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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04
Germany Claims Great Credit.

BERLIN. May Ain connection with
Germany's change Of front In regard tc
japan and China, 1t appears to have been
much moro clever than was at first
thought. Germany has really rendered q
service to European peace. The govern.
ment knew that Russia would never &C
cept the treaty Of Shimonoseki, and that
France would support Russia's every step
The Franco Russian relations would thus
have become so intimate that q form Of
alliance between the two countries would
have approached realization. Germany
has prevented this alliance, which would
not have confined itself to Eastern affairs.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04

tory " Eoslon.
BOSTON, May 8.-Bsses on balls. homo
runs, singles. q comedy OF errors, together
with Boston's superior fielding and terrific
batting were the cause of the Washing.
tons receiving an overwhelming defeat by
. score of ~ to IL.
RHssSn; M:sSinston........i i;;,.... o-fi
Base hits-BostoD. 49, Washington, 8. Errors
Boston, 9; Washington, TO- Batteries-Hulli.
van, Tenney. Dolan and Warner; Anderson,
McGuire. Mercer and Mahoncy.
At Philadelphia;
New York. 0 0 o o o o q / 2-t
Earned rvns--Philadeiphia, 8; New YORK. g.
Base hits--Philadelphia. 10; New York. G. Er.
rors-Philadeiphia, 4; New York. I. Batteries
Mc(3ili and Buckley; German and Schriyer.
Al Now Bedford-New Bedford. IL; Au-
gusta, q.
At Observation-Disclosures, II; Portland.
10.
At Fall River-Fall River, IL; Bangor, 8.
At Brockton-B Brockton, 10; Lewiston, 2.
At Hsverhill-Lowell. is; Haverhill, o.
Al Nashua-Lawrencc, 86; Nashua, IL.
At Salem-6alem, IL; Fitchburg, 8.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04
viii Appeal 10 State Department

NEW YORK, May A-Mr. Fuentes, the
correspondent who was arrested ut Guam.
tanamo when on the point Of leaving for
Santiago do Cuba, on the charge Of aiding
and abetting tho insurgents, Is q repre-
sentative Of the New York World. The
World Gays that Fuentes will be pro
tected by the paper 10 the best OF les
ability. Steps will at once be taken to lay
the matter before the state department.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04
All Except Port Arthur.

PARIS, May 4-The Journal Des De
bats learns from an authentic source that
Japan has decided to accede to the repre-
sontations of the powers and abandon her
demand for territory on the Lao Tung
peninsula. except Port Arthur, In return
for compensation elsewhere.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04
Must Not interfere WHh Railway.

WHEELING, May 4.-On application OF
the Norfolk and Western railroad, Judge
Jackson issued an injunction restraining
the striking miners along the road fr IN
interfering with the United States mails
or In nteratate commerce.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04
Indicted on Fifteen Counts.

BINGHAMToN, N. ", May 4.-Fifteer
indictments against Morgan and Brown
4, son, officials Of the Chenango Valley
bank, were handed down by the grant
Jury yesterday. The defendants bal
was nxed at $40, 900.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04

"Mrs. Talkcr Is n very obcdicnt woman, A"
"All ever noticed about her Is that she
In on awful gossip
That's why. What you tell her goes.
New York Journal.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-04

Advertise your wants in the Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
Railways in Turkey.


There is only a trife over 5000
miles of railway lines in Turkey, but
they are managed in some respects
better than any in more civilized ma
tions. The discipline on the Turkish
roads is very severe. Negligence is
punished with heavy penalties, and if
a collision occurs all employees who
share in the responsibility are likely
to be sent to prison and, if any one
is killed or injured, under sentences
for long terms.
Employees of the road who are in
jured in service receive pensions, and
if the injuries prove fatal, their fami-
lies are provided for. There is PEN
atty of 81 for walking upon railroad
track. Cattle and other animals found
on the right of way of railways can be
confiscated by the company, although
the owner may redeem them by paying
twenty-five cents each for sheep, dogs,
goats. hogs and other small animals.
1t costs 50. so to get COW or horse
out of a railway pound. Every pas
senger must be in his seat when the
last gong sounds, few moments be-
fore the departure of train. Irav-
elers buying tickets must present the
exact amount of money to the ticket
agent, otherwise he is authorized to
charge commission of per cent for
making change, which goes into his
own pocket. Passengers found upon
trains without tickets are required to
pay three times the full fare between
the place where they started and the
first station reached after they are dis
covered, when they are allowed to buy
ticket for the rest OF their journey
ut the regular rate. One hundred
pounds of baggage is allowed for every
ticket, but the traveller must pay three
cents for having his trunk checked.
The oriental express and trains from
Constantinople to Vienna (44 hours
and to Paris (72 hours) run twice II
week, and carry frst-cl parlor and
sleeping cars. Similar trains run be-
tween Smyrna and Alden. -Atl2nta
Constitution.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11

