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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Introduction of EnYelOnes.

The late Henry l.. Lipman of Phila-
delphia gives this interesting statement
regarding the early use of envelopes in
this country: about 1912 ungummed en-
velopes made their first appearance as a
new importation from France, and Twas
the first to begin their manufacture in
this country. Shortly afterward L i'm
proved them by adding gum to the flaps,
and the gummed envelopes | made were
the first which had been seen anywhere.
and the first envelopes of any kind used
by the United States government were
made by me. The demand at first was
very small. Envelopes were as difficult
TO introduce as any new invention or i'm
provement is at the present time, and
they were considered only as a tempo
rary fad which would soon go out of
fashion again. That is the reason l did
not patent or push them very hard, espe-
cially as l had good trade in seals and
sealing wax and feared that envelopes
would interfere with them. At first
they were only used for business pur-
poses, and it was some time before they
were employed In social correspondence,
as a person was considered lacking in re-
spect to friend when he had to lick the
gum on the envelope sent him. | also
made the first mucilage known in the
United States, and when postage stamps
were introduced the contractor had to
come to me to learn how the gum was
made, and | gave him the information
GRATIS -
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Costly Meals,

The cOstliest meal ever served, as fa1
as history shows. was supper given by
Aelin Verus, one of the most lavish of
the latter day Roman aristOcrats. The
supper was only intended for a dozen
persons, yet its cost was 5000 sestertia
which would amount to e4S, 600 in Eng
lish money, or nearly quarter of mil
lion dollars.
The celebrated feast given by Vitel-
hus, Roman emperor of those degen-
crate days, to his brother Lucius cost a
fraction over 100000. Luetonius says
that this banquet consisted of 1000 diff
ferent dishes of fish and 1000 different
fowls, besides other courses in proper
ton. Vitellius, fortunately for the
world. did not reign very long; other
wise the game preserves of Libya, Spain
and Britain would have been exhausted.
1t may not be out of place to mention
here that it is recorded as curious point
of history that single dish on the table
of the Emperor HeliOgabulus was worth
$500, ,O00.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
The Different Iondons.

The size of London is somewhat in.
definite, but may be said to cover about
square mile. The postal district covers
an area Of $50 square miles. The police
district extends still farther, covering
an area of 6S7 square miles. On the
other hand, the parliamentary London
is much narrower. 1t consists of 10 Dor.
oughs, of which the city of London, a.
though the smallest-having 80 ,562 in.
habitants in 1SS1-is represented by four
members on account Of its commercial
and financial impOrtaiHee, while each OF
the other nine, although larger, is repre-
sented only by two; Westminster, 256,-
413; Chelsea. 25S,O11; Marylebone, Al,
BOO; Hackney. $50, ,427; Finsbury, 4S3,,
316; Tower Hamlets, 391, ,55S; Lambeth,
379, 9,112; Southwark, 207 ,335; Greenwich,
1G7 .632.
Put together, these 10 boroughs repre-,
sent only a population of about 5000 900,
and the remainder of the inhabitants OF
the city belong to nOnmetropolitan elec.
toral districts. Generally, however, the
size of the city is determined 10y the area
under the operation of the metropolis
local government act, which is also
adopted by the registrar general of the
census. According to the definition, Lon
don covers an area of 122 square miles,
forming parts of the counties of Middle
sex, Surrey and dKent.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Certain AnalOgies.

Melting has its analogy throughout
the animal kingdom. We indeed mott
invisibly, are continuously shedding our
scales, but there are some animals that
get through this process even more quick
ly than do birds-as, for instance, the
shedding of the skin as whole by the
newt, eft and snake.
Sir James Paget has noted that some
people have few extra long hairs grow
ing out from the general mass Of the
eyebrows. The few long hairs are repre-
sentatives of permanent condition in
the chimpanzee and some balloons. They
grow out separately from the general
hairy mass over the superciliary ridges.
Darwin notes as a significant fact that
the palms of the hands and the soles of
the feet of man are quite naked of hairs,
like the inferior surfaces of all four ex-
tremities in most of the lower animals.
Something about the ear: The lobule
of the ear is peculiar to man. There is
however, a rudiment Of it in the gorilla
Happy gOrilla-and man!
About the brain Of man and apes: Tn.
whole comparison is Cne of degree, anG
in the case of the bushman's brain with
that of a well developed ape the com
parison becomes nearly equal In truth
there are no specific distinctions between
the brain of the ape and that of man.
Gentleman's Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Disappearing From Spain.

