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The Press., 1893-07-06
Volume 36.
Hints For Roa.lbuilders.

To intelligently locate roads for a county. for instance. there should be a map on q large scale showing water courses, railway stations, towns and their population and the population per square mile for different sections. Having de- termined the general direction and ex- tent of the road, the problems of grade, drainage. adaptability of the soil for. road purposes and minor considerations may present themselves before definite location may be determined. The amount of grade in country road should prop erly depend upon the character of the country and traffic. Grades should never be level and never very steep. It is better to go around steep hill than over 1t; Steep short cuts may be convenient for neighborhood roads, but never for main thoroughfares. Clayey surface may be helped by the addition of sand and sandy surface by the addition of clay With regard to drainage, ample and well graded side ditches with abundant out let's for storm water should be supplied. The effort should be to construct q mar row good road-not wide common road. The layout should be wide, but the graded portion narrow. Ground surfao- ing was good and broken trap rock still better. The road surface should be, in fact, traffic bearing, waterproof roof over the dirt road. slightly yielding or malleable under heavy loads, but sufi- ciently firm not to break.:-Minneapolis Trihune
The Press., 1893-07-06
phiI,IeInl,ia a City of Families.


 Philadelphia is a. dingy city by the side of Paris. It is outdone by most of the worlds centers in all by which the world reckons greatness, but no city that is or ever was. has done more to make fam lilies and therefore children comforta- ble. If all Paris were to file past you, every fifth person would be child un- der 15 years of age. If all Philadelphia were to do the same, there would be three such children for every 10 persons. File for file, there would be one-half more children in Philadelphia than in Paris: more. file for file, than in New York or London; more than in any of the worlds old great cities; more, be- cause Philadelphia makes life more com fortable for families and for children St. Nicholas. """
The Press., 1893-07-06

New England has little less than eighty-three thousand pensioners who draw thirteen and a half millions annually. New York has nearly seventy eight thou s4nd pensioners who draw annually eleven and three-quarter millions. Missouri draws seven and three-quarter millions annually for her pensioners, and West Virginia Missouri and Kentucky draw 8 million more than all the New England states. The pensioners in the southern states draw nearly twenty-four million dollars year, which is almost twice the amount drawn in New England.
The Press., 1893-07-06
A Matter of Pride.

MT. Bingo-I don't see why you dis charged the girl, for she was the best servant we ever had.
 Mrs. Bingo-That may be, but l was over at Mrs Kingsley's, next door, yes terday. and she has discharged eight girls in two weeks, and had only dis charged seven. It would never do to let her get ahead of me.-Exchange
The Press., 1893-07-06
THE LAUGHING BROOK.
DORA READR aooDALE IN INDEPENDENT.

Brown little sprightly chattering brook,
 lis forty summers since last we mot, You with the fish, with the hook,-
 And, as I live, you're laughing yet "Hoary infant! Still at your play?
 Has nature nothing for you to do? I've borne the yoke this many day
 Since I prattled and splashed with you "Come! Is the witch-pot foaming still
 The sweet fiag-root, is it here or gone Has Moonshine Gabriel built his mill ? And the Big Trout, does he live on! Gravely the banker dressed his hook,-
 Softly stole to the haunts of yore; The last heard was the roguishe brook,
 Laughing still, as it laughed before.
The Press., 1893-07-06

New York Sun: The "official flask" of South Carolina bears, beside a table of contents, the state coat of arms, the pal metto and the crossed bundle of arrows The legend on it is, "Animus opibusque parati," which may be Englished
 ssI'm ready to drink,
 And I've got the chink."
 Doubtless collectors and connoisseurs will value the Palmetto jug. The Palmet- to jag is another thing.
The Press., 1893-07-06


