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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

VARIETY AND SMALL GROCERY.
Can make $40 week: price s21S: rent IS.
EVANS. 162 Weybosset st.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SALE-WE POSITIVELY CAN
nnol duplicate this house for the money.
seven si rooms. heated throughout. hot and
ppviuu ppv,iiuu, wafer, etc. just or Broad street.
r,ai nai Your terms are ours. ISAAC L.
CUFF CO. III Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR sALE-HERE's A HOME BUILT
a aor comfort Eight well planned rooms.
nInsned with the best OF workmanship
and In an ldeal location $500 down. bal
ance monthly. ISAAC l. GOFF co
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SALE-MoDERN COTTAGE. q
Depew street; rooms. all improvements;
furnace heat; barn and carriage house
lot +oxl50 One-half can remain on
mortgage. G. l.. q II. J. Gross. Man
ayers OF Estates, Union Trust Bldg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SALE-S3OOO IS THE PRICE OF
a nearly new 2-family house on Mount
Pleasant: For information see ISAAC L.
GOfF co. III Westminster street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

1T is OUR UTMOST ENDEAyOR TO
give the best satisfaction possible 10 peo-
PIE we have dealings with. Ask our GUS
TONER'S about It, ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR sALE-4ol BENEFIT STREET
Modern brick residence. with all i'm
provements. 5000 may remain on mort
gage. g. T.. & II. J. Gross Managers
OF Estates, Union Trust Bldg
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

WE ARE DELIGHTED AT ANY TIME
TO show YOU our modern up-to-date
homes in choice locations that are sold
on terms the same az rent Doesn't your
good sense tell you you should see them
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOX SALE-A STYLISH UP-TO-DATF
residence In one Of the incest parts of the
cety Tor 1880 Owner going out OF town.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR sALE--VERY DESIRABLE TWO
family house on Elton street; IS rooms
everything modern. q. l.. & III. J. Gross
Managers OF Estates, Union Trust Bldg
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SALE-FINE ESTATE ON PAW
tucket avenue, East Providence. The
Daniel Medbury place; IL rooms, furnace
heat; 20 acres OF land; large barn. G.
l.. e. H. J. Gross. Manager of Estates,
Union Trust Bldg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SALE-ONE-FAMIL HOUSE
on northwest corner Winter and Pond
streets; II rooms, improvements. Will
sell for less than assessed value and ~
per cent can remain on mortgage G..
l.. & n. j. Gross, Managers of Estates,
Union Trust Bldg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17
FoR SALE.

FOR SALE-sHoE Makers SEWING
machine and Jack: good condition. Ad-
dresa G-3e. Providence News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SALEM CRANSTON, NEAR
Union avenue. Fine new two-famly
house, modern Improvements: furnace
heat Terms and price reasonable G.
L. & II. J. Gross, Managers of Estates.
Union Trust Bldg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17
''NEWS
WANTS"


FIRST CLASS JEWELLERS. APPLY
at Room z. at the Hanley Building, g.
Washington street. Wednesday evening
130 d. IN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR sALE-Two HOUSES ON AN
thony avenue for 5000 See ISAAC L.
GoFF CO. Real Estate Agents.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

VARIETY. NEWSPAPER STORE.
Only $500: worth $500; large newspaper
route: present owner ] years; now retir-
ing: exceptional place. PIERCE CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SALE-oN VINEYARD STREET
A l6-room house. 1000 So n. OF land. price
700. ISAAC l.. GOFF CO, III westmin-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17
HELP wANTED-FEMALE

WANTED - LADIES AND CENTS
that can spare a few hours or their Time
Address ca. Providence News
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR SAI1E-ON SOMERSET ST A =
family house of Is rooms, renting for $50
a month; easy terms. ISAAC l.. GOFF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

ARE YOU GOING To DRAG THAT
rent habit all through your life? WHY
home with your monthly rent. We wifi
show you how. ISAAC l.. GOFF CO
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LOST AND FOUND.
FOUND.

