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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
How the Forget.Me.Sot Was Named.

Everybody knows the pretty little
forget-me-not and likes the flower
more perhaps because Of its name than
It's beauty How was it 30 called? The
Germans account for IL by quite
pathetic romance. 1t seems that once
upon time a knight and a lady were
walking by the bank OF the Danube
when the latter asked her "gallant
gay" 10 pluck for her tiny blue
flower which she saw growing in the
stream. No sooner said than done,
but the knight, overbalancing. fell
into the river and owing % the slip
perry nature Of the bank and the weight
Of his own armor was carried away by
the current As he threw the flowers
ashore 20 his lady he cried out with HE
last breath, "vergiss mein NIGHT :"
i"Forget me noti) And ever since
the flower has been looked upon as the
emblem Of fidelity. - Philadelphia
Times.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

'The Angel of Death. said he, "de-
lays his coming. Could all have been
delusion? No, il is impossible!"
"The ghost" said NJ. Dsnville, in =
tone of irony, "has deceived you. He
is lying prophet. Are you not yet
safe? The whole thing is the illusion
of an unhealthy Imagination. You
should Danish, my friend, thought
which so completely overwhelms you. "
well" rejoined Valette, Gods
will be done! shall retire to my
chamber and spend the night in CRATE
full prayer for so signal deliver
ance."
After having been nearly an hour in
his chamber Nj. Valette remembered
that he had left unsigned in his library
document of Importance TO his
family, TO which il was necessary his
name should be affixed. In passing
from his bed-chamber to the library
he had to cross by the head of flight
of stairs which led immediately down
to the wine-celler. AT this spot he
heard faint murmur of voices below,
and instantly ran down To the bottom
of the stairs to ascertain the cause.
No sooner had be descended than an
unseen hand stabbed him TO the heart.
AT this moment the clocks in Mar
seilles struck one in the morning, or,
as it really was, twelve at night-the
exact time predicted by lie Brun.
The celler of Nj. Danville had been
broken into by robbers, who, perceiv-
ing themselves discovered, saw no
other means of escape than by muir
dering the ill-fated Valette, by whom
they had been surprised. These men
were unconscious instruments in the
hand of fate. -Argonaut
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
4 Ruined Wedding Cake.

An English gentleman residing in
Calcutta has brough an action against
firm of Paris pastry cooks and con-
fectioners under rather interesting cir
cumstances. The plaintiff was about
10 be married, and ordered what has
been callod a phenomenal wedding cake
from the defendants. A sum Of Sl20
was paid down for the cake on deliv-
cry. The colossal and cxp1nsive arti-
Gle Of confectionery was packed by the
plaintiffs order, aud he took IL with
him to Calcutta. On opening the case
IN India the Englishman found that he
had literally nothing but shs pelcss
mass of crumbs The splendid gstcau
had been hopelessly bruised and broken
during the voyage. An action was
then brought against the Paris firm
for a sum Of $l35, which included, be-
sides the price paid for the cake, the
cost of packing and transport. The
defendants maintained before the Paris
tribunal Of commerce that they had no
more responsibility after they had de-
liyered over the cake 10 the person
who ordered IT, II VAS true that they
recommended packer, but that ex-
pert acted under the orders Of another
individual, who had been selected by
the plaintiff 20 superintcnd the opera
tion The tribunal decided In favor
Of the defendants. Paris Letter.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
First American steam Loc5rhotiye.

After one has spent a day viewing
the splendid railway exhibit at Chic.
ago's great Fair, or even the showing
made at our own Exposition. it is diff
fcult for him 20 realize that every
thing relating To that branch of in
dustry is the result OF but sixty years
labor. All the giant strides that have
been made in the railway enterprise
of America have been brought about
within the memory Of many men and
women who daily walk the streets OF
st. Louis. In 1881 the railway (?l
connecting Albany with Schenectady,
y. Y, had less than dozen cars, each
drawn by two horses Later on, in
1882, | believe, locomotive engines
were introduced, but as the railway
ran mp and down hill, just as the
wagon roads Of to-day, the locomotive.
had 20 be assisted by stationary en-.
gines, thus making double expense.
The very first steam locomotive
constructed in America was made by
the Kembles Company Of West street.
New York, in lS30-3l. This pioneer
American triumph OF the mechanic
art" was shipped by sailbost from Che
manufacturer shope to Charleston,
). G., where II vas put together and
first used on q short freight road be
the city last named and q small place
called Hamburg. st Louis Republic.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

