The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-06


noticed this morning that the keyhole
in the door where live Is surrounded
with halo of bare wood. The varnish
has been scraped of for complete radius
of about half an Inch. Some doors have
the varnish scratched of from the bottom
where the reluctant night Key has hsl1to
begin and work up / think the fact that
the varnish 10 scraped away only half au
inch from the keynote on our door speaks
very well for the folks that live In our
house.
Why is the foliage OF Rhode Island
trees like Joseph's coatf Because it Is OF
many colors.
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''Thers weresome pretty dizzy reports
on the yacht race" said man coming
down in the horse car this morning. II
took the Telegram. Journal AMI News
home with me last nigt. The first had the
Valkyrie turn the stakeboat' three
fYerent times. Apparently she wasdoing
nothing but sail around stakeboat.
when really there was only one turn to
make. The Journal had the stake
boat turned twice. and the most reliable
account that read was that given by
The News" The reason WAS that The
News report was se t by the most relia-
BILE news agency in the wor d aud was
not a faxed account. 1t will tomorrow
publish the IN st interesting and c)m-
D etc account OF The second trial of the
two big sloops
j. ID. Wiiter and wife OF Hope Valley
are visiting relatives In this city.
William Place OF this city has pur-
chased the o. Addison Gardiner estate at
Auburn. aud intends to remove there.
Miss Colwell Of this city is visiting
Mss Grace Budlong Of Apponaug.
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He was driving one of the city tip carts
the other day, aud when the noon holr
was proclaimed by the bells and seam
whistles In the city, he found himself on
Haymsrket street. near the stable OF
Station /. OF course the horse intuitively
stopped when the whistles blew. habit
cultivated by nearly quarter OF
century's work on the highways, and
he stopped also. although but few feet
away was the newly made trench gaping
for the dirt which wasi his cart. But os
matter OF course, no more work could
he done when the dinner hour arrived.
Overte ,ring ovefseers and cranky fore
men have given up attempting to force
their laborers TO work during that hour.
II belongs O them and the laborers know
it. The driver discussed his dinner vora
ciou sly, but before he had lotten any
where near through he missed one or the
most nportant conc lmitants. II was
the salt and there was painful lack of
this useful commodity. II. looked in vain
for brother workman. but all were
several blocks away and he was too
tired to seek them. At.
length the open doors OF the
'hurry-u up" barn caught his attention,
and he started for the barn with the de-
termination Of borrowing some salt. The
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answer to the inquiry told him to help
himself from pail standing under the
sink. and the tip-cart man at once seiz ID
a handful from the pail aud swallowed
IL, but what yell followed.
He howled, seized his stomach
with both ands and danced about raw
ing and spitti ~. The driver OF
the "hurrg-up" rave with him, until the
tip cart man found I'll me TO sputter "wh-
what's In that saltt" Then the patrol
driver sat down and laughed. for the tip
cart man had got into the wrong p,il and
had taken handful OF chloride OF lime
by mis- AXE. The dinner hour for the tip
cart man was prolonged for the rest of the
day.
Yesterday wa Rhode land day at the
Worlds fair, but it wasn't Rhode Island
day off Sandy Hook lightship.
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thinkers OF any denomination whatever,
TO attempt to disprl the illusions
OF nineteenth century superstition.
of superstitious doctrines, admit
with equal facility mat they are
among the victims No amount OF rea-
isoning, ridicule nor expense can shake
.ne's faith in superstitious delusion. /
attended sale recently of the effects of
man who had died by his own hand.
Scores of people who were present
from motives of mere curiosity
refused to pu ch SO or even bid on tie
property. A superstitious fear that i'll
luck would follow their possession pre-
vented them from bidding o many really
valuable articles
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IntTe NTe La CnuTCues uuu IclHious
organizations Ia Pr vidence aud 100
clerxymen. There are 2l5 clergymen in
the state.
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Misses Julia and Effie Jos lin of this
city are the gu ats Of Mrs. Joslln OF Cen
treville.
Deacon Henry Bailey and wife of Ma
tick are visiting friends in this city.
Mrs. Nellie Strait Of this city visited
friends In Harris this week.
Mrs. Abby +. Baker, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Susan G.. Clarke.
of Pontiac, has returned TO her home ia
this city.
Mrs. Doty OF this city visited in Airing
ton this week.
Mr.. George Chace OF this city Is visiting
friends in Arctic
Mr.. Thomas Murray OF this city visited |
his mother at Cronpton this week.
Mrs Mccormick OF this city, who has |
been visiting friends in Arctic, returned |
In her han,o thta