 Governor Altgeld's motives in pardon ing the socialists who killed Chicago po- licemen are variously interpreted. Dur ing the campaign which resulted in his election it was frequently stated oil what was apparently good authority that if he was made governor he would pardon the anarchists He never said in any speech that he would do this, nor did he deny that he would. His course was regarded as equivalent to promise of pardon, and it was influential with all the socialists. Altgeld's position on the question of so- cialism was we'll known. He had made friends among the socialists by his pamphlets and by all article in the North American Review, in which he said that foreigners did more for America than na- tives, and that wherever a traitor was found he proved to be a native-born American.
The Press., 1893-07-06
Ex-President Harrison was in NewYork

Ex-President Harrison was in New fOrk last week on his way to Cape May. A reporter asked him concerning the Sher- man law. He said: You must under stand that the Sherman act was only an expedient. The republicans had to take that in place of something worse. Our democratic friends who are now appealing to the republicans to be patriotic-an ap- peal to which we have never failed to re- spond-were resolved to do anything anything to put Harrison in hole.' Here the general laughed very heartily. "Mind you," said he, ''I do not mention this in order to excuse the republican party for any similar course they might see fit to follow now. 1 say it merely to bring out a contrast. And by the way" continued the ex-president, with an almost imperceptible closing of one eye, II really never had any great fear of that hole. Senators Aldrich, Sherman and other con- servative republicans recognize that the Sherman act was but a temporary ar rangement. The ill effect of the act has been due to an imaginative distrust of it. | do not care to say what measure woula do in place of it. The subject Is one en- tirely too large. A book might be writ ten upon it."
The Press., 1893-07-06

Nobody in the country at the present time is in as unenviable a position as Gov ernor John P. Altgeld of Illinois. His action in pardoning the anarchists has aroused the most bitter feeling against him, and his whole record is being inves- tigated with a view of making it uncom- fortable for him if he continues to cater to the disorderly classes of society. Even his citizenship is questioned, and it must follow, it is said, if it is proved that he is not a citizen, that his acts as governor are illegal. Gov. Altgeld bases his claim to citizenship on the simple statement that
 his father was naturalized while the son
 was a minor child The question arises {: Was his father naturalized, and when and where?
 He looks upon America as a place in
 which to make money, not as a place in which to make home and surround ii with such precautions as will insure peace and happiness. It is probable that the governor would have developed into an out-and-out anarchist if his lucky real es- tate speculations had not turned the course of his natural tendencies. John F. Alt. geld was born in Prussia in 1S4S and came to this country with his parents when
 boy, his father settling on farm neal Mansfield, Ohio When did the governors
 father take out his naturalization papers
The Press., 1893-07-06

BUoKLEN's ARNIoA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded Price 25c per box. Sold by B. K. Taft.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

Chicago Tribune: "Well, how do you like going to school, Wendeliine ?" in- uuired her mother. {
 ssThe intellectual discipline pleases me very much, mamma, y replied the dear lit tie Boston girl, who had just returned home after her first day at school, "but the methods are somewhat crude, and the teacher impresses me as one who has not wholly succeeded as yet in the strug- gle to overcome the disadvantages neces- sarily resulting from defective early ed
The Press., 1893-07-06

Springfield Republican Business must know what it is to expect in the way oi tariff changes. Without this knowledge, without assurance that the currency is to be founded on a standard of some assured stability, without accurate information as to the rates of taxes to be. put upon i'm ported commodities, there can be no res. toration of confidence, no driving away o1 timidity from capitol, no stop to the con, traction of credit and the paralysis Of all enterprise.
 Waterbury Republican June ana the general assembly go out to-day. We re, gret to have June end.
The Press., 1893-07-06
A Governors Sentiments.

