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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
DEALING IN HUMAN HAIR.
How Makers of Wigs and Switches Treat
Their Stock In Trade.

How Makers Of Wigs and Switches Treat
Their Stock In Trade.
Dealing in human hair is peculiar
business, said the proprietor Of a wig
making establishment to a reporter.
People do not understand the ins and
outs Of business that must on it's face
seem so simple
''The mere matter of obtaining hair
with which to make wigs, switches and
other hairwork to adorn heads poorly
favored by nature seems easy, but it is
not SO. We have TO exercise the greatest
care in buying hair, it being absolutely
necessary to know from what source it
has been obtained A great deal of hair
comes from the ash barrels and garbage
piles. You can see that material of this
kind would not be at all desirable, yet
people often wonder why one wig costs
four times as much as S1other when ID
appearance both are the me.
''The source from whi< the hair is
obtained has great deal t6 do in deter
mining the price Of the goods. If hair
has been cut form fever patient, the
price asked is considerably lower than
If it had been cut from the head of a
healthy person. Hair retains disease
germs longer than anything else. That
this is appreciated is shown by the fact
that even after hair found in uncertain
places has been put through the severe
cleansing process to which all the ma
terial used is subjected, still it does not
command the same price as the healthy
article. One would think that this proc
ess would kill all disease germs, but it
does not seem TO increase the value of
such hair
''When hair is collected, it is thrown
into watts of boiling water, where it is
left to boil for a considerable time
After that it is put through a chemical
preparation, and then, after being
combed out and sorted in sizes, it is
laid away for year. We enever use any
hair that has not been treated at least a
year. Each box is marked with the date
on which the hair was treated, the
place from which it came, ETC., so that
we have full history of every bit of
hair in stock.
eve meet some peculiar people in
our business. You would soon be con-
vinced that women cannot claim exclu-
sive title to vanity. We find men who
| are hairless more difficult to please than
women. They insist upon having this
bald spot covered just so, and their way
invariably happens to be the only way
in which 1t cannot be fixed. pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
King of ReIgium's Bodypuard,

Under the Belgian constitution the
kings valet is responsible to parliament
for the safety of the royal person. At
night, therefore, when the Belgian mon
arch has retired to his "salle cou-
cher" the valet turns the key upon him
and locks himself in the antechamber,
where he himself sleeps, by turning the
key also of the outer door. If, therefore
miscreant had any designs upon the
person of the king he would first of all
have TO force the door of the antecham-
Der, overcome the armed resistance of
the valet and then unlock the door of
the royal chamber. Tit-Bits.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
Swallowed Her Dead Husband.

The only case on record of discon-
solate widow swallowing the remains
of her dead husband is that of Arte-
mesia drinking a glass of wine in which
the ashes of Mausolus had been stirred
for that purpose. The parties to this re-
markable transaction were brother and
sister and also husband and wife. Mau-
solus was king of Caria and reigned
about 800 years before Christ. After
his death his remains were burned and
the ashes disposed of as related st.
Louis Republic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Your Wife May Think She Is Only Orna
mental. but She Is Not.

