davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10

The "yellow jacket" about which
so much has been heard of late, is
rather a vest than jacket. 1t is made
of rich yellow satin, has no sleeves,
fits the wearer closely, and reaches to
the thighs. 1t is fastened on the side
with small buttons, and has cmbroid-
cred on the bosom tho royal dragon
of China. There are but half dozen
men in the empire who are entitled to
yyear IL
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10

The best American railways are run
more efficiently than any others on
earth, AYERS the Chicago Herald, 1t
has even been proved that an American
road, thoroughly equipped, will carry
a greater weight with the same power
than an English owned and managed
road. In this case the advantage lay
in the American method of arranging
the load and of applying the power.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10
The Lesser Evil,

"Dear me, John, said Mrs. Hicks
worthy, rs Mr.. H, came home with a
drum for his son Willie, "Why on
earth do you buy Willie adruma Isn't
there noise enough in the house, with
the baby crying all day, without
that?"
"That's just the point" returned
Mr.. Noteworthy. 'T bought that
drum 80 that Willie could drown the
noise made by the baby with it. I'd
rather hear drum than baby crying
any day. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10
A Valiant Warrior.

She--So you really do me the honor
of wishing to marry me, Colonel
Dacre?
He-Why should / be afraid of q
matrimonial engagement? have been
through three campaigns, Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10

This year, announces the Rochester
Post Express, the State of New York
has expended $500, 900 toward "the
completion of the new capitol that
has now cost nearly $50, 900, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10

The growing habit on the part OF
the British public to discard first and
second class carriages and take to the
third-class carriages is said to have
had pcrcoptible influence on the
manners of the working classes. The
old third-class passengers have grown
much more polite and quite.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10

A new "sign of the times" is the
great plenty of venison in the Lon
don market. Formerly those who
owned deer shooting sent the bucks to
their friends; now they send them to
market to make little money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10
Good Hot Weather Drink.

For a steady, wholesome and thor
oughly trustworthy drink when the
Thermometer registers ninety or there
abouts, we recommend, without hesi-
tation, pure cold water. Chicago
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10

Mount Hercules, in Papun, or New
Guinea, disputes Mount Everest's
claim to be the highest in the world.
Hercule, claims 32, 1856 feet of alti-
luminosity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10
The railroads of the United States
have present debts amounting to 3l1,-
600, 900, 900.

Agricultural depression in England
is shown by the fact that farm that
rented for years for So, 900 a year now
brings but 81, 800.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10
A Wise Measure.

"Who is President of your club,
Jimmie boy?" the boy was asked.
"Oh, we all are, he replied "That
keeps US al good-naturel. Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10
A Mean Trick.

Museum Manager-Whats all that
disturbance in the lecture hall?
Lecturer. The Armless Wonder has
stolen the Fasting GIRLS lunch, New
York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-10

What was sparsely settled district
in Texas fifteen years agoris now one
of the most densely pe6pled parts of
the state.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
Wars Modern Horrors Will Kill War,

Various experiments with the new RI
f1es which have recently taken place in
Germany have demonstrated in very
conclusive manner that another war
would practically be one Of annihilation.
A we'll known French writer, in an ar
ticle which he devotes to the subject, to-
day says that the battlefield would at the
termination of the engagement be cov-
cred with 100000 or 100000 corpses all
crushed and broken and would be moth
ing but vast charnel house. No one
would be left to bury the dead, and pesti-
lence would in its turn sweep away the
country people. Pointing the moral, he
adds that the man-emperor, king or
president Of the republic-who under
these conditions would expose the hu-
man race to such a fate would be the
greatest criminal that the world had
ever seen. 1t is tolerably plain that the
horrors and the butchery which war
would entail are becoming more and
more recognized, and that the terrible
vista thus opened out is exercising a
SOLDERING effect ON those who were for
merly wont to discuss various eventu-
alities with light heart.-London Tele-
OraDh
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
COntagiOusnesso of Influenza.

