The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-09-20
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learn usually does most OF the talking
--Atchinson Globe.
The London Enquirer says tn.
United States has the best torpedo
service Of any nation IN the world.
"A little girl sent out 10 hunt eggs,
returned without success, complaining
that lots Of hens were standing around
doing nothing.
This Is funny old world, anyhow,
but 1t is very hard TO realize 1t when
you are reading the comic papers,
Somerville Journal.
The startling fact has been discov-
cred that 3, 2G5, 800 bushels OF peanuts
arc consumed In this country every
year. IL Is suspected that psi 1906
bushels Of them are slain In the upper
galleries OF theaters, and that 276, 405
bushels are eaten In street cars and
court rooms.
For hcrOism In one Of the battles
OF the Mexican war, the Legislature
Of Missouri granted 20 AbsalOm Hughes
the right 10 keep dram shop during
his natural life without paying State,
county or municipal license. Although
over seventy years Of age, he is still
engaged in the business at Cedar City.
-Merchant-"Can you bring me a
few bushels Of green peas, this morn
ingp Dakota Gardener this
mornin'. My peas war jest blossomin'
when left home an hour ago. But 81
that ar cloud, drops an inch or two
SOS ter keep often the sun, I'll be here
with load this AFTERNOON. Time.
The total production OF gold and
silver Of the world in 1887. according
20 the report OF the Director OF tho
United States Mint for the year 1888.
was, in gold, 800 S2G, 800; in silver Cat
United States coming valuc), 1926, ,3lG,-
3l0-or 1926, l73. 10 in all. The real
value Of the silver was, however, much
less, being about S9l, 100000.
An Easton man, homeward bound
with new carpet sweeper, was ac-
costcd by ncighbor who is Jealous TO
bo thought agricultural, and who asked
consent To try that mower on his lawn.
He tried it, and finding that he could
not make the grass fly he passed it
back with an expression Of mistrust in
"these new patents. ."-Allentown (Pa)
Register.
A Baltimore woman dreamed OF
finding pot OF gold In the cellar, and
the next day she went down and began
looking for IL. She managed in n short
time to run across four large sized rats.
nm old koy that had been lost for six
months, and n jug OF whisky her old
man had been hiding behind the potato
barrels. She is firm believer in
dreams now.-Pcck's Sun.
A ninc-ycar-old son Of Maine, liv-
ing eleven miles from Bangor, heard
OF the electric lights In that city, and
tcascd his father 10 take him there
that he might see them. The father
said ho hadn't time. A few days after
ward the boy was missed. His father
drove straight to Bangor, and Mt nine
o'clock that night found him under an
electric light, gazing in opcn-eyed do
light. He had walked all the way.
An interesting innovation in the
method Of catching cod has just been
mado by the French fishermen coasting
Oft Newfoundland. They catch largo
periwinklos. remove their shells, and
use the creatures for bait. The cod.
IL Is said, have bitten eagerly Mt tho
now bait and the owners OF the French
vessels have caught fish so fast that
they were able to sail for France in tho
first week OF July, instead of October
rs usual. In England the whclk has
long been used for the same purpose.
Ono OF the most interesting natur-
nj curiositics OF Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania, is situated in Rose Val
ley, about six miles from Trout Run.
1t consists OF seven natural wells ex-
almost straight downward To n
depth unknown. Largo stones cast in
some OF these wells go rumbling down,
making coarse, rasping sound at first
rs they strike against the sides OF the
well, growing fainter and fainter until
lost by the distance. Near these wells
is cave, the mouth OF which is largo
enough for n horse to enter. Several
lead off from the main en-
trance TO large separate chambers, and
from these othor passagoways lead Oft
probably to unexplored chambers.