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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-05-31
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URINARY COMPLAINTS, Acute or Chronic Dis
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es-Dr. Lewis is frequently consulted by many
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pertaining TO married life or single bessedness.'
CONSULTATION, MEDICINES, sc, 50.
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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-05-31
Marhlehcad. Mas. Dec. .. ISIS

Marblchcad Mass, Dec. =, lSSS.
McSsr> T.. G.. Morris ~ Co., Boston, Mass
Gentlemen: This j. 10 certify that have been
using "A No. E. G. Morris y Co. safe in my ore
and that I'm the most terrible fire this town has
ever known. on the night of the 10Th inst the
safe was subjected 20 very intense heat loF so
hours and upon its being opened, 10 my surprise
| found It's contents In perfect coudluOn WIN the
execution OF the leather On one book which was
against the all Of TIE safe, while the writing on
every Leaf was as clear and cgtble aS wnen II was
put In. / also found the machine twist, needles,
papers, etc, in gOoi 81 1ar condition. In case l
rebuild shall feel that can do no better than To
use again what has served me well IN this TIRE I'm
our fire Of 1871 had a safe Of another make, the
C, ntcutS of " lich came out in very COOL shape,
but not as we'll this one. You are az liberty 20
use this testimonial as you SCc ht. ami ! should
take pleasure In showing the books etc, 10 any
ono Who would like Co see them.
Respectfully yours
rSigucd' HENRY %. SNMoNrS.
P'S Dec. - / have thi, day purchased an
other NJ the same size. having been satisfied with
the other.
Boston Mass Jan. :, lSs9.
MCssrs. r. G. Morris a Co, Boston, Mas.
Gentlemen. ON August o. lSs7, we had one OF
your large make safes iY our Woliboro. y. H.
factory. which went through very hot hrc and
stool the test. Again on Dec - lsNs' IN tne
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st0od the tes. and an its contents found in good
condition. even a gross II matches. Under these
circumstances we can safely recommend your
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Narblchead. Mass, Dec >, ISIS.
McSsrs. =. e. Morris y Co. Boston. Mas.
Gentlemen: ON opening our safe which We
purchased of you two years ago, We found every
thing IN ICrf, GO condition. The sltuauon ui ohr
safe caused q 30 be exposed 70 intense heat ioi
number of hours. As soon as We are ready %
purchase we viii call and select another of your
j. VI. CEorLEY & BROS
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
WASH TUB EXPLODED.
Blew Out Side of ii use and Injured
Husband

A terrific explosion startled quiet neigh
borhood in Baltimore recently. When the
police and neighbors entered cautiously the
house in which the shock occurred they
found a woman lying in dead faint on the
floor, a man with bliStered hands and
burned face pacing about il agony and the
rear part of the dwelling in ruins. 1t APP
pears that William Bailey went into the
back building of his home, the lower floor
of which is used as a kitchen, to prepare the
washing tubs for his wife, as it was wash
day.
Mrs. Bailey had been in the habit of pour
ing little benzne in the water for the pur-
pose of better cleaning the garments and
for this purpose had put nearly half a tea
cupful upon atable in the room. Mr.. Bailey
picked it up, and without a moments
thought dashed it into the tub of hot water,
The next moment there was an explosion
and crash, and Bailey staggered back, dazed
by the terrific shock which rocked the en-
tire building. When he recovered he found
the corner Of the room in which the tub was
had been completely blown out, the bricks
being scattered all over the yard. Ten feet
from its former position the tub was found
upright and unframed but empty.
The exploding benzine had hurled the
water from it with such violence as to tear
out the corner of the room as evenly as if
done by the hand of man. A dresser con-
tanning lot of dishes remained unframed,
though the wall was torn away not foot
from its edge. Some of the water splashed
upon Mr.. Bailey and he was badly burned
about the hands and arms. His wife tainted
from the shock.
The explanation of the explosion lies in
the fact that the vapor given of by the BEN
zine was much lighter than the vapor of the
hot water and the quick expansion of the
benzine vapor caused the explosion. This
would be the result if bcnzine were thrown
into any hot liquid, the vapor of which is
heavier than the vapor of benzne.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
Never Heard of God.

