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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-25

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tie Ot nte
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Eclectric OIL Perfectly safe. Never fats
Al any drug store.
Every family s~ouid have Its household
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etore.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-25

r. III. Hartman.
Alfred Gvanderbilt,
T. Jefferson Coolidge.
August Belmont.
Sir VIM G. Van Home
Thomas 7. Eckert.
c. Ledyard Blair.
VIM. II. Baldwin. Ne
James b. Forsan,
Joseph T. Low.
'EMENT.
, 1903-01-29
Lead Pencil Experiments.

An English st%atistician was asked
how many words could be written with
an English lead pencil, and, being de-
termined TO answer 1t, he bought n lead
pencil and SCOTS 'Ivanhoe" and pro-
e to copy the latter word by word.
He wrote 95,60S words and then was
Obliged to stop, for the pencil had be-
come so short that he could not use It.
A German statistician who heard Of
this experiment was dissatisfied with
1t because all the lead in the pencil was
not used on the work. and therefore he
bought n pencil and started to copy a
long German novel. When the pencil
was so short that he could not handle
1t with his fingers, he attached a holder
to 1t. and 1t is said that he wrote with
this one pencil 100000 words. POSI-
bly,, however, his pencil was longer or
the lead in 1t was Of a more durable
quality.
, 1903-01-29

The gigantic tropical drefies which
swarm in the forests and canebrakes
of most of the low lying West Indian
Islands once proved the salvation of the
city of Sautu Domingo. \ body Of buc.
cancers, headed by the notorious Thorn.
as Cavendish. had laid all their plans
for II descent upon the place. intending
TO massacre the inhabitants and carry
away all the treasure they convenient.
ly could. and had actually put Off their
boats for that purpose.
AS they approached the land. how.
ever. rowing with muflIed oars. they
were greatly surprised to see an inf.
mite number of moving lights in the
woods which fringed the bayou up
which they had to proceed. and. con.
Guiding that the Spauiards knew OF
their approach. they put about and re.
gained their ship without attempting
to land.
, 1903-01-29
status of the conntrs ,~lb,.sher.

Stntus OF the t~Ountrs 4'Ibl sher.
Here is Il little old straight. from-the-
shoulder talk about nIntters lying neal
to our heart. There seems to I've II feel
ing nmOng business men hat II news
paper has no business to make money.
Why not: 1t is the most exacting bust
ness in the world. the most trying in
every way. II means long hours and
the greatest care III its conduct. The
newspaper has the entire public to deal
with. II is criticised ON all occasions.
II has To deal with all the cranks In the
community. and 10 do this successfully
requires Judgment and patience.
II has power. and that power. to the
credit of journalism, is nearly always
welded for the public good. No ques-
ton of vital concern TO the home people
fails to find II strong support from the
home newspaper, and this, too. without
remuneration. The publisher spends
his money to further these projects,
and the community never gives a
thought to the matter of cost to him.
1t is not paid out of the public pocket.
-Newspaperdom.
, 1903-01-29
The Vulgar Voice.

What constitutes the vulgar voice?
In an article in the London Spectator
n writer concludes that this evidence of
vulgarity. springs, like almost all vul.
garity. however displayed. chiecy from
two causes-an undue love OF ~conspicu.
and an undue fear of the
same" The person whose chief aim
Is to keep himself or herself in the eye
Of the world rarely makes a remark
without desiring that 1t shall reach the
ears of others besides the one directly
addressed, and here the peculiarly false
sound of the voice is attributed to the
absence of s%iusleness of motive. On
the other hand, the wavering tone and
affected accent OF the timid vulgar are
asC'ibed to another form of i%nsincerity
namely. the wish to initiate others
with whom one happens to be when
they are of n supposedly higher social
standing. The attempt is sure to fail
and the result only in the suppression
of all evidence Of the speakers own
pcrsonality-in the voice as well as In
the manne Thus sincerity, paramount
in all art. is basic in breeding as we'll,
which is the art of life.
, 1903-01-29
An Old EngIiah Inn.

