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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
THE IROTTIkG TWELFTH.
Eighteenth Annual Reunion Of Vet
erans at Rocky Point.

The members OF the Twelfth Rhode
Island Veteran Association are celebrating
their 18th annual reunion at Rocky Point
today.
The party left via the Continental line
at 10 o'clock this forenoon and proceeded
direct TO Manager Harrington's most
beautiful domain on the bay, where a
most excellent dinner was served and
day delightful outing enjoyed.
The annual business and election oil
officers was held In the midst OF festivities,
and Colonel Daniel II. Ballou, president
of the association, read paper on matters
of reminiscence OF lively interest to the
men of the "Trotting Twelfth"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
PUBLIC HEARING,
Office of the Clerk Of Committees,
Citv Hall. Providence, Aug. ,, 1896.

Office of the Clerk Of Committees,
City Hall Providence. Aug. ,. 1895.
The ioint committee OF the City Council on
Railroads 10 whom has been referred the pc
tition Of tho Union Railroad Company asking
,nrrnission 20 lay rails for a double track in
Miller avenue, from Broad street TO Roger
Williams Park and to erect poles and wires in
said avenue for the operation OF its cars; also
to iav rails for double track in Washington
street from Aborn street TO DOrrance street,
and i'm Exchange Place from Dorrance street
to lis present double track in said Exchange
pITRIIC HEARING on said petition in Com
rni,fee Room II, City Hall, on FRIDAY,
August Q, 1896 at 2 o'clock =. M, when all
p"ar II they shall see ht and be heard
thereon.
BY order OF ,,o,,, -,
n r HAYDEN, Clerk Of Committees.
aug SGT
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
Proposals for Building an
Addition TO the POtter'S
Avenue School House.
Office Of the Clerk Of Committees,
lity Hall, Providence, July 81, 1910.


City Hall, Providence, July 81, 1885.
Sealed proposals, addressed 20 the CHAIRMAN
OF the Committee ON City Property, wlil 90 re-
ceived at the office of the superintendent gi
Public buildings. City Hall, Providence N.
I. until MONDAY, August 18TH, iso, a,
2.3O o'clock. y. m, for building an addiuoh 10
the Potters' avenue school house. -
Plans and specifications may be seen az tno
office of Martin a. Hall architects; 0Jz hous'
trial Trust Building. Providence, X. l. So.
Tho bid for masons' work, carpenters woIk
painting. plastering and gas piping 10 pe IN
one proposal: the bid for plu,uhing 10 pc IN
one proposal. ana the bid Tor heating anu ven
tilating TO be in one proposal.
No bid will be considered unless hcconlPan
led by "A certified check for sum Squal 70
ten (l0l per cent. of the amount OF the con,
tract as guarantee that said contrsot VIII
be signed within ten days cf the GATE OF NO,
ceptance, and N said contract - not slgheo
within ton days from the date OF aocep.anoe
said sum OF ten per cent. Will be reialnea ah1
held for the use OF the city, as nquldatea
damages on account of failure TO sign sald
contract within ten days from the date OF
acceptance. -.
The committee reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. ,.,o>,
by order OF DAVID BUhIONt
Chairman OF the Committee on Oity
p.F. HAYDEN. Clerk of cOmittees..
aul-lB
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
BROOKLYN TROLLEY TENDERS.
Wonderful Automatic Device, which,
it's said, Solves the Problem.

Since the introduction of the trolley
car system in Brooklyn the question OF
and among the latest devices Is an auto
matte one which the Brooklyn Heights
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

Railroad Company is to pass judgement
The body OF the fender when extended
runs on an incline; the pressure OF foot
stop the fender instantaneouslyc closes ana
recedes beneath the platform OF the car /;
by this danger Of its collision with car
riages is avoided. When extended 1t Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

three inches from the car track. and
reaches three feet beyond the platform
il also covers six inches on each side of
the rails, and has 30 square feet of spring
netting shut in by its sides.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
II makes Some Men Tired.

