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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20

Charles street will be widened under the
highway act
This Gction has been reached after
some years Of discussion.
Had it been so decided 20 do the work
q couple of years ago, good deal OF
trouble and expense might have been
avoide and the necessary project would
have bcen now under way.
The question of applying the better
ment act or the highway act TO the pro-
posed improvement had much 10 do with
the political turnover OF November, 1895.
by reason Of insistenoe upon putting the
expense upon landholders within the
vicinity Of the improvement. And the
assessments made by the commissioners
only served to demonstrate the folly OF
the policy then adopted.
But that is now history. Great under
takings by municipal authority too often
are reached by round about and STUN.
bling way. AT last the widening of
Charles street will be begun and the city
will pay the bills, as 10 does for the rail-
road facilities. for .instnnce-as it ought
to do 90 secure its great channel OF trade
through Charles street
The city council is entitled TO the con.
gratulations Of the puplic-and the high
way committee Is, too, for their broad and
pnblio spirited grasp of this most vital
situation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
MISGUIDED BURGLAR.

Scar.faced Skies, the burglar, was
operating on the Rround-Goor OF house
on Steenth street the other night. making
iudiciou selections from the articles of sill
YER and alleged silver which he found in
the dining room, when he Inadvertently
made noise, which disturbed somebody
upstairs.
He heard that somebody cautiously open
a door. and then all was still, as IL the
somebody were listening. Then a voice
noated down the staircase:
"William, Is that youT
Without n seconds hesitation, the
burglar replied. "Yes. darling" and
began TO move toward the door, hoping
that his reply had satisfied the inquirer,
who would then go back TO bed. and wait
for William" TO come upstairs. But he
was disappointed.
The voice Immediately ,et loose some
ri srceing Screams oand rs the burglar
rushed out into the street, he said to him.
self:
THAT comes Of my inexpericnce with
the ways of husbands. Instead Of reply.
ing yes. darling should have said. or
course it's me: shut up and go To bed. ;
That would have been more natural and
soothing. and could have got away
without giving myself nervous fit. {"
-Harpers 3 Bazaar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
GOLD FOR EXPORT.

Choolly Knickerbocker has these remarks
OF an interesting topic in the New York
Journal
Icame across n conspicuous young New
porter yesterday while he was industri-
ously figuring on a bit OF paper. In reply
TO my query as to what be was doing he
handed me the paper On il was written: (:
1.-The Misses Gerry, ~, 000, 900 each.
Miss Taylor daughter of ii. A. C.
Taylor) $50, 600, 000
"Miss Virginia Fair. s3 600, 600. with
o chance for more.
Miss Josephine Brooks. s. 900 900.
Miss Burden, $1,000. 900.
Miss Garrison. $3.50, 600.
Miss Marie Winthrop, $3.50. 600.
Miss Hoffman (daughter OF Mrs,
George Hoffman). $3.50, 600.
''The Misses Brice. not less than $500, 0O0
eaoh."
well. what of itg" asked.
There is this Of it, he replied. with
all that money lying around here why is
Rawly Cottenet selling flowers for liv-
iDgs Why is Dick Peters tie agent for n
horseless carriage concern? Why does
office, trying to.sell real estate? Why is
Jimmy Gerard, Jr., racking his brain
over criminal lawY Why is Jack Beresford
ship broker; Harry Lehr, parlor
entertainer, or Reggie Ronalds dealer in
plum bers' supplies!y Why
otop asking 1Ool quesblonS, i shlu,
land come to- your conclusion"
'It is this, he answered. lyon talk
about Klondike. but here Is the greatest
gold field on earth. The only trouble
with us Americans is that we can't To-
cate claim. We trv hard enough. and
some of us have been prospecting for
years, but the moment we get out our
claim stakes we are declared Ineligible,
because we are in trade, don 't-cher know.
A girl doesn't want to marry her
florist. and these old dodo daddies are
looking for something a trifle better than
horseless carriage agents or plumbers sup
plies dealers for soDs-in-law.
Nor is that the worst Of it., he con-
tinued. "While we al fretting and fuming
over our hard luck, some European money
lender grub-stakes lordlinR. and over he
comes and carries off the richest prize.
Then another comes ana another, until
there is nothing left for us but horseless
carriages ana plumbers supplies 1t is
a dreadful end TO look forward to. But
what bothers me Is the absence of the
lordIings this summer.
- Say ~ he asked suddenly as though
n new idea had come under his evenly.
parted and well smoothod hair There
isn't any duty on foreign noblomen under
the new tariff law. is there?"
told him that thought not but even
with the aid of two other chappies who
cams along at that moment we could find
no satisfactory exclamation of The absence
of European goldseekers from the Rhode
Island Klondike.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
SUICIDE AND THE SEXES.

