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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
ABSENTMlNDED MAN.
He Moved, but When He Tried to Find
His House He Failed.

His House He Failed.
An absentminded man moved to this
city from a neighboring town last week.
He and his wife staid at hotel while
they were finding house, but his busi
ness prevented the man from doing his
share of the house hunting, and the
task fell, as if often does, upon the wife
She at last found place which suited
her and she took her husband TO see it.
1t was satisfactory, and they came down
town, he to go back to his business and
she TO attend to the moving of their
goods from the railway car to the house
Her task was soon accomplished, and in
a short time she had put away most of
the things, settled a bedroom and got
the kitchen and dining room in order.
By D 80 in the afternoon she and the
new girl had the first dinner in the new
fiat all ready for the head Of the house.
In the meantime the absentminded
husband was plodding through the work
at his office. About the time that the
plates were being put on the table at his
home he began to feel the need of food,
and he locked up his Office and started
for the street car. When he reached the
street, he suddenly remembered that he
had not noticed the address of his new
residence. He stood on the corner long
while and tried to think what the name
of the street was. He consulted the di-
rectOry, but none of the street names
was familiar-in fact, he had not been
IN the city long enough to know any of
10 H. Nl..A
which his Office was situated and the
location of the hotel where he had staid
temporarily. He looked aimlessly at the
crowded street cars and envied the men
and women who knew where their
homes were. The pangs of hunger were
increasing mOmentarily, but no sug-
gestiOn of the locality of his home came
TO him.
His mind on that point was perfect
blank. He had even forgotten to notice
in what style of building the fat was
situated. Cursing his stupidity, he
made his way TO the hotel, ate his din
ner in disgusted solitude and went to
bed. In the meantime his wife was
nearly frantic at his absence. Night
having fallen, she was afraid to venture
out, and she, too, went to bed alone and
spent a sleepless night. In the morning
she made her way down town, found
the Office and threw herself weeping in
TO her husbands S arms. That afternoon
the man bought map of the city and
marked accurately upon it his place of
residence, and then he had hundred
cards Drintpd containing his houSe adj
dress. Chicago Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
A Disturbing Sermon.

Many years ago an English clergyman
in a small town preached as his own a
sermon, one that he had bought, and
which had been originally preached in
London when the plague was raging in
that city. After reprOving the vice of
the people, the sermon went on: =
"For this vice it is that God has Wis
tied you and your families with that
cruel scourge, the plague which is now
spreading everywhere in this town.
At his uttering these words the peo-
pie were all so thunderstruck that the
chief magistrate was obliged to 60 to
the pulpit and to ask him:
'For Gods sake, sir, pardon the in
terruption, and inform me where the
plague is. that Imay instantly endeavor
to prevent its further spreading.
1.-The plague, sir:" replied the preach
er. Il know nothing about the plague.
Whether it is in the town or not, it is
in my homilv"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
TRIALS OF 4 PUBLIC MAN.
It Takes Time to Get Used to the Ways
of Newspaper Correspondents.

1t Takes Time to Get Used to the Ways
of Newspaper Correspondents.
4 new member of the senate was
complaining TO an old member of some
of the difficulties he was encountering.
For one thing" he said, "these news
paper fellows don't always get things
straight. l don't mean to accuse them
of carelessness or of intentional misrep-
resentation, but now and then some re-
markable stories are printed about me
at home.
you'll get used to that, replied
the veteran. THAT won't hurt. That
part of your apprenticeship. I've been
all along there. Let me tell you of
little experience of mine. Soon after
first came here picked up paper from
my state and saw it asserted IN letter
from Washington that my colleague
and myself had met and arranged a
slate, and that all the patronage for the
state would be distributed according to
that arrangement.
There was no warrant for the state
ment, and | made inquiries for the cor
respondent. He came TO see me and
proved to be a bright and most agreea-
BILE young man. asked him for his au-
thority, and be pleasantly refused to
give it, but said that be had every faith
in bis informant. To that | replied that
all l would ask, then, would be the
privilege IF denying the story-of put
ting my statement against the other.
He said that was only fair and that he
would attend TO the matter.
"When the correction appeared, it
read something like this: Your CORE
spondents story about the deal between
Senator - and his colleague, by
which the patronage of the state is to
be divided between them, has raised
quite a stir here. There is no question
as TO its absolute truth. But Senator
--, who evidently has been ratified
by the publication, now solemnIy as
sures your correspondent that he had
nothing whatever to do with the deal.
After that / went slow on corrections. !"
Bangor Whig and Courier.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
She Drew the Line.

