The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-01
THOMAS S. MITCHELL. Manager.

establish Joint line To Queenstown ano
cut the steerage rates from two dollars To
four dollars lower. The new line will be
composed OF vessels of the North German
Lloyd, Hamburg American, Netherlands
American and Red Star lines. The tickets
will be sold at sl4, and the regular com
mission TO agents will be s2.
Philadelphians celebrated Arbor Day by
planting an elm tree in Fairmount Park
in memory of DIR. ID. Hayes Agnew; a
sturdy oak in memory of General Meade,
of Gettysburg fame; an ash for George
w. Childs, and sugar maple for Governor
Hartranft. In the case OF Mr.. Childs the
planting of memorial tree was peculiarly
appropriate, for it was his custom when
ever a distinguished man visited him al
Wootton, his country estate, to ask his
guest TO plant tree there.
The Sun calls attention to the early
peddling days of the late Jesse Seligman.
II Mr.. Seligman was good peddler that's
all that Is necessary. John Jacob Aston
was a peddler, and, judging by the char
acter of the stables some OF his descend
ants would like to build, he must have
achieved a very comfortable fortune. Jay
Gould got rid OF mousetraps, it will be
remembered, when he was poor and
struggling, but, like Astor and Seligman,
fortune favored him, SO that, later on, he
was enabled to die rich.
Senate Chamber, Washington, ID. c.,
March 20, 1S94.-Gentlemen: i have re-
ceived the three parts of picturesque
Hawaif' which you were kind enough to
send me. They are very interesting,
especially SO on account OF the peculiar
relations OF the Hawaiian Islands with
the United States. The Importance of
these Islands to American commerce and
development in the Pacific Ocean cannot
be overestimated. trust the time Is not
for distant when they will in some way
become part OF our country. Very truly
yours, John Sherman.
Collectors may be interested in the high
prices brought lately by certain stamps at
sale in London. Among the principal
lots disposed of were: Great Britain, the
V. R. (damaged) ,fs; Naples, IT., "Arms,"
els; Moldavia, 10s paras, fl7; Spain, 1851,
reales, &20; Geneva, the double stamp
f22; Vaud, 4c., el4; Winterthur, 2Ib rap
pin, block OF four, Ell; Poste Locale,
made up plate, f32 10s.; Tuscany, so crazie,
unused, ga. ditto, lire, f26; a collection
OF Russian locals, sG115; Cape OF Good
Hope wood blockl. Id. blue, f42;- and
Mauritius, I'd. blue, very fine, Ell los.
Occasionally some schooner coming up
from the South with cordwood loses her
deck load; the ocean washes it away. Oc-
casionally some man comes along and says
whats the matter with claiming 'em
down?' Somebody tried that once, and
~ oo ndPVSicu tLdt tnS OCthn TOlltu
against that par s&euiar deck load. 1t lifted
it up quite in the usual way, paying no
attention to, apparently without any
knowledge OF, the chains. They were good
chains in their way--they didn't break,
and when old ocean lifted the deck load
the chains pulled the sides off the
schooner. Since then nobody has chained
down deck load.
Have you wooden leg? Have you a
makebelieve arm? Have you nerves of
steel? Do you take iron tonics? These
are some OF the personal interrogatories
that will confront the future applicant
for license to act as pilot of steam ves-
sells. This ali comes through the dis
covery that ships compass needle takes
queer turns and cuts up unaccountable
shines sometimes. The Philadelphia
board of underwriters had the danger
called forcibly to them by the loss OF the
schooner Susan L. Peck, which went
ashore at Bar Point, Lake Erie, in Sep
tember last, entailing loss OF s20, 900,
which the insurance. companies had to
pay. This disaster, it is claimed, was di-
rectly traced to the slight deviations of
the compass due to the steel in her
pilots artificial leg.
An important rule. now in vogue with
the great Pennsylvania Railroad and all
its proprietary lines is that nothing be
used but tirst-class ties in the track, and
nearly the whole supply comes from West
Virginia woodlands. The regulation |
Dimensions for the ties for this company |
are seven inches face, seven inches thick, |
and eight and One-half feet long |
the standard size for all first-class roads |
and a good sound tie is expected |
10 last eight years. Again, all standard |
use hewed ties exclusively, |
while on most narrow guage roads and on |
some small standard guage lines sawed |
ties are accepted. The number OF ties to a |
mile OF track will average $500 when laid |
as approved by experience as to safety, |
efficiency and wear. In the past year one |
company delivered on its various con-
tracts between eight hundred thousand |
and one million ties. All ties before de- |
livery are inspected and passed upon by
railroad official.