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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-06

"Then what did I see father. there,
right through the open glass door? You
know ! am not fsnciful. and know what
saw--a faint light shining on the ceiling
OF the study and something tall and
white, as tail as old Colonel Broxton.
leaning over his desk"
The lawyers tongue felt dry and hot as
II Glove to the roof of his mouth Clammy
moisture stood In great beads on his fore
head. He cleared his throat 10 gain
command of his voice. but only husky
whisper escaped from his lips.
who was IL. father? What was &C.?
Why don't you answer me?'
Her insistance irritated him, her
wide questioning eyes would not loose
their hold of his agitated face. lie took
refuge In roughness.
How cen I explain away the vagaries
Of a frightened girls Imagination?
presume women always conjure up some
thing grotesque when they find them
selves awake at an unusual hour" lie
knew that he was malignng one Of the
bravest little souls In the world but his
necessity knrW no law.
Father. you are being absolutely un-
Just and cruelty unkind You know 1
am not imaginative in that way You
know ! am not coward. But we will
let IL stop at that hear Tom coming
back
when Tom stood over her. prof
fering the bromide all mixed ready for
taking. she looked up into his pale and
worried face with one of her sweetest
smiles. Suddenly she put out hand and
drew him down on the sofa by her side.
Tom. dear, you are entirely TOO good 10
mo. have worried you straight through
this day. have made you horribly un-
comfortable. Please forgive me like the
dear old generous friend YOU are"
Ard Tom. out OF sheer gratitude for
her tardy recognition OF all he had suf-
fered that day. bent his head with the
stately srsce OF an old time cavalier and
kissed the little hand that still rested on
his arm
He felt himself going hot and cold. red
and white, all IN a minute. "Oh. Ollie,
n you would only always be like this 60
me, what could not make OF myself
for your sweet sake" he stammered.
Upon which her father. with a kill JOY
cir. advised her retiring before the bro
nnfde should be made of no effect.
~ shall finish the night on couch
IN your room my dear. 90 that you shall
not 10 imagining things again"
AMI - said TSosx with n brilliant
oniie. shall stay down stairs TO give the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-06

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Every family s~ouId have its household
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should be DIR. Wodds Norway Pine Sv-
rug. Natures remedy for voughs and
colds
Itching piles, Never mind n physicians
failed 20 cure you. Try Doap's Ointment
No failure there. 70 senu At any dru0
store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-06
WAN ATE .

ioo0 Men and Women TO call NJ DIR.
HUGHES. Chiropodist. c.p Westminster
ST before Feb. I. I'm order 10 secur. spe-
ciai 5000 offer of ono year treatment OF
all diseases OF the feet and manicurins.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
MILLION-DOLLAR BABY
Its Advent Caused Great Excitement
in the Clark HOus ehO1d In
Butte, Montana.

Great was the stir created by his
advent into the world of William A.
Clark, third, in the circle that awaited
his coming on December 1. The tele-
graph wires from lutte to New York,
San Francisco and Los Angeles and the
cable to Paris were kept busy convey
ing bulletins of the intense anxiety OF
the friends and members of the family
of Senator Clark, of Butte, Mont.
When DR.. Donald Campbell an
nounced that all was well and that
male heir had been born to the house
of Clark, the wires again sputtered
with EXPLANATIONS of Joy and congrat-
ulation.
The senator's eldest son, Charles W.,
had disappointed him, as no children
have been born to him.
The intense concern and interest of
the senator was shown when, year
ago, be proposed to give 100000 to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

which holds several others of a SINH
lar description, and goes on with an
other set as if there was no possible
end to his work.
1t may be said that duplicate "birds"
of this description are seldom produced
by the same firm. In some way or
other an alteration of color or posi-
ton of feathers suffices to produce
a slight difference in appearance, but
the result is the same-the construc-
ton, from cheap but attractive ma
terials, of creature which is cross
between bird of paradise and pea
cock!
Look at the final photograph and
compare the sparrow with his appear
ance in the first photograph, remem-
boring that his complexion has also
altered. I think it safe to say that
even his maternal relation would fail
to recognize him. P. LANDER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
RICHEST YANKEE MAID.
Miss May Goelet, Handsome, TIVE nty-
Five Years Of Age and Worth
Twenty Millions.

