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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
MANCHESTER VERSUS LIVERPOOL.
Bitter Jealousies Aroused by the Success
ful Operation of the Ship Canal.

Bitter JeaIousies Aroused by the Success
fuI Operation of the Ship Canal.
A great meeting of merchants, traders
and manufacturers will shortly be held
at Manchester for the purpose of form
ally starting boycott against Liverpool
shipOwners, who are accused Of organ
lied efforts to hinder and delay the sue
cessful working of the ship canal. The
bitter feeling is growing in both cities,
and kind Of Kilkenny cat war appears
imminent Manchester is certain to win
because economic laws are in its favor
and because Liverpool is nervous and
frightened before the fight has actually
commenced.
The Mersey dock and harbor board is
being loudly accused of incompetency,
and the Liverpool Land and House Own
ers' association is claiming the right to
place a nominee on the board in order to
help save the city from threatened ruin
Liverpool is certainly having a run of
bad luck just now apart from the canal
trouble Fighting in Africa and the
French and German competition are
playing havoc with the once very profit
able west African trade. southampton
is undeniably cutting into the business
that once belonged exclusively to the
Mersey port, and now the great Lanca-
shire export cotton trade to Japan is Sc
riously threatened by the reduction Of
cotton freights from India to Japan from
1? to rupees per ton. This means that
it costs the Lancashire manufacturer
more than II times as much to send his
goods to Japan as it costs rival makers
in India Letter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
THE DEATH OF MARLBOROUGH.

The sun shines on the chamber wall.
The sun shines through the tree;
Now, though uEshaken by the wind,
The leaves fall ceaselessly:
The bells from Woodstock's steeple
Shake Blenheirn's fading bough.
'This day you won Malplaquet"-
AYE, something then, but now."
They lead the old man 10 a chair,
Wandering pale and weak;
His thin lips move: so faint the sound
You scarce can hear him speak.
They lift picture from the wall,
Bold eyes and swelling brow.
''The day you won MalplaQUet"-
Aye, something then, but now!'
They reach him down n rusty sword
In faded velvet sheath;
The old man drops the heavy blade
And mutters tween his teeth.
There's sorrow in his fading eye
And pain upon his brow.
with this you won Malplaquet"-
AYE, something then, but nowr'
Another year: stream OF lights
Flows down the avenue:
\ mile of mcurners, sable clad,
Walk weeping two by two;
The steward looks into the grave
With sad and dOwncast brow.
This day he won MalplaQuet"-
Aye. something then, but nOw.'
Walter Thornbury in New York Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
DISARMAMENT OF EUROPE.
There Is Now Strong Reactionary SentI-
ment Against the War Spirit.

There Is Now a Strong Reactionary SentI-
ment Against the War Spirit.
1t has long been the universal convic-
tion of Europe that disarmament is only
possible as the result of an exhausting
general war, and that it is impossible to
postpone that war after the limit Of pre-
paratOry resources has been reached.
There is a widespread feeling that GER
tain nations are already beginning to
pay the penalties of entertaining while
others have attained their maximum
fighting power. ThisiS the real explana-
tiOn of the prevalent war scare. 1t is
not surprising. therefore, that the pos
Gbility of a peaceful attainment of the
desired object is earnestly considered.
Newspapers reflect this spirit from
various continental capitals. The Times
quotes an unnamed foreign statesman
as authority for a proposed project for
partial relief from the present situation.
He says:
1T is sought TO remedy the present
state of things not by disarmament, hut
In a way offering the advantages OF lis
armament and without affecting the
principles on which armamentS are be-
ing increased.
Universal military service now ex-
lists in military countries and cannot be
meddled with. The average length of
active service is three years. Now it
has been proved that single year is am
pie for drilling cOnscripts and teaching
them how to handle arms. The other
two years are devoted to movements
and marches, or, IN other words, to what
is called seasoning the men. Many good
Judges hold that the training vLiah
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Cromwell and the Specter.

