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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Dynanos.

There exists general and deeply root
ed idea that direct current dynam0s of
very high potential are not at all prac-
teal. The actual historical and prac-
teal facts are that the high potential di-
rect current machines We're more exten-
sively and successfully operated when
the dynamo first came into general use
about 1880 than any other type, either
direct or alternate. Furthermore, their
number and size have largely increased,
and the voltage at which they can be
practically worked has been steadily
raised until we now have 60 light dyna.
mos as the standard size of large me-
chimes, generating about 5000 volts and
10 amperes.
Arc dynamos of 80 light capacity are
also regularly made by several manu-.
facturers, and 100 or even 125 light ma.
chimes are built and used. happen tC
know of one station where there are four
arc dynamos rated at 125 lights each
which run every night with a load OF
from 100 TO 105 lights. These machines
must generate about 5000 volts each
No great practical or other difficulty is
found in operating arc machines, except
that of danger TO persons, but this is
merely due TO the high potential and doe,
not depend very much upon the type oi
rno"hina or character of current
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Don't Try to Cheat a Lawyer.

A young lawyer, just starting in his
profession, hung out his sign i'll town
where there was only one other lawyer,
an aged judge.
A close fisted old fellow, thinking to get
legal advice for nothing, called upon the
young man and cOntrived in a sort OF
neighbOrly way to get some legal ques-
tions answered. Then, thanking the
young man, he was about to leave, when
the young man asked for a So fee. The
old fellow went into a violent passion
and swOre he never would pay. The
young lawyer told him he would sue him.
So the old fellow went down to see the
judge and said:
That young scamp that's just come
into town! dropped in to make neigh
borly call on him, and he charges me Sc
for legal advice"
Served you right" said the judge.
But have got to pay it, judgef'
"Of course you have"
"Well, then, said the man, 81 suppose
l must" and he started off.
Hold on" said the judge, ''aren't you
going to pay me?"
PAY you? What for?'
''For legal advice"
"What do you charger
'Ten dollars"
The result was that the old fellow had
to pay So to the young lawyer and so to
the old one.-TOronto Globe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Branding "A Maverick.

In dell N the forest we espied some
mavericks" or unbranded stock. The
punchers are ever alert for a beef with
out half its ears gone and a big HF
burned in its flank, and Immediately
they perceive one they tighten their
cincha, slip the rope from the pOmmel,
put their hats on the back Of their heads
and light out" A cow was soon caught,
after desperate riding over rocks and
fallen timber, thrown down and ''hog
tied" which means all four feet togeth-
er. A little fire is built, and one side of
a cincha ring is heated redhot, with
which a rawhide artist paints HF in the
sizzling flesh, while the COW kicks and
bawls.
She is then unbound, and when she
gets back on her feet the vaqueros stand
about, serape in hand, after the bull
fighter fashion, and provoke her to
charge. She charges, while they avoid
her by agile springs and a Haunting of
their rags. They laugh and cry, Bravo
torow until she, having overcome her in
dignation at their rudeness, sets forth
down the canyon with her tail in the air.
From ''In the Sierra Madre With the
Punchers," by Frederic Remington, in
Harpers Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

says about the unpurchasable things is
not the less interesting and timely be
cause they have been said ever since the
deluge
There is happiness, she tells US, that
gold may not buy. when the woman
you love deceives you, and the portrait
geU clasped worn over her heart shows
another face than yours-when the hus.
band you were unconventional enough
to love in the fearless old fashion lies
dead in your arms, and your whole fu-
ture is darkened and storm riven-when
your son has disgraced his name and
by his own lack of honor has slandered
and cast doubt on his mothers do you1
Claudes and Turner's, your Limoges en-.
amels and old Venetian glass ease the
smart? Does your splendid collection OF
first editions in their perfect bindings
dry the tears which come to mems eyes
as well as 20 wOmen's, when the bitter.
ness is full and by its very fullness per-
force wells over? What do your fields
and farms, your balance at the bankers
your carriages and horses do for you
when your favorite daughter runs off
with the groom, and her sister browns
herself in despair? No! Happiness Is
not to be bought"
Then there are love and honor and
youth that the gold of the Indies will
not purchase. And in these days when
creams and lotions, dietings and exercises
claim to put off the evil hour of age
it is we'll TO read what this very level
headed woman says about youth.
You may buy fashion cosmetics" she
says, 'artful enhancements, subtle dyes
that look almost as good as the real
thing, but you cannot buy youth no1
beauty. In spite of all your care, and
though you give 10 shillings for the val
ne OF penny, you cannot put back the
hands of the clock nor blunt the scythe
of time.
THAT enamel is cleverly done: that
dyed, friZzed hair is a veritable work OF
art; those painted cheeks simulate the
carnations of youth more creditably
than In SO Of your competitors, but-the
cruel fact remains untOuched-youth
cannot be purchased and old age cannot
be bought off. The poor old shriveled
skin gradually grows more and more
like parchment. The fading eyes lose
their brightness, and not belladonna it.
self can bring back that dark line around
the iris which age and weakened vitali-
ty replace by that all eloquent 'arcus
senilis.'"
None of it is very new. 1t is not nearly
SO striking as her views on the wild
woman" but still it is good to recall a
few of these interesting facts in these
days of dancing grandmammas and eli
gible bachelors of 60 or so.-New York
World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
The Gallery Gods Applause.

