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, 1893-09-07
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cine Misunderstanding b%errfcr, nm
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lima su bcicbaien. Ser ltnterltibungS7
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sigc mach G6arleitou geianot.
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Ntmmt ihre 6eihGfte mie6er auf.

8eOrta, ST., T. Sept.
Die v8eoria BottcrD", wsl0e felt mc6>
rercn 0o6en ibre Qlrbeiten eingeftelt bate,
bereitct iib SIT neucr Tbatigfeit Dor. 9as
0ei9dft lit ems Der gr0Bten I'M &010e.
, 1893-09-07
Before 5eiten in Sid1t.
Notwithstanding Nrbeiter wieoer in
Ghdtiofeit.
9 t. 2ouis, 800, Z. Sent.

@citcln mur0c sic rYuf Stooc G 9}aloe
Company" n0d neutrality-suspicious. Inter
brccbung ipicocr III 8ctrieb gcicBt. Oaourcb
erbalten ettpa $50 2lrbeitcr 8eIcbdftiglng.
, 1893-09-07
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rifdDea 3abltlerks
miro Ser Kaiitrer ser 8anf pom
1r(inneapolis gum
SeIbitmoro 9etrieben.
MtnneapoIts, Mtnn., Z. Sept.

MtnneopoIts, Minn., Z. Sept.
90. S, 8afferIing, Ser &a~iiirer Der r8ant
Of W1%tnncapoliS" bat itb bcute WOrgen nm
flint ltbr eri6oiien; bic 2eiche ipuroe crit
etnc Stu1oe ipdter aufgefun6en. Man
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3abIclerfS Bbtl. 81. Scbeig, tpeIcber am
Samita9 nit elmer ser 8anf gc60rigen
Summe bon $4,000 burcbbranntc, baS
2eben nabm, benn leine eigene 8Icber be-
fan0en iicb mach Qln9abe be5 8anfprdiirenz
ten &trbD in Der Dolfommeniten Sr6nung.
, 1893-09-07
so eb, 6. Sehtenlher-

@eitern gfa9mttta8 fan6 cine Tortz
leBnn9 Der Wton0Oer itatt. 9ieielben Be-
itoltben aus einem auS9coe6nten GqpoQeriez
9etebte BET SuienOorf. Sci Ben beutioen
Wta1Operr, tpeI9e bel 3etercben itottfQn6en,
1tanSen iicb bas Is. Unb is. Qlrmeccorps
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
A New Graid.

A traveller in the IIimalayan Mountain
region has discovered that the natives Of
that country cultivate n grain hitherto
unknown in the civilized agricultural
operations, which has something the look
of wheat, but has much larger ears, and
which has peculiar inward curve. The
shiny, brown grain, unlike wheat, is, on
the other hand, much smaller than wheat
grains should be for SO large an ear.
But the interest is that cereal Of this
character should yield such heavy crops
in so high an altitude, where the seasons
are so short and the temperature low.
The natives call the grain kownee. II
would be well TO look after this kownee
grain in connection with our higher
Northwestern agricultural interests. II
would seem that such plant might sue
cecd in Southern Alaska, where turnips.
potatoes and similar cold country vege-
tables are known to succeed fairly well.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
Ivory as "a setting.

The study of precious stones has sug-
gested to the wife of an expert and col
lector for reformation in the settings Of
diamonds, SAYS the Pail Mall Budget.
Whether it is practical is question for
jewelers.. The proposal is that ivory
should take the place Of gold or silver.
All wearers Of diamonds are aware how
troublesome is the process Of washing
and drying silver set diamond so a. to
avoid the slightest tarnish, and a gold
setting has the disadvantage of causing
so much reflection of its own color as TO
render the whiteness of fine diamond
difficult TO gauge.
But even more important would be the
gain of beauty. The brilliance of gold
and silver would mar their charm as n
setting for transparent and sparkling
stones, though it makes them a good
setting for opaque stones and for pearls.
Ivory would give the gentle effect that
is now sought for by setting diamonds
together with merely selni-precious
stones-s combination deplorable to the
expert Ivory would have even more
than the quieting effect of cats eyes or
chrysoprase and its thick warm whitcness
by the lucid and darting diamond would
make an effect Of great refinement.
Perhaps a difficulty would be found for
its comparative for agility.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
Genesis OF the Steamboat.