They were from some locality up north
and on their wedding tour, says the De-
troit Free Press. In taking in the sigh Is
of Detroit they boarded a Woodward ave-
nue. car for a ride to the terminus and
back As they sat beside each other, her
hand in his hand and his straw hat fan
ming them both, a grumpy old eodger on
the next seat Sneeringly observed:
Mother case of loves young dream,
seer
The newly welded looked around at him,
but made no reply, and pretty soon he
There ought to be law against this
spooning business! 1t just makes me
"oh, it doesr' retorted the young man
as his cheeks began to redden. "Mebbe
you never spooned when you was a young
MANI"
IF l did it was not in such public
whats the place to do with it? Can't
everybody tell right off the handle that
men Jennie are Jest married?"
II should say they could!'
And that we are on our bride tower?''
Yes
And that we are jest honey and peach
esp
THAT'S what tires me-
1T does, eh2 Well, it don't tire US. She
dotes on me and I'd die for her, and we
hands and eat gum drops as long as our
81 holds out. and you and all the rest OF
the old mossbacks in this town can lick
your chops and go to grassp
AS ne sat down and put one arm around
his turtle dove and Rugged her till the
grumpy old man came to his corner anc
dropped OFF with a grunt of disgust.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
Personal.

Nine. Taine. the widow Of the distin-
guished French writers, is In Switzerland
putting the last touches TO the memoirs
ana correspondence Of her husband. Her
assistance.
Mrs. Mary Winslow is travelling
through Western New York as proprietor
ana operator Of a peripatetic photograph
YolVer, Is first-class artist and has more
orders than she can attend to-
Sig. Ansaldi. a student. blind from his
birth, was graduated recently with high
honor from the Florence Institute OF Ad-
Vanced studies, the school for pOst-gradu-
ate work His thesis on Compensation in
the senses OF the Blind" was declared by
the examiners 70 be an important contri-
putlon TO Physiological psychology
&C. p Huntington. who. has just re-
ABROAD on business but for a vacation.
lie found money cheap all over Europe
ana American securities standing well.
As 20 railroad matters. he again express
ed the opinion that the European rail-
roads were not as good as our own.
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes. the wife of the
Chicago railroad magnate. is confined TO
her room at Belle Haven, Conn, from the
erect oil bicycle accident. She was out
wheeling with her step-son when her
wheel struck an obstruction in the road
ana fell over. Mrs YeTkes' knee struck a
sharp stone and she was severely injured.
= III. RUSSELL the ultltuIOiOBlsls us
covered after investigating the question
OF rain and snow from a clear sky that the
precipitations invariably occurred on the
southwest side of an area of low barome-
ter, and at distances of 500 miles from the
center. Numerous authenticated in
stances OF such meteorological oddities
are known TO science.
There has been much discussion in
English literary circles Of late with re-
gard to the real name of that talented
writer Max Nordau. Various articles
concerning the matter have appeared in
print, to which DR.. Nordau makes the
following reply: My petty names Cor
ought ! TO say my Christian names?D
are Max Simon. After having assumed
at my fathers behest, for reasons that
have no interest for strangers, and at
the age of 10, the name of Nordau,
had this name officially and legally con-
ferred upon me by decree of Karl Won
Zeyk, then royal Hungarian minister of
the interior, under number 1913. and the
date of April II. 1873. Since then. Nor
dau is my real name, and have no legal
right TO bear and use another" This
declaration from Nordau himself ought
to settle the matter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
An American Tribute TO D,c,s.n.

There is pie shop in London that
OndIleS Olckens used TO stand before
When as child he drudged in a blackinSs
factory says the Philadelphia Tims-.
EVERY day. on his way to and from woI.,.
ne paused TO deVour Viands with -
eyes, ana sometimes, as he SAID, y
pressed his tongue to the window pane
as II by so doing he got a little bit y
a taste of the good things that lay s.
near, yet were so far beyond his reach.
An American who admires Dickens
hunted up this pie shop, when he was in
London, in oruer to crafty sentiment
and curiosity. 1t proved to be a mere,
box OF a place. in. poor quarter Of the
city; but the original business was still
conducted there. AS the traveller peered
INTO the shadoWy interior, a voice piped
at his elbow
pie?'' :" veal
The owner of the voice was a small,
dishevelled person, with whom a veal
pie or any other kind would have agreed
right Well. The American replied:
shop would hold?'
Il dunno; About, fifteen or sixteen,
"Wel. you go and get fifteen more
boys and bring them back here
The boy studied the mans face for a
moment, as If to. make sure he was in
the enjoyment of his senses, then hurled
himself into a side street, with a yell.
Hardly a minute elapsed before he re-
turned, the head of a procession of six
teen gamins, assorted as to size and
clothing, unanimous in appetite and
hope. This ragged battalion assembled
close behind the benefactop and fol-
lowed him precipitately INTO the shop,
when he announced that he was going
to give them all the pie they wanted.
For a quarter of an hour the astonished
baker served 'weal an am pies, hand
over hands to thelusixteen astonished
youths of London, while the American
sat and watched the scene with hardly
less establishment. Few words were
spoken, and the onslaught was as fierce
and persistent while it lasted as the
charge at Tel-el-Kebir The exhaustion
of supplies brought the banquet to an
end, and the traveller paid the score,
thinking it little to pay in view of the
fun he had mad, while the boys tumbled
into the street, cheering. and went to
spread the news of this miracle through
the lanes of London.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
Didn't Work Either Way.