The Raven inn. an old hostelry at
Hook, near Basingstroke. England. was
built in 1853 and still retains its quaint
old half timbered work. o~verhanging
gables and small windows. The house
gained Il wide uotoriety in the latter
part of the eighteenth century during
the American war of independence
through being the residence and place
of capture OF the famous Jack the
Painter" who reused the whole coun-
try in lII6 by his deliberate attempts
to fire drydocks and shipping. He sue.
ceeded at Portsmouth. where $500. OOO
damage vas Done: also ut Bristol, but
was foiled at Plymouth. So great was
the scare that in response to n reward
of $1,000 offered by the government
for his capture the whole country was
on the alert. and he was run to earth
and captured In this interesting old
house and eventually hanged and glib
beted at Portsmouth. His real name
was James Altken.
, 1903-01-29
We Owe the Hat to Asia.

We W the hat to Asia. for it was In
that country that the art of felting
wool was first known. and from the
o emote periods the art was car
ried on by the orientals. In India
China. Burma and Siam hats are
made of straw, of rattan. of bamboo.
of plth, Of the leaf OF the Tallport
palm and of n large variety of grasses.
The Japanese made their hats Of pa
per. The modern hat can be traced
back TO the petasurs worn by the an
cicnt Romans when on a Journey. and
hats with brlEs We're also used by the
earlier Greeks.
1t was not until after the Roman
conquest that the use of hats began In
England. \ hattie Of biever." about
the middle Of the twelfth century. was
worn by one of the mobiles of the land.
Fraissort describes hats and plumes
which were worn at Edwards court
In 1910. when the Garter order was in
stituted. The merchant in Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales" had ION his head
a ~Flaundcrish beaver hat" and from
that period onward there Is frequent
mention of felt hattes.'
, 1903-01-29
winter Way. of Squirrels.

Gray squirrels do not hibernate. but
seldom cave their nests during the
very cold weather. On mild days in
winter, however, they come out and
race through the treetops and visit the
large stores of nuts which they gath
cred and hid away in the autumn.
Red squirrels are smaller. but much
harder creatures than the gray ones,
and. although they. too. have snug nests
OF cedar bark In the follow trees, they
use them only at night. for no weather
is so evere as to keep these little fel-
lows indoors. They are about the most
provident of all the creatures in the
woods. usually storing away under
brush heaps. beneath fallen logs and In
hollow trunks far more nuts thar they
car possibly eat in one winter. They
do not put them all in N place. as a
rule: they generally have several boards
at some little distance apart. This is
a wise ~precaution. as 1t sometimes hap
pens that one store Is discovered and
stolen by an enemy. and unless there
was another supply to fall back upon
the squirrels might die of starvation
Woman's Home Companion.
, 1903-01-29

An Indiana man who was being
taunted about the name of his state.
"Hoosler," gave this explanation of Ii:
when the young men on the In
diana side of the Ohio river went to
Louisville. the Kentucky men boosted
over them. calling them new purchase
greenies,' and claiming themselves to
be a superior rae half horse. half ALI.
gator and tipped of with swapping
turtle. These taunts produced fights
In the market house and streets of
Louisville. On one occasion IA stout
bully from Indiana was victor in a
fist fight, and, having heard Colonel
Lehmanowsky lecture on The Wars of
Europe who always gave martial
prowess to the German hussars in a
fight with the Russian Cossacks. pro-
nouncing hussars 'hoosiers,' the In
dianian. when the Kentuckian cried
Enough! jumped up and said: II am
n booster And hence the Indianians
wer" called by hat name. This was
Its true origin. l was in the state
when it occurred."-Chicago Chronicle.
, 1903-01-29
LACE MAKING.
An old Legend rhat Tells of the
Origin of the Art.

