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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
STORY TELLING OWLS
THEIR FUNNY YARNS MADE THE
ADIRONDACkS RING WITH MlRTH.

The Jovial Birds were So Laughter Pro-
voking fha. the Side Splitting Contagion
Spread to Their Human Auditors. and
Even the Looms Howled with Delight.
"What amused our party most up in
the Adirondacks," said q Scranton man,
twas an entertainment given to us by o
flock of story telling owls. Our camp
was away back in the wilderness Of
Herkimer county, and we had hardly
turned in TO; the night when a flock Of
owls alighted on a tree over rs and be-
gan to tell stories and laugh. Every
owl listened in silence to the n that
was talking, and when the tale was fin
ished the whole flock laughed as though
they were tickled half to death.
"They reminded us of a lot of drum
mers in a smoking car, and they had
such jolly fun it became contagious.
We all rolled and laughed over the fun
the big eyed birds were having up in the
tree, and before long the side splitting
contagion attacked some looms out on
the lake, which fairly yelled with de-
light whenever the fun loving owls guf-
fawed and shrieked and shouted over q
right good yarn told by one of their
number.
"Once in awhile q story was so funny
before the knob was reached that we
could hear two OF three of the feathered
listeners smoker and chuckle under their
breath, and when the end came the en-
tire flock made the woods ring. The
jovial birds had met expressly to swap
experiences Of the night before, and
they talked so plainly that we could
easily keep o run of their anecdotes as
We lay on our beds of spruce boughs.
lone of the owls told about how q big
rat that he had caught by the back
yanked itself loose and showed fight.
The owl described how he had let the
rat latter itself that it was going to lick
him, how he finally bit his tail off at the
root, and how the rat then went squeal-
ing and zigzagging around with no rud-
der to guide its movements. The picture
so amused the eager auditors that they
fell into the most violent fits Of laughter.
some of them tumbling from their perch,
they were so tickled.
Another owl described the tussle he
had had with a tough old jack hare in a
swamp. He said that the hare had car
ried him along through the PUSHES and
over logs for some distance after he had
got his claws in its back, and that he at
last brought the harcup standing by keep
ing one claw in it's hide and catching hold
of n bush with his other claw. The hare
rolled over and over as soon as the owl
let go of the bush, and the owl said that
his feathers pointed in all directions
when he finally got the best Of the hare.
Peal after peal Of laughter followed the
narrative.
Another owltold about biting ssnake's
head of and trying to swallow Il. The
head stuck in his throat, and he would
surely have choked to death, he said, IL
his mate hadn't come along Just then
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
Open Evenings Until 8 O'clock.

that have taken place have been brought
about by women They are naturally more
deeply interested In home affairs than
men. These being at the bottom of all So
cial advancement and reforms, il is quite
clear hat to the women is u a large
share of credit for the social advancement
of any nation. Her exalted position I'm this
country accounts for the improved social
condition of which we are inclined to boast
when talking with representatives of coun-
tries where she is still regarded as being
greatly inferior to man.
Kate Burlington Davis, editor of The
H~ousekeeper, in discussing the tendency in
women to go it alone In the world, has this
to say:
''There are two reasons why women are
in open revolt against old conventional
barriers-first, because in the enforced
economic dependence of woman in her re-
lation with man a most dangerous possi-
bility developed into a degrading fact.
Woman became subservient through self
ish interest, and man became masterful
through the tyranny of the money power.
The second reason is in the selfish tendency
evolved In the temptation TO luxury Of
modern civilization. Statistics show q
very large number of men who no longer
seek the manly privilege of sustaining a
home and enriching life by domestic joys.
There is nothing loft 10 woman il she would
sustain her self respect saw the acquire
ment Of economic Independence.
"We need not fear in this revolt of wo-
mankind any ~retrogression of human in
~terests, for 1t Is the courage Of the pure
soul that is leading woman forth to battle
for right to her self respecting individuality.
Woman is finding her strength, and man
must rise TO new heights to win anew the
devotion Of I'll her life energies. When this
type Of woman accepts the wifely relation,
che will give US manly sons"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
Orange Blossoms.

