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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-23
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
PUBLIC HEARING

Office OF the Clerk OF Commitfe1s)
City Hall, Nov. 22, 1892.
The Joint Committee of the City Council ON Sew
erss 10 whom were referred the petitions Of
VIM. IA. Scott el al. for sewer In Laura street.
from Hamilton street To Broad street;
Jo eph j. Cooke estate tt al. Tor a sewer In Ade-
,slde avenue. from the summit In said avenue to
MelrOse street
DANIEL McNanley ct al. for a sewer In Tefft street.
from West Exchange street to Atwells avenue;
Ella Andrews ct al for sewer in Mathe wson
street, from Washington street to Fountain streets
Benjamin w. Gallup FOR a sewer In Angel street.
from Grand avenue to Butler avenue:
Hereby give notice that they will give Public
Hearing upon said petitions in Room III, City Hall.
ON FRIDAY. November 25th. 1892 AT O'Clock
4. NJ wnen all parties Interested are hereby noti-
thereon.
by order OF the Committee
GEORGE l.. PIERCE. Chairman.
ID +. HAYDEN. Clerk OF Commit ees. n23-3t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-23
PROVIDENCE r. l. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23 1885,
Edward II. Darcy, d.: James H. Nc
Gam, d.; Timothy Il. Ryan, ID.
school Comm mItteem en- Elected.

school Committeeman Elected.
First Ward-James Campb H.
, .cond Wari--George H. Peck.
Third Ward-James III. Nolan.
Fourth Ward--J. William Rice, for
three years; William H. White. for one
year.
Fifth Ward-Mariuus w, Gardiner.
Sixth Ward-Walter II. Barney.
Seventh Ward-M bse III. I,ixoy
Eighth Ward-Cnarles r. Stark
Ninth .Ward-No election. The vote
stood: Patrick r. Nckenna, 1st district,
24G: 2d district, So: ,ot,l 76s. Walter A.
Presbrey, lst district, 20 2i district. Al:
totai 64 Hunter G.. While, lst district,
2S2: 2d district, 400; total 1sl. Mr.. White
lacKs 50 Of an election.
Tenth Ward, Dennis OReilly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-23
Mayor Potter Reelected by a
Small Majority.
HOW BOTH BOARDS ARE
Only Two Democrats in the Upper
Board,
AND ONLY SEVEN C0UNCllMEN

George d., Lansing and myron IL. ruler
Elected to the Upper Board and Patrick
J.freurtfy- Left Out of the Common
Council - Luke Kavanaugh and Mr..
McGann Both J." Get There" in the
Tenth Ward
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-23

so much attention, is not approaching the
earth and that the scare which has been
created regarding IL is needless. lie says
the comet has not been identined and he
does not think it is Biela's but an un-
known.
Mr.. Wendall attaches no Importance to
the fact that the earth will approach
within few thousand miles of the orbit
of Biela's comet on the 21th and 2Sth Of
this month. lie claims that If the comet
we're to- pass near the earth there would
be no result other than "a brilliant mete-
oric display.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-23

We are State Agents for walshs Composition
preservatlve and polish for Harness. Patent and
Enamel Leather. Two sizes, Boots. aud 5000 "a box
THE T. w. ROUNDS COMPANY,
Bower Block. l01 to 100 North Main ~.
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Common CouncIimen Elected.

First ard-Philip B. Durfee, Clinton
u. Sellew, William i. Vaughan, George III.
Woods.
Second Ward-Edward s. Aldricb, Eze-
kiel w. Clarke, G. Frank Parkhurst,
Albert G.. White.
Third Ward-Austiu Giblin. Edward
Gallagher, James ii. Kelly, Richard
McGuy.
Fourth Ward-George T.. Barstow, Jo-
seph II. Kendrick. William Millen. George
l.. Pierce.
Fifth Ward-John W. Angel, David
Burton, George IL. Darling, William Is.
Reynolds.
Sixtl Ward-walter II. barney, John
l.. Remlinger. Benjam Thurston, James
X. 1rask.
Seventh Ward-Albert l. Anthony,
Lewis T.. Davis. William T. knight, GIL
bert a. Phillips.
Eighth Ward-Horace N. blanchard.
Spencer T. Read, George j.. Vose, Edwin
" insor.
Ninth Ward-John r.. Kendrick, Jason
Il. Stone. Samuel Whiteley, Ira Winsor.
Tenth Ward-William IA. Coyell, H.;
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Aldermen Elected.