There is one American heiress for
whom a noble title, coupled to an ig-
noble man, possesses no attractions.
A dozen times Miss May Goelet, 1T
New York, might have welded, each
time the sutton for her hand being
prince of royal blood, but she has pre-
ferred to retain her liberty. Miss Goe-
let is very attractive young woman
personally, besides being the possessor
of millions. Her face is a sweet one.
with sunny eyes, sunny hair, pretty
feminine mouth and strong chin.
1t is face worth putting on canvas.
When she is IS she will have a for
tune estimated at $2o,o0o,oo0. Every
body knew of these two facts several
years ago, when, as a young school
girl, she first appeared as brides
maid at Consuelo Vanderbilt's we'd
ding. In addition, however, she has
character and chart of happiness
by which she sails serenely past de-
cayed and degenerate princes, fop-
pish young earls, dukes and barons
who offer themselves for sale like
secondhand sofas at the auctioneer's
shop. Everybody gayes with wonder
at each announcement that Miss
Goelet will not marry another titled
sutton. says the Chicago Chronicle.
First, according to report, there
came his grace the duke of Manchester.
Hardly anybody will dispute the as
sertion that the young duke was a
bad bargain even on the face OF
things. He had complexion which,
to speak charitably, was an in
sigma of either ill-Eealth or dis
sipation. To lay at the feet of
this pure, white American girl.
his grace brought unhealthy youth
and title, soiled reputation, an un
attractive personality and long list
of debts. His escapades were the
talk of two continents. His financial
affairs were in such manifest disorder
that the young duke himself casual
ly remarked that he would either have
to marry an Aston or a Vanderbilt or
"throw up the sponge" These by II"
means rare qualities, taken in con-
nection with his violent predictions
for the stage and highly cultivated
tastes in chorus girls, made up the
sum total of his grace's attractions.
The duke announced that he came to
America to dispose of himself at the
highest figure. Although the late Og-
den Goelet gave his daughter her own
will in the matter, he remarked fer
vently: "Iwould rather see my daugh-
ter dead than duchess of Manchester"
It required very little common sense
and certainly no self-denial on the
part of sensible young woman to
refuse the duke of Manchester.
1t is rumored that Miss Goelet's next
sutton was Prince Francis of Teck.
Prince Francis was not baG-looking,
but he was very much older than Miss
Goelet. He was so poor that his fam
lily had to stoop to selling the ancestral
furniture to keep up appearances. He
was avowedly in search of helpmeet
who could drag him out of the slough
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

of poverty. He sued for Miss Goelet's
hand and fortune, but was rejected.
Prince Henry of Orleans has been ru-
mored to be the next royal sutton in
line for the hand of Miss Goelet.
Prince Henry's weakness for the green
baize and the footlights is phenom-
email. His highness is not much of a
scholar and is nothing of a.conversa-
tionalist. Thereports of his escapades
have been food for some of the richest
gossip of Paris. AS title Prince
Henry is attractive, but as husband
he really doesn't qualify" and twas
folly to suppose that a clear-eyed
American girl would overlook what
even a young Frenchwoman with the
European awe of his title and the
European belief in the marriage de
covenance could not accept. So Miss
Goelet repealed his advances and he
went back tu Europe without his COW
eted bride. .-.-.
Out of the long lists of triumphS
which have followed her all over the
world there have crept rumors of three
romances in the four short years of
her life in society. The hero of the
first was the young Viscount erich
ton, reported the handsomest man
in London. It was said tina:
Miss Goelet sent him to South
Africa with the promise that if
he returned with the Victoria cross
she would marry him. Then, gossip
had it that Capt. Ames, the tallest
and one of the bravest officers in the
British army, whom Miss Goelet met
at a garden party, was in favor. The
last report was that young Craig
Wadsworth, attache at the American
legation in London, popular coti1lon
Leader and an ex-rough rider, was head
and shoulders before all others. These
three men are very much of one type,
and, if rumor is true, it is easy to see
what sort of man Miss Goelet likes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