A st. Petersburg physician-Dr. f.
Clemaw-fnds a mass of evidence lead
ing to the conclusions that influenza is
constantly present in many parts of Rus
sia that it began to prevail in epidemic
form in or near the Kirghiz steppes in
the autumn of 1889, the cause of its be-
coming epidemic being unknown; that
it spread from the Kirghiz steppes in all
directions, following the lines of human
intercourse; that it's rate of diffusion
was less rapid than was at first believed
and not more rapid than could be ac-
counted for ON the theory that it was
spread by contagion alone, and that
there is much positive evidence Of the
spread of influenza by contagion in Rus
sia, even near the place of origin Of the
epidemic and in the earliest days of its
course.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
The Largest Hat In the House.

To the casual observer of the house in
session it looks as if Tom Reed, with his
large Shakespearean head, would be the
owner and wearer of the largest hat in
the house. But it is not so. That honor
belongs to Pennsylvania and to its Mr..
Phillips. He wears the largest hat in
either side of the capitol and has the
further distinction of being an almost
exact image of Brigham Young. He has
the same heavy type of face as that of
the great Mormon leader, and people
who knew the latter say the man from
Pennsylvania walks like him too. Phil
lips is one of the men who discovered
petroleum in Pennsylvania, and he was
being brought up on a farm when he
made that discovery.-Boston Adver-
tiSer
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
Don't F1irt.

The man or woman who will indulge
IN the practice of flirting" with an
outside party is not worth going out
with or being taken out 1t is species
Of bad form that nothing can excuse,
and though there are many who think
it cute to make eyes and return signs
made by strangers, feeling that such at
tention is bit Of personal homage, the
outside world judges differently, and
one exhibition Of that sort should be
enough TO wean the respect Of either
man or woman, no matter how devoted
they might heretofore have been.
cago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY.
An Old Point Comfort Belle Who Had Her
Self Possession and SnanieI Along

An Old Point Comfort Belle Who Had Her
Self Possession and Spaniel Along.
'"The most self possessed woman I
ever saw is just now one of the bellies
down at Old Point Comfort" +" said Ar
thur Spalding of Bridgeport "She is a
perfect Juno as to figure, and half the
manly heads Of the place have been
turned by her, and the other half would
give all their hopes Of the hereafter to
be called as she calls her spaniel
Sweetheart. The young lady has played
no favorites among her admirers, how
ever, and an examination of her card
at any of the dances would show a list
Of names as different as those ON the
register yonder.
'The other day she went up for her
usual promenade On the ramparts of the
fort, and, as usual, was accompanied by
her aunt, who is her chaperon, one Of
her rigid rules being to allow no man
to escort her when she takes her morn
ing constitutional. By some aggravat-
ing cause she lost an article which is
an important part of the feminine ap-
pareL 1t happened that bright young
devil of an army officer came along and
picked it up. He caressed the narrow
strip of blue silk, admired the artistic
workmanship of the gold contraptions
ON either end of it, and upon closer ex-
animation deciphered those initials that
agreed with those bscne by the charm
ing creature who vas swaying along the
path 100 yards in front Of him. With
characteristic honesty he hurried after
her, and catching up handed out the ar
ticle, with bow Of consummate grace,
saying, Miss B., pardon me, but L be-
ieve this property is yours.
''She thanked him with cordiality
that made him almost stutter, and turn
ing to her aunt remarked with apparent
ly unconscious naivete:
Sweetheart is such careless fell
low. Come here, you rascal. Then, as
the spaniel responded to her call, she
fastened the dainty creation around his
neck, and bowling sweetly to the officer
passed ON, with the wondering animal
scampering in front of her. If her pet
had been toy terrier, she would have
been lost. 1t is scarcely necessary to add
that when Sweetheart returned to the
hotel he was not sporting blue silk
collar with gold clasps on it. Wash
ington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
AN UNUSUAL CASE.
The Business Public of London Surprised
to Learn of a Rich Mans Illiteracy.

