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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
NEW GARRISON ARRIVES.

Victoria. y g.. Dec 2-The new Earri-
SON for West Point has arrived here from
bermuda. where the troops have been
gusrdins Hoer prisoners They relieve
the ilO Officers, uon-oommissioued Officers
and men. now making the nnal arrange
mcntS for their departure FOR Hong
Kong
The lpcoming force ls under Mai Gner-
don. aisi COuzisfa of fnur Officers aud ia
nou-cemmissioued Officers and men The
force whirh has garrisoued West Point
since September lSN will embark on the
steamship Empress 81 China TUESDAY
morning
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
HOLIDAY JUVENILES. /.

MORE ANIMALS. by Oliver Herford;
Another book OF oliver Herfords fancI-
ful but by no means unreal animals Will
be welcome enough for the Christmas
gift hunter. II il difficult TO know which
to like the most, the verses or the pictures
by the author-artist Together they 60
cspitally. II is charm OF the author-art-
lists whimsical draughtmanshlp and pbesy
that they carry truth as we'll as amuse-
ment and, like the cycloramas, one night
easily be misled into trying to dstin-
guish the line OF demarcaton between the
real and the Mr. Herfords imaginative
brush. The combination makes "A delicious
sort OF humor in both pictures and verse
No natural history ever presented more
evidently faithful reproductions OF the am
imal outlines and characteristic poses.
Ard the animals appear TO be expressing
much mirth themselves at being repro
duced with Mr. IIerford's gentle carica-
turing. The little outline bits that intro
duce each verse and picture are particu-
larly vigorous n may be question
whether very young child would appre-
ciate all To the author-artlsts cleverness
and wit but such a one would acquire "A
familiarity with animals that few kinder
garten courses could 30 easily inculcate.
published by Charles Scrihner's Sons.
For sale by Preston and Rounds Co.
Price 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

The nfty-seyenth congress. which began
It's deliberations today. is the fourth sue
cossiye one IN which the Republicans
have had a majority. Their continuance
Ia power Is fitting recognition OF their
faithful service To the people and OF their
success in promoting the peace and pros
perlty OF the nation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
Chat Abouf
People.

We are no sooner out OF one trouble
than we are confronted hy another.
and into which without proper reNoe-
tion upon the probable results OF our
rash acts, We plunge.
Thanksgiving II gone. and 50 are
our guests, whN put us Co moro Dr
less trouble. and then hlltholy sElHfrt
away leaving rs alone that we nititf
in solitude scan over the weekly store
bill and reflect upon what fattcncd
up so much.
And now Christmas Is upon us. the
great and glorious season. whom gncl
cheer and desire 10 appear as sif.-
wart philanthropists stirs ms tn hrr
things we cannot afford 10 pay foe.
and which most OF the recipients VIII
have no use for
Already the Christmas greens man r.
on deck. \ carload or trees arrived
here from Maine last saturday aud
street 20 be thawed out
The trees were beautiful. and the
aromatic piney smell they eNuded was
enough 20 warm up the cookies of any
mans heart ana lead him 10 make the
plunge above referred TO.
And the smiling shopkeener and hts
array OF clerks IS waiting for as anC
our dollars ana they are going 10 take
us I'm once more
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

Although there are 10000 enlisted men
and 10000 volunteers in South Africa.
Kitchener says his effective nghting
force numbers only 5000 and he loudly
calls for additional troops.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
A Gard.

we. the undersigned. do hereby agree
10 refund the money on q So-cent bottle
OF Gr.ene's Warranted syrups OF Tar II u
falls TO cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a s5-bottle 10 prove salts
factory or money refunded
BLASDISs N BLAsDINa. A. W. FrssKR.
KhsYoS, SMITH A Co. f. " oDoSNHLI-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
PROMINENT eNCLlSHMsN DEAD.

