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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23

makes a man worth his fee to the men
who tip him.
1T is this special service that makes
a waiter superior to the best of his as
sociates. Women never detect any diff
ference between the quality Of one dish
and another. They are all the same,
and good service requires merely that
they shall be set down noiselessly and
brought quickly. There the service cf
the waitress ends. She can beat any
man at those features of the business.
But she cannot select for him anything
better than the rest of the customers
get. Usually she does not notice any
difference in them. That deficiency is
the safeguard of the waiter and will
keep his place secure for him"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23
PriOIeau and Calhoun.

The Pendletonians were justly proud
of Mr.. Calhoun and sensitive as TO the
impression which he made upon stran-
gers, When Judge Prioleau became a
resident, they were anxious to know
his impressions of their Ajax. When
they first met, as soon as Calhoun left
the table, the question was eagerly
asked, "How do you like him."
mot at all, " was the newcomer S
reply. 81 desire never to meet him
again" This was a sad rebuff, and an
explanation was demanded. Il hate a
man who makes me think so much, !"
the judge replied. For the last three
hours | have been on the stretch trying
to follow him through heaven and
earth. l feel wearied with the effort,
and hate man who makes me feel
my own inferioIty." Pendleton was
appeased. d.-EXchange
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23
Good, but Not Intended.

Now and then man gets off good
thing and does not know it. An in-
stance is noted by Sir NJ. Grant Duff in
his DIARY"
We began to talk about the fog. "It
was so bad, said, "a week or two
ago that l hear Farrar preached against
it at st. Margaret "
''It was at that church, " my friend
answered, THAI a clergyman, denounc-
ing Mr.. Tooth, the rituaIist, said, i
will not name him, but his name is in
everybody's mouth. Then, seeing the
smiles on the faces Of his congregation,
he turned scarlet. "
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23
HOW'S This .?

We offer One Hundred Dallars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. !. CHENEY g. CO., Prop. Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned have known F. ].
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West s. Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo O. Walding, Kinnan s. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testi-
monials free.
Halls family Pills are the best.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23
A HARD RAILROAD TO BEAT.
One Man In Double Distilled Hi Luck
Found 1t So.

Found 1t SO.
The Southern Pacific is about the
worst road in the wide, wide world to
fool In the matter of transportation.
The Southern Pacific has such plain
monopoly of California business that it
is not necessary for it TO look for favors,
so it closes down very tight. Even the
tickets which the scalpers succeed in
getting are so hedged about with pre-
cautions that it is like taking civil
service examination to beat one of them.
The favorite is a long slip which is
designed to be punched TO fit the de-
scription Of the purchaser, so that by
no means can it be used by another
than the rightful owner. When one Of
these tickets appears in scalper's stock,
it looks like a porous plaster, being
punctured for the color of the eyes, the
hair, stature, weight, complexion and
other details of the physical make up.
Once Jim Crawford of Laramie found
himself stuck in San Francisco with 81
and fearful hunger for home. But 81
was as nothing TO the fare back over
the desert. While he was worrying his
folded slip of paper which had been lost,
doubtless by some hurried tourist. 1t
was one of those pieces of Organette mu-
sic representing ride back to Ogden.
Jim read it over, printed matter,
punches and all, and rushed for drug
store. He bought dyes for his hair, a
stain for his complexion, got pair of
blue goggles and ran a cOncealing band
age over his chin. A barber took off
his mustache, and for a dollar cheap
oculist made his eyes blue, so that the
goggles were re-enforced with corrobo-
ration. 1t took all his money but 40
cents. Then he climbed aboard the
train.
He had reached Port Costa when the
conductor came around and gave one
hurried look at the ticket.
This thing expired month ago."
he said tersely.
The telegraph poles were pendulous
with blue and birthstone for two weeks
after Crawford had finished his walk
back to Oakland. Chicago Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23
No Cause For Commiseration.

