The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-11
". H. TillinShaSt, D. D. S,
22O WESTMINSTER ST..
PROVIDENCE, X. |
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Tho Chinese word for "ha-h' IL
the longest and most dinlcult word to
pronounce in the language.
A man IN the northern part Of
Maine recently moved barn. After
the building had been raised ON rollers
the man placed himself underneath
the building and turned itnround.
1t is said there are twenty cen
tcnarians In Paris, the most noted
being NJ. Chcvreul, the famous chem
ist. or the twenty, four are bachelors,
one benedict, four are widowcrs, one
n maiden lady. one married woman
and seven are widows
Members Of IA church at Adrian,
Mich, have been supporting un old
widow there for years. The other day
she went on n spree when she boastcd
that she had been saving the money
received from the church FOR that pur-
pose. An Investigation showed that
she possessed four hundred dollars.
A lady Of Kansas City had large
mole on her check which she regarded
rs IA Disagreement. She didn't liko
her teeth, and had them all extracted.
BroOding over her imaginary personal
plainncss she became morbid. and
leaving written directions 10 "Gx mo
up 10 look AS nice as you can, she in
hailed half pound Of chloroform and
died.
A resident Of LitchGcld. Conn.
who carved his initials thirty-lyo
years ago on the limb of an apple tree,
found the souvenir the other day Just
as n piece Of the tree was going into
the fire. The gentleman has often
looked for the initials bat they had
disappeared from the surface. a short
time ago the tree was cut down, and
tho letters. as found, must hav" been
about four inches from the surface.
Two innocent looking farmers were
arrested tho other day at Pittsburgh
and taken 10 the police station, whore
thcy were asked 30 disclose the con
tents Of small sntchcl they were
carrying. Five thousand dollars In
good Rrccnback-, they replied. The
satchcl was opened, and was found 10
contain O,d newspapers, Tor which the
vcrdani coun'rymcn had paid $l7j,
thinking they were getting counter
felt bills
In some parts ~ Airica mans
wealth is Judged by the number of his
wives. A man with sixty wives II
looked upon ~ Il sort ~ bonnnln king.
Ills wives probably go out washing ut
fifty cents "a day. or make shirts ui
forty cents dolcn. IN This country "a
mans wealth i- Judged by The number
~ dogs be owns The pOs-ossOr ~
eight dogs is generally 700 poor 10
pay school tax. aud bis wife ,nkcs in
washing. -Drot,5 Way0zmc.
The members 81 "a Naugaiuck
Comm family were awakened the
other night by the screams ~ a young
woman who dreamed some one had
kissed her. The father ~ Tho family
appeared with lamp iu one hand and
a revolver in Tho other 80 man
could be- found, but The daughter said
ono must have bccn about. a4 she felt
his mOu-tarhc The mystery was
thoroughly solved when % pct kitten
emerged from behind % piilOv.
You can not trust "a man pcrrua-
nently 70 do any thing that boz docs not
like ~ do Virtue is never sale until
81 gets beyond The point of taking care
of itself Wc are not safe until 10 Is
safe Tor us % do exactly as wo want 20.
Or. Z. IT. Ptrthur5L
In these days hall orr dlscases
come from the neglect Of tho body IN
the oycryOrx of Tho brain. IN this
railway ago the wear and tear oi labor
AMI intellect go on without pause or
self-pity. We live longer than our
fsrciathcrs; bat We suffer more from a
thousand anzietics and cares. They
fatiguod only the muscles We exhaust
the FINER strength Of the nerycs.-Lord
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