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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-21

square. where advertisements and news
items may DO left.
An old whe-is known by the -name
OF Stewart was arrested by Special Of
ficer Osborn this morning for being In
toXlcated His condition was such that
he was unable TO appear in court
Both motors on the 1888 train for
Providence got out OF order this morn
ing. and the train was obliged 10 wait
until another came along and give Il
boost"
A bridal party from Warren stopped at
the depot last evening, thinking that they
had got away from their friends. but
were very much disappointed. for they
landed at the depot on a train n few min
utes later, and then there was fun for
everybody except the bride and groom
This morning 20 or pore OF the MEM
bers OF Farragut Relief corps. accom-
panied by few OF the members OF Far
ragut post. G.. A. r.. drove TO Bristol.
where they will spend the day at the Old
Soldiers home.
Dr. Doran B. Coke is calling upon his
patients In an up-to-date automobile.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-21
.F|TZ' CALLED
SPADE A SPADE

Which Pawtucket's Former Mayor and Con-
gresham Granger Urged the Necessity of For
ever Overthrowing the Gamblers and Ballot Box
Suffers Employed by the Brayton nachine and
Placed the Blame Where it Belongs.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-21
RIVERSIDE
Aged Man Arrested on Charge
Of Drunkenness. Notes

The local office OF the News-Demo-
crat Is at Goffs rertaurant. Riverside
square. where advertisements and news
items may DO left.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Eati His WAY.

Freddie despd the multiplication
table 1t madqou ache all over to
say your table And you couldn't
remember
Mamma got uand went out of the
room When Shame hack, she had
q glass jar of ii candies. She was
opening it, and pring out splen-
cid heap on the slecloth
Nov, said shbrightly, here are
FIVE little candy Is in a row. Here
are eight rows. pw many candy
dots?"
Forty" prompt
yes. Now mai seven times five
and four times f and the rest.
When you have ma,the whole table,
learn it. When you ne learned it,
eat it,"
"Oh."
1t was the most splenc way to
learn your table. Freddie went to
work with a will, and wheIhe teach
er-that is, mamma sail Schools
out" he had learned his fiYtable. He
didn't eat it till after schoo
The next day they wentack and
reviewed the two tables anthe next
day after the three, and thueXt day
after that the four
One day the next door twb' teach
er was making their mothe call,
Freddie was making one onae next
door twins.
Don't you go to school, lite boy?"
the teacher asked him
ooh yesm,' politely.
ooh, You do? Well, | suppse you
think the multiplication tables per-
fectly dreadful, too?" she aske smil-
mgly
ooh, nom" eagerly. I'm We fond
of mine"
Indeed! How far along arerou"'
I've only eaten as far as even
times seven yet" said Freddie. And
he went home wondering why the
next door twins teacher had oened
her eyes so wide.-Annie H. Donell,
in Youths Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Animals That Weep.

Travellers through the Syrian desert
1aye seen horses weep from thirst, a
mule has been seen to cry from the
pain Of an injured foot, and camels, it
is said, shed tears in streams. A COW
sold by its mistress who had tended
it from calfhood wept pitifully. A
young soko ape used to cry from veX-
alton If Livingstone didn't nurse it in
his arms when it asked him to-.
Wounded apes have died crying, and
apes wept over their young ones slain
by hunters. chimpanzee trained
to carry water jugs broke one, and
fell a-crying, which proved sorrow,
though 1t wouldn't mend the jug,
Rats, discovering their young
drowned have been moved to tears
of grief. A giraffe which a hunts
mans rifle had injured, began to cry
when approached. Sea lions often
weep over the loss of their young.
Gordon Cummings observed tears
tricl1ling down the face of dying ele-
phant. And even an orang-outang
when deprived of its mango was so
vexed that it took to weeping. There
i3 little doubt, therefore, that animals
do cry from grief or weep from pain
or annoyance -Harper's Weekly
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
The Power Of 4 Snakes Eve.