"When l was first married." SAYS
the Rev. DR.. Lorimer, pastor of Ire
mont temple, Boston, 4 had my strict
ideas about Sunday observance. Mrs.
Lorimer had a cOlored 'aunty' for cook,
and on the first Saturday after she
came | went into the kitchen and told
her l did not want any Sunday work,
so she could prepare all meals for that
day beforehand. She didn't say one
word while l was talking, then she
looked up, and, pointing TO the door, ex-
claimed, Now, look hyar, Marse
George, you jest go in dar and tend to
your Christianity and leave me tend to
nah kitchen. l went, and as near as l
can remember she had hot dinners Sun
days as long as she stayed with Us.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22

fighter to pupil. E., "get IN the
first whack. "
But self defense must be moderate.
1t must not be totally dispropOrtiOned
to the attack For instance, if hulk
ing ruffian runs at me with a knife, l
may shoot him. But if he runs at me
merely with his fists clinched, and l
shoot him dead With a revolver, / shall
probably be hanged by the necl:. Not
that the law expects a man TO be calm
and cool and collected in all circum-
stances. By no means. For instance, if
the said burly ruffian rushes at me with
clinched fists, evidently meaning mis-
chief, and hit him with heavy stick
on the back Of the ear, may kill him.
But shall not be hanged for that. l
had right to use the stick, and in the
circumstances am not to be supposed
to be cool enough to aim for spot not
likely to be fatal. Again, self defense
must not develop into revenge. Thus,
if am threatened with knife, and by
the timely display of pistol frighten
my assailant so that he runs away,
must not shoot after him. If l do, am
just as liable as though he had never
threatened me, because l shoot at him
not in self defense, but by way Of pun
ishment or revenge.-Family Lawyer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
Carefully Selected.

One Of the most remarkable features
Of life in New South Wales is the
transformation of criminals into hard
working citizens. OF the 30, 900 settlers
there in 1921, 100000 were or had been
convicts.
1t is said that on board an American
liner boastful Australian asserted
loudly and over and over again that
"the men who settled Australia were a
remarkably sensible lot"
Eyes, said an American quietly,
81 have always understood that they
were sent out by the very best judges. :"
Youths Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
LAW OF THE UMBRELLA.
An Important Opinion That Has Been
Ascribed to Lord COIeridge.

An Important Opinion That Has Been
Ascribed to Lord COIeridge.
The law as to umbrellas was settled
once for all by Lord Coleridge in lead
ing English case. His lordship held:
Umbrellas, properly considered, are
a part of the atmospheric or meteOrOlOg-
ical condition, and as such there can be
no individual property right in them.
In Sampson versus Thompson defendant
was charged with standing on plaintiff 5
front steps during a storm and thereby
soaking up large quantity of rain TO
which plaintiff was entitled. But the
court held that the rain was any man $
rain, no matter where it fell. 1t fol-
lows, therefore, that the umbrella is
any mans umbrella. In all ages rain
and umbrellas have gone together, and
there is no reason why they should be
separated in law. An umbrella may,
under certain circumstances-the chief
of which is pOssessiOn-take on the at
tributes of personal property, just as if
a man set a tub and catch a quantity
of rainwater, that rainwater will be
considered as his personal belonging
while it is in his tub. But if the sun
evaporate the water and it is rained
down again or if the tub is upset and
the water spilled then the attribute of
personal ownership instantly disap-
pears So if a man hold his umbrella III
his hand it may be considered a per-
sonal belonging, but the moment it
leaves his hand it returns to the great,
general, indivisable, common stock of
umbrellas, whittier the law will not at
tempt to pursue it. -
So far as we know there has never
been a successful appeal from this de-
cision.-ChicagO News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
NO MANS LAND.
A Western Australian Desert and Its Lead
ing characteristics.