The stories of the white Lady" that
periodically visits the German royal
family and of the Little Red Man"
that frequently paid his respects to the
great Napoleon, are tolerably we'll
known, especially that of the former.
But few perhaps are familiar with the
story of Cromwell's Giant Specter. "
1t appeared to him one night when he
was wide awake and quietly resting on
his couch. In appearance the appari-
ton was woman of gigantic proper
tions. Approaching him, she announced
in tones like thunder, "Within the year
you, my son, will be recognized as the
greatest man in Britain" -
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
FLESH EATING HARES,
A Skeptic Was Convinced When He Saw
One Muncbing Mutton.

One Munching Mutton.
Hare Is dish never seen ON Spanish
table, because in Spain there is a super
| stition that hares in the night 60 into
churchyards and dig up the graves and
eat the dead bodies a writer who spent
some time shooting in Castillo, where
game is very plentiful, relates how he
was convinced of the fact that the hares
| do eat flesh. He had been told so by
the country people, but had treated their
assertion as a ridiculous fiction. The
next time he found himself in party of
sportsman he repeated what he had
heard as joke, but to his surprise every
one listened quite gravely and assured
him that it was perfectly true. They
themselves had frequently seen hares
eating flesh. As he still expressed doubts
on the subject, however, one of the COM
pany offered to bet him 80 iters of wine
that he (the German) should see a hare
eating meat. The bet was accepted.
The next morning very early, the Span
lard, the German and two greyhounds
went out to a great heath to look for
flesh eating hares. AS they were sitting
waiting for the hares to appear, the
Spaniard, to the Germans amazement,
took little live crab out of his pocket.
"What do you want that for?" said the
German. "To catch the hare with" re-
piled the Spaniard. 1t struck the Ger
man that perhaps the Spaniard had
brought him out merely to make fool
of him. But then he reflected that chat
was not the Spanish way with strangers.
So he held his tongue and went on wait
ing. BY and by a fine hare appeared.
In a moment the two dogs were after
him (they were well muzzled, so that
they could not do him any harm), and
in few moments more the hare had dis
appeared again in his hole, and the dogs
were barking at its mouth. The men got
up and hurried after them.
Now" said the Spaniard, "this is
where my crab comes in" He pulled
out the crab and put it down at the
mouth of the hole, and it, glad to hide in
the dark shade, crept in with all the ex-
petition it could manage. The Span
lard instantly spread a large coarse sack
over the entrance and in a fewmoments
out rushed the hare, terrified by its un-
expected visitor, right into the sack.
Home they went with their prisoner,
which they placed in a cage. When the
hare had recovered from his fright, he
ate before lhe Germans astonished eyes
several pieces of the mutton which were
thrown in.-Muenchener Zeitung.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
MheTe the Money Went

When the Midway plaisance people
were leaving Chicago, bankers were
lept busy for quite while in changing
SI,OOO. eco or more, which they carried
away as the result of a summers in
dustry, into the coin of other realms. A
donkey boy from Cairo street unrolled
tattered cloth containing 500 in sill
yer. for which he wished French francs.
while camel driver had a clear ST. =
600. An Arab, a Turk. a Nubian sol.
der and an elderly Egyptian followed,
and a Persian dancer had little for
tune of $1,000 in silver.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Specimen Cases.

s. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tisn, his Stomach was dIsordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming degree
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepard, Harrisburg, H., had
running sore on his leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve, and his leg is sound and we'll.
John Speaker, Catawba, o., had five
arge Fever sores on his leg, doctors said
ne was incurahle. One bottle Electric
6itters and one box Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold at B. A.
Smiths drug store.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
SMALL TALK.

Tooth-picks-dentists.
Northern light-sperm candles.
The barb fence "caught on" quickly.
A fat man always carries weight.
Corbe.t cleared $4,000 at the Boston
Theatre last week.
The latest fashion is the chameleon.
This animal is a good representative; it
is as chang ca ble as fashion itself.
1t is said that the plays in which Cor
bett or Sullivan appear are best seen from
the boxes.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
CALIFORNIA; Fair.

