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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-02
PAWTUXET.
Sale and Supper In Trinity Chapel Some
Personal Notes.

Personal Notes.
A sale and supper was held in Trinity
Chapel under the direction OF the Mission
Workers last evening. The hall was pret-
tily decorated with bunting and five
booths were distributed around the hall.
The ladies in charge were Miss n. Il.
Bloomer, Miss Sara j. Armington and
, Mrs. r. Rhodes.
The fancy article booth was in charge
u Mrs j. Is. Hayward, Mrs Il. 5. Rhode,
Nj =. Ge srge Williams and Mrs. Hammond; !;
apron booth, Mrs. II. III. Randall Mrs &.
A. Dow and Mrs. Charles Dsnfeld; cake
table, Miss Jane III. Bloomer,, Mrs. Will
liam Bloomer, Miss Kate sturdy; candy,
Mrs. Frank BloGuer, Mrs Fred Luther
and Mrs. Francis Snow; ice cream. Mr..
ana Mrs. Andrew White; flowers and
lemonade booth. Mrs. A. L. Rose and
Mrs. George Scott.
One OF tue prettiest features In the hall
was the grab box which was in charge of
Miss Lillian Bloomer, Mrs. Walter Shurt-
left, Mrs. Asa Peck and Mrs. Baron Lin
ssy. 1t represented vessel Iafen with
gold. On the right was mine, with "A
donkey and cart coming out every few
minutes with load of gold dust. The
dining room was in charge Of Mrs. Hart,
Mrs. Corps, Miss Ayers. Mrs q. A.
Saw, Mrs Mary Davis and Miss Agnes
sturdy. Ihe door tenders were Archibald
Knight ana j. Clinton Rbodes. This
fair will continue this evening
Mrs. Lillian II. Rhodes was brought to
her II others hers recently suffering from
rheumatism.
Mr.. Frank -MscDun. who was acc-
dent lily shot while cunning in the woods
OF ) l rida. was well known h r5. ant. his
unthnely death has caused much sorrow
among mis- friends.
j. A. Lind left his boat with the oars
anu rowlocks in IL Wednesday morning
md when he went TO use them, he found
they had been stolen by some unknown
person.
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FoR sALE-REAL EsTAT

FOR sAiIE-T1n-room mouse. I05 Burnett
street Apply TO ID. Russell Brown. u
For SALE-buitonwoods Cottage. psrtr
ally furnished. Apply TO u. Russell Brown.
CT
fOk SALE Nine cottage at Oak.
land Beach. Apply 20 J. Il Randall. 20 Oaiz.
land Beach avenue nov2-tf
FOX SALE-Two srlendid cotssgs lots on
Warwick Neck. Apply 20 D Russell Brown.
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ing on beginning the proceedings with
prayer, making long and fervent appeals
for divine guidance and calling for power
20 punish cvildoers. Some of his prayers
made the senator's squirm. He declared
with much dramatic action that he was
not making a move I'm his crusade with
out first consulting God and his wife The
latter sat beside him during the whole
trial-ef the libel suits.
The trials resulted in the conviction Of
the cditor-prcnchcr on several counts, and
be was fined 5000 and costs. From that
moment his popularity among the oppo-
merits of the dominant party began TO in
crease. Thousands of persons who would
never have heard OF DR. Swallow or his at
tacks ON the state officials If his utter
Ances had been ignored came 10 recognize
him Gs "a reform leader His conviction
not only increased his fame, but IL failed
10 silence him On the contrary, he spoke
oftener and TO ever increasing audiences.
He reiterated his charges concerning ofli-
cial corruption and repeated his intima.
tions that tho statchousc fire was incon.
diary
Then came his campaign for state treas
urcr. DIR swallow stumpcd the state,
making rCdhOt speeches In every section.
He did not mlnce his words when talking
about the state government Another
method which he adopted was 10 write
open letters to various public officials He
was ready TO give pcppory interview 60
reporters nt any moment, and he figured
largely In the headlines
Just when he was busiest he discovered
what seemed like an enemy In his own
camp lie was accused Of neglCcting the
interests 81 the church intrustcd 90 him
by spending so much tinio ON politics, and
II was suggested that he was being paid
for duties which ho was not performing
DIR swallow promptly came back az his
critics by stating that hc had rulinquishcd
his salary whiic stumuiug the state, and
Eas therefore not subject to criticism on
That score
9rc-uf -Br Swallows most remarkable
charactcristics Is his superb mental roisc
He has been placed an some of the most
trying situation, aud has never s,vmvd to
loose his nerve fr' nn ii.st..t When the
Jury in the iib,i Uas,s bfo' % in the YER
diet. not a muscle 81 his tac,. moved Ap-
parently be did not caru rap whici way
the ease went
Jn recent issue VI his paper llr. Swal-
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Woman Why-You have sallow skin,
Pimplos, Eruptions, Discolorations. Why
the eIfectsg DIR. Agnew's Liver pills
regulate the systam and restore To the
cheek the healthful rosy bloom and peach
blush of youth. From one TO two pills u
dose. will clarity the complexion in short
order l0c. for 20 doses Sold by Bland
ing ~ Blanding. "a and IS Mey ybosset
street; George j.. Clafiin & Co., go TO ~
South Main street HAL * Lyon. GA
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WANTED -MIsCELL4NEoUs.

