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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
TO CONTRACTORS
Proposals for Foundation Walls
for the East Side High School
and Broad Street Gram
mar School.
Ofice Of the Clerk of Committees,


City Hall. Oct. 30. 1905
SEALED PROPOSALS are hereby invited
by the Joint Committee ot the City Council
on City Property for making the excavations
and building the foundation walls for a High
School building. 20 bo erected on the lot
owned by the City ot Providence. at tho cor
ner of Hope street and Alumni avenue; and
also for the Grammar School building, 10 be
erected on the lot owned by the Clty OF Pre-
vidence. ut the junction of Broad and Eddy
streets
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
office OF Martin n Hall, architects, 502 Indus
trial Trust building. Providence, X. /.
Proposals tor each school building must pe
made separately, mUst be addressed To David
Burton, chairman of the Committee on City
Property, City Hall. Providence. Il. J., and
will be received until FRIDAY. November 8,
1885, at Twelve (l2) o'clock noon
a certified check, payable 10 the q Treas
urer. equal TO ten (l0l per cent. of The con-
tract price, must accompany each proposal, as
a guarantee that said contract %ill be signed
within ten days OF the date of accept nee,
snd IL said contract is not signed With ten
days from the date OF acceptance, said su : OF
10 per cent will be retained and held 70 the
OF she city as liqridated damages Dn C.
count of failure 10 sign said contract within
ten days from the date OF acceptance.
The COMMITTEES reserves the right 10 reject
any OF all bids.
BY order Of
DAVID BURTON, Cha rmsn.
ID. +. HAYDEN, Clerk OF Committees.
Oct3l.7t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
TO CONTRACTORS.
Proposals for the Construction of
High School Building, Cor
ner OF Summer and Pond Streets.


Proposals are hereby invited by the Joint
Committee OF the City Council on City rop-
erty for the erection of hrick huiiuing, ccf.
ner OF SUMMER ana Pond streets, to be- csed
as bigh scAool. IS q mast Inc m at the vnars
masons' and carpenters work: ais all brick
cutting for steam ana ga pipes ana spepking
tubes and all plumhlnS. Masons 10 tgrro
all brick cutting and carp, uters all wood
cutting, ana ihs right Il reserved hy
the committee to eicct any or all bids. or 10
award the contraCt 10 any rtsponsl hlp biddt r
as they deem for the best inteiest or the city
Bonds. with sursty or suretio, satisfactory TO
the cow miitee. wi I've Iequi~" ~"h frnul 'nH Nc
ccssful biicer In an amount equal TO twenty
hv. t25) per cenium Of the tace of Tho &C
cepted proposal, and certified check for
one thousand dollars, payable 70 tho order OF
the CITY Treasures must accompany each and
ali bids. conditioned unon The signing Uf tho
contract within ten tlJ) days OF the awarding
thereof.
Sealed bids. WITT. certified check enclosed,
addressed 20 Da~.d furlop. Chairm,n OF the
Committee ON City Properly. CIV HNh Pro-
vidence, II. l. l,will be recclved uLtil IL o clock
noon or Wednesday the sixth ttth) day of
Noveml er, lo!a.
Plans and specifications may be seen ~ the
Office OF Martin a. Hall, architects. 62 ". dns'
trial Trust Company building. frovieslce
X. l., on and after Monday, October ~, lsOo.
BY order OF the COMMITTED on CITY Property
DAVID BUTTON, Chairman.
d. Y. HAYDEN, Clerk OF Cofniaitiees.
octlp.l5s
CITY OE pRnNInESCE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
The White House Solidarity.
Marshall Cuehing,s CAPITAL

