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

Every little while the police arrest
a man with a kit of burglars tools in
his possession, and one naturally won
ders where they all come from. IL is
easy to buy "A gun of any description,
and the most reputable citizen would
not be ashamed to be seen purchasing
the most wicked-looking knife ever
made; but who would know where to
get a slung- shot, or a jimmie, or a de-
vice for drilling into a safe, or any of
the many tools used by the profess
sional burglar in the pursuit of his
calling? There probably are places in
many large cities where these things
are made and sold to the users, but
such places are scarce. Once in a
while the police find such a factory,
and then things go hard for the pro-
prietors. II may seem a little strange
to learn that most of the tools used in
burglaries are made by mechanics who
are looked upon rs respectable men il
the community. When a burgla,
wants any particular tool made he goe
70 a mechanic who can do the job, an,
pays him perhaps five times what it i
actually worth for mailing the tool an
keeping still about il.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
INCREASE MATuER. once the Presi

INCREASE MATHER, once the Presi-
dent OF Harvard College, believed
firmly In the influence OF comets up
on human destiny. 1t Is hard to be-
lieve that such superstitions survive
Yet an English exchange says: 1.-THE
rector OF Harthill, in his parish mag.
azine. informs parents that the con-
junction OF certain malign planets
makes it more unlucky TO have chill
dren's parties on a Thursday for
years TO come.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

IT has been supposed that the
waters OF the Dead Sea are absolute
ly destitute OF any living vegetable
or animal organism. A French in
vestigator, Nj. Lortet, has found that
this is wrong. He finds innumerable
numbers Of species of micro organ,
isms, and they are of a very malevo-
lent character. Animals inoculated
die in a few days from the blood
poisoning brought on through the
agency of these minute bodies. The
River Jordan, which Is SO popular
with pilgrims for bathing, is said to
be full OF these micro organisms.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
Like a BraYe Man.

John Weltzel was n the boldest
pioneers Of West Virginia. "A man
absolutely without fear" one Of the
%chroniclers OF those times calls him.
The n OF his death was worthy
OF that eulogy. In the pursuit Of his
occupation, that OF hunter and
surveyor, he often undertook long
journeys alone,-a reckless pro eed-
ing when time and place are consid-
ered,-and was never accompanied
by more than one or two friends.
One day while returning in acanoe
with one companion from an excurs-
ion TO Middle island Creek, he was
hailed by a large party Of Indians,
and ordered to put ashore. Without
making any reply he headed the boat
for the middle OF the stream, and
with his companion, made every effort
to escape.
The Indians fired on the instant,
and one OF the bullets struck Weitzel
in the body. Seeing at once that the
wound was mortal, he ordered the
other man to lie down in the canoe,
and then, with renewed vigor, though
his life was ebbing fat, he ulled for
the o)l osite shore.
The Indians fired another volley,
but without effect, and before they
could reload the boat was out of
range Weitzel ex ir, soon after
reaching the bank, and was buried by
his companion. His grave may be
seen, marked by a rough stone on
which is traced in rude characters,
~. W., 1857"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

what . Caller In society Understsnds by
This.

lnb8
The little phrase mot at home"
used IA the cor Intentional sense, simply
means that n Is not al liberty TO
receive her friends or acquaintances
1t does not mean that she Is out OF
the house, and IL Is not 80 understood
by people accustomed TO society, ac-
cord ny tn a write in Harper S Ba al.
When the maid bars the door 10 a
caller, with the information that the
lady is engaged" and cannot come
down, the caller. unless she Is a very
sensible woman indeed ~ apt to feel
that she has had a rebuff. IN not
take the trouble To 60 TO her house
again very SOON" she thinks, and
probably says, as she walks disap-
pointedly away.
One use OF politeness is to ease the
wheels Of society and do away with
needless friction. When everybody
ia a community adopts a certain for
mula and its meaning is generally
understood and accepted, there Is no
violation OF truth In availing oneself
OF il, simply as a convenience. When
we send out cards say ng that on a
certain day we will he ''at home"
we signify to our friends that then
we will be free TO enjoy their soc ETY..
This may seem too formal to be done
in a little village where old acquaint-
ances run in up n one another on
their way to or from the market or
the postorice, and where the de-
mands OF life are not very insistent.
But In town, with its multiform and
pressing engagements, a day at home
is almost a necessity TO those who
would see their friends and still have
time left for anything else.
OF course il the phrase mot at
home" is crudely taken and regarded
as a falsehood by the utterer and 10y
the person who hears il, it lowers the
moral tone of both.
But this is not what is intended
when it is used. The gentlewoman
who is mot at home" is understood
simply To be mot at home TO visitors"
and Chus she has thrown up a FORTH
tication for the day around the poem
she is writing or The picture she is
painting. the child she is nursing,
Jbt BoWh SIG - hldhlIG vi IllC uCSStIU
she Is connecting. "Mrs. - will
not be at home until after 3 or 1 or
! p. M" is merely a variation OF the
form, signifying at what hour Mrs.
- will be disengaged.
The only really needful thing in
the matter is to have everybody un-
derstand and adopt what a few have
adopted and found convenient and
cOurteous-a conventional phrase to
indicate that the occupations Of the
house cannot be thrown over for the
pleasure OF a conversation with friends
who may ind another occasion for
calling. To a multitude OF over
wearied women, interrupted until
serious pursuits become impossible,
and nerves and health break down,
this little phrase, II accepted as coin
current, would prove a blessing.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
One Thing Machinery Can't DO.