At the present day man Is much more
prone to suicide than woman. This is
true OF man in regard to epilepsy. crime
and other marked signs OF degeneration.
But it has been observed that as woman
approaches man in her mode Of life size
also becomes more familiar with those
abnormal conditions which have previous
ly been peculiar to man. The oompara-
tive immunity Of woman from self-de-
struction in the past has depended greatly
upon the relatively less harassing part
she has taken in the struggle for life To-
day it is different. Now woman occupies
the fields of art literature, finance and
even politics, and. as she goes deeper into
these vocations she must expect to suffer
the consequences. Already il Is noticeable
that feminine suicide Is not entirely due
to the sentimental causes of disappointed
love, desertion and jealousy. but TO those
trials of more ma ierial order such a
have led mon to the act of self destruction.
Imitation far exceeds any other of what
are called trivial causes of suicide and as
serts itself more In woman than in man.
Ii is much more common than is suicide
When self destruction becomes epidemic,
as il sometimes does, it's prevalence very
Ian gely depends upon imitation. IL is
said that many years ago the wall OF
Thomas Hood over 1.-THE one more unfor-
tunate" brought many sentimental per
son to watery grave in the Thames and
In our own uhy tHo NlNiu approximation
of suicide upon the stage under conditions
appealing forcibly TO tho imagination
has been known to be followed by the
self imposed death of persons whose con
ditions resem bled closely those OF the sui
eide in the drama.
Attempts have been made to prove that
climate has an effort upon the rate of
suicide, but these attempts have never
done mora than show that the temperate
regions have the highest ratio. This
of course, Is not due to the climate.
but 10 the more complicated civilization,
the greater phygical and mepta! wear and
the more extensive Interference with
natural laws met within the temperate
regions While 10 Is true that climate
exerts but little influences over the rate Of
suicide, the seasons, on the contrary, do
strongly affect it, The popular belief is
that suicide is more frequent during the
months of winter and spring. This,
however. is incorrect. Cold, wet, damp
weather does not, as so many people sup
pose promote dependency and suicide.
Strange as 1t may seem, mt that period Of
the year when the sufrerings of the poor
and the sick are least, when employment
il most readily obtained, when the pleas
ure of living should be at It's highest
suicide Is most frequent May, June and
July, the months of song and sunshine In
oil countries. give the greatest number OF
self murders. For this there is no satis-
factory explanation, unless we accept that
of tho medical fraternity which is that
during the period of carly summer the
organism is working AT n higher tension,
every function OF mind and body is more
active than at any other period OF the
year, and consequently there is greater liza
bilty To sudden physical and mental col
LAPSE Popular Science Monthly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
GETTING MARRIED.

In "His Quest of the Golden Girl"
Richard Le Galliene, In one OF his open
ing chapters says:
"UDdou Dtedly the incest way TO get
married Is on the sly, and indeed 10 Is at
present becoming quite fashionable. Many
young couples of my acquaintance who
have had no other reason for concealin
the fact beyond their own whipi, have
thus sli pped Oft without saying "A word 20
any body and returned full blown house
Keepers, with at home days ot their own
and everything else like real married
You can never be sure OF married people
nowadays unless you have been at the
wedding"
Tho author then further philosophers
as follows:
II don't know myself what getting
married feels like. but 10 cannot bo much
more exciting than watching other people
getting married. Indeed 1 always get
something like palpitation OF the heart
just before the priest utters the final
fateful words. declare you man and
wife. Half n second before you were still
free. Half n second after you were bound
for the term Of your natural life. Half n
second before you had only to dash the
book from the priests hands and put your
hnnds over his mouth. and though thus
giddily swinging on to the brink of
tho prccipico YOU are saved. Hall n
second after all tho kings horses and all
tho kings men cannot make you a
bachelor again.
"It is the knife edge moment betwix,
time and eternity"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20

