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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
Odds and Ends.

ONCE a month the ends OF tho hair
should he cut TO remove the S6rked
ends, which stop its growth.
WARM dishes for the table by inn
mersing them In hot water. not by
standing them on hot stove.
MIX stove blacking with spirits OF
turpentine. 1t will take of the rust
polish easier, and stay glossy longer
than when water Is used.
WHEN you are In hurry and a
postage stamp won't stick, moistenlit
and rub it on the flap OF an envelope,
and then quickly put IL in its place.
70 POLISH brass kettles that are
much tarnished. first rub with a so
luton OF alic acid. then dry and
dolsh with rotten stone or the finest
emery.
THERE Is one sure preventive Of
moths, and one which | have never
seen mentioned, says writer 1t Is
tansy. Sprinkle the leaves freely
about your woolens and furs and the
moths will never get into them.
OIL cloth may be improved In ap-
pearance by rubbing 1t with a mix
ture OF half ounce Of beeswax In a
saucerful of turpentne. set this In
q waSm place until they can be thor
oughly mixed. Apply with flannel
cloth. and then rub with a dry
flannel
To MAKE faxseed tea, put table
spoonful OF fiaxseed into pitcher
and pour over IL quart OF boiling
water; cover it and set IL in warm
place TO steep for an hour Then add
the Juice OF a large lemon and few
strips Of the peel cut thin with "A
sharp knife; sweeten with white sugar
TO the taste. Drink a tum blerful on
going TO bed for cold.
EVERYBODY loves miVnonettc.
Some people have trouble 10 make 10
grow This is because the soil does
not contain sufficient lime. send
and get your Stacked lime this month.
Spread IL thickly over the earth
where you propose sowing your mig
nonette seed. The rain will WASH Z
in or you can dig IL In about an inch
deep DO this on mild day. Then,
in April, which is the time for SOW
Ing the seed, your soil will be ready
A BuNIoS may be cured by bath
ing the affected part In hot water 10
which a Ieaspoonful OF salt, table
spoonful OF starch and few drops OF
arnica have been added then wipe
dry with a soft linen towel and ap-
ply iodine with a camel's hair brush.
Wear a loose shoe all the time. or
one which has the leather covering
the bunion cut out Bunions are
caused by undue pressure. A good
plan, IL you have TO be out good
deal, Is TO have the shoemaker cut a
piece from your shoe where IL presses
upon the hunion and replace IL with
ad invisible patch.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
egg sterility Is too much rich. soft
food where fowls are confined. In

egg sterility Is too much rich. soft
food where fowls are confined. In
small Enclosures poultry are unable
10 get the proper exercise aud this
together with too much soft rich
food Is one great cause OF infertile
eggs i would caution any one not
10 feed too much cayenne pepper; a
little Is good but too much is the
worst thing 20 feed breeding stock.
Chopped onions. little ginger or all
spice with small quantity OF salt
are the most suitable for seasoning
soft food. The grain should he OF
the very best wheat is one OF the very
best when fed whole. Oats, buck
wheat and screen ngs do nicely for a
change, and IL the fowls are confined
or II the weather is cold, feed in such
a way that they will have TO earn by
hard work every grain they get
Shavings and chat placed in the
bottom OF the pens and the grain
scattered in this will accomplish the
desired end OF making them work for
what they get Fowls arc sub ect TO
Indigestion just the same as a person,
so keep them busy. If corn is fed at
night when the weather is cold il
should be warmed, but feed sparingly
OF corn in the spring 10 breeuing
fowls, IL is too fattening and over-fat
fowls will give infertile eggs +.
BoOmhoWer
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