Isn't the detective business around the
White House n little overdonoS When Mrs
Cleveland arrived a friend OF mine said:
"Now you must say something very sweet
about her"
True; and no one but feels kindly disposed
toward the hrst lady of the land, and not a
newspaper writer but has said as many nice
things rs his vocabulary would admit OF
But there is bad taste now. because whom
she came to Washington the other night she
slipped out by a side entrance, with her two
little girls in the arms OF two detectives, and
disappointed crowd OF good natured we'll
wishers who had a. emblod az tho station to
bid hor hearty welcome after nvo or six
months absence from the Capital City
IL is n matter Of record thai General Grant
used TO walk down Pennsylvania avenue every
morning smoking his cigar have known
him to stop n number OF school children, who
had no idea 20 whom they were speaking. ana
ask In the most informal way about their
parents Mr. Lincoln. when no was presicen.
acted like an ordinary American citizen. nj.
though in the hearts OF the people, and under
the nercest light OF history he ranks second
10 none President hari ison used TO walk ,he
street unattended II Mr. Cleveland wou,l
take Ruth by the hand and walk two or tbree
blocks each day among tho people OF Washing.
ton, NJ other Presidents almost without ex.
ception have done, he would not need 20 90
to Buzzard's Bay TO recupora,e, and remain
six months from his post Mrs Cleveland
would find 10 very pla aht IL she wore
bttle freer and more informal with the good
people of Washington. many OF whom. I'm
point OF birth, education. breeding. position.
gifts. or anything, can IA I'd thor own vita
any President or Presidents wifo Chester A
Arthur was especially free and cordial in nj.
intercourse with The good pe pie o. washing.
ton They never harmed him Two dsiec.
tives, armed 10 the eth, nev folI, W, him
wIen be- rode br W .lk,o. / have heard that
he actually went d hing once, with a crooked
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
POLL TAX.
S95.

Whereas, the board Of assessors OF the city
Of Providence have assessed on every person
in said city who, IL registered, would be
much thereof as with his other taxes shall
amount 10 one dollar, and whereas the city
council OF said city, by an ordinance approved
October -. A ID, 1925. provided that said tax
shall be paid 60 ana collected by the city
Treasurer on and between the oh ana 10Th
days OF November a ID, 1895, inclusive
Notice is therefore hereby given 20 oil per.
sons against whom a poll tax has been as.
sessod as aforesaid 10 pay the Simo to the
City Treasurer, between said 9th and 10th
undersigned will attend daily during said
periods (SunQays and holidays excepted) at
the treasury, from . O'Clock IN until 5
o'clock p m. except saturdays. when his
sai1 taxes. ID. l.. ~. GRANGER,
Oct3l.d-tf City Treasurer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
145,472.

Well, II is settled.
The city OF Providence has population
Of l45, 472 persons Of all ages, sexes, color,
race, previous condition of servitude,
present condition OF heaithfulness or dis
ability and political faith, including the
Committee OF Five.
We are not so big as we hoped to be,
same, and with the population OF the
suburban towns of Cranston, Johnston
and North Providence, separated from
the city by political lines only, our city
is splendid enough as to size.
We had 1872, 14s in 1890 and 49, ten
years ago at the last State census. Our
increase from the State census in 1885 to
the federal census in 1890 was IA, O76 and
from the latter to the present State GEN.
sus it is 10, a26. The growth for the Sec
ond period of five years was thus numeri-
cally about the same as the growth from
1885 to 1S9o-only 75O less. though of
course the percentage OF growth is smaller
this time. This is very satisfactory,
especially in view Of the fact OF the in
creased development OF neighboring
towns, whose real estate enterprises have
tempted many of our citizens out OF town
during the past five years
We think the citizens of Providence
owe q card OF thanks to Superintendent
TIEPKE and the State census department
for the painstaking, conscientious and
intelligent effort made to secure for the
metropolis q correct and honest census OF
this big town which presented unusual
difficulties in the way OF making an ac-
curate enumeration.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

We commend to our patriotic fellow
citizens everywhere the action of the en-
terprising citizens of the town of Bar
rington who are looking up the graves
of the revolutionary heroes in their town
with view to marking them and keeping
track OF them permanently after one
hundred and twenty years OF neglect SO
far as the public is concern,d. The twin
organizations known as the sons OF Amer
ican Revolution and Daughters Of Ameri-
can Revolution have inspired the move
ment and adopted a substantial and ex-
pressivs marker for the gra-es, and effort
on the part Of the citizens of the severai
towns would result in finding many such
graves now not generally recognized and
Identifying them with the suitable and
patriotic emblem for posterity.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

