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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-10

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THURSDAY EVENING. 1lth instant at 8 O'Clock
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ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
i By Miss Janet Elizabeth Richards
''oNE WEEK IN LONDON: WHAT MAY BE SEEN
IN THAT TIME"
TEIS EvENING AT PM,
Cuve-salist Church. 18th and 1 SIS Admission Soc
myS-3t Tickets for sale at Metzerott's.
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CaStellOn Wine

Is OF SPECIAL BENEFIT IN CASES OF DysENrRR,
| AND DIAERuRA
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
A NICE DISTINCTION.

Tourist notice you charge different
prices for seats in your omnibus. How
Is thatl
Omnibus Drive It's this way. When
we get to a hill the first class passengers
may keep their seats, the second class
passengers must get out aud the third
class passengers must shove behind.
lFliegende Baetter.
THE GIFT OF SEASON.
Sir Edgard Fitz Wales-Your Amewi-
cans aw so chahmingly thoughtful, ye
know"
Mr. Hobbles--In what wayl
Sir Edgard Fitz Why--aw--
after you've had your own summer, We
know, you have an Indian summer--foh
the poosh natives, suppose. -lChicago
Record
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
Rain In Japan.

During the summer season in Japan
droughts are very frequent, and the rice
ields, before so beautiful, presenting rs
they do all the different shades OF green
inuumcrable, gradually lose their brilli-
ancv of color, turn yellow and parched
and threaten the total destruction of the
crop. Not only does the rice suffer, but
the wells dry up and necessitate the
carrying Of water from long distances.
So drought in Japan is indeed great
calamity.
After waiting long and hoping for
downfall OF rain, the people turn en-
masse TO evoke the power of their deities
to send them the saving showers A pro
cession is formed of perhaps 200 men,
nearly naked, who, carrying straw en-
blems representing the sun with the rain
pouring from il, and with long strcamcrs
having prayers written on them flying in
the wind, proceed to the nearest river or
bay, where the whole company wade into
water until they are waist deep, and.
surrounding the emblems, pray aloud and
throw water on the images with both
hands.
After doing this several times the pro-
cession is reformed, when it proceeds to
the temple to pray again. This .ccrc-
mony is repeated several times, and
should the rain come in abundance
prayers are offered in thanksgiving;
should it be only shower they blame
themselves for not having prayed fer
vently enough, and continue their dcvo-
tons until a dowhpour takes place.
Another form of devotion for the same
purpose takes place at nightfall, when
long boat is filled with men and padded
swiftly across the harbor, accompanying
the prayers by the regular beatings of
tom. toms and gongs. Sometimes at
night, away down the bay, may be heard
the weird sound of the tom-toms and
the voices OF the men gradually growing
louder and louder as the boat approaches,
each man bending to his paddle in regu
lar time as il passes us swiftly and grad
ually disappears in the darkness, and is
soon lost to sight and hearing.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
Queer Bridal Feasts.

Marriage celebrations and marriage
customs follow in the new world
many of the customs of the old world.
Sackposset, the drink of Shakespeare's
time. "A rich, thick concoction of boiled
ale, eggs and spices, was drunk at New
England weddings, as we learn from the
pages of Judge Sewall's diary. but it did
not furnish very gay wassail, for the
Puritan posset was preceded
and followed by the singing of psalm
and such psalm long, tedious,
drawing performance from the Bay
Psalm Book
The bride aud groom and bridal party
walked in a little procession to the meet
ing house on the Sabbath following the
marriage. We read in the Sswall diary
of Sewall bride thus coming OUT" or
"walking-out bride. as il was called in
Newburyport. Cotton Mather thought
it eNpedicnt 10 thus make public with
due dignity the marriage. In some COM
munities the attention of the interested
public was further drawn to the newly
married couple in what seems to us a
very comic fashion. On the Sabbath fol-
lowing the wedding the gayly dressed
bride aud groom occupied prominent
seat in the gallery of the meeting house,
aud in the middle Of the sermon they
rase and slowly turned round TO dis
play complacently on every side their
wedding finery. American Folk Lore
Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
All About the Human Heart.

