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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
US.

The PROVIDENCE News is just one year
DID, and very st,tart,bt not too smHrt Co
live; so far as appearance oes.-Newport
News.
The PROVIDENCE News has done a great
service to the citizens OF RHODE ISLAND
by investigating the cost of living in 1856
and 1892 and publishing IA tabulated state
ment OF the result The free trade advo-
Gates are effectually silenced as It has
been conclusvely proven that wages are
higher and the cost OF living lower than
they were ever before the history OF this
country.-New England Torchlight.
The PROVIDENCE NEWS has done great
service to the RHODE ISLAND public In
putting I'm form available for reference
and comparison facts and figures show
ing the cost of living, forty years ago, as
contrasted with that OF to-day. Not only
are prices OF meats and provisions no
higher in most cases, but in many in
stances present rates are far below those
current In the low tariff period. Cloth
ing can be bought as cheap in this coun-
try as in European markets, while the
cost of household utensils is so low that
immigrants no longer bring their furui-
ture with them ms they can purchase the
necessary domestic outfit here at rates ms
low as those in Europe. In proving these
facts the NEWS has rendered q service to
RHODE ISLAND workmen which they Will
appreciate, now that mistaken and inter-
ested folks are seeking to deprive them of
the protective system under which they
have prospered.- d.-Newport Observer.
Hon. James 8. Clarkson gave the PRovI-
DENCE NEWS good send OFF, a year
ago, and now the NEWS says Clarkson is
"a square man, an able one and good
Republican. He's all right" Certainly
one good turn deserves another. -Olney-
vile Times.
The PROVIDENCE EVENING NEWS is one
year old. 1t is a wonderfully good Re-
publican paper. In twelve months il has
enlarged twice, and is thinking of doing
IL again. In this case prosperity has been
earned by real merit, aud we hope its
phenomenal growth will never stop The
country needs just such paper s.-Bridge-
port News.
We extend hearty congratulations TO
tho PROVIDENCE NEWS upon its celebra-
tion Of its first birthday on Wednesday
last and wish for IL many happy returns
of the day. The journal has deserved
success by It's excellence in every respect,
and, what Is more, the paper has won IL.
The news OF the country, the State, the
city, is covered fully, and In an attrac-
tive, breezy way peculiarly its own, while
its crisp, pointed editorial page has won
for the NEws the support of the public
and the official commendation Of the
party.-Newport Observer.
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lis personal knowledge /:

1t is not necessary to point out that
policemen in this country are not re-
quired to work for $500 a week, or men
in granite quarries for S5.33, or men on
water works for s6.01s, or men in gas
works for $500.
These rates Of wages are not paid in
this country. Everybody knows that.
That better rates are paid is owing to
the republican policy of government, to
that party's infiexible determination to
protect our workingmen against the
foreign scale of wages by preserving the
home market for American products,
as far as that policy Is compatible with
the steady progress and development of
the country in all directions.
1t is difficult to understand how. any
considerable number of intelligent peo-
pie can deliberately disavow the policy
of protection, in the light of such figures
as these, furnished by the only great
free-trade nation. That its free avowal
of its adoption of free-trade has opera
ted to drive great numbers OF men out
of the Democratic party is now very
evident, and it is as encouraging as it is
evident,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
CITY ADYERrIs EMENTs.
CITY ADYERTISEME
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
Concrete Sidewalks on Point, Pit
man, Charles Field, Earl,
Greenwich and Bishop
Streets.
Joint Resolutions Of the City Council.
(Approvod Sept. rs, lS02. }