than English or French girls, but some
how an American girl always con-
trives to make pretty picture OF her.
self, and neither she nor anyone else
can explain how she does it. She is
adaptable to an astonishing degree,
and she can dress for walk, an OUT
door game, dinner or ball so as to
make the impression that in each par
ticular garb she is at her best. This
power to change her appearance SO as
to look almost like another person is
one Of the American girls chief charms.
and she owes it to her keen apprecia-
ton of the people and circumstances
around her. She has imagination and
intuition, and genius for fitting her
self to the hour.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

mercllesS demands of fash
ION. The headgear of the eternal fem
lnlne-that altar of vanity upon which
many beautiful creature is sacrificed
when it cannot boast of rarer decora-
tive finery in the shape of slaughtered
1nnocents, has often to be "built up''
to suit the advanced tastes of ladies
who desire to be smart on economical
lines.
NOW the common sparrow, as Nature
has designed it, is rather dull-look-
ing creature, especially when it is dead.
The feminine desire for color and
sharp contrasts which our charming
lady friends have alone inherited from
their disreputably savage forefathers
or foremothers-is not satisfied by
the shaded browns of the feathery
street arab
The manipulation of modern mill
linery magnifcence is, oftcourse, per-
fectly aware of the tastes of his clients.
Does he content himself with "stuffing''
each sparrow, sewing it on a shape,
and sticking his creation into some
retailers shop window? No! He sees
possibilities in that silent little bundle
of brown feathers, and acts accord
ingly.
He has large staff of workers, some
of whom call themselves artists - in
many cases justifiable claim-and
into their hands he delivers his latest
consignment of dead sparrows. The
latter when they reach their destina-
ton, are only worth about penny a
dozen-sparrows are cheap to-day.
Now, the sparrow-forms the foun-
dation of brilliant scheme in color
and feathers. 1t first undergoes the
experience of bath for cleaning pur-
poses. Then the little limp creature
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

To the extra pigeons wings are added
guinea chick feathers, and the bogus wings
are complete.
cially prepared colors diagonally on
each feather.
In the meantime, a couple of goose
quills have been so cleverly deprived OF
a portion of the feathers that, when
the remainder are curled and twisted,
a very fair imitation of pair of os-
prey feathers is produced, ready for
the artistic manipulation who is pre-
pairing the feathery masterpiece.
I have watched the preparation OF
these quilts with great interest. There
is, believe, great demand for them
during the autumn and winter season,
and therefore large numbers are
turned out in the factory.
The girls employed at this work have
very deft fingers, and work at a surpris-
ing rate; whilst, SO cleverly is per-
formed the ripping away of superfiu-
Gus feathers, the pairing of the ''bony''
part of the quill, and the curling OF
the dainty imitation of osprey feath-
ers, that to the ordinary eye the COM
pleted article seems quite genuine.
The painted feathers and the imita-
ton osprey feathers are cunningly
added to the wonderful Creation" by
the artist, who manipulates the various
items at his disposal with stolidity
and matter-of-fact composure worthy
of the nation to which he belongs, for
the feather-worker is one of the ex-
lied children of Russia.
Quickness, minus fuss, is the forte
of not only this man. but of almost ev-
cry. worker-mostly foreign-in the
factory, whose proprietor kindly gave
me facilities for obtaining material for
this article.
By this time the glorifed sparrow
has almost reached the zenith of it's
splendor. There is not very much
more to do to complete the extraordi-
nary creature which, no doubt, will
edify the public when it makes its APP
pearance in it's intended destination
the hat of some lady with taste for
striking finery.
A fan-like collection Of prettily-dyed
feathers is evidently the clou of the
whole thing. This is cleverly added
on to the rest of the multi-feathered
construction, and without a sigh or
a smile of relief, the ''artist" lays the
sconfection" down beside him in box
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
she IL Adaptable to an Astonisnins
Degree and Ii Unharmed ~
Self-COnsci0 usness.

