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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
STRONGER THAN 1T LOOKED.
Tho Pull of n Mustard Plaster Is Not In
tho Thickness of It.

the Thickness of IL.
wilkins complained of not feeling very
well. His landlady asked for the symp-
toms.
"Oh," she returned, "put on mustard
plaster and you'll be all right in tho morn
ing"
He took her advice. He went into a
near by drug store and asked for mus
tard plaster.
The clerk took one out and began TO
wrap it up.
"Say, that's sandpaper. want mus
tard plaster'
The clerk explained that 1t was mus
tard plaster; that the old plaster of the
mince pic pattern had gone out of style.
"This is just as goodr" queried the
doubter. "It's hot all right, I supposeS"
Don't worry about that" smiled the
clerk meaningly ringing up cents In the
cash register.
wilkins was sleepy when no got home.
He was sleepier than ever when he had
crawled into bed with the clammy plaster
on him and big towel backing it up close
against the cuticle. He dozed perceptibly
as the plaster warmed up.
"I'l go to Sleep" he thought. If II
gets too hot, I'll wake up.'
"Yes, I'll-wake up-if gets too hot
Mr.. wilkins was snoring, and a clock
away down the hall was striking 10.
1t was 80 o'clock In the morning when
wilkins began to feel the return Of con
sciousness.
1t was mixed and confused with dream
In which he had seen miner standing
~ xryit a MI fol m a
hole was being dug through his ribs.
wilkins snorted, turned over and writhed
with grimace. Then he pulled the cloth
ing far from him, sat up and said, ugh"
Att o'clock he was in the drug store
again. He was bending over to keep bis
clothing from touching him.
The night clerk was still In charge, and
he grinned broadly.
LET me see the place, he suggested
even before wilkins spoke.
There was brilliant parallelogram, 4
by inches, just under the third button OF
wilkins vest, and as the air touched 1t
wilkins WINGED.
you'll have to be very careful or you'll
have bad blister there" said the clerk.
"Blisterl Say, can stand it, Tell me
the truth. How deep is that holeY"
"Nonsense. Go out and get big, soft
linen handkerchief and I'll fix you up"
wilkins paid 80 cents for the handker
chief and 90 cents for a cool, mussy paste,
which the clerk smeared on one side of it.
"Now, If you let your flannel next to
that you may pull the hide of with II"
warned the clerk in parting.
And wilkins walks down these morn
ings to keep the elbows of wabbly street
car passengers out of his ribs.
Feels as If was all boarded up on
one side," he confides to his friends
Incidentally he says that mustard plas
ter isn't such cheap remedy after ALL
Chicago Record.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
Lead Workers.

It Is said that lead working disfgures
the human body moro than any other kind
of work.
In this industry it Is inevitable that
sooner or later the workers must succumb
to lead poisoning, and there would appear
to be no part of the body that the poison
ous fumes and floating particles which
permeate the atmosphere Of the workshops
do not affect. The complexion takes on
a ghastly, corpselike pallor, the gums turn
blue, the teeth decay rapidly and fall out,
and the eyelids are hideously inflamed. A
scratch or an abrasion of the skin becomes
an unbeatable sore.
Later on, when nerves and muscles be-
come affected by the poison in the blood,
the eyeballs are drawn into oblique posi-
tions and take on dim and bleared ap-
pearanoe The joints, especially the knee
and the wrist, become scmiparalyzed, and
the whole form Is gradually bent and oon-
torted.-New York Journal.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
PARIS OMNlBUSES.
A System That Gives Every Passenger q
Comfortable Seat.

