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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-18
" H. TillinShaSt, D. D. S.
22O WESTMINSTER ST..
PROVIDENCE. X. /
NOTES ON BIRDS NESTS.

TuE CHI !Sadcc nest is placed m "a hole in .
dead tree or stump; II In cxcavatcd like that
" "A woodpcckcr and il nine or ten inches In
depth. The most is built of moss aud hair
The eggs are usually six In number and
white. with brown spots.
TnH meadow lark usually builds It's nest
IN a meadow or low field; II In built In "a tus-
sock OF grass and is composed Of dry, wiry
grass. IL IL reached by concealed wind.
ing path. Tho eggs are four In number and
white, with fine dots Of reddish brown.
Tng blue jay builds it's nest In a fork OF
low pine or cedar, In u retired locality; II In
loosely constructed OF roots aud twigs and
lined with twgs moss and leaves The
eggs are four or five in number; their color
Is generally light green, with spots OF light
brown.
THE bob olink places its nest on tho
ground, is usually concealed beneath tus-
sock Of grass; II is constructed Of grass
loosely arranged. The nest usually con-
tains four eggs which vary In color from
light brown with obscure spots of darker
brown 10 gray color with blotchos OF
brownish black
TuE blucblrd generally builds It's nest in
n deserted woodpcckor's holo or "A knot holo
In n fence post Tho materials used In It's
construction arc soft grasses, feathers and
wool These arc thrown together without
any great care. Thc eggs are four or nvo
IN number Tlrcy are Of light bluo color,
with grecuish tint
TnE common crow builds its nest In pine
or hcmlock; H. is constructed ~, first, u
layer OF coarse twigs and sticks then n
layer 81 bark, moss and grasscs, ~ is
warmly lined with bark, grass and lcaycs
Tho gUga "a re ttauuHy fgur tu number. their
color IN of different shades 81 green and
covered with spots Of brown aud dusky.
The house wren occupies the nest ~ a
bluebIrd, or when ~ builds n nest ~ Ito
own IL selects hole In tree or fence post
and fills tho whole cavity with sucks and
twigs This mass IL followed in tho center
and lircd with soft grasses, feathers and
wool. The eggs are from six 20 ton In
number; their color Is pslo red and covered
with fnc dots Of "A darker color.
TnK brown thrush usually builds It's nest
In a bush or thicket of briars or vines IL
In composed FIRST ~ "a layer o. twiRs, then
leaves and strip. Of bark and tho whole Ia
covered with Hbrvus roots; the nest Ia
deeply followed and lined with fine roots
and hairs. The eggs arc from three 20 five
ln number; % "a dirty white color sprinkled
over thickly with fine dots Of brown.
The catblrd's nest is usually located IN
bushes or shrubs. II Ia constructed first ofa
layer Of twigs and sticks on which Is buiit tho
b5tI~ OF tho nest, which s composed % fne
twigs, leaves and straw IL Is deeply hot
lowed and lined with fine grasses hairs and
nno roots. Tho eggs are four or nvo Ia
number; their On r il deep emerald green
and their form generally oyate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-18

LESSON V-"Is the man mad?'
"He is.
"Why is he mad?'
because he says he whistled for the
ar last evening and Il didn't stop"
Didn't the driver hear him?'
That's a question. The man says
ne couldn't have been over half "A mile
away, aud the night was very still, and
he wants IL understood that IL IL hap
pens again he will 90 10 headquarters
with his complaint
But he got the next carp
"No. he didn't, and that's what hurts
him. lie was standing on the curb
stone, kicking the hDcdless driver Of
the other car in Imagination, and was
30 deeply Interested that he let two
cars and gOod-looking seamstrcss
pass him without seeing them. DE.
,ron Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-18