Lawrence Barrett once told me Of a
conversation he had with Edwin Booth.
The latter had been congratulated upon
an ovation given him by a crowded
house on the opening night of an engage
ment. The sweetest music to my ears,
said the great tragedian, ''is the shout
ing of the boys in the gallery. know
they are not applauding because 1 have a
reputation or because they wish to make
a display. They simply give vent to
their natural enthusiasm. When they
shout, l know that l am giving good
performance. AS for the parquet, ii
may clap its hands out of politeness. A
dramatic critic who had certain notions
as to how line should be read will ap-
plaud if l read it his way; otherwise he
will remain quiet. l can never analyze
the applause of the front rows, bat the
gallery is sincere in its likes or dislikes.
Chicago Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
SMALL TALK.

Strange as it may seem, Blackstone,
Mass, has but one lawyer and Franklin
is entirely without an electrician.
Summer is like pride, inasmuch as 1t
always precedes fall.
If women are to be allowed to vote a
law should be passed preventing them
from betting bonnets on the result of
elections. 1t would mean family strife
and ultimate ruin.-Pawtucket Tribune.
Photographs of jockeys are usually
mounted.
A Foster man who owes a bill for a
horse recently received a letter in which
be was invited to "pony up"
Winters back is far from being broken,
it is as rigid and frigid as the North
Pole itself.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
500 Reward, 500.

The reader of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, Snd tFat is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being constitutional disease,
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stItution and assisting nature IN doing its
work. The prOprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it Is to cure. Send for list of tes.
timonials. Address,
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Tole do, o.
Ia Sold by Drugg lists, Toe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
PREHISTORIC REMAINS.
The Skeleton of Another Tall Man Recent
ly Discovered Near Mentone.


Fresh discoveries of human remains,
probably prehistoric, were found this
week on the Italian frontier near Men
tone. Two years ago the skeleton of a
man more than s feet high was unearth-
ed at the same spot under the direction
of an English archeologist. Workmen
II a cave recently uncovered several
slabs of stone which seemed 10 form a
part of a dolmen. The earth contained
many bones of animals, broken evil
IDENTIFY, for the extraction of the mar
row, and there were indications of fire
close by. Several small, pierted shells
which once formed a chaplet and a
row Of stag's teeth were near at hand.
The skeleton of man feet inches
in height was lying on its back. The
legs were crossed below the knee. The
right arm was extended and bent back
ward toward the head. The hand was
clinched. The left hand was placed
under the head. The same position has
been frequently observed in early neo-
lithic burials. a fine crystal of carbon
ate of lime beside the skeleton was prob
ably talisman. Further excavations
in the cavern revealed innumerable
bones of animals, notably fine verte-
bre of a mammoth Still another find
is flint implement, which appears to
be of pal9olithic age.-Paris Letter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Disappointing.

She was very cultured and fashion
able young lady. albeit she was only
years old, and she was resident of New
York. A gentleman calling on her par
ents had an opportunity to have brief
tete-a-tete with her.
Il presume" he said. "that when you
grow up you will marry, as all little girls
do?'
NO." she replied languidly. No,
hardly think / SHALL"
Indeed! That will be so disappoint-
ing"
Possibly it may be to mamma and to
the young gentleman, but not to me. ]
fancy" and she lolled back III her chair
quite tired to death, don't you know
Detroit Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
The Largest Cities of Antiquity.