fhSa VI tht r
Lacemaking is by no means so old an
industry rs most persons suppose
There is no proof that 1t existed previ.
Gus 10 the fifteenth century. and the
oldest known painting in which it APP
pears is IL portrait of a lady In the
academy nj Venice painted by Cas-
paccio. who died about 1923. The leg
end concerning the origin of the art is
ms follows:
a Young fisherman of the .Adriatic
was betrothed to II young and beauti-
full girl of II of the isles of the la
coon. Industrious MS she was beauti-
full. the girl made a new net for her
lover. who took 1t with him on board
his boat. The first time he east 1t into
the sea he dragged therefrom an exqui.
site petrlied wrack grass. which he
hastened to present to his fancce. But,
war breaking out the fisherman was
pressed Into the service of the Venetian
navy. The pof- girl wept Mt the depar.
ture of her lover and contemplated his
last gift to her. But while absorbed In
following the intricate tracery of the
wrack grass she began to twist and
plait the threads weighted with small
beads which hung around her net. Lit
tie by little she wrought an Imitation
of the petritication. and thus was ere.
ated the bobbln lace.
, 1903-01-29
LonDoN's eREAr,~ CLOCKS.
The Immensity Of Big Ben aud the
Inv Courts' T~imcpIece.


How many of those who look up at
the figure OF Nelson will believe that
the statue Of ''our greatest sailor is
three lines is tail as n living man?
Nothing in the world is 50 deceptive nS
distance. MS Al run round London with
a footrule would show. Nobody. so
far as one knows, has ever yet been
found To believe that Big Ben is over
sever yards across the dial, that the
hands are together twenty-five feet
long. that the minute hand jumps
seven inches every time Il moves. that
the five minute spaces measure nearly
two yards aud that each of the dials
weighs four ons You may spend 81
day staring hard at ST. I'auI's before
you will believe that the ball over the
dome will hold twelve men and that
the cross above ii Is ten yards high
ten yards above the dome and weighs
a ton and II half. Yet II fontrule and
the deans pcrm.ss on are all that you
need to he convinced that these things
are not what they seem.
Every one knows how impossible II is
to fix the distance of II ship ut sea or
a fire on Il dark night. when the con
trast OF the light with The surrounding
darkness brings the vision near
though the fire may he miles away.
Who OF all the thousands passing
along the Strand today VII believe
that n party Of workmen "rakfasted
In the law courts g. hrf, re- II was
fixed In its place to toli L. don the
wrong timet-St. Ian $ "a
, 1903-01-29
Mourners In Rcd,

There can be no doubt that in the
dark and part of the middle ages red,
and moi black. was the favorite mourn.
ing color throughout Europe. Even
down to the end OF the fifteenth cen
fury the change from blood red to
black was not complete, though black
cloaks were worn over red clothing. In
Abyssinia the mourning color is Il red.
dish brown. In Turkey II is violet. u
color closely allied to red. II is II curl
Gus fact that among the Maoris of New
Zealand rcd is the hue of sorrow. In
earlier times mourners daubed their
bodies with red juices when they fol
lowed II chief TO his grave. and ever
the resting places OF the bodies were
also colored red.
, 1903-01-29
Not IA Compliment.

"old war horse" has long been II
complimentary and affectlonate sobri,
quet bestowed on veteran political
workers by their party confreres and
admirers. A Washington correspond
ent once endeavored to compliment
Susan Is Anthony. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton ana other women s~utfrngists
by referring to them is old war
mares" He protested that he had
heard them say there could be no op.
probrium In sex. but the old ladies
kicked like young dlues. and the cor,
respondent lost his job.
, 1903-01-29
CANINE INTELLIGENCE.
A DOG That Felt He Had More Sense
Than His Master.

Than His Master.
My friend was staying n autumn
In Wales. Smoking and chatting one
evening with a local farmer, the talk
fell upon 11gs. The farmers sheep
dog lay before the fire, and the farmer
instanced his sagacity. He made an
exclamation in Welsh. At once the dog
rose and went to the doc "You
might let him out said the farmer.
1.-The sheep are in the corn is what I
said to him" The dog passed eagerly
out. In a few minute there was a
scratching at the door. The dog en-
tered painting and lay down at the fire
again. Shortly afterward the farmer
repeated his Welsh remark. Again
the dog ran TO the door. and my friend
let him out. Again In a few minutes
was the scratching at the door, and
again he lay down before h fire pant.
ing. After an interval the farmer re
marked in Welsh. quite In the way of
conversation: II am not easy about
those sheep, I do believe they're in
the corn" The dog. witleut rising.
locked up at the farmer. gave two
sharp yelps and turned round to his
sic p again. He said as plainly as
tho Gb it had been In words: Don't
be a fool. I've been out twice. and
ther're not In the corn."-London Out
look.
, 1903-01-29