The first steamboat was built by Den
mis- Papin, who navigatcd IL safely down
the Fulda as long ago as 1907. Unfor-
tunately, this pioneer craft was destroyed
by Jealous sailors, and even the very
memory of it was lost for three quarters
Of n century. In 1875 Perrior, another
Frenchman, built an experimental steam
vessel at Paris. Eight years later, in
1888, Jouifroy took up the idea that has
been evolved by Papin and Pcrrier and
built steamer which did good service
for some time on the Saonc. The first
American to attempt TO apply steam to
navigation was John Fitch, a Connecticut
mechanic, who made his initial expert
mcnts in the year 1885. To what ex-
tent Fitch was indebted 10 the three in
dustrious French inventors named above
we arc not informed, but that his models
were original there is not the least doubt
In the first he employed large pipc-ket-
tie for generating the steam, the motive
power being side padHts worked after
the fashion Of oars on a common row
boat. In the second Fitch craft the same
mode OF propulsion was adopted, with
the exception that the paddles were made
20 initiate revolving wheel and were af-
fexd TO the stern-clearly forshadowing
tho present stern wheeler" This last
mentioned boat was the first American
steam vessel that can be pronounced n
success. IL made its first trip TO Burling.
ton in July, 1888, But, after all, 1t was
not until after the opening Of the present
century that steam navigation started into
actual life. In 1907 Robert Fulton
whom every school child knows was an
American). in CONJUNCTION with one Robert
X. Livingston, built the Clermont, and
established a regular packet service be
tween New York and Albany.
The success OF this undertaking was so
satisfactory that four new boats were
built before the end OF 1911, at least two
Of them being designed for service in
other rivers. st. Louis Republic.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11

Il was TO dinner In Richmond said
the old lady, as she took a pinch OF
snuff, land at the other end OF the
table sat little red-headed Irishman
named Moore. We didn't exactly
know how he got there, for NEST OF
us had never heard OF him, and he
didn't look the gentleman. But after
while he got 10 talking so comically
and delightfully."- that we roared with
laughing. Then in the drawing room
he went TO the piano and sang some
OF his own songs, and We found out
that he was Tom Moore. But he did
not look in the least like a poet"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
HOW BIRDS FLY.

The most prominent fact about bird
Is faculty in which IL differs from every
other creature except the bat and insects
Its power OF flying. For this purpose,
the birds arm ends in only one long
slender finger, instead Of a full hand.
To this are attached the quils and small
feathers (covcrts) on the upper side,
which make up tho wing Observe how
light all this is; in the first place, the
bones are hollow, and, finally, the
feathers themselves are made of the most
delicate filaments, interlocking and
clinging to one another with little grasp
ing hooks Of microscopic finencss. Well,
how does a bird hyl IL seems simple
enough TO describe, and yet 1t 10 "a
problem that the wisest in such matters
have notyct worked out TO everybody's
satisfaction. This explanation, by the
Duke Of Argyle, appears TO me to be
the best: An open wing forms a hollow
on it's undersidc like an inverted saucer;
when the wing is forced down, the up
ward pressure Of the air caught under
this concavity, lifts the bird up. much
as you hoist yourself up between the
parallel bars in a gymnasium. But he
could never in this way get ahead, and
the hardest question is still TO be
answered Now, the front edge Of the
wing, formed OF the bones and muscles
of the forearm. is rigid and unyielding,
while the hinder margin is merely the
soft flexible ends Of the feathers; 30 when
the wing is forced down the air under
IL, finding this margin yielding the easier,
would rush out here, and, In so doing,
would bend up the ends of the quilts,
pushing them forward out Of the way,
which, OF course, would tend TO shove
the bird ahead This process quickly
repeated results in the phenomenon Of
flight. .-- Detroit Free Press.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
Contagiousness Of Leprosy.

In paper giving the result Of his
careful and prolonged Investigations
OF this subject, DR.. Duncan Buckley
declares that it is not proven that
any number Of individuals have ever
acquired the disease from direct con-
tact with others affected, or that it
has ever been traced, in any proper
tiOn OF cases worth mentioning, di-
rectly from one person TO another.
There is strong reason TO suspect, he
says, that it may first be introduced
into the system by the way Of food,
fish being the most likely Of all sub
stances TO furnish and convey the
poison; heredity probably accounts
for a share OF the cases, but the dis
ease is not necessarily transmitted by
inheritance; incubation with leprous
matter may be the means OF convey
ing the disease when all the condi
tions are favorable.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
A Cure for Stammering.