THE creation Of national bureau
of health is strenuously urged by
Surgeon General Sternberg OF the
army, who takes the advanced view
that the public health should have
been represented from the first by a
cabinet officer. Very few outside OF
the ranks OF the surgeon generals
professional brethren will be likely
to coincide with this view, but a
great many will approve his proposal
for establishing a bureau OF health
in the Department OF the Interior,
which was recommended some time
ago by the New York Academy OF
Medicine 1t is only when there S a
threatened invasion Of some particu-
larly dreaded disease like cholera that
everybody becomes aroused to the
necessity OF general system for the
protection Of the public health, and
yet Surgeon General Sternberg makes
the impressive statement that the
mortality from the preventable dis
eases which prevail In all parts OF the
country, such as consumption, ty.
phoid fever. and diphtheria, is far
greater than that caused by cholera
or yellow fever in those countries
where they prevail habitually. Even
in the countries where the exotic
maladies flourish the mortality from
them is not so great as from the non.
pestilent al diseases The Surgeon
General expresses the belief, based
upon foreign statistics. that na-
tional bureau OF health would mean
an added saving to the country OF
6s, 900 lives every year, an assump.
tlon which, il it were possible To
verify it, would justify liberal ex-
penditure for such bureau. Estab'
fishing safeguards for the public
health is a well recognized function
OF government and the proposal OF
Surgeon General Sternberg Is Ger.
tainly entitled to earnest considera-
tlOn.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
SOME new cars on one OF the East

SOME new cars on one OF the East
ern railroads that have been con-
stIucted without the accustomed
mirror at each end call out an indig-
nant protest from the Philadelphia
Press. That paper insists that al
though they may be neither beauti-
full nor artistic they serve useful
purpose. II is inflicting an unwar-
ranted hardship upon the women
passengers to deprive them OF an OPP
portunity TO see that their hair is
properly curled and that their hats
are setting correctly as they get up
to leave the car. The women should
institute boycott To have the mir
rors replaced in their usual positions
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
Successful "Fakirs."

An interesting book might be writ.
ten on ''streeC men" or "faki f." as
they are called. DR.. Flagg OF Balti.
more was probably the pioneer In the
business For twenty years he sold
patent medicines from the side OF a
buggy, with negro banjo player as
the attraction TO draw "A crowd. He
retired twice, with fortunes OF 500,
0U0 each time. John Stinson was one
OF the old-timers His specially was
the sale OF glass-cutt crs, and when
he died he left s75, 600 Tom Wood
was another He sold razor strops,
dentifri and soap for taking out
stains This Inc used to describe as
being useful in taking 'stains from
your coat, stains from your vests and
stains from your character. If you
should get shipwreckcd, gentlemen,
this soap will wash YOU ashore"
Charles w, Thompson, OF New York
has sold goods on street corners IN
every city OF more than 20, 0J0 inhab-
itants In the United States, and has
aveled through England, Germany
and France, disposing Of wonder
ful razor stron which he warranted
To put fine cutting edge on hoe.
New York Mail and Express
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

ENGLISH farming is changing fast
from grain growing 10 & azing and
meadow. This is owing 10 the low
D ices OF all kinds OF grain, and
especially OF wheat Each success
siv' year a smaller acreage is put in
wheat and even with a full crop per
acre there is continued increase in
the dema nd for foreign wheat for
bread. In 1873, the wheat acreage
was 3. 400, 900 acres. Last year this
was only 1867, 900 aces, and the
present crop shows a further reduc-
tion. There has also been a de-
crease in land sown to other grains
Barley has decreased 800, 900 acres in
twenty years, beans $40, 900 and peas
los, 900 acres There Is an increase
in the acreage sown TO oats, the in
creasing population OF the island re-
quiring a larger part OF its land TO
support the horses for uraught and
the cows for giving milk. The acre
age OF permanent pasture shows a
very large increase. 1t looks, 10 use
slang phrase, as il English farming
was going TO grass" at a most un-
healty rate.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

THE high school pupils, after coz
sulting grandmother, grandfather,
uncles, aunts, parents, sisters and
brothers, get their essays prepared,
and hand them in. Two teachers,
the pr. ncipal and the superintendent
60 over them then with blue pencils
and the pupil is compelled to copy,
leave out parts, insert suggestions
and finally, after half dozsn repeti-
tions of this process,i the essay Is
ready for commencement night.
Then a heartless public complains
that the essays do not aound 'origi.
nal" In most cases, all that is
heard of the pupils original. atte mpt
is the title and signature.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

A BosToNIAN in Spain writes that
the trains in Spain are certainly the
slowest of all creation. A rate OF
ten or twelve miles an hour is con-
sidered kOod average Of speed for
everyday travellers When the Span
ish officials wish to put on style and
show visiting foreigners what they
really can accomplish in the way OF
rapidlty, they offer express trains
which dash madly across the land
scape at an average rate OF fifteen to
eighteen miles an hour In one way
this proves an advantage, for the
traveller sees a great deal more
scenery for his money than IL he
were pushed past it more swiftly.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
Got what He Wanted.

