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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
NOVEL WORK GOING ON
Leveling the Roadway In Custom House
Street.

Custom House street Is receiving re-
pairs by the Narragansett improvement
Company with Trinidad asphalt. Several
years ago msstic block pavement was
laid which has received repairs at vari-
Gus times with coal tar and pitch with
moro or less unsatisfactory results. So
many repairs had resulted in raising the
section Of the roadway too nigh, which
mdae II necessary to either remove the
entire pavement at large expense or to
use the recently invented surfsce heater,
a very effective burning device mounted
on wheels and having several burners,
being operated on the plan of the gaso-
line stove. These surface heaters are now
regularly used for repairs to asphalt
pavemen ts ana are considered great ad-
vance in facilitating such repairs in both
the cost and time required over old
methods. In Custom House street Ii was
necessary to do great deal of burning
of the surface of the old pavement 10
lower the section of the street and re-
move large Irregularities.
Although this is but an experiment
and not radical enough to get the very
best results 1t is certain to be very great
improvement and of much benefit to the
large traffic constantly using the street
The excessive watering of this street
should now be abandoned.
The laying of the asphalt on the street
10 rapidly dore and closes the street for
but few hours for the pavement 10 cool.
The use Of the surface heater, also a small
and q large steam roller all attract the
attention OF the public who are slowly
being educated to the methods Of doing
the best work on street pavements, which
have so improved the streets OF many
large cities outside of New England. The
extension OF street pavements meets the
approval OF all wheelmen and progressive
citizsnA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
Suit Against a Policeman.

Patrolman Owen e. Broheny has been
summoned to appear in court Friday,
Oct. 10, and show cause why he should
not pay to John Brennan Jr., the sum OF
nan wss arrested on the charge Of selling
decayed fruit. He was taken to the
Knight street station and wss then dis
charged by Captain Marston.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
ooSNErr AND BACON TO MEET.

Tommy Connen and r. X. Bacon will
meet In the brst of q series OF three match
grounds, Dublin, Ireland, this sfter-
noon. Both have turned professionals
only recently. IL Is reported that Bacon
is suffering from lameness. The betting
Is in favor OF Connect, who is slipped"
to win this race. Both men are in good
form. unless all reports about their train
ing is colored wrongly, and a good exhi-
bition OF running il looked for. II is
exrected that fully 10000 people will at
tend.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
A WORLDS RECORD BROKEN.

On soft track, wet In some places,
Clint X. Coulter lowered the worlds rec
ord for an unpaced mile at Denver, yester-
day, making the distance In minute,
SO 10 seconds, which 10 1-5 seconds un-
der all previous records. He rodo.a patent
racket -gcared wheel with four sprocksts,
the gear being 81.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
WARE WINS AT TENNIS.

l.. Il. Ware, '99, won the Harvard
tournament yesterday by defeating W. Nj.
Scudder, '99, two straight sets in the
finals. BY winning this tournament
Ware secures q place in representing
Harvard In singles at New Haven next
week. The three men who. are de-
featsd In the tournament, e. X. Marvin,
'99, II. Foster, '96, w. M. Scudder, '99,
and j. ID. Forbes, 'e9, who has just re-
turned to college, will play today to see
who will be Hsrsards' third representa-
tive In singles. The doubles will also be
decided today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
FOUR ARE DEAD.
A Condemned Boiler Expl0deS
in a SaWmill.
Two Men Killed Outright and Two
Others Die of Injuries.