Sitting horse nostrils is still prac-
ticed in some parts of the world, as in
Persia, Mongolia, and even in North
ern Africa; and ponies with slit nos
trils are often seen in the Himalayas
and in Afghanistan. This mutilation
is resorted to in the erroneous belief
that the horse can inhale more air
whom going at fast pace, and also
that it prevents neighing-a disqualifi-
cation of much Importance during war,
or when it is desirable to travel as
silently as possible. 1t was practiced
in Hungary not long ago, if we are
to accept as evidence the copy of n
finished sketch of q horses head, by
the celebrated Zoffani, given in Col.
onel Hamilton's work on horses. 1t is
rather surprising that the fashion was
not renewed in England, for two or
three centuries ago. To prevent a
horse neighing, it was recommended
to tie a wooden band around the
tongue. Markham says:
eff either when you are IN service
in the wars and would not be dis
covered, or when upon any other oc-
casion you would not have your horse
to neigh or make noise, you take q
lyste (band) of wooden cloth, and tie it
fast in many folds about the middle of
your horses tongue, and believe it, SO
long as the tongue is SO tyed, SO long
the horse can by no means neigh or
make any extraordinary noise with his
voice, as has often been tried and ap-
proved of.
A very barbarous and useless opera
ton for the prevention of stumbling
in horses was fashionable toward the
end of the seventeenth and beginning
of the eighteenth centuries; this was
the exposure of the tendon of a muscle
that assists in dilating the nostrels, and
twisting it round two or three times,
when it was divided, 'In doing this
you shall see the horse bring it's hinder
lecs to his fore legs almost, when you
have thus pulled and turned the sinew
two or three times" Such a statement
will give some idea of the pain the
animal experienced during the sense
i-ioss operation. .-Nineteonth century.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
The Dancing HammerkOp.

The hammerkop, bird of peculiar
habits, is found in Cape Colony, some
other parts of Africa and in Madagas-
car. 1t is something like a heron or
stork, has a melancholy gait, lives on
fish and frogs and is considered in
Africa q bird of i'll omen. Under its
quiet appearance it nourishes aesthetic
tastes When it casts off its sober
demeanor it indulges in fantastic
dance. In state of nature, two or
three join in the dance, skipping
around each other, opening or closing
their wings. They breed on trees or
on rocky lodges, forming huge
structure of sticks. These nests are
SO solid that they will bear the
weight of heavy man on the domed
roof without collapsing. The entrance
is small hole, placed in the least
accessible side. In a lonely rocky
SlCA, 1hls lIuNuIN OhCC COuuuSNe
half q dozen of their nests, some
almost inaccessibly placed on ledges
of rock. One nest contained at least
a CARLOAD of sticks. They occupy the
same nest year after year, repairing it
as required. The female is credited
with the joiner work and the male is
the decorator. On the platform out
side the inner portion he spreads out
all kinds of objects of virtu, brass and
bone buttons, bits of crockery and
bleached bones.
If knife, pin, or tinder box were
lost within some miles, the loser made
q point of examining the hammerkop's S
nest. Indeed, were it not that hye-
mas, leopards, and jackals ranged in
their vicinity, it is highly probable
that mans curiosity or resentment
would have often extirpated these
interesting artists, or, at least, de-
stroyed habits founded upon leisure
and immunity from persecution -
Scientific American.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
A Stammerer's Repartec

Henry Guy Carleton, the dramatic
author, has an impediment in his
speech-in fact he stammers-but this
circumstance does not at all mar his
charming gift of conversation, Tor he
is one of the best takers on almost
any subject and at repartee he has few
superiors.
One day lady said to him: "Mr.
Carleton, were you born with that
stammer-.if l may ask the question
without impertinence?"
"No madam" was the reply, Il did
not begin it until began to talk.
Chicago Times Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
She Wasn,t Afraid of Snakes.

