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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1906.
ICE DEVELOPMENTS.

Two recent developments in the ice situation
in this city have not only attracted general atten
ton, but have won the hearty endorsement of the
people. The first was the announcement OF Mr.,
John Shepard, Jr., that he would establish at his
vast department store station for the free distrbu
tion OF ice to the deserving poor
No more worthy charity could be undertaken,
nor could be initiated that will confer greater
benefits on the less fortunate part of the COM
munity than that which Mr.. Shepard has generous
ly decided to establish.
Ice during the summer months is no longer
classed as one OF the comforts of life. 1t has be-
come almost much necessary as fuel in winter.
1t is essential to the keeping of food in proper con-
diton for and it is particularly required in
households in which there young children
whose food consists largely of milk
The high level to which the price OF ice has
been forced by the local dealers has rendered it inn
possible for hundreds of poor families to provide
themselves with il. To them the prevailing rate is
positively prohibitive and all would have suffered
severely during the heated term had not Mr.. Shep
ards kindly impulses led him to recognize their
pressing need and prompted him to supply it as far
as lies in his power.
His action will be applauded by the people OF
the whole community, and those who become the
benehciaries of his thoughtful generosity will have
reason for rendering him deep and lasting graft
tude
The second development, and it is significant
one is the action of the executive committee of the
Board of Trade in instituting inquiry to ascer-
tain whether there is combination among local
ice dealers for the fixing of prices and whether or
not those prices are extortionate.
AS they exist, conditions appear to point un-
mistakaby to combine on the part OF the ice men
to maintain prices at level that consumers regard
as grossly excessive. There is no evidence what
ever of competition here. Though several appar-
entity separate and distinct companies are carrying
on the ice business, the price demanded by each is
the same.
1t is remembered also that the supply of arti-
fetal ice bought up by the dealers in the natural
product before the summer season set in, SO that
the public has not the benefit of even the limited
competition artificial ice would ordinarily give.
No one denies shortage in the local crop, but
there was shortage in the harvest further north
ward, where ice enough cut last winter to ade-
quatey supply the whole of New England as well
as other large centres of consumption.
1t is incouceivable by the ordinary mind that
conditions warrant an increase of more than 100
per cent in price and citizens generally applaud the
course OF the Board OF Trade in deciding by inn
partial investigation to discover whether such an
advance is warranted, or whether it is due TO a COM
bination of dealers who prompted by rapa
cious desire to milk the public.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
NOT so BAD.

Representative Iittleneld OF Maine was
introduced 10 man from Plttsburg
IL made some speeches out I'm your town
once" said Lttleneld
YES" said the Pittsburg man, 81 ran
for office that year and was beaten by
seven thousand"
''Heavensl" exclaimed Littleheld. II am
not usually so fatal as that. ] spoke for
Dave Mercer out in omaha In 1900. and
they didn't beat him until 1902"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
ANOTHER SCARE.

Judge Brewer has another scare on
hand. Somebody not very definitely de-
scribed Is endangering government OF and
by the people. Judge Brewer has scare
every summer when the time comes
for reading some addresses before bar
associations. And yet the worthy Judge
holds that the supreme court clings to
the constitution IN laying down the law
That's al anybody can ask.-Buffalo
News
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
THE TERN FLAT"

The origin OF the term "nat" as applied
To an apartment Is obscure In recent
years owners have objected TO the word.
A short while ago a tenant was threat
encd with suit for libel because he per
sisted IN saying that he lived In such n
nathouse. The Northumberland that the
structure was neither nathouse nor a
tenement. but an apartment hotel. The
repeated use of "nathouse" as a deslgna .
tlon tended 90 lower the reputation OF the
place. and drove away would-be occu-
pants.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
The Drift of Things
As Others See Them
THE NEWPORT GRIP.

