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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
RIDING A CAMEL.

Perhaps you rode a camel at the
Worlds Fair if so, you will appreciate
what. Mrs. Amelia b. Edwards says
about it:
The camel has its virtues, so much at
least must be admitted, but they do not
lie on the surface. My Button tells me,
for instance, that he carries a water
~cistern in his stomach, which is meritori-
Gus. But the cistern ameliorates neither
his gait nor his temper, which are abom-
Unable. Irrepreachable as a beast of
burden, he is open to many objections as
q steed. 1t is not pleasant TO ride a
steed that not only objects to being
ridden, but that cherishes a strong
personal antipathy to the rider.
You know he hates you from the mo-
ment you walk around him, hesitating
where and how to begin the ascent of
bis hump. He does not hesitate TO tell
you so in the roundest terms. He snarls
if you move in the saddle, and stares
around angrily at you if you attempt to
move him in any direction save that in
which he himself intended to go. II
you persist he tries to bite your feet. II
biting you doesn't answer he lies down.
Now, the lying down and getting up
Of a camel are performances designed
expressly to infict ~grievous bodily harm
upon the rider. Thrown twice forward
and twice backward, punched in his
wind" and damaged in his spine, the
luckless novice receives four distinct
shocks, each more sudden and unex-
pected than the last. For this execrable
hunchback is fearfully and wonderfully
made. He has a superauous joint some
where in his legs, and uses it to revenge
himself upon mankind.
His PAGES, however, are more compli-
Gated than his joints and more trying
than his temper. He has four-a short
walk, like the rolling of a small boat in
a chopping sea; a long walk, which dis
locates every bone in your body; a trot
that reduces you to imbecility, and a
gallop that threatens sudden death to
the daring experimenter.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

this doing of the small things. Very few
of the great things in the world are done
10y just one person, or through a single
great effort. They come Of the united
force Of a dozen, or u hundred, or thou
sands Of men and from all these through
the adding OF one days effort TO another.
Boy or man. all We have TO do is 10 add
up our small things Sc that they may
one day make the sum Of a life pleasing
in his sight.
so now, having preached my little
sermon, we will 20 to dinner
And after I've finished this wood
pile we'll have our game of ball." said
Will. - e. w
That will be one pitch after another, y
said his father.
"One bite and then another" said
Robert, with a smile at his brother as
they were at the table.
"Yes," said viii, laughing. al
Shouldn't like to take it all in a lump
New York Observer.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

the New York Post Office, where fgom
1000 TO 5000 bags OF mail matter are
commonly stored away in the basement.
Formerly great damage was done by
the mischievous rodents, which chewed
of boring clear through bags of letters
in a night. Troubles of this sort no
longer occur since the official pussies
keep watch. Zach Of the Postmasters in
the larger cities is allowed from 81 to
$40 a year for the keep OF his feline staff,
sending his estimate for ''cat meat To
Washington at the beginning OF each
quarter.
The United States geode;ic surveyors
who have been at work for six months
past defining the disputed boundary line
between California and the State OF Ne
vada from Lake Tahoe To the Colorado
River have some rather unique expe-
riences both with the weather and the
natives. Prof. Davidson found State
pride astonishingly strong where he had
least reason 10 expect IL. THANK God,
l live in Nevada, " said one old settler.
"My barn is Just two feet from the
boundary, but every stick of il is in
Nevada, and you fellows look out if you
make one board OF il stick into Califor-
MIA" On the California side the resi-
dents declare that nothing will induce
them 10 live in such a State rs Nevada,
and they will move if the GeodoticI Sur
vey shows that their property is in the
Silver State. The people on each side
charge those on the other with a desire
to grab u piece of the State. Prof.
Davidson explained to them that the
government is not trying To damage or
benefit either State; it seeks merely 10
establish the line. He also told them
that at least two or three years must
pass before the facts are known. In June
the surveyors were Frustrated by intense
heat on the Colorado River, and in the
end of September they found themselves
in the mountains where the temperature
WAS sometimes eight degrees below zero.
Once they were stalled in a five days
snowstorm. After that they gave upthe
battle with the elements aud went into
winter quarters at San Francisco.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
Vertical Handwriting Urged