London Dec. The dca Oh H. announced
or William Rsteman iianburv second
Raron Rateman. IN the seventy sixth year
N hts ase
charles william Hyiton MolineuN. hfth
Earl ~ Seton. ls dead. lie vas born
la lsS1.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

Quay is planning a snap convention
over In Pennsylvania forgetting, evident
backward
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
A JOLLY CAT TALE. by Amy Brooks

A JOLLY CAT TALE, by Amy Brooks:
This book is fanciful account OF an en-
terprising cat family who, after sundry
endeavors 10 wear clothing like real peo-
pie conclude that their own fur gar
ments are best. The fine Illustrations and
strikiugly attractive cover help I'm making
"A unique book for little folks. and one
that the older members OF the family Will
greatly enjoy reading aloud 10 them. In
deed the profuse work OF tho artist. who
il also the'author. In pen and ink sketches
and FUN page wash drawings, IL altogeth-
er as fetching as the capital story. pub
lished by Lee and Shepard. Price 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

that the Behring straits route is not like
~ 10 be put into operation during 1.-THE
present generation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
AS THE GOOSE FLIES. by Katherine

AS THE GOOSE FLIES, by Katherine
Pyle
The writer OF the "Christ tmas Angel
provides with pen and pencil a new and
delightful sort OF fairy work for the first
Christmas in the Twentieth Century. Lit
tie Ellen flies away TO fairyland on
Mother Gooses famous gander and max as
the personal acquaintance OF many OF the
inhabitants Of that charming country and
the scenes of their activities, so familiar
to generations of people. She finds people
and places just as she has read about
them. a. she expected 10 do. and while
she might have feared that her wonderful
journey was too good 20 he real, all
doubts are dissipated by the discovery OF
the forgotten story or Little Golden
Hair" which she had never heard in all
its completeness but which she hears--in-
deed. she sees it-for the stories are
alive too I'm the House OF Forgotten
Stories" that the 8geerbOdies Introduce
her 10 and that beautiful lady. no 9TH
er than Fairy Tale herself, discloses. The
book is beautifully printed and bound and
Miss Pyle's illustrations are exquisite.
published by Little, Brown & Company.
Price Sl.20)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

few nights ago an employe " a pa
per company in Bellows Falls. Vt dem
onstrated unusual eccentriciues a.
somnambulist lie cot up AZ ? O'Clock in
the morping harncssed hla team. put
load of pulp wood into the wagon and
drove down 10 the mill. entirely uncOn-
scious OF whs, he vas doing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

INK FILINGS, by Flora Carleton Fag-
mani:
or course al some time in your life. you
have thrown blotch OF ink from your
pen TO a piece of white paper, then folded
the paper through the median line of the
blot and spa tied ~ down, the opened IL
and observed the unexpected duplicate
shapes or srotesque design that the blot
has assumed in the folding and pressing.
And perhaps with n little deft penman-
ship you completed curious drawing.
The attractive volume OF Ink Filings re-
produces the result OF a great number of
such process work AS YOU may guess, if
YOU have ever INDUCED In the pastime.
the figures and shapes secured are anus
ing immensely varied and often not lit
tie awe inspiring. Verses suggested by the
surprising subjects accompany each of
the ink filings and the whole IL made up
handsomely into novel and entertaining
Christmas book that is calculated TO
make the children laugh and the grown
folks marvel. published by Dodd, Mead
and Co. Price SD
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

BUSINESS OFFICE. Z weybosset ST Teiephope is77a
EDITORIAL. ROOMS. g. So. water St Telephone isI7a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

HISTORY IN RHYMES AND JINGLEs:
Alexander Clarence Flick professor OF
European History I'm Syracuse University
has written and Prof. Carl r. Hawley. as
sociate professor of drawing in the same
institution has illustratedf this big and
bright Christmas book OF stories In verse
of some OF the worlds big episodes. he
roes and heroines. IN Is new idea I'm its
way. the view OF the associate professors
being TO adapt the jingle. the Mother
Goose rhyme to the imparting Of inform
alton that will be worth while. II is not
at all likely that Mother Goose and all her
creatures will be displaced by Prof Flick's
rhymes and ingles OF historic the4nEs-
but there ls no reason apparently why the
child should not absorb some of the latter
during the period when II is learning
jingles that ordinary convey nothing
worth while in the way or desirable in
formation with them. There are one hum
dred and ninety stories told in the
rhymes and iingles of this volume. be-
ginning with Watt and his tea kettle and
closing with a bit about William the Con
aueror's curfew aw-alphabetically, with
Alexander the Great and Alexander Ham
ilton and closing with kenophon and the
surrender of Yorktown. Indeed II verse
and pictures were chronologically arrang-
ed a pretty thorough history OF the world
would be covered published by the Saal-
field Publishing Company. Price s125)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