The latest from Newport marks the
passing OF the "high" shake as the
proper greeting to ones guests. A new
style has been introduced from Europe
and adopted by society" the grip
being similar 10 the old but about at
the waist level with the hand held much
longer. OF course any holding OF hands
too long will meet with proper condemna-
tion.-Springheld Union.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
HE DIDN'T BLUSH.

The Hon. Thomas Taggart may have
flushed during the address of Attorney
General Miller In tho Frehch Lick Hotel
receivership case. but there is nothing in
the career OF Mr.. Taggart 10 Justify the
belief that he blushed. New York Sun.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
SLOW DOWN.

The heated term is on Slow down,
everybody. and get lazy. 1t isn't likely
that We shall ever get back to the old
steady-going pace and quiet enjoyment
that we used TO know. but we can a least
rest once In a while. and perhaps grad
ually return to more rational and less de-
structive ways of living.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
NOT INDORSED.

We infer that the simplined spelling
list OF 300 words indorsed by the New
York public school superintendents
doesn't stand much OF a chance OF final
adoption by the board OF education over
there. The proposition is being pretty
generally laughed at. The wonder Is what
the school superintendents were thinking
about Boston Herald
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
CONEY ISLAND PIONEER

Andrew r. Culver. who died within a
few days of "a. in New York city, is en-
titled TO remembrance as the first 10 start
Coney Island as a summer resort, by
building a railroad there. What New York
would or could do now without Coney
Island Is an unanswerable question
Springfield Republican.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
INTERESTS FOR FALL.

Already manufacturers have completed
their designs for the Gutumn, and from
special information received. that as re-
CARDS materials broadcloths will again
reign supreme.
For country wear tweeds, herring bone.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
TIMELY SUGGESTION.

1t might be a way out OF II, II nothing
else can be done, TO move the people OF
Breathitt county TO Guatemala, where
they would find employment on both sides
OF any OF the different revolutions now In
progress down there.-Chcago Inter-
Ocear
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
TILLMAN IN IOWA.

Senator Tillman Is scheduled for a few
speeches I'm Iowa, and all the farmers are
hoping he Will bring the pitchfork with
him. as theirs are all In use.-Washing.
ton Post.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
TO NEWPORT.

Peek-a-boos barred from churches IN
Iowa and from beaches in Ohio Where the
deuce can a fellow go TO pursue his
studies in anatomy ?-Hartford Post
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

Hampshire newspaper says the candidacy of Win
ston Churchill that he he
defunct newspaper licensed liquor dealer owning
hotel The charge he the writer of books
is merculy withheld.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
TODAY'S DIVERSIONS

kEITH's-"Heartseas
EMpIRE-"TIumbugs.
NIckEL-Motion Pictures and illustrated
Songs.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20
PERHAPS.

In the seclusion OF oyster Bay perhaps
the president will be able TO think up
some new things to rake this fall-Roch-
ester Herald.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

The Standard too well fabricated Cleveland to
gotten hold Mr. Moody Is going 10 try his again
al Chicago luck this time. WilIaml
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

philosopher analytical contends that
be no such thing railroad The general
probably correct the right
perturbed.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

President Roosevelt has given hts personal guaranty
the whosomeness American canned VIII King Ed
ward do likewise bottled and chowchow
Britain?
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

Mrs Leslie Carter Payne a divorced She
son in college Payne the the great emotional
married is bald headed Yet with all this newspapers
termed the matrimonial event romance
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

Bernhardt conferred
OF the Legion Any who lived
long the divine Sarah ought have the
medal
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

II the Americans initiative people they
said be ~ is hoped they will give imitation Of
law order
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

The cars soldiers improved to such that
they are now able to fight among themselves.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-20

Entered May l5 1906 the postoce at Providence L.
ms second class matter under act OF Congress OF Mach
3
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-03
Santa Fe to sell a Big Block of
 Bonds.