DETROIT. Mich, Oct. ga special to
the Free Press from Kingston, Mich,
says: The boiler in Nelson Mills sawmill
Mr.. Mills, the proprietor, and Jerry Lew
is, a sawyer. Ezra Scribner was scslded
to death by steam and Ezra Duce was
SO badly mangled and scalded that he
died shortly afterward. The boiler was
an old one and had been condemned as
unsaf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
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witnessed the recent hour race at Man
haitian Beach believe that with proper
pacing the Phildelphian would have won
that event, and his game finish. which
almost landed him winner, apparently
justIties that belief.
Jim Corbett is showing no signs Of get
ting ready for fight. He promenaces
on Broadway every day, and his ex-maD-
ager, Billy Brady, is getting together a
company 10 support Corbett In "Gentle-
man jack" and they will take to the
road soon.
Nick Young says that the coaching
question and the Temple cup series
Will como up for consideration at the
approaching meeting of the league In
regard to coaching. the magnates will
probably seek the views OF several OF the
leading players and umpires before TAX
Ing decisive action.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
FOUGHT TO A DRAW.

Alta Waterbury, Conn.,, resort yester-
day afternoon Dan Murphy, late Of
South Boston (j66 pounds), and Jack
Lyncn (14Opounds) OF Naugatuck, fought
draw with skin gloves In the pres
ence Of go sports for ti60 a side. In
spite OF the difference in weight Lynch
once lifted Murphy OF his feet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
BosroN's RESERVED PLAYERs

Pres Young announced last evening
the list of PLAYERS reserved for the sea-
son Of 1897 by the national ana minor
baseball leagues.
The players reserved by the Boston
management are: Nichols, Stivstts, Klob-
edanz, Sullivan, Lewis, DolaD, CAMEL,
Bergen, Yoager, Tepny, Tucker, Lowe,
McGann, Long, Collins, Duffy and Ham
ilton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
Handsome Wedding Gift.

Noble Grand Fred A. Graichen of Ca
nonicus Lodge, i. o. o. f., was married
last week and the members of the lodge
recognized the event by presenting him
with a handsome silver service as a we'd
ding gift. II was on exhibition In the
lodge room last evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03

The barkentine Stranger, Captain
Liebke. has arrived In port with nearly
30, 900 bushels of salt for the Reliance
mills from Turks Island. 1he stranger
encountered q number OF gales during
the passage, but weathered them all in
nne shape.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03

In the police court this morning George
Fisher, Charles Gilbert, Henry Jackson,
John Flynn, ana Michael Burke were
each fined si5 and costs for rsyeling on
Ashburton street last evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
GOSSIP OF ADAY
ALOcomOtiye and aSteam-
boat Combined.
Contrivance Invented Early
in Present Century.
Music BOX Proves Itself a Success
full Thief Detector.

gentleman who read in The NEWS
some days ago an article on early steam
boating in Narragansett Bay and Long
Island sound, calls the Gossiper's atten-
tion to contrivance made by man
named Owen Evans, which the Gossiper's
Informant says was the only one OF its
kind ever invented or constructed, so far
90 he has been able to ascertain. This
contrivance was a sort of locomotive and
steamboat combined ana was called by
II inventor the "Eructor Amphibolis,"
Mr.. Evans, the inventor, was native OF
Newport, Del, and he first appeared be-
fore the Legislature of Pennsylvania In
1885 with petition for an exclusive right
10 use his improvements in flour mills
and steam carriages in the Keystone state.
A year later he was before the Legisls-
ture Of Maryland with a similar petition.
1t IL claimed for Evans that he was the
real inventor and the first to make high
pressure or locomotive engines, but lack
OF money prevented him from complet-
ing his experiments until 1902, when he
wrote to gentlemen in Kentucky inform
ing them he had perfected bis sngine for
propelling carriages and boats. il was
two years after this that he constructed
his com bined locomotive and steam boat,
which he christened the 'sEructor AM
phibolis." The hull, IL such II may be
called, was a large fiat. bottomed scow,
which was equipped with an engine OF i've
horse power, which was intended to OPP
crate machinery for hosting mud into
scowA
When the engine was completed Evans at
tached to It and to the scow, wheels which
worked on wooden axle trees, which,
as may be readily. ly.understood, were sub
ject to great friction. The weight OF the
whole contrivance was estimated at tho
t1mo to have been equal to that of two
hundred barrels OF -four, but tho little
engine propelled the whole thorugh the
streets of the town to the banks OF the
Schuylkill river, into which the novel
craft was launched. A paddle wheel was
attached to her stern and the Apmhibolis
sailed down the Schuylkill river to the
Delware, leaving all vessels under sail
away behind This remarka BILE perform
nnce was witnessed by thousands of peo-
pie.
there have been good many burgla-
rjes in this city In recent months, the
perpetrators of which have never DeeD
arrested. Perhaps Q suggestion OF one
way of catching these midnight mareu-
ders may be obtained from q case which
occurred In Jersey City the other night.
A burglar broke into a residence and one
OF the first articles he picked up was q
music tox. The jar he gave it set the
inGtrument working. This frightened
the burglar and also aroused the inmates
OF the house. The burglar fed, but took
the music box with him, still playing.
He hurried along the street, but a police
man who heard the mnsic stopped the
burglar and then the whole story came
out. This 10 probably the first case
where . music box has served as thief
detector. At any rate, 1t proved more
effective in that line than the police
signal boxes have ever proven In this
town.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
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Specialist Eye, Ear, uatarrh and Chronic
Diseases 33 years in Providence. New
Fletcher Building, 2f2 Union Street.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
CLOAK Department.

