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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
FIVE LIVES WERE LOST
so FAR rs KyOWy IN THE B0sTON
CONELAGRATION.
A Lively Blaze in Lynn Does 500, 900
Damage To n Business Block One
Man Injured-severai Narrow Escapes

BosToS, March l3.-One by one the
missing ones In Fridays big fire have been
found until now the list OF the dead is linn
tied to five. The list of the injured has
grown little and some OF those now
classed among the injured must soon be
numbered with the dead Firemen del
uged the ruiss, and big force of work.
men began overhauling the debris in search
of the missing.
The loss Is complete wherever the fire
took a good hold. The underwriters ac-
knowledge that they will get practically
no salvage. The loss TO the property
owners will aggregate fully S40O000O, and
90 per cent of that loss will fall upon the
insurance companies.
At a special meeting of the Boston
board of fire underwriterss it was unani-
mously decided TO at once increase the rates
in the confagration district to allow for a
con1agration hazard, an element for which
no provision is at present made in the
rates
The advance will be 81 per 800 worth Of
insurance-that Is, firm paying 40 cents
per hundred will pay 81. 40, and a firm pay
ing s. per hundred will pay S. The in
crease Is made on the basis of fixed
charge for fixed hazard, and not by a
percentage, because the board believes that
the construction Of building should not
be considered in great conflagration,
where good or moderate construction has
little effect in staying the flames.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
LYNN FIRMS BURNED OUT.
Early Morning Fire Damages Property
to the Extent Of 800, 900.

Early Morning Fire Damages Property
to the Extent Of 100000.
LYNN, Mass, March l3.-Another de-
structive fire began In this city at 2 o'clock
this morning in the great Valprey e. An.
thony block, at the corner of Central ave
nue. and Liberty street. The structure Is
stories high, 200 feet long and 100 feet
deep, and was filled with very combustible
material
When the blaze was first seen 1t was
roaring fiercely in the premises of the
Lynn Cycle company on the lower floor OF
the building, and before the department.
arrived upon the scene the flames had
worked upward and had plenty of fuel
within its grasp.
The first floor was occupied by the Lynn
Cycle company, L. w. Tyler e. Co, leather
supplies, and III. B. Valprey, stationery
and office supplies.
On the second floor were located John
MacFarland, printer, Pope e. Smithurst,
plumbers, and Maurice Flynn, shoe manu-
facturer.
The third and fourth floors were also
occupied largely by Maurice Flynn as a
workshop, The top floor was used as a
factory by the Brophy Bros Shoe COM
pany.
AT $40 the fire was under control The
loss will not exceed $4,000
George Wellington was severely injured
on the bead by fall from the burning
building, and was taken TO the hospital in
an unconscious condition.
John MacFarland and his son were res
cued from the burning building by the fire
men. The dense smoke made it impossi-
BILE for them to get out by the stairway.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13

sumptive's cough, and clung pallid and
gasping, in her lovers arms: ''since
Xmas I've been getting fearfully out Of
condition. Flabby and crow-footed,
and too much emotion, and positively
pale in the morning after dances. Look
at my wrinkles, dear" and she lifted
her peachy cheeks and opened her eyes
very wide in order that the faintest
ghost of wrinkle" might be smoothed
from the white-veined skin.
but since Ash Wednesday" she con-
tlnued, 1--WE trained every blessed
night and morning. 1t took me just
exactly two hours to get ready for bed
last night and an hour and a half to
dress for breakfast this morning. BY
Easter I'll be all right again" This
without coquetry, and pensively pat
ting dark, golden hair, fluffed into
curls so artful that Nature herself
would have to look twice 10 see if she
might honestly thank herself for them.
Two hours to get ready for bed! A
man can't grasp the reason for it, and
girls tell only their best bosom friends
the mysteries of their training" for
condition"
But the processes are wonderful, and
no other girls than Americans have ever
gone thro' them religously, and SO, why
keep them from the rest of the world
any longer? And the fact of it is, girls,
that the men can't fling stones at us,
because they are swarming TO a certain
house in New York where they may OBJ
tain growth of hair on heads long
bald, and diminution of their middle
aged girth, during hours especially re-
served for them.
Now, / shall rehearse the tale of the
blondes bewitching, dizzying beauty
In the first place she was born with ap
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
Tells What a Girl Does When She
"Retires" at Night.