The Business Public of London Surprised
to Learn of a Rich Mans Illiteracy.
The longer we live the less easily are
we surprised at anything that happens.
1t will scarcely be believed, though, that
one of the wealthiest and most prosper
Gus of the London tradesmen of today
can neither read nor write, and that his
wife is equally as uneducated as he is!
A short time ago letter reached him at
his private residence in the country, and
as he observed that some figures repre-
senting a large sum Of money occurred
among the writing lie had the docu-
ment deciphered. 1t then appeared
that it was letter from another trades
man complaining that his account, a
very large one, had not been paid, not
withstanding that repeated requests for
payment had been sent to the business
house in town. Until then he had no
suspicion that his firm owed even a
farthing.
He has placed the matter in the hands
of solicitors, and already it has been dis
covered that he has lost over e10O, 900 by
the alleged misappropriation of money
intended to be used for purposes con-
nected with the business. AS he is i'm
mensely wealthy, and as his business is
in very fourishing condition, even so
great a loss>will not materially affect
him. Nevertheless it is curious cir
cumstance that at this date in the nine
teenth century a man has succeeded in
building up vast business and has &C
cumulated large fortune in the center
of London without either he or his wife
being able to read or write.-London
Graphic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
THE WRONG JURY.
A Humorous Incident With g Touch OF
Pathos In a Louisville Court.

Humorous Incident With q Touch Of
Pathos In a Louisville Court.
An incident at once affecting and lu-
dicrous, which moved judge, jury, coun-
sci and spectators to laughter and caused
considerable embarrassment to two la
dies, occurred the other day in the Grim
inal division of the circuit court.
Daring the trial of a young white
man, who was charged with grave Of
fense against the peace and dignity of
the commonwealth, his mother and Sis
ter sat just behind him. At the conclu-
sion of the testimony the jury retired to
their room to consult and decide upon a
verdict
The second panel was then called, and
the case of William Johnson, big negro
blacker than even the proverbial ace of
spades, was tried. The evidence was
clear, and the trial was soon over The
jury had been out but few minutes,
and jury No /, which had the white
youths case was still consulting when
they returned to the courtroom.
''Have you reached conclusion, gen.
etchCO ll1C JOIiSO.
1--WE have" said the foreman, hand
ing the indictment, with the verdict
written ON the back, to Clerk Russell.
"We, the jury, read the clerk, ''fnd
the defendant guilty as charged and fix
his punishment at two years and nine
months -
But he got no further, for the two Ia
dies who were awaiting the verdict in
the other case, over which panel No. l
were still deliberating, broke suddenly
into shrieks and lamentations At first
all were surprised TO see two nicely
dressed white ladies weeping at the
punishment of negro but it was speed
lily recognized that they had mistaken
panel No. for panel No. 1. Jerry Bate,
the ''round and rotund" deputy sheriff,
undertook to comfort the ladies and
speedily explained to them their mis-
take, to the great embarrassment of
both himself and them. louisville
Courier Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
A Crowded Profession.

The Royal academy exhibition in
London this year will contain no less
than 1, 600 pictures. This is mere frac-
ton of the vast collection of canvases
sent in which the hanging commit
tee are patiently examining The situa-
tion is regarded as one of great discour-
agement by artists, who consider that 1t
is proof of the hopeless overcrowding of
their profession.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
Kissing.

1t was a woman Of the world who
said: kissing is like any other intoxi.
cant; once you cultivate taste for it
there is no such thing as getting enough
Of il" F" And it was a young matron with
heart full of love for her firstborn
who declared in the very face of the
crusty old doctors learned objections TO
kissing that as long as there were moth
ers and babies in the world there would
he kissing ad hbitum. m.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
New WAY to Collect Taxes.

In small town in the province of
Saxony the local authorities have for
hidden persons who have not paid taxes
for three years to frequent inns and
public houses, and the proprietors of
these places are to be punished if they
sell drink to such persons. In the inns
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
A Fortunate Selection.

Mother-What are all these senseless
trinkets for?
Pretty Daughter-They are for the
grabbag at the church fair.
Mercy! There is not one thing that
any human being could want. -
Eyes; isn't it fortunate? Everybody
who draws prize will put it back in
the bag. New York Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
Chicago's Dilapidated Postofice.