It is told of Governor (now Senator) z. B. Vance that being in hotly contested engagement in the late civil war he saw a hare between the lines running for life, when he exclaimed: ''Go it, Mollie White Tail If were not governor of North Carolina, would run too. ."-Richmond Dispatch.
 ALI FREE-Those who have used Dr. Kings New Discovery know it's value, ,and those who have not have now an opportu- ty to try it Free. Call on the advertised druggist and get a trial bottle, Free. Send your name and address to H. B. Bucklen X Co.,, Chicago, and get sample box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills, Free, as well as copy of the Guide to Health and Household Instructor, Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing. E. K. Taft's Drugstore.
The Press., 1893-07-06

New York Sun The stoppage of the free coinage of silver in India dooms sill Great Britain rejected it in 1918, Germany in 1871, the United States in 1873, the Latin Union in 1875, and Austria in 1899. Now that the hints of India are no longer open to it, coins of silver become every where, except in Mexico and South Amer ica, mere tokens, driving their V, lue from the fiat of the governments which issue them, and from their interconverti- bility with gold. For other uses the met al will retain only It's commercial value as bullion, like tin, copper, lead ard iron.
The Press., 1893-07-06

Boston Advertiser: There Is a myste- rious coincidence in affairs that has power to teach severe lessons. This has just been proved, although in a very sad way. The English papers were loud and bitter in their denunciations of the criminal care lessness that led to the Ford's theater tragedy in Washington, and were filled with statements that such an accident could only happen in government of in- experienced persons. While they were at the height of their outcry there came the terrible disaster to the Victoria, and there will be no further reference to the calam- ity at Washington.
The Press., 1893-07-06

Rockville Journal: If any member of the newspaper fraternity in Connecti- cut can extract more comfort out of life than l.. o. Williams, of the Putnam Pa triot, we have yet to learn who it is. One of Lew's labor saving devices is to write his name-L. o. Wms.
The Press., 1893-07-06

The state of South Carolina is now the sole dispenser of intoxicating beverages within it's borders. When the freeholders of a county vote to have saloons, called dispensaries, then the state officials will open a limited number therein; but where they vote against the sale, none will be allowed in that county. The experiment in this country will be watched with great interest If the law restricts and dimin- ishes the drinking habit it will be approv- ed and adopted in other states. What ever will lessen the evil will ultimately be the means of extinguishing 1t to the
 last possible point. When the use oi
 liquor as a beverage gets below certain
 percentage, then the people are able to
 restrict it entirely. Patmam Patriot.
The Press., 1893-07-06

The Union Agricultural Society of Somers, Enfield, Ellington and East Windsor, will hold its fifty-fifth annual cattle show and fair, Wednesday, Sept. 27th, at Broad Brook.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15
and the providence- Wilke

and the Providence Wilke. ne
which were to have been played , .rity
were postponed on account OF tas vet
grounds and threatening weather.
The advance sale of tickets to the first
athletic exhibition given under the aus
pices OF the East Providence Athletic
association In Lyceum hall. that town,
Tuesday. is very large and extra seating
accommodations will be provided.
The amateur boxing contest to take
place at the Metropolis club next week
promises 10 be "a grand success. The en-
Iries TO date are At 105 pounds, William
j. McClue, James Smith aud Tom Bro
derrick; at ll5 pounds, Peter Mulrain,
John Hanigan, James Connors. William
Harris and William Hines; at 135 pounds,
John j. Morgan. Maurice Heglestrom,
James Con way and william IL. Willis;
at 1853 pounds, G. Pelvine and Dell Burk o.
For the battle royal the entries are: Tom
Chauncey, Thomas w. Coleman. Henry
Il. King, Gus Van Allen and Maurice
Johnson.
The Whe linens Racing league 10-mile
handicap viii take place next Saturday.
The start will be at $3.50 O'CLOCK in the
Afternoon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15