First Ward-Frank +. Olney, r.
Second Ward-George ID. Lansing, X.
Third Ward-John j. Gilmartin, ID.
Fourth Ward-Henrv Is. Winship, X.
Fifth Ward-E lward G.. Burrows, X.
Sixth Ward-Myron X. Fuller. k.
Seventh Ward-Robert Is. Little, X.
Eighth Ward-Charles T. Harris, X.
Ninth Ward-Daniel X. Ballou, X.
Teath Ward-Ambrose T. West, ID.
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Vote for Over.eer of the Poor
vote for Common CouncIimen.
wARp. lst Dist I'd Dist .ad Dist To, 4

TOial. s'sst'sstsssss .e.oVi tt5 s,oo9
Cummings elected by 9c2 plurality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-04-15

"The Lord above knows. Well,
never set eyes on her again till went
to London, just five years afterwards.
Then I was walking down Regent
street one afternoon, looking in the
shop windows, when who should l see
sitting in a splendid carriage which
was standing before Fortnum &
Mason's door but this same lady: She
was handsomer than ever. ! think.
There wasn't much suffering in her
face then. but q proud, cold stare, as if
the people passing by weren't good
enough for her to wipe her feet on.
Suddenly her eye caught mine and l
saw blythe start she gave that she rec
;ognized me. / was just stepping for
ward to speak, for l was determined
the fine madam should give me some
account of that poor little child and
what became of it. when she jerled the
coachman's arm with the check string
and in an Instant the horses We're
aancing in the air, and with p bound
the carriage was gone.n
$50 you lost her the second time?"
wait bit. MY blood was up now.
was determihed L wound find out who
this great lady waa. There were lots
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RISING SUN CECIL COUNTY. MD. FRIDAY, APRIL

When he had finished Bladon's eyes
were full of tears and his chest hcaved
with suppressed emotion.
'sNow thank the Lord for His mercy"
were all the words he could utter.
When the excitement had somewhat
subsidized, Mr.. Hardcastle continued:
''You must bring Mr.. Arundel to my
house in Brooklyn. If it is possible /
shall persuade the ladies to come, too;
for our hopes lie in keeping the patient
in a cheerful frame of mind; and am
convinced that their presence will tend
largely to his recovery"
Bladon frowned. He did not dare to
speak, realizing as he did the debt of
obligation he owed this grand old man.
Thus it befell that Mr.. Hardcastle re-
turned home with the promise that in a
couple of weeks Mr.. Arundel and his
faithful servant would follow him and
make their home under his hospitable
roof.
Then the genial old gentleman wrote
to each of the ladies imploring them to
sacrifice their summer happiness to
George Arundel's interest and be
guests of his until the result Of the oper-
alton was known.
"Of course we will co." Wanda cried
with flashing eyes.
"We might be of service to poor Mr..
Arundel" Kate confessed with blush
ing checks.
Mrs. Evesham hesitated. She did not
think it was quite proper to invade
bachelors residence in this matter.
''Oh, mamma Kate laughed: ''To
even hint at such a thing at his time of
life.'
Really, Kate, you speak of Mr.. Hard
castle as if he was a patriarch. am
sure to hear him talk you quite forget
his years. which after all are not so
many" Mrs. Evesham corrected;
whereupon Miss Wanda smiled mis-
chievously and said Kate ought to be
ashamed of herself. That remark of
Mrs Evesham was exceedingly graft
tying to the young lady, especially as
it was followed by decision to accept
the proffered hospitality.
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royal Lap Dors.