'The word has been passed from the
men who furnish the Tat TO carry
elections TO the men who hope for po-
ltical favors, No tinkering with the
tariff. These men have no more lnten-
tion OF submitting 10 reciprocity ar
rangements with cuba than they have
Of submitting TO reciprocity tariff ar
rangements with France. or Spain or
Argentina. - Boston Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

General Kitchener is capturing one
hundred Beers week. As there are
about ten thousand In the field the war
ought to be over in two years. Gal
weston News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
The crematory Trust.

The recent published announcement
that movement had been set on foot
to consolidate aI the .crematories Of
the United States and Canada into enc
association for. the purpose Of fixing d
uniform price for incineration is rot
one that those sensitive on the subject
of s'trusts" need view with alarm.
VA crematory trust is impossible"
said person we'll informed on this
somewhat depressing subject, "for the
cost Of incineration depends entirely
on the cost Of coal. Coal may be S12
ton in California and 81 ton here.
1t may be almost nothing at all at a
place like Fort Wayne, Ind, but they
haven't any crematory there. But 1t
would be quite impossible to establish
anything like uniform price"
At present the cost of incineratlcn
depends somewhat on the circuin-
stances of each case, although in New
York the regular price is S35 for adults.
There arc, however, in connection with
most crematories, relief funds" es-
tablished by societies or by individual
donations. with which the expenses Of
incineration for those who have ex-
pressed wish that their bodies be
thus disposed Of after death, but have
left no money to provide for it, may
be met. The methods in these cases
are somewhat sililar to those used in
hospitals, where patient pays what
he can afford to pay.-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
Tho RreesIngs ct cycle.Patbs.


With the construction Of cycle-paths
now in contemplation, touring on an
extensive scale. which Is now imprac.
ticable IN many pnrts Of the United
States, will not only become possible;
bht pleas,irable:
Nor can the proposed development
IN this respect fail Of giving wonder
full impetus to the sport of wheeling,
as we'll as lead to more general use
of the bicycle in recreative life.
1t is occasion for native chagrin to
compare the touring facilities Of the
United States with those of European
countries. One excuse, that we can
not afford the expensive roads of those
countries, no longer exists. The cycle
path is not expensive. we can az
ford It, and we cannot afford to do
without it.
Besides providing healthful; pleas
urable means Of recreation for our
selves, it will tend to keep numbers of
tourists and money at home, and off
get the stream of both which con-
tinually flows from the United States
to Europe. The trunk-line system Of
ride-paths for bicycles will make it
POSSIBLE for United States citizens of
Moderate means to see and know
omething of their own country be-
tides what they read in books. Not
The least Of it's blessings will be a
checking of that neurotic condition
prevalent among Americans, which a
German physician calls Americanitis.
-Caspar Whitney, in Outing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
Tho Ann1rsls of rertll:ssrs.