She sat in front Of me at the matinee
the prettiest, patrician, little blonde I
had seen for many day. Her COM
posed, yet vivant profile under a tiny
Whit of lace. and baby tips and Nav
flowers fell into my line fvision against
the dark, burning face, pale and plain,
crowned with a cloud of somber hair.
of the greatest woman in New York to-
day, Eleanora Duse.
The little face nearest me was
piquant, placid, not over-interested in
the tragic story of Camille which the
Italian was telling us with her eyes and
hands and body, rather than with her
words, which we couldn't understand.
Just think it, she whispered while
Camille upon the stage shook with con
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
Pears
Soap

People have no idea how
crude and cruel soap can be.
1t takes off dirt. So far,
SO good; but what else does
it do?
1t cuts the skin and frets
the under-skin ; makes red
ness and roughness and
leads to worse. Not soap,
but the alkali in it.
Pears Soap has no free,
alkali in it. 1t neither red
dens nor roughens the skin.
1t responds to water in
stantly; washes and rinses
off in a twinkling; is as
gentle as strong; and the
after-effect is every way
good.
All sorts Of stores sell it,
especially druggists; all sorts
" people use it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
CITY HALL.
MAYOR POTTER RETURNS FROM
FLORIDA.
The Evening School Teachers Receive
the Final InstaiIment of Their Pay
showing Naturalization Papers.

Mayor Potter's health Is greatly i'm
proved since he started on his trip 70
Florida lie made flying visits to Jack.
sonville, st. Augustine, Tampa Bay and
many other places. going farther south
than tourists generally do. Ha was de-
lighted with his trip and had thor
ougly enjoyable time. At the various
hotels he met many Rhode Island people,
especially at Jacksonville.
The evening school teachers again
docked around the superintendent's Office
SATURDAY. at IL o'clock TO receive the
balance OF the salary due them for the
winters teaching. The number was
not as great as on the pay day
in the middle Of the season, but
the scenes about the office and in the cori-
dor was AS lively as ever, the young
women chatting and laughing while
waiting for their turn. The several prin-
c,pals hovered around the groups watch
ing for the arrival Of their assis. ant
teachers, for without the Identification of
the teachers by the principal the young
women could not draw their money
Mr.. sherman. the City Hall all round
officer, kept guard at the door TO the
superintendent's Office. allowing no one
admittance unless certified to by one OF
the principals. The schools were called
in alphabetical order and the man with
the payroll was kept busy all the time.
1t is perhaps to be wondered at that
the treasurer's Office seems TO be the
place that everyone blunders into when
they wish TO find other offices in the
building. Within the past few days
many foreigners have stopped in to show
their naturalization papers.
There were fifty-six deaths In the city
during the mast week of which one re-
suited from diphtheria and one from
measlaQ
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
TOO HUNGRY TO EAT.
Tho Sensations of Starvation Described by
q California Girl.