The greatest cities of ancient times
were Babylon and Rome. The former
is said to have had an area of 100 to 200
square miles. Its houses We're three or
four stories high, but palaces and gar
dens occupied much of the vast area, so
that the population was not what these
figures would seem to indicate. In fact,
it is said by one historian that nine
tenths of this area were taken up by gar
dens and orchards. The total popula-
ton of the city under Nebuchadnezzar
and his son Evil-Merodach is estimated
at upward of 100000. Rome reached
its greatest size during the fourth CEN
tury of our era, and its population was
then about $500, ,000.-Western Mail.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Incidental Marriage.

There was no fuss and fummery
about the wedding Of a Portland wom-
an last month. She had job washing
floors at the city hall, and one morning
appeared with hel pals and mops as
usual. Along in the forenoon she sur
prised the janitor by announcing that
she was going out for few minutes to
get married, and in Just 45 minutes she
was back, the ceremony all over, the
nuptial kiss duly attended, to, and re-
sumed her scrubbing. She probably ap-
preciated the fact that sometimes it is
easier to get husbands than employ
ment. Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
SANG FOR HIS LIFE.
The Disagreeable Alternative Frederick
Augustus Presented to Musician Abel.

The Disagreeable Alternative Frederick
Augustus Presented to Musician Abell.
John Abel, a celebrated singer and
musician who lived in the reign Of
Charles III, had a very great notion of
himself and would not perform unless
he pleased. There is funny story told
of how he was once made to sing against
his will.
While travelling abroad for pleasure
he came into the town of Warsaw. News
was brought to the palace of the famous
English singers arrival, and Frederick
Augustus, the king of Poland, immedi-
ately sent word that he desired Abel to
appear before him.
Tell his majesty" replied John curt
ly, "that it suits me not"
Back went the court messenger with a
wry face. He knew his masters temper
too well.
Tell Mastp Abel" thundered the
king, "that l will have him come! And
take you, boy, three stout fellows with
you"
The messenger and the three stout fell
lows between them managed to carry
out the royal wish and presently march
ed triumphantly up to the palace with
their unwilling captive.
The king was awaiting them in the
great hall, where he had seated himself
in balcony that ran all round the sides.
Above ham an immense chair hung from
the roof by a rope.
Now, then, into the chair and up with
him." cried Frederick Augustus, with a
chuckle. well soon see if our song
bird won't sing in his cage. Up with
him, my merry men allp'
And up in the air swung Abel, who
still refused to open his mouth. When he
gave glance downward, however, he
changed his mind. Into the hall beneath
him a number of wild bears had been
turned loose.
"Sing, sirrah!" the king shouted, "oT
down you go to play with my brown ba-
bies."
One look at those "brown babies"
growing and snarling below in a very
unbabylike manner, was sufficient to con-
vince the stubborn John. Sing he did,
and he often used to declare in after
days that he never sang so well in his
life as when he was hanging there, hun
dred feet high above the fierce beasts
New York Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Specimen Cases.

s. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tisln, his Stomach was dlsordered, his
Liver was affected TO an alarming degree
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepard, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had
a running sore on his leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salve, and bis leg is sound and we'll.
John Speaker, Catawba, o., had five
large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said
be was incurahle. One bottle Electric
Di,ters and one box Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold at B. A.
Smiths drug store.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Unappreciated.

A single word sometimes reveals a
mans inmost thought.
"Who are those girls playing duet on
the piano?" asked one man of another at
an evening party.
"One of them is the daughter of the
hostess" was the answer.
'And who is her accomplice"-L
don Tit-BitS.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
The Dictionary Habit.

Eyes, it's good thing for man to
refer to the dictionary, but this practice
can often be carried to excess" said a
well known magazine writer. why,
I've seen man get SO much addicted to
this habit" he continued, that he could
not write an ordinary letter without
turning to the dictionary three or four
times in order to ascertain some big
words that he could use. This, think,
is very great waste of time, as he does
not express his meaning bit better than
if he had used some shorter and really
English words"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
The Ruby as a Fruit.