A German magazine published the
%subjoined anecdote about Moltke: Did
you. your excellency. play whist when
you We're in France?" asked Herr Won
Bennigsen of the great battle thinker
one evening over a rubber. Every
Moltke. We played half farthing
points, so that at worst the players
could not lose more than a shilling
One day Count Berthusy was his part.
ner. why. my dear count. did you
play spades said Moltke. in a sharp
and serious tone. Il had an idea. your
eXcellency, that you wanted spades
III my dear count one does not play
whist according to ideas, but according
to rule" replied the field marshal.
shaking his head.
, 1903-01-29

Once a fashionable woman OF New
port expressed to Elizabeth Cady Stan
Ton a fear that II was no entirely mod.
est for u m TO speak In public.
The diSnitied president Of the suffrag.
lists looked at her with mild surprise
why, she said, there are not so
many people at our convention as there
were ut the ball last night, and surely
II Is more modest to make u sensible
speech In quiet costume than to ex.
hiblt ones bare arms aud shoulders at
d public dance In the embrace of a
strange gentlsman."
, 1903-01-29

Say" said the newspaper man
thoughtfully. IL had a great dream lasi
night, Th0sht ! was making a mint
OF money"
How asked his friend.
why. | dreamed | was a space rate
reporter ON n Russian paper"
Il cant see how there was SO much
money in that"
But that isn't all of 1t. | dreamed
thai | II assigned to get the names
at a court ball"
Tough job!''
"of course 1t was a tough job. but
Just think of the money. Why. every
name was a yard long and had a string
or titles to it besides. Oh. | was just
coining money when | woke up
Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1903-01-29

Currie of Edinburgh employed a Their
mometer in the treatment of typhoid
fever patients with the cold douche as
early as 1877. He was ridlculed by his
German contemporaries as an instance
of medical decay in English medicine.
The first clinical applicud on of the
thermometer was made by Santorius Of
Padua. He invented n thermometer
open at the end. After being held by
the patient 1t was plunged into cold
water. Boerhave taught the lmpor-
OF the Thermometer. De Haen
QIOfl1I6 must be given the honor
of Introducing the thermometer into
current use at the bedside. 1t was
not until 1850 to 1870 that it came into
general use.
, 1903-01-29

whats the matter with your" asked
his wife.
I'm feeling lonely" was the reply.
Don't you like this town.
81 don't like this earth"
whats the objection to itf'
people are too egotistical. II there's
anything | hate it's egotism. And when
see kings going about confidently and
doing things wrong, and diplomats try.
ing all sorts of insincere tricks with
complete e%ffrontery, and lawyers seek
ing applause for arguing on the wrong
side of n case, and everybody display
ing utter selishness without a blush, |
am forced to the conviction that | am
the only consistently high toned and
moral gentleman on this globe. And 1t
makes me feel lonely"
, 1903-01-29

The Talmudic writer's tell us that
the blessed God gave to the first man
In paradise a staff which had beer
created between the stars. Adam gave
II to Enoch. Enoch to Noah, Noah to
shem. Shem TO Abraham. Abraham to
Isaac, Isaac to Jacob. Jacob carried
u into Egypt and ave 1t to his son
Joseph. When Joseph died. his house,
hoid were taken to the house Of
Pharaoh. Pharaoh took the stan of
Adam, which had descended to 10
seph from the FIRST man. and put 1t
amopg his special trsasuEsA-
, 1903-01-29
Hugo and His Critic.

Victor Hugo once made n queer mis-
take in ~"Trayailleurs de la Mer'' when
he mentioned the Firth Of Forth as
the Premier de Quatre." He had con
fused the word firth with first The
English translator of the book was at
the pains to point this out to the great
man In II letter. but Victor Hugo was
Indignant at the l%mpertinence and alb
solutely declined to have the mistake
corrected.
, 1903-01-29

An Irish clergyman during his first
curacy found the ladies of the parish
too helpful He SOON left the place
One day thereafter lie met his sue
cessor.
How are You getting on with the
ladiesF' asked the escaped curate.
"Oh. very WELL was the answer
There's safety in numbers"
Il found. ii in Exodus" was the quick
reply.
, 1903-01-29

Here Is an epitapb which may be
read in an English churchyard Mt.
tached TO bennington church:
Here lies the body OF Lady
o'Looney, great-niece OF Burke, com
monty called the sublime. She was
Bland. Passionate and Deeply Reli.
gious; also she painted in water colours
and sent several pictures 10 the exhibi.
ton. She was the intimate friend OF
Lady Jones. And OF such Is the king,
dom Of Heaven"
, 1903-01-29
Rain Hats In Korea.