A naturalist writes: Never seeing
a snake charm a bird or animal, con-
cluded it was a negro superstition or
fancy, devoid of fact. So I continued
to think till few days ago, when a
farmer friend of mine, living four
miles south of Abilene, told me what
he had lately witnessed.
Gle said he was riding along on a
prairie and saw a prairie dog within
few feet of him, which refused to
scamper to its hole, as prairie dogs
usually do when approached by man;
on the contrary he sat as if transfiXed
to the spot, though making constant,
nervous shudder motion, as if anxious
to get away
'My friend thought this was strange,
coiled up under some bushes, his head
uplifted, about six or seven feet from
the dog, which still needed him not,
but looked steadily upon the snake.
He dismounted, took the dog by the
head, and thrust him off, when the
snake, which had up to that moment
IGuIdluGu qulGl, ALiAlICuldCC1J oWS1lCu
with rage and began sounding his rat
ties. The prairie dog for some time
seemed benumbed and hardly capable
of motion, but grew better, and finally
got into his hole My friend then Kill
led the RATHER
81 now give it up that snakes do in
deed charm, or so paralyze birds and
little animals with terror, when they
can catch their eye, that they become
helpless and motionless, almost as
good as dead.
Il know of nothing in all nature of
so dreadful appearance as the eye of
a rattlesnake. 1t is enough to strike
not only birds and little animals, but
men, with nightmare, l have on sew
eral occasions examined them closely
with strong glasses, and feel with all
force what I state, and I will tell you
that there are few men on the face of
the earth who can look upon an anger
ed rattlesnake through a good glass
bringing him apparently within a foot
or two of the eye-and stand it more
than a moment.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
sawdust VS.. Trout.

The feud belt in Massachusetts OF
late has been along the trout streams.
The battle has ragged about many
picturesque old water-power sawmill,
with it's roofs falling in lines Of de-
cadent grace, with leaky dam murmur
ing long dream songs Of complaint at
the passing Of the old order The dis
pute concerns the withdrawal of the
privilege, usually deemed valuable, Of
getting rid Of sawduGt by dropping it
into the brook This has been accom-
plished through orders Of the Commits
sion on Fisheries and Game, backed by
powerful organizations of sportsmen.
They do that sort of thing in Russia,
said an attorney in a Berkshire saw
dust case, expressing the widespread
resentment Of the lumber men, The
sportsman on the contrary belabors
the sawmill owner as a robber-baron
whose chief delight is to drive fish
away by turning sawdust into the
stream whenever a fishing party. at
tempts commerce with the speckled
beauties.-Boston Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
The Artful Squirrel.

You may find many a squirrel in
the course of your tramp, but no two
alike exactly in their method of at
tempted escape or concealment The
ways and means of the little rascals
are legion One may flatten himself
out against a gray patch on the back
Of a tree trunk, absolutely motionless,
and unless in your earnest, steadfast
looking you can detect an ear or a
shoulder in relief against the sky you
might as well abandon search An
other may lie along a bough fattened
at full length, but here the telltale
ears are more easily silhouetted. Still
another may crouch drawn up in a
fork, and here the thing to look for is
the fuzzy tip OF that little signal nag
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Got Out the Bio Bed.

Tor the first time in its history the
adjustable bed which has been stored
on the eleventh floor of the Planters
Hotel for many years was pressed
into service Monday night to accom-
modste Sybrant Wesselus, former
railrGd commissioner of Michigan,
who N shortly below seven feet in
heightand weighs more than 300
pounds
When he registered Monday after
noon gr. Wesselus informed the
clerk Tilt he would require an un-
usually lrge bed. There was a hur-
ly-up callfor the janitor. and he was
dispatched.to the garnet. The sleep
ing apparatus was stretched to the
limit. Thu head of the bed touch
ed the NORTH wall of the room and the
foot pressed against the washstand
on the opposite side. Stretched out
for sleeping, Mr.. Wessellus covered
easily three>fourths of the couch
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Mrs. Bctty's Singing oss

