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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

That man who has charge OF the lake
II very original"
That so7'
Yes. I told him not % allow any
ccrpulsnt people 60 skate 80 he put ND
n sign: Thin Ice FOR thin people. Chi
oeSo News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24
TIE sToRMs pRANKs.

The severe storm has created general
havoc about town In the way of flooding
cellars. washing away real estate and do
ing other mischief which should be be-
meath the dignity OF a well regulated
storm One tract In the vicinity OF Bur
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

Niagara has dry but the Mississippi still in the nundang
at the old stand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

it's only Patti farewell that Castro has taken of
the Venezuelan presidency.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

And what is this7" asked the foreign
er who was doing New York
This" replied the native who was
showing him the sights. lis Wall street Z"
For what Is u noted7" asked the visi-
tor
For It's fame az a watering place. .
answered the native. winking his on
eye.-Chicago News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24
Um. H. Hsrick.

Real Estate. Mortgages and Insurance.
BANloAN BUILDING.
10 weybosset Street Providence, n. g.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

mo UNCERTAIN SOUND"
is heard about SULPHO NAPTHots.
Its merits as a perfect cleanser and buri.
ner have the true ring. IL does not vary
I'm quality and IL reliable even where the
most unsanitary conditions prevail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24
GOOD FLOWERS

MACNAIR, Florist,
s22 Weybosset St., Cor. Chestnut.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

741ltts-e- who regard Senator Me-rrn- 80
a mere obstructionist do him a grave in
Justice. He was simply trying TO protect
his country from n doubtful bargain"-
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24
MR. WOOD NoT so WE'LL.

overseer OF the Poor Mason r. wood.
who was reported yesterday as being Inn
proving suffered n set back last evening.
lie was seized with severe pains near the
abdomen and II was necessary TO send
hurry call Tor his phNsIcIah, DIT. STfnCOH
Hunt Relief was afforded and ~ last ac-
counts Mr.. Wood was more comfortable.
although his condition cannot be said 20
have materially Improved He Is suffering
from severe attack OF the grip. aggra-
waited by ncurosis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

The remains OF old Papa do Lesseps
must feel like sitting up In their grave
clothes these Panama Canal resurrection
days. Boston Herald
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-24

1T Is a time OF peace in Great Britain,
but her war burdens cannot be laid aside
The estimates for the year include ex-
pcnditures OF siT2.coo, 900 for the army and
about flsO,op.@o for the navy. Such sums
would IN years gone by have been suirl-
Client TO carry on n war with n nrst class
Power. They are now required merely as
a preparation. and are more likely 20 In
crease than diminish In the years to
come San Fra ncisco Call
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
cavalrymen ms ArtilIerymen.

Capt E. r. P. Shurley," said the
sergeant, used to tell the story of a
battery of artillery that was never at
the front, and yet was on active and
important duty from the day the men
were enlisted to the day they were
mustered out This was the Twenty
fourth Ohio battery, organized IN Au-
gust 1864, and sent Immediately to
Johnson's island in anticipation of an
attempt to release the rebel prisoners
at that point The attempt was not
made. and on the 9th of August the
battery was ordered to Camp Douglas.
Chicago. where it remained until June
10. 1855. 1t was one of the best drilled
and best disciplined batteries in the
service, and yet It never fired a shot
In battle. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Embracing Al Glasses

The sandwich army of London is
over 1000 strong. In the service of one
advertising contractor have been cler-
gymen. doctors. architects, actors,
clerks, and even former wealthy
squire. Sheer misfortune, as a rule,
presses men into the work. but. accord
ing to a well-known contractor, drink
is the chief recruiting sergeant of the
army OF board-bearers. whose ordinary
wages vary from one shilling to two
shillings a day.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Military Tactics

A majority of the officers and men
on both sides were very green about
military tactics at the beginning of the
war. A Michigan captain. it is said,
Who had been accustomed to driving
an OK team in lumber camp. when he
nrst undertook to march his men. in
stead of saying file left" or "file
right" or march," used to call out:
Whoa; gee, therei" "Haw round
ahead" "G'lang in front, an hurry I'D
she tndi" An Arkansas colonel of cav
airy is credited with the following.
FIRST Order-Prepar' er ter git on to
yer critters! Second order-Git-
American Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
IN A DENSE FOG.
70 Thick That Ii stopped Cannon
Balls and Created General
Havoc--NextS