Kemmler, the sentenced murderer,
whose life is prolonged by the bubbles
over the electrical mode of execution,
is very low in the moral scale. A lady
who has made him some visits in his
cell at Auburn has been trying to teach
him some religious truths. The other
day she said to him, DO you know that
the Son of God came down from Heaven
to save snch as yous" mo, / never
heard of Him." said Kemmler. "What
you never heard of Jesus Christi" 81
never have" said the murderer, posi-
lively, who very likely had often taken
the sacred name upon his lips in vain
without even knowing what it meant.
1t is thought that no decision will be
reached in this mans case for more than
a year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
Pride GOeth Before a Fall.

The recent military sham fight at Alder
shot interested the German Emperor very
much. He rose in the middle of the night,
in order to be on the field in time, and,
favored by brilliant weather, he had as
good an experience Of England's little
army as one could wish. The ludicrous
part of the days business happened,
however, just as the fight ended and the
march past began. A German admiral,
attached TO the London embassy, essayed
to make his obelsance to his master from
horseback, and came up at a smart can
ter for that purpose, cmulating his mill
tary brother who preceded him. He
pulled his horse up short, described q
graceful parabola over the animals head
and sat down on his cooked hat that had
reached the ground before him. There
was roar of laughter from thousands
of spectators. The Emperor tried hard
to preserve his gravity, but the sight of
the fit sailor sitting on the peak of his
own hat was too much, and William
finally laughed loudest of all. He made
amends, however, by riding up to the
displaced horseman and shaking hands
while he expressed the hope that the
admiral was not hurt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
SHORTAGE OF $4,000.
Experts Report on the Brown Uni
versity Books.

The expert who has been investigating the
books of Brown University to find what
shortage, if any there was in the accounts
of the ex-registrar, Gilman p. Robinson has
made report, which shows that the ac-
counts do not balance bv $4,000. There
are at least so instances of manipulation of
the books which furnish sufficient grounds
for criminal prosecution. The expert
saws: II have been more than painstaking
in my examination for Mr. Robinson's ac-
counts, and he was certainly careless, if not
reckless, in keeping his cash accounts. Rob
inson, it seems, promptly deposited all
checks received for the college, but the dis
crepancy is in the disappearance Of the cash
paid Kim by students. Then he had a sys-
TEN of making alterations and erasures in
his cash book. For instance, found in one
case where he had credited one student with
paving his term bill amounting to S102. so.
On the cash book credit of only S64.5 APP
pears, and these same figures are subse-
quently entered in blotted writing over the
first figures of $l02.50.
Mr. Robinsons salary was $1,000 year,
and, as | learn, he was paid it regularly by
Treasurer Chase, and was not supposed to
deduct it from any cash receipts which
passed through his hands. There are, how
ever, notes given by the students which will
count from 800 to $500 in his favor. The
fact is that the shortage exceeds Sic, 900, and,
unless the erasures are explained by MI.
Robinson, it will foot up much more.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
CLIPPINGS.