Naturalists have NOTICED the gradual
disappearance from Spain during the
last half century Of certain mammalian
fauna which have long been familiar to
the Iterian peninsula. The porcupine,
which was common in AndaluSia and
Estramadura 80 years ago, has now en-
tirely disappeared from those regions. 1t
is still 10 be found in Algeria and Mo-
rocco, and the ichneumon. or meloncillo.
which was once so very common and
was the great fsvorite of all SpaniardS
before the introduction of the domestic
cat, is now extremely rare. The Barbary
ape, too, which is now only TO be found
in Gibraltar, where it is maintained
with the greatest difficulty, was once
very common in Spain.-London Globe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
The Lights Went Out.

His royal highness the Prince Of Wales
was present at a noble lords once to-
gether with all fashionable London, and
after dinner the best musicians, both
vocal and instrumental, were preparing
to display their talent, when suddenly
out went the light, and performers and
audience were left in total darkness. As
the light was electric and was supplied
from private engine which had chosen
this inopportune moment to go COM
pletely wrong. there was nothing for the
giver of the feast to do but to collect all
the available bedroom candlesticks and
empty bottles and stick candles all over
the place. The effect was most cOmical
and seemed to cause amusement to every
BODY but the host.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
WHEN FRUIT FREEZES.
Why Oranges Are Able to Resist Frost to
an Unusual Degree.

The late Professor Newberry Of Co
lumbia college, New York, showed sci
entifically some years ago how oranges
and apples are able to resist frost TO an
unusual degree. His explanation is es-
recially interesting to every citrus fruit
grower.
The professor showed that It is a law
of crystalIization or freezing or sOlidify-
ing that this process depends upon sew
eral conditions of the liquid 20 be crys-
tallized or frozen, by which is meant sim
ply that the liquid is changed into a solid.
The effect of evaporation has much to do
with it, as this itself reduces the tempera-
ture of liquid to a considerable extent,
as may be discovered by any person who
will pour little ether in his hand and
blow upon it, when the greatly increased
coolnesS will be felt. In India water is
frozen by exposing 1t in porous jars to
the cold night winds when the tempera-
ture of the air is several degrees above
the freezing point.
Ice may be formed in a redhOt cruci-
BILE by the sudden evaporation of liquid
carbonic acid or in a saucer under the re-
ceiver of an airpump by the evaporation
of it and the rapid absorption Of the va
por that escapes b. reason of the reduced
pressure by sulphuric acid in another
saucer.
Again, solutions of various substances,
as sugar and crystallized salts, will not
freeze at the ordinary temperature at
which ice is formed in pure water. Thus
a solution of salt requires lower tenn
perature to become frozen than fresh
water does, and it is well known that
sugar sirup can hardly be frozen at any
ordinary temperature. Further. the ten
sion under which liquids are held has an
effect in the same way. A light tension
makes freezing easier, while high one
retards the congelation.
Now, all these facts have bearing in
the case of oranges and other fruits, as
we'll as the sap of trees. Watery sap of
very succulent plants freezes much more
easily than the sweet and dense sap of
the maple or the hickory. Some buds
will resist freezing quite stubbornly at
very low temperature, and the resinous
covering of the bud scales of trees, as
those of the horse chestnut, exert a great
resistance to freezing.
The sap or juice of the orange contains
a large quantity of citric acid in solu-
ton, and low temperature is required
to CONCEAL such solution. 1t also con-
tains considerable sugar, and this tends
to resist cold. The sap or juice, which
exists in this fruit in the proportion of
7S per cent in the orange, is under con-
siderable tension, and this exerts some
resistance to freezing, and finally the
sap is not exposed to evaporation be-
cause of its tight covering by which it is
protected.
Thus al orange must be exposed to
lower temperature than the ordinary
freezing point of water before it will
freeze. The same applies to other fruits,
as apples and vegetables and potatoes, to
some extent.-POmona Gal Progress.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Talmage Was Thankful.
The following is told by Boniface De
Witt of the Riggs House:

