the
same manner as | do" If that sort
of thing goes on the divorce laws will
have TO be modified instead of being
made more stringent, The man who
won't kiss his wife Is brute and viii
bear watching, remarks the Troy (N'
W Times, and the law ought to give
the wife u separation from him on
general principles,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Visiting the midway at Buffalo Is
called flying the goose" 1t takes $i3
to see the entire midway from end to
end. For this amount the sightseer
can wander through the streets OF
Egypt Mexico, Japan, Old Nuremberg
Filipino, Eskimo and American In
dian village, with glimpses of Venice
darkest Africa, a trip to the moon, the
house upside down, an ostrich farm,
and numerous other shows. At the
Mexican village it costs 10 cents to get
in and 50 cents more to witness the So
called bull fight. "reminiscences Of the
Chicago midway are seen in the we'd
ding procession, comels, Egyptian
donkeys, sword dancers and oriental
reed band,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25
s..st'y PralrIs.

Well ii ra led at last and the corn will
keep green little longer
Jim Mcclellan who hitherto has been
living with his Love on the Hutton ranch
has rented farm Of Joe Collngwood
and it is hntcd pretty strongly that he
will quit patching
James Henry purchased new sulky
plow and will sow lots OF wheat,
Ed, Roberts was in Kingman Satur-
day and reports plenty Of the bottled
product which Is the delight Of every
mans hearts in these scorching times
Geo. Drolte has sunk a subterranean
shaft in the bowels Of the earth in vain
endeavor to find rock and water,
Dick Lackey the ersIwhile bachelor
and gentleman farmer has returned to
his homestead
Ben Mercer is plowing lots Of land
preparatory TO putting out large wheat
crop,
The ice cream social at old Pretty
Prairie was pronounced by all howl
ling success frem start TO finish, A
pleasing and amusing program was rem
dered TO noisy but orderly crowd at the
conclusion Of which the cream was ser.
we'd to all. The bountilu sum Of SI2oo
was secured which is needed for an or.
gan.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

The Missouri Dairy association at q
recent meeting heard some interest
ing testimony about the influence OF
music on kicking cows. One man had
an animal so vicious that she always
had to be tied into the stall at milk
ing time, His two boys noticed that
whenever they began to sing at their
work, the COW became quiet Now,
instead Of tying her, whoever is milk
ing merely strikes up "Annie Rooney"
or "Aly Old Kentucky Home, ,'and the
COW stands perfectly still Another
delegate said that in Switzerland
farm-workers who have good voices
get better pay because they can milk
the widest and most restless cows
The "sense of the meeting however
was expressed by farmer who sald'
ut may be all right to sing to kick
ing COW, but want to keep my eye on
her feet, She might take notion to
dance to the music"
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Already visitors 10 the Buffalo en-
position have discovered that the
vooO,accot llghtlng'up proc
css in the evening
Spectacle Is one Of the grent-
est sights, The main tower in height
is only nine feet short of 400 feet, and
Is, of course, the center OF the spec
tacle. At eight o'clock the people
gather at points of vantage to wit
ness the progressive illumination
First, the bulbs along the lakes and
bridges begin to glow, y faint rose
fire appears on the tower slowly
Frightening on every dome, pinnacle
window arch and cornlce. a CORE
spondent there says there Is no sim
lie for the tower when in full brilllan-
cy. "because the world never saw be-
fore ANYTHING so transcendently
bright and yet so undazzlingly SOFT
II looks not like lighted tower, but
a tower OF light The tall tower Is
the landmark of the exposition Wis
itors have but to remember that 1t
is at the north end and the maze
ceases to bewilder them.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Sentiment attaches to trees almost
as firmly rs to persons, and when the
trees are planted by men of national
fame, there is double interest, The
president Of Fairmount college, of
Wichita, Kan, has just made n jour
ney all the way to Franklin Falls, n,
H. to secure sprouts from some cIms
planted there by Daniel Webster.
noys who have designs on the presi-
dency would do well to get their
trees in early.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Men Of education ought to give the
benefit of their erudition to the set
Ting Of questions which affect the in-
terests of all their fellow citizens,
charitably observes the Kansas City
Times. Other things being equal, the
educated man has broader range Of
vision than has his uneducated broth
er. The trouble seems to be that the
scholars have II love for quiet which
makes them withdraw themselves
from the strenuous life" and bury
themselves in their libraries among
their books. Their right to do this
is questioned, They ought not to wrap
in napkin and lay away the talent
given them, but should put il into cir
culation that it might bless others,
and, by reflex, prove the source Of
great pleasure to themselves,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

