The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-11-30
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Down in Brazil the emancipation
OF slaves was mainly due TO an editor
who kept his paper red-hot with aboli-
tion arguments. He did not have much
success until he printed a translation
OF Uncle Toms Cabin" Then the
people walked up. They cried over
the story, and raised such protest
against slavery that the Government
was forced 10 abolish il.
A Greenville Mich woman who
asked for Il divorce the other day todd
the court that little, measly, one
armed cuss had licked her husband.
"My marriage contract calls for "A lord
and protector she said, "but when a
man is so easy 10 get away with he
can't be much of n lord TO n woman
and protect her" The court allowed
that she had all the logic on her side.
King Mwanga, who rules over the
black Province OF Uganda, is not n
pleasant man for a neXt-door neighbor.
He rules over 100000 subjects, and
is as ferocious as he is powerful. He
has l l,5oO wives, and kills five OF them
every day for his amusement. He is
the largest slave-trader in Central
Africa, supplying the Mohammedan
dealers annually with about 100000
slaves.
"A passenger on n west-bound train
from Chicago hid his money in one OF
his shoes, on retiring for the night,
and then placed the shoe and its mato
in the aisle, near his berth. a porter,
having subsequently blackened the
shoes and found the hidden treasure, y
returned it TO the owner, who is said
TO have demanded light. SO that .ho
could count the money and see If the
finder had taken any.
A writer in recent book about
travelling in the East, telling OF the
slow pace and multitude of animals
required in caravan travelling, makes
the calculation that the lsraelites,
when they went from Egypt under
Moses, must have had caravp at
least two hundred leagues long and
must have employed six million
camels. What parade for the youth
ful Egyptian as he saw it pass.
-JefTerson's Island, in Louisiana, the
sometime winter home of the genial
actor Of Rip Van Wrinkle is n superb
hill crowned with great forest trees,
lying on IA trembling prairie or semi
marsh, and with fine lake, called
Lake Peynier, for its outer margin.
On this island, which contains 1000
acres OF land, was formerly an orchard
of fine oranges. Here Mr.. Jefferson
plays at raising fine cattle. He has
something over two thousand head and
n few blooded horses.
Extraordinary stories are told OF
the healing properties OF new oil,
which is easily made from the yelks
of hens eggs. The eggs are first
boiled hard, and tho yelks are then
removed, crushed and placed over "A
fire, where they are stirred until the
whole substance is just on the point Oi
catching fire, when the oil separates
and may be poured Oft. One yclk will
yield nearly two teaspoonfuls Of oil.
II is in general use in South Russia "a
a means Of curing cuts, bruises and
scratches.
Julius Eichberg, the well-known
Boston musician, tells this story OF an
early experience: One day "A lady,
somewhat advanced in years, came to
make arrangements for taking private
lessons in singing. At the end OF the
second lesson the teacher felt con
strained TO tell her that her ear was
not true. She received tho remark
very coolly, and at the next lesson
sang as badly as before. 81 am
f.frad," said Mr.. Eichberg, "that you
:an never learn TO sing in tune" "Oh,
/ IL doesn't matter" was the surprising
answer Doesn't matter!" said the
astonishcd teacher NO said tho
pupil, 81 don't care any thing about
music, but my doctor said that singing
would be the best thing for my dys
pepsia, and so / decided TO take les
sons