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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
Neglect of Infants.

A matter that is OF great import
ance In the successful rearing Of
children is, 10 know how 10 conserve
the vitality 10 a feeble child. The
same management that would be
suited TO a robust title fellow would
be altogether too heroic for one with
feeble vital powers. The one child
would require more warmth, greater
regularity in the matter OF feeding,
stricter attention TO the quality of
the food, and, in fact, extra care in
every way. These feeble children
will not stand a great deal Of bath
ing; but frequent hand-rubbings,
gently administered, do them a vast
amount Of good. They should be care
fully protected FROM all excitement,
and from all disturbing Influences
allowed 10 vcgetate, in fact, with as
slight disturbances 10 their delicate
anatomies as possible. In this re-
spect there is such a thing as whole
some neglect: many babies are over
handled and over-nursed, and envel-
oped in such an atmosphere Of anx-
ietY hat their thriving, when, by
chance, they do, is a miracle. Just
as you shouldn't pull a young plant
up by the roots TO see if it is grow
ing, you shouldn't snatch a baby
from its pillow, and begin to fondle
and caress it the moment it opens
its eyes. They ought also to be
taken much into the open air and
sunshine. as they grow older they
need rather active exercise, not too
much exposure TO cold or heat, and
very little confinement in the school
room or elsewhere. 1t is by extreme
are in all these so-called little
things, that the delicate child often
times natures into a fairly strong
man or woman, and lives to a good
old age.-Demorest's Family Maya
zine
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
HUNT OF THE OFFICE.SEEKER.


Not all the people who haunt the
Capitol are ofice-seekers, but a goodly
proportion Of them are, says the
Washington star. They come from
all sections OF the country and re-
present all classes OF society. OF all
the great concOurse that streams
through the corridors OF the vast
building day after day the Office
seekers are the most forlorn looking.
They mpoftune their senators and
Representatives over and again, and
refuse to be turned from the phantom
they are pursuing. Before Congress
meets every day the general recep-
tiOn-room TO the south OF the senate
Chamber is full to crowding with
those waiting TO send in their cards
TO the Senators. A majority Of these
are after Office, either for themselves
or for relatives or friends. BY the
time the invocation Of the Chaplain
is finished the bits Of cardboard begin
TO fail in showers upon the desks OF
the statesmen. These gentlemen do
not have time to 90 through their
mail before they are interrupted by
callers. The visitors hand their cards
70 one or the other OF the numerous
doorkeepers and assistants and retir1
TO the great leather covered chairs
and sofas scattered around the re-
c%eption-rOOm u await the Jesuit IL
i, a noticeable fact that women
largely predominant in these waiting
and anxious thrOngs about the Senate
entrances. Perhaps ii is thought
that their earnest solicitude will
more favorably and deeply impress
the men who are supposed TO control
the dispensation OF official favors.
They are OF all ages, appearances and
conditions. The fash enable society
woman elbows her more humble siste
OF the worK-a-day world, and blush
ing, difdent younI girls sit and wait
by the side OF aged, intrm women in
the sea and yellow leaf. silk rustles
against the simple garb OF the hum
bic poor, and beauty smiles into the
face OF decreptit ace Many OF them
wait long and patiently without re-
ward. Their Senator is mot in" or
he sends word, please call again"
And the recipient OF the message
goes away with a heavy heart and
troubled countenance, TO come again
in a few hays and try ii all ove..
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
Ouihhles of the LAZY.

A man was indited for burglary, so
the story goes. and the evidence
clearly proved that he had cut a hole
through a tent in which several per-
sons were sleeping, and then insert
ing his head and arm through the
hole, had distracted several articles
Of considerable value.
1t was argued by the prisoners
counsel that inasmuch as the man
had not actually entered the tent
with his entire body, he had not COM
mitted the oaence charged, and
therefore must be discharged.
The Judge, in his charge to the
jury. told them that in case they
were not satisfied that the whole
man was involved in the crime, they
might bring in a verdict OF guilty
against as much Of him as wa thus
involved The .ury, after d short
period Of consideration, found the
right arm, the right shs alder and
the head Of the prisoner guilty Of
burglary.
Thereupon the Judge sentenced the
right arm, the right shoulder and
the head OF the prisoner to impriSon-
ment at hard labor in the state
prison for two years, %remarking, with
a half.Clance at the discounted coun-
sci. that as 10 the rest OF his body he
no ght do with II whatever be
pleased
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
ISOLATION OF PRAIRIE LIFE.
Bleak Surroundings Which the Northwest
ern Pioneer Must Face.