A gentleman who stammered from
childhood up to manhood gives a
very simple remedy for his misfor-
tune. He says: go into a room
where you will be quiet and alone,
get some book that will interest but
not excite you, and sit down and read
two hours aloud to yourself, keeping
your teeth together. Do this every
two or three days-or once a week If
very tiresome-always taking care TO
read slowly and distinctly, moving
the lips but not the teeth. Then,
when conversing with others, try TO
speak as slowly and distinctly as pos
sible, and make up your mind that
you will not stammer
The first result was TO make my
jaws ache-thaC is, while | was read
ing-and the next TO make me feel
a. il something had loosened my
talking apparatus, for / could speak
with less difficulty Immediately. The
change was so great that every one
who knew me remarked IL. / repeat
ID this remedy every five or six days
or a month, and then at longer in
ervals until cured"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
MIScAiEvOUs ROBERT.
Young Hawkes. Also Had . Fair share of
Conceit.

AV0hB neWkes ftau snare
Coneeit.
Robert :. Hawkes.. always known
as -the Vicar OF MOrwenstowe, and
a poet OF no mean ability, was
brought up by his grandfather, a
very learned and religious man. In
the church where this old gentlemen
preached the evening service always
closed with a hymn, Lord, dismiss
us with thy blessing" which was
composed by Doctor Hawkes. himself.
His grandson, who did not know the
authorship OF the hymn, came 10 the
Doctor one day with paper in his
hand, saying:
Grandfather, | don't altogether
like that hymn, Lord, dismiss us
with thy blessing / think it mig hit
be improved in metre and language,
and that IL would be better il il were
somewhat longer.
"Oh, indeed" said Doctor Hawkes.,
reddening. And pray, Robert, what
improvements commend themselves
to your precious wisdOm?"
This is my improved version,
said Robert, and he read aloud a
very creditable hymn. after which
he repeated the old version, saying
innocently, "This one Is crude and
fiat; don't you think so, grand
father?"
Crude and fiat, sir! Young puppy,
II is mine! / wrote that hymn
"Oh, / beg your pardon, grand
father. didn't know that. It's a
very nice hymn, indeed, hut" as he
went out of the doOr-"mine is
better"
Some people think he was right in
his judgment, though not, perhaps,
in expressing IT,
Such mischievous fellow was
Robert that the parish clerk once
exclaimed:
Il doan't care whether l ring the
bells on the kings birthday, but II l
never touch the ropes again, I'll give
peal when Robert goes TO school
and leaves Stratton folks in peace"
Il don't know how it is" said his
brother one day, but when / go out
nutting with Robert. he gets all the
nuts; when go rabbiting, he gets
all the rabbits, and when we go out
fishing together. he catches all the
fish,"
"Come with me fishing tomorrow, 4"
said Robert land see If you don't
have luck"
Next day he slyly fastened a
red herring to his brothers hook.
"There," he exclaimed, when it was
drawn out OF the water, @you are
twice as lucky as | am! My fish are
all raw, and yours is ready-cleaned,
smoked and salted!"-Youth's Com
pauon.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
OLDEST DENTIST IN AMERICA.
Also Vegetarian and an Abstainer fron
the Use Of Tobacco and Liquor.

Also Vegetarian and an Abstainer fron
the Use of Tobacco and Liquor.
DR.. Robert h. Baynes, the Oldest
dentist in America, supposed TO be
the oldest Free Mason in the New
England States, and among the old
est people in the State OF Maine, re-
Gently celebrated his 9sth birthday
at his residence, Rockland. He was
born OF wealthy parents in London,
England, but through the dishonesty
OF clerk his father was ruined when
young Baynes was years old. Ten
years later the young man sailed for
America, learned the watchmaker's
trade in New York, and then went
TO Boston, where he studied dentistry
for five years. After practicing In
Boston for years he moved to Rock
land, where he has been for thirty
five years. For half century he has
not tasted meat, his principal diet
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
The kola Nut.

Half a kola nut will, says Mr. G.. f.
Scott Elliot, in his report on the botany
Of Sierra Leone, enable n man TO 20 with
out food and support great fatigue for
twenty -four hours or more. 1t is IN ex.
cellent nerve tonic, and is especially
good for Keeping the brainclear and
active at night 1t prevents sleep, how
ever, almost too thoroughly, and should
not be taken less than four hours before
bed. 1t is said TO remove Immediately
and thoroughly the unsteadiness and
stupidity due to drunkenness. IL grows
freely every where, thriyes wherever
planted, seems 10 require no special
condition Of soil, and yields at the rate
Of $500 per acre. Another property at
tributcd to this nut is that OF radidly
foul water and improving beer i lnyen-
ton
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
The Drug Clerks Fun.