paper. Our paper, unlike The Register,
was not the "official organ" Indeed, we
regarded the official organ as our Ioath-
some contemporary and we swstted ii
accordingly SO long as we could secure
funds to pay the bills for printing our
enterprisIng sheet. II we remember right
ly, our schoolmates were degenerate
enough to much prefer reading what our
paper printed to perusing the official
organ, but we suffered from a lack of
endorsement" which initiated against
us in the matter of securing advertising.
The lesson in journalism that we learned
was that you can't run even a good paper
without a substantial advertising pat
ronage. We have since learned that in
real journalism one is usually successful
in commanding the other. We congratu-
late the newer generation Of High Scohol
newspaper men on having acquired this
knowledge without being bothered with
the experience, and that they nave Is tes-
tifed by the fine appearance of The Reg
lister in both its reading columns and its
ad vert isinp snaee
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
eoWL"Ne Dr.--v o..- FINS.
what They Are Made of o. How The:
Arc MauuTactuY,,.

what They Are Made of a How Thes
Arc Manufacture.
Bowling balls are always made Of lig
mum vitae, the only wood of sufficient
hardness e. stand the rough usage o.
which thcy arc subjected. THO lignum vi
tae Is q large tree native 10 South Amer
Tea and Ito West Indies The wood Is I'm
ported in the form of loiys measuring from
to 10 feet In length and from s To IL
inches in diameter. There H. considerable
tiftfurrnru, says the New York Sun, in the
quality OF tho imported wood, duo to ago
and seasoning The logs arc usually cut
green from the limbs OF the lignum vitae,
but often the natives In occurring the wood
como upon sections OF the trocs which have
lain in the forests for many years. The
bowling balls manufactured from one of
these old logs are much more durable than
can be made from the green wood.
In young, grcon tree the inner part or
heart is very dark brown, but just inside
the bark Is u band of yellow sap which is
more or loss thick according To the age Of
tho tree. After the trco is cut and the
wood becomes seasoned the yellow sap
gradually disappears, every year OF season.
ing adding 10 the value OF the wood for its
purpose. Tho most expensive balls art
turned from thoroughly seasoned lignum
vitae, I'm which there is no yellow sap Go
be seen. The lignum vitae logs are sawed
into cublcal blocks, which are firmly fas
tened upon the spindle oi. lathe. Below
the spindle Is a revolving table ON which
is an upright post holding the cutting
tool This tool post adjusts toa very small
fraction OF an inch The workman, by
slowly turning tho table through hall
revolution and adjusting the tool post Is
enabled To change the cubical block TO IA
perfect sphere. The ball Is then sandpapor-
cd, polished and finished ready for delv.
cry, the finger holes being bored to fit the
hand ~ tho individual purchaser.
An expert workman can turn out an
average of about IL finished wooden
spheres per day.
The best pins are turned from rock ma
pie Birch Is sometimes used but pins
made from that wood lack tho metallic
ringing nciso which ,hs maple pins give
when struck.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
AN ESTEEMED CONTEMPORARY.

We welcome the return OF our esteemed
contemporary, The High School Register,
to our exchange table, revived after sus-
pension OF two or three years by a large
and evidently capable board OF editors
and business manager who evidently
knows how to knock over the shrinking
advertiser.
The Register Is full of readable mater,
is well printed and attractive. We should
think 1t ought to be OF great interest to
the young men and young women of the
High School and good many other folk
besides There is in 1t a Continued
story, y miscellany OF the school, class
aud general school news, and an up-to.
date proportion derotsd to sports
We received one OF our eirlier lessons
In Journalism at running 9 High School
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

This shows that tho only country in which
there was no considerable enlargement OF the
pig iron product is the free trade country.
Was this failure to enlarge a failure in spite
OF free trade ? OF what use are facts and ex-
porience IL. when they show a theory to be
wrong, we must.rcject both facts and expert
ence, and believe that the theory is right2
That this particular product increased two
and half times in 10 years under protection
surely cannot DO regarded as proving that
protection cripples the industry and. IL il be
cuntended that the incrense would have been
even greater without protection, how shall
that claim be sustained, when. without pro-
lection, the British iron product made no In.
crease at ali Note, also. that the total
American product was consumed at home
We took the iron and used 10 in our own in
dustries Those ''maTkets Of the world OF
which we hear so much from tho free traders,
wore wide open to Br ish ironmasters. who,
however, did not occupy them to sufficient
extent to require the British furnaces to en-
large their product
Now, suppose we had opened our market to
British iron with the expectation that we
should find a better place 10 sell our iron i'm
the markets of tho world"-how should we
have Jared? Well. we have dcns precisely
that thing in the case of woolcns. 10 oar
heavy loss and the great gam of Englishmen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

