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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

The sinking Of Haytian fiiibuster by
a German gunboat calls for no excite
ment I'm this country. The Monroe Doc
trine is still intact. and the English Jour-
nails which profess 10 see visions OF
trouble between the United States and
Germany are doomed to disappointment
this time. e."--Philadelphia North Ameri-
can,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

There may be doubt about the settle
ment OF the coal strike but none about
the size of the coal bill.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

Deyery says he can whip Sheehan, and
sheehan says he can whip Devery. The
man who can thrash both is badly needed
In the ninth New York district.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

The New England fish market is quiet
and firm owing TO the limited supply
There has been heavy demand for this
useful article Of food since the meat
trust secured supremacy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

Governor IIilrs plurality so far Is @.s6s
and the Maine Republicans are right In
thinking they have done their duty well.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

do weeks I'm advance OF its meeting ana
before single delegate has been chosen
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

The Baer war still continues in the an
thracite coal regions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11
Slade Mansion School

For BOYS and Girls, SAT ELMWOOp AYE
NUE., will reopen sept. Is, 1902 For fur
FANNIE Il. WOODS A. M, Principal.
Groton, Mass
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

Hayu Is at present from any point OF
view. w."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11
THE MISSES BRONSON'S SCHOOL

FOR BOYS AND SiNIS
31s Hope Street, Providence
Kindergarten, Primary and Grammar
Grades; also first year of High SCHOOL
Special advantages for older girls in mod
ern languages, music and art Manual ana
physical training Free Conveyance.
limited number OF girls received as
boarding pupils. Sixth year opens SEP
TENDER sd Principals at home daily
after September 4th from 1o-i. Circular.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

very stunning gymnasium costume made of dark blue
with white flannel The waist is made blouse
full The sleeves brought to the elbow The collar OF
at of blue silk The skirt
Knickebocker fashion, drawn with elastic at the knee
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

Tho German government has taken an
unusual and drastic course In sinking the
Haytien revolutionary steamer Crete-a'
Pierrot for overhauling and seizing the
cargo OF the German steamer Marko-
mamma, but the general verdict Will ap-
prove e"-Philndelphia Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11

"As to the right Of the German gunboa
Panther to seize and destroy Haytia
ginboat under tho circumstance relate
in the news dispatches from Port a
Prince. the state department lie ampl
competent and sufficiently jealous to dc
eide I'm so far as the action may relat
10 the principles OF the Monroe Doctrine.
New York Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
Governor Has Good Name.

Out in Idaho the people are not all
wild and woolly. Not long ago the gov
ernor of the State visited the office OF
the surveyor general. This letter, which
is now in the files of the Civil Service
Commission in Washington, was sent
to the governor by the staff in the
office:
Dear Governor: When your earthly
course is done and you will reach the
borders of Styx, still bearing aloft the
love torch and the friendly and beneh-
cent banner, the ancient ferryman will,
we know, receive you with love and
reverences and give you a safe transit
with joy and Thanksgiving.
"Rhadamanthus will hail you with
glad We'll done' and escort you to the
rose-embowered gateway of the fields
elysian.
"On golden hinges turning, the pearly
gates will swing wide open and blessed
spirits uttering joy will bid you thrice
welcome.
"Your countless friends cannot go all
the way, dear governor, with you, as
we are not all so worthy as thou,
knight Of natures nobility, but we will
try to initiate your example, except in
what is ini.nitable, and shall hope to
Join you when we shall have had our
fill of earth and its transitory bless
ings."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29

~ NE hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
II u years ago, the American Con-
gress, in session at Philadei-
phia resolved "that the flag OF the
United States be thirteen stripes alter
nate red and white; the Union to De
thirteen Stars, white, on blue field.
a new constellation. the
stars to be arranged in circle"
There are many traditions adoat con-
cerning the origin Of this design, but
one in which there is undoubtedly the
most truth is that which credits the
idea of the design to Washington. The
general found in the coat-of-arms OF
his own family a hint from which he
drew the design for the flag. The coat
of-arms of the Washington family was
two red bars on a white ground, and
three gilt stars above the top bar. The
American flag, once decided. upon,
was rushed through in hurry, for the
army was badly in need of standard.
Betsy Ross, Of Philadelphia, enthu-
siastically undertook the work, and in
a few days a beautiful star-spangled
banner was ready to be unfurled. She
had made one alteration in the design
submitted by Washington. The Gen
eral had made his star six pointed, as
they were on his coat-of-arms; Betsy
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29

