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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-01
To See n Va IL Craxv.

WAsHTNGroE, March |. A medical
board has been appointed to examine into
Lieutenant Fillette's condition.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-01
abandoned al Sea.

LONDON, March Bark Primus, a,
Greenock, reports having passed on Feb
10 bark Nordcap (Nor), abandoned. Tn,
suddsr was broken and part of sails blowr
sWav
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-01
DESTROYED tv a Gale.

ROME, March l.--At Vina snd Pisa 80
houses were destroyed by the gale, and ~
Cantalflom t3 houses collapsed.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-01
The enQIishman Won,

CHICAGO, March HAIRY Gilmore was
knocked out last night In the fifth round
by Stanton Abbott Of England.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
FREDDY's GHOST.

Freddy was little boy, about four
years old, and he thought that boy
of four was old enough to sleep in n
room alone. So his mother said that
he could try it one night and see If
he liked it.
He did so, and slept very well,
being very tired. The next night he
went to bed at an early hour, and
woke up in the middle of the night.
The room was dark, and he did not
enjoy it very much. He imagined
that there were men in the room,
who were going to carry him away
from his mamma.
He thought he heard noises, and,
no doubt, he did, for it was very
old house. Then he saw something
white move and nearly reach to the
bed. (The window was quite near,
so he could look out.)
Then he got so frightened that he
called to his mamma, and she came
to see what the calling was about,
and Freddy told her that the noises
had stopped. She tucked him in
WELL and told him to 60 right to
sleep and not to listen to the sounds.
She forbade him to call her, and told
him he must go to sleep, and when
he awoke it would be light.
He turned over and was nearly
asleep, when he heard these same
noises, and he could not call his
mamma, so he laid and cried. When
he saw this white thing reach out for
him he got on the other side of the
bed and crouched down under the
covers. Then he heard the clock
strike four, and the first rays Of
morning were beginning to peep in
the window.
The winds sound lulled Freddy to
sleep, and the next time he woke up
1t was light. And what do you think
he saw reaching out toward the bed?
Why, it was the lace curtain, and
this is what he thought was a ghost
trying to steal him and take him
where he would never see his mamma
or his papa again.
So Freddy was never again afraid
to sleep alone in the room.-[ New
York Recorder.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
Handy With Their Feet.

In the native quarters OF the towns
of India the strange spectacle may
be seen OF butcher seizing a piece
of meat in his hands and cutting ii
in two with stroke OF his knife held
between the first and second toes OF
his foot. The shoemaker uses no last,
but turns the unfinished shoe with his
feet, while his hands are busy shap-
ing it. So the carpenter holds with
his great toe the board he is cutting,
and the woodturner handles his tools
as well with toes as with his fingers.
The use of the feet to assist the hands
in their labor is not, however, the
mere result OF practice, but is prin-
cipally due to the fact that the Hin
doc foot is quite different from ours
in its anatomical conformation. The
ankle OF the Hindoo and the articula-
tion OF the back of the foot, permit
considerable lateral motion. Then
the toes possess a surprising mobil-
ity. The great toe can be moved free
ly in all directions and the first and
second toes are separated by wide
space, sometimes as much as five
eighths Of an inch across at the base
of the toes and two inches at their
extremities. The articulation of the
hip is also peculiar, and this renders
it easier to use the toes in handling
the objects by enabling the Hindoo
to sit in squatting posture much
more comfortably than we can do.
A similar formation OF the feet and
toes is found among the Annamese,
but it is not, as might be supposed,
common thing among barbarous
and savage tribes. One naturally
thinks of the resemblance to mon
key which a human being using both
feet and hands must present, and
yet NJ. Regnault is careful to point
out the fact that the Hindoo foot is
not at all like the foot OF an ape or
monkey. The great toe is not OPP
posed to the other toes like thumb,
as occurs with the monkey, and ac-
cordingly the pedal dexterity of the
Hindoos is not to be taken as an in
dication Of simian Descent Pear
sons Weekly.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
Blood as q M edicine.