will vouch for the above.
But here is one don't feel Just like guaran-
teeing:
1t appears that the doctor was connected
with the board OF health of a not far distant
town, and had under his especial care the
practice Of vaccination in accordance with
the law.
will let him continue in his own language
as nearly as can recall it
zone day a beautiful maid was brought
to me by her mother, who insisted, notwith-
standing the remonstrances of the fair one,
that she should be vaccinated.
The beauteous creature pleaded that It
would mar the beauty of her arm to be
Scared by the inevitable result of the opera
ton, and when delicately pointed out that
her ankle would do as well she swooned
straight away.
Upon recovery-which / endeavored to
hasten-she consented to adopt my sugges-
tion, provided / would not insist that she re-
move her chaste sock.
ITO this agreed, and having punctursd
the feecy garment, was surprised to find no
blood.
''I scraped and dug, and finally broke what
l supposed to be the cuticle when, TO my
dismay, she began to shed sawdust like. a
buzz saw.
"Horrihed with the idea that she had a
false limb, / attacked the other with similar
results.
'Fancying that 1 had finished the maid
looked down, and noting the cord wood lying
around. screamed with terror and rushed
from the room, but overcome, she fell faint
ing upon the doorstep.
II had not a moment TO spare. Quickly
making an incision in each ankle. 1 covered
the sawdust with vaccine matter, and when
she started for hcme knew it had been
successful.
1.-The virus was worked into the limbs by
the action of walking, and IL took i'm both
legs obviating the necessity Of sawdust in
that vicinity for three weeks"
Of course, you can't believe everything
that's told you:
Can your THE TATTLER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20

The free trade organs which are gloat-
ing over the fact that the receipts under
the new law are running light in It's first
month or two have evidently overlooked
the fact that the Wilson law has also
record.
During several months of its early his
tory, the receipts under it fell below the
twenty-million line. and yet 1t had the
advantage Of largely excessive importa-
tions due to the fact that foreign imports
were held back prior to its final enact
ment while conditions are exactly re-
verscd with reference to the IDngley law.
the importations during the few months
prior to its enactment being nearly double
the normal amount
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
DEATH NOTICES.

BROwN-In Fall River, 18th inst, Annie,
wife of John u. Brown.
BARRY-At Arctic, on the 18th inst, Mrs.
Lucy NJ. Barry, widow OF stephen
Barry, formerly of Machias, Me-
CORIA-In this city, 10Th inst. Joanna b. =,
widow Of Joseph Coria, aged IS years.
CAgR-In this city, on the 10th inst, Nicho-
las Carr, aged 50 years.
Funeral at Jamestown, on Saturday, the
2lst inst.
FRY-In East Greenwich, 10th inst. Lapilla
b., wife of Thomas N. Fry aged 56 years
Funeral from her husbands residence, on
Saturday, 2lst inst, at ii o'clock. Relatives
and friends are invited TO attend.
HoXsIE-At Wyoming, r. l., 10th inst, Will
liam G. Hoxsie, aged "a years.
Funeral Monday, 23d inst, at 1890, at his
late residence.
HORTON-In South Rehoboth. on the 10th
inst, Mercy A., wife of Darius NJ Hor-
ton. aged 40 years
Funeral from the Free Will Baptist church
Saturday, the 2lst inst, at III o'clock. Rela.
tives and friends are invited to attend.
HEUsER-In Warren, X. J., on the 18th inst,
Frances Heuser, aged as years.
JARVIS-In Las Vegas. N. NJ, on the 18th
inst, Joseph Arthur Jarvis, aged % years
formerly OF Providence, Il. i.
KOILOCK-At Cheraw, s. c.. 18th inst, DR.
Cornelius Kollock aged " years.
MIJRPHY-In this city. the 18th inst, Cath.
crime l.. Murphy, aged 10 months
MURPHY-In this city, on the 10th inst. ID.
Jeremiah Murphy, aged 50 years.
Funeral Monday morniug, the 2j1 inst, Mt
SEQ o'clock from his late residence lSI Ives
street. Relatives and friends are invited to
attend.
MANCHESTER-In this city, 10Th inst,
Helen Louise, only child of Charles L.
.r, and May +. Manchester, aged 2
months and days.
Funeral private.
McQU ARRlE-In this city. on the 18th inst.
Walter, son of Walter and Mary McQuar.
rie aged years, month and 20 days.
MUMFoRD-In Phohix, 18th inst, Euclid A.
Mumford.
Funeral from his late residence. Ames
street Phenix, Sunday. I'D inst, at 20 H. m
Relatives and friends are invited 10 attend.
TRAsK-At Diamond Hill. r. l.. 10Th inst.
Caroline g, widow of Albert n. Trask
aged 50 years.
Funeral Sunday, 22d inst, nj p. m, nj
her late home. Relatives and friends are IN.
vited 10 attend.
wEST-In this city. 18th inst, Olive Perry
daughter of George NJ. ana Annie r. West.
aged years
Funeral private.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
AN AUTOMATIC LOOM.