Vertical handwriting is coming into
use In England, and is likely to find favor
in ihis country also. Ii ought to find
approval everywhere, if what Mr.. Joseph
V. Witherbee says Of its benefits be true,
and it certainly has an air OF truth about
il:
''To the parent, as well as the educa-
tor, the position Of the pupil when writ
ing should be of the greatest interest.
That there is all alarming increase of
spinal curvature and near sight in chill
dren of the present day goes without
saying. There must be some reason for
il.
"lf we accept the statement Of the
Vienna commission of experts appointed
to investigate the cause OF this increase.
we find it charged to the account of slop-
ing writing, with its unavoidable faulty
positions.
IF the pupil who slants his letters sits
sidewise to the desk "a very common po-
%sition), not only is one shoulder usually
higher than the other, but the head Is
commonly turned until a line connecting
the pupils of the eye is parallel with the
line on which he is writing. Nature i'm
pels him to twist his neck so that one
eye shall be the same distance from the
letters he is making to the other. Unless
he does turn his head the eyes are not
equi- distant from his work, which tends
TO shorten the sight of one eye and
lengthen that of the other. This ac-
counts, in a large measure, for the need
of two 81 asses of different powers for the
same person, so frequently met with at
the present ime.-lNew York Critic.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
This Fire Horse Knows "A Lot.

The men in Fire Patrol Station No. 2,
in Great Jones street, have a great deal
of fun with a horse that helps draw the
patrol wagon TO fires. The horse is a big
animal and is known as Punch. He
knows personally every one OF the men
in the station. Punch hates policemen
and colored men. Whenever n police
man approaches him he morris and kicks,
and if the policeman attempts to 20 near
him he bites.
The other night, while at a fire in
Second avenue. near Eighth street, a
colored man got too near Punch. The
horse grabbed him by the arm with his
teeth and began to shake him like a ter
rier would a rat. The colored man yelled
for help, sand several other colorcd men
standing near by attempted 10 make
Punch let 90 his hold. But Punch
wouldn't do II. and when any OF the men
got near his hipd legs Inc kicked at them.
II took the combined force Of Capt
Grove, of the patrol. and four Of his men
TO get the colored man away from the
animal. The colored man was more
badly scared than hurt.
Once a policeman, anxious TO get out
Of the cold winds that blow through
Great Jones Street on winter nights,
went into the station and seated himself
near the stove. lie was POI ia the
realms of sleep. and when an alarm
anne in he didn't wake up. Punch had
TO pass him on tie way from his stall to
the wagon, and, just for devilment, 50
the men say, lifted the sleeping police.
man by the collar out OF the chair and
dropped him ON the foor.--lNew York
World.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
On Picture Hanging.

The one thing which is unforgivable
in hanging pictures is to ''string" them
along the walls in a line. Their loneli
ness is pitiable. Next to that crime is
the one of arranging exactly symmetrical
groups, suggestive Of nothing 50 much as
a lesson in geometry. Group pictures,
group them gracefully, but don't, when
one has succeeded in making a graceful
bunch on one side Of the fireplace, re-
produce it exactly on the other side.
According 10 one who speaks with
the emphasis of authority, delicately
framed water colors are the only proper
things for the drawing-room, magnif-
cent oils for library and hall and etch-
ings and engravings FOR the dining room.
Meantime. those who do as they please
will continue to hang their etchings,
water colors and oils exactly where they
will gain most pleasure from them,
taking care only not to place side by side
ridiculously inharmonious things.
The smaller the picture or the more
foil Of detail, tn nearer the level Of the
eye it should be hung. Sometimes two
parallel wires are brought straight up to
separate hooks on the picture moulding.
but generally the old-fsshioned angle Of
wire is made. Gold and silver wires are
generally used, but it is said that small
steel and iron chains are 10 be used this
winter for hanging dark-framed en-
cravings and etchings. Some Of the
d%aintier pictures, instead Of being hung
from the moulding, have wires stretched
tight across the back and are caught in
visibly on small screws.-lNew York
World.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
ABSOLUTELY Pure