Let me have three ounces Of that
bottled blood, quick!" bids fair to
become not uncommon order in the
corner drug store. According to a
well-known Philadelphia physician
startling progress has been made in
blood healing or hemat herapy.
Blood is not only life, he declares,
"but lives itself Independently. 1t
is a highly organized living tissue
simply in the transition state. 1t can
be made to live apart from the body
indefinitely in perfect condition and
can then be returned into any tissue
by any opening at any time, when it
will instantly resume its full creative
activity. 1t can even be swallowed,
when the patient, suffering from
draining of blood or hemorrhages, can
take no other drink. Death from
blood starvation will one day be ex-
ceeding rare, indeed, and these
corked-up vital corpuscles will be
used not only for imminently danger
Gus but for intractable lingering
cases. - Philadelphia Record.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
Hoefs Pills are prompt and efficient, yet easy
In action. Sold by all druggists. IS cents.
Ruling Prices In the Menaseris
Market.

Few people have any idea Of the
market value of the various animals
shown in the geological gardens. 1t
seems that the top price at the pres
ent moment would be that for the
purchase of a giraffe. The price is
steady at 81, 200, and at that figure
the demand exceeds the supply.
A hippopotamus is worth fSO0, a
two-horned rhinoceros is Of the same
value, the second horn making diff
ference of f20O. Elephants range
f700 to fS00, temper and size being
considered. Lions range from fl60
to f240, and a lioness costs t200;
tigers are quoted at the same figure.
A really fine specimen of the grizzly
bear is worth f200. Polar bears cost
f160. Camels 60 by the hump, one
having one hump is worth f70, and
two humps bring the market value
up to ESQ. Ostriches are valued at
EGO apiece. The American buffalo
is worth f100. The Rocky Mountain
goat is quoted rather high, fl00,
while panthers and leopards are plen-
tiful at ESQ each, and hyenas and
pumas go for E35.-[ London Court
Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
Ra b bit-like Cats.

1t is said that there is q curious
breed OF cats which are running
wild and multiplying very rapidly in
the swamps and woods at the south
ern end Of Barnegat Beach, n. j.
They have no tails and their hind
legs are much longer than the fore
ones, giving them much the appear
ance Of rabbits. These cats belong
to a breed peculiar to the Isle Of
Man. About fifty years ago "A Brit
ish vessel was wrecked there, and a
number OF these cats managed to
reach the shore. At first they
stayed around the lighthouse and
proved such a nuisance to the keeper
that he resorted to heroic measures
to drive them away. They then took
TO the woods, where they manage to
subsist on birds and other small
game and on fish, which they have
learned to be very expert in catch
ing. They are said to be both very
wild and savage, and hunting them
is a sport not unattended with dam
GER New Orleans Picayune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
A Peculiar Bridge.

1t is claimed that a recently COM
pleted bridge over the south branch
Of the Chicago river is the only one
of its kind in existence, and it is GER
tainly a radical departure from COM
mon methods, the principle upon
which it works being that Of raising
or lowering a window. On either
bank rises a tower of iron lattice.
work 19l feet high. The bridge,
eighty-nine feet in span and weighing
800 tons, extends between them. its
ends fitting into grooves. 1t is fitted
with CONFERENCE.-The, cables and pull
leys, all OF which are governed by a
seventy-horse-power steam engine.
When the bridge is to be opened tie
engineer throws of the balance, and
the bridge rises smoothly and hori.
zontally in its grooves, halting at a
height of 155 feet. 1t is probable
that so ingenious a structure is by no
means the last OF it's kind, as its ad-
vantages in certain situations are
self-evident.-lDetroit Free Press.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
A City's Subterrsnesn Suburb.