Mrs. Oscar Wilde is one Of the most
popular female orators in England.
George Bancroft is devoting all his
time to biography of President Polk,
Edgar Fawcett, the American novel
list, Is a very little man, with very big
head.
Cardinal Gibbons claims Catholic
population for the United States of
about 1900, 900,
Clemenceau, the famous French states
man, taught country school in Con
nccticut for twenty years,
Mrs. John w. Mackay, the California
bonanza kings wife, has set of sap
phires valued at 100000.
The deaths in London last year num-
bered rs, S4S, or 1875 per 1000; in New
York 40, l75, or 90. 80, and in Paris 2s,-
8 per 1000.
A statement that the order of Foresters
was the wealthiest friendly society in the
world, possessing capital of So, ssl, 1863,
is contradicted by another that the Man
chester Unity of Odd Fellows has a CAPT
tai of e6, 500, 1876.
The expressive word booze is de-
rived from 'bouza,' an intoxicant made
from millet seeds with some powerful
astringents added. Bouza is the favor
ito drink of the nomadic tribes of Tar
tary.
The first lighthouse on this continent
of which there is any record was built at
the entrance of b ston harbor in 1716,
at the expense of the Colony of Massa-
chusetts Bay. 1t was supported by a
lighthouse due of one pence per ton on
all vessels passing.
At tho congress of the advocates of
cremation held in Vienna, the statement
was brought out that there exist at pres
ent throughout the world so crematories,
most of which are in the United States,
90 in Italy, and one each in Germany
(Gotha), England, France, and Switzer-
land.
The reason it is more difficult to
breathe on mountain top than at its
foot, is because of the rarified condition
of the air at great heights. The lungs
expand as fully as ever, but when in the
rare atmosphere, only one-half of the
amount of air is breathed, and the act
becomes oppressive and often painful
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
Yanr paIIsr. nIn.rLnr.

Two or three weeks of judleious manage
ment now to assist the pullets in forming
their first crop of eggs so 10 speak, will make
a vast diiferencein the product of eggs dur
ing the next four months, A few dollars
properly spent ON the flock now, will return
10 you many fold increase in eggs, Mr. II.
II, Stuart Of Lancaster, n H., says n had
twelve fine Plymouth Rock pullets, The
early Matched ones commenced laying in the
fall when cold weather came on they
stopped laying, while the rest had not begun
TO lay. ] then commenced using Sheridan's
Powder, advertised 20 make hens lay. In
ten days one pullet commenced 10 lay, in
fourteen days three more began, and in just
one month from tho time began using the
Sheridan's Powder, the twelve were laying"
For 80 cents in stamps, I. $, johnson & Co.,
% Custom House Street, Boston, Mass, will
send by mail, two - cont packs, FIVE packs for
81; or, for 81 30, a 24 pound can Of Powder
postpaid; six cars for s., express prepaid. Tes.
timonials sent free. For cents a copy OF
the best Poultry paper sent prepaid. The
paper one year and a can of powder for 81 80,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
TO DIE BY ELECTRICITY.
The Slayer of the Brooklyn Grocer
to Meet His Fate I'm December,

To Meet Ills fate IN DeCenDef.
Charles McIlvaine, 10 years old, has been
sentenced to death by electricity at Sing
Sing prison some time during the week be-
ginning on Dec o. On the night of last Aug.
q, McIlvaine murdered the Brooklyn grocer,
Christian Luca, while trying to burglarize
his house. His plea at the trial was insanity.
When the warrant for his death is direct
ed to the warden of Sing Sing prison it will
command him to do execution of the sell
tence upon some day within the week thus
appointed. Within 10 days of the issuance
OF the warrant Sheriff Rhinehart must de-
liver Mcllvaine, together with the warrant,
to the wardeno Sing Sing prison; From
that time until the intiction of the death
penalty McIlvaine according to the terms
of the new law, must be kept in close con
finement in Sing Sing prison. No
person is to have access to him without an
order of the court except the officers of the
prison, his counsel, his physician, priest
or minister of religion and the members of
his family. No announcement of the day
or hour OF execution shall be made except
to persons permitted to be present. The
day is to be set by the warden of the prison.
The warden is compelled to invite Justice
of the supreme court, the district attorney
and the sheriff of Kings county, two physl-
clans 40 reputable citizens" who will
act as Jurors, and, ii the condemned man
desires their presence, ministers or priests
not exceeding two The warden also may
appoint seven deputy sheriffs. The warden
of the prison is required to cause to pass
through the body of the convict current
of sufficient intensity to cause death, and to
continue its passage through the body until
the convict is dead. Then there shall be a
post mortem examination, after which the
body, unless claimed by relatives, shall be
inferred in the prison graveyard.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
ENGLAND'S WHEAT CROP.
10000, 900 Quarters to Be Provided
by Impnpfs

