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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15
Opportunity for Americans.

Consul John III. Grout at Malta, reports
TO the United States State Department
that American manufacturers have not
taken advantages of the excellent oppor-
tunities for trade that that island af-
fords. He says n would prove lucra tive
for them TO station agents In Malta. AL
ready the demand for our American goods
In Malta is increasing, but this Is not due
10 the presence there OF personal repre-
sentatlves OF American houses. for dur
ing the consuls stay Of four years he
says he has seen but one American
drummer In that case. however. tho
best results were attained In view Of
tho fact that American manufacturers
have representatives throughout Europe
he thinks that they should be represent
ed in Malta. as up 10 the present time
they have practically ignored the island
"A most profitable market Consul Grout
speaks of large orders which representa-
tives Of English and German firms are se-
curing ana asks the question. ."Whv
should not American agents do equally as
well?' The consul names numerous for
eisn ports where American agents are To-
Gated who could easily visit Malta. The
consul says the market Is specially good
for our hardware, oils paints. canned
goods. hats, stationery. and also for other
lines OF goods.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15
Golden Green Frog.

James Relm. a naturalist. while ex-
ploring near Clementon spied a wee tree
frog, which was OF golden green. so
like the tones OF the surrounding vege-
tation that none but an experienced OBJ
server would have noticed A. Upon ex-
animation the specimen proved 20 be
"Hyla andersonii" This Is only the nth
or sixth capture reported. The first specl-
men was obtained at Anderson. S. G.
about the middle OF the last century and
described by Secretary Baird, OF the
smithsonian institution. The only other
specimens known are from Atco and
Mays Landing. in New Jersey. Although
these few captures might seem 20 indi-
cate that the species was exceedingly
rare. yet such is probably not the case,
for great numbers have apparently been
heard OF IN certain localities in very
small area. AZ present Mr. Hyla An
dersonii, late OF Clcmenton. N j.. IL en-
joying life In large bottle filled with
grass. at the Academy Of Natural Sci
ences. where his inch OF stature can hard
ly be distinguished from his surroundings
F. ~N"""~N' Hrfa r..a.rar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15
Medical Notes,

With true Gallo patriotism the Paris
Academy OF Medicine rallies TO the de-
fence OF even its mosquitoes. At a re-
cent session, while duly impressed with
the report OF the American army doctors
work IN Cuba tracing yellow fever inocu-
lation 10 mosquitoes, the French doctors
declared the Paris mosquito TO be harm
less from the point of view of disease.
The fact OF its being a great nuisance
was admitted and may lead TO the con-
version OF all stagnant ponds 10 running
water or 10 the covering OF them with
layers of petroleum.
A medical authority has discovered
that more people over 100 years old are
found in mild climates than I'm the higher
latitudes. According TO the last census
OF the German Empire, of a population
OF 55,Ooo,Oo0 only seventy-eight had passed
the hundredth year. France. with a pop
ulation of 40,00OO00, has 2l3 centenarians;
In England there are 146; I'm Ireland 57s
and I'm Scotland forty-slx. Sweden has
ten, and Norway twenty three; Belgium,
hve; Denmark, two: Switzerland, none.
Spain, with a population of $1,000 600, has
40l persons over 100 years OF age. OF the
2,250,0OO inhabitants OF Servia 575 have
passed the century mark. IL is said that
the oldest living person is Bruno Cotrim,
born in Africa, and now living in Rio De
Janeiro. lie is $50 years old. A coachman
I'm Moscow has lived for 40 years
In European medical contemporary,
the Nratch. Dr. ID. L. Vieriujsky. discuss
ing initial stages OF heart disease in sol
diers, calls attention TO the fact that un-
der certain conditions OF military life a
well-marked set of physical signs often
appears during the third or fourth year
of service. OF forty-hve men in whom
heart LESSONS were found however, thir-
ty-six were recruits and nine were pri-
Yates, with more or less service behind
them.
The existence OF immunity after enteric
fever has been recently discussed by Il.
"A. Nichol, NJ. r. G. S., who doubts the
existence OF any immunity against the
disease following an attack OF typhoid
fever. Many of the soldiers I'm South Az |
rica who had received antityphoid in |
ocula tions and whose blood showed the |
reaction contracted typhoid fever within |
a very few months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15
Pelican Days.

