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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
OLD HATS ON MANY HEADS.

where the Discarded 1fesdgesr os the
AssDge Citisen ytsds Its Fsts.
What becomes of the old hats? The
"stov,spipes." derbim, fedoras, soft
hats 2zsd straw hats of various kinds
where do they go when discarded by
their owners? Every time q man buys .
new hat he has tho old one wrapped up,
and either slowed away In tho hat store
for safe keeping or sent to him at his
Office or residence. As rule he says,
"'Wrap 1t up, and I'll call for IL In
day or two."
The halter wraps IL up, marks IL with
the customers name, puts II away and
waits. On the largest mirror In the hat
store IL banner with strange device
on It informing the public that I'VE are
not responsible for hats left with us
over 30 days" In the store they keep q
book. and when Smith, Jones, Brown
on Robinson leaves his old lid" q note
is made Of 1t and duly entered On this
book.
After 90 or 60 days have elapsed
general clearing out OF the, old hats IL
made. and they go to the secondhand
<tores along South Clark street, 70 the
costumers' palaces, TO the country stores
sometimes, all to be cleaned, refined
and furnished up tho best way possible.
It is thus possible for man 70 be
stopped on some chilly evening and
asked to assist some unfortunate who 10
wearing one of his old hats. These old
hats are sometimes sent to the theaters
to be used as headgear for "the rabble"
or IAN angry mob" or "a group OF Ro-
man citizens. Drivers Of coal wagons,
transfer wagons and teamsters general
ly who want q hat for outdoor use buy
. great many Of these castawaya The
soft hats can be made over most effec-
tually, but q stiff bat remodeled and
dyed has an ancient luster that does not
deceive the intelligent.
Country stores sometimes take an in
voice Of these veterans, and the result ie
q weird exhibition of headgear by the
sages of the cracker barrels and hitch
Ing blocks. .G
A stiff hat once broken can with diff
Guilty be patched up sooeptably, but o
soft hat may be worked over many times
and still be marketable. Laborers gen.
orally wear soft hats, although few
sport derbies, and many once proud,
stylish hat may be seen during the usual
Chicago street cleaning days perched on
the cranium Of some stalwart wielder
Of the shovel and pick.
The peddlers buy the old hats. The
milkmen, the sailors, rivermen, labor.
ers and that most shifting army Of hu-
man odds and ends which form such an
item in the city's population-these are
the men to whom the vast bulk Of the
old hats 90. Hats that have glistened
with newness and glossy nap, once start
ed on the downward path, go lower and
lower till the ash heap in the alley or
the oblivion of an empty lot marks their
final degradation. Chicago Chronicle.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
WlNDFALLS FOR GAMiNS.
Two lavish Gifts Bestowed on Pair o,
Bright Boys.

Two lavish Gifts Bestowed ON Pair o,
Bright Boys.
Quite recently the pretty wife Of
prosperous manufacturer was looking
into a confectioner's window when
barefooted Lad of about 10 coolly walk.
cd up to her and placed his rugged arm.
through hers.
"Excoose this liberty. num-" he
said, with comical ceremony, but
amt got q mother o. my own, an feeli
lonely. Will ye kiss mef'
For a moment the lady was too as
tonished to speak, but the sight Of the
dirty face turned so audaciously uI
to hers drove away her indignation.
Much to the amusement Of the passers
by she kissed the lad soundly, asked
him where be lived and dismissed him
with few coppers. But that was not
the end of the little incident, for some
weeks after the boy was hunted up by
the lady's husband and presented with
e100-''payment for the kiss taken in
front of the confectioner's window"
the lady said.
A good natured gentleman who il
very stout, and on that account does
not care to stoop, once dropped his briei
pipe in the middle Of o busy street.
The pipe was a great favorite Of his,
but he dared not run the risk of bending
down, and after gazing regretfully al
his fallen treasure he decided to aban.
don it. Before he could do so, however,
little street arab saw his plight, and,
running forward, picked up the pipe
and restored it to him.
The gentleman stared at the boy
without speaking for awhile, and then
pulled handful Of gold out of his
pocket.
Take this, kiddie, and be careful
how you spend it,, he said. mind al
SO that whatever you do with it you are
not to spend it OH butter scotch, foi
that's the stuff that made me fat.
He then walked away, leaving tn.
astonished urchin in possession Of b
windfall amounting to over e30.-Lon.
don Telegraph.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