On all the streets of Paris ono Of the
features most noticeable to foreigner
perhaps is the little omnibus stations so
characteristic of Paris. The Partisan
omnibus system, by the way, Ia an excel
lent one when you understand It, But
you usually have to be put of n bus two
or three times before you appreciate its
merits. In time you discover that the
vehicles stop regularly at little stations,
where those who understand the system
obtain bits of pasteboard bearing numbers
In the precise order Of the application for
them, emitting them In the same order to
the vacant seats In the buses as they ar
rive. These little stations being not fan
apart, 1t Is u matter of no difficulty to OBJ
tain these numbers, and when that Is done
the system secures, as you see, perfect
application Of the rule first como, first
served" For when the bus stops, just
opposite the little station, an official comes
out, and standing behind 1t he calls of
the numbers in their order, and the would
be passengers, as their numbers arc called,
take the vacant places. When all tho va
cancies are filed, the bus drives on, and
those whose numbers come next in order
have, of course, the first chance ut the va
cancies on the filing bus.
And now let me mention another fea.
ture of this omnibus system which think
is worthy of our notice. Each omnibus
and each street car in Paris-for the street
car system is practically the same-is built
to seat--not TO carry, mind you, but to
seat--a certain number of persons. That
number Is indicated upon the exterior of
the vehicle, and when it Is complete no
moro are permitted to enter under any cir
cumstances. Our glorious American sys
TEN, therefore, of riding on u strap or of
getting one foot on the back platform of
the street car and clinging to the unfor
tunate individual who has preceded us
and has both feet on iswholly unknown in
Paris. s.-Chautauquan.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

They were two pretty girls on the street
car. They were talking at q rate to make
q photograph throw up its hands and ev-
erything was said in the strictest conf
dence, though all in the car could hear.
Ibid you ever see such airs as Alice
takes on since she's married?' asked the
little blond as the pink in her cheeks deep
ened to a flush Of scarlet. "She seems to
think that her new existence Is SO delicious
that we Of the set who are not welded
must be pitied and patronized. It's too
ridiculous for anything. / guess that
there arc other fish in the matrimonial
sea.
"It's way they all have" smiled the
more philosophical brunette. Mamma
says that q young married woman simply
can't help growing over her girl friends
and is pleased rather than troubled when
she sees how they hate her for it, Don't
you understand? She has landed her fish,
and we are still angling for bites"
Indeed we're not. I've rceled in two
or three myself and then tossed them back.
She has no business growing over me. And
she needn't think III be good natured un-
der il either"
"But she hooked the fish she wanted
and wouldn't throw 1t back, dear. That's
where she has the best Of us. i"
"No she hasn't. p
Then there was gasp, the blond whis
pered excitedly into the ear Of the bru-
nette. there was an embrace, q resounding
kiss sounded through the car and the pas
sengers could not but exchange meaning
smiles as the charming little blond plumed
herself and began to take on the airs she
had so wrathfully condemned. Detroit
Free Press
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
SNOWFLAkES.

The little orcs l5ncel in the TWILIGHT Gray,
And tho trypi,sul prayers that ,l-cir pure lips
Bay
FIuitCr toward heaven or shr1Cwv wiHgs,
The wretchoa eartli through her parched lips
means,
And God Is grievod at the ongrished tones,
While the angels bring 90 tho mercy scat
The little ones prayers, 10 pure, so sweet
With tender smile be takes them all,
Then down through the darkness the snow
flakes fall,
Till the earth lies hushed meath silence
white,
Cleansed by the little ones prayers tonight
-Mabelle =. Clapp.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
soMETlMES II HAPPENS 30.

How dil aho know j. p'; WIS Eorsr
l-c spclse TO s. .tt
OF love to hei. Vow l.now
That WHOM sln passed. he'd him-so-
his pulse was s,iIie~Y
How Gid she read his secl CT thoughts
An never err
How did she know lci' rlnnccs thrilled
his soulY That all LIS lcait was Lied
With love Tor LU2
How did she know their life would he
One grand, sweet song?
To tell the truth, Ghe CiCn't l-now
These things. She thought that they were
SO,
But she was wrong.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
THE CHlLD'S PRAYER.
Simple Lines That sweetiy Linger In Our
Memories.