That anyone should starve in the
midst Of plenty is sad enough, but when
the sufferer is a strong and willing girl,
in city where domestic help is hard to
get, the pity of It is lost in the wonder.
Yet such was the experience of a young
woman the other day in San Francisco.
She actually tainted on the street, and
was well-nigh unto death before reviv-
ing at the hospital, and one physician
says there is nothing whatever the
matter with her but starvation. She
is but twenty-five years old and Vallejo
was her home. Her father is poor and
she felt herself burden at home, so
she went to San Francisco, took little
room temporarily and tried to find
work. Day after day she hunted, re-
ducing her rations as her money grew
less, living for several days on tea and
an occasional scrap of bread, till At last
strength gave out and those who picked
her up on the street thought she was a
woman of forty, SO rapidly had she
aged. She thus describes her expert
ence:
"Welf, the day saw my last five-cent
piece l stayed in all day. / tried to go
out and hunt for work, but just could
not do it. My feet felt so heavy and |
was so dizzy ! was afraid TO walk for
fear I'd fall down. / hadn't eaten any
thing since the night before, not even
my bread and tea. / had cried good
deal before that, but that day felt too
sick to cry. Toward night grew sick
at the stomach-oh, awfully sick-and
my hands and feet were like ice. was
afraid / would be very sick if didn't
get something to eat, SO went out to
little restaurant near by. was going
TO get cup of tea there with my five
cents. l sat down at the table and was
just going to order the tea when all at
once couldn't sit up any longer"
She revived, got on to the street again
and tainted. Two women came up and
said: "oh, that's too bad," and were
very kind.
did they get you something to eat?"
"No."
"Did they offer you any money!"
mo; the policemen brought me to
this place then"
do you begin to feel better since
you came here?"
"0h, yes, l feel better, but I'm very
weak. I can't eat anything. l don't
seem to want to eat. People have been
so good. A young man l used to know
at home read about me i'm the papers.
and he came 10 see me this morning.
He said he thought there must be some
mistake when he read about it, but
told him the only mistake was that
thought could earn my living all alone
in this big city. He's going to let some
of my Vallejo friends know where am,
and guess I'll be all right now."
Her girlish pride and spirit are
broken. She did not even know enough
of city ways to examine the want col
umns." II is such as she who suffer in
big cities.-N. Y. Advertiser.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
A DUEL FOR BLOOD.
A Young French Oficer who, Once In
for 1t, Carried 1t to tho End.

Young French Oficer who, Once In
for It, Carried 1t to tho End.
In a regiment stationed at Marseilles
the captain of one of the troops, accord
ing to the New York Recorder, was a
notorious bully. He took special de-
light in torturing the youngest of his
lieutenants, a bright, laughter-loving
lad, who was the delight of the regi-
ment-ofiicers and men. One day after
mess he grossly insulted the boy and
followed it up by calling him liar and
slappipg his face. The lieutenant
flushed and left the room. He had pre-
viously shown his courage at Algiers,
and his comrades could not understand
why he should tolerate such continued
insults. They followed him to his
quarters and told him that if he did not
call out his enemy he would have to go
to Coventry. The young officer ex-
planned that he had strong religious
scruples about dueling and could not
conscientiously go out.
Finally the colonel of the regiment
sent him the alternative-either fight
or leave the service. The boy then
agreed, on condition that the fght
should take place with pistols and over
a handkerchief. One of the weapons
was 10 be loaded and the other unload
ed. They were To be chosen by lot.
The men stood up, each holding the
edge of handkerchief. At the signal
the captain pulled the trigger, when il
was found that he held-the unloaded
pistol.
All eyes were now fixed upon the
calm, resolute, fair-headed boy. The
spectators were confident that,as he held
his adversary in his power, he would
either discharge his pistol in the air or
not shoot at all But not so. lie took
deliberate aim and, placing the muz-
zle OF his pistol as near the other mans
face as he could reach. blew his brains
out Then, leaning over the PROSTATE
form of his enemy, he dipped hand
kerchief In the blood and smeared the
face with H. Then with exultation he
turned to those in the field and said:
"Therel do you consider that I have
wiped out the blow I receivedp" He
then strobe from the ground and that
evening sent in his resignation. Since
that incident there has not been SO
much bullying or dueling In any reg
iment OF the French army.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
to betray the lurking place Of some un-

to betray the lurking place Of some un-
wary bone.
But she doesn't pause here, for while
can be accomplished.
Off comes the lace undervest, skirts
are loosened. lingerie and shoes are
leisurely removed until she stands n q
scientific attitude, clad only in her close
fitting tights. What puzzling things
happen next? II the maiden feels stiff
she falls Unexpectedly and with dull
thud on the floor; or she kicks, deliber-
ately, studiously and righteously, and
always before the mirror. Ten minutes
is the time for thas exercise, after which
she walks across the room on her toes
with hec hands clasped high above
her head. How she can stretch! She
rises from her heels to her toes, in
fates her chest, lifts her waist.
throws back her head, touches the
tips of her fingers above it and counts
ten. She sinks with her breath, and
before taking another, places her
hands quickly on her hips and bends
forward, back, and to the side with her
heels In military position. After that
she drops her head on her chest and
rolls il until it rests against her shoul-
der or hangs down her back.
Fifteen or twenty minutes of these
preliminaries and the girl is ready for
the heavier part of retiring" In her
own room perhaps, but in the bath or
dressing room more likely, she has
rugged flying rings and behind sillxen
draperies a rowing machine or COM
moner pulley weights.
The mystic shrine where the ultra
devotees fly beyond the gaze of curl
Gus world looks like silk-hung, padded
gymnasium. And the inmate who Is
''going to bed" swings by one hand
from the rings, lifts herself to her chin,
studies every pose quizzically in the
long glass, and practices difficult
twist until it is scientifically exact. All
this in her tights, black stockings and
sandals. Her hair has tumbled long
ago, her face is flushed and she is tired,
no doubt about IL. But she swings and
jumps sad pulls until time is up, and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13

