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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

There Is no reason why one hundred, or
one hundred thousand people for that
matter. should not own a million-dollar
mortgage on o-million-dollar sky
scraper building in New York, as we'll as
any of the hundreds OF big corporations
which now hold these securities. After ALL
It is the policy-holder of the great life in
surance companies and the depositors in
savings banks who contribute their mites
TO swell the enormous surplus funds of
these concerns which are thus invested
but how little of the earnings of these
contributions do the depositors and policy
holders get? A plan has at last been de-
vised whereby mortgage for any num-
ber OF people, so that each individual
shall be independent OF the others and
receive his share OF interest and at the
same time pro rata part of the profit
his money helps TO earn I'm the operation
(for money always earns profits for some
BODY. More than that he can convert
his share into rent a proportion each
year for a term, and in certain cases, as
In lot operation, he can take "a little
bit off the top and own that bit free of
mortgage. All the time these share bonds
are held they draw per cent interest:
when they are surrendered they earn an
added profit.-American Building Associa-
ton News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
Tragical Tale of a Dog.

There's old Tige; he's Is years old,
really blind, and nuisance" said the
proprietor of the hotel at Afford. Pa, the
other day. II haven't the heart to kill
him. but II some fellow will shoot him
and bury him up on the hill, I will give
him dollar"
A barroom lounger Immediately accept
ed the OFFER. and left for his home To ge.
a gun Old Tige arose from the floor near
the stove, gave pitiful whine. and went
out or doors. In half an hour the man
returned with gun, but the dog was no.
where 20 be found. A persistent search
all the afternoon failed 20 reveal his pres
ence. and the barroom crowd gave up the
chase at nightfall.
Next morning the niiikman discovered
the mangled body OF old Tlge on the
railroad tracks. lie had committed sui
eide to escape being shot TO death.--Icx-
change.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
DIED..

BURNs-In Fall River. Mass. suddenly.
on the l4th inst, Mary. sister OF owen
Burns. aged 81 years, formerly OF
Providence, II. /.
EATON--At Tryon, n. c., April H. 1902
Rev. Charles III. Eaton of New York.
OF anginapectoris
GALvIN--In this city, on the 18th inst,
Margaret Calvin.
HoLT-In this city, 18th inst, James
Forbes Holt. in the 9th year of her
age.
HASLAM--At Pontiac r. l., April a.
Frank Stanley. son OF Joseph E. and
Catherine Haslam, aged II years,
month, 3 days.
K1RBY--Tn this city. April Is, John Kirby,
aged 80 years.
MPHERSON-In East Providence, April
IA, Miss Sarah Mcpherson.
McCORMACK-In Centredale. the 1ith
inst. Christopher Mccormack, aged 81
years.
MULLEN-At st. Josephs hospital. on
the 18th inst, George Mullen, aged 40
years.
NICHoLS-In this city, 18th inst, Joseph
Nichols. aged 63 years
Funeral from his residence. 90 Com
stock avenue. on Thursday, 18th inst,
at o'clock y. m. Relatives and friends
are invited to attend.
OWEN-In this city on 18th inst. Ida ".
wife OF Franklin T. owen, in the 3Oth
year OF her age,
Funeral from her late residence No isi
Brigham street. Thursday. 18th inst, at
o'clock p. m. Relatives and friends are
invited 20 attend.
POTTER-In, Auburn on the 1ith inst.
Caleb Y. Potter. in his 96th year.
SWEET-In this city, on the 14th inst.
Imogene, wife OF Lorin 10. Sweet. In her
42d year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

It Is hoped for the sake OF the poor of
Great Britain. and the poverty OF some
OF them is almost indiscribable. that
way may be found 10 end the Boer war
before long. The bread tax that is pro-
posed will prove severe hardship starv-
ing children and weakened mothers will
be heavy price 20 pay for any possible
glory that can come from South Africa.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

There acre so2 applications for hotel II
censes in the city OF Boston and only $50
were granted. There need be no fear.
however. that any traveller will have TO
sleep on the sidewalk or on the common
~ Ae goes to Boston with money. Though
there is no 2eines' law in the Bay State
there Is something very much akin to Il.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

When ticket transfers are introduced
few weeks hence II is safe to predict that
Mr. ]. William Moore, chairman OF the
committee on railroads, win not refuse to
make use OF them. Mr.. Moore has discov-
cred that the people are more prowerful
than any corporation and also more cor
rect In their judgment OF what II best for
them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
Mill Workers in Japan.