Your Wife May Think She Is Only Orna-
mental, but She Is Not.
Few people imagine the amount of la
Dor involved in days typewriting or
realize the distance the hand travels in
that length of time.
The highest rate Of speed ever attain
ed is 200 words minute. This is sup
posed to be the result Of the most rapid
movements the human hands are capa-
bic of. The person making this record
maintained this speed for only four con-
secutive minutes and has never been able
to exceed that limit.
Assuming the words averaged six let
| ters apiece, 1900 letters q minute were
written.
1t is estimated that to make each let
ter the fingers are raised to height Of
two inches from the keyboard. Two
inches added for the descending move
ment make the fingers travel four inches
before each letter is struck. So this ex-
pert's hand in writing these 200 words
| travelled 4, 800 inches, 400 feet during
the minute in which she wrote the 200
words.
But this is unusual, Of course. Very
rapid writing is a speed Of 75 words a
minute, and this rate is too fast for COM
fort. Practical work is 10 pages of legal
paper an hour. Each page contains 800
words.
Six hours steady writing can be re-
garded as an entire days work. This is
a speed of 80 words a minute, and the
practical worker writes during the day
60 pages-1S, 900 words, or 10S, 900 let
| tiers.
If her fingers travel four inches TO
make each letter, during the Gay they
travel 432, 600 inches.
This provides for the perpendicular
movement only, and it is fair to increase
this distance by one-third to estimate
the distance the hands travel over the
keyboard in horizontal direction.
The total sum in inches is 576, 600.
This is equivalent to As, 900 feet, or a
| little over nine miles day.
In a week the hands can cover "a
miles; in years steady application to
business over 2. 500 miles.-Bookkeeper
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
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Gov. Brown of Rhode Island spen,
$4,000 of the money belonging to the state
to make a show of himself when he was
inaugurated at Newport. If he had
taken it and given it to the poor a grea,
many thoughtful people in his bailiwick
would have thought more of him.-Attle-
bore Sun.
In New England fifteen women school
superintendents are now employed. ten
OF them being located in Massachusetts,.
A dozen years ago there was not one
Exchange.
Whittier are we drifting2 DR.. Salmon,
chief OF the bureau of animal industry
says that il all the cows affected with
tuberculosis are killed fresh milk will
cost as much as champagpe.-Boston
Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catsrrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., ProI g., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned ha' known f. j.
Cheney for the last ID years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transaction and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
WEST 4 TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo. o. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Cattarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c'
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Testimonials free.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

have two little grand children who
are teething this hot summer weather
and are troubled with bowel complaint.
1 give them Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
Diarrhoea Remedy and it acts like a
charm. / earnestly recommend it for
children with bowel troubles. Twas my
self taken with severe attack Of bloody
fax, with cramps and pains in my
stomach, one-third of bottle of this
remedy cured me. Within twenty-four
hours / was out of bed and doing nv
house work. Mrs. w. L. DUNAGAN, Bon
aqua, Hickman Co., Tenn. For sale by
E. Il. Luther, druggist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
Rabbit Skin Jelly.

According to Figaro, new and sue
eessful industry has been discovered in
the selling of rabbit skins to confection-
ers for the making Of calf's foot jelly.
The hair is taken off and used for stuff
fing of couches, manufacture Of hats,
ETC.; then the skin is subjected to GER
tain processes until the oils are extract
ed. 1t is said that over 5, 200, 900 skins
are annually imported into England
from Melbourne alone
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

The town election in Johnston, which
takes place next Monday, is one in which
party lines will not be likely to be very
closely drawn. The candidates are well
known citizens and everybody should
vote for whom he considers the "best
men,"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Judge Sutherland of Gravesend has
come back from Canada to take his medi-
cine. 1t is thought that he will have to
bear company with Boss McKane at Sing
Sing for seven years or so. 1.-The way
of the trsnsgressOr is hard"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

The last wear with its industrial de-
preston and attendant hard times has
doubtless done more to advance the doc
trines, of socialism in this country than
hundreds of crank orators could accom-
plish in a hundred years of general pros
perity.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

The official ballots, which will be used
in the Johnston town election next Mon
day, were printed at the Office of the
Pswtuxet Valley Cleaner in Warwick.
1t would seem that the present town
clerk has the same ideas of patronizing
home Industries as the town council that
discovered him.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Mr.. Frank III. Campbell, the hustling
and genial proprietor of the Pawtuxet
Valley Times, has just been chosen clerk
of House Committee on Education. The
choice is an excellent one.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Samnel s. &. Allen. of East Greenwich, b,
the recently elected speaker of the
Rhode Island House of Representatives,
owes his promotion, according to the
nominating speech, to the distinguished
services he has rendered to his party.
Mr.. Aliens ability is unquestioned.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

The Westerly Sun remarks that Col.
Francis O'Reilly will make an excellent
collector of the Port of Providence. The
Sun seems to take broader views of poll
tics as it grows older.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

The Boston Journal is soon to have the
largest printing press made. The ma
chine is now being made for the Journal
by Messrs. Hoe & Co., and will probably
be the best press in the world.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
SMALL TALK.

Bloomer cars are in no way Indicative
of the onward progress of women's rights.
In telegraph Offices messages are sent
only for cash, notwithsts nding of the fact
that they 60 on stick"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

The State of New York has just passed
q new libel law, which is intended to
relieve newspapers from the RESPONSE
bility of false information. Other states
might well copy this excellent law.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

1t is said that the Senate is taking up
the tariff bill by paragraphs. If one
judged by the progress made, it must be
word by word.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
Out of Order.

