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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15

liked by the student body and is men,
ber OF the Delta Phi Fraternity. He was
prepared for college at Worcester Acad-
envy.
II Is the general sentiment on the hill
that any one OF these men would make a
good captain and the result can not be
foreseen. Russ Is only a sophomore now
but there have been many captains in the
junior class both In Brown and other
colleges before now.
During the hockey practice at Roger
Williams Park on Friday, Paine '1 had
his nose broken by the puck. The puck
was very close To him when II was
shot and II was impossible for him TO
get out or the way.
today for the last time before examina
tions. Varsity practice IL also declared
on until next term but the men will be
expected to keep strict training during
the vacation. Practice will again be call
ed the first day OF next term The first
game will occur on Thursday, Jan. z, with
the University OF Pennsylvania. at Provi-
dence. "Pennsy'' has a strong team this
year and this first game OF the season
will undoubtedly be a close and exciting
one. The Brown squad has been working
hard under the direction OF Capt. Ahrens
and will put up a good game OF ball.
The Musical clubs went to East Green
wich last Friday evening and gave a con-
cert In the Academy hall, under the au-
spices OF the Adelphian society OF East
Greenwich Academy. The clubs have been
giving very good concerts this year and
have obtained very good receptions every
where they have been On OF the most
successful features this year have been
the readings given by Il. NJ. Watson, '07.
There are no more concerts until the
Christmas vacation. At that time the
clubs consisting Of twenty-five men will
take a short trip to Philadelphia and
Yonkers. The clubs will give three con-
certs on this trip. Christmas night at
Philadelphia. and Saturday and Sunday
nights at Yonkers. ". Y.
Trials are now going on for the position
OF assistant manager OF the Brunonian.
The position Is open to any member OF
the two lower classes.
The Brown Chess club will send as its
representatives TO the chess tournament
at New York Mr.. Chester c. Waters. '05
and Mr. Irving l.. Price, O5. The meet is
TO be triangular one between Brown,
Pennsylvania, and Cornell. and will be
held on the days OF Dec. 80 81. Jan. and
2. The representatives OF the three col
leges will be the guests OF the German
Press club during their stay in New Yobsr
and the matches will be held An their
library. Mr.. Rice OF the German Press
club has offered a handsome new shield
as trophy TO the winning team.
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OOINGS At BROWN.
Candidates for the Position Of Football Cap
tain Notes From the University.

The election OF the football captain for
next year will be held next Tuesday even
ing. Dec 15 The most prominent candi-
dates for the position are Mr.. Joseph
Golfer. Mr. Fred Schwinn. and Mr.. Gus
tavus Adolphus Russ
Iron Joe" Golfer has played at centre
for the last three years and has always
put UP first class article in the way OF
football. He plays a strong consistent
game. gets into every play. and has held
his own with the strongest men he has
ever lined up against. Many critics claim
that he was the equal OF Cooper in the
Dartmouth game. and the latter has been
named for the centre position in almost
all OF the All American teams Golfers
defensive work is especially good. He is
as steady as a rock and is never injured,
having played iE every game since ne en-
tered college. He is twenty-three years old
weighs 1s5 pounds, and is six feet tall.
His home is in Suffield, Conn, he prepar-
ed at Connecticut Literary Institute; and
he is a member OF the Chi Phi Fraternity.
He is a member OF the Junior class.
Freddie" Schwinn is also a member OF
the Junior class. He Is the midget of the
team but is full OF sand and speed His po-
sition is left end and this year he has
been putting up an exceptionally good
game at that position in spite OF his bad
shoulder His end has been turned very
rarely and he gets into every play. Tho
latter part OF the season he has been used
a good deal In carrying the ball and has
proved that In spite OF his small size he
Is one OF the best men on the team FOR
that work His home is in Newark. ~. j.,
where ne prepared for college. =. He Is
twenty two years old. weighs 140 pounds.
and Is FIVE feet, four inches In height. He
Is one OF the most popular men In IFS
class having held several class and coll
lege offices. He is a member OF the Psi
psilon fraternity.
Gus" Russ Is a member OF the sopho-
more class and is one OF the stars in evecy
game. His regular position is end but this
year the coaches have been playing aim
et fullbsck owing TO the injury OF Zim-
owski and the lack OF other first class
material for that position. At end Russ
alv avs plays a hard fierce game and has
been thought by some OF the Brow,
coaches 20 be a possible candidate for n
position on the All American In future
years.
At fullback he has played n fairly con-
sistent game but HIS position is considered
by all 20 be the end. He hits the line wei
and is very good ground gamer. Last
year when he played at end he was
brought back OF the line time and again |
almost always for satisfactory gains |
Russ is twenty-four years old. weighs 175 |
pounds and Is six feet tall. He Is well |
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Wife WAS
STAGE
STRUCK
Travelled to New York Acting
School and Fall in Love With
Conductor, Hubby Says.

