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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
For Life and Liberty.

Col. William l.. Gardner, an En-
glishman who served in India, nearly
hundred years ago, lived life
adventures. In 1903, he was "a
prisoner there, held by Hindoo
ruler who, when war broke out with
the English. caused Gardner To be
fastened TO a gun and threatened
with immediate execution IL he did
not take the teld against his fellow
countrymen. The Colonel remained
stanch, but In the hope OF tiring him
out the execution was suspended, and
he was ptaced in charge OF a guard.
who had orders never u lose sight of
him for an instant
One day the two were walking
along the edge OF steep cliff which
led, by a precipitous descent, To the
river, and Gardner was suddenly in
spired 70 make a reckless dash for
liberty.
"Bismillah" he called ('In the
name or God") and flung himself
down a declivity some forty or fifty
feet in depth. No one was inclined
TO follow him, but ar alarm was at
once sounded. Recovering his
feet he made for the river,
and plunged into it, but
after swimming for some distance, he
found that his pursuers were gaining
on m, and sought shelter In a
friendly covert where, with his mouth
above water, he waited until they
had passed.
He then landed on the opposite side
OF the river, and proceeded, 10y un-
frequented paths, 10 town in the
neighborhood which was under the
command OF q native whom he knew,
and who Afforded him protection.
After remaining some time in hid.
ing, he ventured out in the disguise
OF grass-cutter, and reached the
British outposts in safety.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
The Time to Laugh.

As a matter OF fact boy never
should laugh at his father until he
(the boy is eighteen years OF age at
least Earlier than that IL Is not
safe A boy over near the university
has for several evenings stood up TO
eat his meals, and all because he neg
lected the above rule OF conduct His
father takes great pride in a Hamble.
tOnian colt he Is raising. The old
man fairly delights in pottering
around the stable, and he can hardly
wait until that colt is four years old
and trots mile TO harness in 2:04..
AS it surely will The other morning
the pater was fussing aroundlin an
old silk hat and equally venerable
great coat pitchfork in hand. and
while he was working about the
colts heels the boy gave the animal
its feed.
The colt does not allow any IA
miliarities while feeding, and when
the old man, in STOPPING position.
backed up against him, the colt
lashed out with both feet The man
stood SO near that the kick broke no
bones, but he was shot as from a cata-
pult right through the clapboards on
the right side OF the barn. His head
was driven through his tile, and
when he extracted himself from the
splinters the rim OF his headgear hung
around his neck like ruff He re-
garded the whole business as rough,
and delivered an Grafton through his
hat which the boy regarded as anus
ing. The youngster laughed. First
he stood and laughed, then he laid
down and laughed, and rolled over
and over and hugged himself and still
laughed. But when that devoted
father got clear from the wreckage he
seized the nearest strap, and the boy
has not smiled once since. The boy
knows now tnat he is not big enough
TO laugh at his father.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
Not I'm Sight.

II you are In a strange place and
are sensitive about appearing ridicu-
louS IL Is good rule " he slow Of
speech. What looks mysterious will
very likely be soon cleared up III you
have little patience.
A southern gentleman was called
70 Charleston on business. according
10 Uarper's Bazaar. and went, as was
natural, 10 one OF the principal
hotels, where he asked for nice
room.
The clerk called for colored por-
ter. and said, Take this gentleman
10 No l5."
"Yes, sab," said the porter: and
with a pompous air he picked up the
valIsc and led the way to the eleya-
tor. Entering, he set the valise on
the floor, and said, "Walk In, sab"
The gentleman walked I'm, and
looked around In amazement.
"ls this the best room you can give
meY" said he. "Where's the bed?"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
n Stamp Room.