There is likely TO be greater crop
ahead OF the fruit of the loom when
one of the novel inventions which will in
forest the public at the coming American
Institute Fair which opens Septem ber
20th at Madison Square Garden gets ago.
ing. This novelty is an automatic loom
that It's inventor says will revolutionizo
the wcaver's trade.
The Automatic Loom" has its supply
OF filling on immense reels outside of the
loom, and draws this right into tho web
as needed. In place of the ordinary shuttle
there Is slender metallic object called
carrier" driven by "picker-st stick"
Just as in the ordinary loom At each
end OF this carrier is n pair Of small niprers
and when IL comes to the right hand edge
OF the weh the nippors, which are then In
'front.' grasp tho end OF "A thread held out
Co them by a tubular fixture called the
feeder" The carrier then flies back.
carrying the thread after it. At the end
OF the journey the nippers Let 20 Sand the
set at the other end of the carrier grasp a
thread held out by second feeder. Back
the carrier goes 10 the starting point. re-
leasing its hold at the right point The
loose thread which stretched away from
the web 70 the first reel has been auto
matically cut, 20 that just enough has
besn left hanging from the wob TO reach
across q second time. The nippers instead
OF drawing from the reel this trip seize
ths dangling END. When the carrier
makes It's next trip ~ the left side IL pulls
this half In. thus forming selvago around
the end OF the other thread. The opera
tion II repeated 90 the right side. should
10 be desirable to weave any kind of "A
mixture. as many a. soven different colors
'may be introduced without stopping the
lcom. In this case there are seven biz
reels on ench side, upright on the floor
and the feeder which guides tho thread CO
the nippers now carries seven little tubes
instead Of one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
A FREE SILVER ExAMPL e.

.The reports from Mexico which indicate
that il takes sarly Pa Mexican silver
dollars to buy what one American dollar
will purchase shows something of the dis
tressiug conditions TO which the Iaboring
class Of that country are reduced under
free silver.
A report by a special commission sent
to Mexico by the Trade and Labor Assem-
bly, at Chicago last fall shows that team
sters get al per day in Mexican money in
the City Of Mexico while those in the city
of Chicago get sl 75 per day in American
dollars. which, as indicated, nre worth
nearly 2Ig times as much as the Mexican
dollar
Street car drivers get IS cents per day
in the City of Mexico in deprecated, and
in the city of Chicago s2 25 per day in
good money. Printers in Mexico 81. % per
day, in Chicago s3. Pressmen in Mexico
81. 90 per day. in Chicago s3 30. Shoe
makers in Mexico sl.25, in Chicago 81. so.
Carpenters in Mexico sl.25 per day, in
Chicago 81 so Brklayers in Mexico 81. 25,
in Chicago "a per day. Laborers in
Mexico 371s cents per day, in Chi
cago 81. 20.
When 1t is remembered that these wages
quoted In Mexico are paid in alleged IDOL
lars which are worth but about 43 cents
as compared with our dollars, which are
worth 100 cents the contrast in earning
capacity is something appalling and is not
recommendation for the free-coinage
proposition which the Democrats of few
states still have the hardihood to urge.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
A Newspaper, Not a Party Organ
FENDERs AGAIN.

