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in the vale of Eyesham It was harbor of refuge to the exiled family who have been so long respected and beloved in thls country. and I see now the figure or the quiet dignified man who was the direct successor to the French throne. and bis enthusiastic and merry wife. who loVed to ride to hounds, to shoot and to walk, and was a sportswoman to her finger tips. And now the architect, Monster Duchene, has been sent from Paris to erect spe- cial chapel and banqueting hall which will be used for the wedding festivities T am performing the impossible said the Frenchman. Ut is incredible that so much will have to be done in five weeks.
 The house is small and not suitable for the palace of a prince, but the hall which is to be attached to it will be winter garden Trellls panels will be relieved with real flowers. and here,the festivities will take place to celebrate the marriage of Princess Louise of France. the grand daughter of King Louis Phillipe, and Prince Charles of Bourbon, brother -in-law of the King of Spain. In this retired spot the Duke of Orleans holds small court: he Is visited by French royalists. and neither they nor the members of his suite are ever allowed to forget that he Is heir to the French throne.
 The first installment of Lady Ran dolph Churchill "Reminiscences is ex- tremely interesting and should prove very attractive. Her earlier recollec- tions of the brilliant court of the empire gave very vivid picture of that hollow splendor. She gives one strangely hu- man touch when she tells how the Elm peror, describing the ministry one day, said laughingly: How can one expect my government to get on? The En- press is a legitimist. Morny is an Or leanist, Prince Napoleon is republi- can and I am socialist. Only Per signy is an imperialist, and he is mad"
 Her stories of the men and women who formed that court are all of them happy and lifelike. She represents
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spirit of Old Testament teaching. The truth is that an abstract god is much the same as no god. god who can not hate sin and love the penitent sin ner, who can not reward the righteous and punish the wicked, who can not be loved by his people nor dreaded by his enemies-such a god would be of little avail in controlling the conduct of av- craze human beings.
 We may well insist, then, that no evolutionary nor revolutionary philel- ogy can account for the God of the Bible: and that the theory which may possibly account for an abstract god accounts for ''pallid abstraction" that no human being ever yet worshiped.
 Nor does our argument rest upon the Old Testament exclusively. The per sonality of the God of tNe New Testa- ment is just as pronounced as Is that of the God of the Old Testament The very first verse of the Gospel of John the most spiritual of all the evangel- ists-tells us that Tn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" The God of the Bible is not reasoned out, but revealed.
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THE LANGUAGE OF PRIMITIVE MAN-By J C. Hdnn D. D.

ideas; and that as surely as love, "hate,' right and wrong have had their physical antecedents, and "as sure ly as these sensations have developed in time into thoughts and feelings, so surely have the outward things, as the mere rocks and trees, which were themselves objects of worship, grown in time to be abstract gods, or to be one abstracted God"
 This is the view held by MT. Charles Francis Keary, of the British museum, in his Outlines of Primitive Belief" It is not my purpose here to review MT. Keary's book, but to discuss the question independently.
 If we are to accept the deliverances of our consciousness, then it is clear that some of the feelings which MT. Keary calls abstract" are among the most primitive feelings which human being can have. Can any man remember the time when he did not love something, or somebody? A child loves, trusts, enjoys, suffers, long before it knows the name of any external object whatever. Can we doubt that this was also true of primi- tive man? Was he not really an infant in all that concerns the questions here under discussion?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08

NNLY in the pages of fiction is any
 attempt made to estimate the O effect of woman's influence on the destiny of men and nations, although there is no more generally admitted truth than that in all great actions, woman is the power behind the throne. Why is it that woman's power is behind the throne instead of being at the foot or in front thereof? Simply because women have been denied the privilege of exercising their power in an open and legitimate way. The time is coming, if it has not already arrived, when the power of woman as. a factor in the making and inforcement of law must be used in the open; when she will bear her part of the blame and enjoy her share in the credit for the good or evil effects which follow legislation in which she partici- pated.
 The suffragette of today is merely the pioneer of a movement which is slowly but surely taking form. The courage which actuates her to overstep the bounds of her circumscribed sphere leads to the commission of extravagances outside of it just as the pioneer into unexplored
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Womau,s Su171ape iu Euglaud-By Lady Heu,y SOme,Sn