Some time ago noted writer an
nounced that scientific physicians had
utterly condemned the large, round hats
weighed down with excessive garni-
tures, pronouncing them "a serious and
rndeniable means Of producing head
ache, wrinkles and gray hair" One
would suppose this threat of trio Of ter
rible Affections would have had the in
Simultaneous good effect Of banishing the
burdensome cause of them all; but not
90. We can almost affirm that fashions
power is more potent than health or even
life itself. Gray hairs may appear, the
picture hat headache" may become
chronic and wrinkles deepen. but while
the dominating queen Of style DEGREES IL
we shall still behold tho baneful aud
overpowering picture hat. Exchange.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
Swind1ed.

First Street Loafer-It's a shame,
Bill, to think that any one would swim
die poor hard working man in that
way.
Second Street Loafer-Why, what's
your troublep
First Street Loafer-Hero I worked
hard for half day painting up spar
row into a redheaded Belgian canary.
and am blowed IL the fellow sold it
to didn't give mo bad half crown for
IL. London Spare Moments.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

A RecOnnoissance on the Quiet Which
Took the Boys by Storm.

A Reconnaissance on the Quiet Which
Took the Boys by Storm.
Zone day at Chattanooga, says one
Of the soldier boys writing in the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, "a lot Of us were
loading hard tack and bacon into q
wagon train that was to be sent to half
starving men, and were giving more at
tention to badgering each other than to
the work in hand, when lame man in
fatigue dress, walking with some diff
Guilty with the assistance of a cane,
passed along the high porch Of the quar-
termaster's shed and looked down at the
boys for minute or two without q
word. Then he spoke quietly, saying:
That is not the way to load boxes, men.
Put them in straight and carefully. Do
your work like soldiers.
"Old Hannibal, who was slouching
good deal at his work, turned with i'm
pudent bravado toward the officer and
was just in the act Of saying that he did
not want any quartermaster's clerk to
give orders to him, when he started in
surprise, saluted and, much to the as
tonishment Of the boys, lifted his hat.
The look of impudence went from his
face like flash, and he said, AL right.
general, we will do it just as you want
it DONE Then all the men recognized
in the quiet man the commanding gen.
eral of the army.
Grant followed every look and word,
and he probably understood old Hanni-
bal better than that rough old fighter
understood himself. There was twin
kle in his eye rs he said: Remember.
men, these provisions arc going to half
starved soldiers. You ought to get as
many boxes in the wagon as possible.
When mules are so scarce and roads SO
dangerous, the more boxes in the wagon
the more men you feed. The boys got
up in the wagon. Strengthened out every
box and loaded all carefully as the gen.
eral directed. This was only three or
four days before the battle Of Chatta-
nooga, and while the fight was in prog
ress old Hannibal said no knew that
Grant wasn't limpin round Chattanoog
for nothin.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

ysiS Anna wns . Descos's Niece, but She
Enjoyed the Lace.