Professor Gamers announcement
that his visit to Africa to study the
language of the monkeys has been en-
tirely successful is necessarily of great
interest, observes the New York
Times. 1t is of the greater interest
because he has brought back with him
two chimpanzees, with whom he
claims to have established converse
tional relations, and with whom,
doubtless, he Will consent TO converse
IN public-not necessarily for publica-
ton, but as a guarantee of good faith.
of equal interest is mis- statement that
when he was anchored out in cage
in the middle OF an African forest,
eavesdropping on the circumambicnt
apes, he kept phonograph, and by
trick and device induced the monkeys
TO talk into it. Their remarks will
doubtless be ground out again for the
benefit of learned societies, in the
wheezy and asthmatic tones into which
the phonograph converts all sounds.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

The wages OF train-robbery do not
seem to the San Francisco Chronicle
to be large enough TO make the pursuit
attractive. Within the last three
months there has been an epidemic OF
this crime, but in nearly every case
the robbers have been run down and
either captured or shot. Even where
bloodhounds are not used the fugitive
is placed at a terrible disadvantage,
as he is usually seeking to escape from
men who know every trail and hiding
place. Before the day Of the telegraph
the criminal had some chance of elud-
ing pursuit, but in the present day of
instant communication his lines are
not cast in pleasant places. It would
make curious exhibit were one 20
bring together the profit and loss of
train-robbery in a single year. II
would be found that the men who ex-
pend rare skill for weeks In planning
a crime seldom realize anything for
their pains. An honest, plodding day
laborer makes more in a year than one
OF the higher class criminals who risks
life and liberty a dozen times for
petty gains.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

1t has been decided by an English
court that it is not libellous to call a
lady woman. This recalls the fact
to the New York Tribune that in a
Western town a couple of years ago a
Young woman who worked as clerk
in drygood store threatened to sue n
newspaper for libel because it referred
to her rs saleswoman and not rs a
Saleslady. She did not carry out her
intention, however, as she was adj
yised that she had no case
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
Erin's I,0ss or Gain

Much Of the old joyousness of the
Irish has vanished. The old stories
and legends sre rarely told now poll
ties and trade absorb all the conversa-
tion. The narrative of bygone glories
and sorrows, of st. Patrick and Brian,
of the great O'Neil, and of the Geral-
dimes. and 90 and the famine, have
given place to United Ireland, Tho
Nation, and the vulgarities of Mick
McQuade.
The crossroads are deserted where
formerly in the long summer evenings
the boys and g.zls gathered To dance
to the fiddle's never-tiring music. You
may still see the girls milking tho
cows IN the crofts, morning and night,
but you hear no more the plaintive
ballad and come-all-yc to mako the
dhrimin dhu let her milk down easily.
To the non-politician il seems as If
this were due 60 tho all-pervading
political taint. II appears to him the
plan of campaign has banished the
"good people" the rise and fall of
the butter market put the milking song
out of tune, and discomfort made the
heart too heavy for the heels 10 be
light. To. the less sentimental OBJ
server the signs are of brighter omen.
If the people have less Of the old
careless gayety, they are grown
steadier If they are discontented, it
is not mere grumbling shiftlessness /;
they want something higher than they
have, and that, with the power of
saving money, is what brings men and
Nations TO the top Of the tree West
minister Review.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

About ten years ago a number of
Germans, who had migrated to the
Northwest, disgusted with the hard
ships of that cold country, determined
to remove to the South. They accord
ingly bought at so an acre Il worn
out plantation OF some 1000 acres in
Lauderdale County, Alabama, and
settled there. They proceeded to i'm
prove their property along practical
md intelligent lines. They cleared
away the broomsedge and planted
clover and grasses and began raising
cattle. They sold hay and small grain.
They planted orchards and vineyards
and utilized the products in every avail
able way. The result is that the st.
Florian colony is among the most
thrifty and prosperous communities in
the State of Alabama. Their land is
now worth at least $50 per acre and
they are happy and independent.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

The Hartford Journal declares that
moneyed men of to-day have their per-
sons as well guarded as the Czsr of
Russia, to protect them from the
murderous crsnks which now infest
the whole country.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
The Letter "J- as "A Mascot.