Princess Metternich, the ruling spirit of the theatricals and entertainments at Compiegne, dressed either at a black devil and dancing a ballet, or es coach man singing songs and enchant- ing her audience. Princess Metter- nich used to be considered one of the "ugliest beauties of her day if such an expression Is possible, while un doubtedly one of the most radiantly lovely women of her time was the em- press herself. The dignity of the court was never it's strong point, and recol- lect some years ago hearing from the lips of one who was assigned to walt on the Emperor during his visit to the Court of St. James that he had called his suite together before starting and told them they were to tell none of tn cir favorite stories or play any of their favorite jokes. The glitter and the glamor were soon destined to pass away, but 1t must remain of historic interest as characteristic of period very near our own.
 It is strange how steadily increasing is the number of women who are being ad- mitted to the bar in France. The latest addition is Mademoiselle Mitopolsky. who has just been called to the Paris par. This lady has obtained successively the degrees of bachelor of arts and doctor or laws from the Paris university. Legal opinion in France has changed extra ordinarily since women first entered the lists. It is now universally recognized that the manner in which woman can plead for woman, and the help and sym pathy with which she can advocate the cause of helpless and ignorant girls Is one that cannot possibly be denied In England we are still far behind French opinion, and the benche-S of Grays Inn have declined to allow any woman to join their society. It is possible that the slower wits of the Engllshman are moro frightened of the nimbler brain of woman than the Quicls-thinking French
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Some Poems .tor SNnday Reaaing.
THE DECEIT OF APPEARANCES.

 By William Shakespeare. The world Is still deceiv'd with ornament. In law. what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with q gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless 1t, and approve it with text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on its outward parts. How many towards, whose hearts are all
 as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their The boards of Hercules and frowning
 Mars; Who, inward search'd, have flyers white
 as milk? And these assume but valor's excrement. To render them redoubted. Look on
 beauty, And you shall see 'ts purchased by the
 weight; Which therein works a miracle in na-
 ture. Making them lightest that wear most
 of 1t; So are those crisped snaky golden locks. Which make such wanton gambols with
 the wind, Upon supposed fairness, often known To be the dowry of a second head. The skull that bred them in the sepulchre. Thus ornament is but the guiIed shore To a most dangerous sea: the beauteous
 scarf Yelling an Indian beauty; in word. The seeming truth which cunning times
 put on To cntrap the wisest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08

William Winter in the New York Tribune. Be patient and be wisei The eyes of
 Death Look on us with q smile; her soft caress, That stills the anguish and that stops the
 breath, Is Natures ordination, meant to bless Our mortal woes with peaceful nothing
 ness. Be not afraid! The Power that made the
 light In your kind eyes, and set the stars on
 high, And gave us love, meant not that all
 should die Like brief day dream quench'd in sud-
 den night. Think that to die is but to fall asleep And wake refresh'd where the new morn
 ing breaks, And golden day her rosy vgor takes From winds that fan eternltys far height And the white crest of Gods perpetual
 deep "fIis time is spent. our pilgrimage must So the wise poet-wisest of mankind In adnnonition that should make us see Though half distraught. and in our misery
 blind That our soul refuse is the constant
 mind The steadfast purpose, brave and strong
 and free To bear affliction and to be resigned Knowing that ruthless Time will one day
 rend The veil that hides the deep that all must
 cross. And that tn enternty to which we tend Made precious with the soul Of many q
 friend Is richer, lovelier. holier, for our loss; Where crown'd with peace, as with dia-
 dem. Our loved ones long for us even as we
 long for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
SEEING GLASGOW FROM TOP OF TRAM CAR.

with no sun and no air and no place to play but the nelghboring steps.
 ""rhe people cannot afford to pay the larger rateseit costs to get out into the country. In fact, the tramway system extends only some six or seven miles from the center of Glasgow, and that in one direction only, q fact which the ad vocates of municipal ownership forget to mention. Having looked out for the traffic within their own immediate boun- darles, 1t does not occur to them to reach
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MY WOOlNG.

