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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16
PLEASING PROGRAM.
Successful Entertainment For the Benefit
of Girls Friendly Society.

Successful Entertainment For the Benefit
of Girls Friendly Society.
A very pleasant entertainment was given
at Music Hall Assembly rooms last even
ing for the benefit of the Girls Friendly
Society of this city. The program was
under the direction of William Arnold,
organist and choir master of st. Stephens
Church, Providence. The production of
Cinderella was preceded by a concert Of
excellence. The following is the program :
Bass solo, earl Douglas. Stephen Hopkins
Soprano solo, "Orpheus With His Lutte.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...s. Miss Collins
AMY Home IL Where the
Heather Blooms"........ Miss Jupo
b1'Water Lillies"...........,....
c-"My Laddy".........".'..
Waltz song. Miss Mabel Smith
Bass solo, "Italian Air From La Figaro"
......................... benjamin Stanley
Bass solo, king OF the Main"..............
......... ................ stephen Hopkins
Song from "Paul and Virginia" lby spe.
cial rcuuest) Miss Collins
Bass solo, "Thou Art Like Lovely
Flower. .......... ...Benjamin Stanley
Soprano solo, "Mignon".. Miss Mabel Smith
Duet. ...Mr. Cummings and Miss Hugo
The concert was followed by the recitive
and musical production, "Cinderilla," !"
which was directed by Mr.. Arnold, who,
from his seat at the piano, read the portion
OF the story not set to music. The cast
was as follows: Cinderella, Miss Mabel
Smith; Mother, Miss Bucklin; The Two
Wicked Sisters, Misses Collins and will
liams.
"Cinderilla" consists OF solos, duets and
recitals, and was very. pleasing to those
who witnessed It. The entire entertain
ment was above the average amateur pro-
duction. The result was success, finan-
cislly and In point Of attendance.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16
There Is q Class of People

who arc injured by the use of coffee. Re
Gently there has been placed In all the gro.
cery stores new preparation called GRAIN.
o, made of pure grains, that takes the place
of coffee. The most delicate stomach re.
eeives IL without distress, and but few can
tell it from coffee. IL does not cost over \
as much as much. Children may drink Il
with great benefit. l5c and &c per package.
Try it Ask for GRAIN.O.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16
Rheumatism Cured in q Day.

"Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and Neural
gia cures I'm one to three days. Its action
upon the system is remarkable and mysterit
Gus. 1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits; rs cents. Sold by w
l.. Wood, druggist, Pawtucket.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16

The funeral of Mrs. David l.. Wilkin-
son was solemnized this afternoon at 2
o'clock from the residence of Mrs. Sarah
Brown, No. 81 Prospect street, Woon-
socket.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16

Why should Cupid be continually COM
plimented as great marksman? When
ever he fires, he always Mrs. the girl
New York Tribune
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16
Three Words That Thrill.

Madame-After all, the sum of human
happiness may be put in three words.
Monsieur-What the dickens are they?
81 love you"
ooh, / didn't know but, you meant,
'Pay to bearer ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16

Iowa's state fair this year will be
open ON Sunday. The machinery will
be idle, and religious services will be
held.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16
Advertise your wants in THE TRIBUNE.

Weknow Hop Bitters are above and beyond
all as nutritious tonic and curative.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16

A simple, quick, sure remedy for catarrh
or cold in the head Is Saliva cea. 1t Is safe
to use and sure TO give satisfaction.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16

Oh, why will you let that invalid friend
suffer that Hop Bitters will 30 certainly cure
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16

On receipt OF ten cents, cash or stamps, a
generous sample will be mailed of the most
popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure, (Ely's
Cream Balm) sufficient TO demonstrate Its
great merit Full size soc.
ELY BROTHERS,
Bwarren st., New York City.
lis the medicine above all others for
catarrh, and Is worth les weight in gold. !
can use Elys Cream Balm with safety and
IL does all that is claimed for lib. w.
sperry, Hartford, Conn.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16

Advertise yop wants in the TRIBUNE.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-16
/ FIGURES .
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| DO NOT LIE

Our oft repeated assertion that THE
EVENING TRIBUNE IL the fastest
growing paper In the city Is verified
by figures.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-16

King Bros. have just received a
new lot of tissue paper, window
poles, sash rods, artists materials,
picture frames, etc. y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-16
Island Butter.