(Approvtd sept. 10, lSO2.D
RESOLVED, and IL Is hereby ordered and directed
that the sidewalks on the following streets, viz:
Point street south side from Eddy street to Point
street bridge; Pltu,an street, north side from Cow
emo street TO Ives street; Charles Field street.
from Is own treet TO Hone street; Earl stree. from
Greenwich street, from Bridgham to Lexington
avenue. and Bishop street. rom Willard avenue 70
Plain street. shall be altered and improved by
creting the same that said sidewalks fur their
occupied threeeights of inca rise per foot from
tie inside Of the curb To the street line. except mod
ilcation necessary 10 meet the occupation line. and
shall he otherwise constructed in manner AID Of
All material arove said grade shall be excavated
and reno ed. Good and o. gravel shall be used
for nlng whenever u may oe required.
The foundation shall be composed OF clean. coarse
gravel, properly coated with Tar, and shall not be
less than two inches In depth after being rolled and
thoroughly compacted.
The top OF the foundation shall be brought TO q
smooth surface by the addition Of fine pebble conn
plrtely coated with tar ahd thoroughly rolled.
The top dressing shall consist of clean, sharp
sand, thoroughly saturated witt tar, and applied In
layer or sucn thickness that, after beng oiled
and compacted, II VIII 40. be less than a met IN
pth. The total depth OF walk when finished h AL
not be less Than three inches
The quality OF tho tar used shall be equal In all
Company, III gravei and sand snali be thorough
~ dry -. fore coating or satiratins the same with
tar.
Said alteration and Improvement OF said side
walks shall be completed witnn six weeks from the
time Of the passage hereof.
AM IL IL hereby further resolved, ordered and
drsC ted. that the notices of the aforegong resolu
tion order and direction required u be given and
made shall De given made as the case may be- In
manne. and as required by law.
"A true copy-Wltness:
sss-stM WILLIAM f.. CLARKE. City Clerk.
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"Unless Mr.. Cleveland Is ready to make
clear and vital Issue with the Republi-
cans on the tarih question:" says the
PROVIDENCE Journal "he might boil his
coming letter down. to something Nike
sSs ~ svs' ~ .Ss to sc scSsps Sns
the country that am Democrat" IL
has been repeatedly remarked that II Mr..
Cleveland were running for President
upon no other platform than that which
his official record supplies, IL would be
accepted by the majority OF the American
ture course. In other words, Mr.. Cleve-
land Is a platform In himself.
This remark may be too hatterinR, but
IL certainly embodies the sentiment OF that
large class Of independent voters who
hold the balance Of power between the
election are pretty sure to be found on
the side OF the Democratic candidate.
The PROVIDENCE Journal itself has, uu-
I'll very recently. voiced the feeling OF this
class toward Mr.. Cleveland, and all that
prevents IL from continuing to do so now
seems TO be its inability to reconcile the
tariff for revenue plank OF the Chicago
platform with the degree of candor, on
the part OF the convention, which 1t
thinks the OCCASION demanded. II, nc
cordingly, insists that Mr.. Cleveland shall
explain what he understands ~ "tarih
for revenue" to mean, and until such ex-
PLANTATION it withholds its support from
him.
Tnere Is no reason TO doubt that his
letter Of acceptance will furnish the
Journal the Information it desires, but II
that esteemed contemporary is too impa-
tient TO wait for the publication OF it, we
would recommend it tn read aud care
FULLY digest the explanation contained In
Mr.. Hills great Brooklyn speech. IL is
an explanation perfectly intelligible and
perfectly acceptable TO Democratic aud
independent voters, and when Mr.. Cleve-
land submits his Interpretation the two
will he found to be substantially in ac-
cord. The Journal has taken more for
midable hurdles than this without balk-
ing.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
WHITTIER.

The motto Of the Journal is, "If you
see it in an English paper it must be So"
Accordingly, when the Spectator of
London contemptuously relegates Whit
tier to minor place among the poet
asters instead of seat in the immo rial
choir, the Journal falls unhesitatingly
into the trap and acquiesces in the fol-
lowing paragraph, which would be
astonishing to one who did not know
the Journal:
The London Spectator will stir up a
hornets nest, AT least In New England.
by It's remark that Whittier was not even
poet OF the second rank, but we suspect
that the Spectator is more than half
right. OF the value OF the work done by
every writer two opinions are pretty sure
to be held, and in this case IL Is the
harsher which Is presented. Yet those
who are trying to fix Whittier's place
among the great poets of the world have
a confused notion OF literary perspectives.
IL you hold n pin head close enough to
your eye 1t will seem larger than the
moon.
AS an illustration Of the Journals
method, we may say that the same
Spectator article gives high rank 10 Elm.
erson as an American poet-Matthew
Arnold denied it, by the way-but to
the Journal 1t is more natural to ac-
quiesce in dispraise of Whittier than
praise of Emerson. For behold, there
is nothing good in America, neither
poets, municipalities nor politicians.
The arguments upon which the Spec
tdtor's dictum is based are somewhat
familiar. The poet writes for all time.
The reformer writes with burning ha-
tired Of wrong, scoring abuses which fade
away, so that future generations regard
his writings as mere polenfcs winch
have lost their. value, the. occasion past
IL Whittier's work were all OF this. class.
he could indeed be barred out OF the
choir Of higher poets. only. 20 take his
place unquestioned among class of
men to whom the world owcscven more,
the Luthers, wilberforces and Gar
risons.
But in 20 far as polemic writings or
even occasional" poems are redeemed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
AS L WAS SAYING,