By Thomas Moore. Tire time I've lost in wooing, In watching and pursuing
 The light that lies
 In woman's eyes Has been my hearts undoing. Tho Wisdom oft has sought me. l seorned the love she brought me,
 My only books
 Were woman's looks, And foily's all they've taught me. Her smile when Beauty granted, I hung with gaze enchanted,
 Like him, the sprlte,
 Whom maids by night Oft meet in glen that's haunted. Like him. too, Beauty won me; But while her eyes were on me.
 If once their ray
 Was turned away, Ohi winds could not outrun me. And are those follles going? And is my proud heart growing
 Too cold. too wise
 For brilliant eyes Again to set it glowing? No-vaifl, alas. tn endeavor From bonds so sweet to sever
 Poor Wisdom's chance
 Against a glance Is now as weak as ever!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY.

By Robert Louis Stevenson.
 Oh. who would gravely set his face To go to this or t'other place? There's nothing under Heav'n SO blue That's fairly worth the travelling to. On every hand the roads begin, And people walk with zeal therein; But whersoe'er the highways tend. Be sure there's nothing at the end. Then follow you, wherever hie The travelling mountains of the sky, Or let the streams in civil mode Direct your choice upon a road; For one and all, or nigh or low, Will lead you where you wish to go; And one and all go night and day Over the hills and far away
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"I HETHER the theory. as to the
 W origin of language, held by
 w many modern writers upon the science of language. either necessitates or warrants the view which some of them hold as to the origin of religion, is question which naturally interests all students of language and of re- ligion. Not a few of the Philologists are disposed to claim it as settled that the primitive speech of mankind was of the rudest character, devoid almost entirely of abstract words; unfit for the use of any kind of man save such as were in the earliest stage of thought" that words expressing abstract ideas "had their phy- sical antecedents;" that they originated in sensation, and in observation, and, in the course of time, passed over into higher meanings; that such words for instance as "horse." tree wolf, run" flow" river must have been the ear Hest words used; but that inward ideas, such as anxiety love "hate,' thought would receive their names later, and by a metaphysical transfer of the words flow physical to metaphysical
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vantages; but to us, who use the trolley in the great majority of cases for long distance riding, the advantages lie in quite the opposite direction. Our 5-cent fare In Boston takes miles and miles further than the same fare would in Glasgow; and I could not help thinking that if they changed their rates and copied our system of private operation there would not be so many pale, under sized men and women and starved looking children cooped up in wretched alleys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
TO CELIA.

By B. Jonson. Drink to me only with thine eyes,
 And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup
 And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth riss Doth ask drink divine, But might I of loves nectar sup.
 would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
 Not so much honoring thee As giving 1t a hope that there
 It could not wither'd be; s But thou thereon didst only breathe
 And sent'st 1t back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, swear Not of itself, but thr
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out and open up the district beyond. They have no incentive for it, and per haps it would be outside their rights in any case. No one can enter into competi- ton with them, and they are content to continue with their limited system and their short cars which bob Up and down, making one feel like very active bit of corn in very hot corn pepper. So guess the American way is best, after all.''
 Boston, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
BESSIE MCCALL.

 By Langdon Smith. In her coffin of pine, All decently dressed, With the lights at her head And tho cross on her breast. With the roses she loved Scattered over her pail, Lies all that remains Of Bessie Mccall
 of Suicide Hall. It was only last night She was here with the rest, With the drink going round. And the laughter and jest, When a stranger came in As the music began. And his eyes questioned hers Then we knew 'twas-THE MAN. For she rose to her feet. All trembling and white, With her hand at her heart. Saying only "Good-night." Then, as one in dream, She walked to the door, Staggered Into the night, And we saw her no more Till they found her when dawn Grew gray in the skies, With the stain on her lips And the rain in her eyes. She had found her last rest Where tie black gutter ran. And the locket she wore Held the face of-THE MAN. Oh the price that we pay For the single mistake, Oh, the souls that men slay And the hearts that they break! An, Surely, somewhere, God. who pities us all Will care for the soul Of Bessie McCall In her coffin of pine. All decently dressed. With the lights at her head And the cross on her breast, With the roses she loved Scattered over her pail, Lies all that remains Of Bessie Mccall
 -of Suicide Hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
EDWIN BOOTH.