The following is told by Boniface De
Witt of the Riggs House:
DIR. Talmage was preaching at Belle.
week he made up his mind to go into the
pulpit the next Sunday without notes OF
memoranda of what he was going to say.
He memorized his sermon and believed
he had it completely at his tongues end.
So Sunday night he went to the church
pretty we'll fortified with confidence.
In those days in that section of Jer.
sey churches and hotels and many pri.
vate residences We're equipped with pri.
vate gas machines, and the church where
Talmage was to hold forth had one too.
When he got into the pulpit after con.
Quoting the preliminary services al.
right, he gave out his text. Then he was
Mortified to find that he couldn't think of
a thing to say. He repeated the text q
second time, and yet his ideas failed tC
come. He was in agony and began
slowly and impressively to announce his
text third time. AS he reached the
last word and the perspiration of dread
and shame was beginning to start, the
gas went out and plunged the place into
utter darkness. There was no other
means for lighting the edifce, and when
it was announced that the gas machine
had broken down hopelessly DR.. Tai
mage promo need the benediction, and
have heard him say that he never did SC
before or since with greater fervor OF
thankfuiness of spirit. ."-Washington
POST
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Fashions of the Anus.

A description Of the clothing worn
in cold weather by the hairy Anus, those
strange little inhabitants of farther ST.
IBERIA and part of Japan, is as follows:
The only material of which they ever
have a complete suit is fshskin. Such a
suit is sometimes elaborately though
coarsely embroidered. The resemblance
between this embroidery and that of the
North American Indians is remarkable.
How the fishskin is prepared is still
puzzle TO me. Though pretty thin, it is
very tough and has more plia bility than
might be thought possible. Shoes even
are made with it, but not exclusively of
it. 1t generally forms the lining of the
uppers.
The thicker clothing is grotesqueness
itself. For medium garments, especially
for the covering of the back and chest,
birch bark is used, other materials being
stitched TO It, For the coolest weather
the clothing is much like that of the
T. LIMOS and the Kamchatdales The
grotesqueness of it arises not so much
from it's shape as from the variety of the
materials.
In one of these Joseph's coat dresses
were mixed patches of sable, bear, deer
and foxskins, including the tails, in hap
hazard fragments, while behind and be-
fore there was underneath all these a
large piece of birch bark. The bark,
afterward found, was intended inciden-
tally as protection against accidental
shots from poisoned arrows which the
Anus use more in winter than in sum-
mer in their hunting excursions
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
y Legal PuzTler.

Curious comments by a judge, even in
the presence Of the prisoner, though ex-
tremely rare, are not unprecedented.
Mr.. Justice Maule once addressed phe-
nomenon OF innocence in q smock frock
in the following words: Prisoner at the
bar, your counsel thinks you innocent;
the counsel for the prosecution thinks
you innocent; think you innocent. But
jury Of your own countrymen, in the
exercise of such common sense as they
possess, which does not seem TO be much.
have found you guilty, and it remains
that shall pass upon you the sentence
of the law. That sentence is that you be
kept in Imprisonment for one day. and
as that day was yesterday You may now
go about your business"
The unfortunate rustic, rather scared.
went about his business, but thought
law was an uncommonly puZZling busi-
ness.-London Tt-Bits.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
He Could Not Bear the Drops.

Il saw an amusing experiment" said
Henry Waller of Omaha. Some che
stated that no man could stand a quart
of water dropped ON to his hand. drop
by drop, from height of two or three
feet. A bystander bet $50 to 81 that he
could, and the wager was accepted. In
less than minute there was a blister on
the mans hand and in less than three
minutes his face gave evidence of intense
suffering. Before pint had been drop
ped he gave up exhausted and described
the sensation as the most terrible one he
had ever experienced. The man who
pocketed the $50 offered to give odds of
10 to 1 that no one could stand pint of
water dropped on his head drop by drop.
When he could find no takers, he volun-
teered the statement that no one could
have gone through the ordeal and retain
his reason, a statement nobody present
seemed qualified or anxious to contra
dict."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
TRAPPING AN AUDIENCE.
How an Eccentric Lecturer Got His Men
and Then Pounded Them.


