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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16
THE CITY OF PRoyIDEScE.
TO CONTRACTORS
PROPOSALS for New Boat House
at Roger Williams Park,

Sealed proposals., addressed TO the Pars
~ narttn Il Hall architects, Proviaence X.
l. until IL m. OF MoNDAY, August ~ 1870.
Bonds win be- required In the sum OF 70 per
cont. OF face of bid for the faithful perior-
nance OF contract. , c,.
A certified check for $50 payable 20 the City
Treasurer must accompany each ana every
bid conditioned upon the signing OF tDe c"n'
t,act within 30 davs OF making the award.
This worl, II 20 be pushed with all speed 50
that mastering can bo done before cold
weather and a penalty for delay VIII DO IN
serted in the contracts.
The right TO reject any and all BIDS IL re-
served. ..
by order Of tho Park Commissioners.
40 81 Il. IA. DEMlNd, ShAifm@h'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16
THE CITY OF PaoyIDENc..
Office OF the License Commissioners,
City Han. Providence, july 10. 1895.

Office OF the License Commissioners,
City Han. Providence, July 10. 1895.
Applications for transfer of license TO sell
pure sp!rituous, Intoxicating and malt liquors
bave been made by the following named per-
sons and hrms:
Butler. Michael j.. 1851 Westminster street.
to MctieuRA ~ -GeFFisasar same place. ~ -
Croweil * Conley, xS Weybosset street TO ~
Orange street.
Frank, +. j.. 1872 Piae street. to Joseph
kreamer, same place.
Farrell, John, Smith street, to 3il'3l5 Eddy
street
Hines, Edward j., 300 Fountain street, to
Michael McCabe. same place.
Miller, Thomas. lee, lge Washington street.
70 W. IL Clark, ls7 North Main street
TIE board of License Commissioners will
be in session in their Office, City Hall, Fhl
DAY, Aug. ID at 4 o'clock y. M, at which timo
and place all persons so desiring may be- heard
on the matter OF granting such applications.
Sy oi cor of the Board.
NAei5t 1THOS. NIXON Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16
Another Popular Excursion TO Nam
tasket Beach.

Another opportunity TO visit Nantasket
Beach by special train at low rates of fare
will be afforded on Tuesday next. August 20,
by the New York, New Haven g. Hartford
Railroad from Providence. Pawtucket. Attic
boro and stations 20 North Easton, inclusive.
Practically whole day will be Afforded on
this occasion for th. enjoyment Of the un-
limited attractions provided AZ this famous
resort which IL gayer and livelier the present
season than ever before. Don't fail 90 take n
ride along the beach on the new electric
railroad. The number OF tickets for this
excursion Is positively limited.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16
0ITY YADYERIIsEMEHTs
THE CITY or rRovIDEScE.
PROPOSALS.
Sewer Connections, Plumbing
and Outbuilding.

Office OF the
Superintendent OF Public Buildings.
City Hall. Providence. X. August IA, lSa5
Tho Joint standing Committee ON City
Property invite proposals for sewer and
water pipe connections, plumbing and out
building AT the following school buildings;
Sewer and Water Pipe Connections.
= Academy avenue, Beacon avenue. Pr, Cam
dace street. Meeting street, Putnam street,
Smith street, Vineyard street
Outbuilding.
New outbuilding Is called for at the Meet
ing street school estate.
No bid will be considered unless accom-
panied by a certified check for sum equal
10 ten (l0) per cent. OF the amount OF the con-
tract, as "A guarantee that said contract VIII
be signed within ten days from Date OF ac.
ceptance. and If said contract Is not signed
within ten days from date OF accept nee sali
sum of ten per cent. VIII bo retained ana
held for the use of the city as hquldated
damages on account OF failure Co Sign Shd
contract within ten days from date OF accept
ance. ,, 4,
The laying of sewer or lead pipe should be
given at so much per hneal foot.
Plans and specifications may be seen AT thls
Office. . -,
Bids will be made separate for the work
called for at each school estate, sealsu anu am
addressed 10 the undersigned until WEDNES-
DAY August n, AZ O'Clock p M, =, -
The right TO reject any or all DIGS IL TO-
served DAVID BURTON,
Chairman Committee on CITY property.
ALBERT Il. MANSFIELD,
superintendent Public Luildings'
aut3-1t
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
The Eyes of the Eagle.

