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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
The Masher's Mistake.

An elderly ladv, says the New
York Journal, who keeps a fashion
able uptown school and who lays nc
claim TO good looks tells the follow
iEg as a Joke on herself:
The other night / left the home
of friend half a mile above my
house. 1t was pouring with rain.
had on a heavy macintosh and a
thick veil, but no umbrella / started
90 walk home, when swell.looking
young man approached, raised his
hat with a MASKING smile and asked
me to come under his umbrella.
took his arm with smile and walk ed
with him TO my door He said swee,
things all the way. When l reached
my door l thanked him for his shell
tering escort. He suggested little
supper. / said:
"'Young man, who do you take
me for?' at the same time raising my
veil and looking at him in the full
glare OF the electric light He jumped
half way across the street and cried
1.-The devilv"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

An undue Importance is given to tho
bullet-proof armor lately brought out
by Dove and others, the New York
Recorder thinks. 1t is intended to
protect the vital parts only, and the
head, arms and legs are exposed. In
n conflict the ratio OF wounded to dead
combatants is very large, and n
wounded man is as harmless as dead
one for offensive purposes. Probably
body of men 80 equipped would pos
sess stronger element of courage,
and therefore add to its efficiency /;
but this added daring would only serve
to bring the combatants closer to-
gether, and thereby largely increase
the number Of wounded. Would not
protected army lose, in the greater
number of wounded what it presuma-
bly, would gain in courage?
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
Our Farms.

One OF the last OF the bulletins OF
the eleventh census tells how many
farms there are In the United States,
and how much land. improved and un-
improved. is included IN these farms
There were in 1890 more than four
and a half million farms in this coun-
try, against little more tnan four
millions in 1850. The number OF
farms increased more than half mil
lion, or nearly ID Per cent. in those
ten years. They include more than
600, 0OO, 900 acres, considerably more
than half OF which Is improved.
Not only have the farms greatly in
creased in number and in total area
in ten years, but a large proportion
OF them we're improved in 1890 than
ia 1880.
All this is very pleasant TO see,
from the point OF view OF the general
ll-being. but there is one tendency
shown 10 slight extent in the farm
statistics which is not altogether en-
cOuraging
The average size OF the American
farm in 1850 was 1873 acres The
average size in 1890 was l3j acres
This is a very small difference, quite
unimportant except that it shows the
tendency in the size OF farms TO be in
the wrong direction.
IL many farms had not become
much larger in the decade through
the absorption OF smaller ones, or the
taking up OF large domains in other
ways then by the homestead and pre-
emption laws, not even the small in.
crease that is noted in the size OF the
average farm, small as it is, could
have taken place.
our National and state land legis-
lation should encourage neither the
formation of large landed estates nor
the reduction or farms TO very
small size. Either OF these tenden.
cies would constitute public evil,
but OF the two, a tendency TO large
estates is undoubtedly the worse. -
Youths Companion.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
SPREPO OF ENGLISH
Due Largely 20 the simplicity of It's Gram
mar and Infections.

Due Largely 90 the simplicity of It's Gram
mar and Infections.
The rapid spread OF English is
largely 10 be attributed 20 the SIM
plicity OF its grammar. which is less
complicated than that OF any other
Western nation. Its marked poverty
Of infections, as distinguished for
example from the German, is great
point in its favor, and thus il is much
easier for German 10 learn English
than for an Englishman or American
to learn German. On the other hand.
the extraordinary photographic in
consistency or the language Is de-
cided draw back. and there is little
doubt that III English we're written
on phonetic principles, as Spanish or
German, its spread would be much
more rapid, TO say nothing OF the
great boon this would be TO the
Anglo -Saxons themselves, who spend
years OF unnecessary toll ia learning
10 read and write Their own lam
guage.
1t is not likely, however. that any
change will be made in this direction
In the near future at least In Eng
land, for the English as nation are
noted for their conservative habits,
and, although they recognize the
great advant tages OF a phonetic sys-
tenn, are in no hurry TO adopt it.
Any change In this respect must
probably be looked for 70 America,
where few innovations have been
already introduced. Thus, the
spelling "vigor," "favor," "honor," I"
etc. are American innovations, as
are also 'plow," traveller" 'cen-
ter" "theater," etc Other more
recent forms. as program" and
"catalog," are already well estab-
liShed in America. but have found
little favor In England.
English speakers may be divided
into four great branches, as follows:
~ The European, (2) the American,
(3) the South African, and (4) the
Australasian. Each OF these branches
has its peculiarities, and the diver
gence between the four is becoming
more marked every year, OF the
extra European branches, America,
although the Oldest, has diverged
least from the parent system. 1t is
su prising what number OF Ameri-
can words have been introduced into
England. many OF which are now
considered indigenous TO the soil. a
large proportion of the slang spoken
by the middle classes in England
NAV also be said 10 ave an Ameri-
can origin. On the other hand, the
Americans have retained many good
old English words which have long
ago dropped out OF our home yocabu-
Larry. ry.-Chamhcr,, Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
DESTRUCTIVE energy has been over,