Hon. David W. Carnegie, son of the
Earl of Southesk, returned to England
after 13 months journey across the
Great Victoria and Great Sandy deserts
of western Australia. Speaking of the
natives in the interior, Mr.. Carnegie
said: 1.-The people are very dark, and
add TO their blackness by smearing
themselves with grease and ashes, fact
which makes their presence known at a
considerable distance. They are very
ugly-more like monkeys than anything
else, with their fiat fOreheads and pro-
truding lips. AS a rule they are very
thin and of small stature-on two oc-
casiOns only saw men upward of feet
In height. Men, women and children
are all stark naked. They have no
houses and have no villages. They sim
ply scoop out a hole in the sand and
squat III it. When they first saw our
Camels and caravan, they were greatly
excited, never having seen a white man
before. We never suffered any hurt from
them, but when any of them got US
alone, they tried to be hasty, and no
doubt would have proved troublesome
if they had been given much oppor-
tunity. They are only one degree re-
moved from animals.
''It was only from the smoke caused
by their hunting fires that we were able
TO track them, and so find water''
OF the results of his journey the ex-
plorer said:
1--WE have proved the whole of the
interior of Western Australia between
Coolgardie and the Kimberley goldfields
to be quite useless for man or beast.
We saw no auriferous country between
Lake Darlot district and Kimberley" 4"
Montreal Star
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
Spurious NTummies.

Spurious mummies have from time
to time been palmed off upon the pub
lie, and doubt arose i'll Vienna mu-
scum as to the validity of one daughter
Of the pharaohs in their collection. 1t
occurred to them, in view Of the general
hollOwness Of life, that the young lady
might have been manufactured in Bir-
mingham. So they turned the Roentgen
rays upon her and saw at once through
the many folded wraps the amulets
which the Egyptians placed upon the
bosoms of their dead. thus proving the
genuineness Of their specimen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
Sold by all Druggists,
SO Cents per Box.
PIANOS

The Magnificent LINDEMAN,
the Elegant WALDORF, the Beau
tiful KELLER s. SONS Pianos
can be found ONLY at our piano
parlors in the Hoyle Building, and
as our expenses are practically
nothing compared with those of our
competitors down street we can
save you from $50 to $Ioo on each
piano. An inspection of our pianos
and prices will convince you of the
truth of this claim.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
a FREE SLAVE.

She said 70 him, her lover:
Il would not hold you-noi
If once the dream seemed over
If once you wished 10 go,
You're free at any season,
At any DOment-free!"
But that i Just the reason
You hold me fastl" said he.
Madeline 5. Bridges in Cent?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
LAW OF SELF DEFENSE.
The English Theory of Where Protection
Ends and Revenge Begins.

Ends and Revenge Begins.
The right of self defense is by some
old writers declared 60 be inherent IN
all men by the law of nature. Now,
these natural rights" are all very
we'll, but they are not recognized by
the law of Great Britain. 1t is the law
that a man may defend himself, his
wife, child or servant from physical ag-
gression. He may also repel by force a
forcible attack upon his property. When
you, or your wife, child, or servant is
attacked, or threatened with violence
In such a manner as reasonably TO lead
you TO believe that violence is about to
be used, you may resist the aggressor.
And as the best mode of resistance is
very often to attack, you may lawfully
follow the advice given by an old prize
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
DON'T WAIT

until you are sick in bed, but cure
your cold with DR.. Duprez's Syrup.
Relieves thef worst cough at once.
Good for old and young. For sale
by all druggist at 25 and SOC. per
bottle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.
Feb. 2Sth, 1898.
Trains Leave OIneyviIIe for

East Greenwich and Way Stations-6:5S, 7:46
946. a. m; 10, 40 10, 4:46, $40, 6:l5 7:l6
ii 10 .. m. Sundays :0l, a. m; 3 :0l D. m.
Wexford Junction 6:5S. 40, :46, a. m. ; / 40,
$40, $40, ll.l6 P. IN. Sundays Sol, a. m. SOL
p. m.
Kingston :5s, 7:46L, Q :46L, am; l :46L, 346L,
446M, 7:l6M p. m. Sundays SOL, a. M; 5 :0l
p. m.
westerly-6:5 :5S, 7:46L, :46L a. m; :46L, :46L,
4:46M, 5:46M, :l6M p. m; Sundays Sol, a. m.
sol pm.
New London 6:5S, 7:46L, 9:46L a. M; :46L,
3:46L, 4:46M, 5:46L p. m; Sundays :0l a. m.
SOL pm,
For Providence-6 S5, GAS, :35, TAG Sis, :S5,
9:l5, 0:15, loss a. m; 12:15. 1875, AS, AIS,
:35, 6:l5 7:03, :35, 10 As p. m. Sundays, :35,
900, a. m. 4:35. 600, p. Return, $50, 6:52,
7:4O, go, 9;40 n. M, 1910, 1920, 40, 1920,
40, 4:4O, 20 40 6:l0, 6:20, 7lO, IL 10 IL 30
p. m. Sundays, :55, 9:20 a. m, :55 20, p. ln.
l. Change at Wexford Junction.
NJ Change at East Greenwich.
a. &. KENDALL,
E. G. ALLEN, Genl Pass. Ag't.
Gen'l Sup't.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22