Most little children, unless they
have been made afraid by their ell
der's nonsense, will pick up worms,
bugs and toads as readily as they will
flowers or pebbles. 1t is no wonder
Mrs. William Gushing of Parker's
Head was startled the other day when
she looked around in response to the
pleased call, "See, mamma, see," by
her two-year-old daughter Oracle.
The child was holding long snake
near its head, while its body was wound
three times round the child's arm and
the tail resting on her shoulder. The
father being present the child was
soon relieved of her companion. Who
said the emnity between women and
snakes was instructive? - Lewiston,
Me-, Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
Kiss the Bench He Sat On.

Royalty worship reached an absurd
point the other day. The Prince OF
Wales seated himself in public park
to chat for moment. On his rising
to resume his stroll three we'll dressed
young ladies FASTENED to the spot he
had just left and one after the other
knelt and kissed the seat which had
been honored by supporting their fu-
ture king this too, in the presence of
several hundred onlookers. This is
even worse than the idiocy of the man
who picked up the stump of cigar
thrown away by the prince and keeps
it in glass case, to be exhibited to
all his friends. 1t is q rich manu-
facturer in Sheffield who religiously
preserves a grease spot on the wall of
his billiard room made by the august
head of his royal highnese when
seated on the divan which runs round
the room, while watching game of
billiards after dinner. A number of
years have passed since then and the
billiard room has undergone many
alterations in the shape of new wall
paper and redecoration, but one thing
alone remains untouched, namely, that
little oleaginous mark on the wall.
Boston Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
Breast the Tide.

when the storms of life o'ertake you,
r o+ not courage e'er forsake you;
vied not to the tempest tamely.
Rattle with it firmly, gamely-
Breast the tide.
What a spectacle ignoble
1s the man who, when in trouble,
Folds his hands with look despairing,
when he should, with high-souled daring,
Breast the tide.
Though the winds should flercely buster,
Clouds of inky blackness muster;
Winds ere long will be declining.
Clouds display silvry lining,
Breast the tide.
Folly It's to let disaster
Energy and pluck o'ermaster;
Fortune will show less of rigor,
If you ply the oar with vigor.
Breast the tide.
Courage only can avail you
When the winds and waves assail you,
onward Onward or be driven
On the rock, your boat all riven!
Breast the tide.
W. r. BAKER, in New York Ledger.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Sin feels safe as long as it can hide
its head.
Love always speaks in the language
of the heart.
A fool has to find out for himself
that fire is hot.
The man who deserves riches can be
rich without them.
1t is o waste of breath to talk any
louder than we live.
Every man makes crooked paths
who walks with doubt.
When we love our enemies we will
be sure to treat them right.
If you want to do something, find
one who believes something.
The Justice that wicked man don, t
want is the kind he deserves.
Better bite your tongue twice than
speak once without thinking.
The great question is not how long
we are going to live, but how?
When you get giant down, don't
let him up until his head is oft.
We don't say that man with bad
liver may not have a good heart.
1t YOU have the love of child ii
will give you some mans influence.
When the world gives pleasure it
always sends trouble Herewith. =
Rams Horn.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
Didn't Look For Them There.

"What makes that baby howl SO all
the time?" growled Mr.. Neville.
"Why," Mrs. Neville said apologeti-
cally, "she cutting her stomach teeth,
dc itty peety weety J"
"Great Scottl" Mr.. Neville groaned
with his hands in his hair, ''do they
have 'em in their stomachs also?"-
Rockland Tribune,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
A Substitute for Tea.

A horticultural paper is responsible
for the statement that an excellent
substitute for Indian or Chinese tea
has been found. The tea plant will
not grow in England, save under very
rare and exceptional circumstanc es,
but the new plant, which is An accli-
mated shrub, the Chimonanthus frag-
rams, first brought from Japan to Eng
land by Admiral Harvey, possesses all
the essential requisites of tea. 1t has
five varieties, all equally serviceable
for ''tea.' The beverage made from
them is quite as good as the best green
tea, with cream and sugar. At pres
ent we are told 'the plant is growing
very we'll at Buckhurst Hill on sandy
soil with II southern aspect. 1t will
do equally we'll in Kent, Sussex,
Hants, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall,
where many thousand acres OF land
now vacant, or yielding unproductivc
crops, may be used for new and
profitable industry. New York Tele-
gram.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
A Circus Trick.