All birds of prey have popularity
Of eye structure that enables them to
see near or distant objects equally
well. An eagle will ascend more than
mile in perpendicular height and
from that elevation can see it's unsus-
pecting prey and pOunce upon it with
unerring certainty, says an exchange.
Yet the same bird can scrutiniZe with
almost microscopic nicely an object
close at hand, thus possessing power
of accommodating its sight to distance
in a manner to which the human eye is
untitled and of which it is totally in
capable. In looking at q printed page
we find that there is some particular
distance, probably ten inches, at which
we can read the words and see each
letter with perfect diStinctness, but if
the page be moved a distance of forty
inches or brought within a distance
of five inches we find it impossible to
read it at all. A scientific man would
therefore call ten inches the focus, or
focal distance, of our eyes. This dis
tance cannot be altered except by the
aid of spectacles.
ouI du eagle HAS luc pOWCI VI
ing the focus of its eye just as it pleas
es. 1t has only to look at an object at
the distance of two feet or two miles
in order to see it with perfect distinc-
ton. OF course, the eagle knows moth
ing of the wonderful contrivance that
the Creator has supplied for its accom-
modation. It employs it instinctively
and because it cannot help it. The ball
of the eye is surrounded by fifteen
little plates called sclerotic bones. They
form a complete ring and their edges
slightly overlap each other. When it
looks at a distant object this little cir
Gle of bones expands and the ball of the
eye, being relieved from the pressure,
becomes fatter; when it Jocks at a
very near object the little bones press
together and the ball of the eye is
thus squeezed into a rounder or more
convex form. The effect is very famil-
lar to every one. A person with very
round eyes is near-sighted, and per-
son with fiat eyes, as in old age, can
see nothing except at a distance. The
eagle, by the mere will, can make it's
eyes round or fiat and see with equal
clearness at any distance.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06

and worth a clear twenty thousand
pounds. l knew little or nothing about
the family until certain incidents oc-
CURED. One day his wife was fatally
injured in railway collision at a point
fifty-eight miles from home. When he
reached her, in response to q telegram
sent by Il stranger, he found she had
been removed to a hotel, and was be-
ing tenderly cared for by a woman
who gave her name as Mrs. A. B. Gray
She was in the train, but suffered no IN
jury.
Mrs. Gray, I might as we'll tell you,
was petite, good-loOking, a good talker,
and, in a general way, captivating
The fact of her taking charge of Mrs
Mitchell as she had done proved her
tender heart. She told Mr.. Mitchell
she had been a widow eighteen months,
and was practically alone in the world,
and though he was burdened with grief
and anxiety he did not forget to thank
her for her great kindness and to take
her address. He would have offered
her money for her service, but he saw
that she was lady and would feel
hurt by any such action. She resumed
her journey and he took his wife home
10 die of her injuries.
1t was three weeks after her death
that came into the case. After every
thing was over the husband suddenly
discovered that his dead wife's jewelry
was missing. She had with her when
the accident took place about two hun
dred pounds worth of diamonds. They
had disappeared, and when he came to
run over events in his mind he could not
remember that they had come with her
Mrs. Gray had handed to him Mrs.
Mitchells purse and few other things,
but a pair of diamond ear-drops, two
rings and a pin were missing.
/ was employed to proceed to the
scene of the late accident and seek to
trace the jewelry. The collision had
occurred close to the station of a small
town. People about the station and ut
the hotel assured me that Mrs. Mitchell
had her jewelry on when taken to the
hotel. The landlords wife and the
doctor who was called in were positive
and when had worked the case out |
returned home to report to Mitchell
that nobody but Mrs. Gray could have
taken the jewelry.
He was astonished and indignant,
and not only vigorously repudiated
the implication, but dismissed me from
the case with the assertion that l was
q novice in the profession.
/ went about other business, and il
was about four months before l saw
Mitchell again. Then he sent for me
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
SEVENTEENTH YEAR.
a WOMAN OF FORTY SUMMERS.

Full of outline and fair of face,
Swinging her fan with languid grace,
White arms cleaning through folds of
lace,
A woman of forty summers.
No thread of white in the auburn hair,
No line of age in the forehead fair,
A life unmarried by touch of care,
In spite of her forty summers.
A husband-lover and children sweet,
Pleasures to charm and friends to greet,
Roses scattered before her feet,
Through each of her forty summers.
Summers all, for winters bold
Have snatched her sunshine and made her
cold;
Have killed her roses and left her old;
Nothing she knows but summers.
Nothing she knows of laden cloud,
OF freezing air and tempestS loud,
Of SHOWS that weave for Hope shroud;
Her life has been only summers.
SO calm she sits in the balmy air,
No sorrows to fret, no cross to bear,
A summer idyl, vision fair,
This woman of forty summers.
Yet cold and blast but make us strong,
After the snow the robins song;
To the fullest life by right belong
The winters as we'll as summers.
And they whom fame shall carve in stone,
The women whom men would fain en-
throne,
The women whom God has stamped His
own,
Live winters as we'll as summers.
-Jenness Miller Monthly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
SHE INSURES LIVES.
The Only Woman Agent in San Fran
cisco,