All mills In Japan run day and night
and change hands at noon and midnight
The vast majority OF mill workers are
children. who work eleven hours at low
wages. In one mill at Osaka, 2so0 work.
ers are under is years OF age. and operate
only 800 spindles, In this country 800
persons operate the same number.-Chi.
ca cago>fnter-Ocesns
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Favor none, shield none" Is the right
kind OF language 10 use In ordering an i'm
vestlgation of military officials. Ii is the
language used by Secretary of War Root
in ordering an inquiry into conditions in
the Philippines and the conduct of our
soldiers there.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Lewis Nixon rises 10 remark that "the
only kind OF Democrat iS-- straight
Democrat" This is MIR Nixon's way OF
saying that the only kind OF a Democrat
Is Tammany Democrat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

That Sir Michael Hicks Beachs state
ment 20 the effect that "the past year has
not been exceptionally prosperous" for
Great Britain, is decidedly moderate is
shown by the fact that the bodget shows
deficit OF 100000 pounds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Is reason to believe II would never have
found itself in such straits as to be COM
PEELED TO make TIE amazing proposal OF
depriving tho pupils In the public schools
OF free text books.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Tha Massachusetts legislature Is ex-
pected 10 pass a bill providing that wage
earners shall be paid in money and not
in checks This is because the American
steel & Wire company is paying its en-
ployes In Worcester in checks and much
trouble is caused merchants and en-
ployes by the system.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
COLLEGIATE hLUMNAE
MEETS At THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Association for Collegiate Alumnae. and
others. assembled In the lecture room of
the Providence public library yesterday
afternoon 10 listen 10 the fifth n the
course OF lectures on Household Econo-
mics which have been given from time 10
time during the winter. under the Joint
auspices of the home economics commit
tee OF the Collegiate Alumnae and the
Rhode Island woman's club.
The lecture yesterday was by Miss SUI
sannah Usher OF the Boston School of
Housekeeping and her subject. THE
Making of the Menu"
Miss Usher was gracefully introduced
by Mrs. Frank T. Easton, who announced
that the speaker was an expert In her
particular field of research.
The speaker said, i'm beginning, that
the housewife. TO whom is entrusted the
making OF the menu must consider the
subject from flve points OF view; the
economical. aesthetic, chemical, physical
and physiological.
IL was on the first OF these points OF
view. the economic, that Miss Usher
dwelt especially. and in this connection
she had prepared on the blackboard
three-days menu TO illustrate what could
be done at a cost OF IL cents per day, per
person, by careful and judicious manage
ment by the housewife.
These menus were as follows:
WEDNESDAY.
Breakfast.
sausages Fried hominy cakes.
Lemon syrup.
Corn bread Butter.
Coffee with cream.
Luncheon.
Goldfish loaf. Parsley sauce.
Baked potatoes. Graham rolls.
Butter. Stewed prunes.
Dinner.
Split pea soup.
Roast shoulder mutton, stuned.
Escalloped tor.atoes. Boiled samp.
Graham bread Lemon sherbet.
THURSDAY.
Breakfast.
Pettijohn's Breakfast Food.
Smells. Cream Toast.
Graham Mullins Butter.
Cocoa and milk. Cofee and cream.
Luncheon.
Clear stock soup (made from mutton
Beef Loaf. Brown Sauce
steamed Brown Bread. Butter.
Dates. Peanuts.
Dinner.
Beef stew and dumplngs.
Creamed Lima Beans. Boiled Rice.
Bread.
Sliced bananas. with lemon and sugar.
FRIDAY.
Hornby's Oats. MIX and Sugar.
ii -
Buttered Toast
Coffee with cream.
Luncheon.
Baked bean and tomato soup.
Macaroni with cheese.
German potato salad.
Rolls. Butter.
Hot ginger bread
Tea with lemon or sugar.
Dinner.
Clear soup. made from beef bones.
Escalloped hsh. Mashed white potatoes.
Lettuce salad.
Steamed suet date pudding. Lemon sauce.
Continuing Miss Usher dwelt upon the
question of What Food Constituents
Should Foods Contain Which Make Up
She then named the five elements which
enter into foods, viz, water, mineral salts,
and starch. The question of the need OF
variety in the making OF the menu and
the judicious combination OF foods was
also discussed at some length and finally
the chemical composition and the relative
values OF foods.
In conclusion she urged the Importance
Of study OF chemistry, physics and
adding that 1T all takes time. but IL is
well worth the effort"
The next and final lecture In this course
will he on the afternoon of April 30 at
the Public library, when Mrs. Mary Rob-
erts Smith, associate professor of Soci-
ology and Sanitation in Leland Stamford,
Jr., university. will lecture on Household
Financiering."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

