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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Deserving the Pavements.

Very many quaint old customs still
prevail in Paris that have long sur.
vived the original reason for their ex-
istence. Tor instance, no sooner do
born Parisians turn into side street
than they instinctively (and TO in
finite peril OF ther lives and limbs
from the ubiquitous cab walk In the
very middle OF the roadway, leaving
the pavements deserted. In The
* Jod old times" this custom bad a
reason whi,h has ceased To exist
In the first place, at the beginning
OF the century there were no pave
ments, which OF course prevented
promenaders from getting use TO
them; and in the second place, house
holders were wont u indulge In the
habit OF throwing all refuse OF every
description out OF their front win
dows, so the long g-sufierinQ Je estrian
was Obliged to walk IN the middle OF
the road or else run tie risk OF being
deluged with dishwater, or stunned
by cabbage stumps
Now al that i ange =; one Is not
allow d even TO shake "A rug out OF
the front win ow after 10 o'clock iC
G morn ng, and the infringement
OF that iule brings an irate police.
man, and 70 haraened oneDde a
fine. In fact so stringent are the
laws on that subject that some years
ago man brought curious suit
against the city, and won II too.
He was walking past the Column
OF the Bastile W en- a man jumped
from its summit TIE suicides shoe
was forced of In the fall and struck
the passer-by, infictiDg severe in
juries-
He received damages on the ground
that the city had not ke its monu-
ments in proper order. AMI that IL
was the duty OF the municipal au-
thorities to see tat no pioiectiles
were hurled from them. The city
thought SD too. or rather dlscourag d
would.be suicides by closing the doors
OF the Partisan columns against visi-
tors.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
ISe Cheerful.

Don't sit In a corner and nope be.
cause things are not going just as you
would like. A disag ceable face will
not alter a disag eeablc fact. Try to
extract some grain OF comfort out OF
your advcrsities Never despair.
Under whatever circumstances, be
cheerful and hope on. There Is moth
ing so lo,ophical as "A smile. A
merry heart is the height OF wisdom.
The greatest part OF our griefs will
disappear when viewed through the
lenses OF checrfulne.s. Let the dark
past sink out Of sight Look to-
ward the sunrise. Shout with mer-
riment, as IL you saw the dawn kiss
ing the hills Fill your soul with the
visions OF morning and the song Of
the lark. Then all will become suf-
fused with daylight-al the gloomy
places will pulse with sunshine, the
clammy rocks will gllsten with dew.
Would you like 10 know the key 10
unlock the doorway TO happy life?
II Is chcerfulress
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14

attent tiou, the faces on the walls seem
TO say, de. "Ncver mind, they
don't care anything about us They
want the loaves and fishes" There
are great many "rich Christians"
among our well-read folk. who do
just enough reverence TO an author
Ia tilch inspirations and facts without
coming into any relation with him.
Ahstractly theirs may be the better
way, hut prefer my light broken up
into It's sevenfold colors OF personality
than TO take IL white. And a book
without the authors picture is a sad
10 in such frequent cases rs the au-
thor is greater than his book. or
course - en- a small man has written
"A large book. we should prefer 10
know him through his book than
through his personality, -Godey's.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14

his long-for teaching. He did, for the
Cardinal saw his merits, and used
not only his pnrse but his influence in
the bo,'s behalf He was placed in
one OF the best schools in Florence.
Toms noble spirit so pleased his
master that he was raised 10 {
position OF greater trust ana teach
ers were given him that he might be.
come familiar with the learning OF
the dav.
Thus Peters vagaboud life was
ended, and could you, a half century
later have looked into one OF the ele.
CANT houses in Florence, where the
elite OF all nations were often enter,
tained, you would have found two
peaceful men, believing and trusty
friends, living there together gone
was Peter OF Cortona, called the
greatest painter OF his time. who
would with trembling voice, pointing
tenderly TO his dear friend Tom, o!
whom it was always said, Happy Is
the man who can claim his friend,
ship" tell you that he never should
have been what he was If, when cold
and homeless and hungry, he had no,
found lodging in that little attic
room, and made his first effort there.
-Waverly Magazine.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
A Great scheme.

