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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25

n. T. Kirby says Cornelia Belle, 2:lO,
that broke down at Narragansett Park
last August, is to all appearances as
sound as ever and that she will be pre-
pared TO take part in the 2:l0 trots OF
the present season down the big line.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-25

W. h Vanderbilt who has been stay
ing in London. went TO Paris yesterday.
While i'm France he will look over his
stable and prepare for the racing season
i'm France, where he will experiment with
American horses, an American trainer
and an American jockey. He does not
expect to race in England this season.
The Press., 1902-01-02
super.titious Brokers.

wall street brokers as class are as SuperstitiOus as women," said one of them, ''and there is hardly a speculator in the street who could not own up to some pet superstition if he would. mean the kind of ffnonsensical supersti- tion that decides his action occasional ly. My own is about as silly as that of any mans. but as 1t has won me lots of money l am going to cling to it. It originated about eight years ago when | found a fifty cent piece on the side walk. It was the first money that I had ever found in that way. and had a feeling that luck was with me on that day. fplunged on everything that l had been hesitating about. and when l settled uprI found myself way ahead. After that fell into the habit of keep ing on the; lookout for coins in the street. You would be surprised to see the collection that l have at home, for have never spent any of this lucky money 1t now amounts to more than six dollars. and that first fifty cent pieceis theaargest in the'lot.
 On days+when I have found a coin have pushed my luck successfully. Once or twice when l have hesitated abOntsdoing anything inAthes market I have gone out and walked around the streets, hoping to find a coin. I never have found one on such excursions, and each time stayed out of the mar ket, which proved to be the thing to do. l know as well as you do the foolish ness of superstition, but can't shake 1t out of me- New York Sun.
The Press., 1902-01-02
WORTH s300, ,OOO, 900.

The President of certain big Oil Com- pany is said to be worth $500, ,OOO,Ooo. A tidy bit of money and no mistake. And yet he isn't happy. In an address to Bible class he spoke of trials and troubles of the rich and the loads they have to carry. A young lady whispered to friend that he might wear Benson's Porous Plaster on his back or, better still, divide the money among the members of the class. don't know why her idea about the plaster makes me want to laugh, but it does. All the same I have seen plenty of people laugh after putting Benson's Plasters on their backs or chests, or on any other spot where there was weight, heaviness, weakness or pain. It may be the sharp stabs of neuralgia, the aches and wrenches of rheumatism it may be colds in muscles or bones; it may be those kidney or lumbago thrusts that make you yell as at dog bite; or it may be strain or cramp, Gnythi7og that wants quiet ing and comforting. Don't bother with salves, iniments, lotions, etc., or with any of the stupid and useless old style plasters. Clap on a Benson's. It relieves at 07acs and cures quickly. It stops the pain and makes you laugh for the very ease and good feeling of it. But watch out against im- itations and substitutes. All druggists, or we will prepay postage on any number ordered in the United States on receipt of 25e. each.
 seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
The Press., 1902-01-02
rhe Lost Rnrgain.

It Is Monday morning. Down the
 Street. hurries a stylishly dressed
 woman.
 Why does she hasten so? Why that
 look of intense excitement in her eyes
 Is she going to the office of her lawyer,
 there to hear the will of her favorite uncle read? Or is she hastening to the
 bedside of the dying? No; none of
 these. She pulls newspaper out of
 her pocket and reads again the ar-
 nouncement of the wonderful bargains to be had at the department store.
 She rushes frantically into the store. Yes: she can see before her the rem nant of pongee silk which is selling at only 15 cents yard. What a crowd of excited women are clustered about the prize!
 She forces her way into the thickest of the crowd. She is tossed this way and that She cares not. Her hat is pulled off and walked on by the half crazed mob. She cares not. She reaches the counter. Ten yards only of the silk is left.
 "I will take it." she says, just in ad- HduCe 5OI "OtASAs eAAA ANesNA ing for the coveted prize. The clerk says, "It is yours" The woman feels for her purse. She has
 left it at home.
 The other women exult. They buy the pongee. The wonderful bargain is gone. The bargain day is over. There will be no more bargain sales for one week.-Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1902-01-02

