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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04


ing school for nurses is not less than
two years.
Mile. Jeanne Chauvan, Of Paris, has
at last obtained her right TO practise
law in France.
Dallas TEX. has q woman deputy
sheriff, the only one in this country.
Her name is Mrs. Emma Van Dusen.
Queen Victoria is collecting a Ii
brary of first editions Of books which
have made her reign famous in Eng
lish literature.
The Dowager Duchess Of Abercorn,
Scotland, who is in her eighty ninth
year, is busy knitting tam o. shanters
for the soldiers at the front.
About 80, 900 women are employed
by the British postofiice, and out of
this number there are l60 head post.
mistresses and over 5000 sub-postmis-
tresses.
The cats which occupy the Chateau
des Betes, near Bourg-l la. Refine.
France, are the legatees Of a countess,
who left clause in her will bequeath-
ing $40 year for them, besides the
castle.
San Francisco has taken an ad-
yanced step in appointing DIR. Beatrice
Hinkle as assistant city physician.
Her duties will be the care Of sick
women and children in the public in
stitutions.
The American Mouse Club is n re-
cent addition to clubdom. The pur-
pose of the organization is not, as
might readily be supposed, TO exter-
inmate the little rodents, but TO de-
velop fine species.
Miss Kitty wilkins, of Idaho, who
has gained much fame as the owner of
thousands of horses, is to be married.
She is the most extensive breeder of
horses in the State and sells them in
lots OF 5000 or more.
Miss Frank Gray Shafer, of Pitts
burg, Penn, who has formed part.
nership with Attorney w. II. Phillips
in Menominee, il said TO he the only
woman practising law in the upper
peninsula of Michigan.
A resolution TO submit a woman.
suffrage constitutional amendment re-
ceived iwenty-four Affirmative votes
in the Iowa Senate, against twenty
two negative. Two more votes would
have given it a constitutional majority.
Miss Annie G. Emery has been elect.
ed Dean Of Pembroke College, the
woman's annex of Brown University.
She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr and
has more recently been assistant pro.
fessor OF classical philology at the
University OF Wisconsin.
Miss Alice Rollins Crane, who holds
the place OF prison inspector in the
employment of the Government, re-
Gently returned from Alaska, where
she was sent by the bureau OF ethnol-
ogy Of the Smithsonian Institution TO
study and report on the prison life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
A Very Fuuuy Force.

Electricity is a fnnny force" snio
the observant motorman 20 his CON
ductoT as he boarded his car at the
Woodland avenue barn. The other
night nearly all the current was sud
denly cut off from the wires in the
barn, and after a minute came on
again. Soon an oGC7 like that OF an
overlooked dinner filled the power
house. On examination two chickens
were found slowly roasting 10 death
on the main wire. For hours the
feathered pair had rested in safety on
separate wires. The minute Chan
ticlet reached across 10 give a good
night kiss 20 his dear Biddy, on an
opposite wire, a deadly current was
forced through their bodies, and hence
the odor Of roasting chicken ."--Phila.
delphia Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
lee Taught Him 10 Lesson.

On one occasion n mau from George
had been persistent in personal APP
plication TO General Lee for a fur
lough. One morning the GenerA
asked his tormentor If he understood
the position OF u soldier. The latter
said he did. He was ordered to
assume il. General Lee then gave
the command. Right about face;
forward march. 4" As he never gave
the command to "halt." the Georgian
kept on marching until he got tired;
but this little hint cured him, and his
next application was through the
usual channels.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
small OIL MiIIs.

One of the most promising of all in-
dustrial developments Of the South is
the establishment Of individual or
neighborhood cotton oil mills TO con-
sumo the cottonseed produced in the
immediate vicinity. These neighbor-
hood cotton mills have proved very
successful wherever they have been
built. The writer calls 10 mind one
such mill owned and operated by the
planters themselves that pays divi-
dend of from twenty to twenty-five per
cent. annually. This mill only con,
sumes the cottonseed that may be
hauled TO it in wagons. 1t is kept in
operation scarcely two months during
the year, yet every planter who has
stock in the mill gets an annual divi-
dend of $40 to S25 on each 500 worth
of stock that he owns. In addition TO
this profit, he gets good prices for his
cottonseed without shipping it, and he
is able to provide himself with cheap
oilcake and hulls for his cattle during
the winter. er.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
The An-Importnnt On-.tion.

A North Omaha Sunday school
superintendent always conducts the
lesson review in his school. He
spends about five minutes in explain
ing the lesson. and then asks:
Now, has any one a question to
ask?"
Last Sunday he explained the les
son as usual, dwelling at length on
its chief thoughts, and wound up with
the usual question:
Now, has any one question to
ask?"
A member of the boys junior class
raised his hand.
well, what is your question:"
asked the superintendent.
please, sir, are we going TO have a
picnic this summer? Omaha World
Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
4 Pink and Hue Maid Of Honor.