Drug clerks often derive amuse-
ment from the prescriptions that are
left with them. A prescription which
called for certain tablets, and which
was written by a Chicago physician,
was put up in a downtown phar-
macy the other day. The directions
were as follows: "One tablet every
two hours for five days, skip four
days and commence again" The
pharmacist smiled when he wrote
the label, and professional etiquette
alone prevented him from asking the
customer, who weighed about $50
pounds, If he thought he would sur
vve after so much skipping. An
other prescription caused the patient
himself to laugh when he read the
doctors directions, which were ::
Take fifteen drops one hour after
eating In little water"
Il don't eat in water" said the
man, although / did chew an apple
once when / was bathing at Long
Branch"
Strangely spelt communications
are often brought to the druggist. A
woman handed slip TO clerk re-
Gently and said
"Gimme ten cents worth OF that. I"
The clerk read, "Grocer's supple
ment."
Il guess you mean corrosive sub
Innate" he said, "but that is poison,
and we can't sell it to you"
The woman went away, after de-
claring that she wanted it to kill
boogs with. New York Sun.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
TypewritinQ by Wire.

The telotype, or electrical type
writer, has been designed 10 meet
the requirements OF a rapid and re-
liable printing telegraph instrument,
which has long been needed. This
instrumen. is manipulated very much
in the same way as a typewriter.
The transmitter as well as the re-
ceiver makes copy OF the message,
and the liability OF mistakes is thus
largely decreased. The instruments
work in unison, and it is impossi le
TO send a message from one machine
unless the corresponding machine at
the end OF the distant line is prop
erly receiving. The record Is plainly
printed on the strip OF moving paper
In front OF the operator. The same
instrument can send and receive.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
A DoG's GRATITUDE.


A ten-year-old little girl had fallen
into the Tiber from the parapets of the
Ponte Margherita in Rome. The crowd
who witnessed the accident merely ran
hither and thither on the bridge and the
banks calling for some one to help the
child-nobody daring to do SO. Two
policemen spent the time in making in
quiries AS To whether ait was case of
murder or suicide?" The child, mean
while, was visibly drowning, when a
dog-a workman's miserable dog, de-
stined to end wretched day In the
lost dogs yard-leaped barking into the
Tiber, under the eyes OF all the scream
ing but useless crowd. The poor beast,
accustomed to feed upon street offal and
to sleep in any shed It could find, swan
out to the little girl In peril. caught her
dress, and drew her to the shore. When
he saw her in safety, the dog jumped
and bayed for JOY, licking the child's
face and hands. Ii appears they had
been friends. The child had known the
dog in manufactory at Pratt iii Cas-
tello, and the poor animal was grateful
To her for some crumbs or carcsses. The
crowd then tried to catch the dog to SEQ
how an animal more brave than so many
men was made. But it ran through their
midst aud disappeared. i The Zoophil-
ist.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11

ka, said one Of the prospectors, sis diff
ferent from mining in any other region /
ever heard OF. la prospecting for claim
you first have TO dig up from six inches
10 three feet of moss. and beneath that
which has In be thawed before you strike
bedrock. have seen men thaw out
thirty feet Of ice and then not get any
thing" He admitted. however. that
occasionally the gold-seeker struck il
rich 1--WE learned before we left, +" he
says, "thst there were four men who had
each taken out $40, 900 worth of gold
dust this summer. There are several
others who will carry away 5000
worth Of gold dust. But then some of
those men have been prospecting all
through the Yukon district for several
years past without scraping up more
than enough 10 live on. The miner who
secures enough dust To pay his passage
back 10 San Francisco is doing we'll"
STARTLING are the official statistics that
have just been published in Germany
concerning the number of suicides in
various armies of the Old World, and
in the opinion of the New York Tribune.
they constitute striking illustration of
the unpopularity of obligatory military
service. Ii seems that in Austria the
average rate for the year is l3l per l00.-
600 men. The French come next, with
ninety.two suicides PEI annum for each
100. 900 men. The German Government
gives its rate at sixty eight, but these
figures are generally believed 10 be
below the actual number, as the impres
sion prevails in military circles through
out Europe that the suicides in the
German Army are more frequent even
than in that of Austria. ltaly's quota is
given at forty-tive, while that of Russia
does not exceed twenty, figure that 10
obviously far below the truth. Belgium
gives its rate at twenty four, Spain at
fourteen and England ut twenty. three,
most of the suicides in the British Army
occurring out in India. A remarkable
fact is that, notwithstanding the ma ajority
OF suicides are popularly believed to be
attributable to tyranny on the part of the
officers, yet it is precisely among the
officers that the largest number of self
inflicted victims is to be found. The
favorite method of suicide is by shooting,
either with a rifle or revolver. Next
comes drowning, and after that hanging,
while of late large number of officers
and men have taken their lives by
throwing themselves in front of railway
trains. Ii has also been noted that,
whereas the smallest number OF suicides
takes place in winter, the largest number
occurs in the broiling hot months Of July
and August.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
THE WHALE.