 Set it by natural, honest, healthy means. MR. c. J. BENTLEY, Architect, Z92 "a Ss., Memphis, Tenn, says:
 "I suffered from nervous prostration, brought on by overwork and study in my profession.
 "I was attacked with nervous trembling of my hands, loss of appetite and loss of sleep, and seeing an advertisement in our city paper of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I concluded to try it.
 "I found that the Nervura acted wonderful ly and gave me relief inside of twenty -four hours.
 q am now no longer nervous, have good appetite, and sleep well. I can truly recom- mend Dr. Greene's Nervura to all sufferers from nervous disease"
 Distaste for food and distress from eating are due primarily to disturbed nerves. Poor blood and general weakness, inability to sleep, kidney and liver trouble all follow quickly when the stomach is out of order.
 Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve re medy is the absolute cure for stomach troubles. Thousands on thousands testify to it's marvelously effective work. Dr. Greene examines and advises free at 1O1 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Call or write. Dr. Greene's Laxura Pills cure constlpar ton quickly and permanently.
The Press., 1902-01-02
4. oh,.c, 1e..on to Grant.

This story is told of the first time Grant ever had charge of a large body of men sent out to give battle. He was colonel in the early part of 1862, de. tailed to go to the relief of an Illinois regiment, supposed to be surrounded by Confederates at Palmyra. Mo-, but when he arrived the regiment had re lieved itself by retiring. Grant. then went out to Florida, in the same state, and as the regiment toiled over the hill beyond which the enemy was supposed to be in waiting Grant says he would have "given anything to be back again in Illinois,"
 At the top of the hill, instead of troops drawn up in battle array. Grant saw a deserted camp. Tt occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him." said Grant. From that event to the close of the war I never experienc- ed trepidation upon confronting an en- emy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. l never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as had his. ."-Syracuse Post-Standard.
The Press., 1902-01-02
ro. Judre an onal.

An expert on opal mining has recent ly explained low tIe opal is judged as to quality and desirability. First, he says color is of the greatest impor- tance, Red fire, or red in combination with yellow, blue and green, are the best. Blue by itself is quite valueless, and the green opal is not of great value unless the color is very vivid and the pattern very good. The color must be true-that is to say, it must not run in streaks or patches, alternating with a colorless or inferior quality
 Pattern is described as being an im- portant factor, the several varieties be- known as pin fire" when the grain is very small, harlequin" when the color Is all in small squares, the more reg ular the better, and the flash fire" or flash opar' when the color shows as q single flash or in very large pattern. Harlequin is the most common and is also popularly considered the most beautiful. When the squares of color are regular and show as distinct, mi mute checks of red, yellow, ,lue and green, it is considered magnificent. Some stones show better on edge than on ton
The Press., 1902-01-02
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.l
January 4, 1873.