Switzerland is the land of universe
ties. 1t has seven, or one to every 42S,
$40 inhabitants, while Germany has %,
or one to every ?, $50, 500. Russia has
university for every Ia 600, 600 only.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
Soothing Suggestion.

Johnny had been playing around the
piano and had had a fall
"What are you bawling about?" ask
ed Willie contemptuously. 1T was the
soft pedal your head hit. "-Chicago
Tribune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
Do Read This
If You Value Health |!

Do you realize that spring is here
and that it is the season when the
whole human system is IN a low
state
Do you know that the backache,
sideache and that depressed feeling
is caused by the change in seasons ?
Do you remember that you felt
the same last April, and that it con-
tinued to make you miserable until
summer was we'll advanced /?
Do you stop to consider that you
might, with the right remedy, and
at very small expense, drive off that
feeling before it gets fast hold of
you
Do you wish to know what will
relieve all Kidney and Liver troubles,
aid your digestion, quicken your
blood, at the same time renew your
strength
Do you want any better proof that
Adams Kidney Pills will do all this
than the very fact that they have
done the same for hundreds who
like you have suffered /?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
Quite Likely.

"I'll tell you the story in nutshell, d
said FOSdisk.
Chestnut shell?" asked Keedick.- -
Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-04-26
CoNFERREs AGREE.
Senate and House Reconctte TRetr
Dtnerences On the Cuban Isl-
tefCenttOs1 ResoEStttOn.

WASHINGTON, April l9.-At o'clock this
morning the conferees of the Senate and
House reached an agreement. The resoIu-
tions as agreed ON are as follows
"ResoiCed by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled,
''First-That the people of the Island of
Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free
and independent.
''Second-That it is the duty of the United
States to demand, and-the government does
hereby demand, that the government of
Spain at once relinquish its authority and
government in the Island ofCuba and with
draw its land and naval forces from Cuba and
Cuban waters.
"Third-That the President of the United
States be, and he hereby is, directed and em-
powered to use the entire land and naval
forces of the United States. and to call into
the actual service of the United States the
militia of the several States to such extent
as may be necessary to carry these resolu-
tions into effect
"Fourth-That the United States hereby
disclaims any disposition or intention to
exercise sovereignty jurisdiction or control
over said island, except for the pacification
thereof and asserts its determination, when
that is accomplished, to leave the govern
ment and control of the island to its peo-
pie"
The Conference Report was adopted in
the Senate by vote of 42 to S5, and in the
House by 80 to 6.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-04-26

Yesterday's proceedings in the Federal
Court were very interesting. In the
morning the case of Ella NJ. Hendricks,
of Harper's Ferry vs.. United States,
which had been pending for some time,
was decided. Hon. James D. Butt APP
peared for the plaintiff The case origi-
nally involved the title TO n piece of
property, which was decided for the
plaintiff Size then brought action for
recovery of rent, and for damages to the
property. Mr.. Butts was stopped during
his argument yesterday morning by
Judge jackson, who gave Judgment for
the plaintiff in the sum of $500. Mr..
Butts has won the admiration of attor-
neys practiciug in the Federal Court,
through the stubborn manner in which
he has fought for and finally secured jus
tice for his client Rteeiing Registey
AprH 14th
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-04-26
Uses Newspapers onIy.
John wanan.ats,ss Vie,Os on a.e Subject of Ad-
Uertising.

