The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-28

bridge be compelled TO run out from MS
little cabin to the too of the becoming
steamers whistle No more VIII the
boys returning from swimming grasp
hold of the long lever that swings ABOUT
the BRIDE. Neither will the ladies'
waiting in their cirrlages for the bridge
to close murmur their sympathy ior
"that poor man. what hard work that
must be-" For In the future the bridge
q will Dc wor ed by electricity. Wires
have already been laid, and the batteries
placed under the bridge. All that Il
wanting is the connecting wires which
captain will sit in his little cabin there.
press button aud the Narragansett
Electric Lighting power VIII do the rest.
This Is change that has long peeh
needed. II was far too much ior Two inen
10 ing around that great bridge at any
time TO say nothing OF the task during
the hot weather
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The present year of grace. which may
be fifty characterized AS the age or street
cars, Is witnessing "A gradual extinc-
tion of at least one spartan virtue
w ich contributed materially 10 tne
longevity OF our ancestors. Inc desire
for "a morning constitutional. l. o., "a
brisk morning walls. is rapidly being rel
egated TO a mere Evolutionary condition.
1t used TO be proverb among our iore-
fathers that the early morning
miles, added at least ten y ars
TO ones life, toned up the life current
aud cleared aud fresnened the befogged
intellect. II WAS recommended ana pre-
allopathic doses by the majority
of mankind. It's effect upon the
system was undoubtedly salutary
and kept many an hereditary invalid out
of the doctors care But advancing
civilization as typified by the street car
al sarinn4 inrnad in this his
toric exercise. Everybody takes car
nowadays, even to 20 distance OF
three or four blocks. The art OF walkinS
is gradually being forgotten. IL Is q lsap-
pearing almost as completely as the
aborigne. 1t means IN neyln the pocA-
cts of the transporta Ion companies, al.o,
presumably, in the pockets Of the family
physician.
The Dorrance street sewer Is CONF
pleted as far as Westminster street ana
In few days that thoroughfare VIII be
blocked not, however, until Weyboss sett
street is opened 10 traIc New arrange
Inents will be made by the Union rail
rJAd company, aud all cars on the west
side will 20 up Neybossett street ana
come down Washington. The sewer Is
being rapidly pushed TO completion, and
it will only be vrry short time In max
ing It's way acr ,Ss Westminster street.
Mrs. James Shumann of Philadelphia
is the guest oil friends on Hope street,
this city.
Gardeners and owners of fine lawns are
co planning of the dry weather They
saw that IL is we'll nigh impossible To
keep lawns looking fresh and green dur
ing such dry weather as we have been ex-
reriencing 1t is a fact that one motto
1..I Iatt s.y.
force their yellow, unsightly appearance
upon the eye. There is only one way to
keep lawns free from this plgue ana that
is to use plenty of water after the sun has
gone down, although It is wise TO keep
sprinklers going all day long
"Oh. VS." said d. Scribble, II wife
fer the papah's now / w'ite vewv ori-
ginally, We know, / never was guilty of
copying from anybody's stvle My wit
ing is honesl"-"Yes," replied Van Cynic,
Poor but honest"
The filthy condition Of the river is he
coming almost unbe iraOle along DYER
sud South Water streets. During the
lot days OF the past two weeks
the stream has become "A veritabe
pool If iniquity. 1t is SO black that it
could be bottled and sol as one extra
high grade Of writing fluid. The fruiJ
wagons on DYER street, with all their
to temper the tetid blast
that arises from the river when the wind
and heat are right. Pedestrians hurry
by with averted nosirils and tortured
countenalces. A month more of hot
weather and the river viii be strong
enou Ia to walk.
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Twas riding down from Prospect street
on the cable cars yesterday and as we
turned to go down the hill L was sur
prised to hear some ladies on the grip
give little shrek and wildly sign al the
conductor to stop the car He old so
and hurrieily the la les got off. MY"
said one, II wouldn't ride down hat
horrld sleep hill for anything" That
explained It, After paying their
fares to Market SOU re these timorous
women walked down the hiil,the worst
part of the route for walking. In talk
ing with the conductor L learned that
this was a thing o quite common occur
renee. He said that not only women lost
tleir courage at the sight Of Gue steep
College hill but that many men also did
the same thing and preferred walking.
You cannot count the crowd that visits
Shepard 81 Company's, 259-273 Vest
minister street, but you can be one OF tue
number. Are you in 1t ?
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When few days ago the News puo-
lished an interesting accoun nt OF froZe1
pond discovered by Two bows near Glou-
cester there were some who felt that this
was phenomenon without n parallel.
But it seems that this same stratum-like
formation OF chem ical v-changed skel-
etons of BIRDS from he Phi Gene age Gt is
now considered that they must have ex-
listed in this age) were not wholly pecu-
liar to Rhode Island A similar pond has
Eeen discovered 1 the south. The fol-
loNin is the account published in the
Philade pHia X cord:
In the nor u side o Stone Noun tain,
six miles rom the Iouth of > onv Creek,
in Scott county, has been dlscovere "a
natural ice-hous, on a grand scale. One
OF toe old se.tlers first discovered it
about 1880, hut OWING to the fac hat the
land on which H. i situated uld not b,
bought he refused 20 tell us where
abouts, AMI would only take ice from il
In ca q Z sic ess.
lie died without revealing he secret TO