The passenger department Of the Rock lsland
railway announces the lowest rates to Clevo-
land on account Of the q, A. u. encAmpment
September Ith to 18th, that have been accorded
the old soldiers since 1887. The rate is less
than one fare fer the round trip, Tickets will
be on sale from stations west OF the Missouri
rlvert September 1th to 10th Inclusive, and will
be good to return up to and Including Srptem.
Der 18th, but the return limit may be extended
until October sth by depositing the tickets with
Joint agent before September 18th and paying u
fee of 50c,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

The students Of woman's college
in Baltimore who have had the hnppi'
ness of studying calculus and the the
ory of equations gave "mathemat'
lcal" dinner the other night. The in
vitations were in algebraic form, says
local exchange. The decorations
were porObolas and hyperbolas of
daisies with n centerpiece in the form
of II puraboloid." The strawberries
were inclosed in conicoids Of sugar.
The ice cream came in parallelopipeds'
All the yigor of mathematics was
turned to favors and to prcttiness'
The young women are much more
original than the young men. All the
latter can do in testimony to their
mathematical tolls Is to "burn Le-
gcndre,'
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25
speciRI Rates Via Great Rock Island
NOnIa.
KNIGHTS TEMrLAR coXcLAvE.

Louisville, KY, tickets for this meeting on
sale August -. 25 and 90 at rate OF one faro plus
Two dollars for tbs round trip, return lin
September 2nd, time can be extended by de-
positng tickets with joint agent until Sept, 10,
Low rates are also In effect to all principal
cities In the east, and to all points in Colorado,
For further particulars coll on or address,
Toall poInts In California one fare plus S2.CO
for the round trip tickets on sale Aug, 9th and
goth, good to return 81 days from date OF sale,
To Denver, Colo, Springs or Pueblo sl5, 90 for
the round trip, Glenwood sprngs, S.6 for
the round trip, Ogden and Salt Lake City $50
for the round trip tickets on sale Auguet let to
9lst.
Buffalo and return S8l 10 for ten days from
date OF sale. $4,000 good 10 days from date of
sale, $4,000 good until Oct. Olst stop overs al
lowd east of Chicago on hitter cMss ticket
n, G FlsTn, Agent,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Miss Martha Walk, OF Philadelphia,
IN In fair way Of accommodating an
,y immense fortune,
She Is superin'
tendent of home
for frlendless children. Remembers
Ing u region in Indiana county which
ought 10 produce Il good quality OF
coal, she secured weeks leave OF
absence in February last and went
up 10 Indiana county, reports an eX'
change of her city. Notwithstanding
the disagreeable weather, she went
over the land In Ave townships eX'
amlnlng the formations and sampllng
the rock found. Within u week she
satisfied herself that coal OF the best
quality and In enormous quantities
lay hidden beneath the snow within
another week she had options upon
900 acres In the heart of the dis
trlct, and her friends became inter-
ested In about 10000 acres more, all
secured at the option price of $50 to
$40 an acre. Getting her options In
good shape, she returned to Phila-
delpha and proceeded to market
them Surveyors were sent into the
region, n syndicate was organized
with u result that it took Miss Walks
10000 acres of her hands at an ad-
vance of ten dollars an acre, and Is
for u second lot which
she controls,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25
Country Correspondence.
PLKvNA.

