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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
The News Of the State.
RIVERSIDE.
Minstrel Show Had Successful
Opening Last Night-.BoWling
Tonight. Other Local Items.

Last night was the opening night OF the
benefit OF Narrangansett Engine Company
and long before the time set for the
opening OF the show there was large
attendance In the hall. Before the even
ing was snywheres near over all OF
those in attendance were amply repaid
for their patronage OF the show.
The entertainment provided was OF the
best and at frequent intervals the audi
ence was convused with laughter until
many OF those present had a sideaohe.
There were a number OF coon songs rem
dered in a highly effective manner and
the jokes were all brand new, right out
of the private joke factory OF those who
composed the troupe.
AT times the building resounded with
the applause OF those In attendance as
some especially good thing was produced.
Most of the Jokes were local hits and
they all made three base hits with their
hearers. The concluding performance
will be given this evening.
BOWLING TONIGHT.
This evening the Whangdooles and the
Grocery clerks will get together on the
local alleys and II Is expected that while
the game is on there will me "a hot time
I'm the old town. There Is strons
feeling OF friendly rivalry between the
two teams and each will do Its best tc
get away with a victory tonight.
sHovELLING SNOW.
Yesterday Highway Commissioner t. ]
| Medbery had a force Of men at wort
carting away and levelhng down th'
snow on Pawtucket avenue. There wa
quite a bunch OF snow which had drifte'
| considerably in place. The street u
now In very fair shape and attention u
being given TO the other highways in TIM
part of the town.
HE WAS FULL
Sergeant Bickford spied man In
hack sleigh on Turner avenue VINO seemed
| TO be unable TO manage the team anS
when investigation was made IL was
found that the fellow was In state o
| intoxicaton. He was taken into CUSTODY
and locked up at the Second station.
FAvoRITE WHIST CLUB.
The following scores were made at this
week session OF the Favorite Whist club
Miss Leila Smart, a. Mrs. A. o. Wood
ward. 80 Mrs Durfee Cook, 80; Mrs. j. II
Monroe, "a: After the playing cola
| ton was served and a number OF musica
selections rendered
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
OLDEST LEGISLATOR
PASSES CENTURY MARK.

Fredericton, ~. r.. Feb. is.-The one
hundredth anniversary OF the birth Of
Devid wark L. D., of this city. Canadian
senator was obssreved today. Senator
Wark is believed 20 the oldest legislator
In the world.
In honor 81 the occasion the mayor and
corporation OF Fredericton presented the
senator with a complimentary address
and at n luncheon many guests including
public members OF the bar. clergymen and
prominent citizens we're present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
MINISTER DELCASSE
HAS NOT RESIGNED.

Paris Feb. 19.-There Is no truth in the
rumor that Forgein Minister Decasse has
resigned.
The report began TO circulate in the cor
ridor OF the Chamber of Deputies and was
Immediately denied. Premier Combes
and the other ministers were present at
the foreign office at noon today.
There was not the slightest indication
of a change In the ministry.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
Personally Conducted Excursions to Call.
fornla and Oregon.

Daily and personally conducted excur-
sions via the Chicago. Union Pacific a
Northwestern line In Pullman tourist
sleeping cars In charge OF experienced
conductors from Chicago to Los Angeles.
San Francisco and Portland. Choice Of
routes. only 800 for double berth. For
particulars apply TO your nearest ticket
agent or write 8. A. Hutchinson. man
ager, 2I2 Clark street Chicago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
The Weathef

Boston. Feb. 1s.-Forecast for New
England; Snow tonight and probably Sat-
urday. Colder Saturday except IN Maine.
Fresh east to north winds. increasing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
HELP WANTEo-FEMALE.

WANTED ED-DEMoNsTRAToR TO IN
troduce articles. House to house canvass.
Apply 30 Rosedale street. fi9-St.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19

JOHN O'CoNNELI.
Hats. Caps. Furnishings. Trunk Store and
Laundry is just above tho postoffice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19

William Manchester OF Is Comstocl
avenue, discovered a man at the side o.
his house at IL o'clock last night. HI
asked the man what he wanted and wa
informed that he, thes tranger was goini
to paint the building. He didn't wal
to do the job.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
IN OLNEYvILLE.
Claims He Was Assaulted Used
a Knife--Lodge Meets.
Quiet at Police Station. Church
Services General Mention.