A small boy. with long yellow
curls and leggins TO match. was TAX
ing lunch with his nurse at San
Francisco restaurant, says the Post,
while his mother sat at neighbor-
ing table, gossiping with q friend
and Dibbling at a piece OF cake.
The toy was quarreling with his
nurse, and his lusty howls had dis
turbed his mother three or four
times
"Mary, why will you tease that
child?" demanded the exasperated
mother. What does he WANT"
The boy knew he was about TO tri-
umph, so he discreetly ceased his
bowling.
'Sure, mum, I'm not teasing him."
said Mary. ale is crying for what
he calls arecracker pickle"
The temporary silence enabled the
mother TO resume her gossip, so, OF
course, she forgot about the boy. In
moment she was disturbed by
another howl from the boy
What is the matter with that
child. Mary? Why don't you give
him what he wants."
''Sure, mum, he's got it."
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
AMlA6lE LAWYERS.


Lawyers, as a matter OF fact, are
as rule extremely amiable with
their debtors Some lawyers OF cx-
tensive practice and ample incomes
have a happy .go-lucky way of send
ing In bills ''some time" A New
York lawyer who is extremely sue
ccsstul in conducting cases, and so
not worried about tindihg bread and
butter for himself and his family, re-
Gently made "A fly ng TRIP on business
To the Pacific coast He was detained
there longer than he had expected.
One OF his New York clients was
spending the season there, and To
him the lawyer mentioned the fact
that he was running short OF funds.
WELL" said his client II have a
comfortable deposit out here. Won't
you take $500 or it?" The lawyer
accepted IL with thanks, and as soon
as he returned To New York sent a
draft TO his friend for the amount
Now, for i've years the LAWYER had
been conducting extensive legal busi-
ness for his friend and in that time
his client had never been able To get
"A bill rendered. So the client wrote
back: 'ireat Scott! Isn't there
any way In the world that / can
make u payment on my accounty l
was congratulating myself that had
been able TO force you To take $500
on account Now, you return IL TO
me-" To this the lawyer dictated a
little conso.a ion IN the following
form: "You won't congratulate
yourself when YOU get the account"
Now the client goes around wonder
ing IL there will be anything left OF
his estate alter the lawyers lightning
strikes IL Tribune
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
Planting the Garden Early.

As to making garden as early as
possible In the spring, Waldo +. Brown
writeslto the. "N ountry Gentleman"
Notwithstanding this year OF disas.
ter, l shall continue TO plant Just as
1 have done in the past, for nine
years out OF ten i am from one TO
two weeks ahead OF my nelghbors,
ana an early garden Is luxury that
We can afford TO take some risk for
/ will say, however, that such early
planting is safe only on thoroughly
drained lund."
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

THEY are always bringing out nov.
elites over in Jersey. Their latest
discovery is a dashing girl burglar,
who is said TO be captain OF band
which makes nights very unpleasant
for the wealthy dwellers in villas
An added iquancy is giving to the
story by the statament that the fair
crackswoman is we'll connected aud
has Leen won't TO move in good So
ciety. We are evidently on the verge
OF a new series OF dime and half
dime novels, in which girl burglars
girl detectives and young highway
women are TO he chased by female
Ola Sleuths through the maze Of ex-
citing adventure common TO that
sort OF literature.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
STRANGE STORY OF THE WAR.
Ben Jordsn's Vendetta Decimated the
Able Bodied Men of Fma ain Couaty.