TFrom the. Wool and Cotton Reporter.l
l never in my life used such thing as
a poster or dodger or hand bill My
plan for twenty years has been to buy so
much space in a newspaper and fill it up
as wanted. would not give an adver-
tisement in a newspaper of five hundred
circulation for FIVE thousand dodgers or
posters.
If wanted to sell cheap jewelry or run
gambling scheme, 1 might use posters
but would not insult a decent reading
public with hand bills.
The class of people who read them are
too poor to look to support in mercantile
affairs. / deal directly with the publish
er. say to him:
How long will you let me run col
umn of matter through your paper for
500 or $500? ?" as the case may be. ]
let him do the figuring, and if think he
is not trying to take more than his share
l give him the copy. lay aside the
profits on particular line of goods fc1
advertising purposes.
AT first laid aside 5000; last year 1
laid aside and spent $780, 900. / have
done better this year and shall in
crease the sum as the profits warrant it
/ owe my success to newspapers, and to
them l freely give certain profit OF my
yearly business.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-04-26
John Brown incidents.

The copy of the Lynchburg virginian
which we noted as having been found by
Mr.. Jno. o. Johnson in the old building be-
ing torn down to give place to DR.. Bish-
ops new store, contains some Charles
Town items of the then CNov. ~, 1850
exciting John Brown raid period. We
append several paragrahs:
Last night an alarm was given by a
sentinel firing his rifle Orders for turn
out of the military were sounded from
one end of the town to the other. A panic
prevailed among the women and children
whose nervous systems had become dis
tempered by the late events. window
shutters were closed and lights were ex-
tinguished in quick order. The excite
ment lasted about an houE by which time
it was ascertained that the sentinel had
mistaken cow for man.
Ia cow belonging to the father of Gen.
w. P. Craighill, as some of our older citi.
zens may recollect, was the innocent vic
tim of the above exploit. ED SP1RIr.l
" At three o'clock this morning another
t-"eeAAA was OSSSaSlOuCu ny IuG IepOTL OF
three guns in succession. The town was
soon in an uproar. Scouts were sent out,
but no enemy was discovered. It seems
that the soldiers are disposed to play
Pranks. All is quiet to-day.
Last night, through courtesy of Cap
tain Avis, the jailor. was allowed an in
terview with Old Brown. / was received
very kindly by him. and in few minutes
the subject of slavery was introduced,
upon which he spoke with the greatest
pleasure. He thinks Virginians gener-
ous people, but abhors the institution Of
slavery. Says he made the blunder in
holding the engine house instead of the
bridge. Says he could have fortified each
end of the bridge with his small number
of men. and would have given our troop.
a good deal of trouble before they would
have surrendered. For this great blunde1
he says he ought to be hanged. He In
formed me that he had yesterday sold {
Sharp's rife to Mr.. Henry Clay Ward, oi
Alexandria. He also says he has very
high opinion of Gov. Wise, his bravery
and chiva1rous character.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-04-26

Woman's power is largely dependent
upon her ability to interest, entertain, at
tract aud please. 1t is for this reason that
women strive to become accomplished.
They study IN order that they may CONVERSE
intelligently ON all subjects, They strive
to become good musicians, graceful dam
GERS and amiable liostesscs.
All accomplishments arc unaraiiine, IL q
woman suffers from ill-health in a wotnarly
way. The special weakness peculiar to the
womanly organism, viii rapidly wreck the
general health. The sufferer will lose her
natural vivacity, her wit, her good looks,
and the ambition and power to display the
accomplishments at her command. Any
woman affected in this way should resort
to DR.. pierce's Eavoritc Prescription It is
is the invention of an eminent and skillful
physician, DIR. r. V Pierce, for thirty years
chief consulting physician to the InValids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N. Y. 1t aims TO cure but one class of dis
eases, and claims to be good for nothing
else. 1t imparts health, elastic strength,
vigor and viriiity to the delicate feminine
organs. 1t prepares a woman for wifehood
and motherhood.
Mrs. Ramon Sanchez, Peuasco Taos County
N. Mex. in letter to DR.. Pierce says: From a
grateful heart my voice goesup to God both night
and day in a solemn prayer that He may guard
your health and preserve your life hereby cx-
received from your wonderful medicine, FHvor-
lite Prcscription.' After suffering years of misery
I am to-day healthy aud happy wife and can
Favorite Prescription as regulator of the
monthly periods
The quick constipation cure - Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Never gripe.
The Norfolk and Western Railway has
purchased twelve large engines from the
Baldwin Locomotive Works,