A Spanish legend would seem to claim
for that romantic land OF hidalgos and
~senoritas the origin Of the bridal orange
blossoms. "One of the Spanish kings" SO
runs the legend, "had an imported orange
tree, of which he was very proud, and Of
which the French ambassador was ex-
tremely anxious to obtain a slip. The gar
dener's daughter was poor, and requiring
a dowry in order to marry her lover she
obtained a cutting of the orange tree and
sold it to the diplomat for n high price, aft
erward wearing a wreath of the blossoms
at her wedding in recognition Of the plant
to which she owed her happiness"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09

and pulled 1t out with her claw. The
story teller's predicament wal such q
funny picture to the imagination of the
listening owls that they responded with
yells of wild delight.
But the story that fairly upset the
whole party of nocturnal roisterers and
made them boot and screech and futter
all over the tree for at least five inin-
utes was told by an owl with an alto
voice. He said that he felt like kicking
up some mischief the night befove, 30 he
sailed out to the settlement, settled down
on the window sill of a house in which
there was no light and began to tap on
the panes with his bill. The folks were
asleep, SO he fitted to the opposite side
Of the house and tapped there. Nobody
stirred, and he kept going from one side
of the house to the other till a woman
got up, struck a light and began to try
the windows to see if they were fast.
when she came to his window, he
peered in at her, and she started to
scream so hard that in a moment her
husband sprang outof bed, and four chill
dren in their nightclothes came running
down stairs and shouting, Mamma,
what's the natter The woman couldn't
tell what the matter was, although her
husband and young ones kept cooking her
to, but at length she caught her breath
long enough to say she had seen a spook
at the window.
"At that the man dashed out and be-
gan to search around the house, and the
owl said he few to b e'top Of O balsam
tree, where he sat till the man went
back, when he alighted on the window
sill again. The man was angry at his
wife for making such a ru,npus about
nothing, SO he drove the children back
to bed and went to jawing her like six
ty. She jawed back, and they had it
hot and heavy till the man got up and
cuffed her. Then she threw a dirper Of
water on him in the bed, and in jump
ing out at her he knocked the lamp off
the stand and put out the light. The
owl said he listened to their quarreling
and fighting in the dark till he could
stand it no longer, when he few back to
the woods. His recital filled his listen
ers with merriment, and it was several
minutes before they Gained down for
another anecdote.
"Well, sir, those jovial owls continued
to tell stories till 2 o'clock, when we all
became so sleepy that we lost all interest
in their amusing tales. The looms out
on the lake laughed like all possessed
whenever the owls did, and the two
gangs of midnight merrymakers kept up
their racket till we had to go out and
drive the owls away by firing our re-
volvers. "-Scranton Letter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
To Clean Turbid Water.

DR.. Lehman recommends to housewives
a simple means OF precipitating turbid wa
ter by the use OF n solution OF alum. One
hundred and thirty grains Of crystallized
alum dissolved in one pint Of water will
produce n large quantity Of the purifying
liquid. rs IL Is only used In the proportion
Of one TO two grains Of alum to a gallon Of
water. That would require three teaspoon
fuls Of the solution to every two gallons OF
water. After stirring IL in let the water
stand n few hours, aud IL will be perfectly
clear and ready TO be poured OF from the
thick deposit in the bottom. II IL u then
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
woman Guards Herself Nowaday..

Some friend Of ~womankind calls atten-
tion to the fact that the woman of today il
UNNECESSARILY greater and better than the
old time type we are supposed to admire,
for woman was surrounded and shielded
and protected in every way, practically put
under a glass case aud worshiped. Per-
haps once in her life temptations came. She
who triumphed was celebrated in poems
and legends ever after. Nowadays women
are pretty well left to look after them
selves. and the failures are so few that
they, not the triumphs, are recorded.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
Tasting Cotton.