The Only Woman Agent in San Fran
cisco.
No more successful insurance agent
lives in San Francisco than Mrs. NJ. l..
Harrison, who handles in that city the
woman's department business of the
Pacific States Life Company. She is
the only woman in the country holding
such a position. Some years ago, hav-
ing through bereavement found herself
thrown on her own resources, she
turned her attention to the insurance
business.
She devoured vast quantities of lit
erature on the attitude of the various
companies toward women policyhold-
ers, and found that in every instance
they were charged at the rate of So a
thousand more than the men were.
This she regarded as rank injustice,
and she set about seeing if there was
not some remedy for the state of af-
fairs. She hunted up statistics and
consulted business men on the subject,
and finally evolved plan to eliminate
sex entirely from the proposition.
She unfolded her plan to the presi-
dent and directors Of the Pacific States
Company, and succeeded in convincing
them that plan she proposed was fea-
sible A special department was Gre
ated for her; rooms were fitted upin the
Stock Exchange Building, and the new
agent was given a corps of female as
sistantS.
Mrs. Harrison has two large rooms
fitted up in the Japanese style, and re-
ceives her agents there, says the San
Francisco Examiner. She is a thor
Oughly capable business woman, and
full of graceful tact. She has a great
desk that is bristling with papers and
documents and pamphlets, and can en-
thuse her women agents as easily as she
can write policy. She pays her agents
the same rates as the men solicitors are
paid in the other departments. and
from dependent to wealthy insurer all
rise up and call her blessed. This lit
tie woman isn't the least bit in the
world like ones idea of an advanced
creature of her sex, but is as dainty
and lovely as a piece of Dresden china.
She has two young dauhgters, whom
she is going to train into being inSur-
ance women.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
Poor. but Rich.

Once in New England, says a writer
in the Outlook, | was driving with an
old farmer and some of the men Of the
neighborhood came under criticism
Speaking of prominent man in the vii
lage, asked:
HE is 9 man of meansw
'Well, SIR" the farmer replied, she
amt got much money, but he's mighty
rich
He has a great deal of land, then?'
1 asked.
mo, sir, he amt got much land, nei-
ther, but still he is mighty rich"
The old farmer, with a pleased smile,
observed my puzzled look for a mo-
ment and then said:
''You see, he amt got much money,
and he amt got much land, but still he
is rich, because he never went to bed
owing any man a cent in all his life.
He lives as we'll as he wants to live,
and he pays as he goes; he doesn't owe
anything and he amt afraid of any
body; he tells every man the truth, and
does his duty by himself, his family
and his neighbors, his word is as good
as o OoAu' AAu eFCAS he'h' "OAeAn 'Anu u
child in the town looks up to him and
respects him. No, sir, he amt got
much money, and he amt got much
land, but still he is a mighty rich man,
because he has got all he needs and all
he wants"
1 assented to the old mans deduc-
tions, for l thought them entirely cor
rect When man has all he needs and
all he wants he is certainly rich, and
when he wants these things he is GER
tainIy poor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
OVER THE WRONG WIRE.

A Telephone Message in Switzerland
Its Consequence TO an American
''When l was in Switzerland" said
the returned traveller to a writer for
the Detroit Free Press, II had an acct
dent happen to me that almost caused
my death. | was stopping at hotel
at the foot of mountain and, one of
the hottest nights | ever felt anywhere,
l went to my room, and, opening up
everything, went to bed and to sleep,
for I was dead tired after long, hard
days climb on the mountain. l don't
know how long I slept, but for a long
time before / woke | was dreaming
that I had died and gone below, and
had struck the hottest place that local
ity had to offer l rolled over in tor
ment, and sQuirmed, and had really a
devil of a time, but at last / came to
my senses enough to get up and see
what was the matter. Then l diScOv-
cred that all my windows had been
closed, a fire made in the big stove in
the room and a foot thick of cover laid
over me.
81 was so weak 1 could hardly stand
when | first got out of that actual hot
bed of Satan, but a few minutes at the
window, which I opened, refreshed me
very much, and as soon as l could [ got
down to the office. There [ found a
mild-mannered chap, and I am ready to
bet he never got such tongue-lashing
as l gave him before he had a chance
to either apologize or fight. [ knew he
wouldn't fight, and after while he be-
gan to explain. The first thing he said
was to the effect that l ordered the fire
and extra cover and l went at him
worse than ever. No doubt I would have
sailed in and kicked him through a sky
light, but my racket raised the pro-
prietor, very nice fellow, and he
came out to see what the matter was.
Well, it took him a long time to get
it straight, but it seems that the wire
from the telephone in my rOOm-the
hotel was new and had all the latest
WrinkleS-had somehow got mixed up
with wire that led up to the other ho-
tel on the mountain above the snow
line, and that a guest up there in try
ing to telephone to his hotel chap that
he was freezing to death and wanted
fire and cover, and the whole business
got onto my wire and my hotel chap
had got the message as he thought
from me, and thinking Americans were
semi-savage anyhow, forthwith sent a
servant up to my room, hot as it was,
with instructions to heat things up and
give me plenty of cover, and
by no means to disturb me
or I'd kill somebody. Just
what took place 1 don't know; all I
know is that l didn't get over the ef>
fects of it for a month, and now 1
muzzle every telephone l catch in my
room, don't care where it leads to-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
worse than Rfrds on Hats.