Ross made her stars with five points
and five points have been used ever
since For several years Mrs. Ross
made the flags for the Government.
The first using of the stars, and
stripes in military service, it is claimed,
was at Fort Stanwix, renamed Fort
Schuyler, now Rome, New York, 1777.
August 2 of that year the fort was be-
sieged by the British and Indians; the
garrison was without flag, but one
was made in the fort. The red stripes
were Of a petticoat furnished by a
woman, the white for stripes and stars
was supplied by an officer, who gave
his shirt for the purpose, and the blue
was a piece of Colonel Peter Ganse-
voort's military cloak. Three women
worked on the flag, and it was raised to
victory on the 22d of August, when the
redmen and the British were defeated
at the fort.
The next record Of the using of the
Stars and Stripes is on the first ami
versary Of American independence,
Charleston, S. c., and other places,
July 4, 1777. The banner was used at
the battle Of the Brandywine Septem-
Der II, 1777; at Germantown, October
4, of the same year, and it also float.
ed over the surrender Of Burgoyne
This flag cheered the revolutionists al
Valley Forge the next winter; it waved
at Yorktown and shared in the rejoic
ings at the close of the war.
Some of the first flags were made un
der difficulties and at great cost, the
greatest ingenuity being required OF
occasions to secure the necessary mate
r1als for the banners.
| AS long as the States remained thir
teen in number the original design o1
the circle Of stars was all right, b1l
when, in 1901, Vermont and in 1892
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
THE SWEET, LONG DAYS.

The sweet, long days when the morning
breaks
Over the mountains in rose and gold,
When the shadows linger on vale and
lakes,
And the afterglow tints field and wold,
The summer days when the pasture land
Lies dappled with daisies beneath the
sun,
When the waves wash up on the pebbly
strand,
And the little ripples leap and run.
The sweet, long days when the children
play
Merry and sweet as the day is long,
Driving the cows, and tossing the hay,
And singing many a snatch of song.
When mother is busy from morn till eve,
And father is earning the children's
bread;
In every task when a prayer they weave
For blessings to rest on each little head.
The sweet, long days when, though trou-
BILE may come.
We bear the trouble in trustful cheer
For ever in God is our constant home,
A refuge and shelter from grief and
fear.
The sweet, long days which our Father
sends,
Foretaste and pattern Of days to be,
In the time when the measure by days
shall end,
On the fadeless shore of the Crystal
Sea.
M. E. Sangster
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
MATCHES WERE NOT USED.

Souvenirs of the Days When Smokers
Got Light from Live Goals.
When smoking first became fashion
able in England during the reign OF
Queen Elizabeth it was customary for
those who used the weed to have in
his outfit a pair Of tobacco tongs. If
he were a gallant of the court they
were made of silver; if a substantial
merchant, of brass, but if working
man, Of cheap iron ware. They were
necessary implement to the smoker.
Matches were unknown. and the only
available fire in the daytime was the
blazing log upon the hearth. With the
poker small piece of glowing ember
was broken off, which with the tongs
was applied to the freshly charged pipe.
Hundreds Of these tongs are to be
found in the collections of antiquarians.
Most of them are clumsy objects. but
la few are so graceful in outline and
artistic in Workmanship that they
seem to be Of French and Flemish
rather than English origin.
These tongs were revived on a
small scale some twenty years ago.
when they were employed for holding
cigarettes. The cigarette tongs were
| from two to four inches in length, con-
nected at the upper end by smart
spring, which kept the ends together
when in a position Of rest. When used
the smoker opened them and caught
the cigarette between the tips close up
! to the mouth end. The contrivance en-
abled the user to burn the cigarette
down to the last Whit and protected
the fingers from the discolorlng va
por that produces the brown stain upon
the fore and middle fingers. The new
tongs shown nowadays are somewhat
larger and are intended to hold cigars
as well as to reach coal from the
fireplace to pipe. They are made OF
iron, steel and gun metal, and many
Of the latter are said to be manufactur-
ed from warships, cannon and other
trophies of the late war with Spain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
Making a Piece of News.