To see all the sideshOws at the Cali
fornia Midwlnter fair will cost the visitor
just $10.10, inclusive of the general adj
mission. There are Al sideshows, akin
to that Of the Midway, where gate fee
is charged, and dozen or so concession
naire featu es where tie visitor may
squander his wealth. But. as was the
case at Chicago, the visitor will have
much more to see for 80 cents a day than
he can attend tO.-San Francisco Exam
inPr.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Peter Cooper on Interest. ,

Peter Cooper was always careful
and prudent business man. He was al,
ways opposed to the methods of many
merchants, who launched out in extrav,
agant enterprises on borrowed money,
for which they paid exOrbitant rates OF
interest. Once while talking about a
project with an acquaintance the latter
said he would have TO borrow the money
for six months, paying interest at the
rate of 3 per cent. why do you Dor
row for so short a timer" Mr.. Cooper
asked. Because the brokers ivill not
negotiate bills for longer" well, if
you wish" said Mr.. Cooper, Il will
discount your note at that rate for three
years. " Are you in earnest?" asked
the would he borrower. Certainly ]
am. will discount your note for S1O,- =
600 for three years at that rate. Will
you do it," "Of course | will, " said
the merchant. Very well, " said Mr.
Cooper, Just sign this note for $10,-
600, payable in three years, and give me
your check for $500, and the transac-
tiOn is complete" But where is the
money for me?" asked the astonished
merchant. You don get any money" s"
was the reply. Your interest for &c
months at 3 per cent per month amounts
to 10S per cent, or SO, 800. Therefore
your check for $500 just makes us even. 3"
The force of this practical illustration
of the folly Of paying such an exorbi-
tant price for the use of money was
such that the merchant determined new
er to borrow at such ruinous rates, and
he frequently used to say that nothing
could have so fully convinced him as
this rather humorous proposal by Mr..
Cooper. York Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The strike at Lymansville is caused by
the requirement of the company that
each weaver shall run two looms this
is said to be the fOrerunner of others.
The people of this section most sincerely
hope this is the last and only one.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The suggestion in Governor Browns
message that a state board OF arbitration
be established to settle the differences
between employers and employees is a
good one and should be acted on. Olney-
vile could have used such a board re-
Gently to advantage.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The people of Thornton have petitioned
the Union Traction Company to run
cars from that village to Turks Head for
single fare. Whether their wish is
granted remains to be seen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

journalism has lost one of it's bright
est lights in the death of George W.
Childs of the Philadelphia Ledger. He
was great as an editor, patriot and phil
anthropist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The Chicago Daily News says, "that
one thousand saloons in that city have
gone out of business during the last
three months owing to the financial de-
preston" No great loss without some
gain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

1t is understood that "the powers that
be" have not yet settled on candidates for
the United States Senate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The burying of wires means less bury
ing of people.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The Office of Secretary of State of
Rhode Island should be enlarged so as
to incorporate that of bell ringer general
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The Providence Journal has no politi-
cal policy but TO object to the political
policies of everybody else.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

The Rhode Island General Assembly
has not struck its dollar a day clip.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25

The huge projectile was slipped into the
yawning throat of the gun, and then the
muzzle was elevated to an angle of
thirty-four and "a half degrees. This
would start the dangerous mass in the
direction of the tower on Cuney Island.
A pressure of 1000 pounds to the squa re
inch was shot into the gun, and the
torpedo, with Its dangerous load of a
quarter OF a ton OF the most powerful
explosive known, popped out with re-
port no louder than that caused by the
bursting of y wind-inflatcd paper bag.
But the sound was not MS sharp as this
1t was more like thud.
The projecti,e described a semi-circ.e
so ieisureiy that the eye could easily fol-
Swifter than the flight OF an arrow. II
entered the water quietly. This shell had
delay fuse, ~ that " did not explode
until after II had disappeared.
The watchers were nervous The rcpre-
sentatives OF the Construction Company
were particularly go. and IT seemed .ong
time to them after the shell disappeared
beneath the waves before there was any
result But II was only two and one half
seconds after 1t was lost II sight before
there came report that shook the High
lands and set the earth for Ave miles
around In n tremble. Houses on the
Highlands rocket and those at Red Bank
shivered like a man with the ague Trees
on the Hook sh Jok so that the leaves fell
from them. The desert OF sand moved
perceptibly.
All this was not noticed at this time
by the watchers on the sands. What
claimed their attention was the rise OF a
vast column Of water that came up first
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25

