The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-14

lave that the number 10 has anything TO
do with your welfare one way or the
other? In a word are you SO superstitious
that you will not walk under a ladder
or look at the moon over your left shoul-
der? The other day the boiler OF a loco
| motive exploded, killing the engineer and
fatally ~iniurine the fireman, n the num-
Der OF the locomotive was IL. The in
ference is IL you are TO believe in ominous
bers that IL the locomotive had been
mum pered ID or 10 the fatal incident never
would have happened. Boshl You may
as well believe that what ever takes place
In your life was fore-ordained, and that
everything in which you are personally
concerned Is meant to be from the time
you make your first tiny kick OF the
ger and sexton lower your coffin into the
ground.
Upon this theory you are not supposed
to have any control OF your actions, and
are necessarily an u~naccountabie being,
an irresponsible nonentity which, starting
out In q groove, must run to the place "or-
dained, - and be taken off 10 make room
for another who lie destined TO go farther
on / sometimes ask when i hear such a
balderdssh theory advanced, why II Is
that some of these people do not find 1t
convenient to go upon the roof oil some
high building and step off, satisfied with
the opinion that II was all meant TO be.
A good deal OF what is termed bad luck
could have by industry, integrity and fru-
gality be turned TO good luck and the
omens and superstitious figures would
then disappear like dew in front of a
furnace lire. Because a person wishes to
think black is white does not alter the
fact.
But we won't discuss the subject furth-
er this evening. 1t will not alter to any
extent the peoples way OF thinking. Some
folk can foster wrinkles by a vast
amount OF worry about something which
never takes place. You will hear people
talk OF what they intend to do next year,
when next year they may be pushing
clouds as far as being q factor pertaining
10 anything on earth. All we know bout is
now, the golden now. today, this very
minute. A gust of wind may blow q
sign board from a building and it may
hit you on the head. You cannot tell. j
know a nan who has been overheard and
sank twice, who has been shot at on three
different occasions, who has had a stroke
OF paralysis, been knocked senseless by a
bolt OF lightning, undergone an almost
impossible operation in a hospital, even
perused his own obituary, and yet after
all, is not giving odds that he will not
al iiVhh psAoho coiuo nuc day WIN
fatal result.
The Misft Clothing Parlors, 1893 West
minister street, are filled with people anx-
sous to avail themselves of the opportu-
nifty to obtain some OF the best winter
clothing that has ever been In the Provi-
dence market considering the qsulity
and price. 1t will surprise the average
buyer 10 know hat the margin Is so small
OF profit over actual cost that a whole
outfit may be obtained this year for what
was charged for An overcoat a year ago.
The restaurant keeper in New York who
has ordered his IL lady walters to here
after wear bloomers, Is presumptious as
well rs original, and whether it has the
effect OF increasing his trade will be some
thing worth knowing. IL dress reform
should commence in our restaurants i
might end there. '
There are many things going on in this
city thar q blind man cannot see, but
they go on Just the same.
Vale.
OLD VET.