Some years ago an eccentric genius,
the Rev. Thomas P. Hunt, used to give
temperance lectures. One night he an
nounced that he would lecture at a GER
tain Pennsylvania town. Now, temper
ance was not III favor among the male
portion of that burg.
The women, however, were all for the
pledge" and consequently on Hunts
fr.t visit not man showed himself
The benches were pretty well filed with
women, though, and Hunt commenced.
But instead of temperance he took them
to task about the vanities Of dress. etc.
They wore great stuffed feather sleeves
then They-the sleeves-caughtit then
the tight lacings, and so on through the
whole catalogue of female fOllies, bat no
word about intemperance.
The ladies went home nearly mad, told
their husbands about it and voted old
Hunt a regular humbug. He announced
he would lecture at the same place the
next night. Long before the time ap-
pointed the people began to arrive, and
when Hunt hobbled down the aisle the
building was completely filled with men.
The old fellow looked about. chuckled
and said in low voice, Hogs, I've got
you now"'
The audience stared.
AHA, hogs, I've got you now!" he re-
peated.
After the crowd had got quiet little
the lecturer said:
Friends, you wanted TO know what
meant by saying, Hogs, I've got you
now' and I'll tell you. Out west the
hogs run wild, and when folks get out
of meat they catch young pig, put
strap under his body and hitch him to
young sapling that will just swing him
from the ground nicely. Of course he
squeals and raises rumpus, when all
the old hogs gather around to see what
is the matter, and then they shoot them
at their leisure. Last night | hung a pie
up. | hurt it a little, and it squealed.
The old hogs have turned out tonight tc
see the fun, and I'll roast YOU"
And so he did, pitching into thei,
favorite vice with much evident relish
and gusto.--American Home Life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
THOMAS GOOSEPRAISSD.
A Man Who Bears That Peculiar Name
Tells How 1t Originated.

Tells How 1t Originated.
The register of the Girard House re-
Gently recorded the arrival in the city OF
Thomas Godbepraised of Barrow-in- Fur
ness, England. Being approached upon
the subject Of the oddity of his surname,
Mr.. Godbepraised said:
Yes, l suppose the name does sound
very odd to Americans, although such
names are not altogether unusual in
England and especially in Lancashire,
which was a stronghold Of the Round.
heads or Puritans in Cromwelrs time.
Ny home is in Barrow-in-FUr which
is in Lancashire. Ny ancestors prior to
Cromwells time were all royalists. The
family name was Elliot. A younger son
renounced the religious faith and politi-
Cal opinions of his forefathers and be
came Puritan. As was usual in such
cases he abjured his carnal name of
Charles Elliot and took the inspired one
of Ezekiel Godbepraised.
There Is quite romance connected
with this ancestor of mine. He fell in
love with the only daughter of Colonel
Fielding in the Cavaliers army, and not
being able 10 obtain her fathers consent
TO their marriage Ezekiel abducted her
and for two years kept her hidden in
dreary house that stood near the little
town of Formby, where a son was born.
After battle little 10 the south of the
River Mersey between the Cavaliers and
Roundheads her brothers discovered he1
and carried her of to old Furness abbey.
In the hurry the child was left behind,
but as a result Of the mothers pleading
one Of the brothers returned to Formby
to get it.
''In the meantime Ezekiel had discOv-
cred his loss and removed the child.
Then the followed the brother back to
FUrness abbey, but arrived too late. The
brother and sister had set sail from Bar
row beach for the isle of Man. A storm
came up. and Ezekiel arrived just in time
to see the boat founder. He returned to
his child more bitter against the royalists
than ever and brought the child up with
the same sentiments.
AT the close Of the war Ezekiel adopt.
ed the trade of a weaver and settled III
arrow-in-Furness. Thus the name was
perpetuated. the stern commands of the
father forbidding the son to throw off the
fanatical nickname when the heat of Pu-
ritanical zeal had given away."-Phila.
delphia Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Persevering.