There are great sights for bird lovers
at the lakes OF St. Charles county. Mo.
these spring days. The pelicans arc pass-
ing.
The pelican is the largest OF all the mi
gratory birds of Missouri and the Mis-
sissippi valley. Full grown. he Is as large
as turkey, but for all his bulk he Is
not physically or mentally awkward. He
can catch fish with all the cunning of
men, and he is strong on his wings as n
wild goose and skilled at circlng TO great
heights as an eagle.
The pelican is not known as a Mis-
souri, bird, but he visits the state every
iaii and spring on his migratory trips be-
tween the north and south, and Il Is un-
ttkcfy- there IS another place I'm fbs
United States where the big bird IS seen
IN greater numbers than he may be seen
at this season in the lake district he
tween the lower Missouri and Mississippi
rivers
From Marie. Temps Claire, thirty miles
above ST Louis. up the Missouri poInt to
Ling lake, forty miles above there Is n
chain OF prairie lakes in which the pell-
can delights. lie can fish IA ,neir shaiIoop
waters and roost on their grassy shores
and every spring and autumn he visits
these places, oftentimes coming I'm great
hocks OF man. thousand birds Fifteen
miles above ST. Lelis is a turn I'm the
MISSOURI river known as Pelican bend IN
ls so named for the pelicans which stop
there twice q year ana fill the day with
his noisy fishing
The big-throated fisher Is no ordinary
bird. lie Is bright. II he were not he
would have become extinct long ago. for
the poorest marksman could hit n pelican
II he got within range OF IL and the
helds arc filled with hunters. But A peli-
can is seldom killed. He flies high ana
does his ground work in isolated places.
Tie knows a man with gun like wild
turkey knows an Indian from a red fox
Chicago Chronicle
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15
WIDOWS
LUCKY
FIND.
Found Safe Containing Sll4,-
600, and viii Receive
$4,000 as Her Share.

New York. July l5.-When old
Thomas genton died at his residence, No.
5O2 One Hundred and Sixty-hrst street.
on Sept %. $780, hel oft a will in which
he gave TO his wife the house and all its
furniture and contents.
The furniture ana wearing apparel we're
appraised at SEQ. Fenton said nothing
about little iron safe containing securi-
ties valued at sll4.eGS.7O
Mrs. Fenton, while rumaging around
the place found the small safe She very
promptly laid claim OH It, on the ground
that her husband had bequeathed TO her
the house and it's contents.
The heirs brought two suits I'm the Su-
preIne court TO test the question jus
tice Chester today handad down an opin-
ion I'm which he declared that Mrs. Fenton
is not entitled TO the entire sum, but is
entitled TO the house and one-thrd Of the
money found in the safe as her dover
right.
one of the suits was brought by Mrs.
Fenton against Dennis Fenton, a nephew
OF her husband and others for her dover
right, and the other suit was brought by
Corporation Counsel Whalen as Fenton's
executor. for a construction of the pro-
visions OF the will
Fenton left. i'm addition 10 the house at
No. SOP West One Hundred and Sixty-hrst
street, house and lot at Amsterdam
avenue and One Hundred and Slxty-first
street, and two vacant lots at one Hun
dred and Sixty-ninth street and Amster-
dam avenue
BY his will he distributed s3s. 400 In ff-
teen legacies 20 relatives of his estate TO
go 10 his sister-in-law. Betsy French,
or Tinniscart, County Westford, Ireland
and his sister, Mrs. Terrence Ahern, OF
Lismore, In the same county, I'm trust. for
life. Upon their death the principal was
10 go 10 Patrick Fenton, Betsy's son, alb
soutely.
Fenton married a second wife on Oct
H. 1885, and four days prior 10 his death
made a codicil by which he left 10 his
second wife the house i'm One Hunderd
and Sixty-first street. with its furniture
aud all its contents" The day before he
died he executed another codicil I'm
which he stated that he wished his will
ITO continue In full force and effect" but
the house and lot at Amsterdam avenue
was to go 10 his nephew, Dennis Fenton.
The other heirs chuckled as they thought
that the second wife had been neatly
tricked by her husband.
Justice Chester holds the trust IN he
valid. AS 70 Mrs. Fentons right TO the
Of the safe he rules that n she
were permitted TO take possession N
would prevent the payment OF the lega-
cies left by Fenton In his original will
Under the decision Mrs. Fenton will get |
about SIS 1000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15

