The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15
AS 1T IS TALKED.

The perennial question of summe
drinks has blossomed forth again, and
people who are not advocates of alco-
holic beverages are hard at work devils
ing new arguments in favor OF their pet
liquids. II you will observe carefully you
will notice that the soft drinks most
in demand are those that occupy a large
amount OF space, but have no specific
gravity. Soda water, enormously So
called, Is nothing but sweetened water
into which a little carbonic acid
gas has been injected. The vari-
Gus p~hosphates are nothing but
sweetened dreams. They are without
form and void. Lemonade possesses
some solidity, but there is little call for
1t, possibly for that reason. Tn fad for
light drinks is tending in the direction of
some form of sweetened gas, devoid OF
bulk, but. potent in its u for tick
ling the gustatory nerves; . drink that
you NAV inhale at SO much per cubic
foot. There is O fortune in it for some
inventor.
Last Saturday while cleaning a catch
basin on Croker avenue, an emplove of
the sewer department suddenly discov-
cred that he had as IA compa Mon a big
ana ugly muskrat- 1t didn't take hi
long to climb up the ladder, and he
didn't care to descend again until the
rat was put beyond the possibility of
using his sharp teeth. S;ones aud brick
bats were hurled into the basin. but the
rodent lodged the missiles successfully,
and he remained unhurt after he a
been poked at for half an hour by bor-
rowed clothespoles. At last some one
ernuaata1 ahnnffn0 fha infrudar rn
was loaded with a heavy charge of buck
shot, and TO this summary argument the
rat succumbed. Then the work OF clean
ing the b asin las resumed.
I find this about the Brown biseb all
niue in the page about amateur sports
written for Harper's Weekly by Cooper
w. Whitney. He was writing about the
game with Yale: "The Brown nine,
with Sexton and Tenny, is strong.
Weeks is as quick aud reliable a first
baseman as has covered that bag on any
college nine for years. His remarkable
one hand catch in the Yale game was no
grand-standp play. but good ball. Steer
covers short well. but McGill aud Jones
are not quick enough on thrown balls"
1t is stated on no less an authority
than the New York Herald that Mr.. j. j.
Van Allen of Newport contributed
exactly $4,000" toward the Cleveland
campaign fund. The same authority
says that Mr.. Van Allen expects to get
the Italian mission, which has not yet
been filed. The talk Of the street in this
capital has been that the distinguished
Newporter is likely to be forgotten by
Il x-oosJaat Itt fLa a,,Nr- - tknt
$4,000 ought to preclude that.
As | rode on the back platform of the
car on my wav to church yesterday, /
saw tv boys stamping" each other to
walk along a loosely balanced joist near
a new building. Not a very devotional
exercise. you say-in truth IL was not,
but the conductor OF the car managed to
draw n moral from Ii. The first boy
walked the dangerous plank safely, with
his eyes fastened upon places to
place his feet. The other then tried.
He first glanced at the car. which was
moving up hill slowly. and then started
off with a flourish. About half way
overland the temptation to look aud
notice how his efforts were being appre-
ciated by the people In the car overcame
her judgment and he lost his balance
ana fell-to mis- considerable chagrin.
"The re-" moralized the conductor as
he punched the last fare. That's just The
way half the people go through life.
They can't do ANYTHING without watch
ing out To see IL anybody is watching and
ad and consequently they lose
-..Lt "a sk,y. a.. -.-I.-- r.
applause aud drop"