The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-25


endeavor. The statement was not made
unsdvisedly. Facts and figures were
cited 10 prove assertions aud
a clear case was made out for this city.
1t is q comforting aud stimulating
thought. In this hurly-burly age when
each man Is for himself and has no time.
30 he thinks, to tighten the burdens ana
sorrows or the unfortunate, any city may
be proud of record that entities IL TO q
place In the ranks of the doers OF good.
While y. evidence to q certain extent Is
free from the low order Of suffering and
degradation that Invests many OF the
large cities. there Is ample work for
benevolence, ample opportunity to dis
cover that the other half Of the world
does not live 80 easily, so costly. so
comfortably as we do, ample
reason for the existence OF numerous
charitable organizations with hearts OF
ply and sympathy and purse strings that
never refuse to loosen In worthy cause
1t Is true of every sizcable city and 1t is
comfort to know that Providence does not
wish aud does not try TO shirk its re-
sponsibility In the matter.
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A n EdRewood man has printed card
OF regulations for public information
issued by the Wells-Fargo express COM
pany ip the early fif. les, the last regula-
tion of which reads: ''rhe company will
not be responsible for auy loss or damage
occasioned by fire, the acts Of God. or OF
indians or any other public enemies OF
the government"
Postage stamp collectors will be inter-
ested to hear that new postage stamp
will shortly be issusd. and there is GOOD
prospect of its becoming very rare at no
distant date. The French government
has just created, as an experiment only,
postal service by camel express in the
French territories of Obock and the
Somaii coast. In connection with
this service a special provis-
ional stamp will be issued, the
value being five francs. The new stamp
is triangular, like the OLD Cape OF Good
Hope vignettes. In the centre is ''me-
bari" or racing camel; in the background
desert landscape. Around are inscrip-
tions in three languages -Abyssinian,
Arabic ana French-ment ioning the year
OF issue aud the nane Of the colony. La
ter on, il the experiment is satisfactory, a
further issue of stamps will be made, the
values ranging from two to Fifty francs.
A little girl, living on the. east side. was
saying her prayers the other evening aud
had just finished Give us this dty our
daily bread, when precocious A. year-old
brother exclaimed: Say tookies, Ida.
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1t is hard on young man 10 spend
three months deciding which Of two girls
he will choose for his wife, aud then to
find out when he proposes taat neither OF
them will have him.
''The outrageous charges OF the Long
Distance Telephone company" said
prominent business mau to me today,
should be denounced by the business
community in such a way that the COM
pany would pay some heed to the pro-
tests. Just thiuk. Five minutes conver-
sation with Chicago costs yod gil, and
between Providence and Boston 40 cents
for five minutes The general basis for
their charges Is one cen mile for the
distance covered. Why, it's outrageous.
but it goes simply b,cause
they have monopoly. The
result is the telephone is not used
nearly so much as it is in Europe where
the charges are moderate. For example,
line has just been opened between Chris
tiana and Stockholm, q distance Of 3S5
miles. The charge for three-minute
conversation is forty-one cents. From
Augusta, Me-, to New York city, which
is about the same distance, the
charge would be 50. On this Nor
way-Swedish line additional three
minutes conversation would lie at
the rate OF fourteen cents. Here It
would be just the same as the original
rate, namely, three dollars. When tbs
telephone monopoly is knocked out in
this country YOU can telephone just as
cheaply here"
Mr.. aud Mrs Herbert Mason of this
city are visiting friends in Phenx
Mr.. Herbert Ross OF this city spent
Friday with friends In Arctic.
Mr.. George ii. Briggs Ct this city is the
guest Of X. A. Brown of Wexford.
Mrs. Henry b. Williams of this city Is
visiting George II. Greene of Wexford.
Mr.. Lewis A. Burdick OF this city is at
Wexford for y two weeks vacation.
Mr.. Walter Il. Barker of this city is the
guest Of Henry p. Brown OF Wexford.
Mr.. Wilbur 4. Parks Of this city Is the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Peckham
of Wexford.
Harold A. Cobb Of this city Is spending
few days in WEXFORD, the guest Of f.
ii. Browning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Barton OF this
city are the guests OF w. II. Reynolds OF
Wexford.
Miss Alvesdia Wallace of this city has
returned from visit to Woodville.
Mr.. George d. Griffith aud wife Of this
city are visiting in Hope Valley.
Rev. f. ID. Bentley of Westerly visited
this city Saturday.
Rsv. G. w. Anderson of this city
preached at the Methodist church. West
erly. yesterday.
Mr.. William Brayton of this city,
former resident OF Slstersville, visited
friends there S ,turday.
President Andrews OF Brown will at.
tend the Williams college centennial
which is to be ce'ebrat,d at Williams
town, Mass, Oct. 8, o and 10.
II. p. Garritt Of this city has been