IL the letter ~, like the letter
"E, " so indispensable that il is as diff
licult 10 find list of names without
the former appearing in it M it is 10
find complete sentence in which the
latter does not occur? IL the above
the cause of its frequent appearance
IN the names Of Americas great men,
or is it really mascot letter?
Beginning with our Presidents I find
it as the first initial lSter in the names
of eight; the only President of the
Confederacy also began his name with
the little mascot. In the list of
the Vice Presidents find it ak times.
divided equally between the Christian
ana the surnames. Among the names
OF the Presidents pro TEN OF the Sen
ate il occurs twenty two times, and
among the Speakers of the House four
teen times Thirteen Of the Sccre-
taries Of State commenced their first
names with -, " and one used it M
the initial Of his surname. In the
realm Of Justice the record is equally
if not more startling, twenty-onc out
of total of fifty-fve Chief Justices
and Justices beginning either their
first or last name with IT, Besides the
above We find 9 in nearly all the mul-
timillionaires of the country, VIZ John
ID. Rockefeller, y. }. Astor Jay Gould,
j. W. Sears, }. $. Morgan. j. y. Hag-
gin, J. w. Garrett, John Wannmnker,
i G. Fair. John w Markny. j G.
Flood, John Arbuckle, j. H. Stetson,
John Clafin, Joseph Pulitzer and
doICrs Of others st. Louis Republic.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

Otto Wells, a full-blooded Conan
che, who entered the Carlisle Penn. J
Indian School in a blanket as boy
pupil, stood up in dress suit at the
school the other day to be married to
Miss Parkhurst, an Oneida girl. So
far as Lo is concerned civilization is
not failure.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

Over seventy-two per cent. of the
population of India are of the Brahm-
snic religion, nineteen per cent. Mus
sulmans, three per cent. of Animistic
or aboriginal forms of worship, and
0.S0 per cent. are returned as Chris
tiaDs
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
BEFORE THE DAYBREAK-

Before the daybreak shines a star
That in the days full glory fades;
Too fiercely bright is the great light
That her pale-gleaming lamp upbrsids.
Before the daybreak sings a bird
That stills her sony at mornings light
Too loud for her is the days star,
The woodlands acknowledgement delight.
All great the honor il TO shine
A light wherein no traveller orrs;
And rich the prize To rank divine
Among the worlds loud choristers.
Bet would he that paler star,
And would be that lonelier bird.
To shine with hope while hopes afar.
And sing OF love when loves unheard.
r. w. Bourdillon.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
LIFE.

Dining and sleeping;
Laughing and weeping,
Signing for some new toy
Loving and hating,
Wooing and mating,
Chasing the phantom. Joy.
Losing and winning,
Praying and SHINING,
Seeking higher life
Hope and repining,
Shadow and shining,
Care, and worry, and strife.
Hoarding and wasting,
Lettering, basting,
Missing the golden mark,
Praising and houting,
Trusting and doubting-
Taking leap in the dark.
Clarence Henry Pearson
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

uSWVn VI
The maids of old were not necessarily
old maids Halo.
Cold weather does nj seem to nip the
society bud. Puck.
When minister is installed there is
charge to the people. and paying his
salary isanother one Lowell Courier.
Time is money, they say. And it
has been noticed that il takes good
deal of money to have good time.
Truth.
A man lis much like razor, because
you can't tell how sharp he can be un-
Til he is completely strapped. Texas
Siftings,
''See that man yonder?' eyes
"Beenin Congress ten years. ''What's
his recordp" "ren Years ATLANTIS
Constitution.
IL surely must bo safe 10 say,
without tho least transgression.
That he who gives himself away"
Has lost his self-possession.
--Raymonds Monthly.
'Methinks scent tho morning air,
remarked the swell collector, ms he
drove down Main street mt 3 a. IN. -
Buffalo Courier
Secret societies have charms that
are especially attractive TO the man
who likes To make gaudy display on
his watch-chain. Puck.
He--''Did you say the furniture
l ~ alp
Ho-"The bills suggest the Reign Of
Terror. - Beau Monde.
"What n big hill am getting TO
be !" said the ambitious ridge of dirt
near the river. But il was only a
bluff. Chicago Tribune.
II would not live Away" hc sang,
The notes he loved 10 frame
But he wore n chest protector and
His gum shoes, just the same.
Washington Star.
Blood may be thicker than water,
but did any one know girl who would
not steal her brothers cigars to give
to some one else e?-Truth.
George "You would marry the big
gest fool in the world if he asked you,
this il 30 sudden. Vogue.
Tramp Madam, was not always
thus" Madam -"No. II was your
other arm you had in sling this
morning Detroit Tribune.
When you arc buying n horse don't
consult n pedestrian, and when you
nre courting woman don't ask advice
ofa bachelor Hawkinsville Dispatch.
There il this singularity about pho
tographs. A pretty picture is invari-
ably 'the perfect image of her, while
q poor picture doesn't look bit
like her. Boston Transcript.
The Gar cried boldly "give us pence -
The Frenchman cried ''ofcourse ~
Then each one haste1ed 20 increase
His land and naval force.
--Ccyoland Plain Dealer.
Miss Manhattan tmaliciously)- "You
must miss the dear old London fogs
very much. " Lord Tuffnutt (loitily)
--"I do. But am partially compen-
Bated by your charming New York
mud. Vogue.
What is the difference between
the ancient Romans and the modern
Americana" "Give it up" ''The
Romans used 60 urn their dead, while
the Americans have 10 earn their liv-
ing. Texas Siftings.
Tho rain came down I'm torrents,
Witha spljshy-splashy swash,
And IL soaked the foolish fellow
Who had soaked his macintosh
Washington News.
"My friend" said the solemn old
gentleman, "to what end has your life
work been directed! !" "To the head
end, murmured the barber, and then
silence fairly poured. Itdidn't merely
reign. indianapolis Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02