There is butter and there is
butter but there is no butter that
arrives in Honolulu 30 sweet and
fresh as the MikiIua and Waianae
Butter. Its rapid transit by rail
direct from the dairy to the Psla-
ma Grocery's large ice box so
conveniently situated opposite the
railway depot enables us to
handle it to the best advantage.
No wonder we are doing such a
large butter business, when we
are selling this fine butter at 35c.
per lb. Palama Grocery, oppo-
sits Railway Depot, King street.
Telephone 1855.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-16

Hilo Stations Average. 49,. 4.32
Hamakua Stations Average. 3.4
Kohala Stations Average. BAT
Kona Stations Average. go. 2.9S
Kau Stations Average ...., 2.28
Olaa Stations Average. -. 6.60
Puma Stations Average. ..... 5'34
Hawaii Stations Average, by
Districts ................. 4.29
Maui Stations Average. .. 2.40
Oahu Average by Districts. 2.83
Kauai Average by Districts. l.3O
% days.
G. J. LYONS,
In Charge of Weather Bureau.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE RIDE TO DaEAMTowN.

Listen. my darling! Low and clear
The sound of the Sleepland bell hear.
1t is calling. calling, from far away,
Through the twilight falling stin and gray.
Fairy music its sweet voice seems,
As 1t bids you away to the land of dreams.
There's a good steed waiting, my dear, to
bear
My little one where the dream-elves are.
Mount 1t. my darling, and ride away
Through the starry twilight, still and gray;
1t will carry you safely, Ger hill and lea,
This trusty charger Of mammals knee!
Mount and away, with q goodnight kiss.
Was ever so gentle steed as this?
1t ambles softly where roads are rough;
A touch of your unspurred foot's enough
To set 1t galloping fast and free.
Was ever steed like a mothers knee?
We are halfway over the road, my dear
The stars are out and the way is clear,
And galloping, galloping. on we go,
Till the drowsy plains we have crossed
The CLEAN OF the Dreamtown lights we see
What steed so swift as mothers knee?
The gates swing open and we ride through
What host of children ahead of you!
Big ones and little ones, dark and fair
They have come to Dreamtown from every
where! aF 4
j wonder. darling-flnd out for met
II they all rode over on mothers knee.
-Eben lG, Rexford, in Youths Companion
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
REPRESENTED THE OLD SCHOOL.
Oddities of the Late DOwager Em-
press of Japan.

Oddities of the Late DowaGer Em-
press of Japan.
The empress dowager of Japan,
whose death was recently announced,
was one of the few surviving memberso
the old regime in the imperial circle.
She had her separate palaces and courts
at Kioto and Toxic, where the an
cient system prevailed. She seldom APP
peared at official functions and had
made but one concession to modern
Ways. She used landau, with men in
livery on the box. She had charge of
the imperial nurseries, where the chill
dren of the emperor by his various
wives are kept until they reach the age
of five or six. There were rooms set
apart for her at the palace of her son,
but she seldom occupied them, for she
visited but little, and could not recon-
cile herself to the change that had
come over land and people.
The great change was no change OF
her making. She had brought up her
son, Mutsu Hito, in the most orthodox
and respectable way. At the age of
16, when he came to the throne. he
could read the Chinese classics, write
poetry, arrange flowers according to the
elaborate system of the Japanese, and
give tea party with appropriate cere-
mony. That was about all; and tho
fond mother no doubt thought it was
quite enough. The 100 predecessors of
Mutsu Hito, in the same line, who had
ruled Japan for $500 years, had never
known more, and most of them had
known less. The lad was worshiped as
a god, like his fathers before him; and
that sort of reverence covers a multi
tude of sins in the object of alteration.
No man might look upon his face and
live. He was never allowed to wear
the same garment twice, nor to eat of
the same dish second time, both
clothing and crockery being destroyed
at once.
So things went on until he ventured
to look at the sun without veil, liked
it, and thenceforth turned his imperial
countenance upon his whole people.
The new man had come to town.
Changes followed with startling rapid
ity. Forty-nine superior persons, with
their wives and sisters, were sent
around the world to report on constitu-
tons, manners, customs and education
for men and women. The poor dow
ager empress must have stood by, like
the mother of Aladdin, with her hands
in the air; but her astonishing boy was
not be gainsaid. She lived long
enough to be about the only 'dowdy"
in the court circle and to see naughty
China on it's knees before her sons
throne.-London News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
FIGURE NO. 8.