DESTRUCTIVE energy has been over
matched by defensive resistance
One OF the most destructive guns Ia
the whole world has failed TO pierce
at close range the side armor OF the
battleship Indiana Torpedo nets
have been invented which are claimed
TO be an absolute protection against
the terrific torpedo boats. Tests
have shown that the bullet-proof
waterproof is bullet-proof against
any ball that the most improved
modern rife carries. And where
will IL all end? There is a limit to
invention either destructive or de-
fensive. Destructive invention seems
TO have reached It's limit in naval
warfare. On land IT is doubtful II
secure defense can ever be provided
against the utilization OF the de-
structive elements Of nature, as wit
ness NJ. Turpin's machine, which is
said TO be capable Of blowing up all
Paris. There ought TO be an inter
national congress TO determine what
are the limits OF naval warfare.
Then the governments OF the earth
could quit the enormous burdens OF
taxation laid on their citizens for the
benefit OF naval progress It seems
a trile absurd when one government
has reached the acme OF resistance
in armor plates for it to make appro-
priations 10 encourage fresh inven-
tions OF guns, but tina: is just what
is going on all the time. The theory
is that you find an armor plate which
will resist the enemy's guns, while
you get a gun that will pierce the
enemy's armor plate. II that were
true the lucky government would
soon be mistress OF the world. But
IL isn't true and never can be true.
Better have an international con.
ference OF scientists TO lay down the
limits. AS 70 the bullet-proof water.
proofs, that might not be necessary.
Their efficacy Is esta ablished, but the
military authorities say that doesn't
matter, because the soldiers wouldn't
wear them. 1t would he no fun to
shoot with the latest improved rife
IL there were no chances Of killing OF
being killed.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
EIOPEO WITH 4 kURD.
An International LoTe-Affsir that Threat.
ened "A Veritable War. -.

Thomas G.. Allen. Jr., and William
l.. Sachtleben, the Young American
students who made a bicycle tour
around the world, describe their eX.
periences in Persia, iD the Century.
Z he following peculiar international
complication came to their knowledge
at Tabrecz:
The English government, il
seemel. had 5ecome embroiled in a
local loye-aflair just at time when
Col. Stewart was off on diplomatic
duty" on the Russian Transcaspian
border. An exceptionally bright Ar
menian beauty, graduate of-the
Armenian missionary schools at this
place, had been abducted, IT was
claimed, by a young kurdish cava.
lier, and carried away TO his noun.
tain home. Her father, who hap.
pened TO be naturalized English
subject, had appl ed :or the assist
ance Of his adopted country in OBJ
tanning her release. Negotiation.
we're at once set on foot between
London and Teheran, which finally
led to formal demand upon the
kurdS by the Shah himself ULon
their repeated refusal, 1000 Iersian
troops. ii was said, were ordered 10
Soak Boulak, under the command OF
the vIce-consul, Mr.. Patton.
The matter at length assumed
such an importance As to give rise, in
the House OF Commons, TO the ques-
tion, ''Who i katty Green1eld?"
This, in time, was answered by that
lady herself, who declared under oath
that she had become a Mohamme.
dan, and was in love with the man
with whom she had eloped. More
than this, il was learned that she
had not a drop OF English blood il
her veins, her father being an Aus.
TRAN, and her mother native Ar.
menian. Whereupon the Persian
troopers, with their much disguised
leaders, beat an IDglorious retreat,
leaving KATY Greenfield mistress
OF the. situation, and OF Kurdish
heart
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
PRESUMABLY purged OF polygamo

PRESUMABLY purged OF polygamous
practices, Utah is now entitled te. all
the privileges OF statehood and will
register her star on the National EN-.
hlem, in accordance with usage, on
the fourth OF next July. While in
the cities one wife is the rule IL is
generally understood that the extra
wives out in the "cow counties" were
not so easily disposed OF, and that
the tillers OF the soil are yet subject
TO orders from several households.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
What a Ball Can Do.