900 JACKETS FOR LADIES, MISSES
and Children, bought for SPOT
CASH, and to be sold at mfrgin OF
profit that guarantees the buyer
saving of at least % per cent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
SaIeI:;|;s;;.. :,
With Hoods sarsapa- - N
rilla, "Sales Talk, and liz
show that this medi- y - = ~

cine has enjoyed public confidence and
patronage TO O greater extent than any
other proprietary medicine. This is be-
cause 1t possesses greater medicinal merit
and produces greater cures than any other.
1t is not what we say, but what Hoods
6arsaparilla does, that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
Hoods /
SarsapariIla

fsthe best = IN fact The One True Blood Purifier
Prepared only BY {. !. Hood s Co. Lowell Mass.
h1ss~ s,:tt- are the only pills 10 take
1000 5 fiiiS rnhiissd's sarssya1la.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03

20 BLACK BEAVER
Capes Double Capcs),>
trimmed with braid and
made to sell at 500.
75 BLACK BEAVER
Jackets, also Black Boucle
jacket, some half-lined,
worth $500.
80 BLACK AND BLUE
Beaver Jackets, all lined
throughout, a coat made
TO sell at $3.50.
100 LADIES' ASSORTED
Coats. i'm Beaver, Friezes,
Scotch Mixtures, all half
lined, some ali-liued, cam
not be found at less than
$3.50 10 5000 elsewhere.
30 MISSES JACKETS, IN
fancy mixtures, worth
$500.
200 SEPARA ArE SKIRTS,
in new fancy mixtures,
also black, all-liued and
interlined made in new
STYLES, bought TO sell at
S4.9S Tor this sale only at
S2.95.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
The People

will find genuine surprises awaiting
them in these bargains we advertise.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
Tells the Story.

All advertisements OF Hoods srrsaparills,
like Hoods Sarsaparilla itself, are honest.
We have never deceived the public, and
this with its superlative medicinal merit,
Is why the people have abiding confidence
In II, and buy Hoods sarsaparilla almost
to the exclusion OF all others.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
customers Want Hoods.

"We order Hoods Sarsaparilla In largo
quantities and IL is the only blood purifier
which druggist can buy in large quanti-
ties without risk. II is selling very rapidly
and customers who buy ii once arc sure
10 call for Hoods the next time. We be-
lieye Hoods sarsaparilla must possess
true merit in order 10 retain its popular.
ity. Its sales exceed all similar prepara-
tions and its praises are often heard.v
l.. soNaER * soT, Springfield, Illinois.
Thousands Of druggists say the same.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.