1t gives an impressive idea what
subterranean London is fast becom-
ing to learn that on emerging from
the river the new City and Waterloo
line will, in its passage up Queen
Victoria street, run for part Of the
way underneath the low level main
sewer, which in its turn runs along
beneath the District Underground
Railway. SO that at this point in the
city We shall have first busy main
thoroughfare, below that steam
railway, then huge metropolitan
sewer, then an electric railway,
reaching its terminus at a depth Of
about sixty-three feet below the
streets, and here IL will commune
cate with another line-the Central
London-which will lie at a depth
Of eighty feet London Daily News.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

tiful princess in the rosebud, about
two inches high, and he gazed in
amszement when he saw her. She
told him TO take her home with him
for she was 70 be his wife. He took
her home with him and gave her the
prettiest room in the palace, and the
next morning he went TO see her and
she was as large as he was.
The next day he invited all his
friends and they were married in
great splendor and happiness.
After they were married she told
him that the lioness which got after
him was her mother, and the sword
fish her father, which had changed
their form to make him see her.
One day they got message from
their parents saying they would be
over and see them. So they prepared
a great feast for them. When they
came they brought all kinds Of Jewels
as present to them, and they lived
happily together until life's end
ATLANTA Constitution, Jr.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

Secretary Morton does not believe
in artificial rain-making, and has
done all that he could to discourage
experiments in that line, but il seems
that there are not few who con-
slider the experiments OF last year
were not altogether fruitless, and
preparations are making to renew
them. The Rock Island Railroad
Company has great faith in the per-
formances OF its rainmaker, G. h.
Jewell, the company's train dis
patcher at Goodland, whose efforts
last year are said to have been at
tended with wonderful success, and
they are going to send him into the
arid region Of Western Kansas, n dis
trict which forms part OF what was
formerly known as the great Ameri-
can desert, and set him TO irrigating
that region from the clouds. Mr..
JEWELS method Is one invented by
Louis Gathman, OF Chicago, whose
theory is that rain is never produced
naturally except by the vapors OF the
atmosphere becoming agitated and
mixed with the colder upper strata OF
air. He, therefore, fires up into the
air metallic bombs filled with lique-
fled carbonic acid gas, When these
bombs explode the liquor expands
instantaneously into gas, producing
intense cold and immetallic bombs
filled with liquefied carbonic acid gas
give the people OF the west an ample
opportunity this summer to enjoy
the benefits Of this discovery. New
Orleans Picayune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
THE LITTLE LOAF.

In the time of a great famine, a
rich man invited the poorest children
of the city to his house, and said to
them; -
There stands crate full of bread.
Each of you may take loaf from it,
and you may come again every day
until God sends better times"
The children at once surrounded
the basket, striving and quarreling
over the bread, because each desired
to obtain the finest, and finally went
of without word of thanks.
Only Franziska, clean but poorly
clad little girl, remained standing at
a distance, then took the smallest OF
the loaves left in the basket, kissed
her hand gratefully to the man, and
went quietly and becomingly home.
On the next day the children were
equally i'll hammered, and Franziska
this time had n loaf which was
scarcely half as large as the others ;
but when she reached home and her
mother broke the bread, there fell
out quite a number of new silver
pieces. The mother was frightened,
and said -
Take the money back at once, for
it certainly got into the bread by
accident.
Franziska did as she was bid, but
the benevolent man said to her -
mo, no; it was not an accident.
/ had the silver baked in the smallest
loaf in order TO reward thee, thou
good child. Ever remain as peace
loving and satisfied. 7"
He who would rather have g
smaller loaf than quarrel about a
greater will always bring blessing
to a home, even though no gold is
baked in the bread.-[Daughters OF
America.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
Ives and His Fstefui Number.