Damascus steel A FEW years ago he
went to Chicago with g. q. Mccarthy,
then auditor of state. A room was hired,
a blast furnace was put In and the steel
was manufactured. Mr. Dawson allowed
Mr.. Mccarthy and his friends 90 see
all but one portion OF the process. when
the time came for mixing the secret In
gredient with the melted metal he ban
ished every one, What II was he added
he Will tell no one. save that II Is some
form and quantity OF carbon
cHARAcTERIsTIcs or HIS PRODUCT
The finished product n harder than
ordinary steel more plant. susceptible
OF a kcener edge. lie made some beauu-
ful knife blades that would bend almost
double, and also heavy sabre. He fash
toned a cold chisei and tested II beside
ordinary chisels on somc steel girders.
.The Dawson chisel went through the
girdcr I'm much less time than workmen
with ordinary chlsels. The workmen had
to change tools often In order 10 get good
edges, but when Dawson had finished
the edge on his chisel seemed as good
as ever
The men who formed the steel company
were all more or less active In securing
his parole, and they believe that In grati-
tnde Mr.. Dawson viii agree 10 place the
secret In such shape that II will be saved
10 the company, no matter what hap
pens 20 him. Should he still he recalci-
trant the courts may he resortcd 10 that
the company may be protected against
the loss OF the secret through his death.
remarkable feature OF tho whole af-
fair is that no officer OF the steel com
pany saw the secret deposited In the safe
deposit vault. They delegated a man,
friendly TO Mr., Dawson, 10 see that this
was done. He reported that the formula
was really deposited. Mrs Dawson made
desperate attempts TO secure control OF
the papers after her husband was sent
TO prison. and at one time threatened
suit against the company. This was met
with The preliminaries of a suit on the
part OF the company TO secure control OF
the papers. and the effort was dropped
DAWSON SUSPICIOUS.
In addition to the process OF Damascus
steel Mr.. Dawson thinks he has dis
covered a way TO harden copper. He
declares that this is as successful In its
way az Is the steel process Mr.. Dawson
is suspicious OF every person.
He fears that every man who wants
to discuss his discovery Is trying to get
IL away from him. IT is said that when,
years ago. he went 10 Cleveland to see
John ID. Rockefeller and TO Pittsburg
TO see representatives OF Andrew Car
negie, he was so suspicious that the mag
mates put him down as visionary. They
offered TO furnish him appliances by
which he could make his steel and offered
to buy his product, but that did not suit
him. lie has dreamed for years OF be-
coming rich from his secret. and wants |
a large share in any profits that may |
come.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15
HoWls This 2

We ofet One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot he
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. q.
We the undersigned, have known r 7
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable I'm oil business
transactions and financially able 20 carry
out any obligations made by their frrn.
WEST TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo. q.
WALLfNG KfNNAN a MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internaliv
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price nc ner
bottle. Sold BY all druggists. Testimon.
tails sent free.
Walls Family Pulls are the best.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-15
Cosmetics in London.

In Paris artificial compilations have be-
come so general that woman has no
more hesitation about displaying a rouge
pot than powder pun. Here IN London
says tho Onlooker, Il Is very much the
same thing now. and among the iewelcd
trinkets which women carry IN their
pockets there Is generally one containing
an eyebrow pencil or stick OF lip salve.
The question is whether it is too late 90
nip a social evil in the bud for 10 Is ccr-
tain that where society leads the great
middle classes will follow.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28

full and can be bought alta nomi-
nal figure, will rapidly rise in
value.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28
Our Awaken
edSOuth.
By WELLESLEY BRADSHAW.

