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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-21
KEITH'S NEW THEATRE.

III numerous curtain Calls. frequent In
terruptions OF applause and unbounded
enthusiasm count for anything. there
can be no doubt that Northern Lights
will prove the strongest and most en-
phatfc popular success yet scored by the
Edward +. Albee company at Keith's
The house was filed yesterday afternoon
and simply crowded last evening: and
the performance was magnificent one
In every sense
When IL Is considered that the produc-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-21
SHOWING THE way.
This Public Statement Of a
Providence Citizen Will
be Appreciated.

Many reader Of this I'm Providence has
gone through self same experNlce in
part, and will be glad to he shown the
way TO get rid OF the constant aches and
pains Of bad back. Profit by Provi-
denee citizens experience
Mrs. John c. Dressed living at 1i7s
North Main street, says: For years was
subject TO attacks Of backache. accom-
panied BY dizziness. especially severe ar
ter eXerting myself in any way was
nervous. could not sleep well. and in the
morning 5s, unrefreshod and tired ont.
spent many dollars for medicine and
treatment. but nothing gave me any per-
manent relief until used Doans kidney
pills. Their treatment benefited me from
the start. Several boxes relieved me 81
the trouble and backache disappeared.
Ny daughter also used Doau's kidney
pms with the most satisfactory results"
For sale by all dealers. Price. 30 cents
Foster Milburn CO.. Buffalo. y. Y. 80.
agents for the T.. s.
Remember the name. Doan's. and take
no othet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-21

|.'.1ke Gkeafrey.'. ]


meat. Mr.. Arthur as Gen. Crook is ex-
cellent; ana Messrs. Marsh. Leland. Ber-
tram and sullivan are entirely satisfac-
tory.
The innovation OF treating all patrons
70 ice cream between the acts al every
performance was greeted with hearty ap-
plause last evening; and. with such a re-
markaDly strong performance. this
promises 10 be record-breaking week
for the Albee company
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-21

81 am self made man, said the RON,
pous individual with his chest expanded
The other looked at him critically. Your
excuse is satisfactory" he said.-Brook=
lyn Life.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

WRITTEN FOR II SUNDAY
He had a bag full OF golf sticks, and was
carrying on a conversation that I could not
help hearing. and In which l found myself
as Interested as was the gentlemen with
whom he was talking.
Did You take Walter to the links AMI
initiate him as you said you were going to
do!"
Yes. ] did. and he nearly ran the legs of
OF me before ] could get him away from
the links l never knew such q stubborn,
irrepressible. absolutely pigheaded fellow in
my life. I tried TO tell him how to play
golf. and to show him something about the
game, but l might as well rave talked to a
post. He paid no attention., excepting to
What he was expected to do with the ball.
and then he drove away like . steam engine
without a governor. He will never learn to
pla: golf right in the world.
"What do yoa think? That fellow ap-
peared with a big hickory hockey stIck-he
called II a 'shinney'-and insisted upon using
1t all of the time. because. as he said. he
had done such good work with 1t when he
was a boy. Did you ever hear Of a thing
So absurd?
Then you should have seen his positions.
with feet apart. body bent and waving his
'shinney' as though he wanted to brighten
the ball into its hole. / tried to get him to
DO things right. but it was no use. SO ! let
him go.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

cess OF the average annual cost for the
ten years just ending, but it buys vastly
more coffee.
Brazil furnishes us with most of our
raw coffee. the shipments from there TO
this country during the nine months
mentioned being 5O5,5S1 ,516 pounds.
Other South American countries shipped
41.461 900 pounds. Central American
countries 25.674.WO pounds, Java and
other East Indies 5.177,OOO pounds. Asia
and Oceania 1856. 900 pounds, while the
United Kingdom reshipped 2.653.OOO
pounds to us and Germany 3.3OI 900
pounds.
L, is said that the United States Gov
will bend every effort toward
encouraging the cultivation of coffee IN
the new possessions. The climate of
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines
is like that Of the countries from which
we now import the bean. Hitherto.
capital has found small encouragement
in these islands, but with the friendly
aid and encouragement of this country
there is little reason why all the coffee
should not he obtained from the islands
now under the control of the United
STATES.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
NO 4 SESSION.