Councilman Waterman c-ystallized pub
lie sentiment in his proposed ordinance
put into the Counci yesterday to push
she fender question.
1t is an old question, to be sure. but
the public will not be satisfied until
it is settled and settled in the only way
that public sentiment will accept namely.
the adoption Of a suitable fender for use
on every car in the.city of Providence.
1t is not to the point for the city gov
,rnlnent or any member .of it to charge
the blame for delay upon the trolley com
pany. Whether the latter seeks delay or
uot, the City Council has power to carry
out the will Of the people. So much Of
the question has been settled. II the City
Council fails to draft an ordinance that
will attain it's ostensible purpose, the poo-
pie will elect men who can and will
Action under the old ordinance is i'm
possible. Whose fault that is, is of small
account now. II the law is dead, let IL lie.
But new one may be adopted that will
be operative, and such one Councilman
Waterman has drawn.
1t was passed by the Council yesterday
but motion to reconsider will delay final
action until the September meeting. The
public is impatient with delay on this
matter but If further consideration will
ensure an act that it is possible to enforce
in tho way the public demands, the time
will not be altogether wasted.
As the situation now is, under existing
ordinance, the Union Railroad Company
declines to make choice of the numerous
fender devices that have been submitted
TO it, the inference being that nothing is
satisfactory in the present stage OF devel-
opment of tho fender. But it expresses
Ats willingness to equip its cars with.
q device as the council will direct. No
such authority or responsibility was con-
templated under the existing ordinance
hut Councilman waterman's bill reaches
the root Of the difficulty by providing that
"The UEion Railroad Company shall, on
or before the first day OF December, 1897,
place upon every street railway car used
Cor the transportation of passengers in the
pity OF Providence such fender as is ap.
proved by the joint standing committee
on railroads of the City Council" I"
We believe that this is the plan adopted
In a number Of other cities whore the
fender has been put on the trolley cars by
mandate Of municipal authority. Albany,
n. Y. offers the most recent illustration,
q committee of the council looking into
the fender problem with the assistance Of
such expert authority as was available
including trolley officials. Up in Albany
fender owned and manufactured, too. we
believe. here in Providence was unani
mously adopted and everybody was salts
oed that good thing ned been found, in
deed the best yet produced.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20

The railroad men OF the country who
stood like a stone wall in favor Of sound
erence to their former afliliation are
now reaping the reward Of that action.
Railroad earnings are increasing in all
parts of the.country, large additions have
been made to the working force, better
hours are given and, rs consequence.
more earnings and steady employment.
The July earnings OF 1lS railroads
operating nearly lo0,o 600 miles OF road
aggregate 81 per cent higher than in
July, 1894.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20

alton to maintain the price of their labor,
whereas their employers arc all at war with
each other TO see who can mine the cheapest,
and so undersel all his Competitors.
The labor trust has the better OF 1t this
time. 1t is winning, as it ought TO win; and
that by the sheer moral merit of its case
Now, let the masters follow the men and be-
take themselves to common sense for the OBJ
vious and handy remedy or oil their trou-
bles-New York Sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20
COAL IS TOO CHEAP.

We have spoken with some OF the largest
employers In the coal districts respecting
their present difficulties with their men, and
without an exception they agree that.the pay
is too small. They all believe in higher
wages, but point 10 the prices of coal at the
seaboard and elsewhere as an insuperable
barrier to improved wages.
Compe,ition among themselves has brought
coal to an Improbable level, and the wage
scale has followed 10 steadily downward
They cannot raiss the price Of coal. because
their competition is OF such nature that
they cannot maintain an agreement as TO
either production or price. They must submit
10 being howled at and abused for not paying
their men more money or agree to be stoned
for demanding better price from consumers
The coal operators lot is an unhappy one. BE.
tween inability to keep his men at work and
inability 10 get living price tor his coal, he
is likely 10 be crushed out, 10 the advantage
OF none.
He wants to pay higher wages The pros
perity Of his employees is ref cted in his own
condition. How is he to do IT. There is only
one way: one sound. efflcacious and common.
sense method. 10 Is 10 pool all east bound
coal and appoint a single sales agency 10 dis
tribute u on the basis OF a rational apportion.
ment and at price which will provide wages
for the miner, profit for the owner of the
coal and compensation for the railroad and
the boat that carry 10.
How grinding Is the reckless competition
that starves the miner, impovorishos the en-
ployer and ruins the railroad, when. were
the business tactics OF the humble miners
adopted, there would be instantly n sufiIcicncy
for ALL Tho miners are unit against the
aggression of their employers; they are band.
cd together w one earnest and vigilant associ.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-20

Captain Leontieff, the Russian adventurer,
who acted as Prince Henri of Orleans second,
enjoys the distinction of being the first Abys-
sinian count. Emperor Menelek did not know
what count was, but. on being assured that
1t meant only title and carried no salary
with it, said: "Then a count counts and costs
nothing; just the thing for Leontief."