lighted on the roof OF a shed Of the
clyde Steamsh p Company.
Policeman FitZgibbon telephoned Sergt.
Phillips, of the Bridge Station House,
and he hurried over to the spot where
the man landed. The shed Is about
thirty feet high, with a tin roof. The
old man had lighted on his back and
broken through the roof, his body pass
ing about half way through. He was
dead. and had been killed instantly.
Blood trickled from his nose and his left
arm was broken. No other injuries were
visible, although he had fallen fully one
hundred feet.
The body was tied on a board and low
cred to the street. Then 1t was carried
TO the bridge "morgue." little room at
this end Nothing could be found that
would lead to his identity. He wore
white cotton Undertaking and gray cot
ton socks. In his pockets were one cent.
a small box Of matches. a brass doorkey,
a stump of a cigar and a white cotton
handkerchief, spotted with blood The
man weighed about 140 pounds and was .
feet inches in height His hands did not
look as though he was used to manual
labor. He had the appearance of a
waiter or clerk. The body was removed
to the Morgue
So far as could be learned no one saw
the man jump except the policeman. He
Is the seventeenth person to jump from
the bridge and the second to strike on
this shed. John Mulrennin was the other.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25

MRS. KELLY. WHO RULES THE Roosr.
Mrs. and Mr.. Kelly-the names are
given in this order because Mrs. Kelly
is distinctly the head of the family
three Kelly children, thirty chickens,
fifteen pigeons, two dogs and an agrees
sive goat. 1t Is a matter of record In
Harlem that Kelly's goat has for years
maintained the reputation for aristo-
cratic arrogance that no other goat ever
tried to approach.
The remnants of the old-time squat
ter sovereignty are clinging to the
rocks in Harlem like barnacles to a
ship. The Kellys held out as long as
they could. but at last they were COM
PEELED to move into a shanty, which in
volved the payment of 50 a month rent
While they could pay IL they did. When
all resources failed they moved to a
new home in Fifth avenue.
The Kellys took possession Of roomy
lot at the corner of One Hundred and
Twelfth street. 1t was six feet below
the street level and surrounded by q
nigh fence that proved an insurmount-
able obstacle to lads who wanted to play
baseball. The first thing Kelly did was
to build a house on II. He foraged In
other vacant lots near by to procure
lumber. There are no two planks In II
OF the same size or color, and they nj
so loosely that the wind blows through
It as through a corn-crib; but 1t suited
After he had built his house, put ur
a lath coop for his chickens, made 9
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25
REDWOOD FORESTS.
How the Timber Is FelIed in HUM
bOldt Comfy. Cal