How Is your husband2" asked the lit
tie woman IN gray, according 10 the Chi
casO Times-Herald.
Don't ask me, please; he hasn't spoken
70 me Tor week Come to think Of Il,
though, he must be quite well, for II he
has pain in his finger he thinks he Is
about to die and want to make Up all our
differences
1T isn't e good time to quarrel while
SADIE IS visiting you for the first time
'One can't choose the time to quarrel
or have the toothache, dear. II you prom
Use never TO repeat it. no matter how fun
ny il is. I'll tell you the whole story
You may trust me implicitly, my dear
II nave secret which just must tell
somebody 1 walt until my husband is
asleep. test him with something unimpor-
tant, then tell the whole story. II relieves
me without enlightening hips. Oh, assure
you, am safe a church"
Very well. then. II began the day be-
fore Sadie came. when asked for some
money TO go shopping"
mat was commonplace enough. am
Yes; and it was about the careless way
IN which carry my pOcketboOk in my
hand, no matter how much money 1t has
You'd better not. know woman
$50 do I. lots of 'em. But told Tom I'd
like TO see anybody snatch a pocketbook
out OF my hand. Well, l went into town
TO meet sadie; then we went shopping.
As she had never seen Tom I wanted him
to look his best so / purchased some pref
~ things for him as well as myself"
Very generous of you. I'm sure
Yes. l had just gotten him two lovely
neckues at p cents apiece and thrown
away the ticket so he'd like them, not
knowing what they cost. Suddenly. as
turned away from the counter, somebody
snatched my pocketbook right out of my
handr'
Goodness, how awfulr'
1T came over me like a flash what Tom
would say to me after all his warnings
ABOUT carrying money so carelessly, and
tainted away"
No wonder. And did the thief escape? p
ed; Sadie caught and held him until
pohceman came. Then he-he insisted
that he was my husband"
what 1mpudence! But Sadie"
oh, Sadie had a picture of Tom, and
as this man was smooth shaVen-'
And we all know Toms lovely whis-
She told the police it was only a pre-
tense. and gave our names and address
They had him taken away lighting like
a s uemoa ana protesting that he was my
husDand before came to my senses"
the horrid creature"
Perhaps so But. oh, my dear, Tom
never came home at all that night / was
Wild with alarm, and Sadie was sure that
ne was awfully dissipated. About noon
b sne next day l was. upstairs when 1
neard sadie in the front hall calling
Help, help, thieves, 'thievesp | ran down
ana there was Tom himself"
But don't SEQ
His whiskers were shaved off and he
ne wouldn't speak to- me. and Sadie
wouldn't believe he was my husbandT'
: GOOD gracious! You don't mean that
that it could be done? But how ,,id he
settle with the police?''
mat was Just what he had done
9on know how he settled it. for he hasn't
spoken TO me since, and that pocketboolS
nad In It every dollar l own and I don't
dare ask him for it" WI
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
BRIGHT BITS.