Olneyville branch OF the Providence
News Is at Heffernons News Store, Il
Hartford avenue. Telephone 4o-West.
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TOO LATE TO Be CLASSIFIED.

wANTED-A SALESMAN FOR DRY
goods store. Address W-sS, News Office.
f19-6t.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19

John williams. colored sailor. was
bound over 10 ths grand jury In $1,000, By
Judge Sweetland. today. for an assault
with a knife upon Michael Gormley. Ia,
latter received two. but not dangerou:
wounds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19

The town haal has been equipped with
hand apparatus TO be used In case OF
fire. The new apparatus Is OF the most
approved pattern and is reputed TO be OF
the highest efficiency. A number OF
new fire buckets have also arrived to
be placed In the basement OF the town
hall building
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
every now and then gave grim tokens
of sleepless vigilance: d. t.5'S*'@ ! ,

every now and then gave grim tokens
of sleepless vigilance. trsl I !
Suddenly there came the ;whip=poor,-.
willis Gala whistle he himself had
taught to Ellen. He was at the win.
dow in quarter of a second. There
was no moon, but continuous plav
of lightning relieved the darkness. In
the weird light he saw a figure in
white, in midair, coming slowly to-
ward the cabin. An exclamation fell,
on his uncomprehending brain and he
knew that one of the men saw it also
Then came brighter flash and he
saw one of the guard fall prone to
the earth and three rush headlonp
toward the valley. The other two Of
the six gave short, inarticulate cries.
Then God was good. For, as the re-
mainder of the guard ran around the
house, a vivid flash revealed the
white figure swaying fifteen feet in
the air with it's light beard, it's hag-
gard face, it's shaggy hair! Moriar-
tvs ghost! The men made a simu]-
taneous rush for the shelter of the
cabin.
At that moment the light was ex-
tinguished and the storm burst over
the "Forget-me-not."
Every newspaper in the country
told the story of how these lovers fed
away into the storm and all the West
rang with admiration of Ellen's dar.
ing exploit.
Her plan was at once the SIMPLEST
and most natural. She attacked the
great weakness of the enemy-super-
stition-and as Moriarty's ghost she
conquered. The rope on which She
walked was one of wire stretched
from the trestle of an ore track to
tree near Moriarty's house. In the
West trestles are often partly
strengthened in this way. How she
ever planned the escape, how she man.
aged to pass the guard unobserved,
how she kept her footing on the rope.
and how she dropped unhurt to the
ground she could never tell and the
only explanation is that all things are
possible to a woman who loves. Faith
may remove mountains. Hope may
build castles, but love-love, ah, that
accomplishes all things.
The Little Ellen Gold Mines are
the richest in Idaho, but all the
wealth that lies waiting there is not
half so precious to Phillip, who will
one day own so much of it, as is the
love of his wife.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
Was Once in Hiqh Position.

Edward F. Jones of Binghamton,
ex-Lieutenant Governor of New York
Jones he pays the freight
his card to Senator Frye, president
pro tenn. of the senate. He wrote on
the card: "One of your predecessors
would be pleased to see you''
Senator Frye came out. Mr.. Jones
introduced himself.
Il am Jones of Binghamton," he
said.
Il am glad to Sc you, Mr.. Jones OF
Binghamton," Senator Frye replied,
"but I do not understand the message
on your card. Were you ever vice.
president of the United States?"
'Oh, no."
'::Were you ever president pro tenn.
of the senate?'
'No," said Jones, "but I occupied
your chair, just the same. l was
colonel of the Sixth Massachusetts
and one night in April, 1861, we ar
rived in Washington and bivouacked
in the senate chamber. My men slept
on the floor. but slept in the vice
presidents chair"
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
Japan's Time.

STANDARD time" has been adopted
by Japan, by European residents in
China and by the telegraphs and rail.
ways of that country.
A clock in Toxic would point with
it's minute hand as a clock in New
York would. The hour hand would.
on a 24-hour basis, be IA hours fast.
The naval action at Chemulpc
which began the war opened at lao
a. M, Japan time, Tuesday, February
9. That was the equivalent of $40 p.
m. Monday, February 8, in New York.
Any operations in Manchuria would
come under Asian coast time, which
is 13 hours faster than New York's
The line where time changes
where ship loses day going west
and gains one going east-is drawn ir-
regularly down the Pacific coast east
Of New Zealand, whose time is 1917
hours faster" than San Francisco.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
His Veracfty Was Admirable.