The stories OF the career OF the late
distinguished Henry S. Ives, Napo-
leon Of finance, put King Midas,
Monte Cristo and other gilded poten-
tates into the shade in the line OF
startling effects.
Ives started at Is, a green farmers
boy, on salary Of ~ n week. 1t
took him two years to force his salary
up TO $40 IA week. But after this
close haul beat to windward he round
ed the majority buoy, squaAd away,
setting all sail, and in less than IA
year had scooped in $50, 900. Six
months later he had "made" $S3S,
364, and before he was % had
"milked" 1000, 900 out OF single
railroad The next year his assets
mounted up to $2l, 100000.
All this was accomplished in just
four years. Then began the decline,
which ended ia his death at thirty.
Certainly all history has failed TO
produce another such pyrotechnic
display in the financial heavens az
this.
A very remarkable feature in this
mans career will interest those who
incline to the old Pathagorean doc
trine that our fates are ruled by num-
bers. The fateful number OF Ives
was eight.
He first broke the eighth command
ment at Is. He consummated just
eight deals, and at the close OF the
eighth was arrested and imprisoned
in 1888. He finished the eighth year
Of his career at exactly o'clock on
April Is.
OF course, any assumed relation Of
our fates to numbers is fanciful and
superstitious, though some OF the an
clients believed il. But as no man
can know what his fateful number Is
until too late 10 recover from disaster,
the safest way is TO 90 easy, be hon
est, earn what one gets and exercise
proper economy with it. Boston
Globe
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
THE ROSEBUD PRINCESS.

Once upon a time there was an old
king and queen who had only one
son. They were getting old and they
wanted their son to get him a wife
that would be good to him and take
care OF him.
One day they called him to them
and said: MY son, We are getting
old now and we want you TO get you
a wife. You must go to all the prin-
cesses' palaces and see If you can get
one to suit you" The prince said
all right, and he went TO see all Of
them, but none suited him, and he
returned home and told his parents
he would be contented as he was
rather than have one he did not like.
1t was not long before his mother
and father died, and he was left alone.
One day he was strolling around
and he saw lioness. and he had
either to jump across the river or be
torn 10 pieces. The lioness was just
fixing 10 spring on him when he gave
a leap and jumped in the middle OF
the river, where a large sword fish
came after him and he had TO catch
to a rosebush and draw himself on
the bank.
The rosebush had a beautiful rose
bud on il, and he stopped to smell il.
and 10 and behold, there was beau
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
The Glossy Shirt Bosom.

Procure two ounces of fine white
gum arabic, and pound it to powder,
put it into a pitcher, and pour on it
pint or more boiling water, accord
ing to the degree of strength you de-
sire, and then, having covered it, let
II set all night. In the morning pour
IL carefully from the dregs into clean
bottle, cork IL, and keep il for use.
A tablespoonful of gum water stirred
into pint OF starch that has been
made in the usual manner will give
beautiful gloss to shirt bosoms, and
to lawns (either white or printed) Il
look OF newness to which nothing
else can restore them after washing.
1t is also good for thin white muslin
and all kinds Of laces.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
ne MADE HIS cARFAVC.


The ways of the New York broker
are artful and his eyes are always open
for an opportunity. When he has a
chance to make a good bargain" he
doesn't let the grass grow under his
feet.
The head OF q steamship company
recently said to Wall street broker
II wish | could get certain pier
privilege; it's SO and so. :"
We'll, why don't you go and get
its" asked the broker.
II can't seem to get hold of it.
"The pier business" said the
broker, isn't in my line; but how
much would you give ME for this
privilege il get it ="
I'm give you 81 900 month for
q year"
The broker said that he would see
what he could do. The pier was
owned by Philadelphia man and
the next afternoon the man from Wall
street walked into the office OF the
pier owner in Philadelphia.
II want you TO buy some bonds, "
he said
II don't want to buy anything, "
was the answer. I'm selling"
But these are gilt-edged; you
never saw anything better. -
Cant buy anything. Haven't any
money. Got lot of things on my
hands that aren't paying a cent.
These are hard times, tell you. I've
got stores that can't rent. bills that
l can't collect. Why, there's pier
over in your city that isn't doing what
it ought TO do for me. A privilege
there is just begging for some one to
take it.
''Well," said the broker, II want
TO sell you some of these bonds. We
might make 'dicker' on the pier.
guess | could get rid of it. VIII you
take the bonds off my hands il / take
the pier of yours?"
II don't want bonds"
Wouldn't you take them to get rid
of your pier?"
mo; | am carrying all want"
well, maybe I'll take your pier
anyway. How much do you want
for it?"
Three thousand dollars a year. "
The broker thought he might AS
well take the privilege, even IL they
couldn't strike bargain on bonds.
The next morning he went to the
New York steamship man.
II can get that pier for you for q
year" he said.
AT what terms?"
Your own figures - $4,000 q
year"
The privilege was relet right then
and there, the contract signed, and
the broker was just 5000 better o ~.
A short time after this the steamship
man met the broker again.
Say, "" he said, tell me
now, just for fun, what did you make
out of that pier business?"
"Carfare," answered the broker,
unblushingly.
"Carfare?"
Eyes, carfare-around the world"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
Ii has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
rists in SOC and 81 bottles, but ii is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute If offered
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
More Celtic Girls Than Boys.

