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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
Pockets and Oratory.

"Do you prefer side or slant or tcp
pockets i'm your trousers2'
Il don't care, I'm sure. All
want H. pockets that | a get my
hands into
This was the conversation | over
heard the other day between a tailor
and his customer, and I was remind
ed Of il an hour later a. | looked down
upon the floor OF the Senate Chamber
and watched our grave and reverend
lawmakers going through their work.
I'm the middle aisle. carrying on Il
triangular debate. were Senator Proc
tor and Senator German, each with
his left hand i'm his trousers pocket,
and Senator Allison with both hands
similarly encased. They were pre-
sently joined by Senator Brice, who
had his right hand pOcketed, while
Senator Lindsay strobe from the
Democratic over to the Repub-
lean side with both hands i'm his
pockets. almost running ilto Senator
Lodge. who was carrying his in the
same way.
could not help thinking OF the old
story OF Daniel Webster and the but
ton on his jacket, which he always
used to twirl while making his best
recitatiOns in school. 1t is said that
ii little girl who had long stood next
60 him in his spelling class, and who
was ambitious to pass him, contrived
one day to snap off this button; and
at the next recitation. when Daniel
felt for it. and found it missing. he
was so overcome that he missed the
word put 20 him, and his clever rival
went to the head of the class.
Suppose some malicious person,
bent on destroying the comfort and
dignity OF the Senate, should %contrive
to have the trousers pockets Of all
the Senators sewed up over night,
what would become Of American or
atory and legislation the next day.
Kate Fields Washington.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
Points About Girls.

Nobody has ever yet discovered a
girl with a small waist who didn't
think she could have it smaller with
out feeling uncomfortable.
Some girls take hrst-clasS happiness
in having "A burned finger, or a odd
sore, or a Sprained ankle, because it
is so comfortable TO receive sym.
pathy.
1t takes an artistic to hold
up the skirt OF "A gown gracefully.
Not one woman in ten can grab her
dress so that it hangs prettiIy around
the hem.
1t isn't always that
makes a girl bite her lips. Some
times-very often. in fact-she does
il to give them a nice color.
When you see a girl with her hair
all mussed up you must not think she
has not combed 1t. 1t takes her
many weary moments to fix it in that
tangled fashion.
When a girl is i'll she says that
she'd give everything she owns to be
well, and when she is well she scolds
and trets because she can have only
one nat,
Whenever one girl tells another
girl about her troubles with her dress
maker, the other girl has a tale Of
woe twice as long and twice as har-
rowing TO tell in return.
The superstition regarding OpalS
evidently has gathered itself together
and shutfled of. Every girl that can
secure an opal ring appears To he
wearing one just now.
1t is a very easy matter t. tell
whether a girl is expecting a man or
a girl caller. II a man is coming,
she looks IN a mirror every few mo-
mentS. Ii it's a girl, she doesn't.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
~sALEswOMEN IN BLACK.

One Of the largest mourning houses
in London has IA staff peculiar to its
own organization. This is made up
of the daughters of clcrgymen. These
live i'm the building, which is most
extensive. They have their well-ap-
pointed rooms and their comfortable
table. They have their times and
seasons Of relief, opportunities for
recreation, but their hours are APP
pointed. They are well dressed and
always i'm black silk.
When the notice Of "A death j. re-
ceived one Of these young women is
sent in a cab, if it is i'm driving dis
lance, and personally superintends
every detail Of the mourning. She
goes, comes, takes measures, buys
gloves, %scarfs, wells, sees TO their
transmission and at last goes person
ally TO adjust bonnets, wells, drapcry.
If the errand is out Of town, i'm n dis
tant place, she takes the train, goes
up and down until everything is in
readiness. If the order comes from
a distance, so far that her presence
is impracticable, she its en-
tire charge in town. New York Adj
ycrtiSer.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
COUNTRY WOMEN AGE RAPIDLY.