LOST--DARK BRINDLE BULL PUP
white star breast. Liberal reward. Mr. A
j. Attey, 1872 Waverly street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR sAI.E-THIs rs A REAL, GEN
acre Of land In East Providence, close to
electrfcs. for 1890 Worth twice as much
Don't let the other fellow get II. ISAAC
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

ANGoRA KITTENS FOR SALE: $500
each. Address "Angora." Box Q-S.
Providence News
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR sALE--LARGE 3-sTORY TENE-
ment house with rental OF $3.50 per year.
Price $500. III. +. HORTON * SONS.
81 Weybosset street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

WANTED - TWO STONE-SETTERs
with four or five years experience II
ring work. Damn q Block. Mfg. jewelers.
Buffalo. ~. Y.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

TO LET-PLEAsANT TENEMENT IN
the annexed district. 8 rooms will be rent.
ed low 10 s. family Of adults. Enquire NJ
tho Fceley pharmacies. 20. Potters ave.
que or JOG Julian street or s. Academy
avenue.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-17

FOR sALE-JUsT OFFERED FOR
sale. on Bellevue avenue, 2-family
house. le rooms. over 5000 So IT. OF land
Prices reasonable. ISAAC T.. GOFF co,
Ill Westminster street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

John Z. thompson

In beautiful Hollywood. that populous
city Of the. dead on the outskirts OF Rich-
mond, and near one of its tramc1ess ave-
nues, animated by an occasional funeral
cortege. or draped. fower-laden figure,
and silent but fol. the rhythmical sound
Of scythe or spade, the twitter Of birds
in the overhanging branches, and the
murmuring lullaby Of the river winding
below, John r. Thompson, the grace
full poet and brilliant writer, is sleep
ing his last long sleep.
The inscription upon the chaste nont-
5ment above him, unadorned save for q
laurel wreath, tells us that It was erected
as token Of admiration and affection
by his Northern and Southern friends,
reminder not simply that the literary
man, as citizen Of the great world OF
but recalling the fact that. while he first
lies; he passed from earth in New York.
his dying eyes being closed by Northern
hands.
OF his achievements-at once 50 real
and so intangible-in the field Of litera-
ture 1t is difficult to form even an APP
proximate estimate. AS Of the women
Of the French salons, 80 Of the editor
it may truly be said that he inspires
rather than produces" and while the &C.
casiona1 fights of fancy Of the graceful
poet" give some idea of the height to
which his unfettered metrical wings
might have borne him, it is through his
subtle gift Of sympathy, flowing IN re-
freshing streams through the editorial
channel that literature has been most
enriched,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

sons editorial management 1t stood IN
the front rank OF American magazines
AN EDITION OF ONE.
IN one OF these years Q954) he ulads
his first trip abroad. expanding his own
mind by contact with the master minds
ot England, and forming what proved TO
be the lasting friendships with Dickens,
Bulwer. Macaulay. the BroWnings,
Thackeray, Tennyson. and Carlyle. Sc
ries of sketches Of foreign travel keeniy
enjoyed by many still living, and giving
new zest to the pages Of the Messenger,
was one OF the outcomes Of this sojourn.
These sketches with revision and addl-
tions, were collected in volume entitled
Across the Atlantic It had been cons
signed to the binders IN the publishing
house Of Derby and Jackson. New YORK.
when the building took fire, and the
edition was destroyed. The news reached
the author in Washington as he was
mounting the rostrum to lecture before
the Smithsonian Institution. and ghast-
ly,'' as he put it, seemed his Jokes and
dreary witticisms in the glare OF that
fatal confiagrati . single copy,
printed from loose sheets discovered In
the publishers drawer and handsomely
bound, was afterwards sent him. which
he dubbed one Of the most unique books
In the world declaring that cit ought,
IN consequence, to fetch as great price
as the Mazarfns Bible. or the Decame-
rone,' from the press Of Christfol Valdar-
far"
Upon his return to America, resuming
the active editorial control Of the Mes
senger, he contributed to northern maya
zines, recited original poems before liter
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