Sir John Lawes. the gre ,test authority in
England on agricultural matters. estimates
this years wheat crop in the United King
dom at s, 1553, 725 quarters, and the quantity
available for consumption after deducting
two bushels an acre for seed at sos, SIS
quarters. Taking the population for the
current harvest year at rather over $4,000
600. the amount required for consumption,
quarters, leaving nearly 100000 to be.
provided by wheat in stock and imports.
Sir Johns forecast made last year about the
same time and upon the same data, proved
startingly correct, but his crop figures this
year place the total at 100000 quarters less
than the lowest previous estimates, and
some critics, therefore, hesitate to accept
them. Official agricultural produce status
tics will not be published until December.
They are based on results of inquiries made
in nearly 1900 parishes in Great Britain
and on the returns of the registrar general
for Ireland.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
Pension Statistics.

The annual report for the fiscal year
1850 of the commissioner of pensions
has been submitted to Secretary Noble.
The following summary shows the more
important details of the work of the
bureau during the fiscal year: There
were at the close of the last fiscal year
4s9, 725 pensioners, and there have been
added to the rolls during the
past year 5l,921 new pensioners,
while the names of 1854,
whose pensions have been previously
dropped, were restored to the rolls, max
ing an aggregate of 53,675 pensioners
added during the year; 1850 were
dropped for various causes, leaving a net
increase to the rolls of 81, 1873. The av-
erage of each pension at the close of the
year is shown to be $13i.69. The
amount paid for pensions was $Ss, 275.-
113. The total amount dIsbursed by the
agents for ali purposes was $50, 131, 1858.
Amount paid as fees to attorneys, ST.
1868, 5S5. ] here was disbursed
$14,515 for the payment OF ar
rears of pensions in cases where the
original pension was granted prior to
January 25, 1889, and the date of com
mencement of pension was subsequent
to discharge or death. The following
shows the number on the rolls of each
agency on June 80, 1899: Columbus,
1902; indianapolis, 44,606; Chicago
Al 1904; Topeka, $3.50; Washington,
30, $50; Des Moines, 1926; Buffalo,
%, $50; Boston, %, 636; Philadelphia, 81,
615; Milwaukee 26, 1874 NewYork "a, 316
Detroit, "a. 1853; Pittsburg, 1886;
Knoxville, 23,l11; Concord, 14,7O9;
Louisville, 1897; Augusta, 10, 913; San
Francisco, 1888. In the aggregate,
1,24s, 146 pension claims have been filed
since 1861, and in the same period 7s9,
121 have been allowed. The amounts
distributed ON account of pensions since
1861 has been $1,052, 2lS,413. The
issue of certificates during the year shows
grand total of 145, 29S; of this number
81, 921 were original certificates.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
DAKOTA FARMERS STARVING.
Their Farms and Machinery MORT
gagged and Credit Exhausted.


gagged and Credit Exhausted.
The relief committee of the st. Paul
chamber of commerce has presented start
ling report on the restitution exististing in
the Dakotas. The report says;
The frosts of last year cut off the crops
generally, and the farmers were obliged to
mortgage their farms for feed provisions,
clothing etc, to carry them through last WIN
ter. This spring personal property, such as
stock, machinery, &C., was mortgaged for
seed and funds to put in the crop. There
has been a CONTINUED drought throughout
the entire season and the crops have been
almots total failure. The borrowed funds
are entirely exhausted as well as the credit
of a large number of these people.
1T is imperative that this devastated dis
trict of North Dakota should receive some
assistance Immediately. The supplies most
urgently required are boots, shoes, hosiery,
mitens, undergarments, flour, corn, meal
necessary groceries, and grain for their stock.
1t is estimated that there were
nearly enough potatoes and hay raised
in this section to supply the demand.
This disaster has educed many farmers to
the verge of starvation, and unless some
thing is done to relieve the distress there
will be much suffering.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
The Book of Job Only Poem.