Once a number of kindred spirits were
enjoying O. supper in the land of Burns
When the cloth was removed and the
usual toasts were proposed some one sug-
gested a song. The efforts of the first
Scotchman met with such a hearty re-
ception that others were induced to fol-
low his example.
In the end it was found that every one
had contributed to the evenings enter
+ainment but the medical gentleman who
occupied the vice chair.
Come. come, Dr. Macdonald" said the
chairman. I'VE cannot let you escape
The doctor protested he could not sing,
LAS matter Of fact" he explained.
"rny voice is altogether unmusicaI. and
resembles the sound caused by the act of
rubbing brick along the panels of a
door,
The company attributed this to the
doctor S modesty. Good singers, he was
reminded, always needed a lot of press
ing.
every well,' said the doctor, 'if YOU
can stand it I will sing"
Long before he had finished, his audi
ence was uneasy. The unwilling singer
had faithfully described his voice.
There was painful silence as the doc
tor sat down, broken at length by the
voice OF Draw Scot at the end OF the
table.
Mon" he exclaimed, ''your sinein's no
up to much, but your Veracity's Just aw-
fu'! Ye're RIGHT aboot that brick.'-Tit-
Bits. -. :~ ~ ~ s."
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
$ c'f
w. INVENTION
Utilizing Coal Dust,

SAsdSZsb8 NOal 0U8Is
There has recently been a number
OF experiments made to find a fuel
which should be not only much clean
er than coal, but which should also
increase the number Of heat units
for a given bulk Of material, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. The ele-
ments Of cost of manufacture and
shipment must also enter into all
these calculations, so that what will
meet requirements in one locality is
totally untitled for another. To pre-
vent the waste of the sawdust from
the large mills which are cutting down
our forests sawdust and petroleum
briquette has been produced, and
other seemingly waste products have
been combined with chemicals to fit
them for use as fuel. Thus the i'm
mense piles of culm dust to be seen
around the mouths of the coal mines
have come in for their share of at
tention. One of the newest chemical
com mbinations which utilizes this ma
terial in large proportion comes from
Kentucky and consists in melting res
in and oil together until they fuse,
adding to this while the mass is heat.
ed to $50 degrees Fahrenheit diluted
sulphuric acid. The resulting COM
pound is combined with a mixture of
coal dust and black oxide of mangan-
ese, which has been heated for about
an hour at temperature of 200 de-
grees. This whole mass is then sub
jected to pressure to compress it into
bricks of any desired shape and size.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
A Plan for ieatinu Trains.

- Tsdu UT F0CdtIO0 ITdlnSs
Considerable difficulty has been ex-
perienced in heating long trains of
railway cars in Europe owing to the
condensation of the steam and to the
presence of water in the pipes. BY a
system devised by M. Lancrenon and
about to be installed on the Eastern
railway of France this is obviated by
employing compressed air, which is
mixed with the steam, and carries
along any condensed water to suitable
traps. The condensed air also en-
ables smaller pipes to be used, and
where ten or twelve cars were for
merly the limit, now twenty or more
can be heated satisfactorily. The air
used amounts to about ten per cent
OF the steam supply, and when
slight amount is used to raise the
pressure at the portion of the train
near the engine, the effect is felt
through the line of pipes. In one in
stance, where steam was admitted to
the heating system at a pressure of
fifty-seven pounds per square inch, the
pressure at the end of the train was
but ten pounds. Using sufficient air
to make the pressure sixty pounds
per square inch, twenty-eight and
half pounds at the end of the train
were obtained, which fell to twenty
one and a third pounds after the
steam was admitted to the traps. With
trains of unusual length the results
were equally satisfactory.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
A Country Like a Ships Hold,