Many attempts have been made 10
supplant the glass blower by ma
chinery, says a trade journal, but up
TO this time non have attained COM
mercial Importance. Either the cost
OF production has been found to be
higher than by the time honored
method or the ware produced was not
OF a quality up to the demands Of the
market. This is more especially the
ease in the kinds OF bottles used TO
contain effervescent drinks, which
must be ca able Of w~ithstanding a
pressure of several atmosphere with
out failure. This, in fact. is the
critical point in the automatic man
ufacture of bottles, sin e the DIM
Guilty has always been to Obtain a
distribution OF the glass forming the
walls Of the bottle as uniform as in
the hand work. The attempt has
been made 10 press the body and tot
tom separately, and to unite the
two by fusing them together, but
the bottles made in this manner were
very heavy and OF a poor appearance.
The bottle machine invented by
Ashby, England. aroused much in
terest and was much talked OF, sew
eral companies being formed TO en-
gage in bottle manufacture by this
method, but none, IL they still sur
vive. have successive, in putting any
great amount OF ware on the market
Of the world.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

THE Hawaiian language is
composed mainly OF vowels, and
"a few c%onsonants put in to
vary the monotony. And the
beauty of the system is that there is
no waste. Every vowel is pronounced,
For instance, when the American eve
winks at the appearance of the simple
word ''naauao," the glib native rolls
out the five syllables with neatness and
despatch. This means 'enlighten |"
Double vowels are very frequent, hut
never a dipthlng. Three vowels are
not uncommon. and, As above, four
and sometimes more are found uu.
separated by consonants. In the
mouth OF the uneducated native, the
language is apt TO he explosive, but
the higher classes speak IL with a
fluent grace that surpasses the French
or Italian. In sound IL somewha,
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

THERE has been considerable in
terest aroused throughout the world
on account OF Bismarck's visit TO
Emperor William, showing that 'all
has been forgiven" The London
Times has found the explanation:
$50 far as IL is political at all IL is
intended to disarm kismarck's hos
tility during an important national
crisis, for as such the Russian treaty
Is recognized. Nobody knows better
than the Kaiser and Caprivi that the
coming year is likely to he one OF an
common difficulty, and Germany's
position will he an uncomfortable
one. The first thing, then, is to close
the ranks and, as far as possible, con-
ciliate the sleepless critic Of the last
four years. AS Bismark, with all his
faults, Is above all things a patriot,
this will not be difficult."
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
A curious lawsuit has inst been

A curious lawsuit has just been con.
cluded ut Brussels. A widow named
Moeus died intestate, leaving u large
fortune. A dispute at once began
among her relatives and r lawsuit to
settle the various claims was institut-
ed. At the trial il was proved that no
fewer han $500 persons were related
to the testatrix. Judgment has been
pronounced in their favor--tLat is, in
favor of relatives, even twelve degrees
removed.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
The Gold Cure for Sore Throat.

A we'll known Portlander wear a
necklace. and is no dude, either. lie
Is exceedingly sensitive 10 sore throat
and he believes the gold Of the chain
protects him from IL. When he was
married his wife found that he con-
stantly wore a string OF gold beads
around his neck. She had little faith
in their remedial property, and when
the srring broke q day she was In
no hurry TO replace it, But her hus-
band came home with a had sore
throat and she was so converted TO
this gold cure that she bought him a
chain that would be less likely u
break han the string OF beads. He
has probably worn gold around his
neck for at least twenty years, and
you can't convince him that its
merely a within. Lewiston Journal.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