President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe is preparing to issue $17,269,OOO of 50-year 4 per cent bonds. This is the remain der of the $50, 100000 issue au- thorized last year. The money so obtained to be used in improv ing the company's California ov- erland line by reducing grades, building a couple of important cut-offs and in building a second track for the main line.
 Part of this second track has already been extended out from Chicago. The expenditure of this money is of great signi6- canoe to California, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas.
 These bonds are secured by a mortgage upon the entire prop erty of the company at the rate of $6,659 per mile. subject to the general mortgage fours at the rate of $16,6SO per mile. The rate per mile of the new bonds, including the general mortgage fours, is less, therefore, than 1925, ,OOO per mile, which makes a fav orable comparison with the Union Pacific fours at $4S,OOO per mile and the Central Pacific fours at $52,OOO per mile.-San Francisco Examiner.
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-03


 Last year the grain receipts of twelve important interior pri- mary markets aggregated 762,- 624, 4,71O bushels. During 1905, 112.2OO,OOO bushels were ship ped eastward over the trunk lin es from Chicago and Chicago points. From all the ports of the country in the year 1905, 174, 4,036, 1899 bushels ofgrain was exported. Of this 1O2,994,5S2 went from Atlantic ports, ST. 3O5, ,6S3 bushels from Gulf ports and 4,S72, ,135 bushels from Pa cific ports, 1S,S63,99 bushels went from the northern lakes and other northern border ports. In the same time 11,2S1,937, barrels of flour were exported.
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-03
Pipe Line Across lSthmus of
 Panama

Pittsburg capitalists are pre- pairing to lay a pipe line across the Isthmus of Panama for the purpose of transporting Califor. nia oil by cheaper and quicker route to New York. Millions are in the project, and the Pittsburg end is being handled by Thomas Calvin, who is q power in the National Tube Company, and who will go to the lsthmus of Panama to personally superin- tend the work now under consid- eration. The idea is to bring the California oil by tank steamer from the California coast to the Isthmus, pipe it from the vessels across the Isthmus to other stea- me.s waiting there, and then to New York and other coast points. By this the promoters hope to rsach New York three weeks car Her than they would by going around the Horn: 1t has been but q short time since +myster- ious order for fifty miles of eight inch pipe for the Isthmus of Pan anna was placed in P,ttsburg. It was not known until recently that it was for this scheme, but Thomas Gavin admits such is the case.
 There has been some discussion as to whether or not the scheme will pay i'll the face of the Isth- milan canal going through, and it has been suggested that it would be better to wait until the canal was finished, but one con. nected with the scheme said that it will take a few months to get the pipe line running across the Isthmus, while the Isthmian ca. nal will not be ready for fifteen k years at the earliest.-Mining & Engineering Review.
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-03

Nature needs only a Little Early Riser now and then to keep the bowels clean, the liver active, and the system free from bile, headaches, constipation. Early Riser Pills never gripe.
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-03

Augustus Heinze has at last capitulated to the Amalgamat- ed crowd and they are now mon- archs of all they survey at Butte, Montana. The terms of sur render have not been published, but as the Heinze properties were worth many millions it probably took few tons of coin to jar August loose. August is a fighter and will probably go forth in quest of new worlds to conquer.
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-03

The vices of the human race are of a hoary antiquity. An English archaeologist, in lec- ture on the ancient Britons, says there isno doubt that they played dile. A dice box had been found with four oblong dice in it mark ed up to six. Nor is this all. The dice were all loaded.
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-03

Nothing will relieve Indigestion that is nor a thorough digestant. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat, and allows the stomach to rest-recuperate- grow strong again. A few doses of Kodol after meals will soon restore the stomach and dlges- tive organs to a full performance of their function naturally.-Sold by all dealers
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

by 100000, the approximate number
of families In the state, as the weekly
bill for these items. The resultant
figures are certainly startling.
The hen and the COW Of Nebraska
are responsible yearly for a greater
wealth production than either the
gold or silver mines Of any state In
the union. The peaceful COW has
chewed her cud and the friendly hen
has cackled along for years doing this
very same thing and never made any
loud and boisterous clamor at the
halls Of the national congress for en-
couragement In the shape OF free
coinage of butter and eggs and torn
the country upside down with the
noise Of the resultant strife. When
you are boosting for Nebraska and
telling about the great crops of corn
and wheat Just drop in a friendly
word for the COW and the hen. the
unobtrusive workers who never fail
you and help tide over the years when
the crops are not so good.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
GROWTH of THE WEST.
Problem Pressing on the Resources
of Railroad Managers.
New York Commercial