aptitude for good looks; but that after
all. is not the main or necessary thing
1t is eternal vigilance which is the price
ofprettiness, and hundreds ofgirls here
are both creating and preserving their
charms by cheerfully paying that price.
There are many methods, and some
sules clash, but the flowers of the sys-
TENS, like the blonde, unfold after this
manner. Perhaps there has been neg
lect OF the regulations during the last
tiresome weeks before Lent when
dances and dinners have sent the girls
home so late and so tired that they have
slipped straight from the heap of cloth
ing fallen about their feet into their
nightrobes, and thence sleepily into
bed, without thought Of the good
night apparatus all about them. But
that Is fatal. Indeed, it would
never, never do, and so when
Lent arrives the back-slider an
nounces that she is going TO bed at s
o'clock And she does, or rathef she
walks upstairs, locks her door, lights
every gas jet in the room, turns of the
heat and prepares TO train"
Slowly she removes her jewels-if she
Is not too ardent a penancer to wear
them-and waves her hands TO herself
In the mirror and smiles gently, then
broadly, then as widely as she can.
Then she grimaces furiously and scowls,
screwing her brows, rolling her eyes
and drawing in her cheeks with long
inhalation.
She repeats this maniacal operation
two or three times, then beams upon
herself naturally and graciously, with
the conviction that the unused and un-
developed tissues OF her face have been
fattened and toughened by the contor-
tions.
Next comes off the dress, and the
maiden peers at her white neck and
shoulders and takes deep, full breadth
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
BIG WOOLEN FIRM ASSIGNS.
Surprise at the Failure Of u. Stitt & Co.
of Phiiadeiphia-Rste at 81 100000.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. March 12-Seth b.
Stitt and John +. Bottomley. individually
and trading as S. y. Sttt & Co., wooden
mereh ants. of No. EOS and 207 Chestnut
street, have made an assignment.
The mills, 1t is said. are practi cally
owned bv 5. b. Stitt & Co. 1t is also
stated that Mr.. Sttt owned value prop.
erty in Newport, r. l., and was estinat ed
10 be worth from. S6c0,0C0 TO 500. 600.
Nothing can be learned regarding the
cause Of the failure or the amount of the
assets and liabilities.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
Guarding Against Cholera.

CINCINNATI, NJ arch 13-A call for n
meeting of the National Association Of the
State Boards of Health, TO be held in New
York April 8, was authorized TO be issued
during meeting of the officials of the as.
sociatson held here. The object is TO adopt
measures to prevent the spread of cholera
In this country next summer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13

NEW LONDON, Conn, March 13-Captain
Jack ITussey "A well known boatsman, is sup
posed to have been drowned in the Sound
during a storm. A lad named Robbie
Smith, who was with Captain Hussey, is
also missing
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
a. Pretty Pair.

CAMDEN, N. j., March 13.-Leonard
Jones, 25, has eloped with Mrs. William
Pieninck, SO. She has been married 35
years and has had Is children. Jones a
month ago was paroled from state prison,
60 which he had been sentenced for having
two wives at BridQeton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13