Simple Lines That sweetiy Linger In Our
Memories.
1t is said of that good old man John
Quincy Adams that be never went to rest
at night till he had repeated the simple
prayer learned in childhood-thc familiar
"Now / lay me down to Sleep"
Is there not something touching In the
thought that these words, breathed from
the rosy lips Of infancy, went with him
away down through old age into the dark
valley of death? And Vino Is tdere, man
or woman, for whom this little prayer has
not old, sweet associations? Who, hearing
it's words, hears not, too the memory
bells' ringing up from the golden plains
of childhood? 1t may be q man in pride
and strength Of years, who has carved out
for himself an honorable name and destiny
In the world, perhaps the owner Of broad
lands and proud homes, with heart grown
hard in it's battle with the world.
How many years was it? Twenty,
thirty, forty-no matter. At the sound of
the old "Now lay me'' they have all
rolled back their massive doors and we go
down through them to the old, red, one
story house where life first took its morn
ing. We see the little window on the right
side, close under the rafters. Well, we
slept sounder slumber and dreamed sweet
er dreams in that old garret than we ever
have In our lofty chambers, with gilded
ceilings and snowy draperies. And what
of it, if the bed was straw one and the
coverlet made of red and yellow patches"
of calico? We have never snuggled down
so contentedly on our springs and hair
mattresses.
"Now / lay me-" How softly sleep
would como and weigh down the eyelids
as we repeated the words after mother. We
can hear her very tones, though 1t is so
many years since death silenced them, and
feel the soft touch of her hand on the pill
low and the tender lingering of her kiss
upon our lips 1t may be years since we
have repeated this little prayer, or it may
be- that, in the din and struggle of life we
have forgotten 1t and that at night we
have lain down on our pillows never
thinking to give thanks for the day and
for the night.
But sooner or later we shall "lie down
to sleep" when this prayer will be all our
souls can take, all that will avail Of rank
or wealth or fame; whatsoever we most
prize in this world. But the little prayer,
the first, it may be, that we took upon our
childish lips shall follow us as we sail out
under the solemn arches; follow us as a
sweet, faint, tender air from the shores,
and when we cast our anchor, "the Lord
our souls shall take. boston Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
I3is building Needed.

"If I could only find largo enough
building" snid the thoughtful man, II
would get up an exhibition that would
make my everlasting fortune"
whats the matter with the ColiseumY"
mot half large enough, 7" answered the
thoughtful man. 81 don't believe it
would hold half tho exhibits"
what's your schcmcS What kind of an
exhibition would you havef"
why, II could get n building large
enough I would make a collection of the
first bicycle ever made. estimate from
the accounts have seen that there are
something like 4,6si VI it"-Chicago
Post.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
70 Worth OF Advice.

In the old days when the lord chief JUS
tice was simply Mr.. Charles Russell he
was stopped by q solicitor of his acquaint-
nnce holding a5 Bank of England note
in his hand. Passing the note to the bud
ding q. c., the solicitor inquired:
"Is it gcnuineg'
The lord chief justice eyed it critically
and pronounced 1t a good note, at the
same time deliberately putting it in his
pocket
The solicitor thanked him and requested
the return of the note, but all the satisfac-
tion he got was:
"I never give an opinion under R5 -
Pearson's Weekly.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
Had It's Advantages.

Mr.. Booce--I saw man get run over
by the trolley this afternoon, and heard
later that his leg had to be taken of at
the knee. Isn't it awfulS
Mrs Booce-Yes, I am sorry for the
poor man, but IL he happens to have a
wifo she can keep him at home nights now
by hiding his wooden leg.-Cincinnati
Enouirer
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

"There's no doubt" said Mr.. Meckton,
"that the bicycle has done much to pro-
mote the happiness Of mankind"
"In what wayf"
"It makes people more sympathetic 10
was not until she had q bicycle that my
wife ever expressed any sympathy with
me when lost collar button. Wash
in0ton Star
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18
Midnight Photography.

Midnight photography is becoming quite
fashionable. OF course the results are
chiefly blotchcs In black and white, COM
prising illuminated windows and the gas
and electric lamps, but the picture Is i'm
pressionistic, which Is tho same thing as
artistic nowadays. Jour
nal
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

The pages Of honor to Queen Victoria
are ineligible to retain their posts after
reaching the age Of IL At the present
time the only functions which the two
pages Of honor In waiting are required to
attend are the drawing rooms.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

Charlotte Corday's skull Is believed TO
be in possession Of Prince Roland Bona
parte. Il was probably procured from
samson, tho executioner, and was origi-
naIly sold with documents establishing Ito
authenticity.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

Mr.. Beechwood-If had all the money
Two spent foolishly, I'd
Mr.. Homewood Qnterrupting)-You'd
save it, of coursef
Mr.. Beechwood--Not at all. I'd spend 10
agaiu.-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

