The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-18
LOOKING GLASS.

tails / have seen for long time was on
Broad street electric this morning. The
car stopped ont in front OF the Oakland
cemetery In Edgewood as II TO allow u
passenger to get on board. But no pas
senger appeared and the car didn't star.
The conductor pulled paper out OF his
pocket and tho driver sat down on the
front platform and took ~ book out OF
his pocket and hegan to read. The
passen gers began to look surprised at
these quiet manmIyrcs and suddenly
sarill childish treble broke the silence
and the conductors youthful son on
board said. Powers off. papa" Sure
enough the power was oil and appar-
emily away off. IL WAS s, lar of that 1t
took forty-nve minutes for IL TO come
back again. and then 1t came back 80
weak that the car barely crawled along
! pItied one party on board. A young
couple with two children were going oil
on n vacation and the failurs to catch
a train knocked them out for
whole day, and as the young
husband has only week to be absent he
naturally felt not oDly disgusted but dis
appointed. Clerks who were ON their
way to their work looked anxiously Mt
their watci es and people who live away
out began to think that they had better
move back to town. It is no uncommon
occurrence these days aud IL is growing
trlfe monotonous. Inquiry Mt the COM
pany's station resulted in gruH II cant
tell you anything about it,"
One OF the most interesting sights TO
be seen IN this city Is the
army OF hucksters ana farmers
carts loaded with produce to be
seen on Crawford street bridge at an
early hour in the morning. Every variety
OF vegetables and fruit that
the market affords Is brought
in In profusion aud the s,ene is one
of activity. The farmers finally dispose
OF their produce and disappear. The
street hucksters make their purchases
and start on their daily rounds through
tho city streets to sell their goods. but
tie next morning the same eager throng
appears and the same sort OF transactions
are carried on.
"There never was n time since / can
remember" said clothing dealer OF this
city Yesterday, when dollar would go
30 far as it does today. Clothing is
cheaper than for years aud tito same is
true Of all kinds OF gentlemen's furnish
inVs. Suits of well-maoe clothing,
OF good material, and il the latest make.
can be purchased for $40 and sl2, aud good
comfortable wool suits can be bought as
low as s. per suit. Or course the more
stylish makes run as high as ever. but for
the majority OF men $40 will cover the
cost Of GOOD suit OF clothes"
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In the Boston Globe this morning that
Secretary OF State Utter would resign in
few days. Mr.. Utter does not want the
cffice and would be glad TO be relieved OF
iis responsibilities 30 that he can give his
attention to his private business. At the
same time ne does not propose TO shirk
duty with which the people OF the state
have charged him.
A Providence belle is responsible for
Que oil the brightest mots OF the season.
She has made the tour OF about all the
watering places on the coast, and on her
return home declared that ''in these times
OF financial stringeucy it Is lucky sum-
mer girl who is able to send "a young
man 10 Pa"
A man who has felt the pinch OF the
monetary stringency reports TO the Look
ing Glass that he found himself needing
shoes. He has his own last and always
wears shoes or the same pattern. He got
out all the old pairs he had. He took
left shoe that had fairly good upper
from one pair and right shos with
kood upper from another pair These
odd st oe he took to cobbler and had
taI ha hau EnI fa ,to.s
aud as they couIG not tell their respective
ages and were made on tue same last
they are being worn now AS mates. Such
are the devices hard times encourage.
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Probably very few people know that an
old 1876 diarv would serve as we'll for
this year, as the dates sincs March | are
identical There are secondhand book
store, in the large cities that do quite
bust ess selling o.d diari q. Those tha,
happen TO have diaries made for 1876 arc
now in luck. 1t is singular. also, that
the years with identical dates are those
made not able by the two greatest ex-
positions ever held-tbe Centennial in
1876 and the Worlds fair In 1893.
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L. one respect the mo netary stringency
ana the reIuSdl Oh bue DtukS 10 Casil
checks and drafts on banks in other
cities is operating advantageously to the
government. 1t has gncatly incre lssd the
money order business OF the posi- Offices
Instead Of checks and drafts being sent 20
liquidate smal accounts, as naturally
ard formerly, postal orders are now made
ne o.. This brings u snail profit TO
Uncle Sam and emphasizes tb, extreme
slliness Of tn, at itude of the banks that
has driven business to make use of an
expeiient desi1n, d only for the use Of
p.cplc who oc ;asionally with To transmit
small sums OF money.
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Yesterday hear a man say that there
was not man or woman in Rhode
Island that knew how to make a clam
chowder. This to me seemed strange, as
there are no two per-ous that make this
delici Jus dish the same way, and doubt
very much il the man from Maine can
produce any one from any nation that
can make as goo a chowder rs can be
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