1T is u generally admitted fact that
women who live i'm the country age
more rapidly than their city sisters,
and this is presumably due to the
fact that the lives Of the former are
so full Of monotony and SO limited in
purpose. 1t should be possible, how
ever, for women i'm the most retired
localities to know the stimulus of as
ISOLATION with other minds.
There are few places where "A num-
Der Of earnest women could not by
determined efforts arrange for month
ly or semi = monthly gatherings,
which could be made rich in inspira-
ton. The church sociable, the sew
ing circle, the mothers meeting are
not the gatherings referred to in this
connection. Any meeting which
gives women opportunity for idle
gossip is not stimulating in any true
sense. The mind must be occupied
with noble thought before life can
become enriched or quickened. A
new thought can revivify rs n no
art of the most skilled physician,
but it's origin must he pure.
In how many little country towns
and ~villages-in how many cities
are there ONE worn, l~istless, dis
couraged and often i'll, to whom an
acquaintance with Emerson or Rus
kin would be the doorway to a new
life - Detroit Free Press.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
Not What They Were.

Since the veil has fallen into par
tial disuse, the Turkish woman has
also departed. Marion Crawford tells
US: The yashmak is not what il was
ten years ago. and has almost ceased
TO hide the face at all. Strict Is the
Sultan's ordinance is. there is not
the slightest pretenSe of obeying it,
and, in the great ma ,ority OF cases
a thin white veil barely covers the
forehead, and is but loosely drawn
under the chin. The crOsS-band
which used To cover the 5 above
the ewes has entirely disappeared, or
is worn only when ladies appear in
public at such places as the Sweet
Waters. or in their KaikS on the
Coded Horn and the BosphoruS IL
must be admitted that. with the
disuse OF that old-tashioned veil, a
great illusion has disappeared from
the streets OF Constantinople There
was something very mysterious about
IL. Black eyes never looked so black,
and deep and liquid as when seen 10y
themselves, rs il were, between two
broad bands OF opaque white. In
those days, every yashmak yelled an
ideal beauty, very different from the
ugliness OF the pale and flaccid feat
ures which its absence now generally
discloses. One is inclined To doubt
whether the mirror is in common
use in the harem OF to-day"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
The Confederate Cent.

There was only one complete die
made for the purpose Of coming
money by the Confederate States of
America that for II one-cent piece,
which was made by Lovett, the Phila-
delphia engraver, in 1861. After he
had finished the dies Mr.. Lovett
found that he was unable to send
them to the persons that had ordered
the work done, and, becoming
alarmed, he struck Off twelve
nickel cents and then carefully Sc
creted both coins and dies. For
twelve long years the engraver kept
his secret, which was finally revealed
through AN accident. One day, i'm
1873, he went to the hiding place Of
the rare coins and selected one for Il
pocket-piece, and within the month
passed it out u~nknowingly to Hazel
tine, the Philadelphia restaurant
keeper. This man, knowing the
piece to be LOvetts work, sent it to
j. G.. Randall, the coin collector.
After some little trouble HaZeltine
and Randall succeeded in buying the
die, and from it they struck tifty-tive
copper pieces, twelve i'm silver and
seven in gold, This accomplished,
they mutilated the dies, and coin
dealers now hold Confederate cents
at n very high figure.-[St. Louis Re-
nnhlin
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
TIE Straw Stove

The straw stove will enable its
possessor to dispense with the ne
cessity of purchasing fuel where hay
or straw are plentiful. The device
can be made by any tinsmith. 1t
consists of a drum two feet in diam
eter approximately, four feet or more
high, with one end covered, made of
sheet iron. such as is used i'm stove
pipe; a stand upon which to place
the drum, simply and inexpensively
made; the top Of sheet iron with rim
to hold drum in place; legs of hoop
iron riveted a cone-shaped top, join
ing and sliding into the s~tovepipe
sufficiently to allow OF removal Of the
drum for the purpose of emptying
and replenishing. The draught is a
hole at the lower end Of the drum.
with n slide cover or riveted piece so
placed as to allow OF being drawn
over the draught. Fill with straw or
hay or any material of like nature
and stalt the fire ut the top. One
filling will burn about six hours.
The discovery OF this was a Godsend
and averted much suffering .-Seattle
Post Intelligencer.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

How He Is Used at the Plough. Where
Horses are Practically Unknown.