In dwelling upon the wonderful
power OF the guns OF the Indiana,
Albert Franklin Matthews, in an ar.
ticle on "The Evolution OF Battle
ship" In the Century, gives illustra.
tions from the recent Chilean war
showing the effectiveness OF the
smaller sizes OF breech loading rifle.
guns.
A shot weighing $50 pounds from
an eight-inch gun at Fort Naldivia
In Valparaiso barbor struck the
cruiser Blanco Encalada above the
armor belt passed through the thin
steel plate on the side, went through
the captains cabin, took the pillow
from under his head, dropped
his head on the mattress
with a thump, but without in
juring hair, passed through the
open door into the mess-room, where
IL struck the floor, and then glanc.
ing TO the ceiling. Then IL went
through a wooden bulkhead one inch
thick into a room - by ~ feet where
forty men were sleeping in ham,
mocks. 1t killed six of them out
right, aud wounded six Others, three
OF whom died, after which II passed
through a steel bulkhead five inches
thick, and ended its course by strik-
ing battery outside, in which 1t
made dent nearly two inches deep
IL was flied with sand. Had IL re-
leased deadly gases no one knows
what damage IL might have done.
A 450.p und m ssile from a l0-inch
gun in the same fort struck
the same vessel on its s-inch
armor. 1t hit square on a bolt The
shell id not pierce the armor, but
burst outside the vessel IL drove
the bolt clear through, and In its
flight the bolt struck an s-inch gun,
completely disabling 10. Such Is the
power Of the smaller sized guns.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

L, OR old John Bull is getting
ala med because OF the crowding OF
the steerage Of vessels bound for
British ports He wants TO protect
his own workmen against bew in
vasion Of foreign labor, but he doesn't
know exactly how TO do it, London
already has whole armies OF Russian
refugees compact legions Of Slavs,
and phalanXes OF Greeks and Syrians
in its cheap quarters; and it doesn't I
want any more until those have got
assimilated 10 the native population.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

THE legal history OF the Prender-
CAST case in Chicago furnishes a good
example OF the care with which our
judicial system guards the interest
OF even the vilest criminal. The
facts concerning the assassination OF
Mayor Harrison were at no time dis
puted by either the culprit or his
lawyers. In almost any European
country retribution in such a case
would have been a question of very
few weeks, at most. Our laws saved
Prendergast rom the gallows month
after month, but justice was meted
out at last.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

THE complaint about not having
beeu taught" this or that in early
youth is the refuge OF inert minds.
The things which man knows best
are those which he teaches himself
when his mind is matured Much
may no doubt be done to improve
education; but IL must be horne in
mind that education, to be efficient
can never limit itself to the mere
giving or information. The devel.
opment OF mental power, and the
formation OF the taste are, at least,
OF equal importance.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
MANY MILLIONS IN DIAMONDS.
Enormous Increase In the Product Since
the discoveries In south Africa