In a certain old-fashioned house In
London there Is n room about twelve
feet square, the walls OF which are
completely papered with postage
stamps. II Is estimatedby Mr.. Palm.
er, who Is the largest stamp-cealer
in the world, that these stamps
would be worth five million dollars
but for the unfortunate circumstance
that they are not genuine.
Mr.. Palmer extracted these for
geries from collections which he has
bought from time 70 time Asa rule,
he says the people from whom he
bought them did not know they were
forgeries. No forged stamp, how
ever, Is likely 10 pass as genuine
when IL falls under his scrutiny.
This crazy patchwork shows n
specimen OF every known stamp In
the world. The Pail Mall Budget
SAYS that thege arc 10000 stamps on
the walls Of the room, and that IL
took almost thirty years TO collect
them.
ITO make wallpaper out OF them
kept four pairs OF hands busy for three
month. They are pasted upon can
vas, SO that IL will not be necessary
TO remove the building In order TO
remove the stamps. Paste, not gum,
was used, because gum discolCrs
stamps. Having been fastened TO
the canvas, the stamps were treated
10 coat OF shellac, and then warm
ished."
While there cannot bc much artistic
beauty In a room papercd In this
way, ~ suggests an idea for those dis
couragcd stamp-collectors who started
with the intention OF securing n mill
ion, but have at last abandoned tho
idea after patiently soaking Off"
and tying up several thousands OF the
small bits OF paper, gathered by their
own industry and through the con-
tributions OF plying friends
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
The Wild Boar.

In India, the most attractive animal
to hunt Is not the tiger, but tho wild
boar. There are two species OF this
beast-the black boar and the gray
variety. The black boar IL tho largest,
but not by any means the most for
midable one OF tho two. Either IL
stubborn and courageous, and will
stand almost any amount OF spearing
and less Of blood without uttering
cry. II tho boar is too hard pressed,
no matter what odds Is against him, no
turns about, and very often puts his
pursuers TO flight. Tho India boar is
hunted on horseback with spears, and
q single one will often disable three OF
four horses, laming them for life, II
not inhicting fatal injuries, before no
succumbs. II is said that force boar
will break through u limo OF elephants
and make his escape, and that there is
no animal In nll the vast Jungle that
the elephant breads moro than tho
lusty boar. James Inglis, an English
planter In India, who has lived long on
the Nepaul frontier, says: Il have
seen elephants that would stand tho
repeated charges OF n wounded tiger
turn tail and take 10 ignominious flight
before the onset OF an angry boar. He
has been known to encounter success
fully even tho kingly tiger himsclf.'
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
New Years I'm Africa.

Savage nations have many ideas I'm
common with their more civilized
brethren. Doctor Junker says that
the African New Year wish Is "Kullo
sumo taib," meaning In Arabic jar
gon. the whole year good" In an
swer TO this sa!ution the person
saluted Is expected TO return some
small gift The doctor got rid OF
many or his visitors by taking out OF
their mouths, before they could utter
IL, their own greeting. But not all
OF them.
Late In the evening i experienced
a masterpiece OF Arab impudence
which Is worthy Of record. had
long since withdrawn TO my hut and
taken my simple evening meal, when
a large Arabian lantern appeared be-
fore my door, follow by several servSS
ants with tremendous "zenia," {"
which Is a round Arabian waiter that
serves rs a dinner table
AT the same time n man came on
the scene whom had seen only once
before, under very questionable cir
cumstances He was an Arab clerk
In the divan, Dongolan. and there
fore disliked, and probably altogether
a ne'er do well. He wished me his
"Kullo sumo taib," set before me, TO
my astonishment. an uhdesired re-
past, and at once vanished with his
confcderates.
According TO Arab customs there
was nothing peculiar In this, al
though, as he had no connection with
me whatever, this Offering from a
subordinate was strange enough. or
course there was reason for IL all;
IL was another instance OF "the sau-
sage which was thrown To the ham"
The man wanted my intervention In
a difllculty nc had got into.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30

A device frequently prscticed by pcr-
sons who wish to defraud tho Govern
ment Is called sweating" gold coins.
The trick IL an old ono, and was once
so commonly practicod In England that
II was made capital ofYcnse, and many
a poor fellow has paid for his greed
with his life. The custom there was
TO shake largo number Of gold coins
In n bag for some time, letting them
thus wear each othcr away. The bag
would then be burned and a nugget OF
gold found In the ashes.
At present choaters OF the govern
ment employ a swifter and moro mod
ern method for removing gold. BY
means OF an electric battery q very
small amount OF gold Is transferred
from coin TO p!ecc Of platinum. OF
course, the amount thus removed must
not be enough To alter tho appearance
Of tho coin, and IL takes many coins
and much work before the fraud can
be made profitable 20 the perpetrators.
In those parts OF tho country whore
banks do not have the intricate ma
chinory necessary TO detect this fraud
the sweating Of gold is quite commonly
practiccd.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
Talent.