Holland as whole is probably the
lowest country in the world, the great
er part of it lying many feet below the
sea level. The annual expenditure on
dykes to keep out the water is esti
mated at $2,o00,000. The constantly
imminent nature of the danger will
be thoroughly appreciated by the
stranger, says Baedeker, if he stands
at the foot Of the great dykes at high
tide and hears the breakers dashing
against the other side of the barrier at
a height of sixteen or eighteen feet
above his head. The force of the old
Dutch proverb, God made the sea-
we made the shore,' will also be an.
parent. The principal canals are six
feet in depth, and not only the surface
of the water, but the bed of the canal
is often considerably above the level
of the surrounding country
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21

plan OF more exquisite suffering. It
was decreed that their prisoner was
to keep watch alone all night over
the dead body, the rude cabin being
guarded on the outside by dozen of
their number, and the next day he
was to hang over a slow fire, kindled
on Moriarty's grave.
They agreed and finally withdrew
and that night the Rockies echoed to
such shouts of carousal as the "For-
get-me-not" had never heard before.
Phillip sat alone with the dead,
watching through the single window
the light on the hillside. He looked at
it with an unfaltering eye, though he
knew that six cruel guns were point
ed at that window and six at the
opposite door. Who committed the
cOwardly deed for which he was to
pay the penalty he never knew What
wrong was avenged, what crime was
atoned for by Moriarty's death he
never discovered. Indeed so we'll did
the assassin lay his plans that he was
never detected.
Meantime the news had been
broken to Ellen in the most brutal
way. Two hours after the killing,
Hamilton, the new leader, was told
that the wife of the prisoner wished
to see him and Ellen was led in to
hear coarse jests, receive gross in
suits and suffer what was almost
death to a tenderly nurtured woman.
She asked for only five minutes and
as she knelt in the agony of her soul.
her helplessness and beauty kindled
a momentary warmth in Hamilton's
heart.
Let her see him for five minutes,
boys Then gruffly, Five minutes,
remember, and watch the interview" ="
How could one little woman thwart
the purpose of four hundred men?
The most poignant moment of Phil
lips trial came when he saw Ellen
led away. 1t was maddening to think
of what might be in store for her.
But he preserved his calm and digni-
fled mien, sat down by the lamp, took
some letters from his pocket and be-
gan to read. His captors looked in at
him curiously. AS Phillip read not
muscle of his face quivered, though
his heart stood still within him for
these were the words: when YOU
hear the whip-poor-w come to the
window. The second call blow out
the light. The coast will then be
clear-you must escape, dear. Run
to the little gulch-for my sake!"
1t had come to him by Ellen's hand
and the reading of it threw him into
the most horrible doubts and fears.
She was going to attempt some es-
cape. 1t would be worse than folly:
it would be madder than madness.
He must cry out and save her from
such sacrifice. But some unreason-
able hops sealed his lips and the
weary hours dragged toward two in
the morning. A hush had come over
the valley, but the sentinels without
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
Pepsin in Cheese-Makinu,

From experiments made at the New
York Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion at Geneva, with pepsin in cheese
making, one conclusion drawn is that
it is the pepsin contained in the rem
net that causes the changes noticed in
the ripening process. Prof. Dean of
the Ontario Agricultural College Dairy
School says that if this be true, it has
been suggested that pure pepsin be
Used instead of rennet for coagulating
milk in the making of cheddar cheese.
sample lot of pepsin was got from
Chicago and some cheese have been
made at the Guelph Dairy School.
While the coagulation did not appear
20 be normal, as with rennet, the curds
after dipping seemed very nice. Prof.
Dean says it will be some time before
the cheese can be reported on.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21

A, inch boards making form; B, half
inch bolts; G.. concrete wall; D. bolt with
four nuts; E, band iron 2 IT, wide and
three eighth inch thick
and each circle is divided into four
sections (see plan). The sections
consist of six-inch boards two feet and
half long, bolted with small bolts
on two bands of 3sx2 inch iron; the
top band is within four inches of top
of the boards and the other two four
inches from bottom. The ends of the
band iron should turn out where they
join each other in order that they may
be bOlted together. The bolts should
have continuous thread cut on them
and four nuts on each, two between
the band iron and one on each end of
the bolts. These nuts are to tighten
or loosen the form when desired.
There must also be half inch bolts
put through the wall, three in the
bottom and three in the top of each
section and through the band iron.
When the form is raised these bolts
are taken out and the form loosened
by stacking the nuts on the bolts
where the sections join.
At the joints where the sections
meet there must be one-eighth inch
plate of iron twelve inches wide
screwed on to the form, letting the
other side lap under the form; this
holds the concrete to it's place and al
lows the form to loosen or tighten as
desired.
To raise the form, stand four up
rights on the inside of the silo where
the sections meet, and about six or
seven feet above the wall nail on a
plank. allowing the plank to project
over the wall; fasten small pair of
blocks to the ends of these planks.
There must be four of these planks
so as to raise the form up on all
sides alike. Take a short whifletree
and fasten the hooks to both the out
er and inner form and the lower block
to this whifletree. A man at each
rope will raise the form easily; then
tighten up the bolts again. If care be
taken any one can build silo as true
and smooth as crock.
There are about fifty feet of unset
tied ensilage or forty feet of we'll set
tied ensilage in a ton, therefore it
would require silo ten feet in diane
ter and thirty feet high to supply your
cattle feeding them thirty-five pounds
per day for the housing season.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21
THE FEAT OF LITTLE ELLEN
BY ENFIELD JOINER,
Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Fublishing Company