Poor Dibbles They say he got a
pair of beautiful black eyes lately. l
feel sorry for him."
You needn't. He got a very hand
some girl with them. Short Skits.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23

81 have here" he began, "a little
poem, the child off,
Sorry, " interrupted the editor, "but
I couldn't think of taking a child away
from its parent. HARLEM Life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23

Dentistry is a complex science.
One man cannot master it. We
divide it into four departments and
have specialist for each. This in
sures painlessness and durability.
Our work represents the highest skill
OF the times, and is broadly guaran-
teed. Our practice is the largest in
New England. There must be a good
reason for it.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-23
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worlzer that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed- Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
Cogitation.

The gentlemen of the bar, who not
infrequently have to take rebukes from
the BENCH greatly enjoy chance to
make legitimate retort against the
court. The story is told that certain
judge who during the plea of rather
prosy lawyer could not refrain from
gently nodding his head in sleep was
caught at this by the lawyer, who look
ed significantly at him.
Perhaps, " said the judge testify and
overwhelmingly, "the counsel thinks the
court was asleep, but he may be assured
that the court was merely cogitating "
The lawyer talked on. Presently the
judge, again overcome by his somno-
lency, nodded off and aroused himself
with little sudden snorting snore.
eff it please your HONOR" said the
lawyer, 81 will suspend my plea until
the court shall have ceased to cogitate
audibly."
"You may go on" said the judge,
and he did not fall asleep again. -Ex-
change
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
Beef In Peace and War,

The civil war that ragged in our land
third of century ago operated in a
Numerically opposite manner on the
two sections of the United States known
as the southwestern and the north west.
ern states. In the former, composed
chiefly of the state of Texas, all access
to outside markets was cut off to live
stock. The Union forces patrolled with
gunboats the Mississippi river, and no
herds could be taken across to feed the
main rebel armies. Cattle could not be
shipped to Cuba for fear of almost GER
tain capture by war vessels on the gulf
passages, and they could not be safely
driven north or west.
So Texas 3, 900, 900 cattle multiplied
like vermin in an army camp upon the
ranges of Texas, where they ceased to
have cash value and became only an
article of barter, IS head being ex-
changed for good saddle horse and 100
ahed for q two horse wagon. The stores
IN the grazing regions exchanged goods
and wares for them, fixing ridiculous
ly low scale of prices for the live stock,
payable in goods, ETC., from the store.
This state of affairs continued until two
years after the war closed.
IN the northwest the supply of live
stock was depleted to feed the Union
armies, and for two or three years after
the close of the war remained scarce
and dear in price, SO that the masses of
laboring men and factory operatives
could scarce afford beef upon their ia
bles oftener than once week, and then
it was of the cheaper cuts of the carcass
-"Kings and Queens of the Range"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
WHISTLE DEAFNESS.
The Strange Disease Which Attacks Loco
motive Engineers.

The Strange Disease Which Attacks Loco
motive Engineers.
"Railway surgeons are learning many
new facts in regard to the physical re-
quirements of railway employees" said
J. X. Matson of Chicago at the Southern.
"Recently the railway surgeons of
the United States held a national con-
vention i'll Chicago, and one night |
heard an interesting chat in the lobby
of a hotel by some of them. The uni
versal opinion among them was that it
is just as important that the ears Of
railroad employees, and particularly
the ears of locomotive engineers, should
be scientifically tested for natural or &C
quired defects as that their eyes should
be tested for possible color blindness.
Whistle deafness is now common
disease among railroad employees.
Many a railroad accident could be traced
to this peculiar whistle deafness if
the truth were known. This disease
makes the ear of locomotive engineer
sensitive to the sounds by which he is
Immediately surrounded, but entirely
deaf to sounds of all other kinds
1.-The same condition is often OBJ
served among boiler makers, who can
hear slight noises when the air is laden
with the chatter of hammers upon iron
plates, while they are insensible to the
same sounds in quiet surroundings. Lo-
com olive engineers sometimes have de-
fective ears that can detect slight sounds
indicating imperfect working of the ma
chinery, even while the bell is ringing
or the whistle blowing or both are in
use. A locomotive engineer thus atflict-
ed should be relieved of duty for awhile
until the ear has recovered its normal
condition. enabling it to discriminate
between sounds according to their exact
relative volume, pitch and intensity"
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
WEIGHTED SILK.
Sometimes Ninety Per Cent of the Ma
teria1 Is Foreign Substance.