II Is customary through all Of the shops
TO sell large spools Of coarse, easily break.
able cotton for basting. This is almost
universally used and is very good for many
purposes, but in making I'D fine materials
IL has the objection that it makes holes In
the fabric. In basting silks or fine linens
the very smallest needle and the most deli
rate threads should be used Ninety or i2o
Is not too fine for putting outside and lin
ing together. and a No. s or 8 needle should
b. used for IL.
For basting up waist seams poor cotton
Is not worth having. To try on a dress and
have the seams give way simply because
the cotton Is not strong enough to hold
them Is n waste Of time, temper and trou-
BILE. The use Of good cotton for basting
seams and the finest possible for putting
materials together Is one of the fine arts Of
dressmaking -Exchange.
G....l.~o wu
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
JOHN M. DEAN COMPANY, S19 and S1 Westminster Street.

filtered, it will DC in good condition for
drinking.
Even without Offering it will be safe to
drink the water if it has not stood very
long. as it has been found that the addition
of the alum greatly reduces the number of
bacteria. The taste is not affected, as the
alum decomposes in the water and sets free
compounds that attach themselves to the
muddy elements in the water and cause
them to settle. This remedy is not for con-
t~aminated. water which should always be
boiled.-New York Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
womep reacbers In New York.

IL takes a normal college graduate who
gets an appointment TO teach school in
New York city just IL years to draw the
maximum salary, s62.50 a sionthsfwhich Is
in the primary departments and works her
way up. Pupil teachers start with the same
salary paid the men on the street sweeping
force New York Letter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
Ton Rusinesallke.

"Itell you" he said disconsolately, ''wom-
m are altogether too businesslike nova
lays"
whats the matteri" n
'~Iproposed TO the beiress yesterday"
did she accept your"
mo, she took out her notebook, wrote
my name and address in IL and said she
would consider my application ."-Boston
Woman's journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09

Thee epraiono bushes has caused us to have a port trade but the same cause has mabed us to
make some very emakabe purchase of goods from manuEcuresw Who nave not only been glad but
have been forced to sell the products of hrE factories for less than the t to manufacture This will
be the Greatest andet land Most SmpendusS Sale that this or any other house ever offered Our
byer have purchased every bargain and quantity has not stood in the way MONEY has worked
wonders for u.s. and we can safely say that never in the history of our business have we ownd goods so
as we do today We intended to sell these goods at BUR regular prices which have always been the
lowest but. we have lost ground in ours ass since July and wed not intend to let hes en end with
our sales behmd any oMry year. We have gdn h wde and we knwh it; but we can do and have got
goods to do it with
Coupled with the fact that we shall ofrg goods over than any other house in Providence not ex
cephng ANY one We shall stills stick hor cds and offer the same low tms that are so well and
So hvoahyk known land thought of Cash is hard get and we would just as soon take in easy
payments
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09

It was a queer young woman that the
shopgirls are talking Of IN one Of the Brook
Ign shopping stores. She was neatly but
not richly dressed. and she came with two
or three other young m She looked
ovs the most elegant dresses that were on
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09

When you are heated, don't bathc the
face in cold water. After n journey, give
the face a hot bath, which will remove the
dirt and coal dust which has permeated
the skin, then rinse in cool, not cold water.
At night before retiring battle the face in
hot water, then In cool and wipe dry with
q soft towel.-Housekeeper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09

When Mrs. Schumann, the widow OF the
great composer, intends to play her hus-
bands music In public. she prepares for il
by reading over some Of the love letters he
wrote her during their courtship.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09

woman's Power.
Many Of the morsdssirable social changes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
We Offer the Following Unheard-of Bargains for a Few Weeks Only:
$1,000!

Over 1000 sold, consisting Of u
Beauty Grand Range, AID over $50
other articles SO well known and so far
famed. During this sale we will include
with each $67 outfit a Beautiful
Marbleix ed and Bronze SO
Parlor Clock. We have q $50 and
985 Kitchen Outfit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-09
SACRIFICE BARGAIN SALE.