According to the New York Mail
and Express nearly four thousand chill
dren in that city are refused admission
to the public schools for '1aok of sc-
commodation."
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-02
THE MARSEILLES CLOCKS,

HERE is a
tradition in
Mar sc il lie s
that on a par
ticular night,
many years
ago, all the
clocks in that
city were put
forward one
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13
HoW's ThisI

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF Cstarrd that cAu
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
II. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known +.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
Iieve him perfectly honorable 10 all bus
mess transactions and financially able
10 carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo o., WaldiDg, Klnnan d Marvin
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halle Cstsrrh Cure Is taken internal
iy, acting directly upon the blood aud
mucous surfaces of the System. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13


Handfeds n vonen cherish grateful
femesnhefeDcs ~ the health they bsve
derived from ELECTROMAGNETIC ss sd'
uibls,efed by FRS. Dsfhn.
The fcllywipg sfe iew extracts from
testimonials.
nfe &. ssesnson, serchsni Hotel, Fort
lend. fheufUatfsfr. reufaiga and feueie tfou
bifg rnff1 reffns1eutiy one yesf ego.
MIS- Hfbe, ffe Watef rfeei, Portland
PIN pies and biosches on the face ior years,
psins In the bses and disease peculiar " her
ses cured aiso. her son rss cured ofeross
nrs ?. y. f,erey. ~ ieh ss.. porsisud. pefl
vOua snd senefai deb Ify heart flteaee, dys.
repef :. Hsef fotnp'aint and female troubles ip
all yafioffa eofn piirafiVps pefma gently cureo.
Mrs., Nsfy t1fnf. .NeMirnviile oregon Torn.
egiy N ~auv es fslafd, Uf.J cofnf flicstlgn of
diseases pecFtilsr e. her ser; liver and idney
iroubie, fheunnetisn and dyspepsis restores.
Oflice hours from 10 q. m. to .. m.
evening, h. 8; Sundays, 10 10 II.
Most cases can receive bone treat
ment after few days at The doctor's
Office.
Inquiries and circulars sent free.
ONCE at $40 Commercial street Salem
Oregon The reduced rates only two
weeks longer. time limited.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13


Mlss Mstei foses. sfussns N lee,
yesf. who hes been isschlbs IN Wood
hufh, ~ss Al etapel Monday.
Hsv nfysn, ehose scn !. student,
Sas visitor Wednesday.
The feciisi siven ~ the pupils a
Prof. eefiirf on Wednesday evening
~ss oss N mote than s~u-i excellence.
Df oeo. wbit,skef went b the DE-.
tfics conferences ~ f,essson Thursday
and fetsfned Friday.
The preliminary ortohsI coDtss,,
that h. the coBtsst 10 see vbc will ~.
present willsmests university ~ the
ofstofEcsi contest. viii occuf merit Wed.
sesdsy evening. May nth.
Mlss carrie y. fsudcIph, resdes and
lnpefsons,of, will give 90 entertain.
nent. assisted ~ home talent, for the
benefit of the Advertising fund, on Fri.
day, May ieih. ~ 9 o. NJ. Admission 80
aud rs cents.
Prof Bcfiber's entertainment drew
an immeose spdispcs and sssts for all
were provided With difficuity. The
sire Of the sadiepce was compliment
10 the success Of the teacher.
Mlss Honssker Of woodburn visited
cbs,el. Friday.
The PbilidosisDs gave their last
opep meeting for the year, Friday
evening.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13


