The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-08

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hose 10 extinguished a brush fire in tho
yesterday afternoon.
The adjourned annual meeting OF the
r. l. Homeopathic hospital will De held
tonight at the Narragansett hotel
The women's City Missionary Socitty
is meeting in annual session this after
noon in the yestry of the First Baptist
Church.
According to regular annual weather
proceedings we shall soon sea the snow
flying In the air. a number of people
today have said they expected 1t tefore
night.
Henry Varley, the noted evangelist.
will speak this and tomorrow afternoons
in Y. NJ. G. A. hall, and the remainder
of the week i'm the main audience room Of
tine First Baptist church.
Rev. Thomas r. Slicer Of Buffalo. will
speak on 'Tbe Duties and Possibilities
of Our Clubs" at the meeting of the
Unitarian Club at Tillipghast's tonight.
Rev. John r. Forbes Of Taunton will also
make an address,
Several thousand people took advantage
of the opportunity 10 visit the new pas
senger station yesterday and throughout
the day steady stream of people was
passing up and down the approaches The
comments as whole were favorable.
At Manning hall, Brown university,
tomorrow afternoon the third charity CON
ference Of Providepce will open with
Prof Henry B. Gardner presiding In
teresting addresses will be made. The
evening session will De held in Sayles
Memorial hall.
At the Union Congregational church
last evening Rev. Wallace Nutting con
cluded his series of lectures on "The
Constituents or Greatness. These lee
lures have aroused great interest, and the
concluding one, like those tnat preceded
twas listened to by large congregation.
William Sater who was arrested on
Saturday night by Constable j. Z. Briggs
OF Davisvfffe, for an alleged assault on
William Bateman of Quidnsssett, claims
nc is a resident of this city and was en-
gagged on the electric road during the
summer. Since his arrest he has ex-
hibited signs Of insanity.
At special meeting of the Rhode ISL
and Bee Keepers Educational society. to
be held on Wednesday evening Nov. 10,
81 s,.y II,
building 2l0 Westminster street. provi-
ienco, Mr.. Samuel Cushman of Paw
tucket will give an address on "How
Any One Can Manage Bees, Secure the
Product, and Not Get Stung."
Rev. Theodore l.. Cuyler, d. d., of
Brooklyn, N. Y, delivered an address
yesterday afternoon in Association hall,
taking for his subject, "A Message to
Young Men. He sought TO impress upon
his hearers several principles be considered
necessary to right living, conviction, con.
science, cleanliness, courage concentration
and oonvesion. DIR. Cuyler held the up-
divided attention of his hearers through
out his entire discourse, and it was
evidrnt his words made. n profound i'm
preston.
The mean man Of Providence has been
found. He comes down town to business
early every morning. He has several
different electric cars that he rides oil To
his work, not taking the same car ON
successive mornings. He explains TO tho
conductor that he has left his money at
home butlwill pay him tomorrow mora
ing. The next morning he takes another
car and works the same trick, and so on.
and does not come back 10 the first car
till he thinks the conductor has forgotten
him. SO be plays it TO the limit ana IL
conductor reminds him that hs owes
one or two fares he denies it stoutIy tell.
ing the conductor he must be mistaken.
He was finally spotted and shown the
door OF the car with the information that
walking was just as cheap as riding |
since then he has taken 10 riding regu. |
iarly on cne car and always his has niokel |
toaoy.
A certain landlord in this city was well |
known for his promptness ia collsctipg |
ais rents on the first day of each month. |
At one time he called on one Of his ten. |
snts little after o'clock i'm the morning |
and hndinR the man had gone to his |
work, followed him and called him out |
OF the shop and collected his rent Next |
month this tenant went TO tho landlords |
house and just as the clock struck mid.
night ushering In the new month rang
the bell vigorously. As the landlords /
head appeared at an open window Ia in
qnire what was the matter the tenant
said: It's first Of the month and want |
o. pay my rcut ?" The landlord said
shings that do not usually appear In print
bat there was nothing to do but dress and
come down 70 get the money and give a
receipt for IL. Needless 10 say he never
troubled that tenant again with early
collections