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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22

Other incidetals eat up the balance,
and he assured me, II clothing was de-
sired, they looked ahead for food.
and it had to come out of the month.
That is, the food supply was cut down
so much a week, until the money to pur-
chase the article was finally obtained.
Again look at these figures. This was a
smart man with intelligent family, and
yet all three working from to 10. earned
but 1915.
Continuing our trip, we found several
men 68, 20 and rs years old, whose with
cred hands and Scared faces proclaimed
the fact that they had labored hard since
childhood, and yet, here they were work
ing for to 10 shillings or $1.92 to $40
per week of eighty-four hours. and then
had to pay about 30 cents from that for
their forges. House fires they have
none, but brew their tea-all the cook
ing they do--over the forge fire.
Many of these people were very pleas
ant, and as the dinner hour approached
many stopped for moment to find out
something about the wonderful country
came from (for many of the oldest be-
gan work so young they never learned
to read or write). As / told them In
few words some OF the many opportuni-
ties of America their wistful eyes and
anxious inquiries quickly satisfied me it
was the distance only and poverty which
kept them where they were.
After dinner we take short tour
through the worst district of this in
dustry, says my guide, and said, ''can
there be any moreT' His only answer
was, "wait and see" All! and we did
see. In another quarter we ascended a
steep hill and found there workshops
and dens almost dug into the sides of
the incline. A few cheap brick rudely
fastened together seem all that hold
these places up, and it is 80. Old men,
young men, old and young women, boys
and girls, aff huddfed together in these
little black, cheerless dens, not more
than 8 feet high, full of smoke, yet these
people. worse than convicts, yea, worse
than animals, struggle along for from
3 to 10 s. a week, just keeping the breath
of life in their bodies by endless work.
Going through an area / find an old
man, 20 years old, and his wife nearly
that age, with their daughter, struggling
in workship Of about the dimensions
given. perhaps tribe smaller, while
near at hand is their home Of two rooms,
one mp and one down, about IL feet
square. There is scarcely any furniture
and little do they need ii. might con-
tinue to give you many cases and any
number of cases as to wages earned,
and perhaps may upon my return, when
/ shall exhibit samples of the nails made,
with prices, but now / want to give You
my usual table as to food and make
some general statements:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22
NOTES OF The CONTEST.

Among the leaders Of the list there is
no change In position. Gardiner and
Matthews are coming along rapidly.
Gorton has big vote. II. Q. Nickerson
has gone up several points. Here Is the
list corrected up TO Q A.. M. only, Some
OF the letters received since, might alter
the list slightly:
c. q. Swan. letter carrier in jewelry dis
trict.
Charles G.. Wilson. Hydraulion Com
pany. Bristol.
William r. Matthews. conductor. Bris-
tol horse cars.
William Gardiner, policeman. Of Provi.
dence.
Bradford G. Niles. policeman.
Henry Gray. Olneyville station.
John II. Hall. Hose No. o.
Chester II. Blood. policeman. Fifth pre-
cinct, Providence.
Frank l.. Warfeld. fireman. H. and l..
John j. OTooie, policeman. Station 8,
John B. Livsey, City Hall police.
G. w. Gorton. conductor Prairie ave-
nue..
James Hoard. Bristol, r. 4.
joseph B. Curtis. policeman.
Benjamin X, Jepson, Union Railroad
John C. Kingsford, Central depot. let
ter carrier.
Henry c. Nickerson. Manton.
Charles Is. Baird. policeman, Provi-
dence.
James II. Douglass. letter carrier
William NJ. Gould. conductor Elmwood
John Mullen. foreman fire department,
East Providence.
Henry +. skinner. letter carrier. Elm
wood.
Ira D. Gofr, Narragausett Engine Co..
Riverside. State Councillor u. o. A. NJ.
- S,,tt
Hill route
A. }. winterbottom, fireman, Central
Falls.
Arthur Mowry, conductor. Cranston
line.
Ezra Kent. conductor. Pawtuxet road.
Charles Hoxie, Janitor. Infantry Hall.
Henry ID. White, ticket agent, Elm
wood.
]. Nickerson.
Robert Townsend, fireman, River Point
Theodore. X. Holloway. policeman,
second station.
James ii. Gledhill. letter carrier No. "A.
Joseph Wyman, policeman, sixth pre-
Arnold l.. Potter. special officer. Provi.
dence.
Joseph w. Carpenter, foreman East ave.
nue. fire station.
Everett G. Bliss. driver. Prairie avenue
car.
W. tiavitt
H. T.. Griswold.
Bonnie Henry.
Eugene Tompkins driver, Elmwood
route.
Peter Flynn.
Jacob Book, III. a. T.. No. IL.
:. Joseph %. Anthony, driver, Elmwooi
line.
Timothy Gately. Bristol.
PROVIDENCE. July 81
Editors ofns y,,cr
p ,se place to the credit of Officer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.