If there be any region in the world
where the natural gregarious in
stinct OF mankind should assert it.
self, that region, according 10 the
Atlantic Monthly, is our northwest
ern prairies, where a short hot sum
mer is followed by a long. cold win
ter, and where there is little in the
aspect OF nature 10 furnish food for
thought On every hand the treeless
plain stretches away TO the horizon
line. In summer IL is c~hcckered
with grain fields or carpeted With
grass and flowers, and IL is inspiring
in its color and vastness: but one
mile Of IL is almost exactly like an
other, save where some watercOurse
nurtures a fringe Of willows and cot
ton woods. When the snow overs
the ground the prospect is bleak and
dispiriting. No brooks babble under
icy There is no bird life
after the wild geese and ducks have
passed on their way south. The
silence OF death rests on the vast
landscape, save when il is swept by
cruel winds that search out every
chink and Granny OF the buildings,
and drive through each ungarded
aperture the dry, pOwdery snow. In
such a region You would expect the
dwellings 70 be OF substantial con-
struction, but they are not. The
new settler is too poor TO build OF
brick on stone. He hauls a few loads
OF lumber from the nearest railway
station and puts up "A frail little
house Of two, three or four rooms
that look as though the prairie winds
would blow IL away. Were IL not
for the invention OF tarred build
ing paper the fimsv walls would not
keep out the wind and snow With
this paper the walls are shcathed
under the netherlands. The barn
is often a nondescript affair OF sod
walls and straw roof. Lumber is
much TO dear too be used for dOor-yard
fences and there is no Enclosure about
the house. A barbed-wire fence sur
rounds the barnyard. Rarely are
there any trees, for on the prairie
trees grow very slowly and must be
nursed with care 10 get "A start.
There is a saying that you must first
get the Indian out OF the soil before
a tree will grow at all, which means
that some savage quality must be
taken from the ground by cultiva-
ton. In this cramped abode, from
the windows OF which there is moth
ing more cheerful in sight than the
distant houses OF other settlers, Just
as ugly and lonely, and stacks Of
straw and unthrashed grain, the
farmers family must live. In the
summer there is a school for the
children, one, two or three miles
away; but in the winter the dis
tances across the s~now-covcred
plains are too great for them TO travel
IN sever weather; the school-house
is closed and there is nothing for
them 10 do but house themselye, and
long for spring.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
He Went Kouud.

Before Prince Bismarck recon
structed the map OF Europe and
made u United Germany, a dozen
little princiralities used TO annoy
travellers 10y stopping them at their
frontiers until they had satisfied the
Custom house demands.
A Yankee once had his carriage
stopped at the frontier Of a petty
princes country. The Controller OF
the Custom house came forward, and,
mach TO his ind gnation, was received
in "A nOnchalant way.
The Yankee was ungentlemanly
enough not 10 get out Of the carriage
or eve TO take of his hat. The Con-
troller sharply demanded the keys Of
the tourists trunks which his sub
ordinate began handling roughly.
Here, hands Off shouted the
Yankee. Il didn't come from the
United States OF America TO be con-
trolled 10y you Put those trunks
back. III not 20 through you at all.
III turn. back I'm in no hurry, and
don { care for losing a day. You're
no country; you're only "A spot I'll
go round you'-and he did.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
Tale Ofthe Strip.

I'VE were all waiting TO hear that
starting gun go OF. and, though
there was a lot of cussin' goin' on. il
was done under the breath, and
things were quiet like and hushed,"
said a returned Cherokee boomer to a
Kansas City Times reporter. II was
standing on the platform and wond-
erlng how ii would all end, when l
saw a man shake his partners hand
and start 10 run into the open space.
Somebody yelled, and a soldier, who
was stand ne near me looked up and
saw the sooner running. He called
on him TO halt, but the sooner was
in a hurry and didn't stop Then l
saw the soldier pull up his gun and
take aim. Just as the %soUner's'
partner rushed up TO the b~luecoat
and shouted; Don't you fire at him;
he is my brother. and If you hurt him
I'll Gil you full of lead The soldier
never "a much as winked, but lust
pulled the trigger OF his gun. / saw
the fash, and | knew the sooner
was hit, because he tumbled on his
face. The smoke had hardly cleared
away when there came another crack
OF a rifle. and the soldier dropped,
with blood pouring out OF his head.
The sooner's' brother had kept his
word Tn: train started then, and l
don't know whether they caught the
murderer or not"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
Don't BE Afraid OF COIn Air.