that he will float upon it's surface, TAX
ing care not to let his upper side get
wet. The trick is to make him move on
the water without blowing upon or
touching him. You can let your friends
puzzle about how to do this, and then
show your superior wisdom by drop
ping one drop of oil into the round
opening at the center of the fish, upon
which he will move forward, for oil
spreads, and in doing so in this case it
will have to spread down tue groove
running toward the tail of the fish and
so will pnsh him forward by itself push
ing the other way.--Butterick's Deli
neatOr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
ANCIENT FERRY-BOATS.

Piled Between New York and Brook
Iyn a Century Ago.
The horse boats between the cities of
New York and Brooklyn may be cited
as early attempts to solve the problem
of transport by water. An interesting
feature of these early constructions was
the use of waterwheel IL feet or SO in
diameter, with "a floats, the latter in
clined slightly to the radius, so as to
avoid the lifting of the water, which is
so troublesome a feature OF the radial
float These horse boats appear to
have been of three general designs. In
the first frame, shaped somewhat like
the letter A, or an inverted U, was
mounted to turn around its vertical
axis. Four of these frames, dividing
the circle into eight parts, made sort
of skeleton cone, and this cone was
caused to revolve by eight horses moving
in horizontal circular path about 20
feet in diameter. The face gear, Is feet
in diameter, drove three-foot pinion
mounted upon the axis on the water
wheel shaft, and the wheels were within
the frame, in an opening between half
hulls.
The second plan was a conical skele-
ton frame at an incline of about one in
two, so that the horse had to travel up
this inclined surface, causing it to ro-
tate with their weight and traction.
In the third PLAZA smaller design
the paddle wheels were brought into a
well between the two half hulls OF the
boat, catamaran fashion, as in the first
arrangements and the framewas mount
edabove the wheels, and its rotating mo-
ton was transmitted by intermediate
idlewheels to the waterwheel shaft.
Boats of the first and second class seem
to have been about rs feet long.
1t is interesting, also, to observe that
the swinging bridge for ferryboat serv-
ice had been already thought out by
Fulton early in this century, with its
counter-weight construction and its
windlass for making the boats fast.
Such boats seem to have drawn little
over two feet of water, and to have had
perfectly fiat bottoms, like scows.--
Prof. +. r. Hutton. in Casters Maga-
zine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08

the science which treats Of these things
80 she fills it up with the first thing at
Land. In this case It is the water,
which is forced UP into the space by
the pressure of the outside air.
The remaining illustrations show a
trick that's also of a scientific nature.
The fish shown at Fig. 2 is to be
cut from cardboard or very heavy pa
per. Perhaps mamma will lend you a
dish which you can fill with water TO
make a. pond for your fish to swim in.
Lay the fish down upon the water so
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
A PINNETTA.