Sometimes Ninety Per Cent of the Ma
terial Is Foreign Substance.
At the present day the practice of
weighing silks by means of astringent
extracts, salts Of tin, silicate and phos-
phate of soda and variety of other
substances, all more OF less injurious to
the wear of the fiber, has reached such
height that 1t is seriously affecting
the trade. This is especially the case as
regards black silk, but fabrics of other
colors suffer in the same manner.
It used to be remarked that silk
dress or silk handkerchief would last
a lifetime, and this is almost true for
absolutely pure silk. But in much of
the fabric sold at the present day there
is not more than 10 or 10 per cent of
real silk, all the rest being extraneous
matter applied to the fiber in the decep
tive process of "weighting."
Pure silk, when burned, leaves a
quantity of ash which is always consid,
erably less than per cent, but the ash
left by some weighted silks has been
found to amount to as much as 4S per
cent Of the weight of the fabric.
The extraneous substances to which
we have alluded are caused to adhere to
the fiber by passing the skeins through
hot baths of tannin extracts, tin Salts
salts of iron, antimony, potash, ETC.,
and it has been found that when silk
much charged with such substances is
heated it will not burn with flame, but
will only smolder away, leaving very
large amount Of ash behind.
But these weighted silks are. how
ever, Of SO combustible a nature that
some have been known to take fire spon-
taneously. result due to the gradual
decomposition of the substances used
for weighing, and disastrous fires have
been traced to this cause Spontaneous
combustion is liable to break out more
especially in black silks that are stored
in warm, dry places. Chambers Jour
nal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
SIR JOHN MOORE.
The Brave Soldier Died as He Had Away
Hoped He Would.

The Brave Soldier Died as He Had Always
Hoped He Would.
Moore was dying. Baird was severely
wounded. The early winter night was
creeping over the field of battle, and
Hope, gallant soldier though he was,
judged it prudent to stay his hand.
Soult had been roughly drives back,
The transports were crowding il to the
harbor. 1t was enough to have ended a
long retreat with the halo of victory
and to have secured an undisturbed EN-
barkation.
Meanwhile Moore had been carried
into his quarters at Coruna. A much
attached servant stood with tears run
ming down his face as the dying man
was carried into the house. My
friend" said Moore, 'it is nothingW
Then, turning to a member of his staff,
Colonel Anderson, he said Anderson,
you know l. have always wished to die
in this way. | hope my country will do
me justice" Only once his lips culver
ed and his voice shook as he said, Say
to my mother" and then stopped, while
he struggled to regain composure.
DtduDUpt, ut sdll dis Ills cy ts ltll oli
his aid de camps face, remember me
to your sister''-the famous Hester
Stanhope, Pitts niece, to whom Moore
was engaged Life was fast and visibly
sinking, but he said, 81 feel myself so
strong fear l shall be long dying"
But he was not. Death came swiftly
and almost painlessly. Wrapped in a
soldiers cloak, he was carried by the
light of torches to- grave hastily dug
in the citadel at Coruna, and far Off
to the south, as the Borrowing officers
stood round the grave of their dead
chief, could be heard from time to time
the sound of Soult's guns, yet i'll sullen
retreat. That scene is made immortal
in Wolfe's noble lines:
Few and short were the prayers we said,
And we spoke not a word of sorrow,
But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was
dead,
And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought we followed his narrow bed
And smoothed down his lonely pillow
That the toe and the stranger would tread Ter
his head,
And we far away the billow.
-Cornhill Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
MISER GENlUSES.
Men Who Have Reduced Money Saving
to Fascinating Art.