$500 worth ofgoods for 800 down, 5Oc per week or S 200 per month
5000 worth ofgoods for 500 down. 75c. per week or 800 per month
$500 worth Of goodsfo for $50 down. $1.2 per week or 500 per month
10000 worth Of goods for 1000 down, 15O per week or 600 per month
$1,000 worth of goods for 1900 down, 225 per week or 900 per month.
10000 worth offs goods for 5000 down, 800 per week or 1900 per month.
THE SAME REMARKABLE POLICY.
Anyo our cuNomeswh who now have an account with us on (which the payments nave bn salts
doy to us we will add to their ill any articles this or my other time without any payment down,
that eamount of goods added doS mot increase the account to more than the orgmh
amount of the bill,
Decorah-posten., 1893-05-16
Wttttnee @arsang no. 81.
SnDlan ct.
q 10 a.

Sprenst / 9niten. Ere frpatelise
SDllamlterplOiipner inotraf Snsoaa
ytat ! SDen Muscatine GA sbelaobe
lilloItanoi9 De imitte Siem, ~tilbsrenoe
Sobn Wartin, &e6attgr af Muscatine
Journal, &entier &. Ot. QesIenaer %
Nttoraep %. 8Uienber9er. 5emten
Yerioner, Tom iup / De ire 8p9ninoer,
llrlollnp m9rtells npt 9goen. Zen ne,
ore Del al buert al Suieue bleu tutolt
tnlllte o9 oft Snbbo iplintret.
Gn mere tomplet gbeleo9elie, .uo
BET Snore al De tire 9uIe frembDoer,
ian unnlteli9 tGntes. Wr. Martin ans
llaar 1T Cab til $4,000 os bet iamme
elDr @r. 9esiinger. &oienbcr9ers
2nb belgber fig berimoo fun til $4,000.
Glerne al be goela9te Suie bar lebet
6orfslselien moo 8pens Salppncr, %
uonaoen anta9es at bore forgpet paa
overwhelming az SalUpnp9rterne.
eountDet tilbDoer en- 8elgnnina paa
$4,000 for be sfplOiges anboloelie.
Setettiper fra Gbicagp er antomne %
bar tn9ct Sa9en i Sannb.
Decorah-posten., 1893-05-16
sill 8.

Sprengt 1ampijebel. Gn isrse.
Zig lllpffe pasierebe forleoen paa Miss
lisiippi Gluen ueb BOli Sslanb "A
Mil neoenfor Cairo, ibet en- al aiebs
lerne paa 9amperen Sbio, en- Ginciu.
nati os Mempbis 8aao, erplOoerebe os
iplbte 9%afstabptten meo Damp Os tos
senoe 8anb. Jlere al Beiatninssn os
9afspasia9ererne bleu lisefrem tpst
leuenbe % ct fort Intal a~luorlist for
brenbt. Ger blep sieblitfelis br9bt %
ierten mere eaer minbre foe itebe. Sort
efter 8ataitrofen fom gugierbaaben
9gseus tiliteoe, tOs be 8paItebe ON,
bpro % braste benz til Cairo, buOr be
blep inblast paa Il. 9. Ssbospital.
2rsen mener, ii at be ierten, Der blep
inolagt paa Sospitnlet, pil bs. Snsen
Of 8ubptsp fOm til Sfaoe.
8enepa llbriabrif itoppet. sberiff
Gilbert sjOroe icrleoen Grefutiun / @es
ueua ubrfabrit / Chicago i Senbolo til
to CONNIE for ct Selpb al $50, GA.
81. 5proring8baperne er for be S4O,s
SS9.31 pebfpmmenoe g8. 6Doe, 3. %.
6pos O9 ". y. BeltUn, ale befjenote
aapitalilter / gppletOr, gSis. Sc ars
ore Sprbrin9sbapere er ELLEN & Bnpne,
Chicago, for s3,O25. Geneva Clock
Co. er en- Reorganization al Sterling
Clock Co., ium blep ilpttet til Chicago
fra Sterling, Sa., for pmtrent TO &ar
iioen. 5oretosenoet bleu bannet meo
en- @runpfapital al s15O,00O os be-
sDuote 9ituirfuins al 0tesiinsubre puu
4uitin Ipenue. Set betalte Jig imibs
lertib life o9 5aaiten itploes Wansel
pan &apital. 5%oretasenoets Gmbeoss
menb er SOiepb gu6ner, 8reiioent, os
Charles .. 9almaose, General Wanas
oer "a 3asIerer,
Decorah-posten., 1893-05-16
Guba.