That was "A touching story told I'm
the papers the other day about the
accident in the Motu bush, twenty
four miles fom Opotiki, says the
Auckland News. A party were clear
ing brush, when a European got his
leg broken. One OF the Maoris bound
up his leg with "A skill that subse.
Quently elected the praise OF the
surgeon; then five white ana five
Maoris started To carry the wounded
mar TO Opotiki by the Motu road,
VIII ch for miles is a mere ledge on
the side Of "A precipice. The rivers
were in flood and the fordS washed
away. The waters were up 10 the
necks OF the bearers, and the tallest
OF the men had 20 hold the stretcher
up above their heads. They had TO
start in the evening, when tired by a
hard days work.
The Maoris behaved like me and
heroes, some OF them taking "A double
turn In the carrying when from ex.
cessive fatigue their white com
panious were unequal 10 H. When
they got TO the journeys end they
fell on the ground and went fast
asleep | have known OF agood many
accidents In the bush az the Thames
and elsewhere, and the behavior OF
men on these occasions Is really an
honor To human nature.
And an incident such as ! have
narrated shows how much OF the
heroic there is In the nature or the
Maori
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
BURNING FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS

BURNING FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
In Johnson County. Wyoming, there
is what is called the burning mountain.
Ii is an immense coal bank that has been
on fire ever since the first white man
visited that country. There are many
traditions among the Indians as 10 the
origin Of the fire, but all point 10 its
great antiquity, and it is possible that
this bank has been burning for 200 or
800 years. The country around presents
q singularly barren appearance, which is
not In the least improved by the looks
of the mountain itself. In places here
and there reefs Of coal crop out and n
high wind fans the fire 10 a furious
blaze. Everywhere the fire is mainly
underground and indicated only by the
heat of the surface and innumerable jets
of smoke and tongues of flame that APP
pear through the cracks in the baked
earth. 1t is dangerous to 90 about the
place, for not only are there frequent
cavings of the surface but the gases
which arise from the burning coal are
empowering = Omaha Bee.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
Deafness Cannet be Cured

by local publications., as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF he ear. There IN only one
way To cure Deafness, and that Il by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness II caused by an In
hamed condition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets In
named YOU have u rumbling sound ar imper-
Deafness II the result, and unless the inGam.
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored 10 liz normal condition. hearing will he
caused by catarrh. which IN nothing but AN in
famed condition ~ the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness lcaused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catsrrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
#. J. CRSsey a Co., Toledo, o.
v Sold by Druggists. Toe.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
Narrowly Escaped a Meteor.

Glines Hill is the name Of a long and
steep grade between the villages OF Mad.
ison and Eaton Centre, n. II. On Sat
urday last Mr.. l.. NJ. Atkinson was rest
ing his horse about midway Of this
hill when his attention was at
trscted by q noise resembling that
OF sparks falling into water. Look
ing to the left and up to the top OF
Downs Mountain he deserted an object
about rs large rs Q half : busheI
measure coming toward him with light
niDg-like rspidity. The missile passed
within twenty feet Of him and landed in
The bank about sixty yards away. When
IL passed him IL was about twenty or
thirty feet from the ground. He said
that he was quite sure he felt the heat
from it, -[Boston Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
RoBBIE's

Ia like to know a pile Of things,
Like What's a Bogglewump,
And why don't little boys nave wings,
And how far frogs a jump.
And what makes fishes snap at flies,
And what keeps logs %afioai,
And how to make good pumpkin pies,
And how long-lived's a goat.
That's why | hate the way they do
In all these stupid schools.
They skip the things ! want TO know,
And only teach me rules"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

Wyoming has 30, 900 square miles
OF coal deposits. There are 8, 900
miles OF i~rrigating canals, watering
1000, 600 acres. The canals cost over
$40, 600, 900. The live stock interests
exceed 800, 600, 900 In value. Over
IS, 600, 900 in bullion has been taken
from the mines in n country.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
No Mules Mentioned.