The people of Burmah believe that the
fuby is a kind of fruit which will ripen
if you give it time. They say that most
rubies do not ripen simply because they
are not allowed to do so. If you want to
''ripen" the ruby in your ring, according
to the Burmese idea, you must take your
ring and lay it in the sun for one month
without disturbing it at all, and at the
end of that time it will be ripe" and
good to eat.-New York Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
To BE Tried For Mailing Hible Quo

10 lie Tried For Mailing ElDle quotations.
a case of unusual interest in which
the United States is prosecutor and An
thony Beerpass is defendant Will be
tried soon IN the United States court.
Beerpass was violently enamored of Ce-
liza Grassby. In a fit of anger and jeal-
ousy the lover wrote Celia a very OBJ
jectionable letter. The girl promptly
turned the letter over to the proper au-
thOritles, and BeeIpass was arrested for
sending obscene matter through the
mails. He acknowledged sending the
letter, but claims he cannot be made TO
suffer for it, as every sentence in it is
a quotation from the Bible, which he
readily proved. The defendant says that,
as the Bible is mailable matter, he had
a perfect right to use the mails for
transmitting a few unotatiGns fTnIn III
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
WEALTH CANNOT BUY THEM.

Mrs. Lynn Linton Enumerates a Few OF
Life's Unpurchasables.
When Mrs. Lynn Linton forgets to be
original and radical, she is capable of
saying some fairly pleasant things. The
idea that many things of value cannot
be bought. and that those things which
can be bought are only of secondary i'm
portance in the world, is not strikingly
new. Two or three people had hit upon
il before Mrs. Linton. But what she
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Changes In the French Language.

The French academy has announced
that 200 changes have been made in
the French language. Among others
is the uniform formation of the plural
e. g., materiauX Will become mate
riels, voiX will be vols. The ph Will
give way to f, as i'll philosopnie, max
ing it filosOfie. These alterations, it is
said, are to 90 into INTO force immedi-
ately.-JOuTnal Of Education.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Paul Jones, who has just started on a
trip arouud the world on a wager that he
earn his expenses but $4,000 additional
in just one wear, will try 70 prove the
fallacy of the old saying, "a rolling stone
gathers no moss"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Excusable.

Customer-Waiter, this bullock's heart
is very badly cooked.
Waiter-Well, sir, the fact is, the
cooks been crossed in love, and when
ever he has anything to do with cart
it so upsets him that he doesn't know
what he's a-doin of.-London Million.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

A poor chance well used is better than
a good chance poorly used. Service, not
size of opportunity, is the thing which
will enter into your final reward. Many
a man is losing his opportunity by lazily
longing for large one.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

If Secretary of State Utter is sent to
Congress in the fall. he could be depend
ed on to vote at his party's call. He
has none of the Page propensity of kick
ing over the traces.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Postmaster General Bissell has "dis-
cTiminated" against the Honduras Lot
terry Co. and ordered all registered mail
intended for it to be returned with the
mark of fraudulent" upon it,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

The population of what is known tech
nically as the ''city" of London reaches
S01,3S4 by day, but drops to 37,S96 at
night. The population of greater" Lon
don is 5,633, SOC.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Ex-President Harrison is going to Call
fornia to lecture on International law, and
not to get married AS was currently re-
ported.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

The two highest INHABITED spots on
earth are Arevichiary and Mucupata,
mining camps in the And~s. The former
has an elevation of II $50 ieet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

What the French call dry securing
that is, rubbing a bare floor with dry
brushes-is far more effective than might
be imagined.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

The great benefit the Wilson bill will
be to the working man is not visible to
the naked eye.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

President Dole of the Sandwich Island
has had his salary raised from $4,000 to
$4,000 uer annum. Nothing mournful
about that.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

George w. Childs Drexel will endeavOr
to keep the Philadelphia Ledger up to
its former very high standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Timbuctoo is becoming much less ex-
elusive than formerly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Chicago, with characteristic modesty,
claims that the late blizzar paid her the
most attention.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

The Massachusetts legislature is likely
to have a scrimmage before the bill regu-
lating the game of football is passed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

The Rhode Island General Assembly
have done nothing thus far but to ad-
jouIn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Wetmore is toying with senatorial
bait. He can't hardly make up his mind
to swallow it.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Two looms are considered too much of
a good thing.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Mayor Hopkins has taken hard times"
by the fOrelock in cutting his own salary
10 per cent.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Quicksilver was first discovered with
in the limits of the United States in CAL
nornia in 1860.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Our new minister to Siam is only 81
years old.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Silver is way to the bottom of the shaft
and likely to stay there.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16

Boss McKane must be reminded of the
truism that pride goeth before fall.