The human heart is hollow muscle OF
conicle form placed bs?tween the two
lungs aud inclosed in the pericardium,
OF heart sac. The ordinary size of the
heart in the adult is about inches in
length. "a inches in breadth at the broad
est part aud - inches in thickness, and
it's weight is 10 TO IL ounces in men and
s To 10 ounces in women. The increase
in size is greatest and most rapid during
the first aud second years of life, its
bulk at the end OF the second year being
exactly double what 1t originally was.
Between the second and seventh years
it is again almost double in size. A
slower rate of growth then sets in aud
continues during the period of maturity
Of other portions OF the body. After the
fifteenth year up to the fiftieth the an-
nual growth Of the heart is about .o6l Of
a cubic inch. the increase casing about
,he fiitieth year. r.--IChicago Herald.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
AN OLD-TINIE TRAMP.
Perhaps an Esquimaux Who Was
Moved on 10000 Years Ago.

Texas has had its old settlers stretch
ing away back toward the dawn of crea-
ton, the hens of whose garments tradi-
tion does not reach, but whose careers
were probably as full of wild adven-
ture as that of any Indian. or Mexican
fighter that has ever adorned the pages
of Texas history. One of those old set
tiers was found about ten days ago by
ID. ID. Pittman while digging we'll on
his lot on Thomas avenue, Dallas.
AT depth of thirty three feet below
the surface and after blasting through a
stratum of limestone four feet thick, Mr..
Pittman found human skeleton in the
post tertiary sands. The skull, finger
bones and other thin bones, on being
brought in contact with the atmosphere,
crumbled away to powder, but some OF
the larger bones stood the test of atmos-
pheric exposure, and beyond the crum-
bling of the articular surfaces, are in a
good state of preservation. This is par
ticularly the case with the thigh bone.
1t in all other respects resembles the
thigh bone of modern man, except as to
its anatomical neck, which DR.. Arm
strong, the city health officer, says is no,
buapeu IKE tHaI Ol the present race.
However, as nature adapts itself to its
surroundings, it is to be expected that
there was some difference between the
fore and aft movement of the thigh bone
that was in use sixty thousand years ago
and that of the present time, says the
Galveston News.
The bone, while as thick and heavy as
that of man of medium height, is only
eleven inches long, which would repre-
sent man ABOUT four feet two inches
high, or "cout the stature of an Esqui
mau; and, ,aken in connection with the
geological formations, those of the second
glacial period, in which the skeleton
was found, there is hardly any doubt
but that it belongs to the Esquimau
race.
The cold of that period destroyed the
northern tribes. except such Of their
hardest members as escaped south That
there was a southwark movement of the
Esquimaux in those days is as certain as
that there 10 now winter movement of
tramps from the rigorous climate of
Iowa and Nebraska to the more genial
one of Texas. Doubtless this poor Es-
quimau lived between the paleolithic and
neolithic periods-the ages of unpublished
and polished stone weapons. marking
the hiatus in the Bible between Adam
and the period where connected history
begins,
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
Metal Ties on Railroads.

Speaking of metal railroad ties gener-
ally, it may not be amiss to recall the
fact that they owe their origin to French
thought, having been proposed some
thirty odd years ago by the French engi.
neer Vautherin. Little was done, how.
ever, with the early Vautherin sleeper,
since it was soon found to but made
quately meet the requirements of actual
service and 10 increase rather than de-
crease, as intended, the expense and
trouble Of track maintenance. About
700 of the ties were laid on one of the
small German railroads in the year 1867,
but were replaced after short time by
the conventional wooden variety. In
1874 new experiments were made on the
same line with somewhat thicker metal
ties. About $4,000 of them were put
down, and in the main proved quite
satisfactory, some Of them probably being
still in place, so that the trials, on the
whole, may be said to have been success
full. Since 1877 the number of metal
tic designs has grown apace, and for
several years past there has been an
embarrassing variety from which t.
claimed to be the best by its designer,
while few of them could boast of actual,
time-tried performance as a fair measure
of worth. Probably the best results
abroad with metal ties have been obtained
with what is known as the Heindl tie,
which has been in continued successful
use for about ten years on several Ger
man and Austrian railroads. None of the
defects of frequent fracture Of the ties
themselves and of rapid deterioration OF
the roadbed on which they are laid
defects which are said to have been
prominent on some lines where they
were used, notably in Belgium-has
there been observed, and the conclusion
has been reached on these lines that the
superiority of the metal tie over the
wooden one has been definitely estab-
lished. On one of the Austrian railroads
the Kaiser Ferdinand Northern-a
strictly comparative series of trials were
made on long length of road, and ex-
tended over the full period of nearly ten
years above noted, two parallel sections
of line being equipped, one with the
Heindl ties and the other with ordinary
wooden ones. The traffic conditions on
both of the track sections were practi-
cally identical, and expense records, which
were carefully kept, showed, as the re-
suit of the several years of observation,
a materially decreased expense account
for the metallic section. At the same
time the metal ties, after the full period
of use, were found to be still practically
as good as new, while the competing oak
ties were in q much deteriorated state,
Notwithstanding the fac, that they had
been treated with chloride Of zinc. an
admittedly excellent presctvative. .-ICas-
sier's Magazine.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
A CLOUD OF MONKEYS.
The Curious Awakening Which q
Tourist Had In Ceylon.