They were gathered around a camp
Gre telling of the old times. The lead
ing subject had been the fogs down
south. says the American Tribune. Aft
hr the others had tried their memory
and imagination in describing dense
Eogs a little, nervous fellow, with red
nose and a red badge, told the following
experiences:
We'll, comrades, you may talk about
fog for a week and then / can tell of
. little difficulty that l had with the
stun that will overtop all you ever saw
or imagined. If you had never encoun-
tered these dense fogs would not dare
20 tax your credulity with my story, but
after your experience l believe that here
will have hearers who can comprehend
truth, and l will repeat a story | once
embodied in an official report and there
by lost fine chance for promotion, and
worse than that lost the name of truth
Tul George which had chung to me for
many years, We were down on the
Texas coast, and, though only sergeant,
i was in command Of a section of our
battery. One day scouts reported an adj
vance upon us by the enemy, and was
sent out to the right with two companies
Df infantry and ordered to throw up
lunette to protect the guns and sup
port. | staked out redoubt and set
the men to work; then went to plan
Ter's house in rear of position, where I
took several drinks of peach ard honey,
and filled my canteen with the same.
After dark a terrible fog raised, and
I ordered the men, who had finished the
earthwork, to build a wall of fog back Of
the fort to portect US in the rear in case
the enemy surrounded us. About day.
light the rebs advanced, and we gave
them case and canister as fast as we
could load, and with terrible effect The
enemy replied with cannon and rifles
Though they were in overwhe Ginning
force, we could easily have held the posi-
ton without much loss if that wall of
fog had not been built in our rear. You
see, the boys, having plenty of material,
had built the wall about ten feet high
and every rifle ball and cannon shot that
went over us struck that dense wall and
rebounded, doing fearful execution. One
after another the men were cut down,
and was left alone. Selling cartridge,
I rammed 1t home and covered it with a
double charge OF canister. Just as
withdrew the hammer a ball rebounded,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
To Foil the RATS

To keep rats away from vegetables a
simple way is to set four bricks on end
and set the barrel on top of these bricks,
using the bricks for legs of the barrel.
This places the barrel at such a hight
that the rat cannot reach it to gnaw,
neither can he climb up, for the reason
that the bricks are inside the chine and
when he reaches up he strikes the bot
tom of the barrel and cannot go any
further.-Good Housekeepel.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
A Woman Engineer.

Miss Nora Stanton Blatch entered the
Cornell university to take course of in
struction in engineering. She was the
only woman graduate who made a study
OF this subject and so thorough was her
training that 1t included forge work.
She actually took her place at one of the
college blacksmith's 20 FORCES.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

Mr.. Klumsay (waltzing)-My! how
slippery this floor is. It's hard to keep
on your feet
Miss Sharpe-Oh! you're really try
Ing to keep on my feet. then, are you?
| thought 1t was merely accidental
Philadelphia Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Great Lover ofAnim,I.

Mrs. John Morley. who is a great lover
OF animals, always has pet dog sitting
on his lap when he is writing in his
study; and when he used to live in a
mousse at the top of hill he invariably
alighted from his carriage at certain
point In order to relieve the horse.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
A la Chinoise.

Miss Tenterhook has asked me to be
one OF her bridesmaids" said Miss
Elder TO Miss Flypp.
oh, then, she really has adopted the
chinese idea" was Miss Flypp's COM
ment
What Is that?"
why. don't you know? In China only
the elderly ladies act as bridesma!ds."-
Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Pretty Comnlimen,

No public man ever paid a prettier
compliment to the fair sex than Mr..
Choate, the American ambassador, who,
looking up at public meeting to the
ladies In the gallery above him, said;
Thou madest man little lower than
the angels
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
And Not I'm SNORT. AIone.

The Maid-But the other team doesn't
admit the possibility OF defeat
The Full Back-That's proper. It may
be all right to know when you're beaten.
but It's great mistake to find It out too
soon--Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Worked n RIufY.

What did you bow to those people
for? You don't know them"
What's the difference? They don't
know whether know them or not, and It
makes people think I'm In society,"
Pittsburg Chronicle
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Explained IL All.

Sir" began the youth. 81 have come
TO ask for your daughters hand in"
No, sir!" snorted her father. "You
can't have her! What could possibly
have prompted you to ask"
Why-er-she did. siri"
oh, that's different Also, that set
ties t"-Philadelphia Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Girl Drnr Cleri.a.

