The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-14


them entirely OF from seeing anything
at all. 1t is to be said in excuse that the
arrangement Of the seats for the lecture
was bad, aid that there did not seem to
be much effort TO accommodate the crowd
Mrs. Lincoln was sure to draw.
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have heard OF jobs comfortvrs" on
almost all sections OF the human anatomy,
but until yesterday L never heard Of one
on the top Of a big toe. A man thus uni
auely afflicted hobb, d into The News office
yesterday and told his tale Of woe. and
zoe.
met d. w. Reeves yesi erday for the
first time since he returned TO Proyi-
dence from his wanderings with the Gill
more baud. He said that he was glao TO
b. In tie city permanently again; that
Proyidencs is the best p ace TO live in that
lie knows. lie looked as though he spoke
from the heart, and he bca'ned when /
remarked that l thought that Proyi-
dence people were az glad to hive him
back as he was 10 be here. Reeves be-
longs TO this city. lie is out Of his eie-
ment elsewhere. There are men who can
not exist unless they can breathe certain
air. That is the way it is with keevts.
He has got to have Providence air. then
he can make all 81 rs OF rass and string
and wood aud shsepskin ipstruments
harmonize and harmonious.
! !
was strolling by a marble cutters
yard recently aud seeing an exquisite
piece OF work entered into conversation
with the man employed upon it. He
was very entertaining fellow, was the
he'd of the firm, and man
who had travelled quite extensively. He
spoke about the various kinds of marble
their adaptibility TO different grades of
work and fiaally mentioned an extremely
rare kind, only a little OF which is known
- exist, "elastic" marble. When got
home looked up the subject aud found
in one account of Rome the author men
tiors five or six slabs OF
elias ic marble as being in the pos
session OF the Prince Borghese
Being set on end they bend backward aud
forward; when laii horiz 1ntally and
raised ~ one end. they form a curve; If
placed on II tablr, and a piecs OF wood or
any other substances is laid under them,
they fall into n kind of curve, each end
touching the table. Tue Abbe
dug up near the town of Mol-
dragon. in the kingdom OF Naples. The
grain is ike that Of fine Carrara marble.
or perhaps OF the finest Greek. They
seem to have suffered some attack OF
fire. A sfab of marble similar in every
respect TO those d, scrib d aud highly
polished has ben eXhihiei for more
than twenty-five years at the Brit
ish museum. NJ. Fleuvian de Btlvae
succeeded in making common gran
Mar Limestone. granular quartz:
completely flexible, 10y exposing them To
certain degree OF heat. la Lincoln
cathedral, England. there is an arch built
OF white marble which 10 quite elastic,
yielding to heavy tread, and returning
or rebou ding to Its original position on
true astc principles.
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'How old is the Tammany society and
what led To its formation" asks reader
OF Looking Glass. The Tammany society.
or Columbian order, was formed in 1889,
being the result OF popular movement
in New York. having primarily in view a
counter weight TO the so-callei aristo-
cratic society Of the Cincinnati 1t was
essentially anti-Federalist or Democratic
ia It's character and its chief founder was
William Mooney, an upholsterer aud
native borp American Of Irish
extraction. 1t took its title from
noted, ancient, wise and friendly
chief OF the Delaware tribe of Indians
Iamed Tammany, who had, for the want
OF Il better subject, been cauUnfzsd by
the soldiers OF the revolution as the
American patron saint. The rrst meet
z WAS held Nav IL. 1889. The act of
Incorporation WAS passed in 1895. The
grand sachcm aud thir,een sachens were
designed to typiiy tho president and the
governors Of the thirteen orignil states.
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a Broad sire electric was DOM ng in
from Pawtuxet tins morning when
well-knnwn business man signalled it to
stop. AS usual the motorman ii ihply
slackened his speel and went by him.
1he conductor seeing the woull-b, pas.
senger refuse TO jump on pulled the bell
Hnl the cor ca nc TO nll stop.
~ u Lad better tell your
mOiornan To stop after this"
said the gentleman, "I don't pro
pose TO risk myself Jumping on to NOV
ing cars" was glad TO see scch stand
taken aud so expressed mys,if II was
IIThWh NbNH Abe Ointf tpIalnk anu
though / escaped with torn trousers /
dome propose To repeat the experiment"
he said, "and think IL is time the rail
way company put "A stop to such pro-
ceedinFs or We shall have serious ac-
oident."
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''S we signed a round robin and sent
Sc 90 the grand 10 lge." was the remark
4. A.
i don't know what the soci ~ was and it
hasn't anything 90 do with what 1 have
TO say. anyway. A girl who sat next TO
ne asked ber father, or so | took him TO
be, IN an underto one what n round robin
was. lie was cvltiently well read man
aud his definition was Sd well put that as
near as c IN from memory / will repro
du G Il. "A round robin Is petition or
protest or o her docu nent. the signatures
60 wh ch are placed in
cfrcle dtvidod from tho ceuter lfka