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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

pie around the family board as the Pc
riodical meal. and Mr.. Glider edits one
of the giants among monthlies
This is the platform which the edi-
tors and writer's cooperating with Mr..
Glider know by heart: I'VE instructive
ly move along the lines of certain ideas
in literature, in art and in public policy.
The magazine. in sympathy with the
aims OF it's founders, cherishes the de-
sire not merely 20 amuse or merely to
instruct Dr. Holland always desired
that a certain tone should be maintain
ed and Furthermore. that each number
of the magazine should contain some
thing that should stand distinctly for
aspirations, for noble sentiments. His
successors have kept this in mind"
The literary founder OF The Century.
Dr. j. G.. Holland (Timothy Titcomb),
was a moralizer In rhyme before he
turned his talent 10 magazine editing
Mr.. Glider was DR.. Hollands associate
for a number OF years and In 1881 be-
came editor in chief.
To say that Nj. Glider holds that ev-
cry writer has a mission set down for
him is little wide Of the mark per-
haps. but he does believe that every
one has his message. IL may be keyed
high or low. but IL must have been born
OF actual experience. Many years ago
he wrote poem. Art and Life" which
may well serve as a guide TO the au-
thor whose message is rejected OF men.
He there lays down the dictum that
success depends not wholly upon what
one writes and how one writes. but why
one writes. Here is the poem:
Said the poet unto the seer:
How shall | learn 20 tell
What know OF heaven and hell?
I speak. but 10 ashes turn
The passions that In me burn
| shout 10 the skies. but hear
No answer from man or God.
Shall cast my Tyre 20 the sod,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05
RIFLE SHOOTING IN JAPAN.

Great efforts are being made i'm ia
pan 70 develop taste for rife shooting
among the people Rifle clubs have
been formed after the European model.
most OF them closely resembling those
existing In Switzerland. A marked Inn
provement in the general shooting is
already shown. The emperor takes the
greatest interest i'm the movement and
subscribes large sums for prizes. Ja-
pan has introduced the bicycle into its
army. Last year number OF machines
were purchased in Belgium. and on
these japanese soldiers have been exer-
cised in orderly and reconnoitering du-
ties.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

In case OF assault and battery a we'll
known doctor who was a witness said
he had treated the prosecutor for
black eye.
What do you mean by black
eyer " asked counsel for the defense.
II mean" said the doctor, that the
prosecutor had received a severe contu.
sion over the lower portion OF the
frontal hone. producing extensive &C.
chymosls around the eye. together with
considerable inflltratlon of the subja-
cent areolar tissue"
Serves you right" said the Judge to
the prosecuting counsel. Everybody
knows what a black eye is"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

again a conical peak or pinnacle OF
rock: but the suggestion is that OF a
chain of mountain peaks just peering
above the water. This suggestion is
most forcibly made by the appearance
OF the long chain OF islands known as
the Grenadines lying between st. VIM
cent and the island OF Grenada, SOUTH
ernmost OF the true volcanic chain.
The great Humboldt asks the question
which naturally arises in ones mind
as he looks upon these islands: Did they
belong TO the continent of South Amer
lea and form part OF its littoral chain.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

or have they been upheaved from the
depths OF the sea?
II am far from maintaining" he
says. the ancient continuity of all
these smaller islands. i am rather in
clined TO consider them as islands heav-
ed up by fire and ranged in that regular
line of which we find striking examples
in so many volcanic hills in Mexico and
Peru The geological constitution Of
the archipelago appears. from the little
we know respecting IL. 10 be very sim
liar 10 that Of the Azores and the Ca
nary islands. Primitive formations are
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05
Peaks Of the l. legendary Atlantis

nowhere seen above ground; we find
only what belongs unquestionably to
volcanoes"
\. r. Wallace. Alexander Agassiz
and the late Mr.. Bland. an eminent
conchologist. argued from the fauna OF
the Islands that they once pertained to
a continent. Agassiz In 1879 reported
that in his dredging operations in the
Caribbean sea he had brought to light
the outlines Of old continents: and the
writer's studies OF the "avi fauna" of
the islands. or their bird life. extending
over period OF nearly three years,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

seemed to confirm the prevailing opin-
Ton as to their continental character
In fact. the conclusions reached by
nearly all later scientists tend toward
the opinion that these islands. which
extend in a crescentic line from Saba.
in about latitude IS degrees north. TO
Grenada. In latitude IL degrees north.
present the remains of a sunken conti-
nent and once formed an unbroken
barrier between the Caribbean sea and
the Atlantic ocean We may call this
continent Atlantis IL we like.
and perhaps IL may rise again from the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

