The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-21
AS IN A LOOKING CLASS.
The Domgs, Sayings, Happenings ana
Sights of a Day in the City.

position to find unnecessary fault with
bicyc'ers, yet they certairly should re-
member that the rights they claim for
themselves Others expect from them.
Mr.. Lse says: II wish you would call
atlrDiio on 10 the dangerous practice of
b'cyolisls In riding behind the electric or
horse cars. When "A passenger wishes to
get on or of and the driver or motorman
puts on brakes. the bicyclists in order TO
AVOID collision run to Que side or other or
tho car. They have no knowledge OF
which side the passenger wishes TO alight
from or get on, aud maUy narrow es-
cspes are common. Inis morning on
getting on Broad street electric, in or
der TO save myself from collision with a
bicycle, had to collide with the car and
am bruised up badly. / cannot blame
Tue men In charge Of he car. aud as the
bicycles have ~ sign or numbsr do not
know how 10 seek redress. L wish you
would a2itate this matter ana see N some
rules cannot be adopted for the protec-
tion Of people. 1t Is bad enough TO have
to look out for bicycles without having
them In rear or cars"
The subject of conversation among all
the piazza groups last evening was the
acquittai OF Lizzie Borden. This morn
ing l Vas awakened by one milkman
calling to another the news. Then COM
lug down town on the street car every
body was talking on the same subject.
The jury's verdict seemed to satisfy al
most all.
The Boston letter i'm the current Critic
has this reference To Mr.. A. M. Wi lliams,
" ho Is probably at present our TO remost
active literary worker: "Mr. Willia ms
for twenty years has been thinking an q
working on this Life OF Sam Houston
until now his work has taken shape in
the publishing house Of Houghton.
Mifiin a. Co., and will be published in
Septemb.r. Having lived in Texas and
having known Houston and his friends
personally, Mr.. Williams has abundant
acquaintance with local color for his
story. while Mr.. Roche assures me. from
the chapters he has read, that the book.
In its fasc ination OF treatment ana
limpid style, resembles Prescott's works.
The author intends IL to be popular as
well as valuable to students. In the
newspaper world Mr.. Williams is best
Known as the editor, for twenty five
years, of the Providence Journal. and
the one who swung that formerly stall
wart Republican organ over into the
Mugwump ranks during the Cievela nd
campaign. But he has mad wide ex-
perience outside of a newspaper Office.
During the war he was brave soldier
In the 4th Massachusetts,, aud was one OF
those VINO volunteered for the "Forlo rn
Hope" at Port Hudson-and therefore,
IL may be said, one of those who no W
seek from congress the long-delayed d
medal promised TO the brave boys-iu-blu 0
who accepted The words OF their COM
mander as guarantee OF the government
on that notable occasion. AT the end Of
the war Mr. Williams was ergeant.
Afterwards he became secretary OF the
first Indian Territorial Assembly Of the
Cherokee Nation"
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The crow was created for cause and the
peacock for effect.
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As an evidence of the growth AMI pop
ularity Of the suburbs anu outl ying
towns of this city just notice the throng 9
of people that cross Exchange place ev-
ery morning from the incoming accom-
mediation trains. They number among
them business aud professional men,
clerks, school girls ana boys, mechanics
and men of all occupations. They come
from below Kingston. and above Woon-
socket, in all directions, and all
with faces turned toward the dingy old
station across Exchange place. These
daily Imigrators all know each other,
aud the scene within the early cars
coming in and the late ones going out in
the afternoon might be an excursion
party, from noise and laughter Of many
voices. In the summer tnis number in
population take summer houses in the
country and down the bay, thus avoid
ing the heat OF the city.