Mrs. Betty was an impol3h per-
sonage in Miss Hunters ba-tcwn
Establishment for Young adde's"
and when it became known Mt she
was falling off in her specM line,
there was much anxiety. EvenMiss
Hunter, who knew everything, WIS at
at her wits end Mrs. Betty wa ap-
parently well, and seemed to lave
nothing on her mind, but she waAnOt
doing her duty, and neither arguAert
nor persuasion could force her She
had one virtue, however-she was
fond of young people, always looEins
around and nodding when The Grit
came in to inquire how she vas. 4ld
it was during Mildred's visit erl one
morning that a sudden disc was
made, which wrought slange and
speedy cure. Indeed, Mrs Betty has
Mildred to thank, for otlrwise she
might have lost a good potion "a Sc
rious thing to a lady OF Pr limited
powers.
On this particular day she card
Mildred singing, and the sweet, child
is voice had a remarkable effecl onI
her; she turned her head ga gaztl at
the visitor with & pleasedSxpre4 ion
in her mild eyes. 1t wa efdent That
she had an ear for music I'he nj ch-
enduring maid grew quite tcited, flor
Mrs. Betty seemed more liH her Rld,
docile self
GO on with your singin9s Miss lsil-
dred," she cried; ITS like I'D times -
it is. Sect" She pointed b the pail
now rapidly filling with theIrich milk
which up to this moment, hrs. Betty
had refused to yield in any but the
smallest quantities. Much elated,
Mildred sang on. Mrs. Be4y's dun
colored head moving rhythhically to
the music, as she stood patiently IN
der the maids slIilful hand BY this
time crowd Of girls andA teachers
had gathered in the cowshe9 to won
DER at the result.
1T is certainly strange" S9d Miss
Hunter I've heard that in b}witzer
land this popularity among Lows Is
we'll known; all the milkmaA1s are
good singers. We shall have ,o-'st
YOU, Bridget" she added ltn
smile
"Shure, an the young leddGs can
do me job" answered Bridget, WIN 9
orin and her suggestion was followed
enthusiastically, the girls beggl ng 70
taka turns and Tins If was nrov b be
yond a doubt that music had melt
ing influence and filed the milll pan
so If was decided to give Mrs Betty
the singing class.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
ltaly's YOUNG Kinu.

The young king Victor Emmanuel
ILL., has been a revelation to his peo-
pie Long before King Humbert was
cruelty assassinated, reports We're
circulated that the heir to the throne
was intellectually a weak man, a
know-nothing. and it was common
talk that he would never be allowed by
the Italians to reign over them The
unexpected happened, as it so often
does King Humbert was murdered
on the Goth of July, 1900. His son as
sumed his rights without the slightest
hint of trouble, and he has proved to
be as intelligent, conscientious and
judiclous a sovereign as United Italy
has had-St Nicholas
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Now Yawn!

'Yawning is beneficial said a throat
specialist, and in certain troubles
sore throat, buzzing in the ears and SO
on recommend artificial yawning.
This is more helpful in some cases
than the best gargle.
You see, during the act OF yawn-
ing there is a considerable strengthen
ing and exercising of the muscles of
the pharynx and soft palate. On
these muscles the yawn acts, in fact,
as a massage.
Furthermore, yawning contracts
the throat tubes and drives into the
pharynX any waste matter that, accu-
mulating there, may have impeded the
breathing. Nothing clears the throat
like a good yawn."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
FORT M'hENRY.
The star-spangIed Banner shoo'o
Wave There Forever.

The evacuation of Fort McHenry ny
the artillery troops probobaly means
the end OF that historic fertilization as
an army post. This will cause geher-
al regret in Baltimore. For ecu
fury there has been a body OF troops
at the fort It's history is linked WIN
that of the national anthem and OF the
distinguished Maryland poet and law
yer who wrote it. The regiment Oh
soldiers who were in this fort in seq
TENDER, 1914, shared with the troops
at North Point the honor OF saving Iil9
city Of Baltimore frou the BRITISH W
vaders. For a century the people Oh
South Baltimore have seen the star
Spangled Banner floating above us
parapets and in all those years maze
become accustomed t. the souhd ~
the sunrise and sunset gun. me pol-
icy of the present administration IS 10
concentrate the troops in fewer posts
and to abandon the smaller ones. Fort
McHenry has for a long time con-
tanned but a small body OF men ana
long ago ceased to DC one OF the real
defenses of the city. The fortlhca,
lions at Hawkins Point and North
Point are now the defenses OF BaItl-
more. Still, in the opinion OF some
army men, Fort McHenry could De
utilized properly as an inner defense
and as barracks for a considerable
body Of soldiers. At few places on
the coast are the facilities for the
rapid mobilization of troops as good
as they are at this fort. From there
men can be carried to Capitol Hill IN
Washington, if they were needed IN
any sudden emergency, in about as
short time as they could be brought
from Fort Myer in the suburbs Of
Washington. In about two hours
they could be transported to Phlla-
delphia and in another two hours 10
New York The use to which this
splendid property at the entrance TO
the harbor will be devoted in the
future has not been announced. An
effort has been made by the Mary
land militia to obtain permission to
use it. Some time ago there was talk
of asking Congress to give the grounds
to the city for a park, but the PROPOSE
ton was not considered. 1t seems
more likely now that it will be used
as depot for the storage and distri-
button of army supplies 1t is best
for Baltimore that Fort McHenry
should remain an an army post. It is
to be hoped that the United States
will continue to hold it, and then there
is always the prospect of having it
again used as a militay post. AS
long as it is used for this purpose it
has for the people in adjacent portion
of the city some of the features and
advantages Of a park.-Baltimor Sun
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Wronnfnllv Accused.