Little Girl-We has a new baby.
Neighbor-You have?
Little Girl-Yes'm, an its eyes open
IN shut, too, but guess there's somefng
lee matter wifi its works, cause zee eyes
don't always shut when you lay it
aOwn News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Governor Brown was the prominent
figure at Newport this week, but at the
next meeting of the Assembly, Ex-
Governor Wetmore will come to the front
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Queen Victoria's garden at Osborne
is only some three acres in extent, but
is one blaze of color, with background
of undulating, close cut lawn and ex-
tensiye shrubberies.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Cooking is in reality partial diges-
ton of food previous to its introduction
into the stomach. 1t is employed by man
alone and distinguishes him from all
other creatures
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Governor Tillman, of South Carolina
State liquor nOtoriety, is candidate for
the United States Senate, with excellent
chances Of getting there.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

According TO federal law, each state is
entitled to a duplicate of the brass troy
pound measure which is in possession
of the United States government.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Our fellow townsman, W. A. Phillips,
has just been reelected as clerk of the
Eighth District Court. None will gain
say the excellence of the choice.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
E1atiron.

'The Chinese are very ancient
race"
Eyes. You will discover in our Amer
ican cities that they belong to the age
of iron. Boston Gazette.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

The January session of the General
Assembly adjourned sine die last Friday,
unwept, unhonored and unsung.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01

Sprague is Rhode Islands war governor
but Brown can be termed the military
governor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1894.

The News is filing up again on coupon
husks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-04
Lovers Vows on Paper.

The London Spectator, moved by the
painful spectacle Of the modern breach Of
promise case, proposes a novel expedient
in order TO overcome the difficulties which
such suits present. IL says. There would
be one very simple method Of tighten
ing the task of the jury. which would
also afford the young women and their
s"aidlans means of ds"'rtaining Wheth-
or the lover had any serious intentions Of
developing into a husband or not. Let no
promise OF marriage he held valid unless
II Is made IN writing, upon properly
stamped paper. If ne plaintiff could rro-
duce a formal promise of this kind there
would be no need 10 go into all the his.
tory OF a doubtful courtship or To con-
slider any other factor in the assessment
damages than the respective incomes Of
the contracting parties OF course IN will
De objected that such a proposition is in
curious to all the romance OF courtship
and marriage But where. we would ask.
Is the romance in nine out OF ten breach
oi-promise cases that find their way into
the law courts? These cases are hardly
ever brought except by people whose
directions have not been deeply engaged
IN their acceptance OF a suitOr. For one
younS woman who now brings an action
FOR breach OF promise at least nine are
Tilted and suffer in silence. The more
tAelf aIectionS nave been engaged the
less they can bear TO tell the pitiful tale
OF their disappointment ard witness the
poor little romance Of their life exposed
to the ridicule and laughter OF an un
sympathetic world. II il once became I'M
derstood that the ardent lover should
ofer such proof Of his good faith. then
a girl would know well what to expect
from a lover who withheld it. At any
rate, parents or guardians Of the lower
middle classes would not allow a Young
man to grow too particular in his atten-
IONS 1ds their phrase runs-uniess he
showed a disposition 10 furnish this aus--
antee. Then. If the promise were unful-
llled, even the most modest and sensi-
tive maiden could proceed against her
iaithless lover without loss OF pride or
dignity.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-04
TX Marvel in His Old Age.