Less than a year ago Edward II. Harri-
man declared that in railroading the coun-
try was just entering upon IAN era Of
competitive construction" The significance
of the remark is now seen not only in the
progress making in transportation better
ments over vast territory, especially In
the west and southwest, but also in the re-
cent legislation looking TO the elimination
of that other competition which runs
counter to the square deal" Now that
the great railway systems can rest easy
on the score of danger from underhand
rebate rivalry they are found vigorously
applying themselves to the problems more
important to the public welfare, OF how to
keep pace In their service with the in
creasing demands of the unmeasured ex-
pansion of the newer west. That west
adds yearly millions of TILED acres and
many thriving centers OF population and
industries to its practically unserved terri
tory. Aside from the transferred popula-
ton coming in and taking UP its fertile
lands, there are the lands reclaimed by
irrigation and the mineral lands whose de-
velopment has added such enormous wealth
and has drawn population from every part
Of the country. 1t Is not a question so
much of how to stimulate or steal trade
as how TO keep abreast with the business
that has grown up naturally in the terri
tory to which extensions would eventually
be made and which must now be reached
by earlier application of the funds or
the borrowing power created by some years
Of remarkable railroad prosperity-whose
end il not yet and, we trust, never will be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Walter Wellman, the pole hunter. has
concluded to see Paris once more before
he takes his flight.
The Pullman company has surplus of
s27,OOOOoo and several hungry stockholders
banker for a slice Of the melon.
An indictment with 6.42s counts is gen.
orally regarded as the largest package ever
handed to the Standard OIL company.
When the Congressional Record blooms
with the reformed spells next December a
boom in the circulation department is a
sure thing.
Man-Afraid- OF His High-Ball. an alleged
Indian chief, took his firewater straight
instead of mixed drinks and broke into a
Jail at Phoenixville, Pa Old High Ball Is
a Snowman out of a job.
In one OF the love letters of chorus
girl, read in the trial OF a divorce case In
New York, were these pathetic words:
Believe me, deary, / feal terriable." That
is common feeling the morning Of the
day after"
Major Church Howe, consul general at
Montreal, took charge Of the Office on Au-
gust "a. Montreal papers gave the major
a cordial welcome and the major recipro-
Gated with diplomatic interviews and bou-
quets. THE new consul general" says the
Montreal Herald. conveys in five minutes
that he is an intelligent and cultured bust
ness man, OF great shrewdness and ad-
mrable tact"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
did he break the news gently to tn,
She appears to have fallen In love with
SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE.
Robert Browning.

ROBERT Browning,
Unanswered yet, the prayer your lips have
pleaded
In agony of heart these many years?
Does faith begin to fall? Is hope depart"
ing?
And think you all in vain those faIlinS
Say not the Father hath not heard your
prayer;
You shall have your desire. sometime.
somewhere.
Unanswered YETI though when you nrst
This one petition at the Fathers throne
1t seemed you could not wait the time OF
So was your heart to make Il
Thou ire have passed since then, do
The Lord will answer you sometime, some
where
Unanswered yet? Nay do not say uni
granted;
Perhaps your part is not wholly done;
The work began when your first prayer
was uttered
And God will finish what he has begun,
II you keep the incense burning there,
His glory you shall see. sometime, somsr
where.
Unanswered yet? Faith cannot be un-
answered;
Her feet are firmly planted on the rock;
Amid the widest storms she stands un-
Nor quaiis before the loudest thunder
shock;
She knows omnipotence hath heard her
And cries, at shall be done. sometime.
somewhere"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