When Gov. Brown was introduced To
the Hon. Alexander HARRISON, who acted
as judge Of the racing at the park last
week, he reminded that gentleman that
he once served a short time as clerk in
the Hartford grocery store then kept by
Mr.. HARRISON. The expert horse Judge
remembered the young Brown who used
to grind sugar for him in the DAYS before
that sweet commodity was furnished to
dealers ready ground, but he did not
know that his one-time clerk and the gov
ernor OF RHODE ISLAND were identical.
Mr.. Hamlin, the owner Of the fast
horses that have been making such phe-
nomenal time AT Narragansett Park this
week, Is an old-time Democrat. He has
voted the ticket Of that party steadily.
but this year he says he il for the party
that Is for the country, aud will vote the
Republican ticket. Mr.. Hamlin is a very
wealthy man and has extensive interests
beside his horses, and he esteems his
business interests to be more Important
than his political affiliations Of the past.
The death of Pat " Gilmore will sup-
gest to almost every lover of music anec-
dotes and personal traits. He was a man
who made friends everywhere, aud usually
met a circle Of "high-rollers In every
place where he gave concerts after the
everybody who essayed To sit it out with
him uuder the table. He could, aud fire.
quentIy did, outdrink the whole collec.
ton of hard drinkers assembled by some
smart boniface to down" him. lie
would absorb champagne by the quart.
and when the whole company became
helpless he would saunter oil TO his room,
without n sign of intoxication, and would
repeat the performance night after night.
have seen him standing jauntily against
a bar chatting brightly about his art and
his artists, with a bottle Of champagne
at his elbow and glass in his hand.
while every person who came into the
place with him was In state of maudlin
unconsciousness And the great band
master died of heart disease due TO indi-
gcstionl
wonder IL Others have felt the cold
chill that has crcpt up and down my
back when | nave opened the last two
numbers of popular magazine, aud
found therein articles on death marks
OF famous men. | can't conceive what
possible interest the ghostly things can
have Tor anybody. They are Simply dis.
gushing TO me. aud lam sure they must
be W many others DO we noed grave
yards Ia our popular hisratursf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

One Of the greatest dangers that
threatens humanity because of its herd
ing in cities is the inhumanity that IL
breeds. Diligent readers of the news
papers cannot have failed to notice nu-
znerous and continually recurring in
stances Of cruelty practiced by the
higher intelligence and the officials of
great cities. The reports Of the New
York police work and the hospital SER
vice are full of them.
The inhumanity that we here refer
10 is not bred Of the brutal instincts OF
the lower classes, the uneducated
roughs, but is the fruit Of that indiffer-
ence that is the result of great aggrega-
tions of human beings.
On Saturday a man was left on side
walk. in the crowded section of New
York for more than two hours suffering
with cramps. He was not removed OF
cared for because some policeman fan
cicd he had cholera. He was seen by a
hospital surgeon. who evidently took no
pains 10 ascertain his ailment. There
Vss big crowd looking at the sufferer
~ the time he lay there, but not one
omong them had the humanity and the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
PEACE.

I love TO wander through the folds, fresh
blown
With scented blossoms: where the violets
But half concealed peep forth, and where
coquettes
The dainty humming bird. light-wineed.
whose drone
Il but an added charm. another tone
In natures symphony, aud who regrets
The hours amid such beauty. or forgets
Tna quiet gladness Of the day when flown?
Dreams ever come amid such pastoral
scenes
OF what has been. or might have been per-
al chance
~ Rcopcning wounds that were long since re-
ceived:
Dfeams born Of some shy flower that to-
ward us leans:
Thus once again we view our lost romance;
And hope gives lite 10 hopes for which we
grieved. ,. b. RrDER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
Il. W. LADD co.
A New Department
For
Little Women!
Second Floor.)