CHAPTER CCCCL
An Ordinance In Amendment OF Chapter CCCXCvr
OF the Ordinances Entitled An Ordinance
Directing the City Solicitor TO Examine Deeds
aud Titles Of Land Purchased by the City"
tApproved July l2, 1927
II is ordained by the City Council OF the City Of
Providence as follows:
Section /. Chapter CCCXCvI. of the ordinances
approved July 4, 1892. Is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows, viz;
Section 1. The city solicitor s hereby directed to
examine the deeds and titles Of all lands hereafter
purchased by the City o. Providence wherein a fee
IL 70 be vested In said city, and to furnish the city
auditor with certificates Of said examination
Section .. The city auditor shall not Issue his
warrant for the purchase money for any land here
after purchased by said city until he has received
satisfactory 90 the city solicitor, unless otherwise
ordered by the city council
Section 3. The provisions Of this chapter shall
not apply in the case Of deeds given for the purpose
OF granting an easement to the city, such as for
highway or sewer purposes or the like, and all
upon certificate q the city solicitor that the same
are duly executed and are satisfactory TO the city
WILLIAM r. CLARKE,
jy2o-3t City Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, July 22.-John
eheehan OF Bridgeport, brakeman on
the "Cannon Ball" freight train, was ar
rested by Detective Finn Of Bridgeport,
charged with handling stolen goods. The
proprietors Of the Peterson Silk Works
In bridgeport, have missed valuable goods
n large quantities for some time. A
watch was set with the result that man
named O'Dell, connected with the works,
wns arrested and he implicated Sheehan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22

ePnruorrKLD, W., July 22. - Michael
Dssmend and viii Austen were driving
% the country road in westhersHeid,
vhsn Desmond became unable to manage
ths horse. Toe horse, carriage and driv-
~ were prccipitated 10 feet, down an
embonkment. Desmond's arm and skull
vore broken and death ensued In a few
hours. Desmond had been married
about six weeks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22

HAnrvonp. Conn.,, July 22.-Tbe First
Rrssbytsrian Church has accepted the
rssignstion OF the Rev. DR.. J. Aspinwsil
Hodge and offered him the title of pastor
emeritus- DR.. Hodge has occupied the
potplt Of that church for nearly "a years.
ul-heaith n the cause Of his rstirsment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22

woman, Mas, July 22.-rhe report OF
ths Woburn board of assessors just CON-
pletsd 10 May 1, 1892, shows the valuation
Of that city to be es,525, ,so5, q gain OF
o196, ,01e over 1891. The tax rate for 1892 is
hzsd ~ $3.50 on N 900, the same rate as
LAT year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22

On Wednesday next at noon Isaac l..
Go6 will sell at auction the estate 125
0yesnwioh street. This property will be
aol4 In four parts, consisting Of two lots
O. Peace street., each B by 100; one lot on
Greenwich street, 80 by l13, and one lot
corner OF Greenwich streets so by 40. The
house on the premises will be sold separ-
stely to be removed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22
G'SLBTTER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE I.

various kinds of nails made, aud find
the majority cheerful, but with that
don't care, despondent air, which has
grown upon them since children. At
one of the best. If not the best paid nail
makers we paused for information.
Here are a man, wife and child. The
hours Of labor are from 9 o'clock in the
morning until 10 at night, with short IN
tervals for meals, Man and wife mid
die aged. Boy nearly 10 years old.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22

A shilling is "a cents This statement
corresponds perfectly with information
gained on the spot by one Of the NEWS
editors In 1888 Eds NEWS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
TO MASON CONTRACTORS.