ysiS Anna Wns . Descos's Niece, but She
Enjoyed the nsos.
One os these men who came I'm from
the country and has climbed from
the bottom Of the ladder to the top
likes TO tell story on his wife, whose
second beauty is crowned by mass Of
silkcn hair as white a. cotton.
I'VE both lived on farm then" he
sayG "Anna was an orphan and brought
mp by strict old uncle, who was dca-
con. She was pretty and bright, but 80
prim and strsitlsced that she would
sanction nothing TO which the deacon
himself objected, and no old Covenanter
ever drew the lines moro closely than bo
did.
Next TO Anna my affections were
centered on q colt that was good TO look
at end developed wonderful speed and
gsmeness that spoke Of aristocrstio de-
sosnt ! told this 10 no one but Anna,
and IL was with great difAoulty that ]
induced her to rice one Sunday With mo
10 q camp meeting behind real trotter.
Going 70 the meeting ! regulated
tho colts pace 10 suit the day and the
OCCASION, and be was ~ sedste a. the
deaoon himself. The only girl Of the
podghborhood who pretended to rival
Anna In beauty was there with young
fellow who prided himself ON having
the fastest horses in the county. Toward
sund0wn she told Anna that we had bet
ter start home early. They would re-
quire much less time and would prcb.
ably pass us ON the way. That made me
mad and I thought I detected an un.
wonted fire In her eyes We were Jog.
ging homeward a. decorously as we had
gone, talking solemnly a. we should,
when there was rush past us, q cloud
Of dust and q nocking laugh that bade
us 'soodby. Ny col: was prancing and
pulling like tugboat. was bound u
please my girl, grinding as Il wss.
Let 'er got came between her rec
lips and white set teeth just az girl ol
the period would say Let 'er 60, Gal
lagher.
THAT was enough. Fences and tree,
hew the other way. Blood told, and tbt
colt seemed ON wings. When we were
nose and nose. Anna was 90 excited ths
she wanted to take the reins for fear
couldn't win the Sunday race. But th1
gallant colt shot rs through ahead. /
wasn't long till Anna wore little jew
elry and tolerated cards to the extent O
playing old maid st. Louis Re
public.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
Altogether Too Wise.

The engaged girl was thoroughly
modern in her ideas, while the girl who
was not engaged was given to old fash
ioned romanticism.
"Tell me all about it," said the gir.
who was not engaged.
"Oh, there isn't much to tell" an
swered the engaged girl. 81 suppose
the method Of procedure is about the
same in all cases"
II presume, said the girl who was
not engaged dreamily, THAT he looked
soulfully into your eyes and asked you
II you loved him?"
"Not bit Of it," returned the en-.
gagged girl quickly. "He was altogether
too wise TO ask any such question as
that. He merely asked me il I'd marry
him. "-Chicago Post.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Showing What Shotgun Can DO In q
Load Of Hay.

Showing What Shotgun Can DO In q
Load Of Hay.
''What was the most exciting expert
ence I ever had?" repeated Clarence
Haight at the Olympic Gun club. II
think it occurred last summer. when l
was hunting doves up in Sonoma coun-
ty. Now, shooting doves is not par
ticularly exciting or perilous, but
this was one of the hottest experiences I
ever had.
II had been travelling all day with a
big bag, and was pretty we'll tired out
when ] struck the country road and
started for home. It was good four
miles walk, and I was pretty we'll
pleased to see big wagon load Of hay
approaching The rancher gave me per-
mission to ride, so I scrambled up ON
top, lay down on the sweet, new mown
hay and went swaying and swinging
down the road. I was just doing of
when bang! went my shotgun. I had
forgotten to take the cartridges out of it,
and something had pressed the trigger.
The horses gave jump, and the driver
rolled off into the ditch.
"Then I discovered that my gun had
set fire to the hay, and thought it was
about time for me to escape. The horses
were tearing along the road as hard as
they could run, but clambered for the
side of the load and slid for the road
The tail Of my stout hunting coat
caught on the top Of q sharp standard,
and there hung to the careening wag-
on that threatened to upset and dump a
load of burning hay ON me at every
turn of the road.
1.-THE fire was cracking and burning
fiercely, and already I could feel the
flames. Still the horses ran, and still
my coat held me fast to that seething
mass Of flames. My trousers commenced
getting hot, and then found my coat
was OH fire. The next moment the loose
cartridges in my pockets commenced ex-
ploding from the heat, and then I
smelled my doves broiling.
II had just made up my mind that
all was over, when the tail of my coat
burned of and I was thrown into a
ditch full of water beside the road. /
did not stop to see what became of the
hay and the horses, nor of the rancher,
but cut straight across that field for
home. That, gentlemen. was the most
thrilling experience Of my life. New
York Press.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
Humility.