We have pleasure in announcing the introduction of
"Chldrens Department to be devoted entirely TO outfits
for girls up years We propose make this new de-
partment conspicuous for hghcass novelties exclusive i'm
portatons original models and careful selections of the
choicest of popular-priced things.
Our Opening Stock comprehensive exposition of all
that newest and for chdrens wear The fact that
this is of bright and pretty things in var-
ETY. and in dainty novelty has given opportunity
to make display of exceeding beauty
Dresses in Cashmere and Benganes, in great variety
of exquisite designs and Roman Pad and Stripes Velour
Weaves with gumpes waist and jacket all for little
women from years up-and for school wear.
Cioaks, Coats and Notwithstanding the new Russian
Coa-a notable variety OF models designs and coorings in
Bison Cloth English Covert Cloths Chevots many of them
richly trimmed with ur-makng show of surprising at
tractiveness.
We also annual opening of capes and Bonnets
fnrI
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H. W. LADD co.
CITY ADYERTISE.MENTS
o.
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
Concrete Sidewalks on Canal and
North Main Streets.
Joint Resolutions Of the City Council.
[Approved September 7, 1872. !

lApproyeu september Y, loSI.I
RESOLVED, And II is hereby ordered and direct
ed that the sidewalks the east side OF Canal
street and the west slde OF North Main street
from Steeple street TO Elizabeth street, In the City
OF Providence. shall be altered and improved by
concretng the from said Stesple street TO said
Elizabeth street 40 that Sad sidewalks, for their
whole length aforesaid. shal; be the width
cupiel, three-eighths OF inch rise foot from
the inside OF the curb to the street ne except mod
1cation necessary to meet the occupation line, and
shall be other,v sc constructed In manner aud OF
materials as follows. viz:
All matcri IL above said grade shall be escavated
and removed. Good sand or gravel shall DC used
for filling whenever II may be required:
The 10 indaton shall be composed OF clean, coarse
gravel properly coated with tar. and shall not be
less than two inches in dopth. after being rolled
The top " the foundation shall be brought TO a
smooth surface by the addition OF fine pebble COM
petely coaicl with tar and thoroughly rolled.
The top DIRE sing shall consist OF Clean sharp sand
thoroughly saturated with tar. and applied In y
layer Of such thickness. that after being rolled and
The total depth OF walk when finished shall not be
less than three inches.
The quality Of the tar used shall he equal In all
respects 70 that made by the Providence Gas Com
pany. The gravel and sand shall be thoroughly
dry before coating or salurating the same with tar
walks shall be completed within six weeks from the
time OF the passage thereof.
And IL s hereby further resolved, ordered and
directed that the notices OF the aforegong resolu-
tnn, order and direction, required to be given, and
the publication OF the aforegoing required to be
In manner aud as required by law.
true copy.-Witness;
WILLIAM Il. CLARKE,
sl0-3tm CITY Clerk.
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courage to attempt to sssusge the poor
fellows suffering.

courage to attempt to sssusge the poor
fellows suffering.
This indifference to human suffering,
and to the fate Of persons unknown to
the crowds in cities, is one Of the most
distressing features Of the flow of pop
ulation to the cities. II has It's redeem
ing features. to be sure, and is doubt
less one Of the phases of the process of
adaptation to the new conditions Of
urban life. II may be expected to wear
away at length. 1t ought not to be ac-
cepted as a sign of return to barbar-
ism, as it is in some quarters. 1t is
pitiful enough, but it is not altogether
disheartening, because il is manifesto
tion of an exaggerated indifference that
will disappear as people become wonted
to the new conditions of life imposed by
the evolutionary processes of the times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

HUGH O'DoNNELL, the Homestead
labor leader, accused of murder and
rioting in connection with the shooting
Of the Pinkertons, cannot be
bailed. While we strongly sympathize
with the declared objects of organized
labor, It is evident that il the rnmored
evidence against O'Donnell is true he
ought not to be admitted to bail,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
THE CITY OF PRovIDENCE.
MARLBOROUGH AVENUE.

City Clerks once, Sept. IL, 1892.
The Committee who were the 30th day OF
June. 1892. appointed by the Board Of Aldermen TO
lay out Marlborough avenue, from Broad street 90
Taylor street, have made their report accompanied
by a map.
All persons interested hereby not fed to ap-
pear before said Board on THURSDAY, October
90 1892 at o'clock p NJ, N tney shall see cause,
and he heard for against receiving said report.
BY order OF the Board of Aldermen.
Witness: WILLIAM Il CLARKE.
sio-3tM City Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE
JILLSON STREET.