The good people who have been de-
crying the wearing of birds on femin-
inc headgear so long and SO vigorously
should turn their attention to the
powder-puff. The powder-puff, accord
ing to the reformer, is heavy with the
blood of slaughtered innocents." 1t
is said that 10000 young swans are
killed each year to supply women with
this airy and Indispensable nothing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
HOW THE BANK
WAS ROBBED.

I'VE years ago, in
a certain good
sized ow n in
Blankshire, there
lived a family
whom l will call
Mitchell. T h c
family consisted
of husband, wife,
and two children
"a boy aged 5
and a girl of Z.
Mitchell was a
private banker,
known to be hon
est, respectable,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
Found $1,000 on a Pauper.

While friends were engaged in pre-
pairing for burial the body of sup
posed pauper in Atlantic City, n. J.,
the other day, they found strapped
around his waist a money belt which
contained nearly $1,000 in greenbacks
and gold coin How he managed 10
save the money is unknown.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06

society know that he had been duped
by an adventures, so, after a consul
tation, he actually gave the woman
fifty pounds in cash to clear out, which
she speedily did.-Yankee Blade.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
NUMBER 8.
HUMOR OF THE WEEK!
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Laughab1e Phases
of Human Nature Graphically Por%i
trayed by Eminent Word Artists OK
Our Own Day-A Budget of Fun.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-02-22
THE NEWSPAPER Law.

/ Allsubscribers who d ) not
give express notice to the con-
trary are considered wishing
to continue their subscription,
2. IF subscribers order the
1iccontinuance of their period
icais, the publisher may con-
tinue to send them until all
arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers refuse or
neglect to take their period
icals from the Office to which
they are directed, they are
responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered
then, discontinued.
4 Subscribers moving to
ether places wit'out informing
the publisher, and the papers
are sent to the former address,
they are held responsible.
5 The courts have decided
that refusing to take period
esls from the Office, or remov-
ing and leaving them uncalled
for, is primafacie evidence OF
attended fraud. |
If subscribers pay in ad-
vance they are bound to give
notice at the end Of the time
# they do not wish to continue
takiog it; otherwise the pub
hsher is authorized to send it,
and the subscriber W II be re-
sponsible until an express
notice with all arrtarages, are
sent t, the publisher.
The latest postal laws are
uch that newspaper publishers
can arrestany one for fraud
who takes paper apd refuses
to pay for it Under the law
the man who allows his sub
scription to run along some
time unpaid, and then or
ders the postmaster to mark
it refused and have postal
card sent notifying the pub
Usher, leaves himself liable to
arrest and fine, the same ss for
theft.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-02-22

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news. political and independent
affairs.
Office Second street opposite Capitol.
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-13
a rresbyterlan rour to Europs.

Under the management Of the Presby-
terrain Publishing Company, of Philadel-
phia, party will leave that city on June
10Th, upon the new steamer Kensington,
for Liverpool, thence through England
via Ely and Lincoln to Rotterdam, Am
sterdam, Cologne and the Rhine. The
first Sunday will be spent at the Spa OF
Wiesbaden, when the route south will be
via the famous Black Forest into Switzer
land, where week will be given to the
most important points, such as the Falls
OF the Rhine, Lucerne, the Rig, the Bru-
mig Pass, Interlaken, with an ascent of
the Murren, Lake Thun, Berne and Basic.
Then north again into Germany, along
the route Of the Franco Prussian War, via
Metz, Luxembourg, to Brussels, Antwerp
and Paris. A week each will be spent in
Paris and London, and from the latter
city the proposed route will be by way of
Cambridge, York, Durham, to Edinburgh
and Glasgow, and then south again to
Carlisle and Liverpool, where the party
will embark for Philadelphia. II desired
by any at Glasgow, the trip may be ex-
tended to Belfast, Dublin and Queenstown.
At Lucerne supplementary party will be
formed for an extra two weeks tour Of
Italy, visiting the italian Lakes, Milan,
veaice, Florence, Rome, Genoa, &c. 1t
is the intention to give more than the
usual liberty for Independent action. The
return steamer ticket will be good for one
year, and at any point desired members
can leave the party for prolonged stay
or extend their trip to places not reached
by the itinerary. The hotels will be in
variably first-class, and the travel will be
in special cars, with no night travel. The
price charged will be very low, and every
thing will be done to contribute to the
comfort of the tourists.