LESSoN lII.-"Why does tho pas
senger put his hands in his pockets
and stretch his legs across the carp"
Because he passes FOR n genius"
but it looks loafcrsh."
at might, in case of poor man,
but this one is worth SO, 600 and any
thing he does is credited TO cccentrici.
ties OF genius
"lle seems half-drunk."
$50 hc does. In the case OF man
earning two dollars IA day he would
seem all drunk, and tho conductor
would give him the collar, but money
and genius are big excuses. my boy"
LEssoN Iv.-"Why did the lady give
such a sudden start?'
Because she realized the fact that
the conductor had been holding out his
hand for two long minutes for her
fare"
But didn't she notice him collcct-
ing?'
"Oh, no. 1t wouldn't be fashiona-
bio TO notice any such thing. Her
mind has been Par, far away. and now
that it has returned she feels in differ
ent places FOR her purso--riscs up, sits
down three times, shakes out her
skirts and unbuttons her cloak, and
Gually produces a car ticket from her
glove?"
Didn't shc know it was there all
the timc?'
"She did, but IL she hadn't gone
through her performance the rest OF
us might not have noticed her new hat
a.,1.lyfv
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NRs. GEOECE lliHsH, The ~ifc ~ a farmer
IN Navarro County, Tex, Is achieving fame
as the mother ~ four boys and two girls
born ~ one time.
A vERfTAnLE rain-trcc has been dIscOy-
cred IN cemetery at Fort Gaines, Ga ~
Is Ia active irr CATION every clOUdlcss day,
throwing on watcry mist that cOois tho
atmosphere about 10 and sOaks The ground
beneath II.
DR Mackenzie, Of London, has observed
that there is much more sickness in dusty
weather than "a, other times. Sore thrOats,
catarrhs, colds, sore eyes and numerous
other maladies abound during dusty
weather.
The smallest steam engine ever made has
Just been completed, after two years ~ Ia
Dor, for tho Paris exhibition. II IS composed
Of 80 pieces Of metal, is a shade under
threc-hfths ~ an inch In height, and weighs
less than one-uinth % an ounce a Va'ch.
maker made H.
USDrE an act % tho Legislature prairie
chickens have not been shot In Illinois for
two years, and u will be- another year be-
fore IL expires These birds were rapidly
being eIterminated, but since their respite
they have Increased with marvellous RAPID
ity.s
Two IOUSO Canadian journalists propose
~ visit Japan at an early date. They have
letters Of Introduction from high English
officials, and intend % write up tho social
life Of Japan as they sec H. a readable
book viii probably be the result Of their
trip.
THs earliest publication of sheet. o. daily
events was Ia Venice during tho war With
the Turks 10 Dslnatia Ia 1903 These were
writea on sheets aud read daily st Ger.
tan plac, ~ az who cared 20 bear them
Bourd volumes o. thesc sscrs us7 te Ecco
b . Yrtrnce ugysum.
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NEW FIRST READER.
Human Nature a. Displayed on street
car, sni street Corners

Human Nature "a Displayed on street
cars ani street Corners.
LESSON l.-"Shall we make trip on
the street car and study human nat
ure?'
Yes, let Us go. They run so swiftly
that it is like flying through the air
How eXhilaratiug. What a moving pam
Drama OF human life is here represent
ed! All! but why do we stop?'
For that woman n block and a half
away who is waving both arms at tho
driver. Now that she has stopped the
car she isn't in so much Of a hurry.
She feel, for her purse, rearranges her
cloak, draws on one OF her gloves. and
detains twenty passengers for two min
utcs."
"She must have very important bus
iness?'
"She has. Her neighbor got cloak
which she says cost $50, but this wom-
an thinks she saw one like IL for $40.
She i. on her way down town TO make
sure There--she is on-and we will
now fly again.
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The World s
Wonder.

Teeth extracted without
sensation of pain, The patient
is conscious but the tooth
yields without a torturing kick.
This great Improvement in
Dentistry is called the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-18
Dental Electric Vibrator,

and its superiority in extract.
ing is readily seen. Patients
often dread TO lose conscious.
ness and by using the Vibrator
this is avoided. See this in.
vcntion in operation at the
office of
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Deceptive Human Nature.
7. Sun.I