Able Bodied Men of FAssin Ceusty.
Connected with the kill nR OF Mrs.
Hughes husband Is one OF the
strangest stories OF the civil war, says
the Atlanta Constitution. In Fan
nin County there lived and fiouiished
fellow famed far and wide as
Daredevil Ben" He was the
Brombones OF the community and
his exploits extended all over North
Georgia. Sprung from prominent
family which boasted OF its Bourbon
blood, ana rich In the possession OF
worldly goods, he was the leading
spirit in crowd OF jovial hearted d
fellows who lived only for fun and
trolic
When the tocsin OF war FIRST
sounded Ben Jordan responded
speedily. Organizing company at
once he fastened TO the scene OF the
conf CT In the battles throughout
Virginia there were no braver spirits
than Ben Jordan's men. Several
times he fell wounded, lighting In
the thick OF the fray His many
deeds OF reckless daring won the ad-
miration OF all the officers and h 5
unshrinking valor endeared him 10
the hearts OF the men. One day
shortly after the battle OF Gettys-
burgh he received a letter notifying
him OF his mothers death and telling
how mis- home had been burned.
Jordan Immediately made applica.
tion for a leave Of absence This,
however, could not hc obtained, as
the order revoking all leaves OF alb
sence and refusing thereafter all
furlouchs had Just before been issued.
Then, according TO the tale told by
the old Fannin County citizen, Jor-
dan, with his characteristic bold
ness, went before Gen. Longstreet.
lie explained 10 the General how
he had heard OF the death OF his
mother and the burning OF his home
and asked leave OF absence. Long
street replied that he sympathized
with him, but the ders must be
stances were, and he was forced tC
refuse the re Iuest. Jordan bowed
and left the tent The next morn
ing he was missing. Some time af-
ter he turned up near his old home,
In Fannin County To lind things
even worse than reported. Nothing
remained except the land upon which
the ruins OF his ancestral mansion
were standing.
Driven TO desperation, he sworc
revenge. From hi, sister he got the
names OF the twenty-five men, who,
IL was said, sympathizing with the
Union side after seeing the inevita.
BILE result OF the war, began 70 com
NIT deeds OF violence in their neigh
borhood. 1t was this gang which
burned JOrdan's house. He did not
return to Virginia When the sur
render was made and peace declared
all OF his old companions came home.
To several OF them no related his
tale They swore TO stand ny him,
and the vendetta was formed. Upon
Bible each took solemn on h 70
Kill all OF the men whose names were
on the list
How we'll they succeeded any OF
the old people up In FaDnin can tell
you As each man was killed Jor
dan would check his name of tn,
list In some mysterious way oht
vendetta was divulgcd. Jordan dis
appeared, and since then has never
been heard from. Among the names
on the list OF those who were mur'
dered was that OF Dallas Hughes, the
husband OF Mrs. Betty Hughes whose
pension old man Hunter will suffer
for
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
Good Road Qualities Desirabic.

Farmers have one advantage over
the regular breeder, they can produce
good road horses Trotting horses
have engaged the attention OF the
large b. eeders until they know but
little about any other class OF ami
mails But buyers know too well that
breeding farm devoted wholly to
producing horses with low track
record, are the poorest places in the
world TO look for good road stock.
Buyers in these times want good
shapely horses fast and well broken
TO drive. The track education OF a
fast colt Injuries him for use on the
ROAD because he is unaccustomed TO
the sights and scenes along the way.
He is nervous instead OF quiet and
keeps his driver on the lookout con-
stantly to prevent accidents. The
well-shaped, moderately fast colt
bred on the farm knows everything
by the roadside and doesn't need TO
that IL pays TO jog some OF the time
and so Is always ready TO respond TO
REQUEST for extra exertiOn. The
track-educated colt wants to spurt
and soon tires himself out by o er-
exertiOn or frets himself out with
NERVOUSNESS
Farmers will find I'm this good
field for their efforts Good road
sters, stylish and safe for women and
children, are in active demand and
will be sought for this season more
than ever before, 1t is probable, too,
that the demand will increase yearly
because more and more people are
buying horses tor moderate road use.
Given more with good speed blood
and a stallion with some style and
spirit farmers should be able 10 raise
desirable horses year after year and
find ready sale at remuneratiye
priceS
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
4 FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
Reports of the Beat Methods with Corn In
lndians-Good Road Qualities Now De-
sirable In Horses - Fiant the Garden
Early.



