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The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
EDITOR MOORE, OF Lexington,

EDITOR MooRE, OF Lexington, KY,
who is in jail, proposes To continue
the publication OF his journal from
his prison cell. There are advantages
about this system. The editor will
always be "in." He will not be both
cred by creditors, and he cannot be
assaulted 10y indignant individuals
who conceive themselves to be SLAM
dered Being already in Jail, he can
not successfully threatened with inn
prisonment for libel He will have
no Office rent to pay and he will not
be disturbed by callers who want to
glance over the exchanges" Alto
gether Mr.. Moore should be COM
paratively happy and he ought IN
turn out good work. John Bunyan
made hit with the "Pilgrim's
Progress" written in Jail, and Ken
lucky editor has numerous advant-
ages over an English cobbler.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

clared dividends averaging IL per
cent. on four Of is largest vessels.
These dividends represented years
earnings, and on the earnings OF one
Of Its schooners, which. after six
months Of sailing, is stuck In the
mud on the Louisiana shore, a Der
cent dividend was paid. A we'll
known, Bath-buiit four-master. only
seven years old, has already netted
$500, 900 for her owners.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

To the list of English peers who are
earning their own living in trade or
profession will soon be added Lord
Teynham, who, having served his
time as an articled clerk, is about to
become n solicitor. Lord Teyhnam
has small estate near Sidcup. In
the reign of James l. the first Lord
Teynham, before he became peer,
was a merchant in the city, and now
the eighteenth holder of the title goes
back to the city to repair the fortunes
of his house.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
APrincess' Canine Pets.

The Princess OF Wales is a great
lover OF animals aud has so many
dogs at Sandringham that she can
not keep count Of them. Every morn
ing she goes 10 the kennels and the
dogs are let loose TO welcome her.
They are always wild with delight. to
see her and jump upon her so frantic
ally as almost TO knock her down. A
special favorite with the Princess is
Venus. the pet dog Of the Duke Of
Clarence
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

THE principal present to Prince
Bismarck on his S0th birthday was
cuirass OF steel from the Emperor.
1t was probably well meant, but
when a man reaches the age OF the
ex- Chancellor il would seem as though
his attention should be directed In
some other direction than that OF
militarism. But then theKaiser is
nothing il not a war lord.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
ANOTHER distressing example

hNoihEh ulsJlcooiub tAdib piC II
noted OF the wide difference between
theory and practice in the matter OF
cooperative colonization. A scheme
for n great colony in Paraguay,
worked up in Australia has collapsed
with disastrous results to many col
onists. Bitter experience teaches
that cooperative enterprises,
whether in colonization, manufac-
ture or mercantile business. is almost
uniformly attended by failure. The
causes leading to such failure have
been exhaustively discussed. In
ability TO combine business ability
with mechanical skill is the most
common explanation OF the difficulty.
Building asso ,iations, which have
been wonderfully successful, do not
belong in this catalogue, because
they are in the nature OF savings
banks rather than OF Joint business
enterprises.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

NOT since the cold storage ware
house fire at the Worlds Fair had
there been anything to elual in hor-
ror the catastrophe which caused the
death OF the Milwaukee tlremen. The
two occurrences were not unlike.
In both cases the men were en-
trapped in a situation where escape
was impossible, and in both in
stances their comrades were COM
PEELED to look upon their death strug-
giles without being able TO render
aid. Such disasters as these seem to
indicate that commanding officers OF
fire departments do not always exer-
else good Judgment in ordering
men into positions ot great danger.
Bravery and obedience TO orders are
the prime requisites OF a fireman,
but men should not be ordered TO
certain or almost certain death. 1t
is better that pro. erty should be de-
stroyed than that human lives should
be sacrificed. Financial loss may be
made up; the destruction Of life can.
not be repaired The Milwaukee dis
aster may not have been preventable,
but the facts ut hand seem 10 indi-
cate that the loss of life might have
been averted by caution and fore.
Thought
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