MRS. wINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething. with perfect success. II
soothes the child. softens the gums, al
laws ali pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for Diarrohea. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold
by druggists In every part of the world.
Twenty-fve cents "a bottle. BE sure and
ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
and taxi no other kind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Forty-hve congressman are yet 10 make
speeches on the Cuban reciprocity bill II
the measure were not an unusually mer-
itorious one It would be in grave danger
Of being talked TO death
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

The great privilege OF living in a free
country Is brought forclbly to mind by
the Belgian troubles. on the one hand is
the mob and on the other the king who
refuses 10 grant the people the rights
they believe themselves entitled TO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

A gambling establishment in Brooklyn
vas put out Of business yesterday. but IL
was the work OF fire and not OF the po-
lice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
WE WILL PRINT

or Statements for $l.00. Good Stock. Neat,
Up-to-Date Work. SUN PRINTING CO.
l15-119 Pine street. Providence. II. /.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

II the hope OF The News TO be able to take
possession OF its building at the OF Washington
and Matewson streets during the present week. but delay
at the shops where its threedeck press and stereO
typing plant is being built makes this impossible The de-
lay, however will be but for short tme and by the 2S
Of the present month The News expects to be located in its
building and to have its up.to-date plant in full
operation
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

II Is melancholy fact that n The Boers
obtain peace they must pay for It with
their Independence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Free bread In Great Britain and free
government in South Africa are likely to
go out OF existence together.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

the Belgian rioters than the guns Of his
militia and police.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

King Leopolds automobile ought TO
prove much more effective in subduina
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Were TIE school committee less cumber-
some and i,s work more centralized there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
CS . . . . Q . . . S<]
! WHAr CrHERss J
=? NRE 81 YINc /
TN . 90 . Q . 80 S<l

"The disturbances which Slave taken
place in Brussels and other Belgian cities
are so violent and so general and so spon-
taneous as 10 indicate the existence
throughout the country OF feeling or
deep dissatisfaction and unrest. Ii Is a
feeling whchsmust be recognized as the
natural and inevitable result of unsatls-
factory political conditions. "-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Talk about the elimination of Bryan
is rather premature. He is in very good
health. memphis Commercial Appeal
THE repeal Of the war tax settles a
question which has been debated for
weary months, though II should never
have been debat ted at all. IL was a simple
question OF fact2~ The tax was levied for
a specific purpose That purpose accom-
plished. the tax should have been repealed
az once as a matter OF course, but certain
interests found themselves benefited by IL
and certain statesmen could not see their
duty as clearly as they should hence the
wrangle and the long delay"-Phila-
adolphia Ledger
1T is claimed that only about half the
people OF Paris are native Parisians, and
the latter are said 10 be diminishing in
numbers every year. STILL II has not yet
come to pass that the native Partisan
has no chance TO get on the Paris police
force. e."-Chlcago Record Herald.
THE Germans. II seems, are so proud
that they are In danger OF falling over
backward. Cecil Rhodes bounty. OF
course. would have been more acceptable
II he had not plotted against their cousins,
the Beers but there is no more ungra-
cious thing that they could do than 10
refuse an olive branch rendered them, so
10 speak, from the grave. philadelphia
Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16