MIR. Glider is a man of light build.
with deepset. keen eyes-a man whom
the lay world quickly sets down as
some genius" poet. an artist or a
scholar. His fiery eyes are the stron-
gest feature OF his makeup and would
be called fascinating. like a cobra's. but
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

continue TO tin their farms and build
their huts OF palm leaves on the slopes
OF the soufrieres. or sulphur mountains:
will content themselves with their for
mer fare of bananas. salt fish and plan.
tains-will, I'm fact, go on as they did
before the eruptions--unless indeed the
volcanoes explode one after the other
and render all the islands uninhabita-
bic. FREDERICK A. OBER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

The word that from out thy heart
Flameth. do thou thy part.
Thrice speak u aloud. I say.
Then go. released on thy way;
Live thou deeply and wise;
Suffer es never before:
Know Joy TIL II cuts TO the quick;
Eat the apple. llfe. TO the core.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05


4Wx ~ sea Is undergoing a
HA - ~ change from insular
ANRnGNl TO continental struc-
Z ~ ture and that earth
quakes and volcanic
eruptions will continue until the archi-
pelago will be united or connected by
land surface throughout seems TO find
some confirmation i'm the traditions that
have been i'm existence for thousands of
years. These islands. according to ira
dition, once pertained to continent
now beneath the sea, as narrated in
the legend of the lost Atlantis. An
Egyptian priest is said TO have commu-
nicated the knowledge Of Atlantis TO
6olon. the Athenian lawgiver. who. as
well as Plato and Pliny believed that
legend. which was 10 the effect that a
vast continent once lay 10 the westward
Of the pillars OF Hercules. between Az
rica and America.
Plato's Atlantis as he called IT, was
engulfed I'm consequence OF cataclysm
and sank out OF sight about 1000 years
ago. Long before Columbus made his
voyages TO America Phmnician and
carthaginian navigators spread the re-
ports of partly submerged and won
derful land which was altogether diff
ferent from any then known. In con-
hrmation OF the existence OF continent
now submerged, partially or complete
ly learned writer says: 1T IL re-
markable that recent archaeological
researches should have established the
fact OF there having really existed an
Atlantis I'm tertiary times, and geolo-
gists are justified in concluding that
in the tertiary epoch land connection
existed between the two continents of
Europe and America on account of the
identity of their fossil remains"
Even casual voyager among the
Caribbees cannot fail TO be struck by
the resemblance of the islands TO a
nearly submerged line OF mountains.
seemingly the last remains of conti-
nent now mainly beneath the waves.
Sometimes a whole. ridge is exposed and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

pet to be seen affixed. and then only its
plain penciled drawing. When near
ing complicated parts or medallions.
boy aged from twelve to fourteen, the
foreman of the loom. who has the de-
sign seemingly imprinted in his mind.
walks up and down. calling out in
quaint singsong manner the number OF
stitches and the colors OF the thread to
ha ifeed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

turned TO power under Canovas del
Castillo. only to be followed from 1898
TO 1895 by Sagasta. who. in turn. was
succeeded again by Canovas, the as
sassination Of whom i'm 1897 threw the
cabinet into Sagasta's hands, though its
nominal head was General Azcarraga.
Spain's war with the United States
was fought under Sagastas premier
ship. though through no fault % his.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

cess has for years occupied the throne
ately taken by her weakling son, and
he men at the helm are pervaded by
sentiments foreign to those held by the
people at large. Sagasta, the premier,
'or example. looks more like Boer
han a Spaniard: General Weyler. min
ster of war; shows his Dutch origin in
MS stolid face, and the Duke OF Vera
qua, minister of marine. with his robust
igure and mutton chop whiskers re-
3embles n prosperous British squire
yet all are dotted upon by the people
generally and looked up TO even by the
politicians.
The present premier, Senior Praxades
Mateo Sagasta. though a native born
|Spaniard, is, as intimated. very foreign
n appearance and is as great a depar-
ure from the ideal Spanish type as can
be imagined. though he is today regard
I'D as the man of the hour in his coun-
Try. He will have lived three-quarters
|)f n century next July and has been
|learly fifty years in public life. He
has survived all his great Spanish con-
|emporaries. such as General Prim,
King Alfonso XII, Martos, Castelar,.
'ampos and Canovas del Castillo. and
has held high office longer than any
Dther Spaniard now alive. Belonging
o the ancient school of politics. he
probably owes his numerous successes
more 10 a lack OF policy than TO any
definite plan or really great qualities.
lie has thus drifted from premiership
o premiership. until nobody in Spain.
east OF all himself. knows where he
tands politically, though nominally he
a Liberal. A Liberal, yet he has
been oftener called upon by Queen Re-
rent Christina 10 form a cabinet in a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

