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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
INJURIES FATAL,
Brakeman Grant Oisd al the
Emergency Hospital.

With both thighs badly crushed L. s.
Grant. a freight brakeman on the New
York. New Haven and Hartford railroad.
with home at New London. was taken
To the Railroad hospital ON weybosset
and an hour and % minutes iatsr hreatbed
his Last there. Medical Examiner Palm
er viewed the remains and gave permis-
sion Tor removal, sttributine death to ac-
cident. The body will be semi to IN.
nisn's rcla tives al New london
lie WAS assisting h the nske.up OF
Train IN the local freight yard, when he
met with injuries that proved fatal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06

Invitations have been received here to-
me Sinner 10 he given AZ the Waldorf
Astoria. New York. 20 N. n w. Prince
Henry Of Prussia. on Wednesday evening
feb. es. The dinner will be given by the
New York stsats-zeituns and besides the
nistineulshed guest Of honor and his
suite. Will be attended by Representative
of the daily press from all parts Of the
tnited states
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
JOSEPH M. MANN

THE MODERN PIANO DEALER.
No A7 Westminster ST. Cor Snow 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
MENNONITE BISHOP DEAD

Chicago. Feb GRcv. Joseph Stuckev
IL dead ~ Danvcrs, Ill lie was bishop
" the Mennonite church and had baen in
charge 81 the Denvers' church since iSs0
Biehop Stuckev had travelled extensively
over the Middle states establishing nov
churches IN sii he had ordained n h,sb-
OPS and baptised 1850 persons.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06

How about that cheap watch or yours
YOU were brassins about 80 muchs "It's
stih The most reliable tlmeplece ever
carried. It's never fast or slsw %
Realty Yes " dcesn't a. =, All
now'-Cstholic Standard and Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06

Do unto others ss YOU would have
pthers do unto you" ssid Markley
That's soiden rule, aud I believe IN u. 4.
zoo. pon't your Well" replied BUR
roughs. 20 dsd IA Be- offerus O. l~sd
Dan to this minute. "--Philadelphia Press
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06

Ned-You seem IN stand ace high with
Your sweetheart- small brother
Torn-ies when ! gave his mother q
pair OF slippers as = Christmas present
selected the softest material cbtsinsble.
-PhiIsdelrhis RECORD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06

secure direct action, and that is the way In operation in several states, In which in the primaries a candidate tor senator is selected as other can didates arc selected. The logical de- velopment of the primary system will demand ike action hereafter in this state. Tn South Carolina senators have long been named in state prl- maries, and at least half a dozen other states have adopted the plan. It promises to spread over the coun- try, thus changing the constitution without a constitutional amendment, in like manner as the method of se- lecting a president and vice-president was changed.
 Illinois voted on three propositions. as follows:
 State initiative and refer
 endum.... ...... ...... ...... 42S, 469 SI654 Local initiative and referen-
 dum.... .... .... .....- ...... .390,97z s331 Election of senators by pop
 ular vete.... .... .... ,S19 76976
 The vote is advisory in all three cases, but presumably the legislature will conform to the votes to the ex- tent of it's powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
THE CONVICT PROBLEM.
the huntsville Hercury.

From the Huntsville Bercury.
 In discussing the proposition to have the five leading counties organize and lease convicts in accordance with the state contract, the Birmingham Age-Her- ald suggests that the matter "should be left in abeyance until the legislature meets, when humanity in the matter of costs to be worked out by the friendless may get the better of the officials who fight for the retention and collection of unjust fees.'
 Some reforms are badly needed in the matter of fees. One man finds it easy to dispose of charge of assault with intent to murder, while other poorer and less influential men must suffer for less serious offenses. A negro caught shoot ing craps in a barn loft, where a court officer would never find him, may be indicted by jealous neighbor and there upon he pays a solicitors fee of sixty dollars. Such abuses arc the ones refer rcd to by the Age-Herald.
 But the matter of fees must not enter into the convict question to the exclusion of better leasing system. There will be convicts regardless of the fee brigade and they should bring as much revenue to the state as their labor is worth. Ger tainly they do not under the present county contracts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
NO SEAT, NO FARE, IN NEW YORK