President McKinley's announcement
that existing conditions do not require
or warrant the calling of an extra SEES
sion of Congress WAS TO have been ex-
pected In view of the fact that the ad-
ministration's colonial policy is already
| adequately sanctioned by the Federal
Supreme Courts ruling.
In its Interpretation of the Constitu-
tion the Supreme Court may not be fair
~ criticised as thus becoming RESPONSE
Die for the Governments management
OF the colonial problem. President Me-
kinley's policy with regard To the
philippines and Porto Rico was deter
mined upon and inaugurated without
waiting for constitutional authority. X
Is q policy which is permissible under
certain views Of constitutional interpre-
tation. These methods have been pre-
scented by the Supreme Court.
1t must be taken for granted, in view
or recent developments, that the Presi-
dent is in no further danger of finding
himself acting contrary to the Constitu-
tion when he exercises to the limos the
power placed in his hands by the
Sp0oner resolution dealing with the
fhillppine question. The colonial policy
Tor which he is responsible is an I'M
perial policy, but it can be enforced as
matters now stand. The governmen Of
the Philippines and Of Porto Rico may
be such a government as the President
DEGREES, working through a Congress
made subservient by the pleasantly COM
peiiing exercise Of Federal patronage.
A constitutional amendment that will
definitely establish the rights Of our new
American citizens before the law is now
the only means whereby We can main
tain Ia principles upon which this Gov
eminent was founded. The aristOcracy
of citizenship created by recent develop
ments-tEe recognition Of the citizens of
the States as the superiOrs and rulers OF
the citizens Of the cOlOnies-is unameri-
can to the last degree, but it can now
be ~correctively reached only by consti-
tutional amendment. The American peO-
pie must understand this truth.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
IMPORTS.

Dealers in coffee are anticipating with
much interest the Industrial develop
ment that will follow settled conditions
in the insular possessions Of the United
States. This country now imports all
its coffee. In a few years, it is expect
ed. Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Philip
pines will crowd out the imports, thus
receiving more than a million dollars a
week., the amount which the United
States now spends for the beverage.
According to a recent report of the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics, our coffee
importatiOns during the nine months
ending with March, 1901, aggregated
GIT ,344,O 900 pounds, valued at $45, 600,
about $5,OOO,OOO in excess Of the amount
spent during the same months Of the
previous year.. At this rate, We spend
over $6O,OOO.OO0 a year for coffee.
Coffee has fallen about one-half in
cost during the last decade. The actual
amount spent indicates a wonderful in
crease in actual consumption. The $780,
100000 estimated as the cost Of the
product Last year p only q little In ex-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