Harry Half. son of Captain Hank"
Haf, skipper OF the Colonia, will be
mate Of the boat.
Lapwing, cutter. built by Law lev I'm
1857. for Mr. Forbes, has been sold to
Arthur AImy of this city. Lapwing is
Of the old ltchen length class type.
Saunders OF Bristol has turned the 30.
cot cat yawl Haddassah over to her
owner. The boat has shown up we'll
under sail Saunders also has the Low
boat ready TO go overheard the first of
the week. The Hadassah has splendid
cabin accommodations and looks well
afioat.
At Lawley's yard In Boston the rivet-
ing OF the Paine cup defender Ia well
along and the decks are being laid. The
centreboard boxes are in place al d the
skyliRhts and deck fittings are ready to
70 on board as soon as the boat is ready
Tor them. The work OIL the flu il pro.
crossing, and IL will be ready to put i'm
place when needed. No name has vet
been selected for the boat.
The Stewart g. Binney cup defender.
the Pilgrim, Is rapidly growing. She is
half plated aud will DO ready for launch-
ing at the end OF the month. Her fin.
which IL being made In Wilmington, Del
will be attached In one OF the New York
dry docks. after which she wilt be towed
20 Bf I o TO be fitted out by Lawley.
She should be ready for her trial the LAT.
ter part II juno.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15
THE NAVAHOE'S Changes.
NJ. CafrOlTs Yacht Will be Hauled
Out Some Time This Week.
NEWS FROM The BRISTOL YARDS.
Tho Colonia IL Ready for Launching.
The British B~oats-First Trial of the
Brit ania-Dimensions of the Racers.
News OF Yachts and yrchtsmen.

9 The at told you SOS" in regard to the
tenderness OF the Navahoe are beginning
10 pour in now that it has been an
nounced that Mr.. CAROLS yacht is to be
hauled out In this city some day this
week and that some twenty tons OF lead
are 10 be taken from the inside and put
on the outside. IL is stated that the job
will take about two weeks. The decision
10 make the changes has been arrived at
only after careful consideration OF the
whole matter, and should not he regarded
IN any way as an admission that the boat
Is the failure she has been stylel In some
quarters.
AS a matter OF fact the Navahoe has
been doing well for average American
weather, aud IL is doubtful II such extern
sive changes would be made In her II she
were to race IN America waters. but the
extra heavy winds likely TO be ncoun
tered in British waters are we'll known,
and IL Is Thought best to be on the safe
side hence the changes.
The work of casting and boiling on
the lead keel has been entrusted TO
Messrs. Thomas Phillips a. Co. OF this
city, who have excellent facilities for the
work in their extensive foundry and ma
chine shops.
When the Navahoe comes of the dock
she should be IA gre thy improved bot,
and there eau be no DOUBT but that when
she goes abroad she will be a thoroughly
r. preventative American yacht. The
plans for the cha Q have been made by
N. g. Herreshoff. and the work Will be
done under his supervision.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15
National League standing.
Diamond Tips.

TIPS.
Long John Healey has signed with the
Erie club.
Davis has made "a base hits this season,
with a total Of AZ.
The Buffalo club has signed Pitcher
Recius, released by Louisville.
Duffee, released by the Cincinnati club,
has accepted the terms Of the Atlantic
club.
The players of the Oakland (Cal.) club
are on a strike. No pay is said to be the
cause.
Burns has r~ejoined the Brooklyns, and
Brouthers is expected to play in the next
few days.
The Bostons have advanced a peg in the
to ninth position.
The injury to Van Haltren is more Sc
rious than was at first supposed. His arm
is broken at the elbow.
Pitcher William Hawke was given a 10
days notice of his release from the st.
Louis Browns. He may go to Baltimore.
Harry Wright has adopted n new rule
whereby 1t costs every Philadelphia
player who does not run out a hit a $40
bill.
Mark Baldwin has accepted the terms
Of the New York club. and Manager Barnie
of the Louisville club has entered a pro-
test. He claims Co have a prior hold on
Baldwin.
The national board of control has rem
dered two decisions in the case of players
taken illegally from the Eastern league.
1t has taken Arthur Clarkson and Out
fielder Griffin from the st. Louis club and
remanded them TO the Buffalo club.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15
ROGERS RECEPTION.
THOUSANDS LOOK ON THE LATEST
ADDITION TO THE MENAGERIE..
The Baby Doesn't Appreciate Sunday
Sticking Up. and Persists In Rolling
in the Mud.