The value 20 the world OF any
natural gift or talent depends on two
separate powers-that OF producing
excellent work, and that OF bringing
IL To the notice Of those who can ap-
pIcciate and use IL. Very few per-
sons unite these two capabilities In
themselves 1t Is a rare thing TO
find a man or woman having "A
marked talent In some one depart
ment, aud also the tact, the Judg-
ment, the knowledge Of the world
ncedful TO make the most and the
best Of II. Many indeed have a linn
tied share OF each, and may TO that
degree be successful In their pursuits;
but the highest and finest abilities In
productions usually so fully absorb
the performer that he has ne ther
ability nor inclination to push them
into public notice. Thus IL often
happens that special excellence Is
hidden from the world, and society
is deprived OF It's bencacent results.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
The "Poor Mans Belt"

Few Biographies mention tho dis
trict In the South known as the Poor
Mans Belt" IL Is tract OF country
generally very sandy and producing
little timber save the long -lcafed pine.
IL tcgins not far south Of Richmond,
Va, and extends along the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts into Texas. It's length
Is not ia from 800 mi ies, while IL is
from fifty 10 $50 In width. The soil Is
poor, but the forests produce not only
lumber in abundance, but also large
quantities OF pitch, tar, and turpentine.
II got bad name during slavery days
because no cotton wa, raised In IL, but
sine, the South IL beginning TO look
elsewhere than 10 the cotton-feld for
It's wealth the Poor Mans Belt" prom
ises 10 become one OF The richest parts
OF the Southern States. - st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30

that when the last trump sounds she
might be able to arrange her tresses.
II was the practice for Scandinavian
maidens TO wear their hair flowing
loosely, while the matrons wore IL
bound about the head and generally
covered with some form OF cap.
Hence the unmarried woman was
imagined as awakening at the judg-
ment day with more untidy locks
than her welded sisters and more in
need OF a glass Westminster Re.
yiew
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
FARMER sELcHER'S IDEAS.

rms plain, oid-fsshioned man. an my wife is
She was ssTy Ann Delaney. an John Beichsr is
We i've 70 Tredicis Corner. our house is on the
right.
lest as you pass by wheeier's mill. where the
meetin' house . in signt.
{ farm Il for Twin as nv father did before
Though my sreat-grant ther I've heern said he
Kept grocery store
An sary Ann an have raised two girls an
seven boys.
An i:1P:ss we've had our share Of sorrsr'' 'earsa.
{ Amt an sddiestcd man. went to deestrick
An though amt so iArned ss some. Amt q
used to be Dimmycrat. but now i don't jest
aov do t.nd on poliyticks. they've got 'em
mixed up SO.
aint QUITE right
Z caikeriats that sense they's bought I've
An. I've Issd .Sons bout ths h Iestsiesroaa. ,h., run
cars everywhere
With lightnin harnessed 70 q wire that's strung
mp in the air.
Tho Telephone that talks TO folks Q hundred
miles away
An they can hear you plain as day. an know
An sary Ann says she believes that's q news
paper lie,
An she don't take no stock in IL, an some that
way am i.
The funnymsft. so they tell me, viii take the
An roll EN- up, kinder preserved. canned up. an
For futur use. an when you feel as If you'd like
to bring
Them old time conversations back you Jest un-
roll the thing.
ta.a fnt
never trie but one;
Before had got done with it I'd nigh bout got
undonei
tore my pants. an scratched my face, an stood
An sary Ann came rusnin' out and. picked me
up for dead
They light the stores with lightnin now. an
dwellin'- hoo ses, too,
You turn a little button an that's all YOU have
TO do;
An expect the thunderbolts'n be hitched up
right soon
To take us of on pleasure-trips. sRyiarkin' to
the moon.
The weather's made TO order now In Washing
ton. I'm told,
They grind it out bv steam, and turn IL loose on
TO the world
An II this springs a sample OF the kind of work
they do,
I'd rather have my weather made by the good
old-fashioned crew.
Well, things move on; l s'poso they WILL an
what to be will be.
But taller dips an kerysene is good enough for
me;
An don't want no telephones ringin' round
my head,
Or funnygrafts to can my talk till after 1 am
dead.
An Tredick's Corner ai'nt no place for 1ectric
cars TO come;
They'd skeer the horses half TO death with their
eternal hum
An when 60 to meetin' on the holy Sabbath
day
Ill hitcn old strip-faced Billy up to the good
old-fashionei shay.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
I'm 20 Hnun.