"At the start i offered him my favorits
driver. but he refused it. and. covering about
two yards OF ground. he closed one eye, gave
his hockey stick a flourish and then brought
II down as though trying to knock the earth
out of its orbit. And. will you believe II. he
had the fool luck to drive the ball 30 feet
and land II within ten inches of the hole,
Il offered him a putter. but he shook his
head. and. giving his everlasting 'shinney'
a gentle swing. he dropped the ball into the
hole.
AFTER such ar accident as that I didn't
tell him that the hole had never been made
in two strokes before, but just let him 60
ahead in his pigheaded way. and 1 hope
never to play again II that COMPOUNDED luck
didn't follow the fellow all the way around.
When We were at the hole before the stone
wall hazard I forgot myself again. and when
/ could catch my breath I advised him to
loft to escape the rough ground there. and
SO as to be able to get over the wall at the
next stroke 1t was no use; he stepped
back. measured his distance with three or
four swings. and then sent the bail over
rough ground. hazard and all.
Il gave up then and just trotted after him
to see what he would do. And will you be-
lieve II. that fellow with his ridiculous shin
ney' got around the eighteen holes in
eighty-six strokes. breaking the record by
one stroke!'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
THE CHEERFUL DELIeHT rs OF DISAGREEMENT.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The Brilliant Ascetic read the PUBLIC
prints.
THAT was a fool thing in to-day's DiaI
he said. This was Of a Monday.
II hadn't read It," said the Receptive
Person. "Your rating Is sufficient for me.
/ have all faith in your Judgment. I am
convinced IL was a fool thing"
did you note that Fine Line Of Assorted
Asininity in to-day's Dial?' asked the Bril-
liant Ascetic. This was of a Tuesday.
NO." returned the Receptive Person. 1T
had escaped me. I rely upon your verdict
The stun was undoubtedly asinine."
II see that to-day's Dial sets up a Scien-
tifc Conclusion that for ~out-and-out Idiocy
has not been ecualed since the days OF
Jasper and his Sun-Do-Move theory" OBJ
served the Brilliant Ascetic. 1t was Wednes-
day.
Il can agree with you without consulting
the article In question:" declared the Re
ceptiye Person. You are the highest au-
thority I KNOW"
TIE Editorial Capacity Of the Dial of to-
day shows symptoms Of Cerebral Collapse"
said the Brilliant Ascetic. ibid you read
the Leader" This was Of a Thursday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

mot l." answered the Receptive Person.
''but I'm willing to accept your finding"
"And who shall minister to a Mind Dis
eased?' asked the Brilliant Ascetic. 'Thero
u q bold bid for his ser~vices-whoever be
may be-in to-day's Dial" This was Of .
Friday.
Yea" agreed the Receptive Person. Il
AN confident this II true"
For unparalleled perversion and willful
Misrepresentation" said the Brilliant
Ascetic. ''let me commend you to to-oay's
columns Of the Dial" This was Of . Sat-
urday.
II am quite sure" said the Receptive Per.
son. that the thing ID as you say"
The composition Of to-day's Dial" said
the Brilliant Ascetic. might reasonably be
summed up under the charitable head Of
Pointless Paresis." This was Of . Sunday.
"Unquestionably correct said the Recep-
tive Person. But he added:
Holding views such as yours. may I ask
why you continue to be a reader Of the
DALI
The Brilliant Ascetic blushed.
Friend" said he. think you that I read
only such as agrees with me?
III I did I would cease to be Q Brilliant
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
CHINESE DENTISTS Pull.
TEETH WITH THEIR FINGERS.

FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC. .
A novel account Of the manner in which
Chinese dentists operate on their patients
Is contributed by q German naval surgeon
who has just returned from Pekin. d.
They use. he says, neither pincers nor any
other surgical Instrument such rs are used
in Europe. employing instead their fnger1
for the purpose Of extracting teeth. ' This
difficult operation they perform with q dex-
terity and skill that might well excite the
envy Of their American and European coll
leagues. The tooth which II to be ex-
tracted Is grasped by the thumb and In
necessary for such work being equivalent
to 100. l50 and sometimes 100 kilogrammes.
The Chinaman who decides to become q
dentist practices this feat from his sig
teenth year by pulling out from an ebouI
plank ivory pegs Of various sizes. which
have been firmly fixed In II. In this way
he acquires a surprising knack. so that It
becomes easy for him to draw out . molaf
or a wisdom tooth without ever being
Obliged to make q second attempt. That
his patients suffer during the operation f.
admitted. but II 10 claimed that their pain
h Of very brief duration.
For the purpose OF cleaning his patientP
teeth the Chinese dentist uses powder
made from the bones Of cutie hsh, which
he applies BY means Of small bamboo In
Of opium and some oil Of mint. which II to
be rubbed ON the jaws.
Of the art OF filling teeth with gold or any
other metal he II profoundly ignorant and
whenever he has to deal With a dec,yed
tooth which he cannot remove he satisden
himself By nlling 1t with q paste mado az
ordinary powder.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