singer has a perfectly true voice you
had better use some instrument to tune
your pinnctta by. Use new, straight
pins, and pound them in until they
sound exactly like the singing, just al
a violin lis tuned with piano. The
deeper the pins are driven the higher
the sound. If a very high note is de-
sired, small black pins are best and for
bass notes large needles are best, but
common pins can be used for all. Avery
little difference in the depth Of the
driving makes a great differences in the
sound. Suppose you want to play 1.-Two
Little Girls in Blue" You sing the first
word, "an," and drive the first pin in
until it keys exactly with it, then the
second word odd and tune with the
second pin, and so on to the end, plac-
ing the pins about a quarter of an inch
apart or closer.
Holding the box firmly in your left
hand, or better, placing it on a table,
you take long pin in your right hand
and run the point along the middle OF
the pins in the box as they stand up
right You should run the pin in your
hand according to the time the piece is
written in.
The pinnetta can be made in perfect
tune, played in perfect time and has
clear, sweet sound like water running
over stones. If you possess any musical
talent you can make the accompaniment
of chords on another box and have n
very pretty duet
Anyone can make and play PIN
netta.-Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Capt. Mahan has been elected
sestryman in All Angels Protestant
Episcopal church in New York.
The London school board rule for.
bidding collections in schools was sus.
pended in order to allow subscriptions
to the Indian famine fund.-
1t is said THAT an engineer and chem
list, VINO died in Italy few weeks since,
bequeathed his possessions, about $1O,-
100000. to the university at Stockholm,
Sweden.
Some years ago Rev. Crane, the
father of Stephen Crane, the novelist,
wrote tract on popular amusements,
in which he condemned novel-reading
as one of the vices of the age.
Fewer deacons and priests of the
Episcopal church were ordained in Eng
land last year than for any correspond
ing IL months since 1876. But as the
number ordained was 1921, the supply
must be regarded as ample.
Mrs. Daniel Howard, of jefferson
VILE, Ind, had her home connected by
telephone with the Presbyterian
ShuiSii, Ocihss az pIcNCntSd ny liz
ness from attending the service. The
experiment was very successful.
The ear has assigned sum of 65,-
900 rnhles.l from the imperial treasury
for the erection of residential quarters
for the female students attending the
st. Petersburg Medical Institution for
Women. The building will be opened
this year.
Gould there better, more fitting
memorial to Mrs. Stowe, than Harriet
Beecher Stowe scholarship at Hampton,
Fiske or Tuskegee, as suggested by her
son, Rev. Charles f. Stowe, in prefer
ence to the statue or monument pro-
posed by her admirers? 1t is the chill
dren's privilege to place monument
over their mothers grave. This other
memorial would certainly be, as her son
says, quite in keeping with his mothers
tastes, and far more useful TO God and
man. trn :.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
A REMARKABLE CAT.
II Picks the Strings of "a Banjo and
Plays the Piano.


Plays the Plano.
Randolph Blanel, of Mount Vernon,
was seated in his library one evening
several weeks ago when he heard Gu
rious sound in the parlor below. The
rest of the family had gone to bed.
The sound was rather musical, being u
humming in various notes, broken by
little twangs. Mr.. Blanel went down
stairs softly and peered into the parlor.
There in the moonlight which shone
on the piano top he saw the house cat,
u big black tom, called Steal.
Steal was sitting on his launches be-
side the banjo which Mr.. Blaneps boy
Rob usually plays. Steal had learned
that by touching the strings with his
paws he could make them sound. 1t
was remembered afterward that the
cat always came into the room when
Rob played, but that was supposed to
have been because the boy made great
pet of him.
Blanel watched the cat, and says he
saw Steal pick the strings, first touch
ing the fourth, then the third, the Sec
ond and the first. Blanel tip-toed his
way back upstairs and listened to the
cats playing for over an hour, when
it ceased. Soon afterward Steal came
running upstairs, lay down before the
CRATE fire, and went to sleep.
Since That night the cat has gone reg
ularly to the banjo every night at about
II or 1880 o'clock and picked away
at the strings, manifesting his delight
by purring loudly. The cat has been
seen also picking at guitars strings,
the instrument having been left in the
banjo's place purposely. The cat does
what many other cats do, running
up and down the keys of the piano.
Rob Blanel says, however, that Steal
has more delicate piano touch than
other cats.-N. Y. Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08