 The Stafford National Bank paid a emi-arnual dividend of four per cent January 1st.
 E. c. Pinney has leased the grist mill at the Hollow. D. F. Hewlett will ret as miller
 Mrs. Cynthia Ruggles,77 died at Kan tone, N. Y., October 22. She removed from this town many years since, but is yet remembered by many warm friends in Stafford. She vas the widow of Adin Ruggits, who with his brother, Fordyse Ruggles, invented some years ago gun which was great improvement on the firearms then in use. The brothers then lived in Hardwick, Mass., and soon after the patent was obtained Fordyce was ac- | cidently shot by one of his own guns. l The surviving brother removed 10 Staf- fordville, then known as New Furnace, about the year 1880, and began the manu- facture of guns in a large building now standing, and now occupied as tenement house. He at the same time commenced \ Howe & Converse machine shops, pro, posing to enlarge the business. In the year 1883 he was accidently shot by one of his own work men. R. w. AnGrews was at the time an apprentice in the shop and with. ssed the sad occur e ce. The widow afterwards lost one of her boys, a lad of five years, by drowning at Stafford vile, soon after which she removed from town.
 l The renovated machine of the Torrent Engine Go. has arrived from repair shops in New London, also a hose cart has been purchased, and tomorrow at 3 20 p. m the company will parade in their new uni forms and exhibit the new extinguishing machinery. Tomorrow night the tiremen will hold their ball at Central hall.
 The North society of the town of Mans field contains about 1000 inhabitants, ,and within its limits the past year eight aged persons have died: Lydia Gavitt, 95 /; Olive Hanks, 90; Anson Turner, S5 ; Robert Foss, 84; Eliakim Jones, S3 Roena Fenton, 82; NoTmand Brigham Sl and Christopher Reynolds, 80, averag- ing 95 years. There are now living in this same limit 4 aged persons: Asa Simonds, 100; Mrs. Simonds, his wife, S4; Anthony Jacobs. 95; Belinda Brown. 92 ; Mary Barrows, 90: Levi Turner, 87 Daniel F. Hubbard, S7; Esther Freeman, |87; Salmon Barrows, S6; Lucy Chap man, 86; Amelia Richardson, S6; Nathan Presto n, 85; Daniel Fuller, 35; Roxana Jewett, 85; James Royce. 84; Amy Bur- lingame, S4; Fantana Southworth, S3 !; Chloe Metcalf, S3; Delight Baxter, S3 i; Clarissa Roath, S3; Betsy Capron, 82 i; William Smith, 80; Hannah Tuner, 80 {; and Martha B. Phillips, SO-average near ly 86 years.
 MARRIED.-Stafford Springs, Dec. 23, 1872, by Rev. w. V. Morrison, Truman Hopkins and Mrs. Alice Waite, daughter of George A. Lucas.
 Mansfield, January 1, by Rev. M. 0. Welch, George L. Rosebrooks and Louisa J. Chase.
 South Coventry, December 28, by Rev. ). P. Hawley, Carlisle P. Boynton and Lucy A. Coleman.
The Press., 1902-01-02
Why She Wa. Married.

It is queer how ironclad is the hold of convention and conventional con- alterations. They have a tighter grip and a wider influence than law, req son, sentiment or ethics itself. A wom- an whose marriage may be termed mediumly successful admitted can didly not long ago that at the very last moment never, never would she have married her husband had it not been for the thought of all the conventional Considerations involved.
 'On the way to our wedding" said the woman, i've had the most awful kind of row that made me vow in-
 wardly never, never to marry him. Then at the thought of the ceremony to come off at friends house, the breakfast that, thanks to her, was pre- pared and the invited guests, and how they would all talk at any change of plan, grit my teeth and went through lit. But it was the thought of the con- ventions alone that kept me up. No other possible pressure could have in- duced me to marry him after such a row as we had on our way to the we'd |ding."-New York Sun.
The Press., 1902-01-02
To Dwarf Trees.

To dwarf trees as the Chinese do you must follow their methods. They take young plant. say seedling or a cut ting of cedar when two or three inches high, cut off it's taproot as soon as 1t has enough other rootlets to live upon and replant it in a shallow pot or pan, allowing the end of the taproot to rest upon the bottom of the pan. Alluvial clay nodded to the size of beans and just sufficient in quantity to furnish a scanty nourishment is then put into the pot. Water, heat and light are per mitted on the same basis.
 The Chinese also use various me chanical contrivances to promote sym metry of growth. As, owing to the shallow pots, both top and roots are easily accessible. the gardener uses the pruning knife and the soaring iron freely, so that the little tree, hemmed on every side, eventually gives up the unequal struggle and, contenting itself with the little life left, grows just enough to livetand look well. j..
The Press., 1902-01-02
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 We had been driven below Cape Horn hundreds of miles by fierce gale lasting eleven successive days and nights, and one morning we found our- selves among the ice and almost wrecked aloft. The gale had blown itself out, but the situation twas one calling for the best seamanship and the keenest vigilance. Only steam whalers and exploring vessels get as far south as we found our position to be except by accident. During the three days we were putting the bark shipshape we were packed in field of ice extending as far as the eye could see on every hand. and even had we been a twin screw steamer I doubt If we could have worked clear of 1t. 1t was field ice broken from the coast of some island. and some of the cakes were a good twelve feet thick and al- most as hard as flint.
 On the fourth day we found ourselves driving down among six or eight great
  stoned and other preparations made to leave the bark at moments notice. The odds would be a thousand to one that the boats would be ground to pieces in ten minutes, but we had to :ake them. While we helplessly waited the field struck berg which was esti- mated to be solid cube measuring nbout 2.O00 yards on every front and lowering up over hundred feet high. There was q grand crash, and the berg began to slowly topple. It was like tree falling. only much slower. 1t took a long minute for that monstrous cube to turn turtle. and as the top reached the water the mass cracked in twain with report like the firing of can non. The sea kicked up gradually, opened wide lane in the icefield, and the bark was headed in and had clear sailing for ten miles before we found the passage blocked by one of the big gest bergs ever set afloat. Had that berg been measured should have had some wonderful, figures to set down here, but it was impossible for us to
The Press., 1902-01-02
At Second Hand.