Mary Queen of Scots had favorits
lap dog, which is said to have been pres
ent at the execution of its poor mistress
in Fotheringay castle. After the royal
lady had been beheaded this faithful
creature refused to leave her dead body
and had to be carried out of the hall by
force. At that period lap dogs were the
pets of men as well as Of women. Doctor
Boleyn, relative of the unhappy Queen
Anne Boleyn, owned one (which, as 10
is written she dotted on" Anne once
asked him to grant her one wish, and in
return he should have whatever he might
desire. Knowing his affection for the
dog, she begged it of him, and, Of course,
the doctor had nothing to do but to give
it to her.
@And, now, madam" he said you
promised to grant my request"
II will" quoth the queen.
@Then, I pray you, give me my dog
again.
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breaks upon me. see the key to a
mystery which has puzzled me for
years"
As he spoke he went to his bookshelf,
took down massive volume, carefully
busted it, rapidly turned over its leaves
and, having found what he was search
ing for, placed the ponderous tome on
the table in front of Harry and said:
sRead! Your eyes are younger than
mine. Read it aloud"
Evesham saw at a glance that the
volume was ''Burlxe's Peerage," and at
once proceeded to do as he was bid, at
first listlessly, then with rapidly in
creasing interest.
ARLINGTON, EARL OF (Sir George
Arundel Baron Arundel of the peer
age of England; and baronet; late
Capt. Royal Horse guards Blue; of
Wilmington Hall, Derbyshire, TorbaY
castle, Devonshire, and 107 Park
place, London. b. May /, 1908, sue
ceed his father as 10th earl, August
2, 1929; m. June II, 1880, Lady Mary
Arabella Eugenia Cecilia dau of Phillip,
Sixth Earl of Newton Solney, who d.
December 10, 1882, leaving issue Am
brose, b. July 8, 1881. Title of courtesy,
Lord Arundel.
His lordship married secondly Wanda
Vincent, dau of Julius Augustus Vim
cent, Esquire, May 20, 1858, by whom
he had issue George Archibald, b. APP
ril 10. 1854, and Wanda, b. October II,
1856"
sAnd do you think, DIR. Forester,
that the Wanda named here is our
Wanda?" Harry asked with his lips
trembling with excitement.
s'Think! Why, man, am sure of it."
DIR. Forester CALCULATED, sweeping the
air with his pipe. Perhaps you never
had the honor of meeting his lordship
the Earl of Arlington?"
mot I, indeed.'
''Well, ifyou had, you would not per-
haps be so surprised
'.You knew him. then?"
81 know his history. You see before
you, sir, a man who is walking-ency-
clopedia of information about the great
families of England. It has been a re-
munerative-I would say, an interest
ing study"
proceed, sir. am burning with
curiosity"
"Well, you have told me one good
story, it is but fair that / should re-.
turn the compliment. First let me fill
my pipe, for I, like my poor friend
Thackeray, am man who can talk and
smoke at the same time"
Harry thought he never would begin.
At last he commenced:
Lord Arlington always was a
naauoais sayet. As a boy he was always
up to tricks-I knew his tutor well, the
present dean of Stockton regis. By
the-by you ought to know the dean.
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CHAPTER XVII.
HARRY MEETS A GREAT MAN.

HARRY MEETS A GREAT MAN.
But the thread Harry held in tn.
skein of mystery snapped with cruel
abruptness, None had heard of any
gentleman Of position who was accred=
tied with the phenomenal faculties
supposed to be possessed by Harry's
unknown.
sPshaw, my dear fellow" a friend
laughed, "tfere are no such people out
side of cheap novels. OF course there
are plenty OF charlatans hanging on to
the skirts of society who profess each
powersI but as for any man with the
rank of gentleman cutting such
capers, it's simply ridiculous. You had
better eliminate the testimony of the
fair Miss Wilkins from your brief-it
win only lead you into difficulties
ssShe certainly saw the mani the
woman is truthful am sure"
Granted all that. The fact is, Mr..
Evesham, you do not realize the intense
ignorance of the British female of Miss
Wilkins class. If they have any mag
ination, it is fed on the CORY incidents
of the penny-dreadfuls; and ! do not
doubt but that Maria's fiendish aristo-
crat, who looks into women's SOULS is
creation of her own disordered fancy.
All, my boy, am afraid yon will have
to drop the noble villain from the
caste of your very interesting little
drama"
Harry thought so too.
One morning he was pondering over
his disappointments and trying to make
up his mind to throw up his brief and
go back to New York, cpnfessedly beat
en-, when the maid-servant entered
bringing him a letter.
'Please, SIR" this is for you, and
there's tuppence charge, which I gave
it to the postman myself"
He recognized the superscription at
once. 1t was from Brooklyn, and ran
as follows:
my Dear Harry: Your letters have
such cerulean hue that they give me
the blues. If you allude to expenses
again, except to ask for incteased sub
sides, l shall be angry in earnest.
Make haste slowly, remembering that
every day spent with such men as you
are meeting is qualifying you more
highly for my services, and look upon
it's cost as wise investment. Come
home, indeed! Well, to make a clean
breast Of it, I don't want you. You
would be dc trep, young man, for am
garnishing my house for company. ]
shall not tell you who my guests will
be for am not quite sure of them.
Now, before forget it, let me give
you hint. There is living in little
cottage on Hampstead Heath, an old
man, who might be extremely useful to
you, one Matthew Forester, a doctor
OF law and member of fohr-fifths of
the literary associations OF Europe-and,
between yon and me, as prosy an old
dry-as-dust as ever afflicted society.
His forte is peculiar. For years he has
dug among the garbage Of ages and
raked up scandals OF great families.
Sir Bernard Burke got most Of his
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CHAPTER XVIII.