proximity OF danger chung on to the
trunk like grim death and hauled him.
self up few feet. MIR. Robin, SUI
premely ignorant of the circumstance,
interested himself in feather far
away under his wing; he worked hard
to find the feather, pulling it out at
last, and letting it float away out of his
beak.
Thomas chung on to the tree trunk,
all the claws of all his feet being requi-
sitioned for the exertion, and stared
up at the nest, gathering strength for a
rush. Mr.. Robin yawned and pretend
ed to be deeply interested in the fo-
liage of the poplar, which, of course,
formed no portion of his real diet,
though he picked at it now and nibbled
a little, for effect. He did this in case
Thomas should have caught sight Of
him, in order that Thomas might, in
that sase, suppose that his own move
ments had not been observed. The
bare trunk of the poplar was a long
one, you see, and Mr.. Robin was anX-
ious that Thomas should not be alarmed
before he had reached an elevation
which would suit the plans he had laid
out. AS matter of fact Thomas had
not seen him at all, up to now. 20
AT length the assassin-the would-be
assassin-took long breath, blinked
twice or thrice, and scrambled about
20 feet higher up the tree. = Then he
stopped to rest. Mr.. Robin yawned
again, spat out the leaf he was pretend
ing to eat, chucked concealment to
the winds and his own round body into
the air, and Topped down upon the
branch nearest to Thomas head; to
the unutterable disgust of that dishon-
est individual, who thus found himself
suddenly in an extremely awkward po-
sition between the devil and the deep
sea-Mr. Robin representing the devil,
whom he rather resembled just now,
and the drop of nearly 80 feet the deep
sea. .s s.. I,ss .s@.sl-s.r sH
Thomas looked upwards and per-
ceived a climb of Is feet, at least, to
the nearest bough; he looked down
wards-and it made him quite giddy,
so high had he climbed. Also his paws
and muscles generally were strained
and weary, and the devil, in the shape
of Mr.. Robin, sat and yawned and
watched him, as though with indif-
ference, though with a very nasty look
about the eye, up above. Thomas
blinked and his ears lay back on his
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
FUNNY MOUSE TRAP.
Clever Girl Catches Seven Rodents I'm
Sewing Machine.

nSewinE Machine.
This is a story of how II sewing ma
chine became a mouse trap. Miss
Boutcher, of Federal street, below
Seventh, is particularly fond of cake,
and has got into the habit of eating
it while running her sewing machine.
Every night she would leave some under
the lid. For the past few mornings
she has been missing much of her cake,
and naturally blamed her little brother
for taking it. Her brother, however
always resented the charge and de-
clared his innocence. The other night
Miss Boucher left quite large quanti-
ty of cake on the machine and concealed
herself to watch tile thief. When every
thing was quiet she heard scratching
noise and then saw very small mouse
climbing up the strap of the machine,
which connects the lower wheel with
the upper one. The first mouse had
hardly disappeared through the small
hole through which the strip is run
when another appeared and followed
its predecessor. This performance was
repeated six times by as many mice.
Miss Boucher hastily plugged up the
hole through which the little thieves
had entered, and with the assistance of
her brother carried the machine into
tanned from willing neighhors and the
lid was lifted. Only one mouse escaped.
PHILADELPHIA Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
Story on Wise Cnt.

There is in the treasury department.
at Washington cat that understands
English perfectly. His name is Tom,
ard when addressed he will quickly re-
spond, even waking out of a sound
sleep to go toward the speaker. Some
times, to confuse him, the clerks will
sing out some word or words in which
the syllable Tom is emphasized, and tc
that he pays no attention. But let any
one call: 'Tom, it's dinner time!" and
forthwith he walks across the room,
reaches up with his paws to tin pail.
claws it down and comes bringing it
in his mouth. Tom is passionately fond
OF music. At the cry of Hand crgan!"
he climbs to high window seat, but at
the words Here's dog!" he sinks I'M
der desk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
FIGURE NO. /.

ter rush up into it from the plate. Here
is the explanation of this curious effect:
You all know that there is something
called oxygen in the air. Fire changes
this oxygen into carbonic acid gas,
which does not take up nearly as much
space as does the oxygen, so, if there is
no opening through which more air can
get into the tumbler, there is left n
vacuum. Now, nature abhors a
vacuum-of this you will find many
proofs when you grow older and study