Of the SO women who, under the lead.
ership of Miss Annette Daisy, made {
run into the Cherokee strip when it was
opened last September, % have persever,
ed in their undertaking and are now
hauling the lumber themselves for G
house of Is rooms, which they will occu.
py. Their section of 4S0 acres is we'll wa
tered and tlmbered. They already have
three teams, two cows, chickens and
other stock, and, neatly dressed in short
skirts that come just below the knee and
are met by heavy wooden leggings that
cover the legs from knee to ankle, they
appear ready for all the farming opera
tions their pioneer enterprise involves
Chicago Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Train and Cannon Ball Compared.

If you will sit down and figure on the
subject little while, you will express
less wonder when you hear of how the
next ''head end collision" smashed things
up. y train running 75 miles an hour
moves along at the rate of 10 feet per
second and exerts an energy equal to 400
tons. In other words, the energy exert
ed is nearly twice as great as that shown
by 1000 pound shot fired from 100
ton Armstrong gun!-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Where Gold Snaps Are Rare.

Whenever cold snap visits Fort My
ers, far down i'll subtropical Florida, the
inhabitants, who have no III, hod of heat
ing their houses, come out il. the streets
and keep warm by sitting / )und great
fires of wood. The cold snal.S are rare,
but when they come everybody, even the
the northern visitor, is thoroughly un-
comfortable, and poor folks, with few and
thin garments, really suifer-Chicago
Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Now Try This.

1t will cost you nothing and will surely
do you good, if you Lave Cough, Cold,
or and trouble with Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Dr.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guar
anteed to give relief. or money will be
paid hack. Sufferers from La Grippe
found it just the thing and under its use
bad speedy and perfect recovery. Try
a sample bottle at our expense and learn
for yourself just how good thing it Is
Trial bottles free at B. A. Smiths drug
store. Large size soc. and 81 90.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
A FAMILY Horse.

The editor of the Hawkinsville (Ga.)
Dispatch recently published the follow
ing notice: "We have a good, gentle,
family horse that we are anxious TO ex-
change for good possum dog or a rea-
sonable amount of fish bait. There is
positively nothing wrong with the horse
but his voracious appetite. We have
had him with Us now about two weeks,
and he has eaten up three loads of cy-
press shingles, two lot gates, licked the
bottom out of a cast iron sugar kettle
and commenced on the gable end of our
residence, and the fact is we have just
got to swap, sell or kill or be without a
house or home"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Hear Roth sides.

Never condemn your neighbor un,
heard, however many the accusationi
which may be preferred against him.
Every story has two ways of being told
and justice requires that you should heal
the defense as well as the accusation, anc
remember that the malignity of enemief
may place you in similar predicament.
New York Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
SENSIBLE HINTS.
Don't complain

Don't complain
About the weather
For easier 'tis, you'll find,
To make your mind to weather
Than weather TO your mind.
Don't complain
About 1.-The sermon"
And show your lack of wit,
For, like a boot, a sermon hurts
The closer it doth fit.
Don't complain
About your neighbor,
For in your neighbor's view
His neighbOr is not faultless-
That neighbor being you.
Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
Bank .! America Loan and T.u:. %,
CAPITAL s25OOOO.OO.
DIRECTORS:
BANKING ROOMS,
BRANCH, IRONS BLOCK.

WA. CAPwELL, Manager,
Interest paid on deposits subject to check a.
sight; 1-2 per cent per annum.
Deposits for Savings received as low as 81 90.
Interest allowed on balance of g and over, pay
able on March 18th and SEP tember 18th. Deposits
received before the 18th of each month draw in
terest from the lst of the month deposits received
after the 18th draw interest from the lst Of the
next month.
Last dividend was at the rate of i-2 per cent
per annum.
This department combines the security afo-d
eddy the capital stock of the Company with the
advantages of saving bank
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-16
A. HERBERT ARNOLD
Funeral Director and Embalmer,
33i HIGH ST, Prov OPEN NIGHTS

With twenty five years experience in
the business feels confident he can serve
the public in time of bereavement IN
satisfactory manner. Carrying a good
assortment from the cheapest to the best.
Lady assistant when desired. TelephoRe
1864