The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-27
the crack transatlantic liners, and

the crack transatlantic liners, and
furnishes luxurious accommodation
for passengers. The second boat will
be named the Northland, following
out the company's policy in naming
its boats, the freight fleet comprising
the North Star, North Wind, North
ern Light, Northern Wave, Northern
King and Northern Queen.
A MAN who has been travelling
through the South says that a few
years ago many colored clergymen
began the erection Of mammoth
church editices, relying on the gem
crosby OF the North TO finish them.
Most of these churches are still UNI
finished, because Northern people
felt that their erection VAS unwise.
There are, he says, -four OF these
magnificent church buildings in the
city OF Chattanooga, where | formerly
lived, and these will serve To illus
trate. One OF them is completed, at
n cost OF 100000, except that the
main audience room is not, and prob
ably never will be, finished. Another
has n $4,000 foundation, high enough
10 allow meetings on the ground,
with loose planks thrown over to keep
out the rain; another, costing $50
600, is about finished, and the audi
ence n be used. The other
Y got beyond the excavation and
a few rocks laid, after an expenditure
OF IS, ZOO. The same condition can
be observed in other cities, and the
rise and fall of colored evangelical
contributions would make an inter
esting story
THE whipping post and the pillory
in Delaware are practically II piece
Of machinery. The post bears at
rather more than the height of n tall
man n small platform and above that
two arms, each provided with three
holes. one for the neck and the other
two for the arms OF the culprit. The
man TO be whipped stands at the foot
OF the post with his hands secured to
it above his head. Sentences for
some crimes in Delaware name, be-
sides Imprisonment, the penalty Of
receiving SO many lashes on the bare
back, well laid" on, and the re-
quirement to stand thereafter so
many hours in the pillory. The sem
tence Of the pillory is no longer
specially effective as Il terror to evil
doors, i'm the northern county at
least, because the culprit is invisible
behind n high wall, whore no gaping
crowds can deny him the boon OF
solitude. 1t is not very many years
since small crowds attended the
whippings at New Castle, and one
sheriff was embarrassed by n young
woman, who pcrsistcntly requested
the privilege of seeing the sight from
n window in his house adjoining the
Jail.
TINS spring, if all goes well, an cx-
petition will leave this country for
the arctic regions which will be fol-
lowed with great interest by those
who have given the subject a good
deal Of attention. The plan which il
is proposed 10 carry out is the result
Of the thought OF Mr.. Robert Stein Of
the geological survey Of Washington.
IL has received the Endorsement OF
the National Geographic Society and
OF competent men who are familiar
with arctic exploration. The plan
has been pronounced thoroughly
safe and practicable by every au-
thority that has passed judgment,
and of the 500 900 needed 10 defray
the cost of the expedition 50, 700 has
been promised. This substantial
encouragement, rs Well as the gen
eral interest displayed in the scope
and purpose OF he expedition to ex-
plore Ellesmere Land, as It. Is known,
has led the author OF the scheme,
Mr.. Stein, 10 issue "a circular which
gives II full and complete account OF
the plan. The circular states that at
Cape Tennyson, which is at the
northern entrance TO Jones Sound, or
rs close TO it n possible, it Is pro-
posed to establish n base Of opcr-
a%tiors, consisting Of n house and
provisions for two years for at least
ten men.