Mrs. Cape of Kansas City is visiting
her daughter Mrs T., w. Hlnshaw
Lou Beauchamp of Knsley spent last
week with j, w, Beauchamp and fam
ily
Edward Z. Blucher took in the sights
at Kansas City ard the Eastern part OF
the State last week,
Miss Emma Asher came in from Pu-
eblo to spend a short time with rela-
tives here.
Ed, Blades is up from Augusta, Ok to
superintend the thrcshng Of his wheat,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

A Pennsylvania man blind from
birth lately had sight given to him by
a surgical operation, and as soon as
his eyes could bear the light compli-
mentcd the surgeon upon his luXuriaut
Whiskers, and told the nurse that she
was the most beautiful woman he
ever saw"
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25
Topeka Daily Herald.

The Topeka Daily Herald begin
publication July Ist. 1t is a clean,
readable evening newspaper with all the
local, State and general news. 1t will be
republican in politics and devoted to the
interest Of Kansas. Subscription price
by mail, 80 cts per month, 50 90 per year,
Send subscriptions to The Herald, To-
peka. Kansas.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Central Kansas is complaining of
horse famine, The farmers have been
too ready to sell their horses to Eng
lish army purchasing agents, and now
the farmers are compelled to pay from
Sl2j to $l4O for animals that year and
o half ago found no purchasers at SIS.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25
After wrestling with his conscience

After wrestling with his conscience
for 35 years resident Of Waukegan,
H., has settled n tailor's bill, II. II.
Lindsay, of Waukegan, who succeeded
to his fathers business some years
ago, is the recipient of the money. Thr
other day he received letter incl"o'p,
S24 in currency, The writer sai3 na,
he owed this amount to the elder Lind
Fay, long since dead, and that his con-
science troubled him so that he could
not rest until the debt was paid, The
debt was incurred in 1866, th, writer
said, and he asked that the sum be d-
vided among the Lindsay heirs, There
was no signature to the letter, the
writer stating that acknowledgement
of payment in local paper would be
recognized as receipt in fun.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

ain climate where man can lie
in hammock, pick banana with
one hand and dig sweet potato with
one foot, the incentive to idlcness is
easy, and its dcbilitating conse-
qucnces inevitable" This, says Gov.
Allen, is sufficient explanation why
Porto Rico has for four centuries
been practically at standstill.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

"Who dragged whom how many
times around the walls of whOt?" is u
model of vague and Mt the same time
bcneyolently suggestive question. In
these days of final examinations,
doubtless many foundering youth
wishes that those which he has to an-
swer were cast In the same form.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Said n retiring Harvard professor, a /
n dinner In his honor the other even
Ing; "When was 20 l thought was
40; when | was 30 / thought was so;
when | was 40 | thought was 2J, and
when ! was 80 wondered IL they were
22'nS e. Ing u the high chair at the
taSic G@;l "i"a me bottle"
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

OF western senator who was
brought up on the frontier it is said
that he never sits with his back to n
door For 80 or 40 years he "llyed
with gun in his hand" and it grew
to be second nature 10 keep an eye
on the approaches. What useful
legislator such man would be If his
habit of watchfulness enabled him to
"get the drop on all the bad bins
that enter congressl
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Some learned professor recently ac-
cused college girls of acting like luna
ties at basket ball, Now we learn that
the crazy women on Wards island play
basket bali like sane people, It's a
iopsy-turyy world.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

A Toledo boy fed on penny dreadfuls
killed his brother and sister and COM
mitted suicide, The taste for criminal
lore grows with what it feeds on and
its dietary is to be had now more free
ly than ever before.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Duck picking contests are the lat
est game in Long island, In Il ten
hours race there few days ago u
young woman won the championship
over several male competitors. She
picked III ducks in the allotted time.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Northern winter resorts are new
suggestion, the programme for vis-
itors including tobaggan slides, ice
boats, sleighing, skating, sun parlors
and big log fires for evening entertain
mput
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Potatoes are being exported from
this country. Those imported are
Snown to the trade as "old potatoes"
md are to be used almost entirely by
the large hotels for making potato
anln1
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