were outlined with somber strength and
Vivldness. That he was honest in his
works. too. there seems little doubt, and
us relentless effort was to warn the
wor1d OF vice by expressing it in its many
forms and consequences, forgetting in his
lnonstrous zeal that the surest help comes
from above and not below the level of
one soul. and that man may overset
delusion, not despair,
IN his sincerity. however, must be his
atonement for his earlier volumes, while
IN his later works a wider range to his
vision had brought before his eyes a
brightness he had hitherto failed to see,
and had put into his heart new and
large hope for the Anal triumph Of up
rlghtness and beauty. In "Lourdes,,'
Rome" and Paris and finally in La
Dor" he has preached the gospel Of work,
and While 1t is true that man still needs
ana Will ever need the heart helps which
1ola would have us cast aside, it is also
true that it is an encouraging evangel
that ms later stories have preached and
one OF helpfulness and inspiring vigor.
ANNE PENDLETON.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

arv societies and delivered a series OF lee
lures in the principal cities Of the South,
notable among which were those upon
European Journalism" and the Life
and Genius Of Poe"
In 1860, Influenced by a sense OF duty to
those dependent upon him. he resigned his
position upon the Messenger to accept the
more remunrative one OF edltor OF tne
Southern Field and F'ireside, published in
Augusta, Ga. connection enriching
him in friends among the cultured classes
Of the far South.
HIS WORK DURING THE WAR.
A year later the tocsin Of civil war re-
called him to Virginia, and debarred by
a constitutional malady from enlisting in
her defence, his loyalty expressed itself IN
verse. He wrote unremittingly for the
daily and weekly press. his
patriotism inspiring those metrical
outbursts: Coercion On to
Richmond "England's Neutrality"
ga Word to the West Ashby.
."The Burial Of Latane' and the death OF
Stuart" whose plaudits echoed across the
Atlantic.
Meanwhile the fatal disease made rapid
progress and in 1864, when he went to
England In search of health. he was car
ried in the arms of friends on board the
blockade runner which conveyed him. 1t
was feared that he might not live to reach
his destination. The sea air revived him.
however, and removed rom the agf-
tations which convulsed his native land,
and settled in CHEEKY apartments, with
sympathetic companionship at hand. he
improved sufficiently to take a position
on the editorial staff Of the Inaex, the
official organ Of the Confederacy in Lon
don. He also sent weekly letters to the
Louisville Courier-Journal. and wrote
leaders every week for the London
Standard. connection with which Gas
it's American correspondent he maintain
ed until his death.
PLEASANT DAYS ABROAD.
He contributed. too, to the New Orleans
Picayune and Crescent. and was OCCASION
ally represented in Blackwood's Magazine.
and quoted in the Times, while through
his journal we have glimpses OF charm
ing social life. He was made member
of the Travellers Club. and given the
entire of the most distinguished society,
the titleless American-one of natures
noblemen-held his own in aristocratic
circles OF London. While death had
chilled the hand of Macaulay. Of Mrs.
Browning, and of Thackery, many others
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

The fruit, too, which without him
might have withered in the bud, was
self-propagating. bore its seed within it.
self, and the South to-day, with It's we'll
equipped corps Of writer's, many OF whom
hold high rank in the great army of
modern authors, owes an unreal1zed DEBT
to John r. Thompson. the editor of the
Southern Literary Messenger. NOE is
the North free from obligation, the REV
cries of a Bachelor" having appeared
In the pages Of his journal. OF his tire
less, unfailing friendship for Poe and it's
priceless outcome to literature enough can
scarcely be said, other Southern writ
ers whom his early recognition inspired
being Paul Hamilton Hayne, Henry Tim
rod, James Barron Hope, Gordon NC
Cabe, Susan Archer Talley ESQ highly
praised by Poe), the brothers John Esten
and Philip Pendleton Cooke and their
cousin. John Pendleton Kennedy, of Bal
timore.
The genius OF the sons Of the mother
of presidents and statesmen had been
diverted by circumstances into the chan
mel of politics, but that genius did not
perish with them. It still exists in their
descendants. and it is through such men
as the editor Of the Messenger that II
has found another outlet.
FIRST WORK AS AN EDITOR.
OF the life, covering half century, Of
the man himself, John Reuben Thomp-
son, was born in Richmond October q,
1923, and after course Of training in
his native city, supplemented by another
at a preparatory school in East Haven,
Ct, entered the academic department
Of the University of Virginia, graduating
in its law school in 1874. So decided was
his leaning toward letters that even dur
ing his two years practice Of law ne
contributed both prose and verse to
Northern and Southern periodicals, and
in 1s47 closed with an offer of the edi-
torsEip of the Southern Literary Messen-
ger a journal published in Richmond
The time was pregnant of change. The
civil war, with its results. was to give
birth to a new era. when Southern swords
were to be beaten into .pruning-hooks,
and the product of Southern brains, from
which emanated the Declaration OF In
dependence, and the wisdom which guild
ed the War of the Revolution to SO glo-
rious an issue, was to be forged into
other FORMS AS a precursor of this Pc
Rod and preparation for it the Mes
senger-fostering, as it did, the literary
impulse of the South-appeared, and dur
ing the thirteen years of Mr.. Thomp-
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not begin his work without hurrying on

