The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-20

iN Atot Nv att1 vi tiNS
countries OF the world where women
have some suffrage is over Is, 900, 600
square miles. and hat their popula-
ton is 30, o1o, eco.
ANOTHER fertile OF the great
Centennial state was drawn upon, for
the benefit OF her unemployed people,
n week or So since, when the cowboys
and farmers about Lamar had a grand
jack rabbit roundup for the benefit
of Denyer's hungry poor. Over
1000 rabbits Were secured and sent
10 Denver to feed~me hungry.
JUDGE MILLER, of Washington inn
posed a light fine upon a man con-
victed before him of selling milk not
up to the required standard, the
Judge re%marking that the numerous
diaries which have sprung up in the
city of late years, where a mar can
get a glass of milk or a cup of coffee
AT n reasonable cost, are likely to de-
crease the amount OF whiskey drank,
and their conductors should be used
lenieptly.
BESIDES the boast that Idaho pro-
duces almost every mineral heretofore
known To science, also diamonds,
emeralds, rubies, sapphires and opals,
now comes the report from the Smith
sonian Institute at Washington, that
a variety of ore sent there from Cas-
STA county contains a metal unknown
to scientists, which they have named
Powellite, in honor Of the gentleman
at the head Of the geological survey
in this State.
CHARLES RIDABoCK recently gained
admission To the San Francisco Aims
house, at the age of ninety-one. He
is a New Yorker by birth, and once
owned the present site of San Fran
cisco. In 1928 he made a voyage as
"A sailor TO the Pacific Coast, and
while there married the daughter of
a wealthy Mexican ranch-owner,
through whom he inherited the land
destined to be so valuable. But he
was taken away in irons by the ships
captain, and lost his chances Of own
ing a city. Later he returned to San
Francisco and made much money i'm
mining, which he soon lost. Lately
he has been tending sheep on Califor-
MIA ranches.
The modern American man-of-war
is a little world in itself, or perhaps
more properly IA floating city, with its
inhabitants OF many trades and pro-
fessions. Not only is there a doctor
to dose you, and a chaplain to care for
your spiritual welfare, but many cooks,
several carpenters, skilled machinists,
electricians, t%ailors, musicians, and
BARRIERS. There is ut least one clever
sailorman told off as ships writer,
which officer corresponds closely to
the old-fashioned Scriyener. II thus
happens that one can have almost
anything made aboard ship, from an
e~ngrossed copy of II complimentary
resolution to II complicated piece Of
machinery Or cabinet work.
ALEXANDER X. SHEPHERD, once
Boss Shepherd, " Of Washington, and
execrated as the lowest type Of politi-
clan, is now a rich mine-owner i'm
Mexico. He is IA man Of great influ-
ence in chihuahua. His hacienda in
the mountain is II veritable fort, to
protect the property from revolution
lists and bandits of the country.
Within are the homes Of Shepherd and
his employees, and the ore-crushing
mills. One Of his doings is the intro
ductiOn Of paper money into that part
of the country against the protest OF
the people and the peremptory refu-
sal Of the Mexican Government, but
Shepherds notes are now universally
circulated all over Chihuahua.
THERE were 33, 1876 locomotives en-
gagged in hauling passenger and freight
over the railways Of this country last
year, S,S4S in hauling passenger
trains alone, To transport the pas
senger traffic OF the country 2S,S7J
airs were i'm operation, while for the
conveyance Of freight nearly a mil
lion cars were required. A striking
comprehension Of these facts is had in
considering that the locomotives,
placed end to end, would make a
lam W nv IpliS' hIIl' Wv lI'lEllJ
cars, marshalled on a single track,
would make "a train 1923 miles long,
that is, they would make "a single
train Of cars reaching across the con-
tinent and back, and back again as
far west as Chicago.
An idea Of the enormous number
Of fur-bearing animals annually
slaughtered for their pelts may be
gained from the following figures OF
skins offered for the January sales at
London: 100, 600 muskrat, $50, 900
Australian opossum, 220, 900 r%accoon,
200 900 skunk, 17j, 900 mink, 105, 900
opossum, 10000 wallaby, 80, 800 fox,
&c. 900 marten, 81, 900 nutria, 10000
wombat, 1900 beaver, $500 cat. g.
900 bear, 5000 kangaroo, 5000 lynx
3 500 Thibet lamb, 3,490 wolf, $500
dry-hair seal, 100 badAr and 1000
Russian sable, a total Of nearly
3 900, 900 skins. This is exclusive Of