The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

not surprising. Sir Edwin Arnold says
there are $4,000 "poe,esses" in that
country.
IT is said that art critics are fairly
raving over Turini's design for u Column.
ous-lsabella group of ststuary. Clio
vanni rurini is "a New York artist. He
represents Columbus standing with q
scroll in his hand and beside him Isa-
bella, holding up her court train with
her left hand, while with her right she
10 pointing TO the scroll.
The English legislators are getting
tired OF the late sittings OF Parliament.
They say that twelve hours OF intellec-
tual labor-as they are pleased to term
its too much at q stretch. After all,
these late sittings are an innovation. In
the Civil War days-pcrhaps the great
est days Of the English Parliament-the
House met at 10 o'clock in the morning
and almost always rose before 4 in the
afternoon.
THE rule laid down by the Western
Recorder, that every man has a right
10 have his motives respected" must al.
init of exceptions, declares the Indepcn-
dent. Ii n man wants 10 have his
motives respected he must take care that
his acts are right. There is danger of
mistake in attributing motives, we readi-
ly admit but when a mans acts are
consistently wrong we are not bound 10
hold that his motives were consistently
right.
ONE hundred and fifty daily and
weekly newspaper in various parts of
the world constitute the organs OF the
Anarchist party. The most of them are
published in Spain, the principal ones
being FL Productor. FL Communism, FL
P~erseguido and the Tramontana. In
Belgium there is only one of any impor-
lance. In England there are four; at
Venice aud Rome, one apiece; in
France, five, the most important being
tho Pere Peinard. the chief editor of
which is an e~N-convict.
CALIFoRNIA's first Governor, Peter III.
Burnett, recently celebrated his S6th
birthday in San Francisco. In speaking
OF his career be said II came from
Oregon to San Francisco about two
years before the discovery of gold in
SuiiibIula. Nuu TEtnllSNb was u lllllt
town of about 1000 Inhabitants then, |
should Judge. Soon afterwards | was
made an associate Judge OF the Terrific
rial Supreme Court, and while the Con
stitutional Convention was In session,
in 1919, ! became a candidate for Gov
ernor Of the State"
THAT part of the Cape Cod coast
where the good ship Jason wa wrecked
has been responsible for more disasters
TO vessels than any other part of the New
England coast. Mrs. Hemans referred 10
IL as ''stern and rock. bound" though
nothing else is so conspicuous for its alb
sence there as "A rock. There are limitless
stretches Of sand that are more danger.
Gus to mariners than lodges, aud even on
a mild summer day the surf beats against
the shore in "A way that inspires one.
Sea bathing there is out Of the question
for any but expert and robust swim
mers.
NINETy-FoUR thousand dollars were
found in the bank TO the credit OF a
miser in Indiana, after his death, recent
ly, and having during his lifeime con
cealed all his cash from taxation, the tax
collector has entered il upon his dupli-
cate and will claim 81, 300 a year for five
years past. The heirs threaten TO oppose
the claim in the courts, but IL the suit
shall happen to 90 against them it will be
n grief TO misers. Ia the opinion of tho
Trenton IN. j. True American, to learn
that even death cannot rescue their
hoardings from the grasp Of the tax
gatherer.
THE total railway mileage in the
United States on June 80, 1892, was
III, SOB. - miles, an increase Of 3, 100. IS
miles the total number Of railway cor
porations was 1889, being IA net in.
crease Of 81 during the year. Eight
hundred and ninety nine maintained in
dependent operating accounts and 7l2
were independent operating companies.
The capitalization of roads reporting
was 80, 2S6, 74S, 1874. There were $50,
958, 2ll passengers and zoo, 55j,41l tons
Of freight reported as carried during the
year ending June 30, 1892. The gross
earnings reported were 81, III, 407, 3i3,
and the operating expenses were $3.50
997, 1896, leaving net earnings of 1890
toJ,Oti, W WnlCH hud SIbl ,JDU, iSZ rs
income TO railways from investments.
After payment Of S4l6,40i, 1886 as fixed
charges, s97,G14, 745 was paid in diyi-
dends and 81, 314, 800 in other payments,
leaving a surplus of $l4,03G, 0jG. There
were S2l,4lj persons employed in rail
way service at the end Of that year, Of
whom 2,j5i were killed in accidents,
and %, 2G7 were injured $40 passengers
were killed and 3, 227 were injured.
WnES the quadri.centennial celebra.
ton Of the discovery Of America began
to be talked of several years ago the Cir
culo Colon Ceryantes, a Spanish-Amer-
lean society Of New York, determined
to signalize the event by erecting u mag
nifcent monument 10 Columbus in that
city. This was 10 be a fountain 100 feet
in diameter, surmountcd by a globe, on
which was 20 stand statues Of Columbus
and Of the two Pinzon brothers. The
figures were TO be Is feet high, and
with the globe as a base were TO stand
about 30 feet above the water line of the