They Are the Best In Lfe. boy the Phil
osopnerM
The comparatively cheap pleasures
seem 70 be the best In life generally,
says Harper's Weekly. There is Sc
very little that the very rich can buy
for themselves that need stir envy in
people who are just comfortably on.
Warmth Is such a delightful thing in
winter. but you and / can get as much
as we want Of IL and a millionaire
can have no more. And there are
so many cheap, ordinary things TO eat
that are just as good or better than
the expensive tn ngs. An epicure
who lives somewhere in the western
part OF this State was saying the
other day that, having a particular
dinner in view, he sent TO a judicious
man in New York for the best fish
that the market offered. They sent
him a fresh cod and he admitted that
no fish could be better and moralized
those are his remarks above) on the
comparative c~heapness Of the fleshy
qualifications that were really best,
such as potatoes, and chickens and
fresh air, and tea and water warm
and cold and soap and sleep When
n considers how good a big scent
sandwich tastes when he is really
hungry and how little difference
there Is between good wine and good
water when IL has once passed ones
gullet, and how much OF that differ
ence is in favor of the water, really
lends dangerous charm TO economy
and simple living, and makes one
wonder that thrift is not more catch
ing, and that the delights Of avarice
should be so generally monopolized by
the aged.
One Of the cases where a cheap
article is often at least as good As d
dear n is in the matter Of sons
in-law. How often it happens
that the plain, cheap SON
in-law who exacts no bonus and even
in some cases contributes TO his wife,
support, turns out in the end 10 De
really more valuable and satisfactory
than the bankrupt loafer prince who
costs a million or two at the start
and all that he can lay his hands on
afterwards!
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
\ Dog Story from Japan.

An English sportsman, out for d
few days shooting in the interior OF
Japan, amused the natives upon the
evenings OF his arrival by putting his
we'll trained co ker spaniel through a
series of.clever tricks The Jap name
for dog is Come here" probably be-
cause that is just what the native
ours won't do when so hidden. Jap
anese dogs are a degenerate race, unfit
for the purposes FOR which other dogs
are used, and uncontrolled by their
masters. Their home is in the streets
and fields. The Japanese, therefore,
look with wonder uron the docile
canine companions foreigners bring
to their country. The performance
of the Englishman's dog amazed the
uuSophisticated Japs. This was
shown when the guest retired to his
room for the night. There was his
bed duly made on the floor, japanese
fashion, with the wooden boX-pillow
at the head. But beside IL was an
other very diminutive couch. The
Engllshman could not make out what
the second little bed meant. lie
called the host The latter explained
matters ut once. The second bed
was for 1.-The wise little foreign come
hare
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
WHY do merchants encourage che

WHY do merchants encourage che
credit system? You answer that you
do not. Yes, but you do IL the
system were not encouraged by mer'
chants it would not be in existence
to-day. Did you w stop 10 think
that the mercantile community OF
the country is the only body OF men
who tolerate the credit system? Let's
see you buy postage stamps postal
notes, money orders, etc, on credit,
Go to the theater, and you pay cash.
Express compan.e s demand cash, and
railroad tickets are cash on delivery
to the purchaser: Why should not
the merchant demand and receive
cash? Simply because he encourages
the credit system. 1t may be an i'm
possibility TO completely eradicate
the credit system, but a strict limi.
tatiOn upon credits is a step on the
right road, and its evolution will be
practically a cash basis system, OF
doing business. 1t is worthy of a trial,
and should begin among the jobbers.
1t will quickly spread among the re-
tailers, like measles in a country
school, and when il does it has solved
the dead beat problem for all time.
When sifted down, it will be found
that the credit system is the pro-
genitor OF and responsible for more
evils that affect the financial and
business world than all other agencies
combined.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

Metropolitan fashions have long pre-
vailed throughout the country. In
no one thing is this more plainly APP
parent than in the uniforms of police
men. In the smaller cities, and ever
in small towns, the policeman nova
days wears n uniform like that of hi
city brother. He may not have tn,
city brothers repose of manner ant
cool jsuntiness of bearing, but hi
clothes are strictly up to date.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

The low price of wheat this year j,
due, maintains the New York Witness,
TO the fact that a very large surplus
wal held over from the big crops oil
the past two years. The farmers OF
the world are producing more wheat
than the people Of the world can buy,
though not more than could be son.
sumed if all the people who need il
were able 10 pay for it.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
SERIOUS Proposals To ladies'

Really there is nothing new under
the sun; even the doctrine OF wo-
mans rights is not at all nineteenth
century idea, rs the reformers would
have IT, appear. Two centuries ago
there lived the woman who was the
first advocate OF woman's rights
This good lady's name was Mrs. Mary
Astell, and she published her theO-
ries in a little book called "A Serious
Proposal TO the Ladies for the Ad-
vancement OF Their True and Great
est interest by n Lover OF Her Sex"
This hook was printed in 1854, and
therein the good lady implores wo-
men mot TO be content To be in the
world like tulips in a garden, TO make
a fine show and be good for nothing"
She also says that women value men
too much and themselves too little
and that they SHOULD be capable OF
nobler things than the pititul con
quest OF some poor human heart =
= For q woman should al
ways remember that she has no
| mighty obligation TO the mau who
makes love 10 her, she has no reason
to be fond of being a wife or TO reckon
il a price G. Of prcferment when she
is taken TO be a mans upper servant "
Ye gods and little fishes. to think
that radical sentiment vas written
two hundred years ago And what
a glorious woman's club president
Dame Astell would have made IL she
were alive to-day! And still the fool.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

WHILE a student at Cambridge,
University, Coleridge, the poet, AT.
fected a peculiar style OF converse,
tion. At the dinners in the hall
where the students dined, the veal
served up was large and coarse
Speaking OF it, Coleridge said, 1--WE
have veal sir, %tottering on the edge
of hanf ~
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

SoLOMON's temple was lO7 feet
long, 80 feet broad, and "a feet high.
Though deemed a wonder OF the
world 1t was not larger than many
private houses OF the present time.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
Saloons rs Castles.