An amusing anecdotc Is once moro
current in Europe illustrating tho
readiness, cauticity, and cleverness OF
retort Of Loo XIII. IL appears that
when the holy father was nuncio at
Brussels, previous 10 his becoming g
cardinal, he was accosted one eveniHL
after dinner Ct the royal palace by q
certain marquis, who, with q view TO
provoking a laugh at the expense OF
the prclate, handed him a snuff box on
the lid Of which there was nude and
indecent figure OF Venus. The nuncio
took IL and carefully examined IL with
out bctraying the slightest embarrass-
ment or appearing 10 notice the smoth-
cred merrlment OF tho marquis and his
friends. Thercupon he handed IL back
10 the marquis with courtly bow and
the souave remark: 1T is charming, my
dear marquis; portrait OF the mar
quise, supposcr'-Now York Re-
cordcr.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
"CHARGE HIM IN THE BILL"
How an OH Baron Wanted to Settle for
killing u French Walter.


killing French Walter.
1t was In the days when oil was
first struck In Pennsylvania that one
lucky pvssessor OF some valuable land
sold IL at an excellent bargain. He
had long had desire to visit Europe.
and as his present means enabled
HIM TO crafty his wish, IL was not
long before he was on one OF the
ocean liners ploughing his way TO the
Old World.
He did England and Ireland I'm
firstclass style, acquiring great
fund OF experience from contact with
landlords and others that was GER
tainly valua lie, II only for what IL
cost him TO acqu re IL. Learning
what he did at the price among those
who spoke his own language, IL made
him In a measure curious 10 see how
the counterparts Of these gentry
would treat him in sunny France and
Italy. The few inquiries he made
did not reassure him that the Gallo
or Italian hosts were any less frugal
or exacting than those OF the British
Kingdom. 50 that he not unnaturally
judged from past experience that so
much OF his time as was not employed
in sleeping would be chiefly occupied
in opening his pocketbook and max
ing payments and donations more or
less just 10 al most every one he was
brought In contact with.
Whether he was right or wrong In
thus assuming tnat everything went,
so long as II was paid for he could
not possibly decide for some time.
The theory that 1t was all right had
carried him through Paris and other
OF the principal cit es, after which he
had come TO Marseilles. Here his
eyes were delighted with reading the
legends on rather poo looking hotel
that English was spoken there, En-
tering. he found that statement only
partly verified, as knowledge OF
that speech was confined tO the pro-
prietOr. Still, as he had made out,
hitherto, this was nothing OF shock.
although he soon found the petty ex-
tortions practiced on him were. The
slightest service was treated In the
light OF an item for the bill. Open
ing OF the window seemed 20 be made
a memorandum OF by the officiating
waiter, and handing him light for
a cigar had the character OF special
extra. This went on for about half
a day, when he had an alteration
with an official whom he enormously
took for the man that blackened his
boots AS neither understood the
other too well, the traveller possibly
mistaking the garcOn's natural vi
vacity for offensiveness. knocked him
over a couple OF trunks and down
stairs In a moment up rushed the
proprietor
"Mon Dieu, monsieur, he said, "you
have killed the walter :"
"Killed him, did l." was the sur
prised answer. 'Oh. well charge
him in the bill lL"-PhIladelphIa
Times
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
AN INTERESTING RELIC.