when IL comes 10 changing the char.
acter and constitution of the senate OF
the United States as Mr.. Depew put it,
different question is presented. Senator's
do not represent numbers, or population,
but states. Their equal representation in
the senate gives that body a peculiar
character and relation to the government
OF the nation, and IL was regarded as
so fundamental that a declaration was
embedded I'm the constitution that no
single state should ever be deprived of
that equality without its own consent.
To make moro emphatic the representa-
ton Of the state as an organized com
monwealth, and not of the people or in
habtants OF the srHte, II was provided
that senators should be chosen by the
legislatures. a change OF this rule would
be radical departure from a principle
insisted upon In framing the constitution
and IL should not be permitted under any
circumstances; but TO allow 1t under the
suffrage conditions prevailing I'm differ
ent stateseswould be intolerable. New
York Mail and Express.
''ff New York aldermen propose TO h.vd
up the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel pro-
ject after the manner of the footpad
New York city will be about the only suf-
ferer The tunnel is not a private enter
prise for the profit of crooked aldermen"
Philadelphia Press
Perhaps the conditions in the Philip
pines may turn out. upon real investiga-
tion, TO be bad enough TO vindicate Cen
eral Miles. even If he has been slightly
subordinate In his manners. Cincinnati
Enquirer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Talk about the elimination of Bryan
is rather premature. He is in very good
health. "-Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

pider hobbIed down tbe penholder and touched my hand again, the only stine felt upon 1t was the vengeful blow [ smot it with the other, as I held and ground it there with an exultant crv that rang out upon the silence till the echoes clapped their very hands and shouted with me "Deadt dead at last Dead! deadi and I am freer Oh. now revelled in my fancied triumph as danced about the room, crunching my hands together till I thought that [ could feel the clammy fragments of the hateful thing gaumed and Slimed about between my palms and fingersl And what a fool was for when at last unclasped them and spread them wide apart in ut- ter loathing, they were as free from taint or moisture as they are this very moment; and then it all flashed on me that I was in some horrid dr eam-some hideous, baleful nightmare-some fell de- fusion of a fevered sleep. But mol could not force that comfort on myself for here the lamp sat burning brightly as at this moment and I reached and held my finger on the chimney till it burned. I wheeled across the room, opened the door, went to the window and raised it, and felt the chill draught sweeping in upon my fevered face. took my hat from the sofa and dashed out into the night. I was not asleep; I had not been asleep; for not until broad daylight did return, to find the win dow opened just as I had left 1t; the lamp still blazing at it's fullest glare, and that grim scrawl, Death" lying still upon the desk, with these lines traced legibly beneath it:
 "And did you know our old friend Death
 is dead?
 An me! he did last night; my ghost was there,
 And all his phantom-friends from every
 where
 Were sorrowfully grouped about his bed. T die; God help the living nowi' he said With such a ghastly pathos. I declare The tears oozed from the blind eyes of the air
 And spattered on his face in gouts of red. And then he smiled-the dear old bony
 smile
 That glittered on us in that crazy whim When first our daring feet leapt the deflle Of life and ran so eagerly to him And so he smiled upon us, even while The kind old sockets grew forever dim
 I am almost through. It is nearly morning as I write. When daylight comes and this is finished, can sleep.
 That last spider that appeared to me was not the real spider. That last spider was not spider and = tell you how I know: Four hours ago, as I sat writ ing here, I dipped and dragged strange clot from the inkstand with my pen. It is barely dry yet, and it Is drowned spider It is the real spider-the other spider was its ghost. Listen: I know this is the real spider from the fact that it has one leg missing, and the leg that has been lying on my desk here. for three days and nights, l find, upon careful examination and adjustment, is the leg that originally supplied this de- f1ciency.
 Whatever theory it may please you to advance regarding the mysterious mani- festations of the spider while in the flesh will doubtless be as near the cor rect one as my own. Certainly l shall not attempt to controvert any opinion you may choose to express. simply re- serve the right in conclusion of my story to say that I believe this spider met his death by suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

