The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-11
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

| JATAaE7E IulIIDuu iiltll
American locomotives superior to
English. French or German makes,
and the principal roads will use them
entirely in the future.
ACCORDING TO the census OF 1880,
| OF every 10, 900 deaths i'm the United
States one will be Of calculus, thirty
five Of Bright's disease, forty OF fe-
vers other than typhoid, lfty-nine Of
rheumatism, seventy Of scrofula. 1870
Of cancer, 40 Of apoplexy, l4S OF
whooping cough, 100 Of dysentery,
100 Of meningitis, 220 OF scarlatina,
2i0 OF ague, 250 Of commissions, 80
OF typhoid fever, 35O OF heart trouble,
ISO Of diphtheria. $50 Of diarrhoea
and ] APO Of phthisis.
An interesting experiment in the
adaptabilty OF electric force to trac-
| tiOn on railways was made lately on
| the v Eestern Of France Railway. The
| electric locomotive invented by NJ.
Hellmann drew u special train from
the St. Lazare terminus in Paris 10
this station, distance OF thirty
three miles, performing the journey
in fifty-fve minutes. The train was
composed Of five coaches and dyna-
mometric brake van, and at certain
portions Of the line a speed OF sixty
five miles an hour was attained.
WHILE few men seem TO be afraid
lest women shall take to wearing trC u
sers, Ellen Batelle Dietrick, in the
August Arena" turns the tables on
them by telling them that they have
no real right 70 wear that garment.
Prepare for shock, dear brothers
Of the Occident," she says, The
fact is that trousers were a purely
feminine invention, created by wo-
man for her own special wearing, and
man was actually reproached by his
contemporaries for copying feminine
fashions when he first began to adopt
trousers for his attire"
THE Boston Transcript" quotesD.
A. Tompkins, Of Charlotte, y. c., rs
saying that the improvement in cot
ton culture in Egypt is due to the ex-
Confederate officers who, at the close
of the rebellion entered the Khedlve'
army. They imported into Egypt
large quantity OF the seed Of the Sea
Island cotton, which, planted in the
Egyptian fields, produced the fine
staple for which there is now so much
demand. Mr.. Tompkins holds that
cotton culture in the South has not
improved since the war, and that
what has been gained in speed has
been lost in fineness. To-day cotton
is rushed to the gin, whereas in old
times cotton was stored some time
before ginning, the fibre absorbing
just enough oil from the seed, which
gave it some Of that brown color and
silky luster peculiar now to the
Egyptian cotton
UNCLE SAM is sort OF second
hand dealer, and runs n good sized
Junk shop on his own hook. Not only
that, but he sends out circulars to
those Of inquiring turn Of mind, with
descriptions and price lists OF his
wares, just as II secondhand book
dealer or postage stamp or coin
collector would do. If n Grand Army
Post should conclude to festoon the
rafters of its armory with old musketS
and antique scabbards, it will find
Uncle Sam right on hand, for, though
he has disposed Of all his heavy arms,
he has innumerable old pistols, mus
kets, bayonets and sabres which he is
not averse to disposing of at a fair
price, and he will promptly forward
a printed price list showing the COM
parative newness or antiquity of his
secondhand wares, and warranting
the articles to be exactly rs repre-
sented and to fill the bill precisely
for decorative purposes. And they
are offered very cheap, too. One can
buy an old sword, blood stained and
full Of memories Of furious charges
and well sustained assaults, for TWEEN
ty-fve cents, horse pistol for
dime or Spencer breech .loader for
81, other articles varying to suit.
HERE is an occurrence reported by
the cable which shows that there is
as fine and brave material in the
French navy as can be found any
where. A torpedo boat-one of the
new kind-attached to the tri-color
feet, at present manoeuvering in
the English channel, came into col
lision with the Jean Bart-the ugly
black vessel which took part in the
naval review at New York last year
and had hole stove in it, through
which the water entered. All steam
was put on in order to reach the
shore and beach the little craft and
the heat became so great that the
boiler plates became red hot and the
woodwork caught fire. The crew Of
twenty men fought the flames steadi-
ly, although there was danger that
the magazine would explode at any
moment. The men could have aban-
doned the torpedo vessel and saved
themselves, but only one of them
tried to do so. The others obeyed or
ders with perfect GOODNESS, although
they stood face to face with death.
1t is gratifying to know that they did
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