The Lesser Evil.-"It seems strange
that every passenger on board the train
which was wrecked should have persisted
in the burning cars.
Cheaper me, 1t costs
Sl,Vu0 to XIII man in battle nowadays.
Mamie-I wonder why they don't use
trolley cars.-Indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Nervus-I want a good girl Now
is this girl you recommend capable?
Agent (pityingly)-Why ma am, that girl
Is capable of anything.-Texas Siftings.
That was an appropriate flower Lord
iimpecune wore when he was married to
Miss Nuggets"
II have. not heard of it. What was it,"
FIRST Shade-What were your last
words on earth?'
Second Shaded told westerner he lied
What were yours?
i had none. You see, / was married
man. Adams Keenan,.
Miss AIildmay-I am sure that there Is
good IN Mr.. Spooner. He certainly is very
tender-hearted.
Miss Frost-Yes, he has a heart that
mas been rendered to about every I'M
married woman in town, if that is what
you mean.-Boston Transcript.
How He Knew.-"No" said the man
who stayed in town while his family
went to the seashore, Il haven't had any
direct news from them. But they are en-
1oying themselves immensely"
How can you tell, If they don't write?'
feau ABOUT IL IN my check book. -
Washington Star.
Hogan-Oi have joke on .Houghlighan
They was felly KEN into his place an
took three drinks in rapid secession av his
whisky, an thin pulled a gun and shot
himself
Grogan--oi think the joke is on the
man. Fwat for did he go to the trouble
av usin' a gun afther three drinks av
Houghlighan's whisky?-Cincinnati Trib-
une.
Seen my wife in here?" asked the
mau with the yellow vest of the donw-
town druggist. Il am not sure that I
know her" was the enswer; there was a
rather large woman with a pink shirt
waist her, and a smallish woman in dark
boomers. " HIN. She answers both
those descriptions. What was the color
of her hair, did you notice ?'-Indianapo
Journal.
philanthropy at Small Cost.-Friend-
Say, old boy, how in the world did you,
with your small income, get such a rep
utation as great philanthropist?
Sharp-I announced far and wide that
/ would pay the railroad fare of the I'M
employed who wished to go to work on
farms
''Well?"
We'll total expense. so far. ten CENTS
New York Weekly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
A New PresIdentIaI Candidate.

It is not remarkable that the Springfield
Republican should present the name Of
Richard Olney. the head OF the state de-
partment. as a ut man for the presidential
nomination of the Democratic party. Mr..
Oiney is a Massachusetts man and very
noted one. The admiration which the
Springfield Republican expresses for him
is not at all extravaganL lie is a man Of
ability and great strength of character
justice was highly satisfactory. though
it is question whether some OF the
sentiments he expressed in his effort be-
fore the supreme court in the income tax
case are those which are approved by the
great majority OF the people.
It is true that Mr.. Olney is a compare
lively new man y politics. He had not
been heard Of outside Of Boston when he
was asked to accept place in Mr.. Cieve-
lands cabinet. lie was known of course
to lawyers in many parts of the country.
because he was prominent in his profess
sion and had quite a reputation as a
corporation lawyer. The people. however.
knew nothing of him and they know very
little Of him now. He is not a man who
likes notoriety and he does not seek op-
portunities TO thrust himself upon the at
tenton of the public.
1t is not always the man who has been
long in public life who is nominated for
President. Men have been dragged from
obscurity almost and nominated for that
position. and therefore Mr.. Olney stands
almost. if not quite as good chance for
getting the nomination as If he had been a
leading politician for many years.
1t is not Mr.. Olney. however. of whom
the democratic leaders are thinking in
connection with the presidential nominal
tiOn Of their party. but Mr.. Whitney.
There are. of course. objections TO Mr..
Whitney of which he cannot very well
rid himself. but there is so much conf
dence in his leadership that he is certain
to have a big following at the national
convention. He has said that he does not
want the nomination and will make no
effort to get it. but he has not yet said
that he would not accept it if it were ten
dered him. There is not much doubt that
he would accept it.
There is quite feeling among demo-
Gratis that the candidate should be a west
ern man. but as yet no prominent demo-
crat of that section has intimated that he
would like to have it. AS the situation
now is, therefore, Mr.. Whitney stands
much better chance of getting the nominal
tfon than Mr. Olnpv does
The convention is a. long way off yet,
and the whole political situation may
change before the time comes for naming
the national democratic ticket There
is nothing in sight. however. that indi-
Gates that when the ticket is made the
name of Mr.. Olney will be at the head of it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
Georgia PEACHES.