Bulletin No so from the Indiana
Experiment station says: In COM
pairing early and late corn planting,
the best average yields have been Sc
cured from planting on May, at the
State Experiment station at Lafay-
ette, Tippecanoc County, Western
Indiana latitude 40l. Corn planted
in 1898 on May 6, matured in 122
days, while that planted June II TO
10, matured l05 days Where the
stalks were l0i inches apart in the
drill, larger average yield per acre
for eight years was secured, than at
wider distances, although there was
slight difference in yield In paintings
ranging from l0i To l3f inches apart
Flowing at depths ranging from to
II inches, the best yields OF corr
were obtained from plowing s inches
deep In cultiyating, the largest
yield was secured, as an average OF
six years at a depth Of one inch.
In comparing crop rotation with
successive cropping, an average gain
OF 4 bushels per acre was secured by
the rotation, this covering period
OF six years The rotation consisted
OF corn, oats, wheat, clover, and tim =
othy. Comparing cropping from
land msnured ard unmanured, an
average OF ii years experimentation
shows a gain Of 10! bushels per acre
in favor OF the use OF manure. About
% tons Of fresh horse manure was
applied per acre in 1888 and again in
80, no other manure being used, be-
fore or since. Where corn was grown
in alienation with wheat, and man
ure or fertilizer used by far the
largest number OF bushels OF grain
we're secured by using fresh horse
manure. When corn was grown con-
tinuously, with and without fertili-
zation. a marked increase in yield is
shown in the use Of fertilizers or
manureS
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

round the house; the girl spends
great deal. The boys mendirg is
done for him, the girl does hers when
she comes home tired out At night
The boy grumbles that he wants tins
or that at the table. and his mother
or sister get up aud wait on him.
The girl has ~ wait on herself, and
on Others too. A boy fares best when
he boards at hume; in almost every
instance, self-supporting girl fares
better il she boards among strangers.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
IT makes no difference for ,

IT makes no difference for what
purpose a meeting is called. or what
enthusiasm has been manifested. the
audience becomes as cold as pups
nose when the collection basket it
brought out The people would
rather shout and wave handkerchiefs
for an hour when the newspapers are
abused, than donate dime
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

SPEAKING Of worrying, which kills
more people than disease. Keep a
record for month, and see il you do
not worry over great many tn ngs
that turn out all right. And mat
ter that occasionally causes you worry
turns out TO be particularly for
tuudte
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

SOME people have a queer idea OF
humor. II they learn that anyone is
particularly "tender" on certain
subject, they never fail TO bring it
up, and talk about it. Tbs is not
humor; this is brutality.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

MANS love seems to be more dan
gerous than gunpowder and matches.
Every day some fellow blows his girls
brains out, or some divorced fellow
kills his former wife.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

II there are boy and girl in
family, both earning money and pay-
ing the same board, distinction is
made in favor OF the 10y that Is very
unjust. He does no work around the
home; the girl does a great deal in
the odd moments The boy spends
no money on little Improvements
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
a CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
ESTiNG ITEMS.

ComIssts and Criticisms Based Upon the
HspPenings Of the Dsy-Hlstsricai and
News NssoA
The fountain OF youth consists OF
working every day, eating and drin &
ing regularly and moderately, and
sleeping nine hours every night
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

FOOTBALL is said 10 be more brutal
than baseball: yet we notice a great
many baseball PLAYERS 'die" on bases
while football victims are taken TO
hospitals
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
tundte

OLD ladies, who are the wisest peo-
pie in the world, say he is not the
best husband who says darling"
oftenest but who provides his wife
with a comfortable home. This love
making is the silliest moonshine COM
pared to daily supply OF good bread
and butter.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
To Feed Breeding stock.

II better attention was given TO
the feeding OF fowls during late
winter aud early spring, eggs would
hatch better. One great cause OF
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

THERE is a reason 10 assume that
the contribution box is not run on
gold basis
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09

IT is never safe TO tell q newly
married man secret; he'll tell his
wife
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-09
Shaving n Gold Coin.

Recently In Baltimore an interest
ing case was up in the United States
District Court A man named
Joseph Foster was on trial for shaw
ing gold coin. His pretty little wife
sas also implicated, and IL was she
defendants counsel were specially
trying TO save To show that the
woman was not strong enough 10
work the shaving machine the lathe
was brought Ia and put In operation
by a mechanic What was OF gener-
al interest was the machines opera
tion. In two minutes the operator
took T5 cents worth OF gold from a
slu piece. and then rimmed IL so II
would pass current unless weighed.
A MAN In trouble may always he
sure OF sympathy.