A London physician n an acticle
in al English magazine among other
things has this 10 say about breath
Ing good air:
To suppose that the constant in
halati0n OF impure air has a tendency
TO excite the symptoms OF con umD.
ton is not at all unreasonable, when
we consider the wonderful mechanism
OF the lungs and the Efforts which
they are continually employing 10
throw of the poisOns of a corrupted
air which has been breathed again
and again, until It's foulness has be-
come unbearable, and even worse
empowering. one drop OF the fluid
condensed from the air which has
come from the lungs has been found
sufficiently powerful TO cause instant
death. Is IL any wonder that many
are wasting away and slowly dying
upon this destructive food?
The fear OF causing cold has caused
more sickness than all the colds that
eve were caught" With this peev-
i>h dread many strip up their doors,
bind up their windows, and look upon
every puff OF wind as il il were some
keen thief who had come to rob them
OF their lives.
This custom prevails mostly among
the better class, or 1.-THE rich" as
they are termed. The poor man,
whose comforts are confined TO Il
little frame house, is seldom heard to
complain; and his children are always
hale and hearty, in spite OF the many
draughts which come in through the
cracks and the rents OF every door
and window, The infinite value and
the immediate G c,sSity Of yentila-
tion must not G moderated, for IL is
this ever changing current that con
tributes the greatest boon toward the
health and happiness Of all classes Of
humanity.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
some siamcsc Customs.

The wealthy : amese including
the King, practically turn night into
day, All important political meet
ings are held in the night, and /
o'clock in the morning is the hour at
which Bangkok tashionahles retire
until 1 o'clock the succeeding after
noon. There is a semi-European
theatre in bangkok, which was
erected by n OF the present Kings
predecessors, and there are pienty OF
outdoor theatrical performances 10y
natives, the Siamese being "A pleasure
loving people and fond OF AL sorts OF
entertainments.
The worst thing that a happen
10 a man in Siam is 10 get into debt,
from which there is never any escape,
owing 10 the exorbitant interest
charged. Once In debt there is no
appeal, the debtor being stripped Of
his clothes and compelled 10 work in
letters, generally for the rest Of his
life, 10 pay the interest Drunkards
are not permitted TO give evidence
in the Jaw courts OF Siam.
The Buddhist priests, clad in yellow
robes are 10 tie seen everywhere in
Bangkok. and il is quite common for
young men 10 enter the priesthood,
which affords them an easy and
luxurious existence, owing 10 the
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
liberality OF the populace toward any
q sanctiied T. the service OF Buh-
Mr.. CniId's First Ctgar.

One OF my first r~ecOllections o.
Christmas day is hayirg no sled with
which 10 enjoy the frost co yered
ground, for we had frost ard snow on
Christmas when l was a boy, and |
made up my mind that before the
next Christmas arrived i should have
one. writes George w. Childs in the
Ladies' Home Journal. under the
title my Christmas as a Boy" And
- did. and without any one giving IL
10 me either, as l both earned AID
saved the money with which
/ bought IL.
Christmas presents we're always
abundant. though Of the simplest
kinds. The n which / remember
most distinctly was a package OF fire.
crackers-mOre suitable 70 Indepen-
dence day than 10 Christmas, per-
haps, but | was not long in carrying
IL TO the street and sharing my pres
ent with my boy friends. AS many
OF these boys smoked penny cigars we
utilized the spark as flames TO ex-
plode the crackers When the crack
ers were exhausted ! bought and
smoked my first and last cigar. Later
in the day, as a further Christmas
celebration, / went TO a menagerie,
and while there was taken so violent
~ i'll that made up my mind then
that If | eNer reached home alive |
would never again touch tobacco.
And 1 never ha c.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
\ Correct Decision.