"Human natur' is powerfully deceptive, Amt
she?" queried the old man, after We had been
silent for some time.
Sometimes"
"You bet she isl Pm a-living In the village
of R, forty miles down the road. I've got
a girl named Mollie. She's about as dandy q
country gal as you'll find in the State. Last
Winter stranger struck the town, and ut once
fell in love with Mollie. didn't like his looks
and | said to the gall
"' Molie beware of that chap. l kin read
him like q book, aud tell you he hain't honest
nor honorable. I'll bot Il wheat stack to pum-
kin that he's sharper
"The gal differed with me, and about q
month ago they were married"
'And how did the husband turn ont?"
"Mighty honorable sort of "a man. / was
clean mistaken in him. They had been mar
ried three days when along came woman from
Dunkirk and claimed him and showed a cer-
tiflcate. | expected he would deny her, but he
didn't. Owned right up like little man. She
was still there when second one came on from
0swego Looked bilious for my new son-in-
law, aud looked to SEQ him funk; but no
didn't. Jist acknowledged the corn and said
he was willing to do the fair thing"
"Andhow did it end?"
"Ihey had him arrested for bigamy. They
wanted US to go agir him. too, but when men,
toned it To him, he said
80 Father, don't do it. Here's my watch and
$780, and th0y are yours If you don't.'"
"And you didn'tr
"N0. lie was a-tryin' TO do the squar thing,
and when man tries to do the squar' thing by
Romulas White, l can't go back on him / gin
the gal the money and kept the watch, and
guess We couldn't have done better"
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shops kept by Greeks Italians and French,
and in which the stores are much the same as
those of an American town The street is not
more than 90 feet wide, and it is packed with
Egyptians on donkeys. with red fez-capped
men in black clothes riding in carriages, with
coaches containing vailed ladies, and with
thousand and one odd characters you find in
this town of the East which has SO lately been
closely united with the West. The Mouski
seems to be the meeting point of the two civil
izations, and Europe, Africa and Asia tramp
upon one another's heels in going along. The
part of Cairo through which it goes is, how
ever, the Cairo of the Mahometans, aud the
narrow streeie which lead of from it conduct
you into the land Of the Arabian Nights. Hero
Alnascher squats in his narrow cell-like store,
with his basket of glass before him and his
long water pipe in his mouth, musing on the
profits he will make from his sales and how it
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"In Dis fere SiR-eassed WORK."


The Mayor of Louisville, upon meeting an
old negro drew him aside. aud, in a voice by
no means gentle, thus addressed him:
"Randsom, am going 20 have you arrest
ed"
How come dat2"
"Why, for having obtained money under
false pretenses."
q ain't done nOthin' like dat, sah; Pelar'ter
Didn't you come to me yesterday and get a
dollar2"
"Yes. sah."
"And didn't you say 1t was to pay the fun
eral expenses of your SOM"
Yes, sab"
"Well, but, you triaing scOundrsl, saw
your sou on the street just nOw."
"Hah2"
"You know what saidf"
"Yas, sab; yas but didn't tell ron de boy
wux dead, did ~"
Didn't tell me no was dead You internal
old idiot, did you suppose l thought You were
going to bury him alivef"
"No, sah."
"Then what do you mean by saying that you
didn't tell me he was dead ,"
"Now, ies' hoP on, sab jest wait er mint.
Dat boy amt been in good healf fur or laung
time. an KNOWN dat I'd halter bury him
sooner or later wy lowed dat I'd better
raise dc money duriE' do busy season when the
folks want hard pressed. Use mighty kline
hearted dis way, sab; monstus kline hearted.
but or man doan git no credit in dis yere worP
o. sin fur being kine-hearted. An ergin, Use
or man dat doan blebe in putin OF or thing
dat he knows is gotter be done. knows dat
I'll halter bury dat chile putty soon, and yere
you come an wanter punish me- fer takin' up
do ercasion in time"
"You old rascal; that boy is in excellent
health"
"Who, dat chile? You doan know dat chile
like l does. sab. Dat boy suffers with the
gestiou; but it's jest as / says, or homes an
kline hearted man doan git no credit in dis
yere sin-eussed worl !"
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No Use as Lamp.
Ipetrpii Ffes Press. ]