The Shoe and Leather Reporter
says: "There has been built at Buenos
Ayres large factory for the manufac-
ture of shoes. 1t is run by steam
power. This is the first of it's kind in
that country, and has IA capacity of
about 5OO,O pairs per year. After
this the Europeans will have to look
TO their interests there"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

j. p. Klinke, Prussian commissioner
of railroads, who has been studying
American railroad methods, is report
ed as saying that, while Germany sur
passes this country in the construction
of tracks, he finds American car equip
ment superior.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

Nor only does straightforward crit
icism serve the cause Of truth and
justice by revealing the reality in
stead OF distorted conception Of it,
1t also puts into the hands OF the
speaker an influence for lgood which
can be gained no other way.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

SOME OF these days capital win be
found to put navigable canal across
the State Of Michigan connecting
the lower end OF Lake Michigan and
the upper end OF Erie. The project
has been seriously considered for
some time and, like the Central
American canal or canals, will come
In time
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

What the Chicago Herald describes
as the most wonderful railroad project
possibly in the world is projected in
japan. The cars will accommodate
four passengers each and will be drawn
over the rails by coolies.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

THAT there is still profit in sailing
crafts is shown 10y the fact that a
New Hampshire corporation owning
several three -masted schooners, at It's
annual meeting recently hsld. de-
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
OLNEYVILLE, RI. APRIL 2S, 1894.

Efforts to introduce corn into Ger
many as cattle feed have failed so tar,
announces the New York World, as a
strong prejudice against it exists, and
all sorts of stories to its detriment are
in circulation.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

LIFE is a mission. Every other
definition Of life is false, and leads
all who accept 1t astray. Religion,
science, philosophy, though still at
variance upon many points all agree
in this-that every existence is an
aim
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTiNG ITEMS.

Comments and Criticisms Based Upon the
Happenings Of the Dsy-Historicsi and
News Noesa
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN may not be do
ing much to elevate the stage, but
he continues 10 get on an occasional
high lonesome himself.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

Entered at the post office at Olneyvi'le, H.
l., rs second-class mail matter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
A THURIFER GUILD.
English Clergymen Agitated Over the
Question Of incense Burning.

English Clergymen Agitated Over the
Question of Incense Burning.
Two subjects are at present greatly ex-
ercising the minds Of many clergymen
of the Church of England-one is the
startling falling off in their incomes ow.
ing to the long continued and increasing
agricultural depression. and the other is
the use of incense in churches. The lat
ter is always q prominent topic of cler-
ical discussion about Christmas time.
but this year it seems to create more in
terest than usual. owing to the growing
prevalence of the practice.
There are now so many servers, AGO.
lytes and other altar assistants engaged
in lighting and swinging thurifers in the
churches of England that they seriously
propose to form themselves into q guild
or society for the promotion of incense
burning. The name suggested for it is
the "Thurifer Guild" One of its objects
will be a study of the history of the prac-
tice and the best manner of manufacture
ing orthodox and sweet smelling incense
in al expeditions and economic manner.
London Telegraph.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
Beards ana Diprom.cv.

Sir Edmund Monson was the posses
sor Of the finest and longest beard in
the diplomatic service but he has just
sacrificed it in Difference to the friend
ly advice of the Prince of Wales, who
10 a standing authority upon all mat
tiers Of personal appearance, uniform
and etiquette. His royal highness was
Of the opinion that a patriarchal beard
would not be considered becoming in
Vienna, and her majesty ambassador at
the imperial court is now almost clean
shaven. Not one in a hundred Of his
old friends can recognize him, and the
hall porter at st. James club will GER
tainly require some proof Of his identity
when next ne m to London. The
unexpected change sorely puzzled Prince
Henry of B~attenberg and those who met
Sir Edmund at Gratz.-Vienna Letter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16