Enormous Increase In the Product Since
the Discoverie. In south Africa
The discovery and wgrking OF the
mously increased the production OF
diamonds During the past quarter
century ten tons OF these gems, SELL
ing for $500, 900, 900 uncut and for
$500, 900, 900 after cutting, have been
added 10 the worlds wea tn Ac-
cording 10 the New York News this
quantity OF stones is twice as great
as the sum total OF all tnat were
known 10 exist before, the value rep
resented being In the most concen-
trated possible form. A single cor
poration controls more than nine
tenths OF the entire worlds output
OF diamonds, owning practically the
whole OF the mines in South Africa
Thus IL is enabled 10 regulate and
maintain prices restricting the re-
production so that the supply may
not exceed the demand. Up 70 date
il has placed upon the market about
2,s00, 900 carets During the last
year il dug and sold SIC. 900, 900
worth OF diamonds During 1893
diamonds 10 the value of about sl5..
900, 900 were imported into this coun.
try. Since 1865 sl75, 900, 900 worth
OF these gems have been brought into
the United States The cutting OF
diamonds is carried on in the United
states by fifteen firms. employing $50
cutters, cleavers, and pOliShers The
American public demands IA much
higher quality OF cutt ng than is re-
quired by the European markets AT
the same time less is paid for the
work than abroad, s2 being considered
fair wages per diem The p oneer
cutter on this side OF the water was
heniyD. Morse OF Boston. In 1859
he cut the famous Dewey diamond
the biggest gem Of the kind ever
found in this country-whlch was
dug out o. clay bank near Rich
mond, weighing 25 carats in the
rough. In his shop was invented the
first diamond cutting machine, which
made it possible 10 do the work
faster and with more precision It
has not yet been adopted abroad TO
any extent as yet Amsterdam, the
greatest center OF diamond cutting,
has seventy-two factories engaged in
that industry. The largest employes
1000 hands Next in Importance is
Antwerp. London ranks third. IN
the world there are q, 500 cutters Of
diamonds AID 1000 dealers The
latter carry in stock !. 80, 600, 00G
worth Of stones, representing prob.
ably e.third OF all the diamonds
possessed by human beings to-day
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

THE present style OF alarm clocks
will soon 60 into disuse II there is
any truth In the story that Swiss
clockmaker has invented an alarm
clock with Photographic attach
ment. In place OF the unmeaning
clatter OF the present clock, man
can have himself walked up by the
repetition OF one OF his favorite
poems or by strains of dulcet music.
In fact, the possibilities OF the things
are unbounded.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

A MIsERLY millionaire who died
the other day in Biddeford, Me-. was
asked sometime ago what he expected
10 do with all OF his money my
pleasure, he replied, 'is in seeing 1t
accumulate, and IL those who re-
ceive 1t after am gone have halt as
much pleasure in spending IL, as l
am having In making it, / shall he
contented." He left no will, and a
do. Ell heirs are now anxiously wait
ing for the ''divvy" To be made.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
Turned to Thoughts OF Love.

In Kansas they say a young fellow
is sweet on a girl when he helps heI
to pen the pigs. IF a Kentucky
maiden steals the little silk bow from
the lining OF young mans hat and
wears IL in her shoe she expects him
TO propose within a month. In
Maine the signs are favorable when
a Young man asks the livery stable
keeper for a steady horse that will
Jog along with the lines thrown
about the whip In Texas that alb
sent m ndedness which denotes love
is attributed TO a young man who
forgets his revolver when he goes tc
a dance. In Lower Canada the ar
dent habitant begS wooden shoe
from his sweetheart 70 keep his TO-
bacco in.-New York Recorder.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
prRuAps the chief sion az procre

PERHAPS the chief sign Of progress
In the domain OF art in America Is
seen in architecture. II Is probably
70 exaggeration 10 declare that the
United States possesses more fine
specimens OF modern architecture,
both in city aud country than can
be found in any other part OF the
world. The average may be inferior
TO that OF Europe, but that the resi-.
Dental quarters OF American cities,
great and small, will bear comparison
with those OF European cities, can
not be questioned; and, IL we turn 10
the larger structures used for bust
ness and trade, the like OF them is
rarely seen outside OF New York,
Chicago and Eoston. n.-Westminster
Review.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

Very significant, indeed. according
to the Baltimore Sun, are the figures
from the Bureau of Statistics showing
the export from the United States in
the eleven months ended May 81, 1894.
The total was 1884, 600, 900, against
S7S2, 100000 in the like period of
the preceding year, an increase of
$50, ,000,0 But more than half of
this increase was in exports from the
South, showing the decided revival of
business activity in that section. The
exports from Southern ports aggre-
gated 1886, 700, 900, or $4,000, 900
more than in eleven months of the
year ended May 81, 1898. Baltimore's 5
exports aggregated s7a, 1868, 900; those
of Charleston, s1S, ,O2s, 1870; Calves
ton, s34, ,9s5, 900; New Orleans, $40,
373, 900; Newport News, sl3, 63s, 900
Norfolk and Portsmouth, $40, ,039, 900
Pensacola, s3.694,oOO; Richmond,
S3.S65, 900; Savannah, S24, ,s15, 900
Wilmington, SO. 1899, 900. These totals,
as respects some of these ports, are
-prising. Baltimore's increase wa.
81, 400, 600; that of Savannah, S..
900, 900; of Newport News, s6,0oo,-
600: of New Orleans, s5, 100, 900; oI
Charleston, $4,000. 900.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