(Born November 13, 1S39) William Winter in the New York Tribune.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-20
BIC SW|hOL|MG
COMBINATION
IS UNEARTHED

Boston. Dec. 2o.--what appears to be a
formidable combination OF swindlers has
been unearthed In Boston by postoffice In
spectors.
Six OF the men alleged to be involved in
IL as operators were arrested at different
intervals since last night and this after
noon. The prisoners are Harry Bariah.
William I. Alkon. Mandell G. Alkon, 7.
c. Scottron. Hyman Goldsmith and Sam
uel Seelenfreund. These men are charged
with using the mails in the conduct OF a
fraudulent business.
II is said that already the inspectors
have found storehouses in the city well
filled with goods obtained by swindling
methods. How much more there is cannot
be determined, but the operations have
been extensive, covering all parts of the
country.
Goods were ordered from Canton, o.. 4;
Phoenix, n. Y; Cleveland, o.. Grapeville.
Pa. Newcastle, Pa. Cohoes. n. ". Mer-
iden, Conn: Little Valley. n. Y; Belloire.
o.; Port Huron, Mich; Cincinnati Pitts
burg. Chicago. Philadelphia, Lawrence
burg Ind; South Hanover and Homes
dale, Pa.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-20
RECORDED At CITY HALL
REAL ESTATE coNvEYANcEs.

REAL ESTATE CONvEYANCES.
Victor G.. Carlson to Hilman Mays ct
ux. Jessie L., lot and buildings on
northerly side of wadsworth street, sub
ject to mortgage for $1,000; consideration
800.
Thomas +. Black ct ux.. Dora ]. H.. TO
William j. Keyes, lot and buildings cor
ner Aborn and Hicks streets, subject to
mortgage for $1,000; consideration $40.
Joseph w. Seymour ct ux., Arabe,le
A.. and Charles A. Reese ct uX., AnJa-
nette H.. TO Giuseppe Ciancioo lot and
improvements on northerly side OF Penn
street consideration 800
Edward Gibbons ct uN.. Bridget, to
Sarah c. Fraser. wife Peter r., lot and
buildings northerly side OF Washington
avenue, subject 10 mortgage for $4,000;
consideration 800.
Providence Institution for Savings. to
Mary Tague, all interest In lot or north
erly side OF Reynolds avenue; considera-
ton 81.
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES.
Edwin y. Pettis TO Samuel Anderson,
lot and buildings on the corner OF Eddy
and oxford streets; $500.
Peter II. Fraser et ux, Sarah c.. to
Bridget Gibbons, lot and buildings on the
northerly side of Washington avenue
subject TO prior mortgage for $4,000;
$1,000.
Mary Iague 10 isllouc lSItilu itosPiea'
Trust company. lot and buildings on the
northerly side of Reynolds avenue; $1,000.
DISCHARGES OF REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGES.
Edwin y. Pettis by Henry s. Lawton;
$500
ATTACHMENT.
Alexander Vitale. by Edward Walsh
lot and buildings on westerly side or
Courtland street; $500
ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES.
William A. Hanson 10 Thomas Lisa
belle. from Fletcher Manufacturing COM
pany, TO Jan. 3, 1908.
E. G. Arey 10 II. w. Swift commits
slons from Edmund NJ, Warren, due and
10 become due.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-20
Clocks

If you intend giving a clock, you
or course want To make your se-
lection at the Clock Store OF Rhode
Island. Hundreds TO select from.
We offer a few suggestions
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-20
EAST PROVIDENCE

