The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-07
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Pie and murder.
Queer combination, eh? Well should
say 80. ] cannot imagine how man
could with murder i'm his heart and piece
OF pie in his hand enjoy the aforesai1 PIE.
We are told by the local papers that
this man Potter, who killed his vile nj
Rice CITY, was eating pio just few mia
utes before he committed the cowardiy
and atrocious crime 10 which ne con-
fessed.
IL is probably the first time on record
where a man previous to the conimital oil
a crime Of this character ever deliberately
and with malice aforethought nerved
himself for the deed with piece OF pie.
il only goes To show how perverse hu-
man nature is in spots. Pie and piety
might consistently go together, but PIE
and pistols don't seem 20 just jibe. How
ever, as the crime was committed in this
State the perpetrator viii be clothed, fed
and housed for life, or until such time
as some future Governor shall exercise the
pardoning power.
In the meantime what?
Why, in the meantime let us exchange
congratulations, considering the law in
regard TO tie punishment in this State
OF capital crimes, that they are so very
few as compared with other states where
the penalty is ignominious death.
When The leaves begin to fall.
Did you ever notice how systematic and
regular the seasons follow each other?
The autumnsl tint Is now being placed
upon the trees and the variegated colors
are pleasing to the eye OF the beholder.
Every day the coioring will grow and be-
come more pronounced. Maroon and
red, dark pink and green and streaks oil
brown will be the colors observable in the
yet warm sunshine of departed summer,
and the merest wind will cause rustic OF
commotion and the leaves will commence
to fall. They have served their purpose.
As part and parcel OF the great handi-
work OF Nature, they have taught the OBJ
serving that the immutable law is first
life and then the passing away OF that
life.
Spring is youth, summer is middle age,
autumn more matured, and winter rings
the curtain down. Aspiration Is spring,
animation 10 summer, realization Is the
height of the sun OF success, dissppoint-
ment, shattered hopes the autumn; the
falling leaves, and despair, disaster and
dissolution the winter of existence.
notice that the tailors have struck in
New York. Wonder il the iron is hot?
This matter OF striking is becoming
back number. As a general thing strikes
do not pay outside of a blacksmith shop.
Speaking about strikes, man named
Debs says that the strike at
Pullman has never been officially
declared off. AS long as the
majority of strikers have returned to
their work it probably does not matter.
The average laboring man will grow wiser
as he grows older.
The man in front of the postofiice put
his hand in his pocket and
drew therefrom a prodigious pocket
| book. He opened it slowly, and after
time he selected an editorial cut from n
| paper printed in a Deighboring city the
subject OF which was "Are men chattels ?"
| Reference was made to the testimony
| given in the investigation OF the cause OF
| the Pullman strike wherein one OF the
officials Of the car company is quoted as
saying: "We go into the market for men
! just as we do for materials" "Just read
| that over at your LEISURE" said the man
in front of the postoffice, "and mind what
! i say, you may outlive me or / may outlive
/ you, but II either OF US live any consider
| able time we will see q civil war in this
! country before this labor question is ad-
| iusted. You may laugh and call me a
/ crank but was not born yesterday and |
can see the trend of things to come as
I plain as / can see anything" Just as /
WIS becoming interested in his
| prediction OF the dire consequences
! of the outcome of the industrial disor-
| ders OF this country man came up
/ and by what he said it was evident that
| both were to kneel at the shrine OF
! Bacchus, SO for the time being the sub
| ject of future civil war was placed upon
/ the shelf.
J Living pictures.
/ Dressed in white with veil and orange
! blossoms,a a fair young girl stands beside
/ the man whom she has promised to be-
/ come his wife. In front OF them is the
lawfully ordained minister with book in
hand. who puts the usual questions and
/ delivers the sacred iniunction3 and the
/ twain become, ia the eyes OF The law, man
and Wiie.-
Living Picture No. 2 (sfter five years).
Wife with baby boy 10y her side stand
ing in the witness box OF divorce court
tostifyIng to the cruel treatment she had
received and how the Sunshine Of her
life had been clouded ere the first short
year OF her married life had elapsed. In
the background OF this second picture is
| the regular oourt-Iabble oi spectators,
the lawyers and officers, and on the
bench the Judge, whose ears are used TO
such pitiiul recitals. The husband ~ not
present TO oppose the suit, and thereby
tacitly admits that his wife's accusations
are true.
Helen-"So you are married, Hattie, and
have wealth and ell its possibilities ?"
Hattie-"Yes, my husband is very
rich"