Men Who Have Reduced Money Saving
to a Fascinating Art.
The fascinating study of financial
gain amounts almost to genius in some.
Ayarice was the inspiration of one of
our own great men, Franklin, whose
memory is debased by his reputation as
"Poor Richard. The mastery Gee of
The hero, old Grandet, is miser whose
financial genius amounts to the sublime
and which Balzac contrives and succeeds
in making almost picturesque.
Among the most distinguished misers
was Daniel Dancer. Upon the death of
his father Dancer came into the estate,
which yielded good income. One of
his sisters lived with him and imbibed
the misery teachings. Dancer was re-
markable for the style of his garments
His coat was made of pieces of every
hue and texture, collected from the
streets and ash heaps. His garments
were held together by twist of hay
He and his sister lived happily in a
howell, the paneless sashes of which were
darkened with boards, rags and papers.
Soap and towels being expensive, Mr..
Dancer occasionally washed in a pond
and dried himself with sand Three
pounds of coarse beef and "A dumplings
formed their menu for years, except
upon one occasion, when Providence
changed the course of these viands.
Mr.. Dancer, walking one day in
search of bones and other delicate offal,
found dead sheep and carried it home
in triumph. His sister received it as an
immediate gift from heaven. Time
went on, and the maiden fell i'll. Lady
Temple, generous neighbor, was so
kind that Miss Dancer determined to
leave her $4,000, but she died before
the will could be signed, and her brother
claimed her fortune as the price of her
board for 80 years.
He constantly guarded against thieves
and concealed his gold and bank notes
with the spiders among their cobwebs
in the cowhouse and in the holes in
the chimney, covering them with ashes.
The light of generosity, however, pene-
trated one chink of his miserable soul
he loved his dog, and while denying
himself bread he allowed his dog pint
of milk daily with other delicaoies. Mr..
Dancers delight in life was to visit the
holes where his wealth was kept and
count it.
In his seventy eighth year Dancer
became violently ill, but refused to see
a physician. Again Lady Temple played
the good fairy at the wretched howell,
attending him to the last and was gen
erously rewarded by his immense for
tune, which he left to her
1t would not be a difficult task to
show the influence of avarice upon ma
tions; the evils of society, the corrup-
tions of religion and the tragedies of
war have often been instigated and sup
ported by this base passion.-Detroit
Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
Welcome Home,

Peddler-Wouldn't you like some
notices for your house, mum? It's very
cheering to a husband to see nice
motto on the wall when he comes home
Mrs Dagg-You might sell me one
if you've got one that says, "Better late
than never. New York Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04

The population of Iceland in 1894
was ~, III. Prior to 1890 there was a
good deal of emigration, chiefly in Win
nipeg, but there has been very little
since that year. Sixty five per cent of
the population live by rearing sheep
AMI cattle and lS per cent by fishing.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04

Glasgow, Manchester and Birming-
ham are still the foremost Industrial
centers of Europe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-04
Some English.

English board school teachers can all
produce charming examples of naive
parental photography. Here are two
scraps from the correspondence of GER
tain Australian mothers The first is an
excuse:
Please sur, mi kids kant go to skule, as there
close is wore hout, an thay kant git more till
the wheets sould.
The next refers to clothing:
DEAR MR.--: Please send one par of soks to
fit a boy of ten years old one par to fit one nine
years Old one par to tit one seven years want
the three pars all cast iron stockings.
London Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-17