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 We do not yet hear the first reverbera- tions of an uproar in New York city. but we are listening for them. New York is the next place on the worlds firing line. The women of New York have determin- ed that they will pay no car fares as long as they have to stand up in the cars. No seat, no fare, is their war cry. and the result will be their forcible re- moval from the cars That's what we mean by being on the worlds firing line. The ladies will be fired by the conductors. It sounds dreadful, and would look worse. We cannot say that all the women Of New York are going to take part In this movement. but a considerable hallful of them met at the call of the Womens s Health Protective association and de- cided to take daring action. There can be nothing but the profoundest admira- tion for Miss Theresa Barcalow, who, in the midst of her impassioned appeal to the ladies cried out: q do not care what happens; I shall not again pay fare when I am not provided with a seat. If the conductor orders me off the car I shall refuse to go. I will say. You will have to carry me bodily out of the car '' There's the true American spirit breath ing in every word, and If every other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
THOMAS B. REED IN WASHINGTON
Central Figure in Group of Statesmen
 In Arlington Hotel Lobby.

Washington Cor. in New York Sun.
 Thomas B. Reed was the central figure in the group of statesmen and politicians that were chatting in the lobby of the Arlington hotel on Sunday night, and everybody appeared glad to see him. Laugh and grow fat" is an old adage, but in MT. Reeds case 1t doesn't appear to work. for he laughs as heartily as ever, although he weighs a good many pounds less than when he was last in Washington.
 His congressional friends noticed an other change in his appearance. As they expressed it, Reed now has the cut of a prosperous New Yorker; the fit of his clothes, the set of his hat and the style of his walk all denoting the prosperous man of affairs. used to the active life of a busy city and with the old statesman air gone forever
 MT. Reed talked with Senators Hanna. Aldrich, Alger and others and was one of the scores of prominent republicans who took occasion to congratulte the former secretary of war on his return to Washington unoer such gratifying cir cumStances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
EARS GROW DURING LIFE.
These Attachments Do Not Attain Full
 Size I'll Death Comes.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 The systematic examination of more than 4OOOO pairs of human ears in Eng land and France has resulted in some interesting conclusions. For one thing, it is ascertained that the ear continues to grow in the later decades of life-in fact. 1t appears never to stop growing until death If one will take the trou- ble to look around in any assemblage of people. as at church, he will discover that the old folks have ears considerably larger than those of the middle-aged. A woman who has small, shell-like ears at 20 years of age will be very apt to pos sess medium-sized ears at 40 years and large ears at 60.
 Why ears should go on growing all ones life any more than noses is a mys- tery. There are good many other points about them that are instructive, their shapes being markedly persistent through heredity. Any ear will be hand ed down, so to speak, from father to son for generation after generation with comparatively little modification Some authorities on chiminoiogy assert that dA O Fciy dPS eO pOSSSoS 0 RcOo- liar kind of ear. which is recognized by an expert in such matters.
 There is probably nobody in the world who has a pair of ears perfectly match ed; in most people the two differ percept- ibly, not only in shape, but also in size. Frequently they are not placed precise ly alike on the head. The age of a per son may be judged with great accuracy by the ears, which after youth is past assume an increasing harshness of con tour. pretty woman whose first youth has departed may not show the fact in other ways, but these tell-tale features will surely tell the story of the flight of time Then there is the little wrinkle that comes just in front of each ear dur ing the thirties--a fatal and ineradicable sign.
 Near the top of each ear. just within the downturned edge and slightly to- ward the back, will be found. if one feels for 1t. small lump of cartilage. This is a remnant of what was originally the tip of the ear. when ever so long ago that organ in our remote ancestors had a point on 1t. Most of the apes today have pointed ears, but in human beings the upper edge of the organ has in the course of ages been folded over so as to cover the real tip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX.