pin for hook with little Sam Randall in the
lake in the White House grounds Sam didn't
know 10 whom he was talking and President
Arthur found out by clever questioninR
that the little boy to whom he took such .
fancy was the son OF one of his abisst and
strongest opponents on the floor OF the House.
This made no difference to the President.
however, for the next day he called his car
riage and took the delighted little Sam down
the Potomac on a fishing expedition with him
when both had good hooks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
TERSELY TOLD.
Practical Faith.

A Baptist family and Unitarian family,
living side by side their children were play.
mates The little Baptls;s were in the habit OF
praying for all things and one morning the
children were in danger of being late for
school, John, of Baptist persuasion, said /:
Lets kneel down and pray we may not be
late for seheel,-"we,d better run, and pray
as we sc. said Sam, the Unitarian
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

THE Gorman-wilson tariff stopped
thousands OF factories. threw threo mil
lion workers out Of their jobs, and made
them cautious buyers, unable to pay liv-
ing prices to farmers OF merchants By
this operation we are enjoying q period of
reduced prices under Democratic admin.
istration. slow prices sounds very well
until you come to look into the cause.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
WE guess the record for a Halloween

WE guess tHe recUru rUr HaIIUwe6n
ark was made by the two students from
Brown University "annex" who rugged
themselves out in male attire and went
making calls on their friends. Except that
they daintily raised their trousers legs
nre said to have carried themselves with
remarkable effectiveness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
A Musical Incongruity.
HIGH School Reriater.

Three hundred of our chorus are to sing at
the Teachers Institute. The selectionsi are
chosen more on account Of our familiarity
with them than their appropriateness. How
ever. the anachronisms of "The Flowery
Month of June" in October. and "Night
Lovely Night" at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
will vanish whom two thousand voices raise
our National hymn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

"One feast, OF holy days the crest,
J. though no Churchman, love 80 keep,
All Saints-the unknown good that rest
In Gods still memory folded deep;
The bravely dumb that did their deed
And scorned To blot it with a name.
Men OF the plain heroic breed,
That loved Heavens silence more than
fame"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

n an OLD ard WELL TRIED RFMEDY and for
ever FIFTY WARS has been used by millions Of
mothers Tor their CHILDREN willie CUTTING
ThEfn Nth perfect success II 80, thes the child,
sciiens the gums. re1aces Inflammation. al ays ell
pain, cute. wind collie ~ very pleasant 90 the taste.
end :. the best rene y ferdi rfhosa. sold BY drug.
f'sis II every par II th~ VOID. PRICR TNEN-
1f-F1vE CENTS A foTfAE re sure and ask
fcr MRS wiNsLOw's sUbTHfNO SYRUP and
lake her k!sd mothers will hnl n the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

II the Committee of Five VIII step into
the Crystal Maze they may contemplate
themselves In one of the mirrors magni-
ned ninety-eight times, which would
make quite . respectable party"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

Mr. A. c. BARsrow of the Committee
OF Five has, we understand, a contract
with the wicked city government to fur.
nish the IRON castings for thousand sets
OF school furniture. We sincerely trust
that no "corrspt influences prevailed to
secure this pleasant thing, or that the
"tsxpsyers' money" Ia to be "was. ed
On the job
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

WE wonder what the late EBENEzER
KNIGHT DEXTER would have to say about
the Committee OF Five?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
News Readers

will confer favor upon the publishers II
they will send information to this Office
where Providence paper should be on
sale and The News Ia not offered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

GOOD evening Adjutant tGeneral,wHITE.
You wear the uniform of your predeces-
sor very well. 1t is rather pity you are
not to buy one of your own.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

TINS IL All Saints Day aud we under
stand the Committee OF Five ID bors under
the impression that it is established in
their honor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01
The Manufacturer.