Carisbrooke castle, where Charles l was
kept a prisoner, In 10 be turned into q
museum Of curiosities and antiquities con
nected with the isle Of Wight.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

Two thousand five hundred cab drivers
In London own the cnbs they drive. Alto
gthcr there nre about $4,000 cab drivers
In London.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

A new hypnotic has probably been
found In the Jamaica dogwood. Tho huid
extract has been found efilcacious In den
tistry.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-18

Coach IL word derived from the Italian,
meaning a shell. The chrysanthemum In
literally "a gold flower, T" and tho lilac is IN
eastern lady. Map comes from "mappo,"
a Punic word which signifled q signal
cloth.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-24
The Brazil Concert.

The Brazil concert on Tuesday evening
was a musical event which more than
equalled the expectations of our people.
Only words of the highest commentator
are heard from those whose musical knowl-
edge enables them to Judge correctly. Mrs.
Pratt won the admiration of her audience
no less by the personal charm of her wom-
anhood than by her magnificent contralto
voice with its wonderful range, deep, full
and rich in the lower register, and clear
and sweet in the high notes. 1t is not Of
ten that an artist is so well supported. Mr..
De Gogorza possesses a baritone voice of
remarkable evenness and purity, and it was
a revelation as heard especially in his open
ing number. Miss Becker played the VIC
lin with delcacy of touch and lack of
self consciousness which were very charm
ing. Mr.. Harris's work in the difficult part
of accompanist left nothing to be desired.
The party of 20 who came from Brattle-
boro Mrs. Pratt's home, to attend the con-
cert, showed the saying that "a prophet is
not without honor save in his her own
country" to be not true in this case at
least Delegations came also from Putney,
Westminster, Chester, Claremont and
Springfield.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-24
Windhsm County News.

Jerry Race, the young man who stole E,
A. Fitch's horse at Wilmington recently,
is wanted at Nergennes for a similar crime.
He stole horse Sept. s from S. A. An
drews, superintendent of the reform school
at Vergennes, and drove with it to Will
mington, the horse dying there.
United States Marshal Harris arrested
in Londonderry Friday, Frank and
John Emerson for selling liquor without a
government stamp. They are brothers.
who run stage line from Londonderry to
Chester. They are alleged to have sold
liquor by the bottle from their stable
They were taken before Commissioner
johnson at Burlington, waived examina-
ton, and furnished bail for their appear
ance at the October term of the United
States court.
Il. L. johnson, 90, a wealthy bachelor,
was injured by being thrown from wag-
on few weeks ago at Brandon, and died
four days later. He formerly lived in Do
yer. He left his property in charge of his
brother Sanford, 10, and at the latters
death it is to go to Henry F. Haskell,
nephew, of Wilmington. The property is
supposed to amount to about $50, 600. San
ford johnson has requested Henry F. Has
kell and his father, Hiram Haskell, to
come to Brandon at once to assist in the
management of the estate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-24
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
An Earthquake all 10 Ourselves.

Sunday morning about 7:15 Bellows
Falls was pretty well shaken up by a con
cussior, which TO the ajorty was a great
surprise, and the cause entirely unknown.
Some thought it an earthquake, and in all
parts of the village people supposed some
thing had happened in the immediate vi
cinity of or in their own dwellings The
explanation was made later that the Bel
lows Falls Canal company had for some
days been drilling holes into large rock
near the north end of the canal, that laid
under water and had seriously interfered
with the supply of water when the river
was low. 1t was part of the main ledge
which extends under the whole village.
Eight holes were drilled in the rock by a
steam drill to a depth of about ten feet.
Those were charged with large quantities
of dynamite and connected with electric
wires, so all could be discharged simuta-
neously, making an immense conclusion
and breaking the rock very thoroughly.
Later in the day a large crowd of curious
people watched two divers and their help
ers. The divers went to the bottom of the
canal and attached chains to the various
pieces, large derricks being used to take
them out. The work was successful and
the water does not draw down at the low
er end of the canal this week as it did last
At no time the past summer has the river
been as low at this point as now. A por-
ton Of the pulp mills have had to suspend
work, during the day time, on account of
the low water
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-24
WESTMINSTER.