The city ed tor was almost weep.
ing for a sensation when the weird
looking man came n.
i've got great scheme" he said
mysteriously, hy way OF salutation.
"What is it," asked the g. l..
"Scheme for changing the color OF
rcd hair"
Suppose persons having IL don't
want II changed? Red is glorious
color"
They don't have TO unless they
Mt To- Nothing compulsory about
it,"
What Is IL? Go on and explain. 4"
The visitor pulled up a chair.
You know" he said, "that rcd
hair is the result Of surplus OF iron
in the system This Is what imparts
the vigor, the great vitality, the
oyer1owipg and thoroughly healthy
animal life that runs riot through the
veins OF the ruddy.haired; and this
strong, sentient animal life is what
renders EN- more intense in all
their emotions than their more lam
guild fellow-c reature The excess OF
iron is also the cause OF freckles on
the peculiarly clear, VIII te skin which
always accompanies red hair. The
skin is -abnormally sensitive TO the
action OF the suns ravs, which not
only bring out the little brown spots
in abundance. but also burn like a
mustard plaster, producing "A queer,
creepy sensation, a. IL the skin was
wrinkling up See:"
The city editor nodded.
"Well, now, what / propose 10 do
IS this" COZ tinued the schemer. "I'll
arrange steel barrel, with an armal
ture around il, connected with a
forty horse power dynamo and make
a magnet OF IT that will draw the
rIyets out OF boiler Into that al
put my patient for three hours every
day. and I'll guarantee there won't
be a silver OF iron In his system at
the end OF a week. Then by keeping
IL up a month or so I'm smaller doses,
the hair will assume some other color,
and there you are. Amt IT. corker?
Lend me quarter TO go out and
make the first payment on nv dyna-
mo, and the G. Il. let him have IL
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
An lndencndcnt Man.

An indepcndens farmer should 10
the most cheerful man In the country
during general financial crash. BY
independent farmer we mean he who
owns "A quarter section OF land uncn-
numbered by mortgage. lie may snap
his fingers at falling banks at silent
mills and manufactures, at mcr-
chants without customers. at the
world at large; and gathering his fam
lily about him he may proudly realize
that on no one IL he dependent, and
that so far as their limited means
will allow the people OF the town and
city must dance TO his music. or
when payment ceases, then he may
hang up his fiddle and his bow"
To the farmer who h free from
debt the ebb and flow OF finance Is
matter OF small consequence He
has no sleepless night, In a vain en-
deavOr To formulate plan by which
nc can raise "a mortgage from the
home What matters IL 10 him liz
storms rage In Wall street, or II the
local banks do retrench, he owes no
man on earth cent and has no mas
ter To drive him TO his work. or TO
the sacrifice OF his possessions during
such stringent timeS?-Colcman's
Rural World.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Outwitted at His own Game,

A Bar Harbor cashier had a check
for g., 900 on the Kockland bank. In
the ordinary course OF business the
check would have been sent To Boston
and thence forwarded TO the Rock
land bank, the whole transa ction be-
ing carried on by interchange OF
drafts without expense, but the Bar
Harbor cashier thought be saw way
10 get 81, 90 in currency W lthout pay
ing the premium demanded by his
Boston correspondent SO he for
warded the check To Rockland by
express for collection. 1t is how
ever. very rare day when the cash
Ter OF this particular Rockland bank
gets caught at disadvantage, and he
easily saw through the game that his
Tar Harbor contemporary was play
ing He had two bills In his vault OF
the denomination OF 81, coo each, and
with these he cashcd the cleck.
When the cashier had paid the ex-
press ci these bills and then paid an-
other express fec In forwarding them
To Boston 10 he changed into bills
small enough 10 do business with, he
probably had less expensive ideas as
" his own shrewdDcss. Lewiston
ME. Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Old Prints.

! wish 70 pay a short tribute OF
gratitude and respect TO that stately
fellowship In black and white which
lines nv study walls Their ad-
mlrers are few enough. My friends
come and 60, and scarcely notice
them. 1t hurts a print lovers feel.
ings to observe how deierentlal peo-
pie are @ an authors name and
works, and yet how they will yet give
hardly a second glance az his picture.
This dlanitied company In wigs and
robes. in clerical coats and high.
backed chairs. do not complain. And
when there comes In friend who Is
proud OF his KNOWLEDGE Of their works
but who gives them scarce respectful
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
CONCHOlOCY.
Some of the Curiositics the Student May
Find.


