The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
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bly, one-third, or about $3.50 900, 900
worth, is in the hands Of the 5000
dealers in diamonds in the different
cities OF the world.
FoRTY-sIx villages. varying in pop
ulation from 500 10 5, 300, still have
the privilege OF free postal delivery.
The experiment was undertaken three
and half years ago. and in many in
stances the postage on local letters
pay the cost Of the service. The ex-
pertinent is locally popular, and the
communities where it has been tried
would probably tax themselves for its
continuance should the Government
give up the scheme.
THE sensation in Atlanta, Ga, is
the preaching OF a thirteen-year-old
negro boy, Charles Johnson, OF Gibbs,
La. He Is of light color. He was
converted, he says, at the age. OF
eight, and felt an immediate call.
lie is now going TO theological sem
mary, where he is taking course in
Bible study. He has none OF the
awkardness Of youth and his voice is
peculiarly deep. His thoughts are Of
a high character and expressed in ex-
cellent language.
THERE are, according TO the last
census, considerably over 20, 600, 900
widows in India and OF all the sad and
sorrowful conditions Of human life.
that OF an Indian widow is the most
pitiable. Every third Brahmin woman
is widow. In England the proper
tion OF widows TO the total number
Of women is - per cent. But, in In
dia, il approximates, as we perceive,
to 33 l-3 per cent. And the law OF
enforced and penitential celibacy ap-
plies strictly in all these cases.
THE production OF copper through
out the world in 1893 was, according
to the technical crgan, Invention
/ Nouvelles, IL, 250 tons for Germany,
100 tons for the Argentine Republic,
/, 425 for Austro-Hungary, 1900 for
Australia, $500 for Bolivia, 1000 for
Canada, 5000 for Cape Colony, 81
27O for Spain and Portugal, li7, ,2lO
for the United States, 2l $50 for
Chilli, 400 for England, 2,OiO for New
foundland, 2,5OO for Italy, $4,000
for Japan, 8, 1870 for Mexico, 400 for
Peru, 5000 for Russia, $50 for
Sweden and $50 for Venezuela.
| This makes total OF BOB, 97J tons,
against $40, $40 in 1892, 279, 49l in
| 1891 and 269, G30 in 1890. The aver
age price per ton was | O93 francs in
1898, /, $50 in 1892, l,277 in 1891 and
!, l35 in 1890.
SAYS an American business man
who has been living in Mexico:
! What Mexico most needs is educa-
ton. The ignorance Of the poems is
astonishing. If the great churches
of America, which are yearly sending
millions Of dollars to China and Afri-
ca to educate the heathens there,
would devote fair proportion Of that
money to Mexico, far more good
would be accomplished. The money
would be better spent and results
more apparent. The few missionaries
| in that country are doing good but
| their number is not sufficient. Then,
less theology and more liberal educa-
ton should be taught, and sectarian-
| ism should not interfere with the
work Strange rs it may seem, the
English tongue has displaced the
| French as n foreign tongue, and is
rapidly being learned by the younger
natives
THE temper Of the age seems to be
against steam and electric carriages.
| though there is no sentiment against
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electrical vict orias which take their
owners in and out OF the city every
day. They have been built by Ger
man electricians, have storage bat
teries, and are guided by man who
sits in the drivers seat. In Paris
there are also three or four steam and
electrical carriages which are per-
mitted by the authorities of the city
to travel over the streets and boule-
wards Of that town. They apparent
! ly work with entire smoothness and
certainty, roll along swiftly, and only
frighten small percentage of the
horses. In this city, says the New
York Sun. there are two electric car
riages, which occasionally arouse the
sightseers on Fifth avenue and in the
Park; but there is no demand for
conveyances OF this kind from the
general public.
IN an article Of great interest in
the Arena on "The Value Of Hypno-
tism as means Of Surgical An9sthe-
sia," by James X. Cooke, VI. d.,
the writer gives an account of some
| OF his eXperiences MS a physician in /
the use of hypnotism as n substitute
for morphine, chloroform and other
opiates. He claims from his prac-
tice that hypnotism can and will |
supply the place now held in medi- /.
cine and surgery 10y morphine, etc,
in at least from - to 50 per cent. Of
all the cases in which these drugs |
are used. Incidentally he combats
the popular idea that hypnotism is
| Some sort of magic or iuvvlery OF ]