It has long and often beel claimed
by farmers that the chemist in his
analysis Of fertilizers does not tell
them enough about their composition,
They say that the chemist gives hem
commercial value only, and that fire.
quently incorrect, while the agficul-
tural value, which is the important
thing to the farmer. is not shown or
pretended to be- With regard to
rhosphoric acid and potash. the pre-
sent methods Of chemical analysis
are on the whole satisfactory, and
furnish basis for judgment as TO
the agricultural value CT these lngre-
clients. But in the case of nitrogen,
the most valuable and costly clement
in fertilizers, the complaint of the
farmer is we'll founded.
1t is an uncuestioned fact that a
fertilizer can be manufactured which
will analyze high in nitrogen and
yet have very little value as rertl-
lizer. The ordinary method of analy.
sis, as is commonly used in this and
.nany other states, gives the total
amount of nitrogen in the fertilizer
without showing whether or not the
nitrogen is in form available for
plants, but they assume" that the or
ganic nitrogen is from the hest
sources, and consequently highest
cost. and value it accordingly.
The Connecticut station report for
1895, says: "These valuations it must
be remembered are based on the as
sumption that the nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash are available
to farm crops. Chemical examinations
can show pretty conclusively whether
this it true in regard to potash.
There is less certainty in regard to
phosphoric acid. while chemical eX'
animation as it is usually made gives
little or no clue to the availability Of
the organic nitrogen in mixed goods.
The principal use of artificial ie"-
tilizers is to give an early and vigol-
GUS start to hoed crops. 1t is very
important, then. for farmers to Know
how much of the nitrogen in the fer
tilizer to be used is in such form that
it is, available for this early rupld
growth.
Nitrogen is used in fertilizers in
three forms. as nitrogen of nitrate
salts and nitrogen in combination
with animal or vegetable matter, COM
monty called organic nitrogen.
All ammonia and nitrate salts are
soluble in water. and hence immedi-
ately available to the plants.
With organic nitrogen the case Is
quite different. The principal sour.
ces of organic nitrogen are fish scrap,
dried blood. slaughter house refuse,
horn and hoof meal and leather waste.
These materials have very different
agricultural value; dried blood, foT in
stance, decays rapidly in the soil and
sooner yields its nitrogen to the crops
than hoof and horn meal and leather
waste, which resist for long time
the process. of decay, and till then are
practically worthless.-Andrew Fl.
Ward, in New England Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
Lighter Horses Better.

Farmers who have watched the ease
with which large draft horses handle
heavy loads on good roads or city
pavements have been lei to think that
a heavy horse Must be the better aGl-
NAL in oil cases. and we see many
farm teams that are far inferior i'll the
amount Of work they con dc. in plow-
ING OF in drawing a load upon soft
ground than a much lighter team
would do easily. Then the 'avy
horses are driven over our hilly roads,
often at rate of speed that causes
them to pound the earth so that the
legs give out and they are quickly lame.
1t certainly requires more food to
sustain a 1600-pound horse than one
weighing from 1000 to 1900 pounds,
and when not constantly employed
drawing heavy loads the amount of
%o.k done by the heavy horses does
net compensate tor the extra cost Of
maintaining them. AS farmers will
have next spring to buy horses. or
many will. we advise them to turn
their attention to the smaller ho-ses
from Canada il they can be found
rather than to the Percherons AMI
Shire horses that have been so popu-
lar lately. They will cost less prizes.
cost less to keep. do about as much
work and endure much lcnger.-Amer.
lean CultiYatOr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
THE MANY-slDED LLoYD's.
Special Features of the Grent Marine In
surance Agency.

Special Features of the Grent Marine In
surance Agency.
There is a philanthropic side Of the
corporation of Lloyds. Whenever they
hear through any of their vast army
of agents Of any deed of heroism on
the deep tney Immediately communi-
cate with the hero or heroine and COM
memorate the deed by striking off a
medal which is presented to the one
who has earned it. The committee of
Lloyd's has a standing advertisement
in Lloyd's Weekly Shipping Index, re-
auesting all captains who may call at
British ports to communicate any in
formation concerning any wreck or
vessel in distress. or making long
passage, to Lloyd's agent at the first
port of call The value Of such in
teliigence is great and it may be suf-
ficient to remind captains how often
such news may be the means of con-
veying to the wives and families Of
officers and crews the assurance of the
safety CT their husbands and fathers.
cat an Office on the ground floor Of
the Royal Exchange, Lloyd's answers,
free OF charge, all sorts of inquiries
from the wives, or relatives, or the
sweethearts of sailors anxious about
the cruise of Jack, or desirous of find
ing out where his ship may be. There
is list kept by which the where
abouts Of any British vessel may be
found in a twinkling. An important
book is the Captains Register con-
tanning the biography of more than
10000 commanders in the merchant
service of Great Britain. Another VOL
ume not high in favor with the under
writer's is called the Black Book in
which missing and wrecked ships are
recorded Lloyd's publishes what is
practically list of all the merchant
vessels of the world. measuring one
hundred tons or more. 1t is called
'Lloyd's Register of British and For
eign Shipping and it tells all about
every seagoing craft worth mention
ing, giving her tonnage dimensions aid
the name of her captain and owner. =
Ainslee's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
Brazil Invaded by Teutons.

