The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
AS 1T IS TALKED.

BY sanction Of the general assembly q
lottery scheme was advertised In 1850 to
raise $780, 900 to pay for the paving Of
Union street. There was one prize of
$4,000, two OF $1,000. five OF e., 900, ten of
$1,000. twenty of $500. fifty OF 500, 200 Of
500 and 1,l60 of $50. There was also q
prize Of $500 to go to the holder of the
ticket first drawn and another of 500 to
go to the holder OF the ticket last drawn.
Tickets sold for $50 each and 5000 were
issued. At the head Of the lottery ad.
vertisement was the following
n. B.-Prisss not demanded within six months
win be deemed as generously given for encourage
Ing the work and applied accordingly.
Just about this season Of the year New
port realizes that It's dependence upon
the summer residents to bring it pros
perity Is q rope OF sand. These summer
ties care only to keep the city as dead as
possible SO that the prolebariat may not
offend their delicate n~ostrils or mar
the effect OF their hedgerows upon the
extremely aristrocratic tailor-made land
scape. Newporters are beginning to
realize that they must give up the wor-
ship o. the cottaaer or else give up keep
ing bank accounts.
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"Give me q box car to work on every
time," said a street car conductor re-
Gently as a lady stepped from one OF the
open cars directly In front of one ap-
preaching from the other direction. But
for the quick work Of the conductor a
serious accident might ave resulted.
Now that open cars are coming more
xanA.alI., s-eu ma nA. -
will do well TO exercise considerable care
In getting of the cars. Watchful as
drivers aud conductors may be, they can
not always avert accidents due TO lack of
attention OF the passengers az to where
they are alighting.
Not all bicyclIsts object to a tax on
their wheels. They say such a course by
the city or state authorities would give
them the right to demand better streets
aud q better cbance to recover damages IL
they are injured by defects in the high
ways. One rider suggests that il the
wheels should be taxed it might give
them the right to ride on sidewalks when
streets are muddy, provided they looked
out for pedestrians and did not GEL care
less.
A kind-hearted man who lives out
Elmwood way had a kitten which he
wanted to get rid of, but could not bring
himself to killing the creature. He
finally bethought him of the scheme of
carrying it to- another part OF the city
and abandoning it. This too seemed
cruel, SO he changed his plan and gave IL
TO a little girl whom lie knew was too
young to refuse IL. The child's mother
saw the transaction, and when the man
had driven out OF sight she called her
son aud told him to carry the kitten back
to the mans house. He mounted his
bicycle and in a very few minutes the
kitten WAS at its former home-The-
astonishment OF the man when he came
home and found the animal there before
him can better be imagined than de.
scribed. n he is now wondering how
1t could possibly have found its way back
so soon.
The recent attempt OF irresponsible
parties to belittle the services OF Super
intendent of Schools Tsrbell has been en-
tirely without eff ct, except to give Mr..
Tarbell's friends an opportunity to point
out some OF the results of his work. Mr..
Tarbell is paid less than many of the
school superintendent of tive cities Ia
Massachusetts Of less than 10000 inhab-
itants. BY his method Of annually re-
districting the city It is stated by those