Find.
What Is the trumpeter shell?"
asked writer OF dealer in shells.
The shell merchant went To case
in the rear OF his store and lifted out
conch-shaped she'll nearly two feet
in length, and marked like tortoise
she'll. A hole had been drilled at the
large end OF the shell.
The merchant placed his lips to the
trumpet blast echoed and re-echoed
throughout the shop
1T isn't necessary 10 explain further
why IL is called the trumpeter. is it?"
exclaimed the merchant with smile.
This shell comes from Singapore
and belongs To the Triton family.
Sailors often use IL rs fog-horn. and
II makes good one too. Among
what one might call the eccentric
specimens OF the she'll world are the
colossal fucus, which sometimes grow
10 two feet in length. and are curl
ousiy formed; the dipper she'll SO
called because IL Is shaped like u
dippcr, with long pointed handle;
the angel wing, aud the Venus bas-
ket The last named shell is n sort
OF insect looking for all the world
like film OF lace The basket shell
is shaped like n cornucopia, and is so
hr title that 10 is most dilliult 20 Sc
cure perfect specimen. 1t is snow
wnitc, and OF the most exquisite de-
sign. The angel wing is also n white
shell, and Is bivalvc The two
halves look like folded wings, with
the feathers clearly outlined on the
outer surface. These shells are found
in the West Indies. There are hun
dreds OF thesa prizes, including the
black helmet a shell that Is not very
rare but which can be made very
beautiful by carving. The ancicnts
cut their canoes from the helmet
shells. They are large ana make
striking ornaments for a bookcase or
table"
"What Is the rarcst shell OF alp"
That" said the concholOgist, ''is
the superb specimen that Is called
The Cone OF the Holy Mary Why
IL is so called / do not know, but IL
IN tut IdiSSt, btNdu~c tbtic diC ouv
two specimens In existence. One of
them is In the British Museum, and
the shell IL valued at several thou
sand pounds sterling, a sort Of Koh-i-
moor among shells, OF wondrous
beauty and rarity"
What is the largest shell known"
THE giant oyster You can see
giant oyster shells on exhibition IN
front Of several wcll-known oyster
shops In town. They are imported
from India remember that ] i'm
ported a pair that measured three and
IA half icet by four, and weighed
nearly 500 pounds"
"And the smallest shcll?"
lis the rice shell. Lying in bulk
I'm basket or barrel, the shell would
bo readily mistaken for rice grains"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
WILD GEESE.
The Havoc They Make In California Wheat
Fields.

Fields
Il had an experience with wild
geese in California, and IL Is so big
that few, except those that are IA
miliar with them, can readily be-
lieve it," said United States Senator
Dare 10 a San Francisco Examiner
reporter. - own a ranch OF IL, 600
acres at Knights Landing. on the
Sacramento-the Iolo rancho. l
raise great deal OF wheat and
every year as soon as the wheat comes
up the country IL overrun with geese.
II have seen droves OF them two
or three miles long, and so thick that
when you shoot into them with a
rifle you are bound Co hit some OF
them. They arc SO plentiful that l
am Obliged To hire herders 10 keep
them oil. They settle in great bands
A band will settle down on 1--we acres,
say, and you won't hear Quack or u
squawk. but the geese are there and
very industrious and before YOU know
IL they have pulled up and eaten
every bit OF the grain. They have
a skilltul way OF grasping the tender
shoots in their mouths and pulling
and relaxing and pulling again, till
they get the swollen grains with the
blades, and then elt the whole
"A storm is almost sure 10 bring
them in large numbers, but they
often come in entirely fair weather,
/ keep many herders 10 drive them
away. II IL were not tor this |
wouldn't have any wheat. The men
are armed with loud-souniing Win
chesters, aud they keep shooting
the geese don't bother, but early in
the morning and all through the day
they literally swarm. The hcrders
go out very early In the morning and
stay all day. 1t is a continual battle.
The geese must be kept going all the
time or the wheat is gone.
There is dog on the raEch that
time the most valuable dog l ever
saw. She is dead against the geese
and is constantly rushing at them.
and soaring them away. She has
raised six puppies and has trained
them all TO fight the geese. The
troop Of dogs are extremely useful.
They are about half shepherd and
half bull, and wherever they are they
keep the geese in motion. When the
men are plowing they get very close
TO the geese. Take fourteen or six
teen teams. each with big plow that
turns four furrows They come along
in string. The first one is good
way of. The next little closer,
and so on till the last one Is fifty
feet or more nearer than the FIRST one
was The geese don't notice this,
and man can knock them over as
he goes by. saw one man take "a
monkey-wrencn and bowl away and
kill one.
"In fact, II anv one wants geese he
may easily Kill them by thousands,
and i was almost going TO say mill
ions. up there. j have killed them
myself many n time. The annual
visitation of the geese AT Knights
Landing is not joke. 1t is the
stcrnest kind OF reality and means a
heavy loss IL warfare is not kept UP
against them"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
The Awful Pause.