Col Dodge in his Riders OF Many
Lands has pointed out the curious
fact, not generally understood. that
the horse is a comparatively recent
factor in Egyptian labor or transpOr-
tatiOn He was unknown on the
banks OF the Nile until the coming
Of the Shepherd Kings about ]. 100
years before the Christian era. and no
representation or the war steed. CT OF
the horse in any capacity. is 10 lie
found In the more ancient mountains
in the land Of the Pharlohs.
Even 10 this day the camel is a
much more familiar object on the
plains and in the cities of Egypt. both
for riding and as a beast Of burden:
and he is not i~nfrequently seen drag
ginV the pillow. sometimes hitched TO
an OK. sometimes hitched 20 an ass,
now ana then hitched 10 a man sery-
ant, but generally hitched 70 one OF
his own species. lie is in every ca
pacity in which he i found invari-
ably more useful than ornamental,
and he is never amiable. Whatever
he does is done in an ungainly and
i~ll-tempered manner His d liver does
not find him a tractable OBJ ect before
the plow, and how uncomfortable he
is under the saddle nearly every liv-
ing American witnessed for himself
last year in the street called Cairo as
IL was exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
1t is all very well for traveller, TO
talk OF the docility and Of the sagac-
ity Of the camel on his native sands:
to say That he is TO the Arabs what
the reiedeer is To the rs .uimaux and
the Laplanders-the principal SQUIRE
OF their happiness. No doubt he
does furnish them with food, with
ralment. with fuel, with tents, with
domestic utensils; unuuestionably he
does transport them from place TO
place, carry their merchandise, plOw
their lands: he certainly does enable
them TO make war upon their neigh
bors, and assist them in defending
their wives and their children and
their household gods.
But heiis anything but dOcile, even
If he is sagaciouS: and the unsuspect-
ing American traveller, whose coat
vas eaten off his back, and whose
flesh narrowly escaped being con-
sumed, by the principal source Of
happiness OF one particular Arab in
the streets Of Luxor last winter, is
inclined TO believe that the docility
Of the camel is greatly exaggerated,
and that his Sagacity is somewhat
misapplied. -Harper's Weekly.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

A new beautiful watered silk shows
a chine ground Of shadowy pinkish
mother Of pearl, with Pompadour
figures Of shaded pink roses and
shaded green leaves.
The revived Louis XIV. style of
evening dress in Paris introduces
brocaded moires for the pointed bodice
and panier overdress, with full elbow
sleeves, Valois collar, and underskirt
OF plain satin or velvet.
Dark silk dresses, strange to say,
are o by young girls of school age
at evening entertainments. Many
lovely colors are chosen, such as vio-
let, pansy, dark blue, all shades of
red and dark green.
The tendency of the winter fashions
is toward the broadening of the figure ;
the vide revers, the haring collars,
the big ruffs, the dropping sleeves and
the heightened shoulder seams coun-
t~erbalancing the full haring skirts,
and the new overdresses which. while
graceful, add bulk to the figure.
French cashmere, as shown this
season, displays very beautiful de-
signs or groups Of flowers, such as
y%iolets, lilacs, morning glorics.
pansies and daisies. This material
makes up very prettily for girls and
is much made use of. as also is crepon,
with or without a figure, and camel's
hair, both plain and figured.
Skirts for misses are as varied as
those for women. They are in circle
shape, gored i'm front and ON the
sides, and straight. The straight
skirts, however. predominant and two
breadths of double fold goods or three
of twenty inch are used. The skirts
may be lined or unlined. Most
straight skirts are simply hemmed.
\ few bright colored frocks are
worn FOR dressy occasions, such as q
scarlet cashmere trimmed on waist
and sleeves with ruches OF very
narrow black satin ribbon, and 1
frock of pale blue and plum coloreC
%velours, cut in turrets around tn,
bottom and bound with plum coloreC
velvet, with a rufle of blue silk laiC
under the turrets.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
arh Wade.

Money stringency is not the caly csus. OF
hard times, and II takes very little money to
make a good Bankruptcies, As the follow
ms shows Mr.. r. b. Kyle, Tower Hin.
APpomattox County. Va, writes that he was
afflicted with -umatism for several years,
and physicians gave him no relief. Finally
he wa rubbed all over with 81. Jacobs OIL
and 1t cured. During his Illness he had
spasms and was not expected TO live. This
points a way 10 many wno think times hard,
but who can find a n easy way out OF their
troubles.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
FOR THE FAIR sen.
SEASONABLE HINTS AND MAT
TIERS OF MOMENT.
French Business Women--How to
Use lsee--Saieswomen in Black
Country Women Age Rapidly
Strain Of School on Girls Etc, Etc.