Cprsret enot. Sisl9e en- 3epeide
ira WabrIb bleo bet liofte Gprsr pau
Cuba brast til en- pluOielis Q~iIIutnins
osrpeb, at ben ipanife &egierins beital
9eoeren for Cprprsrns. 8enne Jrem'
sanssmaube brliste Resieringen oaiau
nnoer bet uG1t iioite Sprsr, os bet ans
ices for at pRre rteset biaisere eno al
fsre 8ri9.
Gn Sfolegut ifpoer Ell Yr9t. gu
Stolegut / SlmiiB, Wa6ren, itiso
forleben Dag 8aitor 9urOda, forbi
oenne iretteiatte BAN for bans 2eHeri
meo en- uns Stulepi9e. SfOlegutter
tOs berpaa 2ipet al zig ielp ueo at Itpbe
zig en- ausle 9jennem Sopeoet. Bra.
item er baarot men life ogoelis ~iaaret.
Hopwabowfi Meolem al ben siter'
ri9ite Rissbas % Gier al fore 9ano.
ltrntninser i rusIif 8olsu, bpOr bon
unoertioen opbolot fig, CT msb 5amilit
ubuiit fra Bolen.
Decorah-posten., 1893-05-16
Snbiana.
(Su ifprre Serubaueulnffe pasierebe

Ntauoag / 9aIapette, ioet Big Four
5rGnst ira Chicago bleu tUtaIt sbelast
llge ipo for Union Citation. 5rGnet
nGrmeoe ii9 Stntionen meo iulo 6art,
men peo en- Spinin9 paa 2inien neg
tebe 9uitbremien pluoielis at sjsre
5ieueIte, Ds belle SrGuet lsb al Stins
uerue % f%nuite5. Ii Mennelter blep
or9bt % liseiaa mango baarot fu9.
Itebe. 5ppe 5uiinoe Wenueifer beip9te
/ 9gbet al 9asen ulpttes iteoet, iOm bet
uil ta9e mere enb en- uge at sjere rpos
oeligt. glanot 6uiuerne iaas @rpres.
% 9Oitiaser, fnuite auiferter, Stpfter
al Grpres. p9 ToituV9ne Og osoe pete.
Giter lsit Operilus belgber Staben zig
iii 100000.
Decorah-posten., 1893-05-16
HprD SafOta.

9eieIteretsopmme. Noro 3atptas
SpieIteret aiiasoe ben 8 os. tire Domino.
s Sasen: Colonial United States
Mortgage Co. etc. Stepens bleu bet
beltemt, at naar en- Gift Some unbers
tesner ct 1%antebrep paa ct SomeIteab
tiaisemeb Wanoen us Der erbperpes
Dom / Senbolo til Yantebreuet, fan Der
l999es Seilag paa 8onens Yripatiprs
niue.
Dom blep osiaa af9ipet / ben me9et
omtalte S9nsielsias, % bar til Sslse,
at be af @upernsren uoen Senatets
Staofaitelie uon9pnte Wnnb, 8aro
% 9aplor, life bar iiosen Siemmel %
at bet samle Soarb bar berettiget til
at na9te oeres anerfienbelie.
s bet Of Salpor Stenerion fra
GrootItpn, Minn., 9iurte 5urise paa at
beoile Erobibitipniitlopeus Soriat-
ninssitrioisbeb, falbt 8ummen ub imub
Stenerfun.
Stofbribge afifeoiset. @sb ct ben
8. bs. al 9ireftsrerne for State Agri-
cultural College i Sarge aibOlot
Mpbe blep 81. Stod6ribse aflfebiset
lpm 9ire,tgr for Y%rppeitatipnen %
Y~r9iibent for Gpllegets Satultet %
Gol. s. 3. 5oiper ubn9pnt iii Gireftsr
o9 iunserenoe Yr9iioent for goleset.
8enne Soranitultning ipresit iom Sslse
af Or. Stpdbrioses itabise Spppiitiou
MOB 8eitpreliens Tlnner. San mob.
iatte zig Sprettelien al mechanical
shops pg the economy classes os iprt.
tes at fOretrGtte iun faa Gleper uec
Stoleu iUut muli9t, li9cIOm ban ofireoe
belle fin Sio til Grperimenter.
2utbcrif Eigeieminarinm. Den
IL oS. a ser itOr 6eitli9beo / &eo
@in9 i 9~tnleOulu9 al Ncolr9gelier al
Siprncitcnen til Red Wing Lutheran
Ladies' Seminary. Smtrent 1000
Weureifer bar tiliteoe, oeriblnnot Here
befjenbte Yrelter. 9nseu q miubez
uGrbig, iurOi bet CT Oct iprite Ladies'
Seminary / 9lmerita, Der cr itjitet al
81 prife. Set itul nabnes til G~iteraarct
o. bliuer ben itDrite Snitalt al lit
Slngs Der / 2oloet.
Decorah-posten., 1893-05-16
Gtif.tte ira observation-disclosures