then, presto, she is the old-fashioned
maiden her grandmother was, soft
little feminine in feminine ways.
A long wrapper covers the tights, and
a stiff brush strokes the hair fifty times.
1t is braided and rolled in silk and
tucked up carefully before the warm
face is plunged into hot water and hot
cloth is tipped against chest and arms.
She follows this ablution with a plunge
into cold water, which she dashes
against her breast and throat She
sponges her entire body quickly,
briskly, and rubs 1t dry with a huge
towel. Quickly she snatches her be-
frilled nightgown, and slips it over her
head, tying the ribbons hastily, for she
must not linger now. She runs to the
mirror, smoothes her eyebrows and
rubs them with oil. She turns a few
drops of some pure, oldfashioned cos
metic, like cucumber cream and roses,
or elder flower, into her palm and rubs
it carefully into her face pores; she
rubs more on her hands, makes mystic
passes to relax her eyes, smiles lovingly
at her warm, pink re Elections, turns out
the gas, takes a flying, athletic leap
into her bed, composes herself to the
proper attitude, with limbs straight.
chest well expanded and every muscle
casting It's faith upon the pillows and
mattresses. With long sigh of duty
done and blessings to come she falls
asleep like child to dream of summer
triumphs for twelve long hours.
CARRIE CARELESS.
T'urpt-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
Will They Win IL?

HoUsToN, March 13--The heirs of Sam
Houston, Father Of Texas" after whom
this town is named, have entered suit TO
recover block of ground fronting the
market, worth 100000 The suit also in
cludes accrued rentals of $500, 900 more.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13

ORANGE, Mass, March l3.-The only
store in Warwick. owned by W. VI. Samp-
son, narrowly escaped being wiped out by
fire yesterday. The fire was put out be
fore the damage exceeded 5000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
Allen Succeeds Himself.

OLYMPIC, Wash, March 13.-The gov
ernor appointed John B. Allen United
States senator to succeed himself, the leg
islature having adjourned without choos-
inc "A senator
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
For n Trim TO Hawaii.

SAN FRANCISCO, March l3.-The revenue
cutter. Rush is being coaled and provisioned
Tor long trip. IL is inferred that the Rush
will carry commission TO Hawaii ::some
time next week
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
An Engineers Horrible Fate.

NEW YORK, March l3-Fred Fritz, an
assistant engineer in Jacob Ruppert's
brewery. was oiling the big engine, when
his head was drawn between the belt and
pulley and he was Instantly killed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
Struck N Schooner

New LONDON, Conn, March 13.-The
steamer City of Boston was in collision
with an unknown schooner right off the
entrance TO the harbor. No one was
hurt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13

THERE are 10000 trained nurses in
England, Ireland and Scotland.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13

whose ioveth good business Ioveth
advertising. but ne that despiseth famei.
m ass.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-04-06
The Telautoe raph.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
This invention of Prot. Eli
sha Gray, of Chicago. which
has recently been perfected
and tested to the satisfac-
tiOn of the inventor and all
disinterested parties who wit
messed it's operations, is to be
put on the market nextfallby
a company formed for the
purpose. AS the name i'm
plies, the instrument is de-
signed to transmit in facsim-
lie by wire to any distance
any pen marks made on pa.
per. Prof. Gray has been sew
en- years employed in work.
ing out this problem.
What is likely to be the
commercial value of the in
vention? The projectors see
a great future for it. In the
first place, it ls claimed that
the invention will supplant
the whole machinery OF the
present telegraph, asidefrom
the poles aid wires. A cheap
boy in an office who can write
will do the work of an expert
telegrapher with this ma
chine. More often the opera
tor will not need to read at
all, but merely feed to the in
strument the copy OF t b Q
person sending a dispatch.
Persons at a distance can be
identified where acquainted
with the autographs of ono
another. Arbitrary signs or
trade marks can be dispatch
ed in orders for goods, etc.
1
The person at either end of
the wire can file away for fu-
ture reference an exact copy
OF his own dispatch as we'll
as that of the one received.
The receiver works without.
any attention.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-04-06

Nashville Advocate: 1t may
be hard and difficult for you
to live within your means;
but. it you are an honest man
you must do it. To speLd
more money than you make,
is to open the way to untold
troubles, and to insure the f.
nal ruin of yonr reputation
and character. For no rea-
SON not to crafty your own
taste. nor to please yourfam
lily, nor to help even a useful
charity, should you adopt
q policy so fraught with evil
consequences. After all, the
people who are compelled to
practice rigid economy get
as much good out OF life as
anybody else. "Plain living
and high thinking often 90
together" To besable to do
without Injuries IL better
than TO have them.