The great Greenland whale is found
in the northern oceans, living amid ice
and perpetual snow, and furnishes oil
and whalebonc. The oil is obtained
from q thick layer of fatty substance
called blubber, which lies Immediately
under the skin; and the whalebonc,
which, by the way, is not bone at all, is
obtained from inside the mouth, where
it frnges the jaws aud acts as a sieve
for the whale TO strain his food through.
The throat of the Greenland whale Is 40
small that il is said small loaf of bread
would choke it. The whale lives mostly
of of little sea animals, which are only
an inch and half long. The whale
rushes through the water with its big
jaws wide open, and catches a lot of these
little animals and a bigger lot of sea
water, but as il only wants the animals
and not the water, IL shuts its mouth
and drives all the water out through tho
fringes of whalebonc, leaving the little
creatures in its jaws.
The whale is very fond OF its young,
which is called the cub, and when tho
little baby whale Is in danger of being
swallowed by some other big fish, its
mother will catch hold of it with her fin
or flipper, and carry it of out OF danger
This nipper is u kind of hand, covered
with thick skin. The length of this
whale Is sixty feet.
Another kind OF whale IL called the
Cachalat, which is hunted chiefly for the
spcrmaceti found in its head. When
the whale is killed hole is made in the
upper part Of the head and the sper-
maceti is baled out with buckets. Am
bcrgris, once used great deal as a
medicine, but now only in use as a per
fume, il also found in the Cachalot.
This article is like wax, easy to catch
fire and smells something like musk
New Orleans Picayune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
Queer Lakes In Oklahoma.

One Of the curious features Of the late
unprecedented rise in the South Cana
dian River in Oklahoma is the forma-
tion Of numerous lakes along the bot
toms Of that stream The sand has
blown out Of the bed Of the river in
times past until a high embankment is
formed along the shores Of the river,
and behind this bank are left the lakes
upon the suDsidenee Of the stream.
They give every indication Of perman-
ency, and some Of them are many square
mile. in extent. The loss OF valuable
farm lands is very great. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
supernatural Antidotes.

Most ancient kings and noblemen re-
lied-to some extent, at least-on super
natural and magical means to protect
themselves against poison. One kept a
peacock always near him, because that
bird rufTled up its feathers when any
kind Of poison was brought near; an
other had cup and plate set with
opals, because this gem was supposed TO
turn pale when touched with poison; an
other rhinocerous horn. which caused
poisonous liquors TO effervescc. One
wore a ring as a charm, another brace
let, a third an amulet. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
REPRESENTS CHINA.
Yang Yu. the New Mongolian Minister Ia
This Country.

Yang Yu. the New Mongolian Minister TO
This Country.
The new Chinese Minister to Wash
ington, Yang Yu, who bore a special
protest from the Chinese Emperor TO
Secretary OF State Gresham against
the enforcement of the Geary act, is
only few degrees removed from roy
atty and is the most influential rep
resentative Of China ever commits
stoned to this country. He is favor
ably known TO the foreign residents
in China, whose esteem he won by
his energetic attention to their inter
ests at the time Of the riots at Wuhu,
and he is reputed TO be an enlight-
ened anu very broad-minded official.
Yang Va is accompanied by his wife
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
Tom Moore i'm Virginia.

A correspondent who has been
rmbling through Eastern Virginia
rralls description given by an old
lay at Norfolk Of Tom Moore, the
pet, who passed some time In his
arorous youth in a quaint old mau-
sio near Norfolk and found nothing
thre except the ladies TO please him.