It is not every great man who carries
his honors as meekly as the mayor of
Inverness, who rebuked an admiring
crowd in the words, "Frens, I'm just a
mortal man like yersels." Sir Wilfrid
Lawson tells the following story: "A
woman was once pursuing her fugitive
cow down lane, when she called out tO
some one in front, Man, turn my COW.
The man took no notice and allowed
the COW to pass. When she came up,
she said, Man, why did you not turn
my cow?' He replied, Woman, am
not u man; I am a magistrate. ~
Household Words.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

For the city IN calling me.
The chinqucpin's scattered with lavish hand
Her gems 10 tho gayIy spparelod land.
There's an opaline tinge TO tho freshontng air,
Tho spell Of autumn II everywhere.
But how can longer bids,
Fair though tho mountain boz
For the city has lifted her eyes again,
She's smiling and beckoning over the plain.
Az the leaves drift down,
A the winds grow chill,
Her warm blood bounds and her pulses thrill.
Oh, the mountains sglow with tho frosty
breath,
"A fever flush, Gro the rigor Of death
That grisly winter'il bring.
But the city-ths city's awake, arstart,
This deadliest winter but warns her heart
Shs calls 20 ms over tho sunlit plain,
And my spirit swakcns and lives again.
Farewell To tho crimson and gold,
To the mountains btllowy blue,
Bot sing, my hcxrt--wtth rapture sing
The city breathes Anewi
New Orieans Times Democrat
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
His Choice.

An Irishman in France was chal-
lenged by Frenchman to fight duel,
to which he readily consented, and sug-
gested shillalahs.
THAT won't do" said the second.
"As the challenged party you have the
right 10 choose the arms, but chivalry
demands that you should decide upon a
weapon with which Frenchmen are ia
miliar."
lis that soP' returned the Irishman.
Then, begorra, we'll foight wild gull
lotiDes "-London Tit
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

OF the coast of Ceylon the fishing
season is inaugurated by numerous cere-
monies. and the feet Of boats then puts
10 SEA. Fishing, when allowed, geDer-
ally commences i'm the second week Of
March and lasts from four 10 six weeks,
sccOrdiDg to the season.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18
A Genius.

"My wife has been studying geology,
and the house is 40 full of rocks can,
find n place to sit down"
What will you do about iti"
1--WE induced her to take up astron
omy."
lis that any better?'
''Of course. She can't collect speci
mems. Chicago Record.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

The town in England best provided
with places Of worship is tho ancient
one OF Roohdale, where there are i46
churches and chapels. Fifty belong to
the church Of England and % b tho
nonoonformists The church Of Eng
land accommodates ~, 440 and the non
conformists 81. $50 persons I'm sittings.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

Motber--What In the world ever pos
sessed you TO give Mr.. Bingo q shaving
setp
Daughter-He never seems 10 realize
how tender my face is-Detroit Free
Press.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

IL Is said by philologists that there
are lS original European languages
the Greek. Latin, German, Slavonic,
Welsh, Biscayan, Irish, Albanian, Tar
tartan. Illyrian, Jaxygisu, Chsucin and
Finnio.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-18

Never does q man portray his own
character moro vividly than in his man
ner Of portrayinR another. --Richter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
s.u.a and nj. Baud Going to Europe.

John Philip Sousa is going TO Europe with
his band. Some OF his marches are well known
there. and once, while on a visit TO Berlin. MIR.
Sousa conducted tho brass section of the Phil.
harmonic Orchestra there. Now he is going
over to play "El Captain Tho High School
Cadets" and other melodies familiar-ah. 80
amiliar-herc Victor Herbert has been en-
gagged TO take Mr.. SousR's place AZ the director
at Manhattan Beach next summer and the
Twenty.socOnd Regiment Band will play there.
Yes, ! am going to Europe with my band
next ummer, said Mr.. SOusp yesterday. The
trip will occupy fourteen weeks and we will sail
from New York on May 20, returning early In
September. We will OMEN in London on June 3.
and will deyotc five weeks TO a tour of England,
in arts and Brussels. followed by six weeks Ia
the principal cities Of Germany and Austria.
MY band will consist of sixty musicians, and
they w.il form q representative American or
ganiIAttop."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
UHEELMEN PRAISE COILS.
Minute Adoptea by the Beard or Consuls. New
York City l.. a. w. Consulate.