City Clerks OfYice, Sept II, 1892
The committee who were, on the 3Oth day OF June,
1892, appointed by the Board OF Aldermen to lay
out Jillson street from Broad street 10 Eddy street.
have made their report accompanied by map.
All persons interested hereby notified To ap-
pear before said Board on THURSDAY, Nov. II,
1892. at O'Clock r. NJ, IL they shall cause, and
be heard for against receiving said report.
BY order OF the Board OF Aldermen.
Witness WILLIAM II. CLARKE,
s19-3tM City Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

PECK, the Peck of the hour, has been
held in $4,000 for continued appearance
before the New York Court of Sessions,
to answer to the charge of burning pub
lie documents, The real Democratic
grievance against Peck is that he did
not burn more documents, and before
his damning figures were printed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

IT is a marked day that does not pro-
duce some kind Of story about the
Borden case. They are pretty poor
chaff to give to readers who expect real
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

TIE late warm weather and the
cholera have given Newport a prolonged
boom. If this thing continues week
or so longer, the city by the sea will be
willing to part with It's prize mayor and
the Inauguration next spring.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
THE CITY OF PhOviDENCE.
To Builders Of Iron Fences.

once OF the Superintendent of Public Buldngsl
City Hall Providence. X l.. sept 2ith, lD2. 4
Tho joint standing committee on city property IN.
posts Tot wooden fence at the Charles Street school
Estate
Plans and Specifications may bc seen NJ the once
Of the superintendent q Public Buildings, city
Hal.
Bids will be- sealed addressed 20 the undcrsl 1ned,
aud will he received NJ this once ON of before
FRIDAY. Septcmbtr 30. Iso2. and no bid will he
received. after the time above mentioned.
The rish' Is reserved 20 rejee, s.y or AZ bids foe
Chairman pro ten oomulssss On Ci,y:rropsrty,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

IT is evident that we are to have a
musical season filled with notable
events. We are booked to hear great
deal of the best talent in the country
during the next four or five months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
CURBING OF GARDNER AND
KNOWLES STREETS,

In Board Of Aldermen. Sept. 2c, 1892
Ordered: That the abutting proprietors he noti-
fed 10 appear before this Hoard on THURSDAY
Feb, usry 10. 1898, at o'clock =. M that they may
be heard upon the question OF setting curbs. ones
and paving cutters on the following streets VIZ;
Gardner street, from Camp street TO Knowles
street;
Knowles street, from Pleasant street to Cypress
street.
w itness: WILLIAM y. CLARKE,
se2d-3tM CITY Clerk.
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THE CITY or PROVIDENCE.
SUPERIOR STREET.

City Clerks Onice, Sept g. 1892
The Committee who wers. the 4th day of
August, 1892 appointed w the Board OF Aldermen
10 lay out superior street, from Cranston street to
MED by map.
All Der ons interested are hereby notified 20 an
near bsroie said Heard on Thursday January
10. ls93 at o'clock Y. NJ II they shall see cause,
and be heard for against receiving said report.
BY order OF the board OF Aldermen.
sec6-2tM City Clerk.
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company.

In many respects Patrick Sarsfield
Gilmore was the greatest bandmaster in
America. He had the art Of firing the
popular heart to perfection.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

CHOLERA seems to have turned its
back on this country. II is one Of those
things whose room is better than its
conpany.
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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
BLACKSTONE STREET.

City Clerks ONCE. Sept. % 1892
The Committee who were, on the Both day OF
June. 1902 appointed by the iIoard OF Aldermen 20
lay out Blackstone street. from Prairie avenue TO
by n map.
All persons Interested hereby notified to appear
before sRid board on THURSDAY, October 90.
1892, at o'clock T. NJ. IL they shall see cause, and
be heard for or against receiving said report.
Witness. WILLIAM Il. CLARKE.
se26-3tM City Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26

THE real almanac autumn begins to-
morrow. Yesterdays temperature
strongly suggested the other end Of sum-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-26
In the State of Rhode Island
the NEWS stands second in
circulation. first in influence
and Representative character
FOR PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
~ OF INDIANA.
ron VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
or NEW YORK.

TEERE is q movement afoot to erect
monument to John Brown. Many
Less worthy men have been thus hon
o~o6