for he was then for the sixth time at
the head of affairs in Spain. Again in
1901 Sagasta was for the seventh time
requested TO form cabinet and select
ed as his colleagues the men who re-
signed a couple of months ago. Among
them was Weyler. whose enmity Sa-
gasta incurred when he relieved him
Of command in Cuba, but whom he for
a time placated by the cabinet position
Of minister OF war. Sagasta's cabinet
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

cannot be called a very harmonious
one. with himself. a Liberal. at the
head, the Imperialist Weyler as min
lister Of war. the Duke Of Almodovar. a
rank Conservative, as minister Of for
eign affairs. and another of his stamp.
the Duke of Veragua, as minister OF
marine. But il illustrates what thing.
OF shreds and patches the Spanish cab
met has perforce become.
The cabinet which he has for the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05
MOSTLY PERSONAL.

Professor Frank Linley Critchlow. as
tant i'm French I'm the Johns Hopkins
iversity romance department. has
|st been appointed TO he Instructor in
enoh m Princeton university.
Rev. Or. John ~. Prugh. the newly
|~f~d r-~-'da~t ~ 30 crne~~i c~-o
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

town who received gold spoons from the
II. a. ".
The German imperial council OF
health has ISSUED tables referring TO
cancer. They show that the number of
cases has materially increased since
1892. tho proportion Of In, lease surpass-
ing that OF the population. The age ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

Ind read by Richard Watson Glider.
hitor of The Century Magazine.
Eho builds the state? Not he whose
power.
Rooted i'm wrong. in gold intrenched,
|fakes him the regent of the hour;
The eternal light cannot be quenched
his shall outlive his little span,
Shine fierce upon each tainted scheme.
han show where shame blots all the
plan.
The treachery in the dazzling dream.
q builds the state who builds on truth.
mo, ne who crushing toward his aim
[rikes conscience from the throne and
| ruth
ITO win dark, unpiteous fame;
lot he. though master among men
|Empire and ages all his thought
|hough like an eagle be his ken.
|Down 10 the ground shall all be brought
or this I hold and shall for aye.
|rW heaven sends death-that they who
sow
ate. and the blood OF brothers. they
Shall harvest hate and want and woe.
he curse Of earths dread agonies
|Whercto they added in their hour.
nd all the unhceded tears and cries
They caused In lust of lawloss power.
builds the state who TO that task
Brings strong. clean hands and purpose
pure;
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

nut. His ability and practical knowl-
edge OF the subject are such that he
has been engaged by the national au-
thorities at Washington 20 prepare for
Hatuitous distribution a report to be is
sued on chestnut culture.
President William .. whi,ford OF
Milton college. Wisconsin. is dead He
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

of the Reformed church. has been pas.
tor Of Grace church. Pittsburg. for
twenty-five years.
The members OF the Massachu
house Of representatives Of 1871 and 1872
held a reunion recently In Boston. OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

ing, of the 1872 house eighty-one. Twen-
ty-five OF the living members Of the leg
islatures Of 1871 ard 1872 are more than
seventyfive years Of age.
Mrs. Martha Abel Rich. Familiarity
known as Grandma Rich. who was
ninety-six years old May /. died al East
Hampton. Conn. recently She was the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

1855 and wrote The History Of Educa-
tion In Wisconsin" which the state
published and distributed at the Cen
tenniai exposition.
Gilbert Parker. the novelist and MEM
ber of parliament says he thinks Firth
evefse. New YorN. the most beautiful
street In the world next tn the Champs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

former years Women are more rre-
quently affected than men. but do not
succumb to the cancer I'm as large a
proportion.
Game Commissioner G. X. Sober of
Lewisburg Pa. is known as the chest
nut king on account Of his extensive
and successful venture in this new field
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05
RICHARD WATSON GLIDER POET AND MAGAZINE

for the gentle, intellectual light which
pervades them. His grasp OF a subjec
is instantaneous: il compasses all sides.
and appeal from his judgment to deeper
wisdom or conscience would seem to bo
hopeless expedient.
RODNEY LINHOLM.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