LADIES' INDIA KID
Button Boots, opera toe,
patent leather tip, slzes 8
to z Good for the price.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05

son for this. By letting out the
mainsail the boat would head herself
SO quickly as to outstrip the wind, and
thus leave her without any driving
power except her own momentum.
Moreover, with yacht making a mile
a minute in the teeth of a snorting
northerner there is no time to
trim sheets. As you start with your
sheet 80 you must finish with it. In
fact all ice yachting is close-hauled
work, and many o yachtsman makes
his sheets fast with three half bitches
at the beginning of the season. and
never gives them an inch of drift till his
boat is placed out of commission for
the season.
Windward work is the ice yachts.
mans forte. He can work right into
the eye of the wind and still make
progress with his boat in way that
would make Captain Half, the Defend
er's Captain, wonder if his eyes weren't
deceiving him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
Water.Repellant Walls.

To be able to make walls that will
entirely resist moisture is of great i'm
portance in localities where the earth
is damp and sodden. Experiments
have been made with brick and sand
stone, saturated with oils of various
kinds. 1t is proven that raw and
boiled linseed oil are the best SUBJ
stances with which to treat suoh wall
materials. II bricks are heated as hot
as they can be handled with bare
hands, then dropped into oil and al
lowed to remain there until cold, then
placed where they will drain and laid
In wall with good Portland cement
mortar. they are practically imperv-
ious to water. OF course, o great deal
OF expense attends this work, but there
are places where nothing else seems
to answer as we'll. For ordinary eel
lars and walls. where such extreme
nicety OF handling is not required, Q
thick coating of Portland cement NOR
tar laid ON very smoothly and washed
over with several very thin coats OF
almost all Portland, will secure the
utmost dryness and cleanliness. The
qualities Of Portland cement are not
fully appreciated by the average
! houSsholdss. Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
Greatness Of the Head Waiter,

Until one has observed the elaborate
detail involved IN setting table for
q formal dinner, he cannot appreciate
the greatness of the head waiter.
One day this week they were pre-
pairing table at one of the clubs.
The head waiter first measured the
length of the table with tape-line
and then calculated what would have
to be the distance from one plate to
another. Then he calculated to find
the exact center Of the table where
the floral ornament was to be placed.
With foot rule he was enabled to
get the glasses in a perfectly straight
row down each side OF the table.
Then he had to measure by inches
to find the exact place for each knife
or fork.
How many people, when they see q
well-laid table, know that not plate,
spoon or glass is one.quarter of an
inch out OF place and that the whole
glistening display has been arranged
with the care and accuracy bestowed
on a mechanical driving ?-Chicago
Record. &
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
THE NEWEST MODES OF HAIRDREssINa.

length is provided over which the full
hacks and fronts nre disposed, the tops
b sing shirred with O heading and ap-
piled at squire yoke depth. The up
pr part of the lining is faced to simu-
late yoke, and the closing is effected
invisibly in certre front. The sides fit
smoothly, displaying the graceful
curves OF the figure and adding much
t, the graceful appearance of the
gown. Stylish pointed bretelles lie
smoothly over the shoulders, tho
elges being trimmed with insertion
and twist OF ribbon with rosettes at
each side decorating the top. A stock
collar of satin ribbon to match covers
the close fitting collar that finishes
the neck. The fashionable Paquin
sleeves are arranged over comfortably
fitted Innings, the wrists being finished
with pointed bands or simulated cuffs.
House gowns or wrappers of wool or
cotton wash fabrics can be attractive
ly developed by the mode, which is
dainty enough for silk or more costly
fabrics; with yoke or cuffs of contrast
ing fabric or color desirable com.
bination can be effected.
The quantity of 44-inch wide ma
terial required to make this wrapper
for u lady having 32-inch bust N eas-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05