Rev. p. +. Barnard has decided to stay
in Dummerston another winter. G.. H..
Underwood occupies his house here.
Mrs. Rollin Ranney is visiting her mother
and sister in Fltchburg.
The corn canning season is drawing to a
close, this week being the last.
Miss Minnie Smith is repairing her house.
|. c. Wyman is doing the work &Ss
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Buck of Boston
are visiting here. They sang at the church
last Sunday.
Rev. f. b. Hyde held memorial services,
a tribute to the late Rev. DR.. G. w. Thomp-
son, last Sunday.
A man and woman, travelling entertain
ers, held forth at the town hall Monday
evening to a small audience.
Mrs. Nora Partridge, who has been spend
ing some time with her sister, Mrs. Mary
Jennison, returned to Fitchburg last Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Washburn of Mar
low, n H., spent Sunday with their aunt
and uncle, Mary and Henry Tenney, re-
turning Monday.
Mrs. Edward Hills and daughter of Tai
lapoosa, Ga, are at ID. A. Hiss, coming
here from Springfield, this state, where
they have been spending the summer.
j. c. Fem slid of load OF hay which he
was loading wednesday on the Stafford
meadows, striking on the back of his neck
in such way it is thought his spine is in
jured, as hei partially helpless. No bones
were broken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-24
COUDRAY.WYMAN

Miss Annie WymRn, Formerly Music
Teacher In the PubIic schools, Re-
comes the Bride Of Frederick J. Cou-
dray Of Hartford, Conn.
The Congregational church was the
scene of pretty wedding yesterday, when
Miss Annie l.. Wyman, daughter of G. w.
Wymau Of this town, and formerly teacher
Of music in the public schools, became the
wife of Frederick j. Coudray overseer of
the culinary department of the states prs-
on at Hartford Conn.
The ceremony took place at high noon,
the Kings chapel ring service being used
Shortly before II o'clock the bridal party
entered the church and marched up the
centre aisle to the strains OF the bridal
march from Lohengrin, played by f. c..
Leitsinger. First came the ushers, who
were Clarence W. Colburn and Marcus A..
Coolidge of Fitchburg, Mass, John o..
DeWolf Of Boston. Harry Webster, Her
bert w. Eddy and Harry Randall of Brat
tleboro They were followed by six flower
girls, Misses Ella and Ruth Adams, Helen,
Edna and Marjorie Crosby and Marion
Rice, who were clad in white muslin and
carried baskets of flowers. The flower
girls were followed by the maid of honor,
Miss Leona May Hills of Hartford, who
was dressed in mousseline de sole over leaf
green tatfeta and wore a white picture hat.
After the maid of honor came the bride,
leaning on the arm of her father. She
wore a dress of white satin, en- traine,
trimmed with mousselne de sole, and her
veil was fastened with a handsome dia-
mOnd pin, gift Of the groom.
The groom's party, which consisted OF
the officiating clergyman, Rev. {. O. Day,
the best man, Robert L. Coudray of Hart
ford, and the groom, entered by a side door
and met the bridal party at the altar.
During the ceremony DeKoven's so
Promise Me- was played and Mr.. and
Mrs. Coudray marched out to the strains
Of Memberships wedding march.
The church was tastefuly decorated
with hydrangeas and rock ferns. At the
head of the centre aisle was an altar
banked with hydrangeas, ferns and palms,
and half way down the aisle was an arch
trimmed with hydrangeas and pair OF
gates, which were opened by Crosby Ad-
ans and Warren Crosby.
After the ceremony a wedding break
fast was served at the house to the rela-
tives and out-of-town guests, among whom
were Mr. and Mrs Allyn j. Crosby of
Coudray of Hartford, Mr.. and Mrs. L. W.
Coudray Of Newport and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jared Standish of Hartford.
The brides former pupils in the primary
and grammar schools presented her with a
mahogany writing desk and book case and
a rug, and the scholars OF the High school
gave her $40 in gold. The High school
teachers remembered her with gold jelly
spoon, and the gift Of the primary and
grammar school teachers was chatting
dish set. Besides these Mrs. Coudray re-
ceiyed many handsome and costly presents
from her friends in Brattleboro and else
where.
Mr. and Mrs. Coudray will take a wed.
ding TIP of two or three weeks and on
their return will live in Hartford.