staIl-keePer on the central market who
had been stuck with number of green
melons plugged one yesterday, poured pint Of
kerosene into the hole, and after waiting q
quarter of an hour gave it TO 4 colored man.
The latter sat down on box to eat it, but after
removing the plug and taking a smell, he arOse
and returned the melon to the stand.
Whats the matter?" asked the donor.
Use much obleeged, but / couldn't use it
onlcss you'd frow in a chimbly an a wick. an
dat would be akin too much of anybody"
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drove out this afternoon to the Boulak
Museum, and took "a look at the most valuable
collection of Egyptian antiquities which the
world can show. j passed through room after
room led " th mumHiie aud the statues which
have been taken from the pyramids aud tombs
of Egypt. / dropped tear on the mummy
OF the maiden Princess who found Moses in the
buliruahes, aud sitting down on tho statue Of
ono Of the Egyptian Kings of the past / made
a sketch Of the two oldest statues in the world.
These were lifesizc sitting figures, represent
ing Prince Ra Hotpou and his wife, the Princess
Nofrit who lived something like 1000 years
before Christ, and whose statues are as perfect
now rs when they were made before the Pyra-
mids were built The Prince has African fea-
lures. aud bis light attire reminds one of the
inhabitants OF the Valley of the Congo. The
Princess Is dressed in sheet, aud she looks rs
though she were just out or just ready to get
into her bath. Her husband evidently cut her
hair, and IL takes considerable Imagination
TO believe that she can be so old aud still look
so young. There is no doubt of her age, how
ever for the scientists say that she has seen
over 5000 years, aud the scientists know. /
spent long time in the room Of tho royal
mummies, and l notet one Princess with her
baby mummy in the coffin beside her. | saw
that the hshhooks in the days OF Moses
were the same that they are now, aud that
the Queens of the Pyramids used bracelets
OF the same shape you may find in our jewelry
stores TO. day. Many of these bracelets are in
tho form OF snakes, and there is gold chain.
35 inches long, which has a gooses head at
either end. There Is fly-brush made of wood,
aud Nile boat of gold. manned by IL oarsmen
in silver, and was particularly impressed with
a great black wig of curled bair which tho
records state was made for King Rameses, and
which the old gentleman who now lies in
spices below it was wont to wear ), 500 odd years
ago. The black of the wig is all the more strk-
ing from tho fact that the few locks of hair
which still show over Rameses's ears are of
fuzzy, aaxen yellow, and it may be that the
time this museum Is continually increasing
The Government allows anyone 10 dig through
out Egypt for relics, the. understanding being
that the half that they find must go TO this
collection. FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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Old Times in New York.

How times have changed story is told OF
an old resident of Marlborough. who. years ago,
when Miles J. Fletcher kept store there, was a
"pillar in the church" He had, however, an
appetite for strong drink. Fletcher sold whisky
by the jugful to nearly all the deacons. elders,
and class leaders. One day the good old man
aforesaid rushed into the store nearly out OF
breath and very much in a hurry. "Miles. "
said he, give me two galiins Of that there
Looking up he saw the dominic, and he became
confused. Yes, Miles he continued. that's
what | said. give mo two gallins mackerel in
that there Jug"
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Wise Head on Young shoulders.
LEnlerprise lKans.l Inaependent.l

One of our Sunday school teachers on q re-
cent occasion told her pupils that when they
put their pennies in the contribution box she
wanted each one 10 repeat Bible verse suit
able for the occasion. The first boy dropped in
n cent. saying: The Lord loyeth q cheerful
giyer." The next boy dropped his cent into
the box saying: I" He that giveth to the poor
lendeth TO the Lord" The third aud youngest
boy dropped his penny, saying: "a fool and
his money are soon parted"
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Bazaar are managed by men of these nations,
aud you can SEQ here ID Cairo types of every
Oriental people by. wandering through the bus
iness parts Of the city.
Just off tho Book Baaar, where only Arabic
works are to be had, 10 tho biggest mahometan
university OF the world. u contains, so the
Khedive told me, more than $4,000 students,
aud among its scholars areiAfricans Syrians,
Persans. Indians, and hoyaland men from all
parts Of the Mahometanl world. 1t Is necessary
To get permit from the Minister of Religion
To visit it, and IL was only after considerable
discussion that the Mahometan in charge would
admit me with this. 1t is the most wonderful
school / have ever seen, and its students paid
far more attention TO their studies during my
visit than American boys would have done
under similar circumstances. j had TO put slip
pers on over my shoes before i was permitted
To pass into this educational sanctuary, and /
went through great gateway, whose Arabic
walls rose many feet above me, before / came
into the grand court on the stone flags of
which boys and men by the hundred sat cross
legged, and singly or in groups bobbed up and
down while they droned over their lessons out
loud. This court contained several acres 1t
was surrounded by great wall Of chambers
and hacked by vast room which was, so tho
Sheik told me. the great Hall OF distraction.
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arithmetic and much the same branches that
you find in our American schools, and at ASST
out away mp the Nle in the Capital Of Upper
Egypt, there is q training college which enjoys
a very high reputation. The head of this col
lege is tho Rev. John Alexander. an Ohio man,
who has thrown his whole soul into the work
aud who ! am told Is doing great good. These
missionaries have their girls schools in differ
the students in their schools in Cairo were the
daughters of Arabi Pasha. The family which
Arabi left in Egypt is. | am told. Christian
family, and friend of mine has seen Bible
which Arab owned which was we'll thumbed,
aud in which many Of the passages were
marked.
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NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON o. THURSDAY AUGUST

take the Arabic plan, which is TO say. in gentle
tone, "Allah yatik," aud which means to the
beggar,
MAY GOD GIVE THEE ENOUGH AND TO SPARE"
The most of them look at me In astonishment
when they hear me use their own language,
and then, smiling they touch their foreheads
in polite Mahometan salute, and reply in
Arabic, which pretend to understand, but do
not.
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tPittsburo Dispateh.I