protects American rights without depriv-
ing the Cubans Of any right. 1t should
be gladly and unqualifedly adopted by
the convention.
There is an element In Washington
which would rejoice in an excuse for the
forcible annexation Of Cuba. II the
hothead Radicals in the Cuban COnsti-
tutional Convention persist in a curse
which threatens to precipitate a conflict
with this Government, the ~thrashing and
forcible annexation Of Cuba are in
evitable and as easy as inevitable. This
termination of the attempt TO establish
a Cuban Republic under our protection
Will he deploraLle indeed. The blood
alu-th6nder Radicals Of Cuba should
brtng themselves TO accept a position for
Their little country something less than
That occupied 10y the great Powers. 1t
Will be their fault If Cuba does not at
tam he independence.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
CRIMINALS COST EACH CITY MAN $3.50 A YEAR.

Add to this the loss by malicious destruo-
ton Of property. the money value Of human
life lost through crime. the expenditure
necessary in the attempt to guard against
loss through law breakers. and We ind that
= 900. 1000 Is not q large estimate.
Imagine. II you can. the effect Of abolish
ing crime. and then you Will appreciate the
ramiications that crime runs into and
why Il Is such an enormous expense. Think
Of there being no criminal courts with
their experienced officers. attaches and
buildings: no jails or penitentiar1eo with
their costly maintenance: no police forca,
excepting to look after matters entirely OUT
side of the realm Of crime: no coroner or
oroners juries. no incendiary fires. or other
criminal injury to person or property: NO
necessity Of safes or safety deposit vaulcs
excepting to protect property from fre: no
locks. bolts or bars: no detectives or other
expensive means and methods Of guarding
against defalcations on the part Of public
end private servants: and non Of the tens
Of thousands Of things made necessary By
the existence Of crime. Utopia!
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
EARLIEST KNOWN RECORD OF THE LORDS PRAYER

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY
A copy OF the Lords Prayer has beef
found written upon a clay tablet In unciai
Greek letters. II dates possibly from the
Second Century. and certainly no later
than the Fourth Century.
1t was discovered at Niagara by a boy
ard purchased from him for a trifie for the
museum at Athens. where 1t Is now care
fully preserved as a unique Christian docu-
ment.
ThlS Is the very first clay tablet ever
found with a Christian Inscription upon II.
The custom of writing upon clay tablets
Gates back thousands Of years to the very
beginning OF human civilization In Assyria.
the Oldest OF these clay u being
probably seven or eight thousand years old.
Clay tablets dating in the fourteenth CEN
fury Is. e. have been discovered at Tel-el-
Amarna. I'm Egypt. and these were inscribed
IN Assyrian characters. with important ma
terial bearing upon the relations OF the
Egyptian court with Assyria and other ma
lions OF antiquity. But no clay tablet writ
ten In Greek and of "A Christian character
was ever discovered before the finding OF
this one at Megara. The only clay tablet
found In Palestine was that one discovered
by Bliss at Tel-ei-Hesy. identified as be-
longing to the collection OF the Tel-el-Am-
arna letters
The fragment discovered at Niagara Is
only four and one-half inches high. four
inches wide and two-thirds Of An inch
thick. II is reddish brown In color and II Is
evident that the Greek characters were en-
graved upon the clay while still soft and
that then the tablet was baked to give 4:
permanencc.
1t Is written In the so-called uncial Greek
characters. the name being due to the idea
that all OF the letters are an inch high, or
as We should say. all capitals.
Upon this fragment are eight lines. tvf-
IDENTIFY of the Lords Prayer. for they follow
closely the Greek text OF Matthew vi. 9-l3.
Professor Rudolf Knopf. a famous German
archaeologist. has restored the entire In
scription. showing how 1t appeared when
first written. At that time II must have
co.. sisted Of about fourteen lines and been
about six inches wide and seven inches high.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
r

Supplementing Judge Woods charge
to the June Grand Jury. the report of
Coroner Funkhouser relative to deaths
that came under the Jurisdiction of the
ONCE during the past year gives addi-
tional reaso for the diminutiOn Of street
car accidents
OF the $50 cases that were handled by
the CorOner's Office, seventy-One deaths
were due to the street ears. No other
cause led to 30 many deaths.
This does not include the number who
have suffered injuries Oh have been
MANNED for life from the same cause.
This total is depressing. II such a
price must be paid for rapid transit, in
creased travelling facilities indeed come
high. There is blame somewhere for
this company Of victims to the trolley.
Let the Grand Jury investigate.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
GROWTH OF RELIGION.