Greenwich, Conn.,, Dec. 15.-Society in
Bridgeport was rudely shocked when II
became known that DR.. Benjamin j.
White. of State street, prominent and
wealthy physician. had brought suit for
divorce against his wife. Olivia Bowers
White naming Robert NJ. Knapp OF Stam-
ford. conductor on the N. Y. and n. III.
road as correspondent. The papers were
served yesterday on Mrs. White at her
parents home IN Brooklyn, where she has
been since Sept. 10. She was Miss Olivia
Bowers before her marriage TO DR. White
In 1887
Simultaneous with the action for di-
vorce came the arrest of Knapp I'm Stam-
ford on the arrival OF his train from New
York on a body writ. The arrest was in
a civil action TO recover $4,000 damages
for alienation OF his wifes affections.
brought by DR.. White. Knapp had to Sc
curity. His uncle went on his bond and
Knapp was released. Knapp Is a married
man, but has no children.
Mr.. and Mrs. White have q son nine
years old. Mrs. White wanted to be an
actress and joined one OF the dramatic
schools in New York several months ago
Knapp was the conductor on the train
thtSl hiS w Hhlc WdS hCCuSlOnlcu 10 rae
on. He admired her boy, and through his
attentions 10 the little fellow they be-
came acquainted.
The doctor alleges that their mutual
admiration reached the point where they
frequented cafes together in New York
Dr. White put detective on the case. The
detective declares that one day last week
Conductor Knapp met Mrs. White at the
Brooklyn bridge. that they visited cafes
and hotels. passing several hours together
and then Conductor Knapp took his train
to New Haven.
Mr.. Knapp has been in the employ OF
the railroad for n number OF years
II am Innocent OF any wrong doing" he
said Saturday night, 81 know Mrs White
and III true I met her on my train"
DR.. White said that Knapp would. In all
probability. be prosecuted criminally I'm
addition to the civil action.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15
JOHN THE SHOEMAN.

One Of the busiest stores on West
minister street Is that OF John the Shoe
mans. 3o3 and 3o5 Westminster street.
just opposite Grace church. The holi-
days Just approaching sends out thou
sands Of gift buyers. and they are all
on the oui-vive to get the best for the
least money--that is human nature, ard
IL is well for anyone to know whe-e 10
go to be- satisfied.
John has a new store and u is filled with
just the sort OF things that make good
sensible Christmas presents and Il Is q
well known fact that every year the
sensible present II become moro and
more In favor Holiday suggestions can
be seen In every department: they meet
the eye at every turn, and one sees IN
the big display. Christmas slippers,
women's shoes, artics. fancy hosiery
hankerchiefs. underwear and any amount
OF all fancy goods.
Many, and II might be said the ma
jority OF the people OF the day. are being
educated with the desire TO receive and 20
give useful. substantial and necessary
presents at Christmas, instead Of lot OF
fol-de-rols
At John the Shoeman's you will find
the substantial and Il win be worth
your while 10 take a good look at what
is there and you will undoubtedly be
pleased.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15

had saved from his small earnings and
tips as a waiter until his fortune amount
ell to more than twice that sum. In the
days OF his prosperity he met Miss
Annie Busick. OF No. 262 East Houston
street. and, after paying his devotions
10 her for three months, they became en-
gagged.
The wedding day was set for Yesterday
and Miss Busick prepared for the event
by getting ready an elaborate trousseau.
hut one day, shortly after their plans
mad all been made one OF Carabin's q
friends whispered ''tip" on n race that
was TO be run the next day at Jamaica.
The friend told him that the race was
fixed so that the horse could not lose
The frugal waiter saw a chance 10 add
TO his little fortune. so he made an
appointment TO go TO Aliens poolroom
10 back the horse. He won 500 on the
race, for the 'tip" was good one
From that moment Carabin dreamed OF
nothing less than millions. .le fancaed
that by the day OF his prospective we'd
ding he would be rich and give his bride
great surprise But other tips" vsere
not so 30 productive and soon the waiter
saw his fortune dwinding fast But IN
the hope OF retrieving his losses he kent
on playing the races. and finally he saw
his last dollar GO.
Driven 10 desperation he borrowed all
OF his hancee's savings. $500. and with
this returned TO the poolroom conquest.
But dame fortune would not smile al him
and the money followed his own for.
tune.
Caratdn Sunday appealed to the no.
lice OF the Mercer street station. bur
was told that they could DO nothing
toward the recovery Of his money
Then Carabin declared he would carry
his case before District Attorney Jerome
and begin criminal proceedings against
Allen. He says he has an appointment
to meet Mr.. Jerome to lay the facts be-
fore him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15