Proposals are invited by the Joint Committee on
City Property for building bank wall, catch basin
ETC. at the Manual Training School Building Estate,
located on Pond street. In the City OF Providence.
a. +.
formation needed can be obtained at this of1cO,
CITY Hall.
and will be received at the Office OF the Superin-
tendent Of Public Buildings, City Hal, until p NJ,
ceived after that date.
The right will be reserved 20 reject an or 81 bids
DAVID BURTON,
! Chairman pro tern. Committee on City Property.
saperinten dent OF Public Buildings. jyeo-st
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Two Guilty Gonsciences.

A Danbury youth went trout fishing
and yentured to drop a sly line into q
posted brook. Soon the approaching
figure of the owner doomed upin the dis
lance, and the Danbury youth knew he
had been seen. He took incontinently
to the bushes, where he spent very
miserable two hours in hiding and
caught q cold that kept him two days in
bed.
Meanwhile the terrible owner, who
was not the owner at all, had sought q
similar refuge at sight Of the original
culprit, and not until his teeth chartered
like typewriter did he venture to leave
the friendly but damp shelter and stink
away from the scene. He was an elder
ly man, and his share in the days sport
resulted in four days rheumatic limp.
Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Home of the Sea Serpent.

The question Of the "great sea SER
pent" has of late come before US with an
episcopal sanction; but whatever may
be the explanation of the various appear
ances which have given certain cur
rency to belief in the existence of an
unknown marine monster of some kind,
that small sea serpents exist is most GER
tain. They are all marine, and with the
exception of one or two species never quit
the water. AS might be expected under
such circumstances they bring forth
their young alive, and these can swim as
soon as they are born.
Mr.. Boulenger tells us that their home
is essentially the coasts of the Indian
ocean and the tropical parts of the west
ern Pacific, from the Persian gulf to
New Guinea and North Australia. One
species, however, ranges from west and
south Africa to the western coast of
tropical America and extends northward
to Japan and southwark to New Zea-
land,-Quarterly Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
WYOMING TROUBLES AGAIN.
A Force of Cowboys Believed to Be Nedi
tating Attack on Settlars

Force OF Cowboys Believed to Be Medi-
tatins Attack on Settlers.
DOUGLASS, Wy, May 31.-Sunday
night seventeen men from Texas, several
OF them Mexicans, calnped at Fort Fet-
terman, eight miles west of here. They
claimed they We're going to johnson
county to work for the George w. Bax-
ter outfit.
The officers here became suspicious
that all was not right and Monday OBJ
tanned what seemed to be positive proof
that the gang is going to johnson county
to make trouble for the settlers. Rifles
and ammunition have been provided
and sent ahead, and when the men reach
certain point they will be armed and
equipped. 1t is believed that small de-
tachments of men have been sent into
johnson county at different points of the
compass, and that the stockmen are nre-
pairing for another massacre of settlers
Authentic information is also received To
the effect that Senator Warren. who is
now in Cheyenne, and Senator Carey.
who has just left for Washington, have
arranged to have martial law declared
in Johnson county as soon as the trouble
begins.
COuriers have been sent to different
points oyer the country to warn the
people of the impending danger and the
intention of the stockmen, and they will
find the people of converse, Natrona and
johnson counsies fully prepared
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
A Pone with the evil Eye"

In the early years of his papacy, when
he was adored by the Roman people,
Plus TX was driving through the streets
of Rome and CHANGED to look up to an
open window, where a nurse was stand
ing with child. A few minutes after
ward the nurse let the child drop to the
pavement below and it was killed. In
stead of laying the blame to the care
lessness of the nurse it was laid to the
malevolent influence of the evil eye,
and the fancy became universal among
the lower classes in Italy that the pope
had the evil eye, and it lasted until his
death. Travellers who knew of the be-
lief were often amused to see people
kneeling to receive the pope's BLESSING
and at the same time holding the fingers
forked to break the malefcent power of
his glance. When Plus TX gave up his
liberal theories and fell back to the old
accustomed methods Of government
there were an abundance of liberals who
took it as proof positive that he was
possessed of an evil spirit. Chicago
Times
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
A lawyers Little Joke.