Poor Hargrove Of Louisiana
/ little thought, as he and l clasp
ed hands on the closing day of the
Southern Industrial Convention,
last June, in Philadelphia, that l
should never see him again. AS
its able and honored president,
he bad led this regiment of
brawny-brained Southerners to
their crowning victory.
Practically that Convention
marked one of the great epochs
of Interstate, American history;
and, when it ad journed, and the
last member left the hall, l still
sat in my seat and fell into pro-
found revere.
The Old Century and the Old
South, the New Century and the
New South. The one the same
immortal Time; but with new nu-
merals; the other-God bless her
the same South, Invested of the
scarlet-splashed sackcloth of the
sixties, and now adorned with a
dazzling white robe Of fieecy cot
ton, culled from her own planta-
tons, and cunnlngly wrought
and fashioned in her own mills.
How glorious now her presence
and mien, as l beheld a mighty
being do obeisance to her, and
heard him speak these words:
80, Queen of the Southland, I
am the angel of Progress, and
have beer sent to show thee thy
dominion and its future.
"Prosperity, thy spouse, part
ed from thee so long, shall soon
again be with thee, and thou
shalt not continue asone widowed
and left in poverty. Come"
AS he spoke thus, he stretched
forth his hand to her, and at once
they we're together upon the
summit of the midway mountain
range of her empire, which lay
far away below her feet, like a
vast map, framed between the
two oceans, the Gulf and the
Northland.
The sun of the New Century
was hardly year above Times
horizon, ye+, by its soft light, she
could distinctly see the names of
her daughters, the states, written
on the land within the borders of
each.
maryland, my Maryland" she
exclaimed, and the echoing winds
repeated and repeated her words,
as though far-off choir lovingly
chanted them.
And all the sons and daughters
of Maryland stood forth in their
cities, towns, villages and farms,
and, seeing their uplifted queen,
with the angel by her side, made
loud acclaim in her honor.
Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia-my ell
der daughters Of the revolution.
And the sons and daughters of
these states joined in Maryland S
acclaim to their Queen, as they
beard her speaking.
With equal love in her voice
she called:
"Kentucky, Tennessee, Louis
Jana, Mississippi, Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Texas-young-
err, but ever as dear to me as
their sisters.
And the sons and daughters OF
these states, in like manner, even
as had the others, honored and
acclaimed their Queen.
Now in the armament above
Texas, resem bling great moon
of exceeding brilliance. shone a
white star, which began to move
westward, westward, westward.
It halted a little space many
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28

respect is accounted for, as II Is
of all new countries where the
lum Der industry is the forerun-
ner, that the farming class have
not as vet commenced to come IN.
1t is only comparatively few
years since the New Orleans &
| North Eastern Railroad was
built through an unbroken forest,
the saw mills followed and it Is
only comparatively short time
since there has been stump lands,
so called, availa bic in any quanti-
ty for farming purposes. Yet
Pearl River county has many
farms that have been under cul-
tivation for many years. The
lands bordering on the Pearl
River in the western part of the
county, were first settled by the
Spaniards in the early part of
last century, and these farms
are still being cultivated. Be-
tween the River and the New
Orleans & North Eastern Rail
road farms may be found where
the timber has been taken off.
It is surprising to note their
mum Der, in vie W of the fact that
comparatively few people have
come in from other States.
This lack of immigration is &C
counted for by the lack of knowl-
edge of the value of the land for
agricultural purposes. No
steps having been taken to ex-
plot this fact.
1t almost seems incredible
what can be done in the way of
producing oats, corn, sweet and
Irish potatoes, sugar cane, mel
ons, fruits of all kinds-in fact
any thing that any soil in the
elm ate can produce, and last but
not least we have as fine a soil
for cotton as can be found in the
South.
Three distinct crops can be
produced year if necessary, by
rotation. The soil requires but
very little fertilizing and is easily
tilled-good crops can be grown
the first year.
These Stump Lands can at
very small outlay of labor and
money be cleared and put in
shape for farming purposes, as
the logging operations of the
saw mills have done the major
part of the work and the costly
methods of preparing and clear
ing the lands of the Northern
States are practically eliminated.
These Stump Ian DIS can be
bought for a nominal sum, in
fact at price not exceeding the
rental of great many farms in
the North.
In addition 20 abundant crops,
the grazing for both cattle and
sheep is exceptionally fine, there
being practically no winter, the
expense of feeding over long
and expensive winter is nearly
eliminated. In addition to this,
streams and springs of the best
water are abundant, this country
being exceptionally favored in
this respect.
The next question is as to
marketing the products. For
the last few years the towns have
grown so much faster than the
farming population, that the con-
sumption has been far in excess
of the supply. In addition, we
have the great Queen & Cescent
System of which the New Or
leans & North Eastern Railroad
forms the Southern division, at
our door, extending from the ex-
IRENE North to the extreme
South of this Country, thus Civ
ing shipping facilities to any de-
sired point.
AS to climate, we have no ex-
| 4 49,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28
Mcneil.