A circus, which had been perform
ing at Jackson, Mich, with forty-two
people, boarded n train there the other
day, after seeing that vast mass of
scenery, carpets and the like was taken
care of in the baggage car. Conduc-
ter Corey had been notified of the
movement of the troupe and was sur
prised to find only thirty tickets and
people. He took up the tickets and
passed into the baggage car. While
there he jumped on roll of the circus
carpeting, out of which rolled a circus
performer. Search revealed eleven
more of them slowed away in the bag
gage. Corey went to the manager for
tickets for the extra men. He did
not have them and Corey dumped the
twelve off at Grass Lake, and they had
to count the ties to Ypsilanti, thirty
six miles away, to rejoin the company.
New Orleans Picayune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
s. Blue Beard. -

The nursery tale which has charmed
generations of children and their
elders, known as "Blue Beard was
written by French author. The ori-
ginal of the character of Blue Beard
was a marshal of France who lived in
Brittany and who was charged with
numbering several wives and over one
hundred children. Being convicted of
sorcery, he was burned. Philadelphia
Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
The Typewriter In Royal Favor.

Now it is the typewriter that seems
to have met with royal favor. The
German emperor composes many OF
his speeches at the same time that he
is writing them with the machine. The
King of Wurtemburg, the Duchess OF
York, Princess Maud Of Wales and
the King of Denmark have attained
considerable profcieutly in the use OF
the typewriter. Chicago Times-Her-
aid. -
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
Model of the Tower of Babel.

The Smithsonian Institute is pre-
pairing miniature model of the Tower
of Babel for the exposition ut Atlanta.
1t will be in all respects, SO far rs
possible, o faithful reproduction of the
original. According to the authori-
ties, the latter was the greatest of
many magnificent temples of Babylon,
being 140 feet high. That does not
seem much compared with the Wash
ington monument, but people in those
days were not accustomed to the Chi
cago style of architecture, and the
ancient capital of Assyria was situated
in the midst of vast plain, where
there were no natural elevations to
serve for comparison. The model in
question will be five feet eight inches
square on the first story. When 1t is
stated that the first story of the actual
Tower of Babel was 272 feet square,
notion will be given of the proper
tions. The original building was
constructed in diminishing stories,
each one being smaller square than
that beneath. This was common
style of architecture in Assyria, and
from it was evolved the Egyptian pyr-
amid. Chicago Times Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Glass was used in Egypt 8, 800 years
ago.
The water in the Strait of Gibraltar
is $50 fathoms deep.
The newest thing out in London's
world of swelldom is hand-painted
shirt front.
A Dundee (Scotland) man is work
ing on n flying machine that is built on
the bicycle plan.
The bell birds note sounds much
like tolling bell. 1t can be heard q
distance of three miles.
A late curiosity CLEANER claims that
there are 500 open caverns in Edmund
son County, Kentucky.
The dome of the Palais de Justice
in Brussels is made of papier mache
and weighs sixteen tons.
A mother aged ninety-three, and
son aged sixty-eight, both buried on
the same day at Rockdale, Ga.
When o man gets drunk down in
the Argentine Republic he has to
sweep the streets for eight hours.
Instead of an engagement ring, the
japanese lover gives his sweetheart
r. l, \,
Out of every 100 hotels in England
eighteen are "White Harts," ten
"Kings Arms" and eight "Crowns"
According to Muller the total NUM-
ber of words, or rather ideas, ex-
pressed by Chinese characters is 43,
500.
The Oldest coin known is in the
mint collection in Philadelphia. 1t
was coined ut Aegina in the year 700
B.C.
They tell about prisoner who
went into the Maine state prison
weighing 80 pounds and came out
weighing 21O.
The highest masts of sailing vessels
are from 160 to 1S0 feet high, and
spread from $4,000 to 100,0 square
feet of canvas.
The present Sultan of Morocco is
descended from an Irish girl who be-
came a member of the then royal ha-
rem more than 100 years ago.
Hebrew guides in Rome never pass
under the arch of Titus, but walk
around it. The reason is because it
commemorated victory over their
race.
Gas blind as mole" is not sensible
comparison, as the mole is possessed
of good eyesight, although its eyes are
very small-about the size of mus
tard seed.
Ducks swim the world over, but
geese do not. In South America q
domestic species is found that cannot
excel an ordinary hen in aquatic ac-
complishments. 1t has lived SO long
in country where water is found
only in wells, that it has lost its aquat-
ic abilities entirely.
| European ladies are often invited
| to the harems of the rich Moors of
Morocco. Some time ago one of the
inmates-a beautiful girl--fainted at
the sight of one of the lady visitors
removing her gloves. The young lady
thought she was was removing thick
skin from her hand.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11