Everybody said when the Darceys
adopted her that they were mad
hopelessly mad. She was the child
of some circus people; her father had
been killed by a fall from a trapeze,
and her mother, i'll at the time, had
died from the shock. She herself had
appeared many times in the ring;
she had acted on the trapeze, had
walked the tight rope high above
peoples heads and had been cheered
to the echo when she rode the Won
derful horses. The manager felt that
she might easily become the worlds
most famous backed rider and
get her picture put up in every vii
lage in the country, but then he real
lied that there were loftier ambitions
than that, and when DR.. Darcy Of
Tered to take the child and provide
for her, he didn't hesitate about CIV
Ing her up.
And that's how Little Ellen" was
lost to James Simpsons Ten Big
Shows. She grew up in a quiet little
Alabama town without doing anything
more scandalous than yielding to a
very natural desire to astonish her
playmates by performances on the
clotheslines, in the back yard, or on
the rafters of the old-fashioned barn,
or on the high garden fence. She
was dearly beloved by the good old
doctor and his wife, and at eighteen
might have passed for the daughter
OF an earl. 1t was then that Phillip
Rogers came home from college, saw
her and fell in love with her. And
then it was that everybody said he
was mad-hopelessly mad. She was
pretty. she was well educated, she
was lovable, she was altogether
charming-but the daughter of circus
people-and such people!
But because she was the one woman
in the world for the young heir, he
married her and took her to golden
paradise in the Rocky Mountains.
Far up in Idaho, on the bosom of
the Rockies, lie the marvelously rich
"Forget-me-not'' gold mines, called
now, however, by the name of Little
Ellen The name was changed after
the big strike and this is how it
happened:
Philip represented his fathers large
interests there and when the strike
came on, as the embodiment of Capt.
tai, Labor put his name on the fated
lists and he was set apart from the
first. He and Ellen had been at the
mines but year, and the union men
looked on him as a Southern tender
foot, who ought to be easily managed.
But at the end of the first week of
the strike, they found that they were
dealing with a man whose courage
was commensurate with his strength,
whom neither threats nor bribes could
influence
All was quiet in the valley below,
but Ellen's heart misgave her. AS for
Philip, he knew that it was the calm
before the storm, for tomorrow at
nine, George Moriarty, the leader of
the strikers, and Philip Rogers, the
representative of the company, were
to confer together.
BY the request Of the strikers, the
conference was postponed until the
afternoon, and it was not until after
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21

Ans.-It is probable that the enemy
is a weasel, a blood sucking animal
that can travel through a very small
opening and is very difficult to entrap.
In addition to the precautionary
measures which have been adopted it
would be we'll to tack very fine mesh
wire poultry netting over all holes
which would admit even a large
mouse.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21

Ans.-The hens evidently died from
Inflammation of the lungs, due proba.
bly, to their cold and draughty house.
Hens can stand a fairly cold house
during the day provided they take
plenty of exercise at scratching for
their feed in deep litter. They should,
however, have a fairly warm place to
roost. A poultry house to be health.
full should be dry and draughtproof, it
should receive abundance of sunlight
and be kept clean. Without these
conditions it is difficult to maintain
the flock in healthy condition.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-21

a terrific explosion; Moriarty was
lying in a heap before him, splotches
of blood and brains on his clothes, a
smoking pistol at his feet! 1t was
Phillips voice that called to the strik-
ers and when they came-God save
any man from such moment! 1t
was in vain that Phillip declared that
the shot had been fired from outside
from the window-and that he had
even seen the assassin flee-it availed
nothing. A rope around his neck and
death on the nearest tree within five
minutes! The man next in authority
to Moriarty stopped them-his was a