There is demand for girls as clerks
IN German drug stores. The course of
instruction requires three yes.rs. ex-
cept in the case of high school gradu-
ates, who need only two.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Looking Forward.

Does your wife ever borrow troubIef''
Does she? She's already begun wor-
Tying about the hay fever that she'll
have next summe:."-Chicsgo Record
Hexnid.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
WE GAVE THEM CASE AND CAMS.
TER.

taking of my right arm. l sprang be-
hind my gun, inserted a primer, and
was pulling when when another shot
struck me back of the neck, but as fell
dead, my hand still grasping the string,
the primer exploded, fired the gun, kill
hng SO many rebels that the rest"
Just then Colonel Ellis fired the morn
ing gun, the men sprang to their feet and
rushed to the cook tent for coffee and
bareback, and truthful George" did not
finish his story.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

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Discomfort

The root OF all discomfort ~ sssH
R,va-J. r. Clarke.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-18

THE ELEVATED R04D ~ THE BAfIEhl'
Tho latter of Park Commissioner Wilcox and
Cornoration Counsel Rives to the Mayor calls
o,+on+ion TO the need of some action to hX
+be stains OF the elevated railroad in Battery
Park The railroad structure now occupies
the mark under 81 revocable license of a former
Park Commissioner which the present ofnclaiS
believe to have been given without any IesaI
authority For twenty-five years the raiiroad
has been strictly speaking. trespasseF seNerai
times attenpts 10 revoke the permit have been
made only TO be temporarily enjoined by the
courts and the question dropped. AS pupilc
necessity requires the access OF the road W
South Ferry il is clear that the line must
occupy Battery Park unless an alternative route
can be found Mr.. Wilcox does not "eNe
this possible The Custom House prevents
access TO WhitehaIl-st.. and likewise prevents Il
sharp turning into State-st. and running aiohs
the edge of Battery Park. though we are not
sure that by cutting across a corner OF lhe
mark the line might not go through State-s''
from Rridge>st 20 the ferry. Even So now
ever. some of the park must be used. and the
o,,ostion arises how 10 rea ach a satisfactory ar
rangemeDt.
II is obvious that present conditions invite
hlackmail the instant officers are in power who
wish TO bIackmaiI. The history of the at
temnt of Croker under the last administration
10 punish the Manhattan people when he 1ell
out with them gives a warning. Inc pro-
ceedincs then undertaken are still hung up III
tho Cornoration Coul,sel's office, and that Of
fetal rightly wants TO close them up. At pres
ent the city gets no revenue from the respass-
ing railroad The company is willing, II It
can get a legal franchise to reach South Ferry
for a definite term and free itself from
future blackmail. to pay reasonable compeh-
sation 10 the city. put its tracks at any place
desired by the department and rebuild lis Struct-
ure on plans to be approved by the Munlcpal
ART Commission. so as to make it. II not
positiveIy an adornment TO the park, at least
as inoffensive as possible. Arrangements can
also be made to plant shrubs and trees at It's
expense.
Such plan cannot be carried out without
legislation authorizing the Park Department, III
co-operation with the rest of the city govern
ment, to grant a legal permit with due restrlc-
tjOns That is what Mr.. Wilcox and Mr.. Rlves
propose The ideal thing would undoubtedly
he the removal of the railroad from the Bat
ferry but to do that entirely is evidently I'M
nractiCable though the space occupied might
he considerably reduced. 1t is better under
sucb circumstances to reach definite arrange
ment. shut the door on future corruption. secure
some city revenue, and improve the appearance
of the Battery than to leave the present IN
slightly structure In free occupation to invite
future official STRIKES
New-York tribune., 1903-02-18
THE MAFOR'S MESSAGE.

