The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-26
LOOKING CLASS.

newspapers, and for very exceiient res-
son. II would be a very ordinary bit OF
glass, broken and ragged. were II not for
newspaper. and from belief In an indi-
vidual to belief In class Is a step that
is easily taken. A newspaper is a neces-
sity Of life. Certainly The News is nec's-
sary to the happiress and comfort OF
thousands. You cln always find some
thing Instructive. entertaining and
nswsy within its columns. no
matter In what walk la Ire
you may be located. But a newspaper
has been legally pronounced a necessity OF
life. may not be able TO exactly relate
the story, but as / remember 1t 1t runs
this way: The st. Paul Board of Control
lately asked the corporation attorney Tor
his opinion as to whether they could law
fully furnish the county almshouse ana
city hospital with newspapers; and the
corporation attorneys opinion Is that
they may, for he holds that newspapers
are necessities of life. The opinion is
a sound statement Of fact. The news
paper has become necessity to Ameri-
cans, aud to be shut out from knowl-
edge Of what is going on in the worid
would be as great q hardship to them
as any other except lack OF food. cloth-
ing. or shelter. The life is more than
meat. and the body than raiment; ana
the sal isfaction of the mind is as ieeit'-
mate as the satisfaction OF the bodily
wants. and OF higher order. The SICK
In the hospitals and the paupers In tne
almshouses may share in the common
privileges of Americans The news.
paper is the university aud the library OF
the people, the common school OF man.
hood. 1t is the great debating cluD OF
politics. the exchange OF business. the
record of each day OF human experience.
II is necessary TO the proper DISCHARGE OF
tns political duties OF the citizen.
But newspaper. at least good news
paper. is more than a necessity. IL brings
into the narrowest life some sense or the
vast life of the world. 1t is full OF trag-
edy and comedy wit and passion, the
heroic and humble, the crime and merri-
ment of nations. IL is a great realistic
history. 1t is daily commentary upon
human nature.
The field of the advertising man. which
seems to be unlimited. has extended TO
the very dining rooms. His latest iaea
in to supply dishes with advertisements
burned OH them to restaurants at an
almost give-away figure. 80 when one
raises a nicely turned omeiet from the
dish before him he must not be startled
10 be greeted with the inscription, use
Hunkidory for that mornins-af or heau-
ache" Under the sheltering wing OF
broiled chicken he may have the. advice
thrust upon him to Take the O., II.
aud X. route for Chicago" This is the
very newest but the most expensive KIND
Of advertising.
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A well-known lady on the east side
last week engaged German girl who had
lust landed. When the end Of the week
came the girl brought the new'mistress a
little book, in which stamps were pasted.
and asked her il she would please
nut a stamp In. The mistress looked
at her curIously for moment
and asked her to explain what
she meant. The girl mt once
used q flood Of German GU terals to the
effect that in Germany every servant
owns little book for stamps. and once
week her mistress pastes in 1t 215d
stamp purchased from the government.
Should the gill fall III or the lapse OF
wears have robbed ner OF her activity. the
stam ps are redeemed hy the governm ent
and she has small sickness or old age
fund.
A great many of the citizens OF this
town have become experts on the subject
of drinking water. There has been so
much said about the impurity OF the
Pawtuxet water, despite the facC that it
has grown steadily better for twenty
wears, that there has grown
up an important trade in spring
water for drinking. But few OF
these waters make any pretensions TO min
eral qualities and for but few Of them
is there any claim made beyond claim
that they are pure. DIR. William +.
Hutchinson has taken great personal in-
ierest in the water question, and has
analyzed them all, for his own benefit and
Information. He has found that there are
three spring waters that are of about
even purity. The interesting fact about
these waters is that ttey do not appear
to originate in this vicinity. They gush
from rocks. and the doctor says that
there is no water like them nearer
than the Berkshire hills in the
western part Of Massachusetts. This is
an interesting theory, and must be left
to the scientists for yerificition. 1t
would be inter. sting for the doctor to
elaborate his theory and give the evidence
upon which it rests.
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There are many people who constantly
want to know. you know, about every
thing under the sun. Not the least among
the things that everybody wants to know
about are the railroads aud things per-
tanning TO the railroads. There
is bat one authority on these
matters In this couptry.thc statements OF
which are never contradicted aud never
found wanting That is, of course.
"Poor's Manual of Railroads." The 1893
edition of this great references worS is
Just at hand, and IL Is as impossible to
desire any railroad information that 1t
cannot supply AS for the sun to refuse to
shine on cloudless day. 1t Is isimpossible,
$50, to enumera,e its many excellencies.
It is to be acquainted with it to realize
its worth and the tremendous amount of
labor there is involved in its prep ,ration.
II Ia one of the few books that cannot be
.narel from any collection of reference