Our Roger needs educating. No we'll.
bred young elephant ought to act as he
does. He abhors being bathed-scrubbed
for one thing aud that, OF course Ia
very wrong. When he Is nicely cleaned
and made ready for SUNDAY callers. he
dlstresses his keepers by insisting upon
rolling In the dirt and throwing sawdust
not over-clean-over himself. all OF
which Is evidence OF very poor training.
The thousands of pilgrims who found
their way to Roger Williams park yes
terday ana who observed Rogers antics,
all agreed that this adopted little pro-
tege of the children Is In a fair wsy to
need correction.
The park never looked more beautiful
or inviting than il did yesterday. The
flower beds, all radiant and sparkling
after the raiu; the budding trees and
shrubs nodding In the bree re aud the
broad. smooth expanse Of green turf, all
In bright contrast with the drcar and
frozen appearance OF winter just passed,
made Roger Williams park a most at
~tractive place for a Sunday visit.
Thousands of the city's toilers for daily
bread trac.d their way TO this pretty
spot To breathe the pure fresh air OF the
country u gain strength for the
work of the coming week. Here and
there gathered in "a family group, with
an inviting luncheon spread out before
them on immaculate white napkins. were
parents and children, who having at
tended church In the morning. came into
c.oser touch In the afternoon.
Inc throng remained until the shadows
heightened mo twilight. and as evening
crept on the v sitors departed. group by
grour. until the park was left TO the
officials IN their effsFzes-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15
AMONG THE FIREMEN.
C1PTAIN BEEHLER rs CONT1LESC-
N RAPIDLY 1T THE HOSPIT1L.
ed by Convict Ryan at state Prison a.
Candidate for a Place I'm Department.

Word has been received from the Bah
tower which the company is building
will be flushed by the % Of this month.
The committee from this city will prob
ably leave here for Chicago next Satur-
day, where the machine will be on exhi-
bition for a few days.
Repairs en- the house of teamer No.
10 have been completed.
The wagon to be placed in the house
of Steamer No. IA will be put in commits
sion in a few days.
Chief Steere has been obliged to call
upon other companies for men To fill the
vacancies I'm f. lgine company, No. s,
which is short-handed OF account OF
sickness. Captain Penno has been on
the sick list since Jan. 2, from injuries
received at box 1S9. Driver John Math-
erson is cor fined 10 his house with grip.
Permanent Substitute Will IN Chair
ardini was injured at box No. 2l9. and
Nicholas Feeley. the driver Of the engine,
Is at home, his wife being seriously i'll
with pneumonia n one of his children
with he scarlet fever.
The members OF the department. hope
that the present legislator will take nc
tion on the bill In reference TO the fire
com mission.
Assistant Foreman Nicholas Water
mar of Hose Company Il, who Is on the
sick list, has gone to Fail River for "A few
days s.
The veteran, Captain Hiram ID. Butts.
began his annual vacation today.
Captain Beehler, b was injured at the
Daniels building fire, is in room / of
ward Il, at the Rhode Island hospital.
and Is kindly remem Dered each day by
his associates, who send him flowers,
fruits, cigars, etc. Captain Beehler
speeks in the highest terms of the atien-
dance tina lie has received at the hospi-
tai. When he was injured he did not
ant to be taken to that institu ion, but
by the earnest advice of Che Steere he
consented. and he Is nov more than sat
isfied. After his leg had been amputated,
the portion that was taken off was tx
amined and IL w siound that il had been
bro ken in five places, aud at the ankle 1t
was completely shattered. AT the pres
ent time he is doing nicely. Captain
Beehler has had considerable experience
in the way OF being in hospitals, as he
has been CARD for in institutions I'D Con-
stantinople, Hoboken and New York
city.
Eugene Armstrong who was injured
by q desperate convict at the state prison
some time ago, has put in an application
for "a position In the department.
The salary bill will probably come up
for action next Thursday.
Engineer Merrill Hicks Of Engine No. 2
enjoy ed his vacation last week, aud was
around among the members or the de-
parJment.
Hoseman w. A. Vaughn is one of the
best athletes in the department.