The principal of the school was
talking with him about his boy.
BY the way, MIR. Wipedunls,' he
said. Il have made a discovery about
Jerry. He's ambidextrous.
Il don't see how that can be-" re-
piled Mr.. Wipedunks, with rising in
dignation: "he haint never been ex-
posed to 1t. Besides, he was vaccinat-
ed last year. we battle him regular
every weey, and his mother always has
him wear little bag OF assafiddity
tied around his neck. Some of the
older boys has been lynn on him. -
Home Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
The Earth's Surface.

Two sisters, one tipping the scales
at two hundred pounds or more, and
the other slight 10 extreme slimness,
but very beautiful were being intro
duced at a reception.
What's her name?' whispered one
young man TO a friend, referred to
the slim sister. q didn't catch it"
Virginia answered the friend.
virginia. repeated the young man
ir apparent surprise. Then her Sis
ter must be Che whole United States!
-Lippincotts Magazine
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Gratitude Of Animals.

Anecdotes concerning gratitude III
animals are familiar to MS, but the fol-
lowing from the Evening Standard is
novel:
"a magpie belonging to lady in
Somorsetshire has been in the habit
OF receiving dainty mouthfuls from
the mouth of his mistress, perching
on her shoulder, and then inserting
his beak between her lips. The other
day he took up his customary perch,
but instead Of seeking a titbit from
his mistress, the grateful bird dropped
plump caterpillar into her mouth "
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

which always wor and waves ana
jerks and signals brayely when
danger is not In thir. Or one may
gather himself up a bunch to imi-
tate a knot or a kncand here he can
very well tell whefou have spied
him out. He will oh your eye,
even as you catch \ eye Of an ac-
quaintance in o ere, and will in
stantly timber UP foleadlong fight,
leaping from tree toee, till he van
iShes over the re.-Field and
Stream.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Five Massachusetts Ex.Governors.

Governor Bracket told me an inter
esting thing, and that is that on Jan
uary 5, 1905, at 5 o'clock a. m, there
were five living ex-governors of Mas
sachusetts; at II o'clock noon that day
there were but four, and at 5 o'clock
p. m. there were FIVE.
Between 5 o'clock a. m. and noon
Governor Clafin passed away, and
then there were but four ex-governors,
but that day Douglas was inaugurated
and Bates became an ex-governor, so
that along in the afternoon of the
same day the number of ex-governors
was restored to fiYe.-Boston Record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

! wonder IL the dead the dear loved dead,
Unto whose memories we unchansiAs
cling,
Return to us, that we be comforted,
And a sweet healing bring.
Al, Who can answer? But, when twilight
falls.
And great hush drops on the world
ana nae
sound Of air. a-stir, my soul enthrails'
And-almost wings ] see.
Annie G.. Murray
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
The Wrong Color.

what I regard as most conspicuous
about George Gayson," said Mrs. Old
castle, is her naivete!"
YES" replied her hostess, Il won
DER what made her get a red one?"-
Modern Society.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Really a Comnliment.

81 wonder who it was who first said
'woman's tongue is like a race
horse?'"
81 don't know. but evidently he
wanted to say a good word for the
women"
"A good word? You mean a bad
word"
mot at all. A race horse runs only
for few minutes each day, and then
ests. Philadelphia Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
Parental Influence.