A good live piece of news may often
be made by accident. Readers of Bar
rie's novel, when a Mans Single
will recall the telegraph editor who
thought a dispatch beginning THE
Zu1us have taken umbrage" referred to
the capture of post and gave Umbrage
the benefit of a capital. A dispatch in
the Ottawa Evening Journal, dated
"Dauphin, Man., June 49," and an
nouncing the result Of the voting in
the Kinistino district in the territorial
elections, states: "As result of the
vote, Meyers and Mott Shadd, negro,
have been elected for the constituency"
1t should be, Of course, Meyers and
not Shadd.' In this case the wide
awake telegraph editor in the Ottawa
Journal office added: ''Shadd is the
first full-blooded negro to be elected to
a legislative body in Canada" And he
headed it up: "First Negro to Sit in
Canadian Assembly," Mott Shadd Has
Been Elected in the Territories"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29

'You done it all right" cried the liv-
eryman. "By George? he shrieked.
"it's Jim Bascom himself!"
Susan felt her head going round.
'Mr. Tompkins," she said, will you
kindly drive me to the bank as quickly
as you can?"
"Yes, ma'am, WILL he replied, with
great heartiness. you've got the stuff
there, haven't you? Jump in"
And a moment later they were speed
ing toward the bank. They had not
gone twenty yards when they met the
first group of hastily-armed men who
were on the trail of the robbers.
You'll find Jim Bascom lynn up
there" shouted the liveryman. "She
shot him an we've got the bank stuff
all here" And he touched up his horse
again. And the next group heard the
same story, and the next, and the next.
And they all turned and started after
blushing Susan Brown.
And then they were at the bank.
There was a little crowd about the
door. But they quickly made way for
Susan. and the liveryman, and the pre-
! cious bag.
And there was Jack sitting up in a
big chair. and somebody was bathing
| his head. and he was blinking queerly
like a man slowly waking up. But he
suddenly seemed to regain his facul-
ties when Susan Brown, forgetful of
all the curious eyes about her. sud
denly dropped on her knees beside him
and put up her loving arms and cried,
"Oh, Jack!'
j "Why Susan, dearv' murmured Jack
'There, there, don't worry. Pm just
a little dazed. One of them hit me
hind and stunned me. I'm almost all
right again"
ooh, Jack moaned Susan Brown
Il thought they might have killed
YOU, and-and l shot the man, and
and-and got the money back-oh, oh
oh.' And here poor Susan quite broke
down, and putting her face against
Jacks coat. sobbed convulsively. Ant
Mr.. Tompkins told what he knew, ant
then the astonished and delighted Jacl
turned the recovered treasure over tt
his assistant. who had been tempora
rily absent at the time of the attack
and borrowing the happy Mr.. Tomp
kins' phaeton. drove Susan to he
aunts.
"Oh. Jack" she murmured on thu
way, sit was so unwomanly and 81
cold-blooded"
I'm afraid it was, my dear" salt
Jack in a painfully-solemn voice, "bu
as it saved the bank in which l am in
timately interested $4,000 in cold cash
and at the same time appears to hav
broken up the most desperate gang o
thieves the State has ever known.
fear 1 must condone the fault. Blu
YOU will promise not to do it agaiI
won't you, dear?
Susan promised.-Cleveland Plai
Dealer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
What a Barber Sees.