$50 you've got a little sister at your house."
said a maid offs or 10 years to another Of about
her own age
Yes, aud she's twins" was the reply.
What are you going to name them2"
I'D like to name one of them Isabella, after
mamma
Why don't you name them Arabella2"
Name them Arabeila2'
Yes; amt ArahelIa the plural Of Isabella"
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go right on with your work, Sergeant"
said the officer sternly.
The Sergeant, who was acting as Chief Of
Piece. was in a state of considerable trepida-
fiOn, but he did not show it. he gave the
commands, "Cannoneers, right facei To
your posts-March! and the cannoneers
took their positions promptly.
Meanwhile the officer had dismounted,
and walking up to the rear Of the gun, said:
"Before you commence firing, LET me see If
you know what cannon is. What do you
call this, sir?n
"The cascade" said the Sergeant salut-
ing.
" The cascade? What is the breech ?"
"The breech is the mass Of metal behind
The bore. which extends 10 the cascable."
The officer. a little put out with himself
evidently, said:
ETU he - If vou don't know something
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George All Right.
[Ne,a York HsskIu.l

Anxious Mother-"My dear, I'm afraid
George IS getting into bad company. He is out
very late nearly every night"
Observing Father-"oh, he's all right He
goes to see some girl or other. ShOuldn't won
der IL he'd announce an engagement soon."
lie hasn't said word about a young lady"
No; but he's keeping company with one all
tho same. His right wrist is full of pin
scratches"
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IN hhff 49,
WRITE day of ORR
tai Cairo. The
whole city contains n
population of about
100000 people, and
four-fifths of these
como from the Orient.
Stepping from { h o
French part of tho
city into n carriage,
q short drive brings
you through { h o
long, narrow street
known rs tho Mouski,
l-ant
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This use of the word God by the Mahometans
is heard everywhere in the bazars The water
carrier who moves about with whole pigs
hide of water upon his back, !iingliDg pair of
brass cups TO announce his presence TO the peo-
pie, cries out, May God recompense me-" and
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The Play Needed Revision.


How was the audience at your rendition of
Hamlet last night2" was asked of barn
stOrmer.
Very, very poor"
What seems to be the trouble7p
"IdOu't know but suppose shall have to
rewrite the play before the people up here will
like it."
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black bombazine, made so full that they hide
every outline of their persons. Here one raises
her skirt, and you SEQ that she wears Zouaye
pantaiets which fall To her ankles, and there
one riding donkey, who, with her feet doubled
up like n spring, looks moro like bale of black
cloth than a woman. The poorer of the women
wear blue gowns Of cotton, and a single gown
and a vail make up their whole costume. Some
OF them carry their babies with them on their
shoulders, and here is one with a mahogany
infant OF four who is seated astride of her
shoulder, aud who is az naked us when he was
born. Here is a lady with a eunuch. who, AS
black as your bat aud AS somber as the Sphinx
guards the high-blooded dame lest she should
1irt with that handsome young man from Tunis
who is sitting cross-legged, surrounded by bot
ties of altar of roses which he offers TO the lady
while be talks Of It's merits ia the most eompli-
mentaTy language. Here Is Il bare footed GIRL
who strange To say, has no vail over her face
but whose handsome features might need such
protection. You note that her chin is tattooed
and that the nails Of her toes and her fingers
are yellow with henna She has great tray
of fruit on her head, and is selling and calling
out her wares in the most curious language
"Buy my oranges" says she; they arc sweet
AS honey, aud know that God will make my
basket light" This is in Arabic, and you note
that the same extrayagant language is used by
all the people about you. Hero two Turks meet
aud salute each other. They fight and struggle
in order that each may humiliats himself by
first kissing tho hand of the other. aud after
they have done SO third friend passes, and
they ali say: "Naharak sayed D." May thy
day be happy and blessed"
There are no more polite people in the world
than these Mahometans, and their every day
talk is full of poetry.
All travellers who have written of Egypt have
spoken Of the universal cry for backsheesh
which the beggars utter everywhere, and which
means gift. / have discovered how TO get rid