I. Gasser, q civil engineer Of Vienna
Austria, who for two or three years has
been travelling almost constantly, relates
the following
"A most singular thing befeIl me near
Paradena. Ceylon, he said: 81 had gone
with friend into the great botanical
garden there. This is probably the
finest botanical garden in the world.
You hear many compliments about one
or two other gardens, but believe none
of them are so large or so entirely unique
as this.
sin this grea. garden, oddly enough,
there were many wild animals. AS a
rule they are not supposed to be savage,
however. Well, one day it was ex-
tremely warm-hot, you may say, even
for Ceylon. / at length became tired
and stretched myself on the ground un-
der some India-rubber trees.
my friend meantime left me, and l
gazed for time up through the leaves
of the trees, catching CLINT once in q
while OF the sun, till relaxed and lazy
feeling overcame me, and / fell asleep.
/ must have slept an hour, when sud.
denly was awakened by queer, un-
canny feeling and opened my eyes.
"Judge Of ny surprise when | saw,
perched upon my feet, body, and even
upon my shoulders, a lot Of little mon
keys, while all about me and beaming
down upon me from the trees were mon
keys of all sizes and ages. 1t seemed TO
me there were myriads of them. | was
frightened. for | knew those monkeys
were wild, and in their wild state did
not know what they might do.
81 gave one leg twitch, however,
and then the other, and bounded TO my
feet, throwing off all that were gambol-
ing over and about me. In second the
monkeys vanished, and only peering
from the tops of the tall bamboo and
rubber trees could i see any at all.
Even these did not remain long. In
few minutes they were all gone. | was
much alarmed, for the appearance of so
many of them was entirely unexpected.
1t was week before / got over my
fright.
lit appears, however, that the queer
animals had meant no harm TO me. The
congress had been called, and their
examination Of me as | lay upon the
ground was merely out of curiosity to
divine what kind OF an object was.
suppose If had been addicted to intox-
icants might have received such a
shock from the cloud of monkeys that
might never have recovered from it
GAS it was voted myself in luck and
vowed never to 60 to sleep again in
wild tropical even fores ii it were
called a botanical garden an Fran
cisco Examiner.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
She Pulls OF the Royal Boots.

The venerable Countess of Rothes,
who has just died, had the right to per-
form a ceremony on any occasion when
the sovereign Of Scotland visited the
Kingdom of Fife, which might have
given her the title of hereditary grand
bootjack.' BY an old feudal custom the
head of the Rothes family, when the
King returned to Falkland Palace from
the hunt, had to pull off the royal boots
and invest the royal feet in ease giving
slippers. Royalty does not often visit
Fifeshire nowadays, but when the Queen
paid her visit to the Tay Bridge, the
Countess claimed and was allowed her
ancient privilege. A smaR temporary
platform was erected by the side OF the
railway n few mile from Coupar Fife,
and here the royal train stopped for a
few minutes. Her Majesty snook hands
with the Countess. and the latter hsnded
q pair Of sewed slippers to the Queen,
the act Of taking off the royal boots be-
ing understood TO be covered by the pre-
sen,ation of the sliPpers.-INcw York
Tribune
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
SUPPOSE.