Prior to this year comparatively Kttle
was known OF the merits Of the Georgia
peach in such distant markets as Boston
and Chicago. This year tens OF thousands
OF people beyond the limits Of the state
have been made acquainted with the fact
that the Georgia peach is fully as fine as
the peach grown in Delaware and Mary
land and on the shore OF Lake Michigan.
day or two ago the Boston Herald
took occasion TO say that the Georgia
peach this year has given great satisfac-
ton in that city. its flavor being com
mended IN the highest terms. The Herald
says there is no comparison between the
Georgia peach and the California peach,
the latter being fair to look upon. but
those who buy it once are not apt to buy
it a second time. while those who buy the
Georgia peach ars sure to become a reg
ular customer for 1t, so excellent is its
quality.
Next year Boston will be a great market
for the Georgia fruit and there will be
demand for it in all the cities and towns
of the east and west. Its reputation is
now established 1t is so popular that
there is no danger of overstocking the
market, however great the supply may be.
1t is certain that great deal more
attention. is going to be paid to the grow
ing Of peaches in this state. There is an
immense area that is adapted to peach
growing. Land admirably suited for
peach trees can be had at a very low
price per acre. and the peach tree yields
a crop in three years after it is set out
1t Is safe to predict that within the next
ten years Georgia will raise enough
peaches to supply the peach demand of
the whole country.
But there are several things the peach
growers must do in order to secure better
returns than those of the present year
They must find out what varieties of
peaches give the most satisfaction and
bring the best prices. They must also
have a better system of marketing their
peaches, SO that no one will send his
peaches to a market that is already glut-
ted. A glutted market is just what the
peach growers must avoid If they were
thoroughly organized they would be better
able to discover which markets are over
stocked and which could take more of the
fruit; also, where the best prices could be
obtained. In their present disorganized
condition they are not only not helpful TO
each other, but they break down the mark
ct before the season is half over.
For first-class peaches there is hardly
any limit TO the demand, because, owing
TO the use of refrigerator cars. the
peaches can be kept in the best condition
until they reach their destination, even
though the destination be the cities of
the west and northwest. What the peach
growers should do therefore is to organ
ize with the view of correcting all the
evils under which the peach growing in
terest now labors. These evils cannot, of
course. be corrected in a day, but they
can be corrected in time, If proper atten-
ton is given to them. The Georgia peach
growers have got a little bonanza and
They should make the most of it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
The grimm Idea Repud,oted.

In 1892 Capt. r. Hobbs of Albany, Ca,
chairman of the democratic congressional
committee of the Second Georgia district.
refused pointedly to countenance any such
thing as the forcing of democratic candi-
dates to measure up to the alliance yard
stick" in accordance with the custom that
obtained that year in some sections. Capt.
Hobbs good democratic position was en-
dorsed by the voters of the county, and
the captains candidate was overwheIming-
ly elected to congress, in spite of the
'yardstick." Not long ago Capt Hobbs
was a delegate to and one of the vice
presidents of the free silver convention at
Griffin, and was instructed by that con-
vention-which was composed of populists,
republicans and democrats-to go home
and organize free silver clubs; in other
words. to make the Democratic party of
the Second district measure up to the pop
ulist-free silver yardstick If he could
Some of the democrats of the Second dis
trict began to want to know of Capt
Hobbs how it was that he repudiated the
Ocala yardstick in 1892, and accepted the
Griffin yardstick in 1895. This desire for
information has had the effect of bring
ing from the captain the somewhat pecu-
liar expression published in our Balm
bridge dispatch yesterday. namely: II
want to see a democratic congress elected
favorable to the coinage of both metals
on a commercial parity, and leave to that
congress the ratio and unlimited part of
the business" If we understand the ex-
precision, it means that Capt. Hobbs is not
welded to the 16 to 1 idea, but is willing
to accept anything that will give the coun-
try a sufficiency of good. sound. honest
money; and that is just where the sound
money people stand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
A Princes Gift.

The imperial princes have an English
governess, whom they look up to with
reverential awe, though Notwithstanding,
or, perhaps, for that very reason, they
are greatly attached to her, says the Ber-
liner Tageblatt. A short while ago this
lady's birthday was the occasion OF sun
dry presentations from her little pupils
and their august parents. Among the
valuable tokens Of liberality the govern
ess noticed an insignificant looking card
board case.
whatever is this?" she said, as she
took IL up in her hand.
Here Prince Oscar drew himself up TO
his fun hight and replied: THAT is from
me-
''But II is empty" remarked the aston
ished recipient.
And the little prince replied; Eyes. Il
Is empty now but Tomorrow papa Is
going to pull my first tooth, and the box
Is TO put Il in. Then III give ii TO you .
Next day, sure enough. the little man.
his face 'beamlng with delight. presented
the tooth 10 his teacher. who now wears
" - trinkat ga hen hansia-