ut is quite fatal to appear stupid
and uninterestcd whel you are out
in society, you KNOW said pretty
prattle, "and l have discovered "A capt.
tal recipe against looking dull which
| will give you gratis. At Mrs A. 5
the other day found myself at a big
luncheon, with lot OF older people
present, and on taking our places at
the table was dismaycl 10 lind that
one of my neighbors was an elderly
woman and total stranger, who
turned her shoulder to inc during Il
greater part OF the repast and the
other was Mile H., who Is n dear
girl, but has not IN idea in her head.
After the first few minutes had
passed In total silence bright idea
struck me, 'Milly' l said, lets
count; we will look just rs IL we were
talkiny, aud it's ever SO much easier.
When l leave oil you begin And
began in my most vivacious manner,
one, two, three. four, live, six seven
then l paused and Milly. showing
her little white teeth with bona fidc
merrinent, went on, eight nine,
ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, four
teen fifteen, and we both ended with
burst Of genuine laughter.
"What "A good time those girls are
having heard our vis-a-vis saying
TO her ncighbor, rather enyiously, l
thought Il wonder what they are
talking about. '"--Chicago Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Old Bachelors.

Some one said something the other
day in "A derogatory tone about old
bachelors Our complaining friend
should run his eye ovtr the following
and he enlightened. The appended
is a partial list OF famous men who
never married. Among them arc
Descartes Spinoza, Newton, Sweden
borg, Kant, yoltair'. Horace Wal
pole, Edward Gibbon, Francis Drake.
beethoven, Richelieu, Michael An
gelo, Isaac Watts, Montgomery.
Cooper. Grey. David Hume, John
Randolph, Washington Irving James
Buchanan, Samuel j. Tilden, Tbad-
deus Stevens, Alexander Stevens,
John g. Whittier, Walt whitman,
and Phillips Brooks The only com.
ment 10 be made Is that nobO y
knows how much greater they might
have been had they married. -Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
A Few Stern Facts About sinkcrs

1t is probable that between 800 ani
400 tons OF lead is melted into sink
ers In this country every year This
may seem like great deal Of lead TO
put into sinkers, but there Is one con
cern In this city that makes nifty or
sixty tons OF sinkers every year. and
that frequently In the busy season
mclts two tons OF lead for this pur-
pose in day. There are other con-
Germs In New York that make sink
ers. and they are made also in Boston.
In BROOKLYN. and elsewhere. 1t IL
not business by itself, but Is car
ried on in conjunction with other
business
Sinkcrs arc made In great va
rlety OF styles and weights for yari.
Gus kinds OF fishing, and for nets as
we as for single lines There are n
number OF patentel sinkers. A sinkcr
perhaps rs well known as any Is the
cght-ouncc Bank, six-sided sinkcr,
such as Is commonly used on the fsh-
ing boats. IL might be wondered
what becomes OF all the sinkcrs; IL
NAV be said that single hshing
boat in the season will buy three or
four hundred pounds "a week. a man
who ought TO know says he believes
the bottom OF the ocean around the
lightship Is paved with sinkcrs.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
THE OLD WALTZ.