Edgar Fawoett in North American Re-
 view.
 rThis is what passed between "Oedipus and the Sphinx," when he invaded the liar of the monster with the full knowl- edge that his failure to answer her rid dle would involve him in the death which had overtaken other men who had failed in the same enterprisel ''Fatuous boy" she laughed, In calm of supercilious incidence, Guess this" And then with tones of
 gold, Languid, yet savoring of harsh cruelty, She further spake. What fell from her
 was not The old legendary enigma. cstchword
 snare, That children learn today. but weight
 fuller With many pregnant meaning. Time Was in it, and eternity, and the Aux Or refiux of mans destiny; the laws Of love. hate, honor, duty, obedience; Of art, song, music, and the idealisms That haunt us with such tender tyran-
 nies; The starry and silver cobweb spun by
 space; The whither. whence. beginning, end of
 all We have named Divinity, glimpsed
 vague through life And ever amid this awful monologue. A note of query impiacably would ring, Until at last the tones of gold grew
 hoarse "You hear my riddle. Unweave it me. or
 dfan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Table sIrups from Sugar Cane

Bulletin No. 70, issued by the de- partment of agriculture, relates to the manufacture of sirup chiefly in Georgia and Alabama from cane. It was prepared by H. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemestry, and in its thirty-two pages are included about a dozen pictures of sirup making on Georgia farms.
 MT. Wiley states at the outset that the genuine sirups are at great dis advantage on account of competition with artificial sirups, consisting large ly of glucose or still more hurtful in- gredients. Such mixed articles of food should not be placed on sale un- der misleading names.
 Many sample canes were analysed, and those from Henry county, Ala, were very high in pure sugar and purity" One sample from Geneva county proved to be equally as good.
 Some of the best sirups are made in Georgia in very simple mills-mills operated by mule or horse, and pos sessing a single open kettle for evap- oration purposes. MT. Wiley presents in the bulletin prepared by him a sketch of a more elaborate mill, and yet a mill that is within the means of every well-to-do farmer.
 In conclusion he considers the prob lens of sirup making. He sees no way to make 1t profitable unless the unadulterated articles are regulated and stamped very much as bogus but ter must be under the new law passed for that purpose. What is good for butter Mir. Wiley plainly thinks would be good for sirups.
 The other problems relate to the composition of soils and to improve ments in the milling processes. Bet ter methods for clarifying and puri- flying the juice before evaporation are needed. Sirups of uniform grade that will not ferment in warm weath- CT are desired, and these are not al ways secured. MT. Wiley does not attempt to show how these desidera- tions can be gained, but he expresses the opinion that actual experience will bring out methods that will be free from reasonable objections, thus 2 adding largely to the market value of the pure sirups of the southeastern and gulf states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
From the New York snn-

From the New York Sun.
 0 OTIS of folks have told how the EO cakewaik came into being and all - tales have been different. This Is what Proctor Knott" the retired champion of this sort of fantastic pedes- trianism. says about it; and he should know.
 .It goes back to slavery days long be- fore de wah' was thought of" said Proc tor the other night. You see, in those days the negroes did not have much chance to amuse themselves, so. when the opportunity came, you can gamble on 1t they took 1t. Once in a great while their masters would give them holiday say around 'cohn' shucking time.
 "The slaves would gather in a barn on one of the plantations on a moonlight night and some of the sports would en- gage in corn shucking contest in which all were allowed to compete. The corn was piled in the center of the floor and the first man who found a red ear of corn was declared the winner. As a re- ward he was allowed to kiss the pretti- est girl and have her as his partner for the rest of the evening. Then the floor was cleared and a dance followed
 "The dance was a cross between a shamble and a strut. but 1t was original with the negro and exceedingly funny. Once in awhile one of the darxies would try to emulate the white dandy by walk a chest expanded. The others would jeer him, but he kept on walking until he got tired and sat down. In due time the rest of the negroes took the walk up.
 "On all of these occasions the old mammys would bake cakes from corn meal placed on a layer of cabbage leaves over hot ashes. It was the custom after the dance for all hands to partake of the cake. When the walk became popular the mammys used to bake extra cakes as prize for the couple making the best showing. That's just how the cakewalk originated.
 "The genuine old southern cakewalk was introduced in New York in the early '70s by colored walters who had worked in restaurants in the south. One who held the championship for many years was Tony Brown. lie was as black as hades and was a darky to the core. Brown was a funny fellow and when he came north and showed folks how he could prize walk he made hit.
 Brown was @ fine waiter, too. He could hold more cups of coffee on one arm without spilling a drop than any man I ever saw. He got job in a res- taurant on Sixth avenue and staggered the customers by carrying twenty cups of coffee at one time. He was daffy on cakewallSing, and the way he strutted up and down the floor was a caution.
 "One night at prize walk Brown at tempted the feat of carrying a dozen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
THE CRY OF THE DREAMER