The Stranger On the Chicago postofice)
Can you direct me to the general de-
livery Window
The Attendant politely Certainly,
sir. Follow the second crack in the wall
till you come to broken place in the
ceiling, turn to your left and go straight
ahead to where the plastering has fallen
down.-Chicago Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08

During the most of the sixteenth GEN.
tury the English people called the Bible
the Bibliotheca, or the library, the word
being limited in its application to the
Scriptural writings.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08

There is a we'll at Scarpa, village
lear Tivoli, Italy, which is 1,700 feet
deep, all but &c feet being cut in solid
tock.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08

OLNEYVILLE BRANCH, IRONS BLOCK.
w. A. CAPwELL, Manager.
Interest paid deposits subject to check a.
sight, 2 1-2 per cent per annum.
Deposits for Savings received as low as 81. co.
Interest allowed on balance of SO and over, pay
able on March 18th and Seq tember 18th. Deposits
received before the 18th of each month draw in
terest from the 1st of the month"; deposits received
after the 18th draw interest from the 1st of the
next month.
Last dividend was at the rate of 1-2 per cent
per annum.
This department combines the security afford
ed by the capital stock Of the Company with the
advantages of saving bank
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
new YORK & new ENGLAND R. R
Passenger Train Service. Week Days, Cor
rected to June 3, 1894.

Passenger Train Service, Week Days, Cor
rected to June 3, 1894.
Trains Leave PROVIDENCE as follows:
For Boston %, II 90 m. A 20 pm; return s 80
I'm, II 20, 3epm
Walpole-S 05 II 90 M A 20 p. m.
Franklin-8 O5 IL 90 m 20, Y 10 p. m.
Milford-8 %, a ID, IL 90 IN, 20, p. m.
ArlingtOn-7 % IL 30 a. m, % 80 *l1 90 p. m.
West ArlingtOn-7 %, 0 %, IL 80, 50 90 m; 245,
Knightsviile-7 10, 9O5. IL s5, 50 90 a. m, 245,
%. 80, **1l 20, Sc 10 m.
Wayland Park 05, 9 05, III 50, 50 co M; 45,
CranstOn, Natick, River Point. Centerville and
Washington O5, 9O5, II 30, 50 Oh a. M. II OIL
Oaklawn-7 %. O5, IL 35 SO 90, a. M. II oil, 2 As,
43O, 525, 30, 80, al 90, s6 10, 81 ID p. m.
Pontiac, Arctic and Quidnick-7 O5, II S5 a. M.
s9OOa m, 245, 5 p, 6 80, %*l1 90, SO 10 p.
Anthony O5, 9 O5, IL 35 50 90 a. m, II Oh 45.
30, 525, 6 30, **l1 90. s6 10, 81 15 p. m.
Coventry %, % a. m. IL oil 45 80 81 3 pm.
summit, Greene, Oneco, Sterling, Moosup Plain
field O5, 9O5 a. m IL Oh. 45, 80, 80,
Jewett City, Canterbury. scotland-7 O5, pcs a. m.
II O1,4 80 p. m.
Versailles. Baltic, South windham-7 O5, 9 % am,
II OIL. 4 80 81 Is pm.
winimantic-7 %, 9 O5 a.. m, II OIL, 80 80,
Hartford-9 O5 a. m, IL Oh, 4 80, 80, 81 15pm.
Fishkill and Newburg-9 % a. m.
Norwich-7 %, % a. m, II OIL, so, 30 p. M
Waterbury, Danbury-9 % a. m, Z 80, 81 Is p m.
Philadelphia via POughkeepSie-9O % M, 81,
81 ID p m.
East Tn ompson, Webster, SOuthbridge, Thompson
Putna m, Pomfret and WOrcester-o 55 a. M.
90 m.
Chicago and the West via Newburg and Erie
Railways % a. m.
PascOaQ and Intermediate StatiOns-6 AZ, 55, IL
am 90 40, 20 and cell ID p IN, Returning
Leave Pascoag at %, Z 10 and 10 a. M, IL 4O,
4 53, %, **S 90 p. m.
All trains leave from West End of Union Depot
Providence.
saturdays only.
sSundays only. -
Tickets between Boston and providence (lm-
ited) 70 cents; unlimited 81.
W. r. BABCOCK, G. p. A.
CIV. OFFUTT, Supt.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08

is hung up list Of no fewer than 11b
names of persons-tLe population num-
bering only /, 1,750-who have not paid
taxes since 1691.-London News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
COnfOrtinU.