Even Horace would be content with
the home of Tx Marvel" who wrote
"Reveries Of a Bachelor" so long ago
that it seems hardly possible that he could
now be living in good health and in full
possession of his mental vigor lie be-
came famous before he was thirty. That
is the reason.
EdgewOod, he calls his farm Of 200 acres.
situated some three miles east OF New
Haven, upon hill several hundred feet
above the city. 1t is described by the
New York Times as such a place as one
tired Of city life dreams about and a
place where dreams are born. Here the
genial, ruddy-faced old man. who looks
more like an English country gentleman
than the genuine yar kee tfat he is has
for many years devoted himself 10 his
fancies and 20 agriculture. BY day he
has busted himself with new fertilizers
and new grains, and by night he has
written at the plain little desk in his
library. Poets, statesmen and financiers
have visited him. and all have sung the
praises Of his ideal country place. His
house is neither large nor a wonder in
an architectural way. IL is compact and
cosy. English ivy covers its sides and
Is extending its domain over its roof. Fine
evergreen trees surround it. A poet would
Il
Mitchell insists on calling it a farm. Dur
ing the last twenty-five years he has de-
voted himself largely 10 writing about
the agricultural experiments he has made.
and, though now seventy-twO years old
ne walks in the woods every day. He is
a great believer in walking. And he
should be, for it saved his life When he
was young man, and his friends pro-
phesied that he would early become
victim OF consumption, which was heredi-
tary IN the Mitchell family, he spent two
years tramping over Europe In Eng
land alone he Travelled six hundred miles
on FOOT stopping at night at the country
inns, ana proceeding again on his way
the next morning. The ordinary traveller
visits only the cities. Mr.. Mitchell re-
Versed the CUSTOM and he was not
wholly unwise In doing it. These cross
country tramps he has kept up. even in
his later years. His rudy cOuntenancc
IS set OF by heavy crop Of gray hair
and snow-white beard. His chin is strong
ana square, his mouth very firm. His
eyes, sunk under the heavy eyebrows
are the eyes Of a dreamer. lie constant
ly runs his hands through his thick silver
hair. keeping it back from his broad,
hish forehead, which possesses scarcely
rinidc. 10 is such a face as ones
fancy ascribes 10 that good man, the
Bishop Of s., of Victor Hueo's Les Mis-
CRADLES"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-04
FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE
REIDfH6 MA1TBB SELECTED ES-
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ful Competiter for January.
A Baby and a Well.


By Florence Kendrick Cooper.
Come. Tommy and Bess. Chamber Up on
my knee.
I'll tell you a story as true as cen be;
A true little story to you / will tell
OF darling. live baby way down In a
well!
while Mamma was writing and nurse of
her guard,
Child Harold his travels began In the
yard;
Straight down through the orchard and
on to the wood
His little feet scampered as fast as they
could.
He came pretty soon to a hole. round and
deep,
Where a spring had danced up and then
fallen asleep.
So quiet it lay that the birds came TO
drink,
And the sun played bo-peep with the
ferns round the brink.
He had heard there are tiny elf-creatures
that dwell
In the clear, CLASSY depths OF wooden
shrined well;
tie ldd lOOkcu LOT do lOH6 40 "a ""'A - -
year
For that home OF the fairies, and, 10! 1t
was here.
"Hurrahl there is Onel and baby like
me-"
He laughs and he mods and he trembles
with glee.
1T is true-it is true" and he flies home
10 tell
OF the real baby-fay living down In the
well.
There are mystical spirits all round us.
I'm sure;
They smile and they sigh, they forbid
and they lure;
Some good and some naughty, some sad
and some gay;
Some watch us by night, some are with
US at play.
And when little Harold bent over the
rim
OF the slippery stones that were messy
and dim.
Some angel, ween, saw that no harm be-
fell
But his own baby-face looked up from
the Well
ROCHESTER, y. \.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-04
The COncertlna.

The fashionable instrument Of London
drawing rooms. and, in smaller degree,
Of drawing rooms in large provincial
towns like Blackburn, will this year be
the cOncertina. The banjo has long ago
departed TO the lumber room, the more
artistic mandolin is beginning TO pail, and
as we must have some new craze we have
taken TO the cOncertina. If you have
ever lodged in the east end Of London or
in the working class district of pro-
vincial town, as / have, you will know
that a concertina player is host in HIM
self. and as he serenades you from the
street below on his nightly peregrinations,
you must have wondered why he does
not go to Italy, as the Italians come here,
and rurn professional. But the coster-
monger and the British workman are no
longer to have a monopoly OF all the good
things The concertina is to come into
the drawing room and be household
pet. IL is an eXcruciatinS instrument
when badly played, but, of course, our
young ladies will study under the best
masters and they will get expensive in
struments of English manufacture, not
the common things made I'm Germany"
which everybody can afford. All this, !
suppose, is good for trade. and good for
the teaching profession Besides, it finds
us somthing with which to kill time. and
that is the great end and aim of life in
fashionable society.-Blackburn Times.