Arkansas has 100, 900 farms which
produce 900, 600 bales OF cotton, 900,-
900 bushels of sweet potatoes, l,OO0,-
600 pounds OF tobacco, ~, 900, 900
bushels corn and 1000. 900 bus0Sls OF
wheat From the Arkansas forests
are cut yer 20, 900, 900 feet of lum-
Der every year.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
Rich I'm

There have been more remains OF
mastodons and other extinct NAM
moths found in Ic%htucknee River,
Florida, than in any other stream in
the world.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

Foa CoUoas AND TuuoAr DISORDERS use
PRowN' BIO ScntAI. TRoCnrG. " Have never
changed my mind rcspectin { them, except
think better Of that which BEGAN nv think.
Ing well of."-Rsy. H,Hry Ward B',cf0. Sold
only In boxes.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

The pay of color in the opal is due 10
minute assures IN tho stone.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

Evers gem known 10 the lapidary HIS b1en
found In the United States.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

Mornings reechhm's pills with n drink Of
water. Beecham's-n no others. - cents a bon.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

il afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.. Thomp tons'
Eye Water. Druggists sell at 2jc. per bottle
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

The b'eedino Of parrots In hothouses is said
to be practi able.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

Will be sent with every tottl. Of Dr.. HoyisI
terrain Croup Cure. ordered by mail. post,
usid. 30 cts. address, Hoxsie. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

or the Russian city houses, six-sovcnths
are Of wood.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06

Edison, tho inventor, never carried a watch
in his life. I2
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-07
THE elNe MURDER MYSTERY.

me Hayward Brothers Under Arrest
Charged with the Murder.
MINNEAroLIs, Dec. y.--The Catherine
Ging murder mystery Is being solved. A
torn note found In her waste basket has
Been partially fitted together, on which tho
words II will not marry you" are discern
1ble. These words lend confirmation to
the theory that the deed was one of passion
or jealousy rather than Of robbery, and
that the money on her person at the time
Of the murder, estimated at fully 1000,
was taken as an afterthought to obscure
the motive for the deed.
Harry,T. Hayward, the young business
man whose relations with Catherine Cling
have been Investigated from every con-
ceivable standpoint since Monday night,
was last evening arrested on a charge of
murder in the first degree. His brother,
A. A. Hayward, was also arrested at mid
night on the evidence secured during the
day. He Is accused of firing the shot which
killed Miss Cling. Both the brothers are
in jail, though in separate cells.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-07

WARRINGTON, Dec. 2. Proceedings in
the criminal court of Washington may be
. result of the Thanksgiving Day football
game between the Columbia Athletic club
and Georgetown university, in which
Quarterback Bahen, of the university, re-
ceived such spinal injuries that he lies
paralyzed and at the point of death. Sew
eral persons who witnessed the episode
have urged the college faculty to take ac-
ton against certain Columbia players, and
arc volunteering to appear as witnesses.
They assert that Bahen was evidently as.
saulted with theintention Of injuring him
and putting him out of the game. Some
say that the Columbia men went into the
game with the deliberate intention of COM
polling the best players of the opposing
team to retire early
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-07

cuppIngaud fsschinz. AS q. see0nd4s
II. r. DsyIA Jeweler. 0 u. End Bt y
Cuppins q lssoLinr Parker.sos Madisoa
American Laundry, COZ West Front St.
Strong cough candy ut Fsrguson'A "a
East Second street Z
The best tea and coffee in tho city ~
hard times prices &C 401 Delaware Avennn.
W. u. Moore.
DIR. SHINING White Pulmontc BaIsam, -
, famous throat and lung remedy 10
hypophosphate or lung food. 600 K1nG
Ell oct.
Why will you pay big prices when you
San get what you reed ter less mon0v.
Eggs ESQ, doz. butter. Lancaster Co.. 25c;
pound meats away down In price. All
kind OF country produce low.
Simms' Liver Pills quick in curl IN
ever made; thousapds say so. 606 King
street.
II you want Co sava money, go to "
ware Avenue; It will pay you to 60 teuro
and buy at hard times prices.
You people can save IS per cent ~
buying at the Farmers Market House, &g5
| King st. just try and you won't go any
where elee.
The healthy, wealthy and wise all uus
DIR. Sinms' White Pulmonic BaiUam,
when troubled with coughs. sore thrOst.
lung diseases. &C.. 50e aud 81. Depot SIS
| King street.
For iirst-class dyolng and securing no
to the Delaware Dye Works. Gid King
street.
Cheap meats at Farmers Market House.
S27 King St.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-07