- London Inn that Has fingered Through
Many Changing Centuries
One Of the landmarks OF old London
tho London of the troublous days Of
the rcformation-is being removed TO
make way for an educational institu-
tion, and In the change tho lovers Of
the antique and tho finders of pas
toral repose amid the clangor OF q
great city's cesseless surge ioel coca
sion for genuine regret, for this old
landmark, besides being q relic of the
early part Of the sixteenth century,
was Q secluded, trce-em bowerod spot,
where almost rural life was attainable.
Part Of Barnard's Inn-the inter estipg
rclic Of which We speak-datcs back TO
the fifteenth century. The inn has
been witness TO some OF the most mo-
mentous events In English history. It
survived the great confagration that
destroyed fve-sixths OF the city the
year after tho great plague had swept
away $4,000 human beings TO their
graves. In the Gordon riots in 1880,
when Catholic churches were burned,
jails broken into and 450 OF the rioters
shot, II narrowly escaped destruction.
Two of its buildings we're burned, but
the rest OF the venerable pile was saved.
II has been n silent witness to the re-
ligious and political changes OF the
Tudor, Stuart and Hanoverian dynas-
ties, and IL seems as though II deserved
kindlier fate than destruction after
having fingered through 80 many
changing centuries.
Barnard's Inn comprises nine houses,
each one OF which In divided into fats.
Its gardens have ever been bright with
flowers, and luxuriant trees have made
n miniature forest OF its spacious court
yard. Dickens frequently visited tho
place, and thcre one OF his characters-
Pip-in Great Exrectations" was To-
Gated for time.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-30
TWO MlDSHiPMEN.
Incidents In Connection with the Terrible
Victoria Catastrophe.

Incidents I'm Connection with the Terrible
Victoria Catastrophe.
Every English man-of-war carries
its quota OF midshipmen, whose ages
range from l3 10 20 years Though
SO young they are already officers, and
are frequently intrusted with import
ant duties, says Harper's Young Peo.
pie.
A few days after the late disaster
to ii. NJ. = Victoria a midshipman
arrived in London bearing Admiral
Markham's Official report OF the un-
fortunate event As the custodian
OF such important documents this
young gentleman's passage was made
as swift and easy as possible. Arriv-
ing at Calais, on the coast OF France,
too late 70 catch the regular boat. he
chartered a Especial steamer for him
self alone Again, at Dover, on the
English side OF the channel, there
was no express train scheduled TO
start for an hour or two after his ar
rival, so the youthful dispatch bearer
ordered out special train, In which
he covered the distance To London In
about an hour, and drove direct from
the railway station 10 the admiralty.
Having delivered his documents. the
bearer OF her maiesty's dispatches
became simple 'middy" again, and
when he left the admiralty he prob
ably ordered a cab with mildness
that must have contrasted strangely
with the Importance OF his air when
ordering out u special train at Dover.
Doubtless this lad was selected for
the work because OF his proved trust.
worthlness, and doubtless he was
greatly envied by his less fortunate
comrades But who among them did
not envy the record Of another mid :
shipman In the great catastrophe OF
the lost Victoria! His name was
Lanyon, and his duty was TO attend
the admiral on the bridge. When
that gallant and Inflated officer real
lied that his ship was doomed, and
that few short minutes must send
her 20 the bottom, he gave the order
for all hands To save themselves Not
until that moment was discipline
relaxed, and then In obedience To the
command toe brave sailors did their
best TO save themselves and one an
other. Rut not so the adm raj. He
clung To the bridge, aud by his side
stood the brave midshipman. 1t is
said that the admiral realized that
the blunder was his, and that IL was
not worth while TO prolong life when
his career had been SO terribly
wrecked. But the boy was young
and had no responsibility; he had
everything TO live for; but he thought
1t his duty TO stand 10y his superior
officer in time OF peril; and perhaps
he remembered Nelson's famous
signal, England expects every man
TO do his duty" so he remained on
the bridge, and tho bodies OF the un-
fortuna.e admiral and his heroic
young companion have not yet been
found.