York City l.. a. ". Consulate.
The Board of Consuls OF the League Of Ameri-
can wheelmen presented to Commissioner
Coils yesterday the following resolution adopt
cd at their last meeting:
sulRte Of New York city desires to testify its ap-
probation for the great work performed by tho
Commissioner OF Putlic Works on behalf OF the
wheelmen of New York city.
During his term OF office the Commissioner
has paved First avenue with asphalt. changing
It from n wretchedly paved and ,unridable ave
greatly improved. beautihed. and lighted with
modern gaslights the Boulevard, has laid miles
of asphalt strips. dividing the heavy from the
frnil traffic, has made n beautiful plaza Of Long
Acre square. has asphaltcd its tributary streets.
and has granted our request to asphalt Broad.
way from Forty.soventh street to Fifty.ninth
street,
the laying OF continuous routes OF asphalt pave
ment, giving the wheClmen and the public unin-
terruPtcd means OF travelling the city from
north to south and from east to west.
Park avenue, from Fifty.siSth street to Nine
ty-siNth street. which is NIL but completed. will
be one OF The greatest boulevRrdsi In the country.
and has been redeemed from an impossible
highway to ono Of the finest streets in the me-
%tropolis.
The resurfacing of Seventh avenue. from
10th street TO Macomb's Dam Bridge. has
greatly improved this magnificent thorouChfsrr
and outlet to the annexed districts north Of the
Harlem.
Fifth avenue, as il seen by the portion already
completed from the Washington Arch 10 Thirty
sixth street, is an evidence of what this avenue
will be. and how 1t will regain its old.time pres
tige.
All these improvements have been carried
through by the Commissioner in the face OF in
Vulnerable obstacles. and we desire to express
herewith our sincere thanks to Gen. C.. H., T.
Coils. Commissioner of Public Works. for hts
successful efforts in behalf ofthe wheelmen and
New York citizens In general.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
ANDERsox,s TURN At GREAT SCOTT.
Reflections on the MANLY Stature aud Legal
sapience or tho Corporation Counsel.

Reflections on the MANLY Stature and Legal
sapience or tho Corporation Counsel.
The Board of Education objected to the allow
ances made blythe court on the Corporation
Counsel's certificate to ex-Judge Thomas ALI
son for services as special counsel on the con-
domination of school sites. Commissioner Z.
Ellery Anderson wrote to Corporation Counsel
Scott asking for copies of the motion papers,
including the affldavits on which Mr.. Allison's
bills had boon taxed. He got q sharp reply
telling him that he was meddling with bust
ness that pertained solely to the Corporation
Counscl's office. Mr.. Scott declined to send
him the papers. Now Mr.. Anderson has re-
torted that 1t Is the boards business, because
the money 10 pay the bills cannot be appro-
priated without the approval. of tho board, and
that the board will not approve them on the
strength of Mr.. Scott's certificate. He tells
Mr.. Scott that his letter Is "childishly petulant
and unworthy the office which you hold" He
"You close your letter BY declining L n to .cceae
been taxed. Your refusal has simply imposed
upon me the duty Of 2 personal examination Of
no aftidavits whatever describing the services
rendered were presented to the court in sup
RS Sro Of Saen The si@ 91nn.ei Mr. sh sessi, TO w hSXs ,d 4 mot not
that no afldayits were used upon the taxation
Of Judge Allison's bills instead of declaring
viii spend millions for defence but not a
dollar for tribute that you are compelled TO
decline TO accedc to my request TO furnish me
with the atiidavlts upon which Judge Allison's
bills have already been taxedi.
81 cannot admit that Ii certificate signed by
you satisfies tho requirements of the law. /
mean no reflection whatever upon the good
faith Of your certificate. but II Is not proof OF
the value OF the services. 1t Is nothing but
your opinion Of what the counsel ought TO re-
ceive. You will perhaps concedc, on reliec-
ton, that the power to puss what IL equivalent
TO a Judgment against the city of New York,
without limitation as 10 amount, which judR.
OF "a Corporation Counsel, might be. II exercised
by a person loss scrnpulously careful of tho in
tcrests OF the CITY than you announce yourself
TO he, a most dangerous weapon
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