A Highland laird who could not af- ford to keep his own piper was accus- toned to employ the village piper when he had company.
 On one occasion. through some over. sight, Donald had not been given his preliminary glass of whisky before he began his performance. Accordingly, he found his bagpipe in most refrac- tory temper. The laird asked him what was the matter with it, and Donald re- piled that the leather was so hard that he could do nothing with it.
 "What will soften iu?" asked the anx- ious laird
 "Och, just whuskyw said Donald.
 A tumbler of whisky was at once brought, which Donald immediately drank.
 You rascalv' said the laird. Did you not say it was for the bagpipesY
 "Och, yess. yess." said Donald, "but she will be a ferry peculiar pipes this. She aye likes it blawed in."-Highland Bagpipe.
The Press., 1902-01-02
Measuring the Heat of the Body.

By means of an ingenious instrument
 invented by Dr. Lombard of New York
 1t is ascertained that woman's body Is warmer than that of man by about three-fourths of a degree and some -times as high as one degree, while in no instance has the warmth of mans body been found to be greater than that of female. It Is also definitely ascertained that children are decidedly warmer than adults, the difference be- ing about degree F., the younger the child the greater the diversity. A diff ference In the heat of the sides of the body is discovered to be an invariable law. The left side of the head and ex- tending downward to the base of the neck is much hotter than the right side.
The Press., 1902-01-02
The Spanish Language.

The Spanish alphabet is perfect save for single silent letter. h. Each letter has only one sound and pronounced as spelled. The written language there fore is, with single exception. free from redundant letters. The chief diff fculty in the language to English speaking people Is the infection of its verbs. These move from one mood and tense to another by terminal changes, while English verbs move by auxilla- ries. In infection Spanish follows Lat in, of which it is beautiful and rich ly endowed daughter. so much so that it adopts no word or phrase from other languages
The Press., 1902-01-02
Finds Way to live Long.

The startling announcement of Dis covery that will surely lengthen life is made by. Editor O. H. Downey of Gnu rubusco, Ind. Fl wish to state," he writes, "that Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption is the most infallible remedy that I have ever known for Coughs. Colds and Grip. It's invalua blA to people with week lungs. Having this wonderful medicine no one need dread Pneumonia or Consumption. lis relief is -l0etaas~aRd Rd--eure-certain.e A. Q. ERton, 9ta1Iosyk 6pyineasan6 w. P. Fallen Son. esss.gnasanfessesesys60s 60s, ,and etso0 bottle, Anda9tve trial bottles free.
The Press., 1902-01-02
Greaf Memnrfea

Otto Schultze, stenographer, wrote in the Brandenburg Schulblatt that Bismarck had wonderful memory. When he had delivered a two hours speech and looked over our shorthand reports the next day, he remembered every expression he had used exactly and did not forget them for years."
 The novelist Spielhagen once told Schultze that he could recall vividly every one of the thousands of persons he had met in his life and every word spoken by casual acquaintances, to- gether with their gestures and the cut of their hair and clothes.
The Press., 1902-01-02
Buildings I'm Stockholm.

Only two-thirds of the area of the lot can be covered in Stockholm except on street corners, where three-fourths is allowed. The remainder of the lot must be reserved for courts for light and ventilation. All chimney fues must be twelve or fifteen inches and must be swept once month from October to April by official chimney sweepers.
The Press., 1902-01-02
A Hunting Story.

Once Rogers was shooting where his host happened to have killed a boy and a keeper in the same season, and he asked beater whether his master felt the matter very much. The answer
 was: "Well, sir, he didn't care much
 about the by. He gie his mother five
 pounds. But he were very wexed about the man. He didn't go out shoot in for a whole week." This in Norfolk
 was considered an evidence of the eli max of human emotion.-George Arch dale in Temple Bar.
The Press., 1902-01-02
The Arctic summer.