Lovely satin striped and dotted
white ground challies and dotted
Swisses are seen.
In the reign OF Louis XIV. the hats
of the ladies were two feet high and
four wide.
Cherry red and green i'm transparent
enamels are the preferred colors just
now in jewelry.
Accordion-plaited materials are
still highly fashionable for dress
skirts, blouse fronts, bretelles and
epaulets.
Pale blue is trimmed with white
lace and a rich coral pink is appro-
priately made up with chiffon Of the
same color.
Chinese silk or closely figured
challies, now so abundantly displayed
in oyery shop, make very pretty
dresses for young girls.
The most popular collar bands are
of bright-hued velvet, having II steel
buckle straight across the front and
lace frills on either side.
The Mary Stuart sleeve is quite the
rage. 1t is composed OF five sections
Of pufls, commencing at the wrist and
increasing in volume toward the
shoulder.
Gloves for wear with tailor-made
gowns are of heavy skin, like those
used for mems gloves. They are
dark red in color and are closed with
four pearl buttons or have two patent
clasps.
The new grade Of swivel silks will
be in great use for stylish spring cos
tunes. They are Of handsome quail
ity, they quickly shed dust, do not
wrinkle, and are warranted absolutely
fast color.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

they are at present. They study
seven or eight hours a day, when two
or three would be sufficient to keep
their intelligence i'm training-and all
for what? To spend their after years
On "a sofa or i'm a sick room, and TO be
a burden, instead Of a help. TO those
who are dearest TO them. II is "A
tremendous saying, from one speak
ing with authority, that a. much
domestic unhappiness is caused in
America by nervousness among
women n by dram-drinking among
Yet such is DR.. Weir Mitchell's
verdict. lie holds that every girl
ought 10 be examined as to her ner-
yOus temperament when about to 20
to school. and at frequent intervals
afterward that leisure, exercise and
wholesome meals ought 10 be insisted
upon; and that studies ought to be
cOmpulsorily diminished, or discon-
tinued altogether, the moment the
w~ell-knOwn signs OF oyerstrain appear.
II girls are maintained i'm normal
nervous condition until they are
seventeen, they may study almost as
hard as they please afterward without
imperiling their woman's life. But
let there be no mistake about it.
and unnatural worry from
Or nine to seventeen mean ruin
and wretchedness from seventeen till
early DEATH McClure's Magazine.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
How Sound Travels.

In day air at ninety-two degrees
sound travels ,l42 feet per second,
or about 40 miles per hour; in water,
1900 feet per second; in iron, IL, 800
feet per second; in copper, l0,37S
feet per second, and i'm wood. from
1900 to 5000 per second. 1t has
also been proven that the sound OF u
bell can be heard ~, 900 feet through
water and that when the same bell
was rung in the open air it could Be
heard but 436 feet.@St. Louis Re-
public.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
low TO USE LACE.

Duchesse lace IA well as Venetian
and Honiton are used over velvet for
theater, calling and evening toques
and capOtes. These laces are formed
into mcdallions, stars, squares or
wing-shaped pieces and i'm Chantilly
the same shapes in black are laid over
white velvet. Gray velvet shading to
silyery white is associated with yellow
feathers, yellow roses and fine black
lace with n touch Of jet and gold
thread, and shown in toque shapes
Domestic Monthly.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
Hearing a Fly Walk.

The m%icrophone makes the sounds
of a Hy's footsteps perfectly audible.
The apparatus consists Of Il box with
a strong sheet of paper stretched over
1t i'm place of the customary lid. Two
carbons, separated by Il thin strip of
wood and connected by two wires
charged with electricity are fastened
to it and connected with a carbon
pencil which communicates with the
paper tympanum. When everything
is i'm readiness and the ear is held to
the sounding trumpet, a fly allowed
to the paper makes a sound,
which to the listener, is equal to the
noise made by n horse crossing a
bridge. = 81. Louis Republic.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrn Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undei signed, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, aud believe him per-
sectly honorable I'm all business TRANSACTIONS
and financially able to carry out any osliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDI>G. KHAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, Toe. per bottle. sold
by all Druggists. testimonials free.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
Not I~.ibelous.