The ex-Empress Eugene has settled
down into the solitude which best ena-
bles her to endure her memorable and
cumulative orrow Her tall, sad fig
ure goes in and out among us with only
the recognition of silent sympathy. The
empress likes to have communication
with as few people as possible. For
instance, when she shops-she does her
W shopping-she likes to be waited
on by the same salesman always. !
was witness of an incident Of this sort
the other day. The empress walked
into a well known west end shop and
asked for Mr.. -. naming one Of the
head men. She was told he was out,
whereupon she remarked that she would
call again and went away. / was told
that she certainly would come again;
that Mr.. - always waited on her,
and that she would not be served by
any else.-London Western Mail.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
Negro Superstitions.

Among the superstitions of southern
negroes are those which make it a most
unfavorable thing to see a black cat
crossing ones path, or to turn back
without making across in the street.
road or path. The belief in witches
is perhaps general than any other.
and an ex-congressman tells of a case 10
this section within the past 80 years in
which a witch was killed in a very
strange fashion. A negro called on q
witch doctor, a very old woman, anc
was told that the cause OF the trouble
was a witch and hat she must be kill
ed; that the only way possible to thu.
put her out of the way was to go int4
the woods and cut the figure of a per
SON on the bark of a big pine tree, MARI
a cross ON the body and shoot this wirh
a silver bullet, the cross representing
the witch's heart. The shooting was
duly done in the presence of quite .
number of persons. This occurred in
the northern part OF this county. Ce-
dar balls are carried in the pockets as
a protection against witches. The ne
gro belief in these is certainly fully
matched by that of white men who car
ry in their pockets buckeyes and Irish
potatoes, or who wear thick iron rings
their fingers as a preventive of rheu-
matism Cor. Washington Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
UNDER The MlsTLsToE.

Grandmamma. In your frame on the wall.
Beautiful maid OF the long ago,
Stately and slender, blond and tall.
With the pinched in waist and the foot so
small,
Prithee tell-for l fain would know
What did you on that Christmastide
When great-great-grandpapa made you bride?
Handsome and courtiy and debonair,
With his powdered cue and his Roman nose,
As richly dark as his bride Is fair,
He rests a hand on your straight backed chair
To whisper to you, T suppose
To whisper again as in long ago
When he kissed you under the mistletoe.
Say. beautiful bride In the antique dress;
Say, beautiful bride in your bridal white.
Did you let him gaze on your loveliness
TIL lifted eyes did your heart confees
AS you led the dance on your wedding night?
Did he press your hand as he bent to say
Sweet words-as the lovers do tWiayf
Ahl courtly groom Of the vanished years.
Beautiful bride of the days long fled,
Dust, but &ust are your hopes and fears,
Cold your kisses and dried your tears:
But / hang here, over your head,
A sprig of such Christmas mistletoe
As You kissed beneath In the long age.
Mary Clarke Huntington In Good House
keeping.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
Four Heir. Get . Quarter Each.

Four legacies of 25 cents each result
from the will of Matthew Stanley, late
Of W~ateryliet. just probated before Sur
rogate Conway. The estate consists Of
real estate valued ut 81. 500, m~ortgaged
for %, 900, and 81, 500 worth of person
al estate. The will devises to the tesla
tors wife, Eveline, the income of one
third of the property during her life
time. A son, Edward, of Barton, VT,
is bequeathed 81. The rest of the es-
tate Ii devised to William L. Stanley
and James Oscar Stanley. Edward
Stanley is dead, and his bequest of 81
goes to his children, Susie G. Stanley,
Eliza A. Chapman. Springfield, Mass.
Samuel E. Stanley, Barton, Vt, and
Freeman G. Stanley, San Francisco,
who will receive 25. cents each.-A1-
bany'ArguA.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
DELIGHTFULLY."- ROMANTIC.