The arctic summer is brief, but for weeks together there is nothing to dis tinguish day and night Once at Dvor- nix two naturalists had left their ship at different hours. When later they met, one said, Good morning." the oth- CT, Good evening"" Both agreed that the hour was z. but while one traveller held that 1t was [ tomorrow morning the other maintained that it was z o'clock last night. On returning to the ship, they settled that it was last night. so they dined and went to bed again.
The Press., 1902-01-02

DoN'T LIVE TOGETHER Constipation and health never go together. DeWitt's Little Early Risers promote easy acton of the bowels without distress. "I have been troubled with costiveness nine years," says, J. O. Greene. Depauw, Ind. t.Ihave tried many remedies, but Little Early Risers give best results." w. ID. Hesld.
The Press., 1902-01-02
In reply to inquiries we have pleas,

In reply to inquiries we have pleasure in announcing that Ely's Liquid Cream Balm is like the solid preparation o: that admirable remedy in that it cl4alses and heals membranes affected by nasal catarrh There Is no drying or sneezing The Li Quid Cream Balm is adap ed to Il :. b <, patients who have trouble in inhaiinv through the nose and pref.r tp ayi <. iThe,prica. inelssding, epraying tui,.. i-s 70 cents. Sold by druggists cr.anailsLb b l. Brothers, 66 Warren Street, New Iork.
The Press., 1902-01-02
stoppinx the Music.

'Yes." said young Mrs. Torkins, Charley used to come and serenade me for hours every night. So at last I married him."
 Dear mer' rejoined Miss Cayenne. e'Didt he sing as badly as all thatY'- Exchange.
The Press., 1902-01-02
New Cantnrx Comsort.

Millions are daily finding a world of comfort in Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Bruises; conquers Ulcers and Fever Sores; cures Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Boils and Felons; removes Corns and Warts. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25c at A. c. Eaton's drug store, Stafford Springs, and w. P. Fuller's, Somers.
The Press., 1902-01-02
An Advanced Course.

"Oh, Mir. Johns," exclaimed Miss Gush, Il heard you talking to pa about plants, and do so want to talk to you, for, you know, am very interested in botany. I like all kinds of plants and flowers, as, of course, you do, too, MT. Johns; but what varieties of plants are you particularly interested in?''
 '"The plants which I am most inter- ested in," replied MT. Johns, "are ma chinery plants"
 Miss Gush looked mystified for mo- ment, but soon frightened up, remark ing:
 "I haven't got so far as that yet.''- London Tit-Bits.
The Press., 1902-01-02

CHILD WORTH MILLIoNs.-tsMy child is worth millions to me,' says Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisburg, Pa, 'syet I would have lost her by croup had not purchased g bottle of One Minute Cough Cure" One Minute Cough Cure is sure cure for coughs, croup and throat and lung trou- bles. An absolutely safe cough cure which acts immediately. The youngest child can take it with entire safety. The little ones like the taste and remember how often it helped them. Every family should have bottle of One Minute Cough Cure handy. At this season especially 1t may be needed suddenly. W. b. Heald.
The Press., 1902-01-02

According to the compilation of last reports the membership of fraternal or- ders in the United States and Canada is 5, 722, ,O15.
The Press., 1902-01-02
STARVATION
Dire Distress Relieved by
 Dr. Greene's Nervura, Dyspepsia's Sovereign Cure.

"The sight of food disgusts me. I can't aak. What shall do for strength ?"
 Starvation is the right name for weakness, because all strength comes from food. Many
The Press., 1902-01-02

ObuOTb C0uAVe
 eat. How
 frequent ly
 you hear N them say, lH l" The very . thought of
 food nause
 ates mel"
 Regulate
 your stom- at once with Dr. ,ene's Nervura od and nerve re- 1y. Get the eft of your food. | the appetite for Get the strength
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The Press., 1902-01-02

The Standard Oil Go. has just declared, dividend of 8 per cent. making total, of 49 per cent. for this year. It has earn. cd 2sl per cent. in the past ten years. Y
The Press., 1902-01-02
Hit Roth WnvS

First Artist = Congratulate me, old man. I've just sold my masterpiece to Banker Parvenu for five thousand dol lars.