TUNKHANNoCK, Pa, Dec. 7.-Goldie
Worden, an s-year-old child, was kidnapped
yesterday as she left the school house. A
closed carriage containing a man and wo-
man stopped nearby, and the man asked
the child if she knew him. She replied
that she did not, whereupon he suddenly
threw his arms about her, tossed her into
the carriage and drove swiftly away. The
little ones screams attracted the attention
of policemen, who started in pursuit, but
the abductors have not yet been captured
The supposition is that the man is the
girls father. Her mother died when she
was an infant and the father being dissi-
pated man the courts gave the child into
the custody of her grandparents. The
father has repeatedly attempted to entice
her away
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-07

II e some time since W. hid been In
New Castle until yesterday. wh1n wuspent
. few hours In that town. Very rev
changes have taken place since We uaed
there We met with old friends. and again
several others were not TO be found, e
they have long since gone TO fairer land.
New Castle In my opinion hes more po-
litioal workers than any other city In the
State.
", we notice that our friend James u. To-
man, OF New Castle, does not intend to
monkey with the political buzz saw any
longer, but has put his brains to good use
and opened grand grocery store with
friend McGrory.
Toman found TO his sorrow that It lie
not oil gold that glltters. and IL
seems he cannot get fair shake for the
domination OF Sheriff. rarmlchael got the
nomination and afterwards he got giori.
oueiy defeated.
Toman believes In doing things by the
double and not by halves.
lie now holds two county offioes-1aii
com missioner and trnstee OF the poor and
with hia hotel and grocery store Will no
doubt make IA much money In four years
az Immigrant Inspector Toner at new
York.
Friend: McGrory believes in hard work :.
for In addition to his grocery he has
first.ciass shoe store and collecting the
city tax at SIX per cent. he makes roue.
ing living.
VIM. H. Hunter. who has been the as.
SCISSOR Tor several terms, believes he could
handle letters ae post master easier than
be now handles tombstones.
Bennett F. Lancaster. who has been
janitor for the city buildings, Ia an ardent
Democrat. who would like to be the next
post master.
But why not give the plum to friend
MoGrory and place the Office In the new
grocery store. Shawtown controls the
city and 1t must be protected.
John |. Boyle has at last got something
by Governor Reynolds appointing him
sealer OF weights and measured.
James b. Hance wants to be a State
detective. and John q. King and Wilson
l.. Baymore. sergeant alarms.
There are about score OF New Castle
men holding government positions at
present
Next spring there will be lively tussle
for tho city Offices. The Que Of Mayor is
the only one however in which there is
anything. BY watching closely the husi-
nose connected herewith 800 can DO
picked up nicely.
Who will be tho next Mayor Is ques-
tin which the Baldwins could scarcely
answer.
Mr.. Herbert, MIR. Martin, Mr. McGrory.
MIR. Geegan and the three other mistors
are all spoken OF. but We hope to see the
present incumbent returned. as he has
made an excellent chief magistrate Of
New Castle.
City Council and the Board OF Educa-
tion do not amount to anything, as both
bodies arc bound up with iron clauses.
VISITOR,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-07


We have laid in our Christmas goods and
they arc a sight, We want you to send ons
Id of our Nc. tea as Christmas gift NC
mothor. Done up in u pretty basket, 10 q
the finest tea nni so cheap. Como ana sos
our curraBt Jelly. see our nuts and pais1as.
sec our fruit Wo have the finest riisins NE
the lowest prices. Look in at our coffee. ssus
java at &c is the daisy. Sec our raspberries
see our biackberrics, ; Id FOR &c. We have
goods at all pr ces. We sell goods TO suit ali
pockets. sec our cake cranb ,rries, We can
supply you Tor Christmas jumbo pickles
All kinds OF flne co ailments. Fine preserves
by the pound. Cedar cream homeless cod
flsb, line mackereL Look ut our caiIel. nons
like then. No Que Can initiate our gnxei
snaps. No one can i'm tate our lunch bi ,oufE
nor baby juinbles- We can recommend oui
butter No keep the finest butter in tiafs
city. at all prices. Some US low as Nc.
We sell You our excellent white Hover at .
and Zoe a bar. and 10 Id of q gar for a6c. We
have all prizes brooms and wall DrusbeI
Mt low prices. Come in and walk arouna
and see our stocS. what you don't soc ssl
Tor il 1T L. NJ. WlERS, 9th aad King streets,
ds-6ts