A family. like race or q nation, does
indeed bud. flower and run to seed, and
the seed must be transplanted to new
soil in order to bud and flower again
Now part Of the foolish ancestorship
Of the past resulted in the creation OF
aristocracies built on the foundation
Of an illustrious ancestor. We are get
ting wiser and better. We are putting
our aristocracies closer to the primal
source. We are learning no longer to
respect man because his ancestor was
better than himself. but because he him
self is an ancestor. The farce Of royalty
Is played out: the farce OF rank and
caste is in q moribund condition. AL
men will soon learn to laugh at the
claims Of long descent Many men
laugh at them now. And this in itself
is an immense step In advance.
Snobbery, vulgarity, pretension-these
hideous traits will soon be of the past
Our grandchildren. freed from the alb.
surd ideas. the absurd restrictions of
semisavage inception. viii DO larger.
more generous. more tolerant-better, in
Gus blood will interrnix with the worn
out descendants Of great men, and In
due time greater men from the stock
viii be born to the future. Every sue
ceeding age sees the abandonment of
some superstition which has checked the
progress and development Of the race in
the past. William 8. Walsh in New
York World
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13
Tn. be., Of all ways

Isto use Pisrss's rarss,lss Psiies., sin
For Dins-teDtbs Of the diseases of the
body begin with constipation or the
cIoggiDg up of the sIuice- wsys, through
which the impurities Of tbs blood es-
ape 30 that they are reabeorbed into
lhe system. The Purgative Pellets act
gently but thoroughly upon the stom.
,cb and liver, and are the best laxative
KDowD. Without rackibg and strain
ing the organs, they open the bowels
,Bd restore natural, healthy digestion
Uned1sIled In dyspepsia, constipation
Uilliousne-s, piles, or any Of the result
ing diseases.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13
FROM WILLARD.

Mrs. II. q. Geer 10 suffering from 30
attack Of the grippe.
The boys OF Willard being law sbid.
ing citizens 10 every sense Of the word,
do not hunt now, and consequently the
game birds are getting very tame.
Chinese pheasants are seen around the
yards and orchards quite often.
Mr.. o. s.. Hibbard and family are
visiting at the home Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. X. l.. Hibbard, Of Willard.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13
sssn. ftem .hs t-sseems..

Among the Philadelphia constituency
m Europe this summer was large party
chsperoned BY Dr. William d. Hastings
who now prides himself that the winds
Of twenty.four languages have waited
through his long whiskera The party
included, among others, Lewis r. Belt
Ter, who u Mayor Starts right bower,
and William D. Oil. who IL the local
head Of the Western Union Telegraph
company. Beitlsr and Hastings one day
visited the catscombs Of Paris, the great
underground graveyard where thou
sands Of corpses repose. While there
DR.. Hastings quietly told the superin-
tendept that Beitler was the man NEXT
30 the mayor In Philadelphia. and that
guide wss more than gracious.
Suppose fellow was to tuck one Of
those under his srmr asked Bcitler sug.
gestively, pointing to one Of the grin
ming skulls. IF monsieur would like
them we will send him some" Before
they reached the hotel the keeper Of the
corpscs had wrapped up three moss COW
cred skulls and sent them to the suite OF
rooms at the Hotel Continental which
the travellers occupied. When Mr.. Gill
entered the room before the return Of
the others he saw the package, and
thinking II was nice present some Of
the fellows had bought be opened 1t
and was Mortified at the contents, which
rolled out on the floor. He fed in hot
haste from the room and could not be in
duced TO go back again. Hescnt bell boy
up TO the room. Mr.. Gill by close associa-
ton became reconciled to the newest ac-
cessions to the party and was finally in
duced to accept one Of the skulls, which
he Is having mounted as tobacco box.
Beitler's has been changed into drink.
ing cup, and Colonel Hastings will do
service as hairpin holder.-Philadel-
phia Record.