Mavor Low Yesterday sent TO the Board Of
Aldermen the second instalment of his message.
II deals with finance, the Law, Police, Water
Supply Street Cleaning and Bridge depart
ments. The conviction enforced by the discus
sion Of the work of all these departments is
that the problems Of city government are at
last being dealt with in an enlightened and pro-
gressive spirit worthy Of civilized city There
are as the Mayor sees, many things to be de-
sired but everywhere is evidence of intelligent
effort TO accomplish large benefits TO the people
where formerly officials were content with a
routine performance OF duty, even when they
consented 70 do honest duty instead of misusng
their trust Carrying out intelligent policy
Of this kind is not the work of year two
years. and Mayor Low suggests that the Mayors
term should be changed so that after 1906 or
with the end of the term to be filed next fall
st will be four years. II was great misfortune
that the term was changed in 1901. Otherwise
there might have been fair chance for the
present administration 10 overcome the effects
of four wears Of Tammany misrule before hay
ing its work finally Judged
As 10 the details Of the city administra ton
fhe message speaks for itself We may note,
however. that for an increased interest charge
of only sf46o14 3S the city is securing S29,-
coo 600 worth of public improvements Of the
greatest importance. If the reform in the sink
ing fund goes through, the city will be placed
in an excellent financial situation vast
amount OF work has been done by the Law De
partment ia defending the city against claims
and in collecting old debts. The Mayor pays a
deserved tribute 30 Colonel Partridge for break
ing up the red light district and the cadet
system and bringing up the depleted force TO
lis legal limit on Civil Service reform prln-
-iuIes. He discusses the proposed lengthenlng
Of the Police Commissioners term 10 fourteen
wears. and rightly declares tlat 1T would too
much remove the police from any accountabli-
ity. Not only are steps being taken IN the
Water Department 10 increase the water sup
1,ly. but also TO stop the enormous waste when
threatens 70 make any supply inadequate.
A most significant exhibition OF Tammany
government is given in the table showing that
in the growing Borough Of Manhattan the cart
loae. oe garbage collected fell off from 1sl.6s2
under Mayor Strong in 1897 10 l6i,3l' IN
1895. TO l:.0.se5 in 1901 and under Commissioner
Woodbury. in 1902 increased TO 2o56sl. That
New-York tribune., 1903-02-18
TIE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington Feb. II (Specian.-The Russian Am
bassador is suffering from the grip and mas not
vet moved from the I-st. house, though countess
C'assni and her guests took possession OF the ne"
or,+.se- 1-asterdav morning The lease OF the OLD
embassy does not expire until May l. but the am
bassador desired TO move into the new house oel''e
the Pavlow-Des Planques wedding, as 1t is larger
ard commodious in every way @ AIeA', ~,
to1or tho Russian Minister to Corea. and Gabriel
Des Planques arrived at the Russian Embassy 10
day.
1t is understood that the Berlin Foreign Othce
will soon announce the appointment or new HrsC
secretary of embassy here to succeed Count Won
Ouadt who has received leave OF absence and VIII
sail for home with his family on February a III
recognition of his services here il Is expected tna
Emperor William will promote count Won %"'Ni'
to a impOrtant post.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-18
Mr.. souIREs AND THE MAINE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: / hope you will permit me to use your co.'
unlns to enter protest against the action OF ths
American Minister TO Cuba in declining invita-
tion TO take part be present at the memorial
exercises in memory of the American sailors Who
lost their lives in the destruction OF battleshos
the Maine. five years ago in Havana Harbor. rs
stated in your Sunday edition. in dispatch from
Havana dated February IA. Mr.. Squiers took tho
ground that while such exercises were appr0-
pirate and proper in themselves, the possibility ot
giving offence to those who were friends Of tha
United States by stirring up the memories Of the
past should be avoided" As this Is published hv
your paper I conclude. Of course. that he is cor
reCtly reported.
1t to and undoubtedly "A great many
Americans are OF my opinion that his action IS un-
patriotic and-to say the IesSt-uOt calculated -
impress the Cubans the Spauiards. the very
peOple we seek to paCate. with the tdea thar he IS
"A representative American. fearless and true. aS
becomes the high office he nils but. on the con
OF so-cailed diplomats who crinse ard cover ls>I
they offend one. and turn ard shit their po-
cles with each change of the wind This * rot ~
keeping with the spirit OF Amerlcantsn infused mo
modern diplomacy ty the sterling integrity al3t
manly strafghtforwardneS or John Hay. and n ~
sunreroeIv ridiculous that he should give as =
reason for refusing TO attend The ceremonies y
honor OF the American dead that he was affall
Of offending the representatives OF foreign pOWNr
We had no fear Of offending them in lS9S ard 10
right minded Spauilrd-and know lots oi inFFm
w0IId eyer take umbragC at the American Nti1iStrr
Iaving a wreath the shattered hull OF the Fe7s'i
in which th, American sailors lost their lives
Vest Point. y. Y. Feb 10. 1906. NNttti'-N-\-