Germany in Brazil" is a topic rare
iy discussed in the press, and yet the
German settlements in South America
are the most fourishing of which the
FatheIand can boast. Since the be-
ginning OF the present century German
emigrants have struggled against fear.
full odds to establish themselves in
Southern Brazil, with the result that
to-day it is claimed that quarter Of
a million inhabitants of German es-
traction find comfortable home
there. Large German colonies exist
in Rio de Janeiro. Bahia and other
purely Brazilian places, but the Ger
mans almost call their own the Bra
lillian provinces Of Parana. Santa Cat
erina and Rio Grande de Sui. The
Germans in Brazil may not at present
have either the intention or the wish
to constitute themselves an indepen-
dent political body, but the increase Of
Csrmanism in that part Of the world
is a factor that will no doubt one day
be felt-Paris Messenger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
American Flax Fibre.

The foremost countries for the
growth of fine fax threads and fabrics
are those which have long, moist,
equable seasons. The most successful
growth CT fax for fine fabrics is in
the low countries of Europe. There,
tc obtain the best and finest quality Of
fabric, the seed is not allowed to
ripen, but the fax is pulled when It
arrives at the highest state of perfec-
tion of fibre. {{
During the fifties I was engaged
here in the manufacture of linen
thread, and found that in order to pro-
.duce a merchantable article of uni
form quality no supply of American
grown flax could be had. Occasional
seasons gave us excellent fibre. but
variations of seasons prevented the
supply being reliable. Many hundred
thousands of dollars have been wasted
in this country in the attempt to make
fabrics for which our growth of fax
is unsuited. To have fibre Of the most
uniform and highest quality uniform
ity of temperature and moisture is
indispensable. Flax fibre grown i'll or
climate is inevitably Of unequal
strength, because part of the time 1t
has g proper amount Of moisture. aud
then comes drouth. and the quality
and strength of the fibre grown after
that arc weak and uneven, so that the
flax is not fit for fine threads or linens.
In this country, as whole, fiax Is
cultivated for seed. and the use os the
fibre is subordinate. It answers very
well for coarse fabrics and tw;ues,
but for linens it is wholly unsuitable.
Albert E. Powers. in Country Gen
t1oman
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
Pastures and Feed.

never pasture spring seeding OF
clover SO closely that It Will not grow
up enough to rall down and protect
the plant from freezing and thawing
in winter and spring. Upon this de
pends you. success for hay crop the
following season. Always feed plenty
of corn to the hogs after they become
used to it while the weather is warm
and rasture abundant. for then is tl:'
time that the most pork can be made
with the least corn, Keep salt anc
ashes before the hogs continually.
Mix one-third salt and two-thiros
ashes, but if the hogs sse not asei TO
it, feed sparingly for two or three
times; then let them have all they
want all the time. Soft coal and char
coal are excellent for swine. fresh
water, with clean. surroundings, IS also
necessary. Observe these thingss2nd1 !
cholera will not be apt to bother.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-27
oroar siphts for Astronomers.

Astronomers who watch for sun
spots sometimes see queer sights. One
such sight has become classical, al
though astronomers do not seem yet to
have arrived at an explanation OF It.
On September l, 1859, Mr. Darlington
and Mr. Uodgson-the one at Green
wlch and the other many miles DIS
tant, and both watching sun spots
simultaneously saw two luminous OBJ
iects, shaped something like two new
moons. each about 5000 miles in length
and 1000 wide, at distance Of some
$4,000 miles apart. These, according
to an expert description, burst sudden
ly into sight at the edge of great SUI
spot with dazzling brightness, ant
then disappeared after travelling dis
tance of some 10000 miles.-Londor
Chronicle.