Patient-Well, doctor, how's my
lung?
Doctor-Pretty fair-it will last as
long as you hve.-Hallo.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
THE SICK HEALED; THE WEAK
MADE STRONG.

If you are sick or debilited, do not be
Discouraged. Compound Oxygen has
wrought many wonderful cures and has
given strenth to thousands. We know
this to be true from our own experience
of twenty-five years. and we are ready to
furnish abundant proof. It is worth your
while to examine the evidence, which you
can do by writing to Us. We will send
you, free of charge, our book of two
hundred pages with numerous testi-
monials and records of surprising cures
of asthma, bronchitis, catarrh, con-
sumption. neuralgia, nervous prostration,
and other forms of disease and debility.
Home treatment is sent out by express,
to be used at home. Office treatment is
administered here. Consultation free.
Our great smrcess has given rise TO many
limitations. AS there is but one genuine
Compound Oxygen, avoid disappoint-
ments and loss of money by sending to
DrS. Starkey & Palen,
1929 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
FINANCIAL.
OLNEYVILLE BRANCH
Union Trust Company.
CAPITAL s25O.OOO.OO
DIRECTORS:

President WM. 8. HAYWARD.
Vice President, HENRY l.. GREENE
Secretary and Treasurer, A. G.. ToURTELLoT,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08
BANKING ROOMS:
oLNEYvILLE BRANCH, IRONS BLOCK.

I38 Broad Street, cor. Eddy, Providence, R. J..
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-08

William 8. Hayward, Henry L. Greene,
Marsden J. Perry, George Z. Weaver,
Leander K. Peck, Lewis II Humphreys.
Walter A. Peck, Joseph E. Fletcher,
d. A Pierce.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-13

, Here is John coming" she contin-
ued to him. Il shall come and see you
tomorrow again"
We left the cottage as John ap-
preached with his wheclbarrow, bear
ing the Shclltish for his afternoon
round. He knew me: | had assisted
him once with the barrow on the hill,
1T struck me strangely to note his dis
tinctly foreign. his French look, and his
French courtesy of manner. and then
to hear him speak the rough Lancashire
tongue. He had been for many wears
the faithful attendant of old Jacques;
he commonly passed among the VII
layers by the name of Bite q my Leg,
because Of his odd uttcraTice Of the cry,
Buy them alive"
II think your master must be rouslng
up little John" said Louise.
Yea" said John: II think he nun,
miss. Seems TO me he may ret as Weel
again as he was aforc til other master
went to Lnnnon.'
AS | took my way through the village
to my lodgings. found myself turning
over these words of John. how nv ell.
wondered. had old jacques been be-
fore his nephew Went to London: II nc
could recover his speech. could lie tell
us anything Of consequence concerning
him:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-13
Use Of Electricity in Homework.

Electricity promises to solve the do,
mestic problem. 1t simply press a but
ton and dinner is ready. An electric
oven will cook twelve-pound turkey
in two hours and forty five minutes and
no thought need be given it, while the
kitchen is entirely free from heat and
unpleasantness. The upper shelves of
the oven warm the dishes to exactly
the right temperature. Press button
and the coffee will be steaming hot;
another button, and the eggs are beat
en-; another button, and the meat is
chopped. The electric washing mach
ines, irons and sweepers will change
housework from drudgery to scien-
tific economy of power. There seems
to be no reason why the electric ovens
should not soon take the place of the
coal stoves-Lewiston Journal.