A14-year-old boy has been suspended
from West Iloboken grammar school
because he refused to sit behind girl
whose hair was not done up to suit him.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

y Kansas minister told his congrega-
ton last Sunday that those who were
in debt need not place anything in the
box. The collection was double the
usual amount.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

~ Canadian traded his wife for n dog,
traded the dog for n shotgun, traded
the shotgun for keg of apple brandy
and died of delirium tremens.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

The philosophic reader with sense
of humor viii be Interested in the
case of The Chicago parachute man.
ufacturer who was accidentally
locked in his shop by the ianitor the
other day the shop was on the
third floor and there were para
chu,es on cyery hand, Nevertheless
the manufacturer shouted tin he at.
tracted attention, and then waited
till the fire department brought q
ladder and took him down.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

A wild ride on vicious ram in a
mountain tield in West Virginia
brought q boastful young man to an
unthroly denth the other day, The
ram bounded down the mountain side
nearly ~ yards and coli1ed with Il
tree. ~" rider was so badly injured
thai y. died
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Ry Il new regulation consumptive
immigrants are not allowed to land
in this country. If they fail to pass
the examination they are sent back
at the cost of the steamship company.
rhc marine hospital at New York has
ruled that tuberculosis, even in an
early stage, is "a dangerous CON
taglous disease"
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

The American spirit is sure to show
itself in time Of disaster. The flames
were scarcely cXtinguished in strick-
en- Jacksonville when word came over
the wires; "Ordcr prevails, and the
work of rebuilding has begun" And
in the opposite direction went the
question: "Do you need help?"
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Like Dlogenes OF old, Mrs. Nancy
II, Irving Chicago book publisher,
s....,.,.a, is engaged In
searching for an
Honest MAN. honest man. She
has made the announcement that she
viii pny the sum Of 81 900 to the first
business or professional man who
can prove concluslyely that he has
carried ON his work for one month
without lying, the proof to be pre-
sented to u committee OF five for It's
decision, Mrs, Irving does not expect
to lose the money, but she Is quite
sure that II she does lose the honesty
Of the person securing the $1,000 viii
have reduced him TO such straits that
he will need every penny OF H. she
Is convinced that IL Is u practical im-
possibility for one TO live n strictly
honest business or professional life
under the present conditions Of So
clety, II h hard to believe, comment
ed the Troy (N, " Times, that Mrs
Irving is entirely correct In her views,
though It may be admitted that de-
ccit is sometimes prNctlced In many
forms Of business and In most II not
all professions. But, regardless OF all
hair-spllttlng, there are plenty OF
honest men. The fact Is that busi-
ness and professional success Is based
on integrity, and without II perma-
nent prosperity would be impossible
There may be and doubtless are
tricks Of trade" IN very many occu-
patlons. Yet as rule honesty and
good faith are the qualities which
lead to confidence and keep the
worlds affairs IN healthful motion
Character and uprlghtness are stlll
positively valuable possessions, and
the honest man Is by no means as
scarce as the pesslmlsts would like to
have us believe,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Two.ccnt stamps (lIunalo exposition
serics) worth considerably more than
their face value,
"'' may be the sequel
Postage stamps to blunder said TO
have been made by the bureau fprint-
ing and engraving at Washington. 1t
Is said that sheet containing 100
stamps was reversed before being run
Off, thus causing the picture of the eX-
press train to be printed inverted with
In the red border There are 100 OF
them in existence, and collectors are
already looking for them. The sheet
was not noticed by the authorities at
Washington, the story goes, and 1t Is
further reported that 1t was sent in
the ordinary course OF business to
Brooklyn, where it was placed on sale.
A manufacturing firm bought ten OF
the stamps, and wrote to the depart
ment at Washington complaining Of
them, using one Of the very stamps in
transmitting its letter OF protest.
Thus the fact came out, and an enter
prising phiatelist at Washington at
once set about trying to secure as many
Of them as possible, He secured four
by paying Brooklyn man $50 each for
them. A stamp firm here is said to
have secured two more of the stamps.