Rest aud give over the strife
And sink In n voiceless life?
Said the seer TO the poet: Arise
And, give TO the seas and the skies
The message that I'm thee burns
Thrice speak. though the blue sky turns
Deaf eaFs- and the ocean spurns
Thy call. though men despise
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05
"AS SHE is SPOKE"

There is passenger steamer on the
Elbe where the warning against speak.
ing TO the man al the wheel is displayed
in four different languages. This is the
English version: ITO the helm marine
gentleman try conversation not"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

PECULIAR condition
of affairs prevails in
Spain. where. notwith-
standing the country
is so tenacious of it's
national traditions and
so boastful of its he
roes 10 the manner
born. a queen regent
horn an Austrian nrin-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

' the recent annual
meeting of the Society
of the Colonial Wars
held at Princeton. N.
j., much favorable
comment was elected
from the distinguish :
ed assemblage by the
poem who Builds
the State?" written
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-05

IE assertions OF sever
al well known scien-
lists that the entire
chain Of islands In the
southern Caribbean
sea is undergoing a
change from insular
20 continental struc-
ture and that earth
quakes and volcanic
The Washington times., 1902-10-01
HELLO RIVAL TO
LOCAL COMPANY
Keyston Concern With Heavy Finan-
cial Backing Anxious to Break Into
Washington.

An apparently well authenticated re
| port has il that the Washington fell
Will soon be entered by an outside tele-
phone concern, which promises its pros
pectiye customers lower rates and i'm
proved service.
There have been rumors for over a
year." said an official of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company. yes
terday afternoon, that outside compa-
MES would break into the Washington
circuit. How true this rumor Is / can
not say, but Mr.. Foerderer can tell you
all about it, am sure
The new concern is the keystone
Telephone Company. Financially the
company is well equipped. At the head
or the new undertaking are Congress-
man Foerderer and John NJ. Mack, who
control the Keystone interests in Phila-
delphia, and they have interested in
their plans powerful capitalists in New
York. Boston. and Chicago.
The Keystone Telephone Company n
is said, has declared war on the Bell
company and all its associate lines and
dependencies. New York. Chicago, Bal
tiInore, Boston. Pittsburg, and this city
especially have been mapped out for
an early attack
Many powerful allies have tsen enlist
ed in behalf of the Keystone company.
ihey are independent systems that
have invaded the Bell companys pre-
serves In the East and Middle West.
Under what the promoters have termed
traffic agreement" all of these in
dependent companies have planned a
united attack on the Bell company, under
the leadership OF the Keystone concern.
1t is the intention of the latter to be-
gin operations in New York and con-
tinue until Boston is reached.
The Washington times., 1902-10-01
DEMOCRATS AFTER
Mr.. GIBSON'S SEAT
Propose to Wage Aggressive Campaign
in the Second Tennessee Congress
sional District.

The Democrats propose to make ar
aggressive campaign in the Second
| Tennessee district. and hope to defea,
| the Hon. Henry Richard Gibson. the
Southern aspirant for Speaker Hender-
sons shoes. Mr.. Gibson is small OF
stature, but comes to Congress fror
east Tennessee. backed up by big ma
tority, so big, in fact, that for num-
Der of years no fight has been made in
the district by the Democrats.
At the early State election, however.
four counties which had long gone Re-
publican gave Democratic majorities
and the district, instead of going 1O. 600,
was only carried by the Republicans by
1900.
The Democrats have nominated Col.
H. II. Hanna. who. by the way. is In
40 way related to the great Republican
hatlonai leader of that name, and he
proposes TO make fight He was lieu
tenant colonel of the Fourth Tennessee
volunteers in the Spanish war,
and is very popular. The Democratic
managers, to test his ability, sent him
up into Maine. and the report came back
that he created sensation among the
Pine Tree Democrats.
He has engaged in a joint debate with
Mr.. Gibson, who is a prominent Grand
Army man and member of the Commit
tee on Invalid Pensions. Several days
ago he challenged Mr.. Gibson 10 pro-
duce either his enlistment papers or his
discharge from the Srmy. promising if
he did SO to withdraw from the canvass
and cast his ballot for Gibson. Senator
Carmack, ex-Gov. Bob Taylor, and
number of leading Democrats are cam
in the district, giving help to
Mr.. Hanna.
Representative John Wesley Gaines
left Washington yesterday to take mart
In the campaign In the interests of Mr..
and predicts his election.
The Washington times., 1902-10-01
SHOW STRONG HAND
IN LATIN AMERICA
Secretary Moody Reveals His Plans
Through Division of North Atlantic
Force.