An organ grinder II knew
Some soft Italian course or two
With emphasis upon 10.
I'D shout TO him whose tuneless din
Has SO unkind v broken in
Upon ms and my sonnet.
AeIoss the street. and a. the door,
i see MIN standing there before
The dwelling Of my neishbpr.
The house 10 closed, the curtains down
know my neighbours out OF town,
And vain the minstrels labor.
But yet two small admirers stand
Grsvely b. fore him. hsnd in hand.
Front row-dress circle center
A boy, girl without ba..
But with q battered sunshsde that
Some other child has lent her.
The minstrel pausos-what. TO soonl
He tn rs n stop TO change tho tuuc.
NO coin responsive rndine,
He eyes the windows that reveal
No sign then with u sigh
Resumes his patient grinding.
And 10 I the minstrel's lost 10 view:
Ihe boy and girl have vanished too;
The street. my neighbOr dwelling
All. all arc gone and am there
Sitting again upon the stair
Ny tale TO Mabel telling.
w
Ihe ST. aims OF music, where the rout
hose chatter and whose dances
I've left still whirling waltz. the while
j whisper low 10 MaDel's smile
And watch for Mabels glances.
bring no bushes TO her cheek.
Nor as an arden. lover speaG;
But rather Hs IA bro her
take q confidential tone
And hnd we're both inclined 10 "wi
We UNDERSTAND each othe,.
She Is not always gay nor
My tDgers just clasp hers. We sigA.
Life is "A serious matter.
Retter this nome Z OF the stair,
This sympathy complete and rare
Than hours OF idle chatter.
Better this touch
The grinder done
He slowly lifts his UoX with one
Glance, sad reproachful. IlIow
Up TO my nei. .hbor's vacant blind.
Then takes his way and close behinA
The two small Gu ldren follow.
Century a. agazne.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Unclc Sam Poor RnY.

The United States Is proverbially
n poor debtor. which was illustrated
by bill OF Senator Cameron's tho
other day. for the payment OF s205. %
TO the heirs OF John Howard Payne,
lmmortalIzed as the author Of Home,
Sweet Home" 1t seems that when
Payne died I'm 1852 at Tunls, where
he was Consul for the United States.
the Government was owing him the
sum mentioned upon his salary It
has been owed him ever since, and
now after forty-one years there Is
prospect that IL may 20 to his heirs
Washington Post.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14

A BOY accustomed 90 drawing a
hand cart through the streets Of New
York, saw an ADVERTISEMENT: Hall
boy wanted" He said IL any boy
could haul more than he could he
would like TO know IL.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
The Center of InMer.

Bifrer.-I'd have you understand no
woman ever ruled me. Duffer-Thats
all right for you, how about US who
are too poor TO hire men cooks. --Ex-
change.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14

" a baby will ''miss her" when she
goes out OF the room. woman Is
content to give up all her time 70
taking care of IL.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14

As FEScrSe is sucn a manly art IL
Is odd that that there Is so much
feinting in IT,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-28
Rabbits Worse Than Coyotes.

The inadvisableness of disturbing the
balance of nature in the relationship of
wild animals is well illustrated by what
is passing in San Bernardino county, Cal.
a state bounty of s. was placed on coy
otes, and this prowler of the foothills
and plains was then worth powder and
shot. So coyote scalps were collected to
such an extent in San Bernardino county
and elsewhere that the jackass rabbit
had the restraints upon his existence
very much slackened and increased in
great numbers. 1t is hardly doubtful
that thousands of rabbits are worse dep
redators upon the farmers thrift than
scores of coyotes. which DO not trouble
the crops, but only seize few lambs or
sheep when they get the chance. San
Bernardino is now SO pestered with rab-
bits that the supervisors have passed an
ordinance voting 20 cents per pair of
ears for their slaughter There Is money
in this, too, and II will be well If the
county treasury Is not bankrupted.-Ex-
change.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-28
Canada's Own Fault.

Canada is apoor country.-NontreaI Gazette.
Its poverty is voluntary. 1t is the re-
suit of Canada's folly and conceit.
Riches and power are within Canada's
reach. The poverty of Canada would
be exchanged for wealth by union with
the United States. By this union Can
ada would obtain an inheritance worth
tens of millions of dollars every year.
If these Canadians choose to live in pow
erty, they should bear its ills without a
groan and never ask for pity, never beg
for favors, never try to get hold of the
money earned by other people, never
wear wry faces when they look across
the line.-New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-28
1t Opens the Eyes.

My daughter Is losing her sight" said an
anxious mother, land inst on the eve OF marriage,
too! What sha dos Let her get married,
by all means. responded he doctor: marriage
Is 4 regular eye opener 4 mans eyes open
pretty widely, when he finds his wife's charms
disappearing. Health Is the best friend of beauty
and the innumerab'e Ills - which women are pc
cul arly subject, its worst enemiues. Experience
proves that women who possess the best health.
use DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription II Is the
only medicine for women, sold by druggists, I'M
der positive guarantee from the manufacturers
that it will give satisfaction IN every case. or
money vii be refunded. This guarantee has
been printed o. the bottle wrapper sud faith
fully carried ont for many years.