The Contemporary Review says:
Englishmen are the milch COWS of the
world. They are the great lenders
from whom all other nations barrow.
For generations they have been rich
and saving, until at last their annual
accumulations have become greater
than the annual openings for iegiti-
mate investment. So severe has the
pressure become that latterly the
money lender has been forcing his
money into every kind of undertaking,
in all parts Of the world, creating, by
his own eagerness to lend, the corre-
spending desire to borrow. 1t is the
weight of uninvested money which
stimulates borrowing, not the cupidity
of the impecunious. Borrowing has
notproduced lending, but lending bor-
rowing. Interest has continued to fall
because there are more lenders than
borrowers. If Englishmen think, then,
that any communities have dipped too
deep into the English purse, they can
easily apply the corrective by little
self-control. They should abstain from
further lending. This may seem a
heroic remedy, but it is the only
remedy.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18

THERE will be much reliefin many
circles in Chicago over the authorita-
tive denial OF Z. @ reports that Prin.
cess Eulalia was living in retirement
and poverty in London. The relief
in the circles Immediately appcrtain-
Ing TO the intellectuals OF Sig Hobart
Chatfeld Chatneld-Taylor, for exam
pie will be immense. And consid-
erable number OF Chicago gentlemen,
aside from Mr.. Chatfeld.Taylor, re.
mem berin2 the charitable enterprise
which followed the Duke Of Vera.
gua's financial mbarrassment, may
heaye a small sigh OF content that
the charming princess can desire
nothing OF them save their distin-
guished consideration which lis as
cheap as ever IL was, notwithstand-
ing the hard times Penury aud re-
tirement would be peculiarly cruel
portion for Young lady so vivacious,
so fond OF going about and seeing
the sights, as Chicago's late royal
guest showed herself 10 be. For it
doesn's fail TO even princess to be
a star Of a Worlds Fair, free OF ex-
pense, more than once or twice In a
lifetime 1t is agreeable to learn,
therefore, that her highness has SO, =
900 year from the Span sh Govern
ment and a first lien on the $50, OO0,- =
900 fortune OF her husband.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
CUNNING OF THE COYOI
Not Afraid to lie Near "A Man Whom He
Knows To he Unarmed.


The barking habit of the coyote is
very doghke, and his Old name OF
barking wolf is very appropriate
When collecting mammals in Wyom-
ing, says a writer in St Nicholas, IL
way a very common thing for us TO
hear the coyotes around our camp set
up a great barking in chorus at the
first sign or daybreak, just when the
roosterS begin to crow on the farm.
1t is a wild and uncLltiva.ed kind Of
bark, ending in a falsetto howl, and
resembles the cry OF the jackal OF In
dia more nearly than any other sound
/ ever heard. But Sir Coyote is cute.
lie knows exactly the distance that
constitutes fair rifle range, and he
knows Just as we'll whether the
stranger is armed as does the stranger
himself When hunting in the Sho-
shone Mountains in 1882, / wanted
TO kill coyote for a special purpose,
but never once succeeded in getting a
fair shot even at 200 yards. For ten
days we banged away industriously at
every one we saw. but never touched
Il hair. Finally, at Corbetts ranch /
left the expedition and started north
by stage. leaving behind me rifle, re-
yolver, knife, and even scissors. Just
two hours after had said good-by TO
my shooting irons and taken the
blackboard stage" we saw coyote
ahead OF us. close to the trail. See
ing us coming he selected a soft spot
sat down within thirty rods OF the
trail and waited for us. We drove
up, stopped as We got opposite him,
and still he did not run. That vii
liam sat there coolly without moving
a muscle, but with leer that plainly
said: "Now, don't you wish you had
your old gum" When We got
through making faces at him and
wishing for gun or revolver, or
even "A common stone TO fire at him,
we drove on, aud then he got up and
weut hunting for jack rabbit To
this day / have been puzzling over
the question: 'How did that crazy
rascal find out so quickly that both
the driver and l were totally un-
armed?" That he did know perfectly
we'll 1 have no doubt whatever. for
no coyote ever waited like that for a
man with gun.