I Harry did not let the grass grow under
his feet, when there was even the faint
est chance of working in the right di-
rection, and half an hour after he re-
ceived Mr.. Hardcastle's letter found
him on the top of an omnibus on his
way to Hampstead Heath.
He had no difficulty in finding Acacia
cottage, the residence of the eccentric
doctor, for he was a well-known per-
sonage in the neighborhood.
What a pretty place it was. A quaint,
|. thatched house, half smothered in roses
and honeysuclkles, and surrounded by a
lovely garden. The old gentleman him
self was in the garden, pruning rose
bush, short, weakened, crafty-looking
old fellow, clad in a long dressing
gown, and with Turkish smoking cap
on his head. Sach man living in such
a place was to Harry's mind like bind
ing a copy of some black-letter folio
in the gay cover of a Christmas annual.
He advanced to meet the intruder.
"Ah, an American he said, as he
glanced at the young mans card, before
opening the letter Of introduction
Come for some hints 1 suppose for
New York correspondence some dainty
little bit of modern contemporaneous
history grand people yours - do so ap.
preciate gossip about the aristocracy,
especially if it has a flavor of naughti-
ness-not, of course, that ever indulge
In scandal.p
By this time he had opened the letter
and read its contents.
'sWhatp' he cried, in pleased surprise,
from my old and distinguished ac-
quaintance, Alexander Hardcastle! Cad,
j took You for one of those newspaper
fellows
Ifreport was true DIR. Forester added
Hany an honest guinea to his yearly in
come in consideration of his salacious
gossip with those same correspondents
he alluded to SO slightingly.
80 Hardcastle wants me to be of
service to you, young man. Now, in
any way you can command me, 1 am
yours"
He shook Harry's hand warmly, and
led him into q charming room, opening
into the. lawn.
tsIake that arm-chair," he said, hos
pitably. ''It is a relic of Stowe abbey.
bought it at the dukes sale; but it
will be none the less comfortable for
that. You smoke, of course. All
Americans do. Have cigar, and
pardon me If light my pipe"
Harry wondered where he got the
magnificent meerschaum with its big
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am sure Mr.. Hardcastle would like you
to meet him before you"
"Oh, please keep to your story,
doctor" Harry pleaded.
"Well, my lord went into the horse
guards, but he did not stay there very
long, for he was requested to resign for
a series of misdemeanors, which in a
man, who had not strawberry leaves
on his brow, would have insured his
being cashiered. Then he married Lord
Newton Solney's daughter, about
whose death there was considerable
scandal. Perhaps you read about it?"
t'No," Harry smiled. 81 don't think
was born when it occurred, if Burke is
accurate"
''True, I had forgotten. I never
could quite get to the bottom of that
affair-not that I was likely to do so;
for if there is man who hates scandal
it is myself"
''And Lord Arlington, sir2" 4
"Well, after her ladyship's death, he
kind of sobered up for awhile-I be-
lieye that Is an American expression,
but it is very forcible-and led re-
spectacle life till he was forty years of
age, when he startled society by rum
ming away with Miss Wanda Vincent,
Of Driry Lane theater. whose real
name I think was Peggy o'Rourlse, but
cannot positively say"
Burke says she was the daughter of
Julius Augustus Vincent, esquire, IS
Harry corrected.
''Ah, mere fiction, my boy. OF
course he treated her shamefully; but
she was in the end too much for him;
and, twenty years ago, he ran away
from her, don't believe she has ever
heard from him SINCE"
sHow strange"
s'Yes,. and the brutality of it was,
that he carried off with him her little
boy.-you see the Lady Wanda was not
born till after he disappeared"
Sand / suppose his son by his first
wife reigned in his stead"
'Not bit of it." DR. Forester
snapped, "for he disappeared several
months before his father.
Sand never returned?''
"Neverl 1t was supposed that he was
killed in some hunting expedition in
lndiaa tor. he was the nimrod of. the
family, and had acquired quite repu-,
tation for his fool-hardy adventures.
But it was not of Lord Arundel that
Harry had come to talk. -
ttv IA co-.---SaD.l
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His Retort.

Thackeray disliked vanity In others,
and made it the subject Of his ridieule
and sarcasm. After long pleading his
family induced him to have his portrait
painted, and Lawrence, a famous Lon
don artist, gladly undertook the task.
Soon after the picture was completed
Thackeray chanced to be dining at his
club, when pompous officer of tho
Guards stopped beside the table and said;
"Haw, Thackeray, old boy, hear Law
renee has been painting yer portrait.
so he has, was the reply. Full
lengthf" "No, full length portraits are
for soldiers, that we may see their spurs.
But the other end of the man is the prin-
cipal thing with authors, I" said Thack-
cray.
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Perfectly Well.