HANDBOOK OF BEST READINGS.
Selected and Edited by S.. Il. Clark,
Professor Of Public Speaking in the
University Of Chicago. Author Of '.Prac-
tical Public Speaking, How to Teach
Reading in the Public Schools New
York. Charles Scribner's Sons, $50 pages.
Price, $1.50.
For sale by the Bell Book Company.
This is .well-bound, nicely-printed
book filled with prose and poetic select
ions. Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Nelson
Page, Ian Maclaren, Eugene Field, Rud-
yard Kiplng, Bret Harte, Browning,
Dickens. Longfe1low, Tennyson. Words
worth, Matthew Arnold. Sidney Lanier.
and George Elliott are among the authors
quoted.
UNCLE CHARLEY. BY Zephine Hum
plrey. Houghton, Mif1lin & Co. The
Riverside Press, Cambridge, Boston, and
New York. Price, s1.25 Pages, 226
In eeUnc1e Charley" is presented a
charming and instructive child-study. The
principal characters Of the book form a
pleasing group-odd though thoroughly
congenial. They area thoughtful child,
a lovable uncle, whom the child adores,
a dog, two dolls and Company W (three
friends whose names commence with NV).
These characters pass in review before
us. with so much life and action that we
feel their presence and the niece finds in
Uncle Charley an ideal of all that is good
and true, and her greatest pleasure is to
be with him, whether they hold converse
or not Company W finds spot in the
niece's heart when she perceives their
affection for her hero. Grip-the dog
truly deserves mention, for a more faith
full, loving and entertaining companion
would be hard to find. The doils-Susan
and Charlotte-are always remembered by
their owner no matter what her occupa-
ton or diversions may be, and thus fill
conspicuous parts.
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ANY CHURCH o. p.rson.e,

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or institution supported By voluntary
contribution will be gi7e1 . libersl
quantity of the Longman 4 Marines
paints whenever they paint.
Note: This has been our custom Tor
twenty-ssven years any building NOS
satisfactorily painted, will be rspalnfeo
ut our expense about one gallon OF
Linseed Oil to be added to every gal-g
Ion Of the paint to make ready for use
it's mixed in two minutes. and cost OF
the paint thereby made less IN price
than any other. Yearly product over
one million gallons.
Longmar e Martinez,
Sole agents.
BoDEgER DRUG COMPANY. Richmond.
EDGAR MARSHALL, Stanardsyiile.
BRETT & PREEcE, Fork Union.
DUNKUM BROTHERS, Wilmington.
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Ruckersville.
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au 17-sun5t
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CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

A Chinese club has been organized In
San Francisco. It's object IS to foster
the spread Of Occidental ideas among
students from China.
British South Africa, and at the Begin
ming Of the war there was deficiency
of women amounting to 10, 0o0
The Mexican National narrow-gauge
railroad, which with Its branches ex-
tends over 200 miles, has not killed "a
single passenger for over twenty years.
The exporting of American shoes is Ct
comparative recent growth. IN sos
this country exported only ii 100000
worth OF boots and shoes, hut for the
fiscal year 1907 IT sent abroad S3,5o0,000
worth ofA boot and shoes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05
Cure for Scarlet Fever.
philadelphia Press.l

in session, at Carlsbad has announced
the discovery Of new cure for scarlet-
fever, which has repeatedly proved to
be successful. -
ST. AIMS Hospital for Children, at Wen
ma, is the discoyerer Of the new serum.
During the last two years he has tried
it on 400 patients, with the result that
and per cent. The rate at the other
hospitals is double this
The congress has been Informed that
the government will vote consid era Is
sum Of money in order that the serum
may be made in large quantities and dis
tributed to all the children's hospitals
In Vienna.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