NC " ELL IS IN L earl NlNeT county
Il miles south of Poplarville on a
trend of elevated table land 230
feet above the sea level. The
surrounding country is mainly
broad level ridges, with red clay
subsoil excellent for cultivation
and for splendid roads and drive
ways, so necessary for the pros
perity and pleasure of every
community. The timber is
mainly yellow pine intermixed
with hickory, oak and dogwood in
the slopes of the ridges. Much
of the tim Der has not been cut,
and when marketed will bring
vast treasures into the country
and add growth and prosperity to
the village of Mcneil.
Subsidiary to all this the pros
pect for agriculture and truck
farming on large scale is most
encouraging. 1t is here that the
A. & M. College aided by state
legislation and the U. S. Govern
ment has established their branch
Experimental Station. We are
assured that the College under
the law providing for the Station,
intended to use the best brains
aud the necessary money to I'M
lock the hidden secrets of this
piney woods soil and develop the
possibilities of this vast area Of
pine land into pro6ta Bile agricul-
ture and give practical object
lessons by which the farmers in
the pine region, all along the line
of the n. 0. & n. E. r. R., may live
10 comfort and moderate aff1uence.
Under the teachings Of the new
gospel of agric ulture, the pine re-
gion near the Gulf coast is des-
tined to become the great vegeta-
Bile and fruit producing center of
the South. Some of the college
buildings have been erected and
ready for use. The fields are
being cleared and fenced and the
work being pushed with more en-
crgy. The advanced methods Of
agriculture under the light of
science will take a wide range
and also ripen into useful edu-
cational school to meet the wants
of the pine region. The sur
roundings at Mcneil afford pos
for the highest scale of
human enjoyments. Nowhere
on the continent is there place
more favorable for the pleasures
of human life; situated as it is, on
a line of latitude south Of Mo-
bile and thirty miles from the
Gulf coast, on high and healthy
uplands capable of wonderful fer
tility, producing the earliest and
latest vegetables in the state, at
the door of New Orleans for a
market as we'll as the cities lying
northward, without the damp
low lands of the coast region but
all the advantage of climate, and
the invigorat:ng sea-breeze, that
comes at all seasons, tempering
it's balmy touch to the invalid, and
giving vigor and comfort to all
persons. Around Mcneil and
the surrounding country along
the line of railroad nature has
poured out with prodigal profu-
sion her richest treasures OF cll-
mate, soil, health, and a wide
range of native products. All
that is needed is energy and cap
ital to convert them into market
able wealth. Those who will
bring these requisites will have
the greatest opportunities the
country can offer to grow rich
and prosperous.
Besides, the cattle industry is
promising. 1t is fact that on
the "cut over lands" japan clover,
(lespedeza), and carpet grass,
(paspalum platacaule), and ber-
muda grass, takes possession of