Your hard task is great invitation.
Cursed be the success that brushes as
piration.
The problem of living cannot be solved
by talking.
Things are not heavenly unless they es-
sentially are happy.
Human kindness is the greatest law of
the heavenly kingdom
Back of all public corruptions are our
private compromises.
Our great losses are not the things taken
from US but the things we miss.
You are most likely to find Gods face
when you are wiping another's eyes.
1t is no use sheuting the glad tidings as
though you were reading a death warrant.
The damage is not In the corruption Of
our riches but in our corruption by them.
He only can walk In the high places
who walks humbly before the most high.
He who has learned to do deeds that are
immortal no longer worries over the i'm
mortality of his soul.
No man has poorer outlook on life
than he who always is on the lookout for
himself.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
THE COW AND THE HEN.

While statisticians never tire of
computing the great sources of wealth
such as mineral production, wheat,
corn, cotton and other so-called staple
products the other sources of wealth
are most generally overlooked. Among
the greatest of these in a state like
Nebraska can be enumerated the cow
and the hen, by-products, as 1t were,
of the farm. Just what the actual
value of the yearly product of these
amounts to. would be difficult. II not
impossible, to calculate or even esti-
mate, but statistics recently compiled
by the state labor bureau are an indi-
cation which will prove an eyeopener
to the majority of people. From the
returns of the railroads it is shown
that there were 12.623.297 pounds OF
butter, 16.021,S5S dozens of eggs, H.
331 1858 pounds of live poultry and
3,130,79S pounds of dressed poultry
shipped out of the state during the
year ending June so. 1905. These
statistics are undoubtedly under the
correct amount, as Douglas county is
eliminated on. account of the impossi-
bility of eliminating the trans-ship-
ments, and fail to take into account
omissions and other modes of trans
portation than the railroads. They
are sufficiently accurate. however, to
furnish basis for an interesting COM
putation.
At a most conservative estimate of
the farm value of these products they
brought into the state during that
year at least $4,000 900. and of this
the despised hen is responsible for
more than half. In addition to the
income from the surplus product the
more than 100000 people in the
state have been amply supplied. What
this amounts to the person who has
never given this great source of wealth
a thought can gain an idea by asking
the housewife what the weekly ex-
pense bill for butter. eggs and poul-
try amounts To and multiplying this
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

ST. Louis Republic: The church has been
a heavy loser in recent reckless banking.
The church. however, can stand its loss
better than the bank Wrecker can stand
the gain.
Cleveland Plain Dealer; A woman in
California Joined the Holy Rollers and then
burned herself to death as a means Of
getting to Heaven. Now the citizens Of
San Bernardino are going TO fire the whole
membership of the fanatical sect
New York Post: The six preachers from
North Carolina who are seeing New
York" announced yesterday, after visiting
Coney Island, that New York Is In the
grasp OF the devil" Isn't there an old
adage that a man generally finds what he
is looking for?
Boston Transcript 1t is just possible
that when that Newport clergyman a few
weeks ago discountenanced the playing Of
bridge whist for money he had never
known the sorrow of losing or the Joy CT
winning at the game. And 1t is also pos
sibie that recently he has made acqualnt-
anee with its many destinations and %
offered TO his congregation, as report says.
permission to play Sundays provided the
matter could be squared with Individual
conseienees. II is not at all likely. how
ever, that the sermon in which this liberal
announcement was made will change the
course OF his hearers. Those who played
before TO matter what the day will keep
on with the continuous excitement and
those who for reasons OF their own pre-
ferred TO have q rest from the game on
'.the nrst day win stiIl be guided by this
preference. To outsiders this pulpit Ut
terance IL chiefly interesting as showing
again the old fact that newly made con-
verts to any cause have always more
A. Ior than tts uIIlark