By JOnu BOyl6 V fIeuly. I am tired of planning and toiling
 In the crowded hives of men; Heart-weary' of building and spelling,
 And spelling and building again. And I long for the dear old river,
 Where dreamed my youth away; For dreamer lives forever,
 And toiler dies in a day. I am sick of the showy seeming
 Of life that Is half a lie; Of the faces lined with scheming
 In the throng that hurries by. From the sleepless thoughts endeavor.
 l would go where the children play;
 And thinker dies in a day. can feel no pride, but pity
 For the burdens the rich endure. There is nothing sweet In the city
 But the patient lives of the poor. Oh, the little hands too slxilful,
 And the child-mind choked with weeds The daughters heart grown wilful,
 And the fathers heart that bleedsi No, no! from the streets rude hustle,
 From trophies of mart and stage, I would fly to the woods low rustic
 And the meadows kindly page. Let me dream as of old by the river.
 And be loved for the dream alway: For a dreamer lives forever,
 And toiler dies in day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
PREACHER IN QUEENSLAND.
Welcome Given by the Black Natives
 To White Minister.

In a recent book Edward B. Kenne- dy thus describes the welcome given by black natives of Queensland to a white preacher who visited them: "A black fellow came up to me and placing his hand gently on the bridle of my horse nodded his head in the direction of my friend. with That fellow priest I agreed, upon which, sinking his voice to a mysterious and hoarse whisper, he proceeded: 'Budgery. That fellow like it put on shirt over trousel, get a ton O waddy, and yabber bout debil, debil' which, rendered in plain English, reads: Good. That man puts his shirt on over trousers, gets top of wood, or pull pit. and talks about devil, deviI'
 Before 1 could make any remark up- on this new and startling manner of describing a preacher the whole mob of blacks, who had been listening to the in- formation vouchsafed me- commented to dance about with joy at having a par son, and we soon found out the reason for my instructor, signing to the others to be quiet, struck an attitude then turned to his reverence with an air of pride and satisfaction and thus addressed him:
 You give mine tixpence mine say lorsprer tin commands budgery quick all same white fellow. which meant, Give me sixpence, I'll say the Lords Prayer and Ten Commandments splendidIy quick as white man does in church. Then. without moments hesitation, he rattled off like lightning, as far as we could fol- low him, a page of the church service. throwing in few responses here and there. The parson looked grave as the black, the very second he had concluded. held out his hand for sixpense and upon the coin being refused him evidently con sidered that he had not spoken his piece fast enough, for he called up another member of his tribe. saying as he pushed him forward This fellow cabon quick 1 shillin'.' (This man very quick, 1 shil- ling)"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Lelsurely Travel.