A curious and interesting fact Civ
en- by the registrar general in his sta
tistics OF 1898 is that in the Celtic
portions Of the United Kingdom the
proportion Of the female births is
much higher than it is in the non.
Celtic portions. The highest proper.
tions are found in Cumberland,
Cornwall and North Wales, while
South Wales is only a little way
down on the list, and has a proper
tlon considerably above the average
for the whole country. The proper.
ton OF female births Is higher in Ire.
land and Scotland than in England.
-[Cardif (Wales) Mail.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
TINE SCHOOL BOY

. In often a sufferer
from headache. Tho
seat OF sick headache y
not In the brain, for u
you regulate the stom-
ach and bowels you'll
cure II. Too much
brain-work and brain
tire brings on a rush
Of blood TO tho head
with headache, dixzi-
meas or |" nose bleed. v
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
THE BOY AMONG HIS BLOCKS.

TIT bUi ANNNN iIs DA9ON hs'
Building castle fine,
With terrace, tower, and wall,
And turrets that so brightly shine
Above the shadows tall:
But see ii sways, falls, past all cure,
For, ah the base is insecure
Foundations must be firm
For superstructure' 5 need;
They will stand the longest term
When built on noble deed.
Such character, my boy, will stand,
And grow, amid life's wrecks, more
grand.
-[Anne f. Thomas, in Harper s
Young People.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19
n,s. nrwruA woLvR

M,a BERrHA woLva,
Co., NJ r., writes: u
suffered from loss OF
appetite, constipation,
neuralgia, and great
weakness. and had ter
rfbIe attacks or sick
headache very fro
Qucntly; also nose
bleed. ny health waa
60 poor that j WA
not able To 90 10 school
for two years. ! tool
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets and Golden
"a AL hl-. .s-a A m Il
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

CouuHs, HoARsEsEss, soRg THROAT, etc
quickly relieved by "BroUns Bronchid
1rochss." They surpass all other preparation
In removing hoarsencss, and IA a cough rem,dl
are pre-eminently the best.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

J. g. simpson, Marques, w. Va, says
Halls Catarrb Cure cured me OF very bad
case of catarrh." Druggists sell IL. T5c.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

IL Is claimed that forty per cent. Of the
shipping Of the world IN built on the river
Clyde. U2l
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

In Rhode Island the richest New Eng.
land State, the wealth per capita was
tl, ,450 in 1890.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

DoN'T Wheox1 and cough when Hale's
Honey OF Horebound and Tar will cure.
Pixies Toothsche Drops Cure In one minute
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

A Beastifui sssvenir sposn
Will be sent with every hottie OF DR.. HorsH''
tvfain Crovp Cure. Ordered by mail, post
paid, 10 cts. Address. HoIsie. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

shtish's Csre
Is rold on gua,.nsee Il oarss incigtent &c Con; 2;
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-19

DR.. Kilmer's S AMP Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphletand Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, n. Y.