The humor of the legal mind is some
times trife subtle. There is just now
to be seen in the window of famous
secondhand book shop in the Strand a
complete set of 'Voltaire'' in fifty vol
umes. The set is bound in what is tech
nically known as claw calf" 1t has
evidently belonged to lawyer who hest
tated to let his clients perceive that he
was given to reading anything so mis-
chievously frivolous as the philosopher
Of Ferney, or who could not resist his
own little joke. Instead, therefore, Of
lettering the volume "Voltaire," which
everybody would have understood, he
had them inscribed "Arouet's Reports. ="
The joke would of course be lost upon
those who happened to have forgotten
that the great philosophers proper name
was Arouet de Voltaire.-London Cor.
Yorkshire England) Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Odd Names of Streets.

To reach Boa Vista palace take car
riage at your hotel door and drive down
the Rue Cattete, skirt the bay along the
Praya da Gloria, rattle through the Rita
das Manguerras (street of leather pipes.
dash under the aqueduct arches Cf
Mate Cavallos (horse killing avenue),
turn into the Rue das Invalidas street
of sick people,, and then follow the
Mata Porcas (pig killing street,, until at
last you come to the direct road that
leads out to Sac Christavoe. The well
paved avenue has lampposts set on
either side and is lined with handsome
suburban homes set in gardens of per-
petual bloom, shaded by featherly palm
trees.-Rio Janeiro Cor. Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Only One Poisonous Snake in England.

Only One Poisonous Snake in England.
OF the 1850 different,species of snakes
which are now known to naturalists. the
great majority are not poisonous, and of
the four kinds of snakes, or snakelike
creatures, which inhabit England, only
one is yenomous. This distaste for SER
pents which most persons experience,
gives way in many instances to a feeling
Of interest as soon as, without risk or
danger, they become better understood.
The collection of animals at the London
Geological gardens has now for many
years included considerable number OF
snakes, and SO has greatly helped to diff
fuse a more rational sentiment in their
regard. But much yet remains to be
sfected before that admiration for SER
pents, which their beauty and the many
points of interest they possess really call
COR. is felt by educated persons in gem
eral. Quarterly Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
The EattleSnake'S Younr.

Does the rattlesnake bring forth its
young alive? ! have seen young snakes
run in the old snakes mouth, making a
singing like noise, and upon killing the
old snake and cutting itopen have found
the young packed away side by side, not
in the stomach proper, but in what
seemed place for them.-Cor. Forest
and Stream
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
No Safe Deposit Vaults Needed.

There is no trouble about living in the
polar regions except lack of food sup
ply. No danger exists that the provi-
sions once placed would be disturbed.
Among the people who dwell in those
frozen regions cache is sacred. Moth
ing short of starvation will compel a
native to interfere with one, and even
in such case he leaves payment behind
for what he takes. Snow shoes and ex-
ira clothing are hung up in the open air
in summer and are as safe as the Accom-
terments which city persons thang up"
et their u1cle's during the warm season.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
HE KNEW.
Hiram Was Not at All Scared by tho
Noises Down Stairs.

Hiram Was Not at All Scared by tho
Noises Down Stairs.
1t was 8 o'clock in the morning when
Mrs. Higinbotham shook her husband.
"Ugh," he responded unconsciously.
"Hiram! Hiram!" she exclaimed in a
whisper.
"U-ugh," he observed.
She gave him another shake.
Hiram" she whispered, "there's rob-
bers down stairs"
"Ugh?" he ventured again, this time
with a rising infection indicating that he
was gradually absorbing the idea that
something was wrong.
She gave him tremendous shake.
"Ugh," he almost shouted, sitting
straight up, "what in thunder's the row,
Maria"
She clapped her hand over his mouth.
''Sh-sh!' she whispered, "there's
burglars down stairs"
"Aw," he growled, 1--WE ought to he
thankful they are not up stairs. Go to
sleep!" and he fell back to the pillow.
"Hiram, I tell you," she insisted, with
another shake, ''there's burglars down
stairs. heard them. You 60 down
and see what they want"
MARIA" he protested, "Tn do moth
ing of the sort. If they don't see what
they want they can ask for it. That's
business"
"But you shall go down, Hiram, and
see," she urged and pleaded at the same
time. .,>.
II won't, tell you, Maria. Because
your father owns dry goods store is no
sign that l believe it is no trouble to
show goods, and I repeat, madam, if
those burglars want anything they've
got to wait on themselves. It's after
business hours anyway. You must
think we run an all night place. Go to
sleep, tell you"
Mrs. Higinbotham gave q sudden
clutch at his arm.
"There," she nearly screamed, 81 hear
them coming up stairs now"
"Well, DEAR" he said soothingly,
''you'd better jump up and put on a
dress. 1t will never do in the world for
you to receive strange gentlemen in your
present attire"
"We'n be murdered in our BEDS" she
walled.
"Do you really think you WILL" he in
quired with some interest.
I'm sure of it, Hiram" she sobbed.
Suppose you get out and lie on the
floor, Maria, and then you won't be-" he
suggested heartlessly. "Tm willing to
take mine right here in bed, where it's
warm"
Mrs. Fl. began to cry.
"What's the matter, Maria?" Mr.. II.
asked, as if he had just that moment
discovered her grief.
You're a mean. horrid man, Hiram
Higinbotham," she said in her natural
voice, and she began to get out of bed.
"Where are you going, Maria?" he in
quired uneasily.
"Down stairs" she answered heroical-
ly. "As between you upstairs and the
burglars down stairs, prefer the bur-
glars" and down stairs she went, and the
black cat in the preserve closet upset
four jars of her finest ounces in its mad
effort to escape.
She screamed, but Hiram Higinbotham
made no sign; he knew he had forgotten
to put the cat in the cellar when he shut
the house up for the night and reported
to his wife that everything was all right.
Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
---.-.-.s ,--..- -.
AN EPITAPH.