Korea is a country of strange head
dresses, but perhaps the most curious
headgear of all is the Immense rain hat
worn by the farmers wives while
working In h fields during the rainy
season. These extraordinary coverings
are often as much as seven feet long
and five feet broad and protect the
body as effectively as any umbrella
could do
, 1903-01-29

a certain London restaurant has this
remarkable sentence displayed in vari-
GUS parts of its dining room:
Any incivility or inattention on the
part Of any of the employees OF his g..
Enlistment will be considered a favor
II reported promptly to the proprietor"
, 1903-01-29

Whit is your husbands alma ma
ter asked Mrs. Oldcastle.
oh" her hostess replied. Josiah
III got any He always signs his ini.
tails Just plain. old fashioned. without
any putin on."-Chicago Record.Her
cid.
, 1903-01-29

Il don't think much of this museum ''
said links, Why, they amt got no
skull of Napoleon Bonaparte. and the
| was In nj TO New York has two"
Baltiisure American.
, 1903-01-29
Gambling Defined.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins. II hope you will promise me
never to gamble"
What Is your idea of gamblingf"
Betting your money and losing IT,"
was the prompt reply. Washington
Star.
, 1903-01-29

Attorney Ignorance of the law ex.
cnses no one.
Clicnt-Excrpt of course a Ia wyer.-
Town and Country.
, 1903-01-29

falschoods may be stated under i'm
PRECISION That they are truths. but lying
Is characterized by the intention to de
ceiVe.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
THE
ILLUSTRATED
BEE

be enough girls to go around and they be-
gin to get in their work real spry, and be-
fore they are aware of the sanctity Of the
marriage relation they are .dtched for life,
and before they own a cook stove or a bed
stead they have TO get up in the night and
go after the doctor. so frightened that they
run themselves out Of breath, and then
abuse the doctor because he does not run,
too, and when the doctor gets there he finds
there 10 not enough linen to wrap a doll
baby in. 1t is about this time that he be-
gins to realize that he has been a colossal
fool. and as he flies around to heat the
water and bring the bath tub, and goes
whooping after his mother or her mother,
he turns pale around the gills, his hair
turns red in a single night and he calls
high heaven to witness that II he lives till
morning, which he seriously doubts, he will
turn over a new Leaf and never get married
again until he is older.
And the next morning the young father
is around before the drug store is open,
with no collar on. his hair sticking every
way. his eyes bloodshot and his frame
nervous, waiting for the clerk to open the
door so he car get some saffron to make
tea of.-Wessington Springs Is. d. True
Republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
WHAT A RUDE AWAKENING
Dakota Analyst of Loves Young
Dream Tells what II
Amounts To.

A green boy without a dollar. present or
prospective, sparkling a girl regularly and
talking about marrying is a spectacle for
gods and men. He should be reasoned with.
n II he will not quit IL until he is able
to support a wife and so know whom he
loves. and the difference between love and
passion, he should be qu~arantined or put in
a convent erected on purpose for such
cases. Nine-tenths OF the unhappy mar
riages are the result OF green human calves
being allowed to run at large In the society
pasture without any yokes on them. They
marry and have children before they do
mustaches; they ere fathers OF twins be-
fore they are proprietors OF pants. and the
little girls they marry are old women be-
fore they are 20. Occasionally one OF these
gosling marriages turns out very well. but
II is a clear case OF accident.
II there was a law against young ga
loots sparkling before they have all their
teeth cut we suppose the little cusses would
evade It in some way. but there ought to
be sentiment against II. 1t Is time for these
bantams 10 think OF finding a pullet when
they have raised money enough by their
own work to buy a bundle Of laths to build
a coop for her.
But they see a girl who looks cunning
ana they are afraid there are not going to