What a Barber Sees.
'In the good old days." said West
End barber to z. w. the other day, mo
body was in hurry. ; A man took all
day for bath and a haircut, and ex-
pected entertainment thrown in with
the towels and the lather. In those
days the barber talked to kill time, but
nowadays time kills all talk.
Smooth faces are on the increase. A
man cannot keep his secrets behind
smooth face, and it is mystery to me,
therefore, why nearly everybody is
shaving, seeing that half the world is
laying itself out to cheat the other half.
A beard covers unpleasant looking ia
cial lines, an agreeable fact which ought
to fit in with the tastes of the majority
of business men, but it doesn't, some
how.
A clean-shaven man is usually good
and handsome. That has always been
my experience. But the man who has
the right to smooth face is he with
fine, strong chin and clean-cut lips and
good teeth and honest eyes; on the 9TH
er hand, men with receding chins and
weak upper lips and projecting teeth
and ugly lines at the corner Of the
mouth ought to be required by law to
grow either a mustache or a beard, or
both. A few years ago it was only
actors and walters, coachmen and foot
men, who affected the shaven face, but
the present universal fashion no doubt
took root some years ago when barris
ters first commenced to shave. e."-Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
Must Grow to Fit Them.

President Diaz. of Mexico, has Lin
coins habit of putting a good deal of
wisdom into a short humorous SEN
tence. The New York Times tells OF
an American gentleman who called ON
Diaz some years ago, and in the course
of talk brought up the Mexican consti-
tuition.
He was saying that although it is evil
dently modelled after that of the United
States, it is not administered to the let
ter.
Diaz did not attempt to make thor
ough explanation Of analyzing the con-
dition of the masses in Mexico, but
said to his visitor that his suggestion
reminded him of the story of an uncle,
who, forgetful of the age of his year
old nephew, sent him pair of trous-
ers.
"Now when that boy is old enough"
added Diaz, "he may be able to wear
them
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
A Penny Photograph.

A familiar automatic machine in En-.
gland Is an automatic photographer.
Drop penny in the slot and get tin
type!
The person who wishes to be photo
graphed stands in front Of the machine,
at a distance of about two and half
feet, and looks steadily into the lens
for the space of five seconds. The
sound of a gong informs him when the
operation is over.
The interior machinery then passes
the tinplate on which the likeness is
taken through a chemical bath in order
to develop the picture, and another to
secure it's permanence, and finally
through a water bath where it is
washed.
In less than fifty seconds the finished
portrait is elected, and if you are In
spendthrift mood you can for another
penny obtain a gilt frame.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29

Kentucky were taken into the Union,
it was decided to arrange the stars in
the form of one huge constellation.
In 1895 it was decided to add stripe
IS well as a star for each State which
came into the Union, consequently in
that wear Vermont and Kentucky were
marked on the flag, one by white and
the other by a red stripe; but some
wise prophet, looking ahead some
twenty or more years, saw this plan Of
adding a stripe as well as a star for
each State added to the Union would
mean a constant changing Of the flag,
which would, in a few years, become so
large and ungainly that it's beauty
would be lost A committee in 1872
was elected by Congress to decide upon
a permanent design for the flag, and
the result was that the original thir-
teen stripes were again used, the stars
arranged on the blue field in the form
Of a square, with one constellation for
each new State. In 1918 this plan was
formally adopted by Congress, and the
dag, with its thirteen stripes and stars
corresponding in number to the States
in the Union, became the established
emblem of the United States Of Amer
lea.
Although the United States is one Of
the youngest nations of the world, its
Gag is one of the oldest among the pow
ers. The country's standard, with its
thirteen stars and stripes, which was
first unfurled June IA, 1777, has re-
mained practically unchanged through
the progress and growth Of the coun-
try of which it saw the birth. 4 The
star-spangled banner which now doatz
over Uncle Sans possessions on lands
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
A Cause of Grief.

