The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-30
An Effectual Protest
Against High Prices.
Novel Way of Making Rain
and Wind From Alcohol.
A Bridal Couple Who Spent Their
Honeymoon in Caboose.

reader who saw recently a brief refer
snce 10 the q. II. riots desires 70 know
where thoy occurred and what the cause
was that provoked tfem. The %. I.
means Old Prices and IL was during the
latter part of September, lso9 that the
riots began in the city oI ionuon. liey
had their origin in the Indignation with
which the theater-goers regarded an IN
crease i'm the price of admission at the new
covcnt Theater This increase went into
effect Sept. IL, and was OF ] shllllng hr
each person i'm the boxes and pen - 10
rho nit. There was also considerable
increase in the number of private boxes.
The dissatisfaction of people who attended
The theater was expressed nightly and
1T word that was uttered on the stage
could @ heard on account of the noise made
by rattles bells, truinpets, etc.
Speecbes were made from the pit and
placards were displayed in various parts
of the house of which the following ls
fair sample: A large coffin, with tho In
scription, ''Here lies tho body of New
Prices who died Of the whooping cough,
September 23, 1909 aged days Even
tually, on December 10 OF the same year,
the riots terminated on the proprictors
all prosecutions against those WHO hitu
taken part in the rows and Offering q pul
lie apology The ungracious task of max
ing IL fell upon Mr.. John kcmble, who
delivered what was necessary TO be said
with remarkable self possession and
dignity.
A we'll known scientist, Errera by name,
has described very simple method of pro-
ducing rain and the winds that accom-
pany its formation. This rain, however,
is not of water but of alcohol A glass
cylinder about eight inches high and four
inches i'm diameter is half filled with alec.
hol of 92 per cent. the cylinder being
covered with an ordinary china saucer
and slowly heated in a water bath, so that
tho whole becomes warm without begin
ming TO boil. The vessel is then taken out
OF the bath and placed on table when
yapors soon begin TO condense on the
saucer. clouds form, and tiny regular drops
fall down in vertical lines into the
alcohol; the drops have an average diane
ter of forty or fifty millionths of mil
Timetcr, but vary III size, the rain continu-
ing for half an hour The upper part soon
clears, and the condensation takes place
some distance below the saucer. AS one
side of the cylinder will not rarely be n
little colder than the other, ascending
currents can often be noticed ON the one
side, descending on the other; If the warm
part Is cooled the currents change direc-
tion.
Here is an interesting honeymoon story
that comes from II. Louis: When the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight No.
20 pulled out from North ST. Louis at
40 ono afternoon recently there was an
extra caboose on the rear end of the train.
1t was newly painted and the little
windows fairly shone from the previous
- trIl ~
alongside the track and waved "A farewell
20 pretty little woman on the platform.
The pretty little woman is bride and
the red caboose is the place where she
will spend her honeymoon Afor tho next
two weeks The pride was Miss Anna
Randall; she is now Mrs. T.. f. Billings
ley. Her husband is conductor on the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas freight, which
makes week runs between here and points
i'm Texas He has been promoted to pas
scnger conductor, but the order docs not
90 into effect until May 4. Miss Randall
wished to wait until that time, but MIR.
Billingsley objected.
He said nothing to her, however, but
saw the officials of the road with the re-
suit that new caboose, just out OF the
company's shops was placec at his dis
posal. He lost no time i'm notifying Miss
Randall, and after time persuaded her
10 be married in the afternoon. Judge
Haughton performed the ceremony, and
an hour later the newly welded pair were
on their trip to the Southwest in the
rod caboose. Mr.. Billingsley has charge of
his train as usual. After the honeymoon
they will reside in St Louis
In all probability the town of Enfield,
Me, has the largest manufacturing plant
in the world for the production OF hard
wood novelties in almost endless variety
and size. The concern takes the trees Mt
the very stumps i'm the forest, setting them
I'm motion, and never ccasing TO push
them forward by all the arts of Ingenious
manipulation, until they are distributed
i'm innumcrablc shapes and sizes To pur-
chasers far and near. some idea of the
productions here included may be obtained
from the three months record of 300, 900
curry comb handles, and tie six months
turn out of more than q O0O, 90 of handles
for hair curling tongs, besides number
less rubber stamp handles, pail handles,
rub handles, handles for shOemaking tools,
drug boxes, pill and salye boxes of all
sizes and shapes and colors, water proof
and air tight mailing boxes, 300, 600 wood
IN whip sockets, and more than 1000 90
different sized and shaped lather and
paint brush handles.
Drn