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WAITER
PLAYED
The RACES
Lost His $4,000 and $500 Of
Girl, Also His Fiancs, Who
Declared Wedding OFF.

New York. Dec. B.--Caarles Carabtn.
q waiter and lodser at the Mnis Hotel
No. I, has q grievance against --The"
Allen. With a tear-stained face he went
to the police Of the Mercer street sta
ton Sunday and declared that he had not
only lost 5000 playing the raoes and
poker In Aliens place. but what was
indefinitely worse he had lost hiS nancss.
together with $500 Of her hard-earred
money.
For several years Carabfn lived a
frugal fffe and saved his money. Four
years ago his mother died In Paris and
left him a legacy of about 1890. He
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15
MAY CUT COAL PRICES
Soft Coal Operators Talked on Trade Con-
dItlons at Cleveland.

Cleveland. O.. Dec. IA meeting Of
soft coal operators was held here yes
terday to discuss trade conditions gem
orally While those in attendance were
extremely reticent "a to the matters
under consideration. IL was learned that
there is likely TO be n cut in the selling
price OF coal. especially In grades used
by maniIfa cturers.
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a. m. and $50 D. m
The following vessels have arrived I'm
this port In the past "a hours:
Steamer Larchmont. New York.
Steamer City OF Taunton, New York.
Steamer City OF Newport, Newport
and return
Steamer New shoreham, Block Island
Tug Triton. New York
Barge Western Belle, weehawken. 100
tons coal TO Eastern Coal Co.
Barge Thomas l.. Parker. Gutenberg,
1915 tons coal TO Eastern Coal Co
Barge Pilgrim. Baltimore. 22-O tons coal
10 order.
SAILED:
Steamer Queen City. johnson, TIverton.
Tug 8. o. No. With s. o. barge No. S.
Schooner Charles n Campbell, Pierce.
Baltimore
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Weak Hearts, Weak
Blood Wea< Nerves
RELIEF IN 30 MINUTES.

RELIEF IN 30 MINUTES.
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treme nervousness. It's yalue can not
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Or. Aanew's Ointment relieves eezems
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HEADACHES FROM COLDS.

Laxative Bromo Qunine removes the
cause. To get the genuine, call for the
full name. Csc.
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Group instantly relieved. Or. Thomas.
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At any drug store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15

Itching pile, Never mind n physicians
fail to cure you. Try Doan's Ointment.
No failures there, so cents at any drug
store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15

Every family should have its house
mold medicine chest and the first bottle 4,
II should be DR.. Woods Norway Pin
Syrup. Natures --medy for coughs an,
colds.
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MARINE REGISTER,

, Tomorrow the sun rises at 1905 a. m.
and sets at 4:2O p. m. High tides at $3.50
a. m. and $3.50 y. m.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15