One OF the most remarkable timber
belts In the world stands In Humboldt and
Ne counties. OF this State, says
i.l25 square miles. containing 1872, 900, OOO,-
900 feet of timber. With the aid of the
microscope scientists have found the age
years; Some OF the fallen trees have
remained where they fell from 800 to 1000
years, 80 1t Is estimated. with scarcely
any deterioration of the wood. Eastern
tourists in California know little OF these
redwoods (sequoa sempervirenO. They
usually see the few mammoth redwoods
OF Calaveras tsauoia gigantea).. and go
nome and tell Eastern friends about this
The lumber redwoods of Humboldt are
less talked about, yet one Of its trees
VIII yield over 10000 feet Of boards and
these trees, which are $50 to $50 feet high,
Is a fine art. acquired only by the most
excellent Judgment as to the lean of the
tree and Its other peculiaritie3 which may
afford the direction of the fall. He drives
a stake 100 or $50 feet from the base OF
the tree and prepares Il level bed In direct
line from base to stake. On that line the
tree must fall. An axe kerr or cut is
then made In the trunk on the side the
tree Is to fall. The apex of the obtuse
triangle made by this kerf points exactly
at the distant stake. The tree Is cut one
third through with the axe.
On the other side of the tree, opposite
done by boring two holes horizontally
and driving the wooden pins on which
the II to 20-foot saw rests until the kerr
- sutficient.y deep to steady the saw
Broad. thin iron wedges are driven in
after the saw to prevent the doomed tree
from pinching 1t. AT each end Of this
saw ears" are bolted on, which can be
removed and the saw Withdrawn in case
OF trouble. Wedges are made to follow
the saw until the wood dividing the saw
from the axe kerr Is narrowed to a width
where the wedges can be made to force
the tree, with all OF Its giant weight, TO
lean In the direction 1t Is to fall.
The tree Is topled over. and so exact
Is the choppers work and calculation
that almost Invariably the falling trunk
drives the stake aimed at when the ope q
lions were begun. Any error In the fail
or the tree IL likely to cause the tree to
break and lost the lumberman more than
Il choppers wages for a month-Sl25. The
virgin forests are so densely timbered
that, fcleared at once. there would not
be room enough on the ground for the
tree trunks. "Peelers" follow the chop
pers. With long steel bars, hattened on
one end, they pry off the thick bark and
burn Ii. Then comes the cross-cut saw
man, who cuts the tree into logs. These
are transported to the mills by rail, cut
into boards and shipped to market. Red
wood Is so free from resinous matter that
chars.
The immunity from fire OF towns built
Of redwood lumber Is remarkable. Large
CONGREGATIONS are unknown. This lum-
Der shrinks so little Ii Is used by builders
In a green state. The beauty o fthe wood
for finishing consists In It's curly face and
also blrds-eye grain.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25
THE HOME ON FIFTH AVENUE.

| AFTER considerable search Kelly ascer.
tained that the land belonged to an es.
v ya5e mat was IN litigation and that Law
saw him and told him with pride of the
land. va '"e
But there is no water or drainage
tnere, said Mr.. Lauterbach
Mrs. Kelly observed that il made very
little difference. II he was willing to let
the Kelly family live on the land rent
free until the litigation was settled, or
u Tor him. 1t was agreed. When Mr..
Lauterbach was driving by one day, he
.o3k LOOK at the property and was sur
REr vse1t TO md quite a little farm there.
parently, until Kelly's neighbors began
TO complain to the Board Of Health. They
protested that the domicilc of the Kelly
FAMILY smelled unto heaven.
The difficulty about obtaining water
was overcome. There was "a fire hydrant
IN Firth avenue that leaked badly, and
eS ar9 gu Essn use Of pail the kellys were
hand But the drainage? Well. that was
mystery.
borhood of the Kelly home. People above
the second stories commanded a view of
everything that was going on. Com
plant was made that the members of the
times as though they lived In the wilder
ness. They were certainly not used to
the customs of Fifth avenue. 1t was re-
solved that the Kellys must get out.
The necessary orders were obtained
from the Board of Health and the sani-
tary inspectors called with their fussy
orders. Kelly met them with imperturb-
able good humor He was always prom
Using to go, but he never went. Finally
one inspector got angry and threatened
to come around next day with a squad
Of ten men and put the entire Kelly fam
lily on the pavement, but Kelly released
one of the dogs that 1t takes a one-inch
away and has not called since. Mean
while the neighbors are getting impa-
tient. Kelly is not worrying. He was
some cheap method CT stopping UP the
chinks so that 1t would be fairly warm
in the cold weather. Mrs. Kelly said
what were they going to do If The hy-
drant froze? Sometimes a residence In
Fifth avenue has its disadvantages.