1t 50 happened that several days
ago a certain weli-known lawyer who.
for narrative purposes. shall be name
less came into the Official presence
o. a learned Judge, whose cognomen
shall likewise lie discreetlv yelled
The lawyer did not arrive alone.
He was accompanied by a large num-
Ter of previously encompassed drinks,
and, in the language OF the pave, a
symphonic ''brannigan" was con-
cealcd about his person.
MIR. - remarked the solon. II
am astonished TO see YOU la such a
condition.
"nisnun," sighed the lawyer.
IVA ger matter?"
There is no need Of explaining,
sir"
"Yesher is You tack my con.
dishun-wazzer matter wish it?"
TO lie plain, Mr.. - you are
very drunk"
"I'r honor" responded the in.
ehriate one, after a moments pause,
'1',e been lrac'sing here for fifteen
years, un that's the irsh erect de-
ci.hun | ever heard in this court"
1t cost him something for con.
tempt Exchange.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
story Ivy an English Doctor.

Sir William Jeuner, the dis
tinguiShed English physi ian, used 10
tell with great gustO a ta!e OF a foot
man OF sir Andrew Clark, that other
great English physician, who has re-
Gently died. Sir Andrew was well
known for his kindness 10 his serv-
ants, who used 10 stay in his serv-
ice for years II a time, and WHO re-
garded their master as nothing short
OF the greatest nan in { c world.
One day a gentleman IN urgent need
OF Sir Andrews services learned from
Jeames that q was impossible 10 see
the eminent physician except ~ ap-
pointment But IL is most urgent"
cried the caller IN dismav. quite
impossible. sir" w ell. can YOU not
tell me, then, Of some one else near
at hand?" "Well, sir" replied
Jeames reflcctively, there is a re-
spectacle general practitioner named
Jenner on the other side OF the
street i think i may recommend
him"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
Coal That ExpIodes.

An unknown and pow rful explo-
sive appears TO be concealed within
coal from a newiy-opened mine nea
Comoy, British Columbia. Some
weeks ago an explosion occurred
aboard the steamship Barracuda
loaded with Comox coal. The mis-
hap was attributed either to gas or
dynamite.
When the vessel discharged her cargo
every bucketful OF coal was carefully
inspected with the result of ascer-
tanning that none of the coal had
been heated, thus disposing Of the
gas theory. and that none OF the coal
was shattered. This effectually COM
bated the dynamite theory. How
ever, the presence OF sulphur was dis
covered.
Last week an explosion occurred
aboard the steamship San Mateo,
which loaded at the same mine,
under exactly the same mysterious
circumstances, with an equal amount
Of damage as the Barracouta's mis-
hap. The coal had been in the hold
less than forty-eight hours. Experts
have been engaged to make examina-
tiOns Of the coal, with a view Of con-
Meeting the sulphur with the cause
Of explosion.
This much is known: A secret,
potent force exists in this coal not
kGown TO other Goals of commerce.
The problem TO be solved is the dis
covery Of the explosive agent, and
the chemical process by which its de-
structiye power is eXerted. Mining
Press
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

1t appears, according to the regis
tration report of Massachusetts,, tina
nearly twice rs many women rs mel
in that State live to be over eighty
years Of age. This is accounted for
explains the Chicago Herald, by tn,
greater exposure of men to accidents
to weather agencies, to the constan'
strain of business life, to the anxiety
of providing for the family, all o
which tend to shorten the life of men
The deaths by accident among men ar,
more than three-fold greater thar
among women and men commit suicid,
in about a~three;told ratio as compared
with women.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

Among the So, 900, 900 people in the
United States, the Chicago Herald
thinks there are probably not 500 out.
side of the locality who are aware that
Mt the mouth of the Mississippi there
is q little village built upon wooden
piles standing far out into the water.
This village, which is called Balize,
il reached from the mainland by
canoes or boats, and its inhabitants
have TO climb a kind of pole ladder TO
get to the doorvays Of their homes.
This is probably the only place in the
United States in which pile dwell
j%ngs''occur, but all along the Venezue-
Ian coast and at the mouths of the ORR.
noco and the Amazon, similar villages
are frequently met with, many of them
inhabited by the Indian fishing tribes
of the Amazon estuary.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
Helping the Barber.