Suppose, my dear, that you were
And by your side your sweetheart safe;
Suppose you noticed by and by
The distance 'twixt You we're too great;
Now tell me, dear, what would you do!
j know-and so do you?
And then $50 conf, rtebly pace1D
Suppose you only grew aware
That that dear dainty little waist
OF hers looked very lovely there;
Pray tell me. sooth--what would you DO?
j know-and so do you!
Then, having do re what l just did
With not q frown 10 check or chill,
Suppose her red lips seemed 10 bid
Defiance to your lordly will;
Oh, tell me, sweet, what would you do?
i know-and so do you!
-IEugene Field.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28

ing negligently, half concealed by the
brambles. Making my way to it, ! care
fully lifted il up, and to my surprise,
found the mouth OF cavern. which,
though narrow, showed signs of recent
use. Calling to Mcdonald to fasten the
horses and join me, we were soon ex-
ploring the cave. A descent Of dozen
steps brought us TO a turn in the cave
and rough door. ] gave it a kick, but
there was no response, except hollow
rcverberstion which indicated con-
! siderable apartment beyond.
"'Get me a rock and I'll break it in, ,
/ called TO Mcdonald, but just then
was startled by shrek in the rear.
"'Don't Kill him! Please don't kill
him = and down came the old woman
had seen at the cabin. IF you won't
kill him I'll let you in
"'We don't want to Kill anybody /
replied. so go ahead
''She produced rusty key and un-
locked the door, which grated roughly
against the rock as il turned Oh its rude
wooden hinges.
'Come up. Reuben they've found it
out, she cried but no Reuben answered.
'Oh, you've scarf him clean TO death,
fur he weren't well nohow, and she
divcd into the cave and we at her heels.
A slight glimpse Of a smouldering blaze
guided rs, and we were soon blundcring
among tubs and kegs, from among
which we dragged the body Of man.
Wake up, old man, and kindle
light, said L.
" Mister I'll go, ef you'll promise not
to hurt me-.
NO danger Of that. Come on
"Wcll, sir, he was the most forlorn
and abject specimen Of moonshiner l
ever saw. He looked as if he hadn't
seen the light in ten years, and think
he hardly had. lie had spent his days
in the cave since he pretended TO leave
for Texas, venturing forth only at night,
and then with every possible precaution.
"The cave, partly natural and partly
artificial, extended as far as the center
Of the main highway, which ran along
the side OF the bluff at that point, and
our men had ridden over it unsuspect-
ingly hundreds Of times.
"He brought the water through
covered pipe from a spring above the
house, and by II cunningly contrived
counter pipe, conveyed the smoke and
steam to and up the rear of that double
chimney, thus concealng every trace
above. Below he let the slops down by
asubterranean ditch to point where the
little brook descended into wild and
wooded glen, broken by many cascades,
SO that no trace of it could be discovered
in that direction.
"The mouth OF the cave was SO care
fully concealed that in hauling wood a
few sticks could be thrown of, as if by
accident, and carried down after dark, as
were the raw materials for the distillery,
and in the same n amer the liquor could
be taken out in small kegs and carted
away.
at looked almost like shame to de
stroy such n place of ingenuity, but of
course we did our duty, although the
old man fairly blubbered as hc saw his
still broken up, his kegs removed, his
tubs Of mash overturned, and all his in
genious safeguards exposed to the gaze
of the world. He was sent up for five
years, but he did not serve out his time.
Tho discovery and exposure, together
with the enforced habits of prison life,
proved the death of him. - Atlanta
Journal
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
CLASS ~ GRAMMAR.

CLASS ~ GRAMMAR.
Teacher Parse the sentence, "Yuca.
tan is peninsula.
Pupil (who never could understand
grammar, anyhow w)-Yucatan is a proper
noun, nom'tive case, second person sing
ular-
"How do you make that OutP
First person lcatan, second person
Yucatan, third person Hecatan; plural,
first person, Wecatan; second per-
"Go TO your seat!"-lChicago Tribune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28

Barher-DOes the razT feel srl
Patron (groanng)-Umph! hope it
does. IL deserves to Chicago Rec
ord.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28

"Why don't you want me 10 call you
'dearr"
Because il makes me feel so cheap"
PUCK.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-15
Grehsn OutGeneraIed.

