The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09

Indian names OF lakes and ponds in New
England have undergone curious cor
ruptions In different states. Most OF these
names In Connections eud In "aug." but
the same syllable In the lakes OF Maine.
New Hampshire and Vermont is usually
spelled "og" when IL IN not more
thoroughly dis suised. The Mass chusetts
lakes and ponds usually have En dish
names, and those Indian names that sur
vive seldom contain the syllable "aug"
or ''og."
All the readers OF the Looking Glass
use load pencils of course. tut how many
of them know how p ncils ars nader
Let me tell them how. The graphite Is
frat ground with wat,r
French burr wheels until IL IL
sufficiently fine and even. three
or four weeks being sometimes required.
The paste is then dri-d in pans for about
~twenly-lour hours. broken into smsll
pieces and ground again 60 an even c n
sistency. 1t Is then nike with clay.
the proportion OF clay and graphite
determining tae hardness OF ihs pencil.
This mixture IL then forced through a
cylinder perforated at the lower end with
q hole the size of the finished lead. TIL
Unnk0 AAoA ~ NV =
like spaghetti, " hich the operator bre ,ks
breaks tff In lengths OF about two feet
and arranges in grooves in a horizontal
board. IL the finished leads are TO be
used in pencil cases. the strings are cut
of In proper lengths with a knife.
They are then dried naturally for some
time, and afterwards roasted in an
oven, being inally polished by rub
bling against each other In ashaking tray.
The leads for use in n wood mounting are
unpo ished. The wood Is well glued.
then the leads are covered with mucilage
and placed In the grooves and covered
with another strip OF wood, the pencil
thus formed being placed with "A number
OF Others Ia a tightly clamped iron frame,
I'm which they dry. The pencil is then
finished by a revolving knife, which
trims the wood aud leaves IL ready for the
polishing ana vanishing, which is done
by hand.
As an instance OF 1.-THE forcc OF habit"
] quote the following: It's told OF q.
p. Huntington that recently, upon his
receiving a small package, a relative dis
carded the paper and Irvine. throwing
them into the waste paper basket. Mr..
Huntington arose. and, continuing his
kdlk WIN WIN kNhtt~AbNh 49,
ent, apparently unconsciously took
the paper out OF the basket,
neatly folded 1t, AMI taking care OF the
string placed them both in "A drawer for
further use. Mr.. Huntington in 40 ran a
hardware store in California. and paper
and Irvine were not readily obtained, and
III acquired The habit OF closely saving
those TWO articles, and that habit has
hung TO him ever since"
!
Mrs. II. r. Sayles Of this city. WHO has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 4. l.. Sales OF
Psscoag, r~eturaed home last week.
Mr.. Frank Hoi kins OF this city is quite
seriously i'll.
Henry G. r CHI OF this city was the
guest OF A. ID. Browning last week.
William Y. Hart OF this city was the
guest Of 4. Il. Hart Of Wexford last
week.
Mrs. Charles Downes aud daughter OF
this city have returned home after u
weeks visit with friends in Lippitt.
Harry X, Nortnup of Wexford is the
guest of w. +. Watson OF this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Barker of this
city are the guests OF T.. ID. Pearse OF
Wexford for a few days.
Harold ID. Wilkes of this city visited in
WEXFORD last week.
William II. Hall Of this city is visiting
III. II. Matteson OF Wexford.
Arthur 4. higgins OF this city Is the
GU st of r. A. Wilcox Of Wexford.
Mrs. George Briggs of this city, who
has been visiting friends in Hope during
the past week. Is home again.
Toe official visitation of Colonel w. M.
r. Bowen and staff OF the Rhode Island
Division, Sons of Veterans, to Captain A.
X. Tilton camp OF Pawtucket, has been
p $ poned from next Wednesday evening
to Wednesday, November s.
I
In q down town beer saloon there sat an
aged G trman yesterday. ii was placidly
rumiuating on affairs long past. OCCASION
ally refreshing himself by copious
dIaughts of beer from a schooner"
which stood on the table at his side. The
schooner, under the watchful eyes of the
bartender, was kept filed TO the brim,
aud n series OF hieroglyphics
in chalk on y slate behind the bar
represented the number OF times the
glass had been filled. Suddenly, the
foreigner noticed lying on The edge OF the
table directly opposite, n large, juicy
"Frankfurter." and casting a cautious
glance at the bartender, he fished out his
knife and in an instant had speared
the sausage. But a terrific howl
accompanied by the overtur ming
OF the table, startled Fritz out OF his
senses and MS a huge dog, to which the
tail. in his Ignorance he hal mis-
taken for a sausage. set his teeth in the
leg of the unfortunate man he promptly,
in his fright. relapsed into unconscious
ness. H. took two men to pry the jaws Of
the animal apart, so deeply set was no
in avenging the insult to his beloved
appendage, and now Mein Herr carries a
ponderous cane aud limps badly.
I !
Tolstoi's new book is expected to make
n sensation, for tits said by one who has
seen the manuscript that lola never
dared TO go to the lengths of realism to
which Tolstoi's ventures. The book is n
sermon on Tolstoi's ~favorite text, 'Resist
not EviI.u