be obtained for alfalfa, soy beans,
velvet beans and a number of other
legumes.
One of the beauties of alfalfa
growing lies in the fact that when
once well established it requires no
cultivation. Fields of alfalfa in the
West under irrigation have stood as
originally planted for twenty and
thirty years, with from three to six
cuttings every season. Of course, to
keep an alfalfa meadow yielding
heavily it will have to be well top
dressed and fortified. In the West
the salts and sediment carried by the
irrigation water act as a fertilizer.
GUY E. MITCHELL.
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twenty-five pounds of seed per acre
will be required. When the plants
have come up and grown high enough
a small c~ultivator should be run be-
tween the rows, so as to destroy any
grass or weeds that may have made
their appearance. Many persons SOW
the seed broadcast, but if this is done
it must be upon land that has been
kept free from any noxious weeds by
crops of clover.
Alfalfa, when young, is an exceed
ingly delicate plant, and requires
much nursing. No crop requires
more extraordinary preparation to
secure a good stand than alfalfa, but
it should be remembered that one
preparation will last for a genera
ton, for if it is planted upon suitable
soil and a good stand obtained it may
yield luxuriant crops for thirty or
forty years. It rarely happens that
alfalfa will grow tall enough the first
year, or will be sufficiently free from
weeds to be mown for hay, yet if it
has been sown broadcast in the
spring it will be wise management
to run the mower over the land as
often as weeds and grass may grow
high enough to cut. It reaches its
best growth during the third year.
When properly managed up to that
period the number of cattle which
can be kept in good condition on an
acre by soiling throughout the whole
season surpasses belief. It is no
sooner mown than it pushes out fresh
shoots, and wonderful as the growth
of clover sometimes is, that of alfal-
ia is far more rapid. Upon soils suit
able for it it will last for many years,
shooting it's roots-tough and fbrous
almost as those of licorice-down-
ward for nourishment until they are
altogether out of the reach of
drought. In the dryest and most sui
try weather, when every blade of
grass droops for want of moisture,
alfalfa will hold up its stems as fresh
and green as in a showery spring.
The hay is cured like that of clover
Col. j. B. Killebrew in Southern
Farm Magazine.
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Sow Alfalfa.

SOW A11a11as
A great deal of interest has recent
ly been manifested in the South in
reference to this, the greatest of all
the forage plants. Several letters
have been received asking for specific
instructions concerning the best
mode of sowing and c%ultivating the
crop. Alfalfa has never been extern
sively grown in the Southern States
west of the Mississippi River, though
it is now sown to a considerable ex-
tent in Louisiana with complete sue
cess.
Alfalfa does not grow well on any
soil that has a hard pan or on thin
soils. It is a deep-rooted plant and
must have a deep soil. Wherever the
roots find a permeable soil they will
descend to a great depth, and on
river banks they have been traced to
the depth of sixty or seventy feet. On
the rich sandy loans and calcareous
soils of the South it is invaluable
and will grow luxuriantly and make
enormous yields of hay. Underlying
rocks or ~impervious subsoils, or sour,
marshy soils, or crawfshy soils, or
stiff, clayey soils are fatal to its
growth; so is stagnant water. 1t
will grow on favorable soils at almost
any height from sea level up to an
elevation of 1000 feet.
Alfalfa is not affected so much by
altitude as by the depth and warmth
of the soil and the depth of the wa
ter-table beneath the surface. A
rich, sandy loan, limy, with a porous
subsoil, suits it best. A region in
which the rainfall is excessive is not
favorable for the growth of alfalfa,
as the plants are quickly killed even
by surface water. Nor is the pres
ence of a large proportion of iron in
the soil favorable to the growth of
this plant. Soils that have a large
content of lime, phosphoric acid,
potash and magnesia are those best
adapted to it's growth, but lime seems
to be the most essential. A consid-
cradle amount of sand in the soil is
not Objectionable.
The soil should be prepared in the
most thorough manner. It must be
finely pulverized; it must be broken
deeply and subsoiled, and it must be
free from any trash or weeds. It is
better to SOW alfalfa after some hoed
crop, as tobacco, cotton, potatoes
and root crops, such as beets, carrots
turnips and rutabagas. In the mid.
die South the seed may be sown il
the fall or spring. It is best to SOW
( the seed in drills from fifteen t.
| twenty inches apart. Twenty t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
(Answer by DR.. B. ". Kilgore, State
Chemist.)

Replying to the above inquiry in
regard to the use of salt, I will say
that quite a large amount of evidence
has accumulated to show that it does
not pay to use salt on land. Occa-
sionally some good seems to come
from its use the first year or two,
but this benefit is indirect and un-
certain. I do not consider that it
would pay any one to use salt on
general agricultural crops.
Cotton is subject to rust on certain
types of land. The use of kainit has
proven beneficial in a great many
cases in decreasing the amount of
rust. Kainit contains about 40 per
cent of common salt and it is thought
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15

by some that the salt should be cred
tied with this decrease of rust. Some
tests show that salt acts in the samo
way as kainit in preventing rust,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15

Use of Salt and Fish Brine on Wet
Lands.
Editor OF The Progressive Farmer:
I wish to have some advice on the
effect of salt or fish brine on any
land, or on bottom or meadow land,
where it is inclined to be wet or
c~rawfshy. A. g. S.
Guilford Co., N. @.