Sir" said the young man, I uus
you will object to my marriage WIZ
your daughter"
why 500" Queried the astoIlSne'
parent.
Because, explained the guns
man, 'if you do think she will con
sent to have me."-Chicago News
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

Electric traction is being used more
and more on German canals. The fay.
orite system seems to be the overhead
trolley with electric locomotives.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Cider contains from 4 to 10 percent
If alcohol, which is more than can be
found in many so-called alcoholic
beverages.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

Monsieur de Heen, a Belgian scien-
fist, has succeeded in producing photo
graphic impressions by simply allow
ing a current of air filled with floating
lycopodium dust to impinge upon a
sensitive plate in dark room. His
explanation is based upon the we'll
known fact that whenever the air con-
tanning particles Of watery yapor or
fine dust is driven against solid ob-
ject it produces electrification, and ne
thinks that the electricity developed by
the impact of the dust-charged air
with the sensitive plates alone suffices
to affect the latter without the inter.
vention of light rays Of any kind.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

A Norwegian engineer named Berg
graf has invented a method of deter
mining the depth Of the sea by sound,
the principle being similar to that used
to determine the depth of a miners
shaft
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

Consul B. F. Chase, Of Catania,
Italy, reports that one of the growing
uses for sulphur is in the manufacture
of bisulphide of carbon, which is util-
lied in the manufacture Of artificial
silk horsehair and such products from
wood pulp. For eacn 1000 pounds OF
the fabric made it requires 759 pounds
of bisulphide of carbon.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

House flies Of 4S different kinds
have been classified by naturalists.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

A scientific mission which has been
working on Mont Blanc brings back an
interesting report of changes taking
place on the summit. The mission was
sent by Prof. Jansen to effect some
notifications in the observatory and
the instruments. 1t was observed that
the superfces of the summit had in
creased since last year. The dip"
towards Chamonix, hitherto impracti-
cable, is now quite accessible. Anoth
err enlargement seems probable through
the action of the snow on the side Of
the Petitis Mulets, and yet a third on
the south face, where the Italian rocks
are becoming the bed for another
stratum of snow.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-28

Commander Bradley A. Fiske in
Proceedings Of the United States Naval
Institute, reports an instrument Of his
invention by which the distance Of an
object at sea can be measured by meas
uring an angle Of depression OF its
water line below horizontal line
drawn from the eye Of the observer
The instrument is "set" at the height
Of the observer, and the measurement
is made by turning micrometer
wheel graduated in yards, until the
image of the water line Of the object
is raised through the angle Of depres-
sion; and then reading the graduation
on the micrometer wheel"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-01-08
BACK TO
THE COURT
CORPORATION COUNSEL DISSATISFIED WITH SUPREME


The city Of Seattle will again pre-
sent an appeal TO the supreme court
OF the state the question involved in
the case Of &. a. Smith versus the
city Of Seattle as 60 the constltu-
tionality OF the state law which pro-
vides that where property has been
awarded n verdict for damages by
reason OF regarding or improving
streets or highways. such property
cannot be assessed for the improve
monts.
The case was decided adversely TO
the city. but satisfactorily TO beth
partiea as the supreme court DID
not apparently decide the real
point in issue. but held that the
city, after proceeding under the
eminent domain act. and assessing
property Hereunder. could not at
tack the constitutionality OF the
act.
The city IL not satisfied with the
decision, and as there are az present
several cases pending in the su-
perior court involving the same
state Of facts. the corporation coun-
sci VIII undoubtedly appeal TO one
OF those cases. The cases now pend
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-01-08
NEBRASKA
TREMBLES
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK FELT IN MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY 4

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Jan. s-An
earthquake shock that lasted 20
seconds TO minute was felt Ia
western Missouri. southern Ne
brhska and eastern Kansas az G n
o'clock last night
The territory affected extends
from Nebraska Gu the north nearly
20 the Oklahoma aud the Indian
Territory line on the south. and
from salinh. Kan. on the wet. 20
Kansas city. st Joseph and Joplin.
Mo. on the east
With the exception of fhe knock
Ing Of plaster from walls % some
points IN Kansas no damage Was re
ported. although persons ran % the
streets At places iu fear that their
houses would fall
No damage was done here. but
the movement. which appeared to be
from north 10 south. lasted about
% seconds aud was sufficiently
strong TO shake chandeliers and rat
tie dishes The shock was felt most
distinct Ia the residence districts In
the northwestern. eastern and
southern portions 81 this city.