The American girl is admired and
liked at home and abroad, because she
Is the happiest, healthiest and friend
lest. of girls. Usually unframed by
anv self-consc;ousness, she is not apol-
ogetic and morbidly sensitive, as are
many girls brought up in the close,
conventional air of European civiliza-
ton. She likes the world, and is alive
to everything beautiful and good in
existence She is easily pleased, and
her unstudied, fresh enjoyment of sim
pie pleasures gives happiness to every
one around her by its simple, whole
some expression through her face, fig
are and voice, says Woman's Home
Companion.
American girls, when you study
them critically, are not more beautiful
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
Health Before Wealth.

Nine out of ten ailments first show them
selves in constipation. Medical statistics
show that a greater number Of people
suffer from constipation than from all other
about consumption, but, constipation kills
more people than consumption. Within
the last few years medicine has been dis
covered Of such merit in curing constipa-
ton and it's consequences that now over
ten million boxes of CASCARETS are sold
every year, the greatest sale ever attained
by any one medicine in the world and this
is the strongest proof that it is the best
and will do all and. more than claimed. If
you are sufferer give CASCARETS a
trial, and right here we want to warn you
to get the genuine, because all great sue
cesses breed limitations. Thegenuine tablet
is put up in metal boxes and has the word
the cover. Every Cascaret tablet is stamped
C.. c. C..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

to the plain little creature you ses on the
street.
is hung out on line to dry, COM
panion of several in similar plight.
The subsequent glorifcation of the
sparrow progresses by rapid stages.
The feathers of more pretentious rep
resentatives of the winged world are
called in frequent requisition. Pigeons,
for instance contribute largely to the
material for building up the glorified
sparrow, and even the common or back
garden rooster turns in handy at
pinch to aid in the transformation.
The sparrow, limp and bedraggled,
passes through the hands of an artist
who possesses the knack of brighten
ing up everything he touches. Under
his magic treatment the poor little
bird grows stout and robust, not to
say sprightly in appearance, once more,
as in life. e
Now the time has come for change
of clothing; the sparrow is introduced
to a master of the brush, and he, with
a few swift strokes, transforms the
dinpy brown of the birds feathers
into such brilliant hues that the COM
mon little sparrow is sparrow no long
er in appearance, but rather one OF
those beautifully-coated creatures
which we seldom see except In the
windows of fanciers or at the Zoo!
When the Foundation" has become
"a perfect little beauty" it is time
that the decorative accessories should
h. made to add further Importance
to the subject. And the preparation OF
the component parts is not whit less
elaborate than that of the sparrow
itself.
II is first of all necessary that the
unimposing wings should be added to.
Millinery license allows a bird more
than one pair of wings-in fact orni-
thology gets very poor show indeed
when 'sreal nice thing in hat archi-
lecture is being produced.
# has been decided by the designer
of millinery ornamentation that pair
of pigeon wings, properly prepared,
will add to the dignity and attractive
ness of the manipulated sparrow.
Having previously performed the OPP
Grafton of introducing pair Of gray
ish-white wings to dyeing-dish-
whence they emerge transformed into
something very tasty in color, the
artist proceeds to add to their beauty,
and at the same time, relieve the dar-
ing of the color scheme by deftly work
ing in a few feathers from guinea
chick.
In due course the extra pair of wings
is attached to the body of the sparrow,
and in such way that the real wings
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
POSER FOR MOTHERS.
Claims Children Are Educated
at Home to Be Liars.

An eminent pessimist observes that
lying is the one common Characters
tic of all mankind. From his earliest
infancy child learns to lie. His par
ents and his companions teach him to
do SO, and SO do nearly all the grown
up persons about him.
At first the lying may be innocent
and without any bad intention. The
little girl pretends that. her doll is
talking, that it is i'll, that it is catch
ing cold. This may be regarded as
form of lying, however innocent the
intention.
Nearly all families, however re-
spectacle, make use of various conven-
tional lies in daily life. The child no.
tees this and follows the example set
him. He hears his parents tell the serv-
ants to say that they are not at home
when they are. He hears them COM
pliment people to their faces and criti-
else them after them are gone. He
hears them tell visitors how delighted
they are to see them, and as soon as
they are gone he learns that they were
a dreadful nuisance.
Grown-up people lie when children
ask them questions, either because
they cannot answer the questions or
do not want to, or are ashamed to
do so. @s4 tx4e 5.ls.
By and by he finds out that his elders
were in the habit of lying to him, and
he adopts the habit himself. The child
who tells all he knows in public is nat
urally considered source of great
embarrassment. His parents tell him
that he must not tell all he knows;
even that he must pretend things are
not what they are. In order to force
this behavior on the boy for the sake
of keeping up appearances he is often
punished, and this of course impresses
the lesson of lying upon him very
strongly. He learns that it is impossi-
be to live without lying.-Chicago
American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