WANTFD-Shingling to do: Lest OF work:
prices reasonable: satisfaction guaranteed.
Providence Shingling Co., ~ Point street.
nlo-lmo
$500 GIVEN AWAY-To persons making
the greatest number OF words out of the
phrase Patent Attorney Wedderburn." For
full particulars write the Ntltional Recorder,
Washington, ID. Co. for sample copy containing
same. au2-tf
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WANTED--Two Nova Scotia girls one wait
ress and cook tho best OF heip furnished I,
families. Prov dence Business Association, 3B
Westminster street, Room b n29-bt
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Rooms TO LET.

TO LET--Two uufurnished rooms, with
water. for housekeeping Abbott Park
place, left bell. n27-6t
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SITUATIONS WANTED.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. al light housokeepin.
or the care OF an elderly person. Address ~
Rhodes street. n loot
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PERSONAL.
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

MOTOR FOR SALh-Manufactured by th
Waddell- Entz Company of Bridgeport, Conn
IL Is horsepower, 10 volts II ampiers an,
is in first class condition. Apply or address
The Evening News, 62 South Water street.
The herald., 1897-09-26

tubes covered with steel netting, with
quarter-inch meshes, which are filled in
with concrete, rubbed smooth to dimin-
ish liquid friction.
AS the bird flies the distance between
Havre, France. and New York city Is
5000 miles. A sailor in the mast of one
vessel can see at distance of fifty miles
the masts of any vessel which may hap
pen to be at that distance. Bearing in
mind these facts, this enterprising syn
dicate proposes to construct from sixty
to seventy-five ships built on the plan OF
Carvello, and fitted with great search
lights, and station them fifty miles apart
In an almost direct line across the At
lantic. But instead of moving about,
from place to place, each is to be sup
piled with eight immense cables Of woven
steel wire, similar to those upon which
langs the Brooklyn bridge. but smaller.
Three of these cables will hang from
each side of the vessel and the other tw .
from front and rear, all at angles forty
five degrees with the ships sides. and
each will be fastened by immense
anchors to the nearest ocean bottom that
can be discovered, by sounding There
will thus be established q straight hne
of stationary ships directly across the
ocean and at regular intervals Of prob
ably nifty miles Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-09-26

about a minute. He expressed desire
to punch the coachman's head. Pat
terson jumped from his seat and offered
the pugilist's guest an opportunity to
crafty his desires, and the two mixed
it up bit, with honors about even, un-
til Bob" himself made them break
away. Then all three drove back to
the cottage.
Arrived there, Fitzsimmons expressed
his disapproval of the coachman's meth
DDS, and rendered him his dismissal
This was accepted with a stipulation
that half a months wages due should be
paid. The champion declined, and a
war of words followed. Fitzsimmons
landed heavy blow on the back Of the
coachman's head. Patterson replied
with whack on "Bob's" chest, which
sent the champion to his knees, and
which the Cornishman has since made
historical as q harder blow than any he
ever got from James j. Corbett. But
the coachman's triumph was hort lived
The next moment Bob" landed on the
solar plexus, and Patterson lay uncon-
scious for half an hour. The result of
these little episodes in the life Of a
country gentleman of leisure is that Mr..
Fitzsimmons was arrested for assault
and was given hearing last night.
Patterson has brought an action against
The herald., 1897-09-26
KNOCKED F1rzs1MMoNs DOWN
The Champions Coachman Has MO-
ment's Triumph Over His Master

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-According to
his own admission, Bob" Fitzsimmons,
champion pugilist of the world, re-
ceived a knock-down blow last Satur-
day. "A harder blow than ever Cor
bett struck" to use his own words. But
the proud dignity of the red-haired
pugilist has been in no way impaired, as
he Immediately put out" his plucky
assailant. and for fully half an hour the
man who struck Fitzsimmons was dead
to the world.
There was no $4,000 purse at stake
when the champion gave the latest ex-
hibition of his punching powers. The
trouble arose over a paltry sum. repre-
senting precisely one-thousandth part
Of the amount. Neither was the cham
pion's opponent professional pugilist.
He was merely Patterson, the little
English coachmap of Mr.. Robert Fitz-
simmons OF Rye, Westchester county,
New York.
Robert Beck Of this city had been a
guest Of Fitzsimmons, and wished to
catch the 1925 train home. Patterson
was called upon to drive him. Mr..
Beck, however, missed his train by
The herald., 1897-09-26
BRIDGING THE ATLANTIC
Capitalists Will Establish Line of
Stationary Vessels on the Ocean