Some men think that If they
draw down the upper lip it helps Us
in shaving the lip. but it DOESN'T"
said a downtown tonsorial artist the
other day. ION the contrary, 10
really makes matters worse, as il is
then almost. impossible to get at the
corners Of the mouth properly. ! al
ways hate TO say anything about it,
for ONE people are cas- ly offended,
you know, ard then they are doing
their best as they think, to help Us
along. philadelphia Cal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
sour neigbbor on the south, Mex

sour neighbor on the south, Mexico,
gives us a great deal more trouble,
maintains the New York Sun, ethan
our neighbor on the north, Canada. Il
gangs of Canadian rebels we're in tn,
habit of entering our territory as the
Mexican rebels enter it, Canada would
be brought to order upon short notice.
We put up with a great deal from
Mexico. Troops of our army are in
service against her rebels half the
time. Ii is absurd in Minister Romero
to say that these rebels are Americans.
We have arrested lots of them, and all
bore Mexican names, spoke Mexican
Spanish and boosted they were Mex.
leans.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
ID. RUSSELL BROWN,
Gro. II. UTTER, Secretary of State.

PROF. GARNER, after a sojourn In
Africa, visiting monkeys and learn
ine-oheir language, is back, and re-
ports that monkeys do talk and have
a language. He, however, doesn't
yet acknowledge 10 being well up in
the Sinian. He says the gorilla and
the chimpanzee are not on speaking
terms-not that they are open enc
mics or filed with %jcalousies, but
they don't use the same text books.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
Which Had the Best Of L..

There is "A man in Boston says the
Budget who is far beyond the lnan-
cial condition denominated 'well-to-
do" but he has a great fopdness for
an old soft hat, and at his summer
resort insists on wearing one. A
certain young lady undertook the lib
erty OF taking exception TO his head
gear, aud asked him why be wore il
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

Proclamation

BY His Excellency D.. Russell Brown, Gov.
ernor.
Whereas. BY the provisions OF Chapter 1885
Of the Public Law, passed June /, 1898. q
proposition of amendment 10 the Constitution
of the state, in the words following, to wit:
CHAPTER X.
SECTION !. In all elections held by the
people for State, city, town, ward or distric,
officers, the person or candi late receiving the
largest number of votes cast shall be declared
elected.
SEC. 2. This amendment shall take in
the Constil ution Of the State the place of Sec
tion 10 OF Article VIII OF Elections which
said section il hereby annulled."
Was submitted 10 the electors for their ap-
provsl or rejection at meetings of the electors
held on the 2Sth day Of November, A. d.,
1893, aud the ballots east therefor having
been counted M provided by law.
!, ID. Russell Brown, Governor of the State
Of Rhode Island and providence Plantations.
hereby issue my proclamation, announcing
the result therefor TO be az follows;
Approve ..... 20. IO3
Reject. ....... 1891
And said Article Y. Of proposition of amend
ment having been approved 10y three-fifths o'
The electors OF the state pre- cnt and voting
therein in said meetings held ar Aforesaid.
htTtby usCih1' 'nt fhlno 10 bt u lhIt Ol the
Constitution of the State, and 10 be- numbered
M Article \. in amendment thereto.
In Testimony Whereof, | have hcreunto set
my hand and caused the Seal
OF the State to be affixed, at
Providence, this Fourth day of
II. g., December, IN the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight nun
drcd and nlnety-thrce, and of
-. Independence the one hundred
and eighteenth.
BY the Governor:
u. RUSSELL BROWN,
Gro. II. UTTER, Secretary of State.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

DisCoLoRAT1oNs from bruises may
by prevented or very much helped by
applying "a quickly as possible a
81 &c OF raw beef, or a cloth wrung
out In hot water.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

PAPER has been made OF almost
everything, not excepting iron.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

Entered at the post Office at Olneyviile, Il.
l., as ~second-class mail matter.
OLNEYVILLE, r.. l.. DEC. %, 1898.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
The 0lneyYille Tribune.
DAVID {. PARMENTER Publisher.
OFFICE: 81 wEYBossET ST. ROOM %.

FRANK. MAsrERsON, MANAGING EDITOR.
81 Paint Id Street.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

A journal Of news, politics, humor, and
progress, devoted to popular INTERESTS pup
Lsbed every Saturday.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23

BY His Excellency d. Russell Brown, Gov
eTnOT.