An ice-boat sails all the better for a
little elacticity in its backbone. The
runner shoes must be perfectly true
and straight and touch the ice on their
entire QUITTING surface. Some ice
yachtsmen, with plenty of money to
spend, have their runners cast of
Tobin bronze and tined down by ma
ohinery.
During the past twenty years all ioe
craft have had three runners. The
spread and length Of the two forward
ones have been gradually increased
along with proportionate decrease in
the sail area. Ice 'yachtsmen have
found ont that this is the best way to
prevent their craft rising and rearing,
3os an ioe yacht develops its highest
speed, when close hauled, over smooth.
black Zoe, with its windward forerun-
ner shoe held steady three or four
inehes above the ice and the leeward
shoes bearing the brunt OF the whole
Work.
The first essential for an ice-boat ia
the very best seasoned lumber. free
from knots or checks Eastwood is
Gouerally used. - Il combines strength
Snd Hehtnsss IN an uncommon degree.
- bookbons Of ths average boat \
q - ~ isete ~ iashss. vhish \
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05

tely clean hair, too. because the puffs
simply will not puff if the hair is oily
or unclean. II your forehead is very
high you may wear few love locks
about the temples, but they must be
very unobtrusive, indeed. This style
was once favorite with Mrs. Cleve-
land. She may adopt it again. Too
few women are careful of the manner
in which they dress the hair for even
ing, letting stray locks fly in every di-
rection, because there is no contining
vail, but the pompadour will do away
with that entirely, for it requires
dainty treatment to make it "go." To
cover up the ears is alwaysa crime, and
not many will regret that the ugly
fashion is entirely obsolete.
In the matter of hair adornments
you can pay your money and take your
choice. Jeweled combs come all of
six inches long, which catch back the
ends OF the pompadour roll and tuck
in nicely around the knot in the back.
Then there are tiny little combs
scarcely an inch long encrusted with
gems or bright in cut silver, which are
to hold down the rebellious bangs in
front Of the pompadour. There are
daggers, and swords, and combs, big
and little, giant and dwarf, made OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05

mopy, and tells how millions OF them
must be in use.
1t is the prayer wheel, the meohan.
ical device by which the Deity or the
evil spirit may be propitiated, which
is so astounding to as. Prayer wheels
are OF oil sorts and kinds, and, il
dynamos were in use in Tibet, prodigi-
ously fine prayers might be reeled off
in this way. Some OF the native
wheels run by water power, and there
are windmill prayer oontrivances. A
barrel of prayers, always rotating, or
on tap, is common in Tibet. Some
times the formula "Om, mani padme,
hum" is printed 400 times on a sheet
of paper. put in wheel, and, with
proper gearing, can be made to repeat
or run of the formula 10000 times,
and the more frequently the wheel
spins the better. Prayers are printed
on bits of fimsy paper, and these
papers are tied to q string. Whenever
the paper futters in the wind then the
pious Tibetan believes he is credited
with q prayer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
Interpreting the Koran.

The Koran is at the same time re-
ligious and political code. All Mus
sulmans admit it to be SO, and it can.
not be expected therefore that, since
their religion is connected with their
National policy, they will not make
use of the former to carry out the lat
ter. Their policy may be briefly de-
fined-namely, the maintenance of
their faith in its purity by exclusive
ness and isolation; the emancipation
of the countries which have fallen un.
der Christian rule; the determination
of the infdel Nations and races who,
by refusing to pay tribute for the re.
demption of their blood, are pro.
nounced by the Prophet to be in q
state of open rebellion against the law,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
DETAILS OF DRESS.
DEGREES .OF FASHION AS TO
THE GARMENTS OF WOMEN.
Some OF the Newest Modes of Hair
dressing--A Handsome Thing
in Tea Gowns-Stylish
and Attractive.

THERE is a radical departure
= in the manner Of dressing the
hair" said hairdresser the
other day. "The mania for
Madonna.faced girls is now dead as
last years leaves, and Madame Pom
padour has the stage. II you want to
be very distingue and smart you must
brush your hair straight back from the
face and let IL form soft puff, held
back with fancy pins and stick combs.
Il does not in the least matter whether
your face is the right shape or not. or
whether you have high forehead that
will make you look like peeled onions
with your hair that way, IL is the 60,
and II you would be in the swim you
must do as the swimmers do"
II one has low Greek forehead, OF
course this style of dressing the hair
will be becoming. 1t calls for absolu-