New York-A sea tanned, harnessed.
robbed Of its terrors, no longer the
"trackless'' sea, but marked by shining
steel from Sandy Hook to Fastnet Light
Lighted, policed, patrolled, ambulanced
until it is as safe as Broadway, with men
watching by day and night to guide ves-
sells, to shelter disabled craft, and tele-
graph for help when needed-a 3000-
mile street of the sea, with all modern
safeguards. This is, in brief, what a
great syndicate Of French capitalists
proposes. And high engineering talent
has pronounced the proposition feasi-
BILE.
To make the Broadway of the sea is
the joint plan of an. Italian named Car
vello and q Frenchman named Lemieux.
Public experiments have been made by
them at the mouth Of the. River Seine.
near the ocean. which eeemA to demon
strate that success Is possible. Signor
Carvello has invented ship which, in
this instance, will serve . novel purpose.
Its framework consists entirely Of steel
The herald., 1897-09-26

foolish not to think Of 1t yourself, and
then you fall to wishing that you could
not think, for in that case you would
never have thought of taking this
frightful journey. You feel thrills. Not
pleasant thrills, such as when Paderew-
ski plays or when you see Calve in Gar
men,"
A woman near you says, ooh, am
going to faint" and then lapses into un-
consciousness How you envy her.
What a blessed privilege to be able to
faint at such time as this. One man
nearby mutters something under his
breath, and you have a faint suspicion
that it is akin to the favorite expression
Of Mr.. Mantalini. You think 80 your
self.
Then the thought comes to you that
someone said this railroad was $40 feet
long, and you wonder If he was right.
You were told that the trip was so short
you would hardly know you had started
before the top was reached. How can
people tell such untruths, just to en-
courage trusting young persons to do
what they never should attempt. Then
some one says: "Oh, thank heaven!"
You wonder what for, or If the individual
has said it because he expect to go to
The herald., 1897-09-26
Sole Agency Eugene p Peyser's eUffs:'::.:.

reduced to a very few minutese all the
Brighton visitors would take advantage
of the rev route. So he gathered the re-
mainder of his wits together, this genius.
and thought out a plan for a railway
Of the most novel character. 1t was over
this railway that took the trip spoken
Of in the beginning of my story. And let
me confess right here-I never want to
take such trip again nor anything
which approaches it.
The new railroad extends directly
from the top of the table land to the plain
below, at point about a quarter of a
mile from the fillage of Poynings. 1t is
The herald., 1897-09-26
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the conductor say: "All out! Top d !
the hill"
Once more you breathe. How good it
feels to be on the ground. The conduct
or smiles and says: "Came UP quick.
Miss. Just two minutes and forty Sec
onds." Great heavens! Now know
what Nanki Poo means when he tells
Yum Yum in the "Mikado" that they
will make every second minute, every
minute an hour, every hour day. The
view Is simply perfect from the top Of
the table land. AS look out over the
Atlantic it almost seems to me that can
see dear old America. And the longing
comes over me to go back home SO that
1 am the mot homesick person you ever
saw.
make up my mind then and there to
get back as soon as possible. But also
resolve that will walk down the easy
side of the table land. really believe
I would rather stay in England than to
endure my cable road experience again.
The herald., 1897-09-26
No Room Here for Anarchists

There is a concerted movement
against the anarchists in Europe who
are carrying the doctrine Of the incen-
diary torch, the murderous bomb and
the assassin's knife into practice, and
warning comes from Paris that Louise
Michel and other anarchists are coming
here to make a speech-making tour for
the purpose of advancing the anarchist
propaganda. There are already enough,
and more than enough, of this class here
already. There is not the slightest need
Of Louise Michel and others Of the kind.
We can have all the disorder we banker
after without calling in any more Euro
pean Observation-Disclosures to furnish it,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1897-09-26

for misery loves company dearly when
danger knocks at the door. There is no
consolation in that direction, for the
chances are that there is perfect equal.
ity as regards fears and tremors The
conductor is your rock of Gibraltar.
'No dar.ger," he says or course not.
You never supposed there was; but how
long does he think ii will be before the
top is reached. The man. in blue smiles
wearily and says: 1--WE are almost
there" Almost! Will it ever be any
more?
tits very long ways to the place from
which you started and it is almost, you
think, straight down from where you
are looking. You begin to wonder If II
is true that what Sir Isaac Newton said
about the attraction is correct. Then
the thought strikes you that II that ca
BILE breaks you would be made an. exam
pie of that truth though not a living one
Something whirls by you. Gracious!
The herald., 1897-09-26