seem to be supplemental part Of the
larger ones, and not vice-versa-a fact
which does credit to the responsible
artist. The little chirper is now be-
ginning to assume more important
appearance-indeed it may be said that
the tout ensemble even at this stage
is rather imposing, what with color
and added life. But more has to be
done before the censor of millinery
wares is satisfied. Several gosling
feathers have been treated with brush
and pencil until they too look ''dash-
ing" This is done by the artist, who
rapidly brushes few strokes of spe-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
JOKE THAT FAILED.
NGive-Away" Cards Were Held for
Postage and the SenLers Got
Badly Left.

"a practical joke is something like
a firecracker," said New York BRIDE
groom, according to the Detroit Free
Press, sit may start out all right and
then refuse to go off. When we were
married, two or three men. that we
know made great threats about do
ing us up as bride and groom; 20, of
course, we were in much apprehension.
fearful lest our trunks be painted
white, or have big wedding bells-or
bags of rice tackled all over them.
Nothing of this kind happened, how
ever, and we reached our destinat ton,
after the wedding journey, apparently
undetected-at all events unmolested.
"1n few days, I received from the
postmaster of our home city, Motif
cation that a big package of mail was
held there for me, the same to be for
warded when sufficient postage was
paid. On my remittance, there came
along about one dozen huge cards,
which our interested, fun-loving
friends had fixed up for our harass-
ment. The cards were heavily print
ed with black paint with these an
nouncements: we are newly mar
ried;' Make way for the bride and
groom Here comes wedding party
etc. But the funny old boys who got
them up and directed them to us at
all the hotels along our possible we'd
ding route made the fatal mistake of
putting only one-cent stamps on the
big bridal posters, and they didn't
meet us worth cent.
eve are holding them, though; and
the first man of that crowd who gets
married will have the pleasure of eat
ing his own words, so to speak-with
sufficient postage. In the meantime,
the bridal cards look very decorative
hung on the wall in our pretty little
reception ROOM"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28

his first grandson, the proposition be-
ing extended to mis- two daughters as
we'll as his sons. A daughter has since
been born to one of the senator's
daughters, but the winner of the grand
prize is the babe just born to the wife
of William A. Clark, Jr.
Great precautions had been made
for the reception of the prize winner.
There were nurses and doctors for the
mother, and nurses for the babe and
laces and fnery from New York and
Paris. so
Mrs. Clark, who was formerly Miss
Duffield Foster, has two sisters who
have been married for several years,
but they are childless. Their interest
in the coming event was the greater
because of that fact.
cit is the finest baby ever born"
said one of them to-day. "But there
is nothing of the Foster about it. It
is Clark all over" s..--.e
And then she went on to relate some
of the Clark characteristics in the in
FAINT. It has already shown it's inher-
itance of peculiar gesture employed
by Senator Clark and his son in public
speaking, that of closing the two mid
die fingers of the right hand and hold
ing out the little and the index fingers.
Isn't that just too Clark for any
thing?" asked the proud auntie. "The
babe weighed 7A pounds at the time
of it's birth, is without sign of hair
on it's head, has blue eyes and pink
nose"
'.It is without a flaw or blemish,"
said one of the nurses. As baby with
a million dollars and with prospects
of inheriting $15o,ooo,ooo more some
day, it is an exceedingly interesting
object to everybody in Butte"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
Self-Rcliapce.

Lawyer Ito the widow)-The law
gives you third, madam.
The Widow-Well, I'm not going te
take any chances in that direction. ]
shall proceed to hustle for my third,
Just as I did for my first and second.
Chicago Daily News.