dreamed that one had died in strange place
Near no accustomed hand.
And they had nailed the boards above her face
The peasants of that land.
And. wondering, planted by her solitude
A cypress and yew.
/ came and wrote upon cross OF wood
Man had no more to do
"She was more beautiful than thy first love.
This lady by the trees"
And razed upon the mournful stars above
And heard the mournful breeze.
w. B. Yeats.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Ancient Sacrifices to the Sea.

The navigators of antiquity, to whose
imaginative ignorance the ocean seemed
peopled and beset with chimeras dire
and supernatural agencies of all sorts,
used often to sacrifice human lives to
the mysterious water gods. tits regard
ed by tradition that Idomeneus, king Of
Crete, vowed to sacrifice to Neptune the
first living thing he met after escaping
from storm, and this happening to be
his son, he fulfilled his VOW religiously,
Medea nearly became sacrifice during
Che return voyage of the Argonauts.-
Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Taking Off Old Wall Paper.

To take off wall paper previous to
painting or papering, wet the old paper
thoroughly with long handled brush
dipped in warm water. Let it rest until
the water has penetrated it and the
paper blisters and loosens, when you
can peel it off with your hands. Do not
wet too much at time.-New York
Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Respecting the Dead.

Mrs, Why, Bridget,
heard of the death of poor Tim, your
husband, and that you were married
again; and now, poor girl is it possible
your second husband too?
Bridget Gin deep mourning Oh, no,
mum. He's all right. But | always
promised meself, whiniver ! could af-
ford it, wud put on mornin for poor
deaNTim, and it's very well off / am
mum, since I'm married this time.
mum. Harper's Bazaar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Testing Love.

Southern children have a very pretty
way of telling fortunes" with the dod
der vine or love vine, as they call it. A
pieces is broken Off and twisted around
the head three times, then dropped on
a bank behind them. If the sweetheart
is true it grows. If it dies, he or she is
false.
The mullen stalk is also used to learn
the constancy or the fickleness of the
lover. The stalk is broken, but not de-
tached, and if it continues to grow the
absent one is constant, or vice versa
New York World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
Guarding Agaiast sparks.

A new arc lamp has wire gauze pro-
tectcz upon the top of it, the object
being to prevent the escape of the dan
gerous sparks which occasionally fly
from the carbon poles and are the cause
Of fires. The gauze is fine and does not
interfere with the diffusion of the light
nor with the placing of the carbons.-
New York Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
The Market value of a Maine Man.

A Belfast man who evidently had
been rejected by some pensioned widow
was discussing pensions recently. He
said very Indignantly: IF had my way
I'd abolish the darned widows pensions.
They won't marry, preferring twelve
dollars pcr month to a man. Abolish
'em, sayr--B Bangor (Me.) Commercial
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
economy in Rapid Freirbt Tra,n..

A German engineer concludes that if
the speed instead Of the load of freight
trains be increased from fourteen to
twenty-eight miles per hour the expenses
per car mile at the higher speed would
be one-fourth less for repairs and only
one-ffth more for fuel. New York