Secretary Moody said yesterday that
he had decided to make the West Indian
squadron, under command of Rear Ad-
miral Joseph B. Coghlan. independent OF
the North Atlantic naval force, under
command of Rear Admiral Francis ].
Higginson. The cruiser Olympia, Capt.
Henry W. Lyon commanding, will be
Admiral Coghlan's flagship. Up to this
time admiral Coghlan has been second
in command of the North Atlantic naval
force.
The creation of this separate squadron
was the result of the serious condition
Of political affairs in Haiti, Venezuela
and Colombia, and the decision of the
Administration to hereafter maintain
strong hand in Latin American coun-
tries, where American and foreign inter-
ests are placed in jeopardy by political
outbreaks. 1t is intended to give Ad
miral Coghlan an adequate force of
cruisers and gunboats
The Washington times., 1902-10-01
EPWORTH LEAGUE
ENDS CONVENTION
Nlr. Frank T. israel, of Foundry Chapter This City, In
stalled as President for Year.

The twelfth annual convention of the
Epwortli League OF the District of Co.
iumDia. which hap been in session al
waugh Methodist Episcopal Church, or
capitol Hin. adjourned last night. AL
OF the twenty three chapters in the
District were represented. The total
membership is over 1000.
Last night the officers for the coming
year were installed the officiating min
lister being Rev. H. II. Naylor, D. D.,
presiding elder of the District confer
ence. He made an address. In which he
emphasized strongly the benefits of the
league In developing strength OF char
acter, individuality. and ability for pub
lie service in the young people. He in
sisted that the league had solved the
amusement question so far as Methodist
young people were concerned. The Of
fcers are as follows:
Officers Installed.
President, Frank T. Israel, Foundry
Chapter.
First vice president Dr. ]. H. Wes-
Ter, McKendree Chapter.
Second vice president, Mrs. NJ. NJ
Mitchell, Waugh Chapter.
The Washington times., 1902-10-01
Georgetown
University
FoUNDED 1882
SCHOOL OF LAW. All

REV JEROME DACGHERTY. s. j.
President of the University.
GEORGE 4. HAMILTON, IL D..
Dean OF the Faculty and Lecturer on Testa-
mentary Law, General Practice. and
Legal Ethics
HON. MARTIN F. MORRIS. Ii. d..
associate Justice, Court of Appeals of the Die
trict OF Columbii,)
Lecturer on the History Of the development Of
Law, and Comparative Jurisprudence
Hon. SETH SHEPARD. Ii. D..
associate Justice. Court OF Appeals OF the Dis
trict Of Columbil)
Lecturer OH Constitutional Law. the Law Of Cor.
poTations and Equity Jurisprudence and the
history q Constitutional Law and the
Foundations OF Civil Liberty.
Hon. CHARLES G.. COLE. III. d..
CLate Associate Justice. Supreme Court Of the
District OF Columbia,)
Professor in Charge OF Fourth Year Course. and
Lecturer on Railroad Accident Law; Munich
pal Corporations: Jurisdiction OF United
states Courts; Conflict Of Jurisdic-
tons and other subjects
HON. HARRY NJ. CLABAUGa.
tAssociate Justice. supreme Court Of the Dis
triet OF Columbia.l
Lecturer on Common Law Pleading and Prsc-
tice and Equity Pleading and Practice.
HON. ASHLEY NJ GOULD.
Lecturer on the Law Of Contracts. Criminal
Law and Domestic Relations
REV. RENE HOLAIND s. j..
Lecturer on Natural Law and Canon Law.
CHARLES X, DOUGLASS, A. b., Ii. B.,
Lecturer m the Law OF Torts and Negotiable
Paper
MICHAEL j. COLBERT, A. ~, LII. NJ,
Lecturer the Law of Personal Property.
ID. W. BAKER, A. NJ. Ii. ",
Judge OF the Circuit Court and Lecturer on the
Law OF Real Estate. and the Law Of Evidence.
j. NOTA McGILL, Lii. NJ.
Lecturer on Probate Practice and Patent Law.