The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-02

What do you think of the railroad
| striker Oh course you have an opinion.
II the cars should be tied up round here,
and you could not go to New York or
| Boston, or even to the lively little city of
Pawtucket, what grand pow-wow there
would be. Well, II you care to have my
| opinion about the strike, here IL Is: In the
| first place 1t is proof positive that we live
l in most remarkable country, populated
by the most considerate and patient peo-
| pie on the face Of the globe. Sherman
says that the sugar industry and thePuil-
man car system are the two greatest mon
| opolies in the United States. For the sake
OF argument we will admit that to be q
| fact.
| What figure does that cut?
Is that any reason why grievance OF n
| few men dissatisfied with the wages they
receive should involve in their personal
| quarrel thousands OF other workingmen
| who ere at heart not in sympathy with
| their action, but who for the sake OF per-
petuating an alleged union answer the
| business seems to be to make strife be-
tween employer and employee
will come out. The workingmen who
take part in strike, big or little, must
| get the worst of 1t. How can they help
| II? As soon as they proceed far enough
with their strike, so called, as to interfere
With ,,tarss ths public convenience or
who transact business for the people then
comes the rub. That's what Is the mat
| ter. No strike OF any Importance involv-
| ing q considerable number OF men can
last long when once the public lose sym
pathy with those engaged therein. 1t
| does not take long for the public to show
its displeasure and II the railroad tie-ups
continue to the extent of interfering with
| the United States mails, then Uncle
Sam has an excellent opportunity
| TO demonstrate one OF two
things, either that men of the Debs stripe,
who obtain support from those who have
an insane idea that brute force will ac-
complish what common sense mixed with
arbitration cannot do, are going to run
this country, or that they are to be taken
by the figurative nape of the neck and
pitched overheard into the sea OF oblivion.
j have heard many hard-luck stories in
my day, but the one heard last Saturday
| was new one. was just about to take
| the elevator in the Industrial Trust Build
ing when a man accosted me. "Mr. Cor
bett," he said, al would like to speak to
| you Just one minute. I'll tell you how 1t
is. l am at present on the verge Of
delirium tremens. i have abstained from
drinking liquor now two days. / feel
career. 1 am grocery clerk when i am
myself have tasted SO far two days.
| am footsofe.--"
interrupted my loquacious friend with
this query, "Have you tried to better your
condition." slave i? Look" he said,
and he pushed his upper lip up. "See
that gold in my tooth2 Well, sir, I went
to dentist and asked him to take 1t out
SO i could pawn it for the price Of q
bed" That settled 1t. The story was too
good and fixed him out for the night.
Did you ever have much experience with
| typewriters? Now / will put that an
other way "Did you ever have much to do
with type machinesf" Wal, IL you
haven't don't commence. II yon will take
my advice 1t will save you a deal of trou-
too much on what this or that
man tells you. II you want
something reliable, reasonable and sensi-
| BILE that will do the work not as good, but
better than most Of the so-called standard
machines, obtain as soon as possible q
Smith Premier, even II you have to dis
pose of some older make to do 80.
When I established the City Hall
Record In Chicago had my pick OF type
writing machines, and after a thorough
trial the Smith Premier was decided to be
by far the best, all things considered. /
| understand that such firm as Brown q
Sharp have preference in this respect.
In the City Hall, Chicago, they will use
no other machine. Mr.. b. Taylor Bruce of
70 Custom House street is the agent for
Rhode Island for this famous machine and
shall be very much mistaken not to hear
| OF continuous increased sales as the su-
perior merits of this labor-saving device
becomes more manifest with the public.
The Smith-Premier Is extensively used at
the Capitol, and In numerous manufactur-
ing places in this country it is supplant-
ing other machines. Why shouldn't 1t? 1t
is much easier to clean and keep in order.
| 1t Is simple in construction and very easy
to manipulate. So il you are contem-
| plating the purchase of q first class type
writing machine In every porticular, COM
municate with Mr.. Bl uce as above referred
to. You will find him a very approach
has demonstrated he has the popular make
of machine for oil business purposes.
| was talking with Mr.. BENZ. Hopkins
the other evening. How long do you sup
| pose he has been In business in the vicinity
| OF Market square? Forty-f four years.
Sixteen on the square and IS right around
the corner at the Central Hotel, of which
he Is now sole proprietor. There's no use
talking, Benjamin holds his age almost
as good as DIR. Kirby.
notice by the daily papers that the
| popular manager of Lothrop's Opera
House is to be the recipient of
noon and evening. / have known
BILLY" Chase,as he Is Familiarity known, q
| great many years, dating even before he
| was at the old Theater Comique. He has