The Lancet mentions the case OF
boy three years old who swallowed
halfpenny. Nearly fourteen years
later he brought it up again very thin
and light, looking as if il might have
been gradually Dissolved.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
How Mr.. Bird Allotted Cupid.

Marriages are made in heaven or
in the other place. Tom Van Brule
had one especially arranged in heaven,
when her father said:
"No, no, sir; absurd, preposter-
ousl' He was too polite to add: "And
YOU are far from an eligible young
man"
Tom himself was modest about the
latter claim, but having had Dorothy's
approval he fancied he was at least
o-thirds eligible. Dorothy had
beautiful blue eyes, and when she was
in earnest her manner had O certain
dignity and her voice became nearly
tragic in its intonation, like that of
the young lady in Mr. Bernhard Shaw's
comedy of "Arms and the Man." So
in her very best manner she declared
emphatically:
"Tom, would rather die than give
you up"
When girl one loves says that, and
when she has the loveliest blue eyes,
and the most irreproachable gowns,
and, in fact, the most delightful per-
sonality in the world, what course has
chap left except that of absolute de-
fance to the relentless parent?
Dorothy naturally cried the color
out of her blue eyes, and Tom was
put on his mettle. What was the diff
ference if he hadn't sou, while Syl-
vester, pere, was 80 many times a mil
lionaire that the mind grew weary
counting his wealth. Sylvester, pere,
had been once as poor as Tom. Tom
came of good old Knickerbocker
stock. Sylvester, pere's, was all
plebeian. So, very properly, Tom
planned an elopement.
As merrily as the proverbial mar
rage bell the plan was arranged. Dor
othy came to New York, April 80.
Tom found church, engaged the cler-
gyman and had the witnesses ready.
On the morning of May |, Miss Doro-
thy started out for a walk, which was
to end at the church door. Tom put
on tall hat and frock coat, and felt
In his waistcoat pocket to make sure
OF the ring, and he also started out.
Turning from his door into Madison
Square, he saw across the square
little old gentleman hurrying up the
avenue. And by all the bad luck
man ever had, the old gentleman was
sylvester, pere, who ought to have
been at that moment in Chicago, but
who evidently was hurrying up the
avenue in the most excited haste, with
afull knowledge, Tom supposed, of
the whole affair. And the church was
open, and the clergyman and the wit
nesses were waiting.
Toms heart went down in his boots.
But he plucked up courage and found
afriend in the hour of need. Looking
up the street, he saw Mr.. Jack Bird,
immediately dressed and bowling
Along leisurely in hanson.
Jack" !" he hailed him, and that
worthy drew up to the curb.
Jack" Tom went on excitedly,
this is time if ever to prove your
Hlendship. l am on my way TO church
TO be married. There's her father
over there, Sylvester, pere. about to
stop us. Jack, for Heavens sake
mead him off, as you value my happi-
ness"
In this melodramatic fashion Mr.
van Brule went on, while his friends
eyes bulged. Mr.. Bird has prominent
gray eyes which, when be is astonished,
iook like great diamonds. Was Tom
mad? What the Dickens
de looked at the figure of Sylvester,
pere, at Tom standing there, the
bridegroom arrayed for an elopement.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-07-11
COmparatiye Cost Of Wars.

All the wars of Napoleon Bonaparte
cost his country 81, ,275, 900, 900 while
the wars of Louis Napoleon cost
France 80, 21O,O 900, 900. The former
made the enemy pay most of the ex-
pense the expense of the wars waged
by the latter was borne by France. -
Chicago Times Herald.