only $40 feet long, but every one who
rides on it is delighted that it is no
longer. Double the distance traversed
under the same circumstances would
have made an incurable lunatic of me.
Two cars are used for the service of as
cending this height one going down
while the other goes up. The cars are
open, and are fitted with four sets of
steel Jaw breaks, possessing, it is said,
sufficient grip to stop and hold the car
steady at any point on the line. OF
course, this assurance is delightful, but
If it should not happen that way there
would be absolutely no escape from a
death so dreadful that you do not care
to think about 1t on the trip-that is, If
you can help 1t. couldn't.
You enter the car as / did at the foot
The herald., 1897-09-26

may see that it is rather narrowing
task to take the trip took by the fact
that not over 10 per cent of Brighton's
summer population never made the trip,
and what is more, they express no anx-
iety to do so. The dyke is remarkab BILE
chasm, having on one side a table land
The herald., 1897-09-26

your state of mind and body will be
when next you are away from it. The
conductor sees to it that you are Sc.
curely fenced III, and then gives the
word, and the huge steel cable be gins to
move. Up, up. up! Twill it hold 2"
you think. Heavenc. What if it
should break! Still you go up, and at
no laggard's pace. Things on the
ground you have just left get small, just
as they seem to these who have made
ascents in balloons and lived to tell us
about it.
| You look at your fellow passengers.
The herald., 1897-09-26

over seven hundred feet above sea level
from which a splendid panoramic view is
obtainable. On its, southern side this
table land is easy of access. but the. ap-
proach from the north is barred by a
forbidIdiing escarpment, and up to short
time ago-that is a year-could only be
achieved in a roundabout though fairly
safe fashion.
Some genius, whose name have for
gotten, conceived the idea that If this
way could be shortened and
the time necessary to make the ascent
The herald., 1897-09-26

LONDON, Sept. 10.-(Special Corre-
bpondence to The Herald.) l have ridden
up the side OF the Devils Dyke. 1t is
tn most appropria tely named! place ever
saw, for it gives one the most fiendish
sensation of horror, in fact, absolute
terror, that you can imagine. 1t only
The herald., 1897-09-26
Finally Convinced

II have been great many years reach
ing the conclusion" she SAID thought
fully, "but I guess may as well admit
that my husband is the most indolent
man alive" n.>-
"when did you discover IT."
Yesterday evening. He punctured
his bicycle tire. Instead Of going ahead
and fixing II he sat down for half an
hour to see II it wouldn't get its second
wind. Washington Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-09-26

takes three minutes to make the ascent,
but in those three minutes one seems to
live hours
This remarkable creation of nature is
six miles to the northwest of Brighton,
the famous summer place for every
body and where everybody goes. You
The herald., 1897-09-26

the champion Of the world to recover
$4,000 damages-Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1897-09-26

are sure of it.
Then the conductor smiles wearily and
says, very briefly; "Other car" Oh,
yes. The ether car, of course. How
The herald., 1897-09-26

heaven or some other place at once
What is that? Joy Of joys! You hear
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Male.
tOAGHNAN.--By married man. scotch
aged .. who thoroughly understands hss
business. honest sober and trustworthy,
wiling aud oh.iging a. references certify.
j. MlI.SON NAn Wet iHf Ii.
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WASHING wanted at home by respectanl.
woman. shirts and collars specially:
laundry finish guaranteed. 3:5 Nes, 33;h
ST.. ID floor.
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Female 81.
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present a teacher. DESIRES change OF o.
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yroks. Is willing 10 travel. references 70
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E. GlAMlEB2
r-,,,shsd 1877 733 6th-ave
na-Nrds and Watches. Particular atten-
Ton given TO repairing Of fine watches and
French Clocks.
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A LADY. experienced IN ONCE WORK anu
,yII'trg 20 max. hers.lf generally useful.
st.noxrnpher and typewriter. desires posi-
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COACTIMAN and ARDENER.- young
man. single understands horses. ear
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tables roads ana milk; best Of references.
M. Tribune Office
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DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED.

Male.
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competent: references together or SD
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IEK Rox u Tribunr.
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NAN. aged 10 wishes position IN gentle
mans piacs az foreman or do any kind
Of work a. carpenter. mason or coachmsn
and groom. will furnish good recommend
ton; he direnrsged the 10Th. Address V.
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CHAIRS RECANED by the DAY; siso
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COMP NxIoS or sECRETAR - Refined
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sources wishes position Immediately as
practical companion or secretary Win Ians
or elderly couple W. station W. hro"S-
lNu
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