sT see where a physician in Philadel- phia has just returned from horseback ride across the continent" remarked a traveller in the lobby "He made the trip it seems for his health and did not try to make any time records. In fact he seems to have enjoyed himself great ly stopping over in any place that took his fancy and returning much benefit ed in health. The most interesting part of his trip. according to him, was to see the country in a way that no ordi- nary traveller ever sees 1t. Tn no other way can the vastness or richness of the United States be brought home to one of Its citizens than to travel over the dirt roads in all parts of the country and rely on the inhabitants for food and shelter as he goes along. This Is what the Philadelphia physician did and he states that he found the American people hospitable everywhere except Iowa. The Iowans were an ugly lot as rule. He had plenty of money and was able to pay his way but the Iowans were just natur- ally inhospitable.
 Had this man been travelling through the soutn on fnoISepack NehtuAe . to eeS that he could almost have made the trip for nothing. The hospitality of the soufherners is proverbial and I once knew a man who travelled across Geor- gia on a wager that it would not cost him a penny and he won his bet.
 People are turning more and more to outdoor life for health. Not long ago a man who was i'll with consumption out west wanted to get home to die but had no money. He determined to walk, and after being on the road for time he found to his surprise that he was get ting stronger, and when he arrived home he was practically a well man. Horse back riding is a little more pleasant than walking and more expensive, but the two are the best inducives to health that I know of"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Camel Racing In the Desert.
From Pearson's Magazine.

From Pearson's Magazine.
 The racing camel is very carefully bred and valuable prizes are offered by rac- ing society at Bislxra for the feetest racer. l have seen the start of race and it reminded me, in far-off sort of way, of horse race. The camels were all arranged in line and they sniffed the air in their anxiety to be off. flag was waved and they set off at terrible pace as IT they were only racing for short distance. They kept together until they were almost out of sight Then they seemed to settle down to their habitual pace, and the race proceeded with long intervals between the competitors. have also seen the finish of a camel race, and 1t reminded me of the first motor car promenade between London and Brigh- ton. The camels were certainly not so broken down and bedraggled, but they came in at intervals of several hours and great patience was necessary to watch them arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Grand Lodge of Masons.

Ben M. Jacobs, grand senior warden of the Grand Lodge of Masons, has returned from Montgomery, where the grand an nual communication was held this week, He says the attendance at the grand lodge was larger this year than ever be- fore.
 "It was a pleasant session." said MT Jacobs. ''and a good deal of business of interest to the craft was transacted. The widows and orphans home resolution was lost. but the friends of the movement were encouraged at the strength 1t de- veloped. The vote for the home increases every year, and 1t will be only a question of time, I think, when a resolution for the project will prevail. There are 14,OOO Masono In Alabama, and representatives of about 5000 of them voted for the home this week. The proposition is for each lodge to ray to the grand lodge s1 per capita on it's membership for five years for the benefit of a home, and after five years 5oc per capita for the maintenance of the institution.
 'The new grand master. Dr. R. J. Red den of Sulligent, Is high type of man and a noble exemplar in masonry. He will certainly grace the grand east. Dr. R. M. Cunningham, the retiring grand master proved himself the right man for the exalted position he filled for two years. No grand. master, perhaps, was ever more popular and none ever had a greater gift of speech. His address to the grand lodge was exceptionally luminous; the most luminous and eloquent heard in a lodge room for many day.
 "The new man In line, H. D. S. Mallory, grand junior warden, is not only prom- nent lawyer. but he has been one of the most faithful and useful members of the grand lodge. He rendered great service as chairn an of the committee on suspen- sions, expulsions and appeals.
 "The grand council reelected its old officers. but the grand chapter moved up the line.' Charles E. Buckner of Lu- verne is now the grand high priest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
LAST OF A GREAT HOUSE.
Princess MathlIde still Lives at Age
 of s2 Years.

Princess Mathilde. now over S2 years old. who is spending her declining years in peace and quiet in Paris, is the only surviving member of the great house of Napoleon. The princess Is a niece of the Little Corporal" and was born about eleven months before the death of the first Napoleon.
 She was daughter of a sister of King George III. and during her childhood or until Queen Victoria's children were born, there was a slight chance that she might succeed to the throne of England
 Until Napo1eon's marriage with Elm press Eugenie, Princess Mathilde was his hostess and the greatest lady in the land. Today the princess and the empress are the only survivors of the first rank of the empire