We make cuts. Age-Herald Engrsr ing Co.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-18

youth to middIe-age. a solitary figure,
asking neither advice nor sympathy. :
Those were the good days he stated.
Il never see a young man just starting
out in life that don't feel a great sense
of my
Il see no reason 10 regret youth. said
Letitia. leaning back gracefully, and
drawing her white shawl about her
Youth is a time Of strain and stress
when We long for thu impossible. AS We
grow older. if We are moderately usc-
ful. We find our interest contrins in 9TH
er people. Middle age Is . sar more
restful time OF life.
You were always reasonable. I.e+itia.
Tor myself. | would give anything ~
the world to be young aGain.
- can understand feeling SO IL one has
wasted ones opportunitie~. u when
people have done useful work in The
world and havc az little TO regret a
YOU and | have, why IS not one period q
lifc as satisfying as another
why he cried sharply. Because
men ard women never enjoy the limlta-
tons of age. They merely accept them
and try to make The best OF them. DO
You mean to tell me in serious earnest
that you would as lief he seventy aa
scventeen?'
u cant tell how / shall feel At sew
enty. l only know that l have neye1
come 10 the time yet when life has no
seemed desirable
The precious moments were slipping
By and Francis Hollis still had not BAT
fled feeling.
by the way, how is Your father-in-
| law?" Letitia asked presently. i al
ways liked old MI. NcWhall. He is ~
example of what a contented period OF
old age may be, and yet he has had his
trials
Eyes, have often Wished he added
impulsively, that his greatest trial hac
been spared to him. l wish your sister
Lucy had married Alec.
You wish my sister Lucy had married
a man like Alec Newhail?" Miss lie
titia lost all her Indifference and sat VI
very stright, her eyes bright, a deli
cate color in her checks.
Yes. It was because he thought she
had been playing With him that he
| grow reckless
4 do not agree with You. y ul&n Whc
was SO weak would have shown his
weakness after marriage. l have never
ceased to thank Providence for my sis
ter's ~ortunat escape. There are some
things no woman can ever forgive. ]
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-18

whole evening spent in her society, it was
Deborah who greeted him. for Letitia
had not yet come down. II was a chilly
dav and all the 4 were closed in
the cheerful parIor. The room felt close,
and Mr. Hollis glanced in~voluntarily at
the thermometer. which stood at IS.
1t is frightfully hot. Deborah OBJ
served synpatheticalIy. 4 viii open the
windows wide for a moment Letitia and
are like Jack Sprat and his wife. She
does not like a breath of air. and feel
as if / were going TO have an attack Of
aponIexy without it. IS / have never
had one, and the windows shut. Here
comes Lctitia.' she added presently.
shut the windows, quick, Frank.
For one moment her hair 50 tnickly
strcaked with gray and her colorless
complexion gave him q sharp sense o.
pain; after that he was ready TO aQnlt
mat she was still a handsome woman.
She had the same slender figure, and II
the haugh1y inclination Of her head
seemed to be more habitual with her
than when she Was a girl, and the sTnIla
to have grown less frequently, II WAS
no less gracious when it came.
Haven't the windows been opened in
this NJ - was Lctitia's first question
She fixed her eyes on guilty Deborah.
'Only for a minute
II feel the dampness. ! am sorry to DC
so troublesome, but | shall have TO ask
Won to put on another stick OF wood and
to set me nv white Chuddah shawl
Lacy came in just them, and after q
few minutes they went out into the din-
ing room. Mr.. Hollis was struck by
the modern air of the table, With the tour
silver candlesticks and their pink shades
while til. lettuce with 4 French dressing
and the quail on toast were an equal
surprise to him. He was very hungry
and felt obtrusively masculine as rs
seated himself between Letitia and De
borah, and tried to assume an indltfer-
ence 10 food that he did not feel. As
the meal proceeded it was evident 10 the
Reverend Francis Hollis that there was
to be nothing noteworthy in his CONVEX
sation with Letitia until they were alone
Deborah did most of the talking, anc
with her ready wit ana piquant figures
of speech was always amusing. he Won
dcrpd she had mover impressed him more
in he old days.