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-17

up their state-ooms 70 the injured men Of the
American warship.
An iron truss from the Maine fell on the pan
try of The city Of Washington. breaking the
tableware OF tho steamer.
Lieutenant-Commandor r Wainwright. OF the
Maine was half-undressed an 9f5 p. m. and
was smoking in his cabin next 70 that Of Captain
Sigsbee it is said. when the explosion occurred
and put out the electric lights. Lieutenant
Commander Wainwright then lit a match and
went 10 Captain Sigshees cabin. The Captain
It appears. had been thrown from his bed. but
was uuiujur-d. They both went on deck and or
dered @ man 70 food 300 pounds Of gun-cott0n
which was on board. The order was carried out,
the man never returned but Havana was saved
from d still more terrible explosion.
Four boats were lowered. all manned by Off
GERS. and one OF them was lost
Captain Sigsbee went i'm his own launch on
board the spanish cruiser Alfonso XII 70 thank
her captain and officers and he afterward went
ON board the CITY Of Washington. where Consul
General Lee. Dr. W T. Drummer. Acting sani-
tary Inspector Of Havana, and the correspond
ents OF the American newspapers had already
gathered.
The report that Captain Sigsbee wounded
Is Inaccurate. Captain Sigsbee, with other Off
GERS went IN a small boat TO the Ward Line
steamer city of Washington.
Two officers and mere than two hundred OF
the crew ar. missing Some Of the crew VINO
were able to support themselves by swimming
were saved by boats. SIX Of the wounded crew
and one of the officers have been taken 70 the
military hospital Boy General Blanco's orders.
The nrst OF the American sai'oFS 10 r'a0" '''s
Maohlua Wharf We're swimming
All the navy fire brigade ana me na'"'
bodies were Immediately ordered on duty.
The following Is n list of those who were tenn
po,arilv cared for al the lachina Wharf
Thomas and Droscky. burned about the arms
Gstreu slightly wounded on one foot; John
lralr. seriously burned about the arms and
face. A. Fau. wounded on the head; John Lon
day. burned. and four more whose names are
NOT known
Srretchers for the use of The wounded We're
sent 90 the scene hy the fire brigade ana tne
headauarters Of th. Red Cross Society were
called upon 10 send four siie''n''s' anu ''''"
ver. scnt 20 patrol the scene Of the disaster
and picl, up the dead and wounded
The smokestacks of the Maine fell al Il'oo p
..
Three sailors who escaped fell senseIess just
as they reached place ~ safety
WHO rs THIS YOUNG OFFICER
,., ,,.,-.,s ,4fio.rs who is beinr cared
.. ..-t,ar,. baad-uarters Is seriously
......-4.d "a. is very young. and is believed 20
49,. ,q7...r on guard ~ the time Of
nave ''" ..tt ~ nave asked for a
'' .,..,,, ,is confession
pm. ' .at. ,,,.r,oor that only
IL l5 s''N "''' .t,. ,t,.-, b,4
n,nety-seVen men ol ''' '''" " '
O',' .., r,,,.,.,,s onc,al cabre mes
Cap'oin-1eneFa' n.''''1o
SAGE was nled at H"U's.~ 49,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-17
HORROR AT THE SPANISH LEGATION.
MANY EXPRESSIONS OF REGRET AND CoN-
DOLENcE-A MESSAGE FROM GEN
FRAL BLANCO.


Washington. Feb 1G.-The news ~ tho Maine
disaster was learned at the Spanish LEGATION
with horror and was the occasion for many
expressions y thu most prof and regret and con-
dolenco Early In the day Sehor Du Bose the
Spanish Charge d'A0aires received message
from Captaln-Genera Blanco. which had been
filed az Havana at > o'clock this morning IL
read as follows.
with profound regret 7 have % inform you
that the American ehlr Maine I'm this harhor
blow M by an undoubtedly chance accident be-
roveA 20 result from an explosion ~ the boiler
~ the DYNAMO Immediately following the acci-
dent all the disposah,e elements Of the capital
fastened 70 the spot 20 extend every aid possi-
bic These included the force ~ the marine hrs
brigade and an the generals In Havana. among
them nv chief u staff There have been deaths
and wounded I have sent an aide-de-clmp 10
offer every assistance 70 the American Consul
that he may wish for ! viii forward further
details as they become available BLANCO"
Senor Du Bose expressed the most profound
regret at the occurrence ID the Associated Press
reporter q whom be- gave n copy Of the fore
going dispatch from General Blanco. He said.
"Of course. ] look upon the horror as due in
every respect and solely and simply 10 an acci-
dent That IS the clear and unequivocal state
ment Of the authorities at Havana. and all the
evidence thus far available goes to sustain it"
Asked If the disaster possibly could have any
adverse effect on the relations between Spain
and the United States bee responded with de-
cided negative and the statement that the
affair was wholly an accident
sehor Du Bose fastened TO the State Depart
ment soon after receiving the Bianco dispatch
for the purpose Of expressing his deep con
4.forre % tho authorities and of communicate