Astage Held Up and IA Maid Carried On
by - Good Looking i4.d Man.
A romantic case of KIDNAPPING occurred
the other day in the country back Of
Mazatlan. The stage between Rosario
and Mazatlan. which left the former
place, stopped at | a. IN. the next day, at
Aqua Caliente. where another passenger.
a young and pretty girl, was taken on.
She was Carlotta Newman. daughter OF
a poor blind woman living at Mazatlan.
There were two other passengers, u man
and a
The stage left Aqua Calicnte at . a. IA.
and had gone only a couple of leagues
when the driver suddenly refined up at a
call from the roadside. where four men
on horseback sat coolly pointing re-
volvers at his head. There was no de.
mand for coin, and from the quiet man
ner OF the highwaymen the driver could
draw no idea of the nature Of their de-
mands. While one man held a n
pointed at the driver and another at
tended the horses the others dismounted,
stepped to the end of tine coach and
courteously requested the young lady to
come out. The girl recognized the larger
man, a magnificent looking fellow, as
Jose Valdez, her rejected lover, and di-
vining the plot she begged the passengers
to save her. Valdez warned them to do
nothing, and as they had no firearms
they dared not protest against the ac-
tons of the bold robbers.
After urging Miss Newman to come
out without avail, Valdez and his COM
panion laid hold of her and carried her
to the horses. placing her upon one and
tying her to the saddle. The girls
shrieks and tears had no effect either in
hurrying the men or arousing their
anger. When they were again mounted
and ready to leave, Valdez turned to the
driver and said calmly, $50, friend.
and excus me for molesting YOU"
The driver lost no time in accepting
the permission, and the agitated passen-
gers inside did not breathe easily until
they saw the party, with the girl in the
center, gallop over n hill. The driver
and passengers reported the matter on
arriving at Mazatlan and gave the
names OF Librado and Bernardo Valdez
and Rufno Zatarain as the accomplices
OF Jose Valdez, the first two being his
cousins.
Valdez is o dare devil and spendthrift,
and though of good family bears a very
bad reputation. He was rejected by Miss
Newman. who is a highly respected girl
OF American birth. The project of the
district of Concordia. in which Aqua Ca
liente is situated, has charge of a party
OF rurales searching for Valdez, and
strong efforts are being made to capture
the villain: His hiding place is unknown.
News OF her daughters capture pros
trated the mother in Mazatlan San
Diego Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
A In Gixnts.

There has been no subject concerning
which more lies have been told than
about giants. Until it was found that
modern men could not be squeezed into
the m at the Tower, it was taken
for granted that we had degenerated ! n
size. This is not only not the case,
but in the matter of giants we have the
advantage of our predecessors. The EN-
peror Maximinian indeed was said TO
have been 81 feet high, but ancient
m~ensuration, especially in the case of
an emperor, is not to be trusted; in
deed, from its not having made him
taller, it is certain that there was no
n else nearly so tall. Orestes, it liz
true, we r told, was 10 feet long-aft-
er death, but he was not thought 30
highly of when alive; we may reasora-
bly, take 8 feet as his ultimatum. Lon
don News. A
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
The Singer Family Abroad.

It Is extraordinary how the Singer
family has managed tomix itself up with
the aristocracy of France. With moth
ing but a huge fortune and a large stock
OF eccentricity the original old Singer
married no less than 10 women, cover
ing . wide range OF position and charac-
ter. He numbered his descendants by
the score, and these it is who have man
aged to ally themselves VIII some OF the
proudest families in Europe. AT the re-
cent wedding OF Mrs. Winnaretta Singer
IN Paris to Prince Melchior de Polignac
there was a great gathering of the Singer
clans. and they bore such names as
R~ochefoucauld, Decazes. Murat, Modena
and Dudley Knickerbocker in
New York Recorder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
oupEp sY A SHARPER.
sullivan County Men VIII Have 90 Pay
More Than They Bargained For.

