The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-07
LOOKING CLASS.

Rum will do lots OF things. IL will
turn night into day. gloom into sur shine,
work into play. misfortune into luxury
etc, az we'll AS vice versa later on. Per-
haps tho most weirdly strange thing that
it often does, especially weirdly strangein
the present hard aud grasping times, IL
TO make a victim inordinately generous.
Yesterday n particular victim had spent
she last dime be owned after getting his
jig Ia peanuts. He wanted To share them
with the general public and stood on
corner offering them gratis to every
passer by.
"A woman Is born stylish just as she
may be born with blu, eyes" says Maria
Louisa Pool In description OF Roweny.
Some women will wear a. 10-cent print
with an air that others cannot achieve
by silks and sAt.ns. Fortunate 10 the
1irl whose instincts guide her right In
the selection OF fabrics and styles, she
who with no effort seems TO know just
how to cover her deftcss and show off her
good points Tnis is the art OF dressing.
and let no one ,uggest it is not wcrthy
one. Better study and cultivate such an
art than trust dressmaker no matter
how fashionable, TO decide important
, de ails without consultation, for un-
less she has great powers Of dis
tinguishing aud n vast fund Of original
ideas she will, after while, stamp each
and ever dress with certain Characters
lics, so that it becomes easy in any circle
TO teft who made madam's new suit.
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Star gazers will be rewarded for their
pains between the 10th and 18th OF the
month. Our sphere at this time passes
through a ring of small bodies, which
become entangled In cur atmosphere and
are consumed by the intense heat gene
rated by friction. Our atmosphere Is
shield which protects us from what
would otherwise be an intoleraDle bonn
bardment. The ring OF meteoric matter
is not OF uniform thickness. aud as il IL
revolving round the sun in n period of
about 33 years. we pass through portions
of d ifrerent thickness in our annual cross
ing.
Yesterday morning as the Shore line
train from New York drew iuto the depot
a we'll dressed young man stepped out on
the platform followed moment later by
a well groomed, well dressed man wearing
a monocle. 1t needed but momentary
glance TO tell who they were. Joseph
Chamberlain and his son, A. Chau berlain.
They were on their way TO Boston and
Salem, where they viii visit the Endicotts
who are the parents Of Mrs. Cham berlain.
The son, who is with the father. is
child by his first wife.
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"These bargain sales are funny
things" said a floorwalker in big estab-
lishment on Westminster street recently.
Housewives often pride themselves
on being economical who are really just
the opposite. It is not economy TO buy
dress materials only thirty inches wide at
seventy-hve cents a yard In preference to
those fifty inches wide at 81. There are
so many who do not stop to consider that
the wider material is generally far better
iD quality and sure TO cut 20 much better
advantage, so that eight yards OF the
latter is equal to twelve OF the former.
Watch bargain counter OF cheap dress
fabrics aud notice how many need this
lesson. 1t is never economy to buy need
less articles be ecause selling cheap, unless
such useful ones as blankets, comfort
ables, table linen and towels, fer if these
are not needed Immediately they will be
US the years Of housekeeping so on, and
it is very satisfactory &, have an extra
supply Many who do not feel the de-
preston in money affairs are taking ad-
vantage of tie great bargains in these
lines"
An inquirer says "The Looking Glass
yesterday had something on the weight Of
the sea. Iwouh like 10 know If any CAL
oulasion has ever b,en made as to the
amount OF common salt in all the oceans
taken together?" Yes, gentle reader,
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common salt in all the oceans is estimated
by Schafhautt Mt 3.05l, cnbc geo.
graphic miles, or about hve times more
than the mass OF the Alps end only one
third less than that Of {. g Himalsya. The
sulpt ate Of soda equals 633,644 30 cubic
miles, or is equal TO the mass OF the Alps.
The chloride Of magnesium, 44l, l,Sll.S0
cubic miles. The lime salts, l0Q,-
339 A cubic miles. H. supposes the
mean depth TO be about 800 meters, as ssti-
mated by Humboldt. Admitting with
Lapace that the mean depth is from
four TO five miles, which Is more prob
able the mass OF marine salt will be more
than double the mass OF the Himalnya.
The weight OF water in the oceans equals
2,49i, 5o0, ,0O0, ,00o, 900 OF tons, and the per-
ceutage OF common salt In the oceans
is27 Therefore, the amount OF common
salt in the oceans taken together is about
679. .5l5 0O0. 100000 Of tons. Were all the
salts OF the oceans preopitated and
spread out equally over the land they
would, It has been computed. cover the
ground one mile deep over an area OF z.
100000 square miles. The Democratic
year book Is not at hand TO tell how much
salt there Is up Salt River. but the voters
In thirteen states today will tell thestory
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Mr.. John Burns of Natick has been
visiting friends In this city.
Mrs. Hartman of Apponaug, who has
been visiting friends in this city, has
returned home.
Master Willie Davis Of this city is the
guest of his aunt in Harris.
Mr.. Amos Sherman OF this city is visit
bis parents in Arctic.
Mrs. Kate Healy of Proyidencs is visit
ing friends in Aichc.