The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-06
NOTES AND

TIC latcst oiuSlai ethtistiSe, Composeu,
about one in ten is engaged in agricul-
ture; one in 100 is q bricklayer or mason;
one in 40 is a tailor one in lao a black
smith, and n in nine a washerman,
while about one in 100 10 a carpenter.
THE question Of the social and legal
inequality in the standing of men and
women has been much debated recently
in Paris. Several women petitioned the
Senators. not long ago, 10 repeal the
laws which are uojust to women. But
the Fathers" told them the complaint
was fanciful, and said for them TO write
TO the papers or call a meeting or do
something Of that sort.
ONE OF the few good uses discoverable
for soldiers in Spain has been Indicated
at Madrid. The bakers were about TO
go on strike. The civic authorities IN
quested the royal government to erect
temporary bakeries forthwith and detail
soldiers TO make bread. Thus, in an in
glorious art Of peace, they will probably
render their country better service than
they ever will in war.
REPoRTs from across the Pacific say
that the Chinese and Malay pirates are
holder and more murderous than ever.
Acheenese pirates are said TO have or
ganized a force, under an ex.oiiiccr of
the Siamese army, and with the re-en-
forcement of large numbers of Siamese
deserters, 10 operate by land as we'll AS
by water, and they vow signal vengeance
on all Europeans, especially the French.
The American Cultivator SAYS. that
Mrs. Jennie Atchley, of Beeville, Bee
County, Texas, is the most extensive
breeder of queen bees in the world. She
is the mother of eight children, who,
with her, do all the work OF her large
apiary. She has between 500 and 900
colonies of bees, devoted exclusively 10
queen rearing, and has sold about 3 1000
queens this season. She receives orders
from all parts of the globe.
THE cable dispatches from Africa
telling Of the moving down Of Matabeles
by British machine guns, the wholesale
shooting of Riffs by Spanish magazine
rifles, and the slaughter of dervishes by
Italian artillery. are varied by a report
chief, stormed a German settlement at
Kubub, and, after destroying the town
and killing several European settlers,
made of with a large quantity of booty.
THE Am erican Forestry Association at
its recent meeting in Washington ar
ranged for "A hearing before the Public
Lands Committee of the House and
Senate TO urge the desired legislation on
behalf of forest reservations and public
timber lands in general. The report of
the executive committee was TO the effect
that the total acreage in forest reserva-
tions is nearly sls, O00, 600, and it urged
all friends of forestry 10 aid in securing
the passage of the bill TO protect public
forest reservations.
THE ship canal to 81. Petersburg is
expected to work wonders in the com
merce of that city. The harbor of Cron-
stadt, established by Peter the Great for
the port of his capital, is to be closed to
merchant vessels after the season Of
1895, and a new harbor will be opened
along the canal just below the city of
st. Petersburg. The new harbor will
have a depth OF twenty-five feet and will
cost 81, 900, 600. The Russian Depart.
ment of Public Works has also under
consideration a plan for the construction
Of an immense tunnel under the Neva.
A NOVEL work has been undertake en- in
North London by Miss Magee, daughter
of the Archbishop Of York. The idea is
to substitute woman's influence in work
among the poor in the place of mans
As a consequence, eight ladies have
taken up residence in the community
where they desire to speak The chief
object is religious instruction, though
they will try also To impress upon these
people the fact that cleanliness is next
TO goodness. To this md there will be
thorough instruction IN the avs Of
health. They call themselves the North
London Settlement.
NEVER in the history of Chicago, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean, have there been
so many m out OF work and in des-
titute circumstance as there are at the
present time. From every side and in all
classes of female employment comes the
call for something TO do whereby the lar
der may be kept replenished and starva-
ton be kept at bay. sympathy has been
enlisted for men and "a charitable com
munity has rushed TO their aid with zeal
u promptitude. The men forced their
condition upon public notice by congre-
eating in public places. But the helpless
women breadwiDncrs have not rendered
their poverty patent by such direct evil
dence. Their physical conditions pre-
clude appeals, other than Of a modest
and shrinking nature, aud consequently
the people Of Chicago know but little
Of the thousands Of women who need
help and that speedily.
THERE is a horseshoe shaped mountain
up in Manitoba which literally swarms
with snakes twice every year. In the
early fall these slippery customers gather
here from all directions, mostly from the
prairie country to the south. In one
side OF the mountain there Is a circular
hole about fifteen feet deep and 10
smooth M IL it had been fashioned with
a well anger, where tens of thousands of
reptiles gather to spend the cold winter
months. Persons who have tried to