Sullivan County Men VIII Have 20 Pay
More Than They Bargained For.
Twenty-Five of the former residents
ct Sullivan county were last year inter-
ested in a scheme introduced by q trav-
cling sharper, and now they must
settle.
The agent represented that he was
organizing an association for the pur-
chase of a Percheron stallion for the
agreed price of 50. 500. Each member
of the association was to take one
twenty-second part of the venture, and
pay accordingly.
Three notes were given, each for the
sum of 1884, the first due ON Oct. 10;
the second on the same date in 1894,
the third in October, 1895. The notes
were joint and were signed by the
members Of the association. A Month
cello lawyer has the notes for collection,
and the collection of the first one is to
be pressed at once.
As some of the signers are not con-
sidered solvent, and as the notes are all
drawn, I'VE, or either of Ms, = the en-
terprise promises to be a costly one for
some of the members.
The unfortunate men who form the
association claim they were grossly de.
ceived by the agent, as the extent of the
liability which they supposed they as
sumed was only $12S, but by signing
the note each member assumed the en-
tire debt, providing his cosmetics
proved to be insolvent. The notes are
all in the hands of third parties, and
no defense a be entered against their
payment.
If / have to pay all that money"
said one of the men today, my wife
will go crazy, and / shall go to the poor
house. | cannot imagine how I could
eve have feen such a fool as to enter
into such an arrangement anyhow. l
always prided myself upon being q
match for any of them, but l will never
do any more boasting. This is indeed
a wonderful age"
One of the victims decided that ii
ever travelling agent attempts to sell
him anything again he will never live
to approach another party"
"Oh, nonsense. +" exclaimed his wife.
lyon will be ready to deal with an
other nan tomorrow. "-Middletown
On. W Special.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
A Case Of Contempt.

The prisoner was a bold faced va
grant, and the judge had it in for him
from the start.
How many times have You been
here?" he asked.
Really, your honor, / never kept
count after the twentieth time
I'm give you six months. said the
judge sternly.
"All right, your honor"
But it ISM all right. 1t is all wrong.
and you ought to be ashamed of your
self"
We'll, your honor" was the impu-
dent response, You oughtn't to com
plain. The state gets my services for
nothing, and you make it pay You for
yours, = and the Judge gave him 80 days
more for contempt. Detroit Free Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16

Pierre Free Press, IL: The commits
sioner Of school and public lands reports
that the counties in the state are gener-
ally meeting the payments of interest
and leases on school lands and forward
ing them with a promptitude that ls com
mendable. These funds are not due IN
til January l, but already a large num-
Der of counties have forwarded the
money collected from the interest on the
sale and leases Of lands. This denotes
without doubt that the people are well
fixed to meet all obligations In this state
better, in fact, than any other part of
the country. 1t is a decided sign that
South Dakota is going to have prosperi-
ty the coming year, notwithstanding
the depressing times under which our
country lie laboring.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-16
PIny.ng Cards.

The invention of playing cards has
been attributed to the Chinese, Hindoos.
Arabians and Romans, but cards as
now used were invented by Jacques
Gringonneur, IA painter, in Paris in the
fourteenth century. They were sup
posed to have been first made for the
amusement of Charles VI of France,
who was deranged. The French had
particular names for the IL court cards.
The four kings were David, Alexander,
Caesar and Charles; the four queens,
Angine, Esther, Judith and Pallas the
four knaves or knights, Ogier the Dane,
Lancelot, La Hire and Hector de Gar.
land. Cards seem originally, however.
to have been taken to England direct
from Spain, having probably been in
troduced into that country by the Moors
the clubs. in Spanish cards. not being
trefoils as with us, but cudgels-that is.
bastos the spades or swords. espadas
They were at first stamped from wooo
blocks i'm outline and filed in by hand
but after the invention of engraving the
best artists engraved them un copper
and struck them off at once. Column
Dimes were spades; rabbits, clubs pinks
diamonds, and roses, hearts. q Humat
figures opposed To those of flowers ar,
animals were the ancestors Of conr
cards. Brooslyp Eagle.
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