A recent number of the Literary Digest
in its Current Poetry' department re-
prints five of the poems in Ellen Gas
COWS little volume, as OF interest TO
those who have long regarded the author
in the light of a novelist only. Among
the lines selected are these very charac-
teristic ones:
REUNION.
Ah hold me fast! What of the day7
I care not II the sun be dead,
Nor If the stars be gold or gray.
Nay, tho the rising moon be red,
Our dawn Is here, our night is past,
The world may fade-but hold me
fast!
All, hold me fast! What of the years?
I care not if our youth be fed,
Nor that our drink be blood and tears.
And bitterness our daily bread.
Nay, tho the flames of hell be cast
They light thy face-ah, hold me fast!
The death of George Douglas Brown,
the author of 1.-THE House with the Green
Shutters" may or may not have cut
short the career Of a great genius. There
is a possibility that like Stephen Crane
he may have put all his power into a
single remarkable production, and that
more fortunate in such regard than
Crane, his USdlll 1udy AdNo SdfCo 4A1AA
the humiliation OF showing the world his
decreasing ability. But judging from his
first and only story, and recalling the re-
markable strength Of that. dark and
gloomy tale, there seems every reason to
lament the passing of a talent which In
single achievement exhibited SO large a
store of dominating and haunting reality.
Among the many freakish and sup
posedly unique and interesting little mag
azines with which our book store coun-
tiers are flooded, 1.-THE Knocker" of Sioux
City, is the most freakish and foolish.
packers of Sioux City. it is printed in
the blood of the animals killed in carry
ing on the business, Is illustrated by blue
prints merely pasted on the pages. is
handled by editors with bloody fingers for
the sake Of the cory marks thus left, and
as a final touch OF realistic suggestion, is
sent to the curing room and smoked to
tempting and salty brown before it is
offered for sale. The leading poem In the
first issue is addressed to the man who
knocks the cattle in the head as the AMI
mails enter the slaughter pen. The Editors
of this publication announce that it is to
be published monthly. and is to be sold
for forty cents single copy.
In Zola's death there comes again the
tragedy Of real happening which so often
overshadows the fancied tragedies of an
imaginary world, it matters little how
vivid the genius that has set them forth.
It seems pitifully fitting. too, that in the
passing Of one who through SO many
years and in SO many powerful volumes
had failed to find aught in the world but
uglness and sin, there should have been
an element OF sordiness that wellnigh
robbed death itself of it's majesty.
lola was in many ways wonderful
writer. his vision was keen. greedy and
unsparing. and his well filled pictures
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

crecy and danger That goes
with endless plotting and counterplott1ns
of governments against each other. Inc
author tells his story very well ana II IS
interesting enough in It's way, but not no
table among many other stories of its
Ind
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05

ItETltiN OIL Itle EOtu>tlIDS SOulll-
.ra DAYS. the fragrance of the jessamine
Ind magnolia, and the fragrant sweet
,nss OF ideal womsnhood the severe
.taseliness of architecture and furnish
,nr which so we'll tspify the stately cour-
tr,sv and ,lprightness OF the old-time gen.
tlenaan; and the bright flowers Of gardens
,,d lawns which seem but a part Of the
csrelcssness and Gaiety Of the youth OF
these old-fashioned people are pictured
here one and ell, with charming color
and shading And in contrast to this
Grace beauty. and careless habit OF life.
rli-,lpses are given Of New England stur-
S,onss and thrift. blossoning by the aid
~ some old graft Of pride and beauty
t,-n the very perfection of womanly
strength and lsveliness. And further on,
G deeper note of shadow is taken on with
The farkening gloom of Tue conthctins
MISSIONS that eliminated in our great
var. while again at the end, sweet and
Gentle glow OF success and happiness
comes to suffuse its soft light over the
whole
Tho tale is as delicately pictured and
as graceful and glowing as one OF the ar
.fst's own water colors. And yet 1t is
inst in this that its failure as book lies.
In the story of Oliver Horn one looks for
q book and finds. instead. picture,
delIchtfully tinted and carefully outlined
production, yet one which, as tale,
lacks originality, force and magnetism
and fails to win any lasting hold on Its
readers fancy or interest.