About 6:30 o'clock last evening Mrs.
Hubbard, who lives at 20 Water street,
saw the form OF a man lying on the
tracks OF the Consolidated company. op-
posite her home. and she sent messen-
ger to the establishment of Rich & Hor-
ton en- Valley street and from there word
was sent to the central police station and
Patrolman Burgess responded. Tho in
jured man was taken by the patrolman n
and others into the pool room OF Law
renee Ryan on Nally street. where he was
attended by DR.. Henry T. Allison, who
found that the mans name was Edward
Courtney. about 45 years old. He was en-
ployed at Merwin oyster company and
had undoubtedly made an attempt TO
cross the tracks and was struck by a
passing train and was badly cut and
bruised Or. Allison found that the man
had lost three of the fingers of his left
hand. Tho doctor ordered him sent to
the Rhode Island Hospital.
TO HAVE FREE DELIVERY.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Elmer II,
Robinson. chief clerk at the sub-station
of the postal service, received word from
Washington that ON and after Tuesday.
Dec. 81 free delivery service was to
I've extended To East Providence Gen.
ire. which will mean an additional car
rier from this office There were many
who thought free delivery for Riverside
would be included in this order.
WANT SLOT MACHINES STOPPED.
\ Those who have picked up a stray pen
nv I'm the southern portion of the city by
having turkey raffles during the holidays
and who have been ordered TO ''cut them
out" can hardly understand why the po-
lice committee should stop rafting. and
allow almost all sorts OF slot machines
10 be operated. IL is said that ono man
will make an attempt at least TO run a
raffle Tuesday evening, if he finds that
slop machines are running.
MINOR MENTION.
Enterprise Camp Of Woodmen sent their
bowling team 90 the city last evening TO
play the bowling team of Alma camp in
Elmwood. and they came back with three
strings TO their credit. This evening
they will play tho Dyer's team. The
Dyers are at the head of the local
league and the Enterprise boys are sec
ond and this is To be one OF the hottest
games of the season.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-20
CANADIANS MAY
SATISFY THE
JAPANESE SOON

Toxic. Dec. a.-Negotiations between
Canadian Minister of Labor Rudolph
Lemieux. and the Japanese government
which have been delayed by hitch over
details. will be concluded within the next
few days. II Is understood that Minister
Lemieux has finally agreed to accept Ja-
pans assurance that she will undertake
the seli-imposed task OF limiting emigra-
ton to Canada. The exact method of lin-
itation will be left entirely In the hands OF
the Japanese government.
II Is stated that the hitch arose over
the desire OF the Canadian government to
secure definite promise In writing out
lining the undertakings.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-20
RIVERSIDE

This evening John r. Case camp. Sons
OF Veterans, will meet in Grubes hal Z.
and will go through the form OF an elec-
ton again, for at the election two weeks
ngo some little act was performed that
was not permissible and the state officers
have ordered a second election.
The large billboard which was placed
I'm front OF the yard Of Mr.. Bowen on
Pawtucket avenue Wednesday afternoon
by mistake. was removed yesterday.
Miss Mildred Allen. who has been con-
fined To her home for n few days. has re-
sumed her duties as cashier at Anthony
x Co. on Bullock's Point avenue.
Quite number of through" passen-
gers were disappointed this morning 5c
the breaking down Of a Warren and Bris-
toi car i'm Providence at o'clock.
The prospects are that the Alpha club
will have full house at their first att
nual ball this evening.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-20
TIE JOY or OWNING LAND.

There Is a distinct Joy in owning
land, unlike that which you have in
money. in houses. in books. pictures or
anything else which men have devised.
ciety with men. But land is n part OF
Gods estate In the globe, and when a
sparcel OF ground ~ decided to you and
you walk over IL and call IL your own
IL seems as IL you had come into part
nershlp with the original Proprietor OF
the earth.--Hcnry Ward Beecher
Beautiful ride: Trolley every half
hour TO Oakland Beach.
See this property Mr.. Bennett at
the Information Bureau Is now sclling
rapidly for cash.