1t has been decided by an English
court that il is not lbellous 10 call a
lady a woman. This recalls the fact
that in a Western town. a couple OF
years ago, young woman who
worked as a clerk in a dry goods store
threatened to sue a newspaper for
libel because IL referred TO her a a
saleswoman. and not as a s~ales.ady.
she did not carry out her intention,
however, as she was advised that she
had no case.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

a wife she is expected generally to
help her husband in his business,
and sometimes she manages il en-
tirely for him. In the small stores
she acts as clerk for him and in the
larger ones she is an equal partner
[Chicago Herald.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
1lIO Bus. Potatoe. Per Acre,

This astonishing yield was reported by Abr.
Hahn, OF Wise IN sin. but SalZer's potatoes
always get there. The editor OF the Rural
New Yorker r~eportSa yield of 736 bushels and 5
pounds per acre from one or Salzer's early po-
tatoes. Above l4l0 bushels are from Salzer's
new Seeding Hundred-fold. His new early
potato, Lightning Express, has n record OF S3
bushels per acre. He offers potatoes as low as
g.. ~ a barrel and the best potato planter IN the
world for but 81.
In YOU WILL CUT TINS OFT AND SEND II with
&c postage TO the John A. SalZer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will receive free has maui
moth potato catalogue and "A package OF six
teen-day Get There, Eli" radish. A
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
rRENcH RusLNrss MONIES.

The Frenchwoman, unlike her Eng
lish sister, has, as a rule, a very good
business education. In the common
schools she is taught household book
keeping and is given lessons In pur-
chasing and useful expenditure. As
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
WOMEN WINDOW DREsSERs.

English women are gradually OBJ
sorbing the entire trade Of shop
window dressing, an occupation still
i'm the hands Of men here. as is the
business Of table decoration. which
i'm London is usually the work OF a
woman i'm the employ Of the florist
who provides the green's and blossoms
necessary. The London decorator
finds her efforts very much assisted
By the electric light, which is now
used instead Of gas i'm nearly all the
better dwelling houses i'm the English
capital. A very much admired dec
Grafton fora ducal dinner party lately
was made with Il long, low, gilded
basket heaped with maidenhair ferns
and lilac ~cattelayas, II great lilac sash
was tied around the basket, the ends
%straying far down the long table, and
the purple orchids overlooked the
basket and trailed among the ribbons.
The table Of beautiful old oak,
very black, and polished, had no
tablecloth, ~ is the fancy now, being
yelled only with two long strips Of
old lace. But the unique feature Of
the decoration was made possible by
the electric chandelier over the table.
This had been tapped by six electric
wires, which were wound with lilac
silk floss, and they furnished the
illumination TO six little globes Of
delicate frosted lilac glass that reared
their heads among the orchids, and
gave them the most beautiful UNI
earthly sort Of transparent brilliancy.
View York Commercial Advertiser.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

DIR. Mitchell deliberately maintains
that, for all the best purposes OF
female society, IL would be better
that American girls were not educa-
ted at all until they are seventeen
than that they we're overwrought as
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

This dainty gown Of French ging-
ham or dimity is trimmed with en-
broidery Of a contrasting shade. The
wide collar and full sleeves gathered
into cuffs make Il charming design Of
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
LOUIS XIII. BODICE.

Semi-low bodice, with balloon sleeves
and circular putting in figured silk,
enriched with Il gold and rainbow en-
broidery on the Stimacher; also on
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

decoration for Spring gowns for school
wear. 1t has n simple round Gretchen
waist, and the skirt is trimmed with
embroidery, fulled on to form seal
Ions.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
FarmerssSeoSyRR Produce
ToF.L SAGE & SON, 1873 READE ST., NY.

Receivers of all kinds of Country Produce, includ.
ing Game, Live and Dressed Poultry and Dressed
Calves. Specialties: Berries. Grapes. Apples. Pears,
Honey. Onions, Potatoes and Butter. Correspond
ence and Consixnments solicited. Stencils fur
nished. Reference: Dun's or Bradstreets CONNER
cial Reports, To be found at any bank.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

DIR. Hoxsie'- Certain Group Cure
Acts directly ON the membranes OF the
throat. and prevents diphtheria and mem
braneous Group. A. u. HoXsie, Buffalo,
y. Y, Mfr.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
A CAPE.

This cape is now a feature Of the
toilette Of many fashionable city