The argument is offered by the free trade
journals that the rapid development Of our
manufacturing industries has been made, not
because of protection, but in spite OF it. Con
slider such figures as these:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-01

CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-21
ROCKLAND REPUBLICANS.
John Lovejoy Chosen as the Candidate
for Mayor.

Rookland. February 2G.-Tonight's Repub
lioan msyoralty caucus was the largest in
the history of the city. Nearly Fifty per
cent of the Republican total voting popu-
lation turned out eager to show their choice
for one of the three candidates. The
Austria liam ballot system which was first
used in caucus in this state by the Repub-
lican city committee was employed and for
nearly two hours there was steady stream
of voters passing through the gates. John
Lovejoy. who has twice served the city in
the capacity of mayor; was conceded to be
the leading candidate previous to the
caucus. and this opinion was borne out in a
single ballot. The committee to receive.
sort and count votes re ported at the end Of
half an hour as follows: Whole number of
votes, 4s9; necessary to choice, 245; John
Lovejoy had 327. DR.. r. B. Miller had III,
and Frank NJ. Shaw had 55. The result was
greeted with great show of enthusiasm,
which was redoubled when the nominee
m ade brief speech of acceptance. Stephen
Chase. Elmer E. Hooper and Ralph r..
VI mer were chosen as the committee, and
R. r, Ulmer presided over the caucus, and
F. A. Winslow was secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-21
is GETTING DISCOURAGED.
Altar in Vain for Three Separate Bride
grooms.

Winsted, Conn., February a0.-There was
a large assemblage gathered at ST. Joseph
church this morning to witness the wedding
of j. T. Burke and Miss Anna Nunan, an
nounced for nine o'clock, but the groom
did not put in an appearance. He left
town last evening and his wheI ca bouts are
unknown. The brides father recently went
bunds for Burke. who during a carousal
assaulted a police officer. Burke owned.a
livery stable in New Hartford and Mr..
Nunan left for there this morning to attach
the stables. Miss Nunan is a fashionable
drsssmaker and popular in society. Miss
Nunan has had two previous experiences OF
a somewhat similar nature. She was once
engaged TO Torrington man, who disap-
peared few days before the ceremony. was
to take place. and she was again engaged to
Thomas Myers of New Hartford. whom she
sued for breach of promise and got a
verdict for damages. Burke recently owned
a large livery business in Torrington. and
failed a few months since. Miss Nunan
aided him by giving him $500 to help pay his
creditors.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-21
JUST IN TIME.
A Tug Reached the Sinking Schooner
Red Wing.

Powerful Pumps Kept tho Water Down
and Enabled the Vessel to Reach
Shore.
Frovinoetown. Mass, February 20.-The
schooner Red Wing, coal laden, from Perth
Amboy. N. j.. for Boston has arrived and
reports terrible experience. No mishap
occurred till $40 D. m, today, whom the
craft struck violent leak. The vessel was
then On the middle bank ten miles north of
Race Point. The pumps were manned at
once and the craft kept away landward
into Cape Cod bay. The leak was an awful
one and the water was pouring i'll at an
alarming rate and threatened to sink the
craft in very few hours at the most. The
crew stuck to the pumps like heroes. but
despite their utmost endeavors the water
gained rapidly. With ali sail set and head ed
for shore they hoped to gain the beach be-
fore she went down. At a. M. the Boston
tug Bradley sighted the sinking craft
six miles north Of Race Point and went to
assist her reaching the scene at go. The
Red Wing then lad eight feet of water in
her hold. I he crew had made ready to leave
the vessel and lowered q boat. and with
their effects, and got in, and for a while
were towed at the stern of the craft as 1t
sped shoreward. On the tug was portion
of the Provincetown wrecking gang, and
men in plenty to relieve the exhausted men
upon the vessel, the deck of which had
settled dangerously near the surface. Capt.
johnson thinks that the leak is in the
centreboard box. This vessel was in
collision on her last trip and the damage at
that time amounted it is said to $l5.0O0
Without doubt the vessel will have to be
discharged here before the leak can be
st opped.