Perfectly VVeEHs
FILLMORE, Dubuque Co., Ia Sept. 1885,
Miss K. Finnigan writes: My mother and
sister used Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic for
neuralgia. They are both perfectly well now
snd never tired OF praiaing the tonic.
H Was Indeed a Miracle.
ss4 FIRST ST.. BROOKLYN, N Y, Aug. 8, 90.
wish to state what wonderful benefit Pas
Tor Koenig's Nerve Tonic has been TO my broth
sr, who has suffered from rheumatism since
1885 aud has not been able to do work of any
kind since that Time He has tried all kinds Of
patent medicines and different doctors of Skill
out ah without benefit, until he took the Tonic
BE has continually improved since, and will
say. and hundYeds Besides me who have seen him
1uring his sickness, that 1T was indeed q mir
scle to see him restored TO health
w. d. GRAHAM.
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Ms~ FOR THE BLOOD.
Weakness Malaria, Indigestion and
Blliousness. take
BROWNS IRON BTTTERs.
Il cures quickly. For sale BY all dealers in
medicine. Get the genuine.
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CHAPTER XVI-Continued.

CHAPTER AVl-(Ont1uueQ.
1t was some time before he could in
duce her to talk about anything but her.
brother and her brothers wife, who
were doing SO nicely in Wisconsin, and
who had invited her to join them. 5For
a time Harry pleaded in vain that Wis
consin was a long way from New York,
and that it was quite possible that, no
matter how good a carpenter Mr.. Will
kins was, his fame had never reached
him.
'sBut his wife says he keeps carriage
of his own and pair of horses, just
like the squire do; that he bought her a
real silk dress last Christmas just sit
still one minute, young sir, and I'll get
her letter and read you all about that
dress; why"
But Harry was despera
Zone moment, Mrs. Wilkins. Never
mind the dress just now; for I haven't
time to hear about it. don't want to
take up your afternoon with gossip, and
should be very glad to remunerate you
for your services if you will give me
your whole attention for little while. !"
An American woman of her station
would have scorned the suggestion of
pay for such slight service, but Miss
Wilkins had been reared on diet of
tips, so she instantly subsided into re-
spectful attention.
"You accompanied your sister-in-law
to Liverpool when she sailed for
American"
(which did, sir.''
Sand you were present when lady
committed to her charge baby girl?"
(which most certainly were, sir, an
if it hadn't been for me she'd never have
taken that child"
s'Did you ever see the lady before that
day you met her on the Liverpool land
ing stage?"
"Never."
"Have you ever seen her since9"
Eyes, twice."
ssAhp'
'Once, sir, on the eve of the day my
sister-in-law sailed; once in London,
five years afterwards"
Please, Miss Wilkins, give me the
particulars of these meetings. Try and
recollect every incident connected with
them, for would not miss the most
trifing circumstance
'Well, sir, I'm not likely to forget
anything, for was much put out both
times"
s'How was that?'
"Well, you see, was going to the
station to take the train home after see
ing Susan off in the ship, when who
should meet coming straight towards
me but the lady as gave us the child.
She was fine, handsome young madam
as ever ! see, an she was stepping out
with her head In the air. as though the
whole city and corporation belonged to
her Suddenly, just in front of me, a
tall, aristocratic-loohing gentleman
oh, tell you it takes us who have
served as upper domestics to tell the
true gentleman at sight-steppcd from
a doorway and stood right in madam's
way. Lord, sir, don't think shall
forget her face to my dying day. First
it flushed scarlet with passion--I de-
clare her eyes did fash fire-I've read
about peoples eyes a-flashing fire, but
never saw it save that once. Then the
gentleman, making her a low bow,
whispered a few words In her Gar, an
you should have seen the change. Every
bit of color left her-her lips were
b1oodless-and with the most abiect,
humble look ever saw in woman's
face she took his arm and turned off
down the street with him.
'sDo you think he was her husbend?"
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amber mouthpiece and solid silver
mountings from. He felt sure it was
memento of some decayed fortunes.
Now, sir, what can do for you?''
Harry thought moment; then re-
solved to tell his story from first to
last. He had told it so often that 1t
had now assumed a logical consecutive
narrative, without the suppression.
single salient point.
The little old-man sat with his head
ON one side like a jaclsdaw, grinning
with intehse interest, but never inter
rupting by single movement or excla-
nation.
At last the tale was told, Still the
doctor sat silently putting at his pipe,
''Do you see amy ray Of light?" Har-
ry asked at last, anxionsly-
"Rayl The whole dawn Of day