The Reverend Washington GLADDEN.
has an article in the current number OF
the North American Review on the pros
poets Of the Christian religion. He
forecasts a continued growth-numeri.
caily, geographically and politically.
Unfortunately, he says little Of spiritual
improvement. His views on this side
can only be surmised.
According to his estimates, there were
about 5.OOO.UOO nominal Christians mt
the end Of the First Century, 10000. 900
at the end Of the Tenth Century, 1OO,-
100000 at the end Of the Fifteenth, 2OO.-
100000 at the end Of the Eighteenth and
now about 5OO,OOO,OOO Though depend
ence cannot be placed on numerical esti.
mates, Doctor GLADDEN. holds that three
times as many converts have been
added to the faith In the last century
as in the first fifteen centuries.
About One-third Of the people Of the
earth were under Christian governments
in 1856 and a little less than %twO-thirds
under a heather regime. A century
later, in 1885. So per cent Of the worlds
population was under Christian rule.
Geographically speaking, in 1000 49,
$4,000 square miles were inhabited.
Christians occupied 3,4SO.9OO square
miles and nonchristians 4O.317, 200. In
1894 conditions had so changed that Of
the A,4O1,4OO inhabited square miles,
Christians were in possession Of 45,619.-
100.
At the present time, the 800, 900
Christians are divided among the diff
ferent faiths as follows: Greek church
9S,OOO,O 600. Protestants 143.OOO,OOO and
Catholics go, 100000. This is a decided
change from 1900, when Catholics ruled
over SO,OOO.OOO, Or four-fifths Of the
nominal Christians. Two centuries later,
the Catholics controlled 0O,OOO,OOO. The
Greek Catholics rose from a rule Of 90
100000 in 1900 to the control Of 12S.OOO.-
n in 1891. In -four centuries the church
power of the Catholics has more than
tripled; that Of the Greek Catholics is
six times as strong, and that of the Prot
estants has risen from nothing to the
supervision Of One-third the worlds
population.
1t will be seen from these figures of
Doctor GLADDEN.. which may be taken as
generally true. the growth of the Chris
tan religion, both Catholic and Profess
tant, has been wonderful. Doctor Glad
den thinks that the next few years
should see a further increase along the
same lines. Yet there Is a disappoint-
ment in the fact that some means could
not be found whereby the relative
growth Of spiritual devotion could be
measured.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

WRITTEN FOR THE sunday REPUBLIC.
Criminals are very expensive members
OF the community. They cost the people Of
this country about 81. 900. D. 1900 q year. II
their increase could be prevented 1t would
be a paying investment to give each Of the
25o.c1, accepted criminals q monthly pension
OF &To. on the condition that they take q
life vacation from the strenuous demands
of their profession. But We accept the GRIM
inal as a part OK our civilization-or bar
tarism-and pay the enormous cost OF
maintaining him.
The average annual income Of professional
criminals Is estimated at about $l,6cO. This
means that the community pays them .
yearly salary of 81. 0e. 900. After this Is
spent for their maintenance. We pay an
nually xOo. 600. 100 for their detection, convic-
ton and support, under NATIONAL. State.
county and city auspices. The urban popu-
lation has to pay the larger share Of this.
CT 3n.coo.eS people in cities have to pay
Slo5, GO. oc-S-O per capita. and the suour-
han population OF 10000 81 each. or 49,
600. 90. In addition to this there Is q Fed
era, and State expense of $0.0oo,0O0.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

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