Sage. &c til bet .eiisrlise SOi ino.
buons Siiicersr erbOlot 9laret 1894
fulssnoe 5oritriftsr: "@eo gorbet mao
man life fHapps ga abeniiOlsn, life ititfe
5iusreus / Seueppen, Saltet eler sSas
bene; men mon itai tase iaabanne Sas
ger, iOm isrperes paa Sab, msb en- Sic
eIer ct Stptts grso, Tom ma fsrit bar
tilipIoiet meo Saanoen o. life meo
59nberns. Snsen maa brittle al 1al.
Ierienen, life bioe al a~isbitptierne o.
iaa lasse benz ben paa GaSst isisu o.
life benptte iamuts STE ION en- anben.
9aar man itiarsr aiseet, ital man
bploe ! aniuitaftst os life / 9laset; life
tale euer brittle, isr man bar ipala.t,
bpao maj bar / NunSen; life imatts
meb 1unssn eller iisoe pp, life fnpSe
iis =, Soreoussn; life lasse albuerns
paa Yproet Os life iiboe roget. BED
Raaltiberue ifal man ipiie meo Mnabe
os itfe ior TO % Iluttelis life bensttte
8nipen til 1%anbtitter."
Decorah-posten., 1893-05-16
Citerrige' II.

WV ~JNNANh'
/ Geusburg, SOueoitaben / siterriaft
&alicien, oar Ssnoag aiten Sceneu for
en- bstit trasiR 9~ilbra9elie, iom i~Oranr.
iuseoe Go~rieroelie Os Rnoiel blanbt
benz Der bar 8ioue iii ben. 96eatret
bar Omtrent iulot oa man oar mitt /
Stpttst, bu pIuoielis en- Sfueipiaer
3alc5ut liSe for 3~ilituernss Zine trat
en- ReOOlper % itiso fig en- augls
9iennem Sooebet. Seuere opttareoes
bet, at Gariasen iii SelomOrbet par
Saloulis. Blanbt Selitabet par Der en-
uue Stueipiasrinoe, TOM 0alc5ut par
meget iurelitet /, us n~lminoelig antpges
bet, at bans ajarlisbeb bleO sien,
sj9lot. timber Spilets Gang naonte
Iiten ~opoaseoe 8alc5ut, at bans ajps
teifte ffaieoe mse Ell anoen Wano oa
peo Gttens Slutnins bsbrsiOeoe ban
Bi9en benbes ErOlssbe6. pun toa
imlolertio Sagen let os besDuOte Itrar
isien at fiaie meo ben auosn. RaIenbe
ODER Riseus Spisrisl, git 3alcsut tat
ben til 9amperatten Os ub,u at iise ct
Orb, itjso ban fig.