Prof f. L. Curtis of the Mccormick
Theological Seminary startled the Orthodox
congregation of the Westminster Presby-
terrain church at Rockford, by declaring in
his sermon his belief that the book of Job
is only poem written by some pious Jew
during the period of the exile. He asserted
that the book was only parable. and that
Job and the other persons mentioned were
but the creatures of poetical fancy. He gave
as one of the reasons for this belief that it
was not reasonable to suppose that any
man who had become so reduced by fasting
and bodily suffering could utter such lofty
poetical sentiments as are ascribed 10 Job.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
GLADSTONE ON AMERICA.
Tribute to the Men orthe Revolution


Mr.. Gladstone made an address at Chester,
Eng. recently, on the condition of the
working classes He contrasted the Eng.
fish workman's position today with that of
so years ago, showing that during the half
century there has been an increase of so per
cent. in wages, while the cheap food and
clothing now obtainable are better than
heretofore. In conclusion, he urged Eng
lish workmen to study the history of the
American revolution He claimed that it
was by and from England that love of
freedom was sown in America. England
Nov in turn reaped advantages from the
American vindication of those principles of
freedom which animated the revolution.
Tho system of government in America com
biEed that love of freedom, respect for law
and desire for order which formed the surest
elements of national excellence and great
ness. 1t was no extra vagary to say that,
although there were only 100000 of peo-
pie in the Is States at the time of the revo-
luton, the group of statesmen that pro-
ceeded from them were match for any in
the whole history of the world, and were
superior to those of any one epoch Their
fortunate appearance was undoubtedly due
to well regulated muscular freedom.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
OVERWHELMING THE SEALS.
Mr.. Golf Says There Is Danger OF
Wiping Them Out.

Charles J. Golf, United States treasury
agent in charge of the Seal Islands, Behring
sea. says:
UNLESS effective measures are at once
taken by the government to stop illegal
sealing operations in Behrng sea, the seal
will be totally extinct within five or six
years. | do not think that more than So
600 seals can be taken on the Seal Islands
mex year.
1.-The Alaska Commercial company had
difficulty in getting their 100000 seaskins
this summer and were obliged to kill many
inferior animals There were 30 illegal
sealing vessels, British and American, i'll
Behring Sea this year, and they took 10000
sealskins to Victoria. They kill six seals in
the water where they get the carcass of one.
So they have killed over 2o0, 900 Illegally this
year, half males and half females, the latter
being equal to two animals, because they
are on the way to the islands to breed. The
popular idea that seals are increasing is
ur ~
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
Samoan Warrior, in New York.

Nine Samoan warriors in their native cos
tunes, mostly paint, have been brought
from Samoa, and are now on their way to
Germany. They are tall, muscular men,
and evidently enjoyed the sensation which
they created From the thigh down to the
knee they were tattooed i'll solid dark blue
They seated themselves in row ON the floor
before going on board the steamer, and COM
menced war chant which was rather mu-
steal They also gave an exhibition of load
ing, sighting and firing a Winchester rifle.
The report was counterfeited by single
sharp clap of the hands. Most of them
speak little English. Some difficulty was
experienced in Obtaining King Tamasese's
permission to fake any of his subjects
abroad. They came to San Francisco from
Apia, and then across the continent to New
York They are to be placed on exhibition
in GERMANY
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-31
A KINGS ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
Malietoa Jumps Overheard on
the Way Back to Samoa.

Advices received from Samoa report the
return there of the exiled king Malietoa on
board the German war ship Wolf. When
the king was taken on the vessel he was not
told what were the intentions regarding
him; but on the second day, after dining
with the officers, Malietoa was told that he
was being takin back to Samoa. Whether
he distrtisted this information and
feared some punishment or whether
his mind he'd become affected is not
known but he seized the first opportunity,
and short time afterward jumped over
board in midocean. A boat was quickly
lowered and he was rescued. A watch was
then kept upon the chiefs movements; but
two days afterward he eluded the vigilance
Of those on board, and for the second time
threw himself into the sea. He was again
brought on board, and during the remain
der of the voyage to Apia was guarded to
prevent anything further of the kind.