The Hawaiian minister at Washing
Ton. M. Thnrston. has developed the
talents Of a frst-class diplomat Of the
European school, In some manner un-
Known he obtained early information as
IN the purpose Of the adminisira ion to-
ward Hawaii. He ascertained that
Gresham took the view that the provis-
jpnal government Of the sknds was
merely temporary. awaiting the decision
Ihe United 5 sies on the annexation
sPeton; aud that the Secretary held that
when this government refused that re
guest the provisional government would
no longer have a legal existence This
Information he sent to President Dole,
By the same steamer which conveyed
Minister Willis to the islands. ana ad-
v1s-8 ySr. Dole to- az once change the
FovisioBss government into a republic
ia order ~ :heckmate Gresham.
This was done Of course. AMI Minister
Willis found the props knocked fIom
under t9s schemc he vas sent to carry
out. For. # the provisional govern
neDt had 40 legal existence after the ad-
miniSraiiOR's refusal to entertain the
proposition fOr annexation, Wills way
would haze been easy - reinstate the
Queen aud the old regime. But he
nund be had to deal with a republic,
and an apparently permanent form of
government, instead Of provisional one.
Hence be was obliged to communicate
With Washington. and obtain further IN
structions What these are, rs still
State Depart nent secret. But Minister
ThurIton certainly has earned honor by
his shrewdness and quickncss. and the
Hawaiians should promptly recognize it,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-15
throwing Deficiency.

Il is singular fact in cur politi "a
History that the Democrat G party has
asyer been able to handle atiOnal finane
ces wish any success. The success of
that party at the Presi'l n'ial and Con-
gressiOnal elections Of 1852 was followed
very speedily by business prostrarion,
due to the belief that complete fearing
up Of the protective system would folhw.
The financial panic, caused by the dan
eerous decGHe in the gold reserve. aud
the ste.dy increase IN the volume Of cred
il money under the Sler'ran law. sharp
y accentuated the. business depression.
As ole result. our imports have largely
fallen Of. and the revenues os the gov
eminent ere less than its expense; aud
this condi'isa. fs1is cfear. will grow
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-15


Dogs on the farm. The Old English
law was that every dog eoetl have6is
bite" This has been changed, and now !
every dog which bites q child. or man
makes its owner liable. for damages. =.
Even when dog is licensed if he tites
any one walking quietly along the high.
way. its owner IS liable. IL man en-
tiers upon the pssmises Of The owner ssd
is bitten. the latter rs not liable without
It is proven that the dog was viciods
ore; then the owner may be. as be
should have posted notice 10 conspicu-
Gus place warning the public II "a dog
trerpasses' upon your grounds at night
and disfurbs your rest. you can kill him
on your own grounds, bn, yba cannot 70
over to your nsighbor's and kill him -
II your neighbor's dogs kill or MAIN
your sheep or cattle. you have perfect
right to kill if caught in the act and on
your grounds. Ifyou have with .sses to
prove their depredations. you css bring
salt against the owner Of owners for
damages, and most likely tosgaiu, your
suit. If your neighbors dog goes mad,
you can kill him. in self, defence; .bnt,
even then. you may be liable for dam
ages. as you would have to prove ,hat
the dog was mad livery ohen > difficult
thing. -Amesican.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-15

Geerge Vanderbilt has country villa.
anu tract of 1000 acres near Ashville.
N. G. There ate / / acres in the south
western portion Of this estate the young
millionaire does not and cannot own,
though he has made effort after effort to
do SO. The Il acres belong TO a colored
man named Collins. who, when Mr..
Vanderbilt bought the large tract. asked
him $500 more for thi small tract than
he was willing to give. A few weeks
later Mr. Vanderbilt went to Collins
and agreed to his terms. bnt Collins now
added a couple of thousand to lbe FIRST
price, and as often as Mr.. Vanderbilt
got into the notion to pay Collins his
price Collins went up safe distance and
has just announced that he will not sell
the land at any price so long as he can
have Mr.. Vanderbilt for his neighbour
lie tells Mr.. Vanderbilt that the value
of good neighbor in this world cannot
be estimated by all the money of the
Vanderbilt family tx.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-15

The number, " irotiiug and pacir g
borses who have made records Of 2 IS
sDl gpder during the season Of 1898 is
iestimsiedlat 8 geo in round numbers.
Whea il is rceollected that it is Wi,hiD
The memory VI many bOrsemen living
when 2 10 was a great record, the re-
dueiicu of time by tile .ro;ting horse
seems Sonderful performance and the
effort is now to beat 2.1O. Some few
bosses have gone below it, but they can
not be readily counted.