Major John Burke, avant-cour1er OF
Buffalo Bills Wild West exhibition and
one of the picturesque appurtenances
of that venture, told party OF Phila-
delphians during the recent local visit
Of the show an anecdote concerning two
doughty old Indian chiefs who were
present at the officers dinner in one
of the frontier forts. Both chiefs had
ugly records, but possessed the respect
of the officers as brave fighters, and
were known as men of influence on the
reservation. One of the pair was at
tracted by the bright yellow Of a pot
of freshly mixed English mustard, and
motioned to the waiter to pass 1t. He
took a tablespoonful and put it into his
mouth. Then his face set, his teeth
were clinched in agony, and the tears
welled from his eyes and down his
chesSs in a torrent. Without word
he passed the pot to his fellow red man,
nodding approvingly to indicate that II
was good to the taste.
.Why does the chief cry?" he was
asked by his friend, who noted the tears
suffusing his cheeks.
81 cry" he replied, because my
| grandfather is not here to enjoy the
feast"
A second spoonful went into the
mouth of the other red man, and with
similar effect.
"And why do you cry?" asked the
first, as he noted the tears with venge
| full satisfaction.
81 cry" said his friend, "for that
Won did not die when your brave grand
father diedp'-Philadelph Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29

and seas, Is unaltered. with the excep-
tion of the number and arrangement of
the stars. from the one which Betsy
Ross, at General Washington's request,
made at her home, No. 239 Arch street,
Philadelphia.
On the death of Queen Elizabeth, In
1908, King James vi. Of Scotland, as
cended the throne of England, reign
ing as King James l., and in honor OF
the union of the Scottish and English
Crowns he placed the white Cross of
st. Andrew on the national flag, chang
ing the field from white to blue. This
union Of the two crosses was called the
Kings colors," or Union" colors.
and the first permanent settlement in
what Is now the United States were
made under its protection, and the
Kings colors'' We're generally un-
furled by each new body of explorers
who came from the Mother Country of
the New World, until, in 1907 the
Americans adopted the red flag, but
added to it a device Of their own in
place Of the crosses.
The device of rattlesnake was pop
ular among the colonists, and its origin
as an American emblem Is a curious
feature in the national history. 1t has
been stated that it's use grew out Of
humorous suggestion made by wri-
ter in Franklin's paper-the Pennsyl-
vania Gazette in return for the
wrongs which the British authorities of
the time were forcing upon the Amer
ican colonists, cargo Of rattlesnakes
should be sent to the Mother Country
and distributed in st. James Park and
| other places Of pleasure"
+ Colonel Gadsden, one Of the Marine
Committee, presented to Congress on
the Sth of February. 1776, IAN elegant
standard. such as is to be used by the
commander-in-chief of the American
navy" being yellow flag with
| a representation of a rattlesnake coiled
| for attack.
Another use for the rattlesnake was
upon a ground Of thirteen horizontal
bars. alternate red and white, the
snake extending diagonally across the
stripes, and the lower white stripes
bearing the motto: Don't Tread on
Me-" The snake was always repre-.
sented as having thirteen rattles. One
of the favorite flags also was of white
with a pine tree in the centre. The
words at the top were: can Appeal tt
God" and underneath the snake were
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-29
Colored Globes Are Passing

Those huge glass bulbs of red and
yellow and blue water. which are call
ed show bottles, are gradually ceaslns
to be feature of the decorations OF
druggists windows. In the past they
were as necessary to every drug store
as red and white pole is to a barber
shop, but they have not, as the pole
has, a well-defned history.
All that druggists know Of them Is
that they have always been used as
window ornaments. The brilliant
liquids that they contain are made
cheaply and plainly of chemicals and
water.
Thus, a solution Of copper and am
monia makes blue; bichromate of pot
ash makes orange; aniline dyes have
of late been used in the chemicals
place, but the liquids fade in strong
sunlight, and have frequently to be re-
newed. The liquids colored chemical
ly, on the other hand, last wellnigh for
ever.
In the drug store at the southwest
corner Of Broad and Spruce streets
there is a show bottdle of very clear
and delicate shade of green. This is
green so fine that many druggists have
asked for the recipe that makes it.
This, unfortunately, is unknown.
A clerk in the shop twenty-five years
ago coloreI the water and filled the
| bottle, and little later left for un-
known parts Preserved only by a
cork of cotton from the air, the liquid
has ever since remained as brilliant as
it was in 1877.
There are, indeed, many show bottles
in this city whose contents are from
twenty-five to fifty years old.-Phlla-
delphia Record.