Judge Guttman OF Albany, n. Y,
In a recent decision said that a mans
saloon is his castle, aud while he
must not sell liquor on Sunday there
is no law forbidding him from keep
ing his saloon open that day.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

The Hungarian Government has re-
Gently passed q law providing for the
payment of indemnities to prisoners
~innocently condemned to penal servi.
tide, and to their famil's s in cases
where such prisoners have been found
to have suffered capital punishment.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

ish mind OF woman seems bent on
1.-THE pitiful conquest of some poor
human heart" for which the gods
be thanked; else how would there be
any poor woman born to pirate and
prattle Of the rights Of their sex?
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
OLNEYvILLE, II. l.. FEB. "a, 1894

In Japan . man can live like o gen.
tleman for about $3.50 year. This
sum will pay the rent Of a house, the
Nlaries of two servants and supply
plenty Of food.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER-
ESTiNG ITEMS.

Cemmeats and Criticisms Based Upon the
HsppeningA of the Dsy-HistericsI and
News NoteA
OUR national cemeteries, eighty
three i'm number, contains $50, 700
honored dead. Every individual
grave Is marked by a stoHe tablet OF
granite or marble.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

TO REMOVE paint-Sit down ON IL
before IL il dry.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

Entered at The post Office at Olneyvi'le, X
l., 90 secOnd-class mail matter.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24

resembles the general flow of the con.
tinental European languages, for the
vowels all have the French quality,
and the accents are not dissimilar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-07
THE CITY LEGISLATURE. AN INTERESTING MEETING OF THE
 COUNCIL, The Water and Light Question Thor onghiy Discussed and Much Feel
 ing Manifested.

The city council held it's regular meeting last night with the Mayor. City Clerk, and all the Aldermen, ex- cept Alderman Saunders, who is absent from the city. being present.
 The session was one of importance and interest, inasmuch as the water question was thoroughly canvassed and discussed from alpha to omega, and much bitterness of feeling be- tween the Mayor and the Aldermen and the officials and representatives of the Water X Light Company man. ifested. The account of the company was postponed for further considera- tfon and a resolution was passed authorizing the Board of Public Affairs to employ legal counsel with view of contesting in the courts the contract of the Water < Light Company with the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-07
A DEsPERADO CAUGHT.
wnhs Frazier VIII Be Returned to the Farm to do Double Service for
 His Escape.

Deputy W. A. Clay arrived from Memphis yesterday afternoon with the notorious negro desperado, Willis Frazier, alias Brock. It will be re- membered that Frazier was recently sentenced to term on the county farm for burglarizing Altheimcr X Co.'S store last spring, but subse- ducntly escaped and was reeaptnred ill Memphis a few days ago, at which time he was shot in the leg by an officer.
 This morning Frazier was taken before Squire Stewart on tine charge of escape, to which he plead guilty, The penalty for escaping is double that of the original offense, hence Frazier was this morning fined Soo and cost and sentenced 10 period of ninety days on the farm.
 Frazier was returned to jail and now declares that he will have to be Killed before he will return to the farm. As Frazier is q desperate character. he will evidently make it Interesting for the officer who takes him to the farm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Financiers at Washington are prognosticating another bond issue.
 #* The President and House are still in fighting mood over the tariff
 % The tariff conferees agreed to make some sort Of report OH the bill in seventy two hours.
 *#* The A. R. L. strike was formally declared off
 %x* Tie popular soubrette, Patti Rosa, is dead in New York
 *.* The Memphis Star, an afternoon paper, suspended publication
  Fire at Marion. Ind, destroyed property to the value of S75,O00
  Gov. Flower will stump New York State for the Democracy.
  A White Supremacy League has been organized in St Landry Parish, Ea.
  Capt. Freiteh, alone in sailboat, has started across the Atlantic from New York. Millionaire Byers was kidnapped bp the Shields faction at St Joseph and taken to Kansas City.
 #** Alabama, in her election of yester- day, rolled np Democratic majority of 10000 for Wm. l.. Oates, the Dem- ocratic nominee.
  Hon. Charles Denby, Minister to China, believes that that country will win if there is no outside inter- ference. China is trying to secure Alaska, ship built in England for South American Republic that cannot pay for it