A pretty and decidedly novel bride.
maid costume was worn by the only
attendant of one of the seasons brides.
The costume is made of pale-blue
Tamise cloth, smooth, soft and trans
parent as nuns yelling, but much
finer in texture, all finely tucked and
trimmed with insertions OF cream
white lace over pale pink satin. The
sailor collar which adorns the bodice
is of tucked Tamise, edged with lace,
aud is fastened with a loosely knotted
tie of pinkish mauve panne with
fringed ends. The chemisette is Of
lace over pink satin, and the broad
belt is of the pinkish mauve panae.
The hat worn with this dress is OF blue
tulle, with roses on the crown aud a
great rosette of pink and Inauve in
front, Instead of bouquet this new
maid Of honor carried n snnshade of
pale blue silk, applique with butter
flies aud lined with pale pink
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
General Botha's Irish wife.

General Botha, the new Boer com
mande chief, has an IRISH wife, a
Miss Emmett, descendant of the
Irish patriot of that name, and the
Botha country seat, on the heights
between the Pongola River, near the
boundary line between the Transvaal
and Swaziland, bears traces of refine
ment, as well as of comfort and lux
ury, not usually found in Boer homes.
The house is comfortably furnished,
there is a fine library, all the latest
European papers, a grand piano, as
well as an organ, extensive green
houses and ferneries. The mansion
is surrounded by beautifully-kept
grounds and large avenues OF trees.
General Botha is about forty five years
of age, tall aud stout, and we'll edu-
Gated He is good-natured, rather
slow of speech and manner, and does
not give one the impression of possess
ing the originality and military re-
source of General Joubert.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
The Left side slit.

Almost invisible if made by n smart
tailor is the tiny strap of cloth, care
fully lined and stitched, known M
the left side slit. II is 80 called be-
cause il is put on the left side Of a
tailor bodice, quite high up, to hold
your pink or white carnation or your
sweet violet in place. II ruins good
waist to have il used as a pincushion,
and also the strain Of forcing the vio-
lets under tight pin is apt TO depress
the garment here Have one OF
the left side slits introduced
into the jacket of that new gown
which your favorite tailor is now
building" Building" is q curions
phrase to apply to n gown; still it is
customary to say that such and such
a toilet was built by Doucet or Paquin,
as the case may be. Architectural
terms seem more appropriate to the
towering structures Of millinery which
some women carry upon the head.
An elevator and fire shutters are
about the only modern improvements
which some of these sky-scrapers ap.
pear TO lack.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

One Of the e1h ilarating winter
sports Of Kansas is chasing jsckrab.
bits. The Kansas Jack is feet o,
foot, and will ran away from the ordi-
nary rabbit dog In many localities
the farmers boys have hounds, and
the chase is about a. exciting a thing
a. one cares 90 see Released from
the discipline q school, q party Of
frolicsoms boys and girls ont on the
prairie on Saturdays with their
hounds will have more fun in an hour
than the city boy or girl will have in
. whole winter season.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
spl<ndid Old Men.

Look over the list OF our Presidents
and see what q fne age each arrived at
excepting, of course, the few who
were taken of by the hand of the as
sassin. Washington was 81, John
Adams 90, Jefferson So, Madison So.
Monroe 73, John Quincy Adams so.
Jackson rs, Van Barren 70, w. II. Har-
rison 6s, Tyler II, Polk SO. Taylor
65, Fillmore "A, Pierce GA, Buchanan
II, Johnson sc, Grant 63, Hayes II
and Arthur sc. while Cleveland still
lives at 63 and Harrison at 81. Where
else will you find such srecord?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
O-igin Of Yankee Expression.

A century ago gloves were unknown
in the country towns of New England.
Mittens were knitted aud worn in all
families. If a young man in walking
with a girl of his choice was holding
her mittened hand to keep it from get
ting cold, and took that opportunity
to urge his suit, if the offer proved ac-
ceptable the hand would remain. If
taken by surprise, an effort TO with
draw the hand would leave the mitten.
So the suitor would get the mitten,"
but would not get the hand.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
FORGETTING HOW TO SPELL.
WHY Many Buisness Men Seem To Bs Pro-
foundly Ignorant.


foundly Ignorant.
"The practice OF using an amanu-
ensis has become almost universal
among busy men of AFFAIRS said
Magazine street wholesaler, "and it's
death on orthography. / defy any
man who has dictated to a stenogra
pher for as long a period of time as
two years 20 sit down and write an
ordinary business letter without max
ing at least four or five ridiculous
blunders In spelling. Skill in Eng
lish orthography is purely an arbi
trary accomplishment. It's a feat in
Mnemonics and doesn't necessarily
presuppose the possession of any
special Intellectual gifts. The only
way that the average man retains his
ability TO spell with reasonable cor
rectness is by keeping constantly IN
practice and seeing the written words
before his eyes. Let him suspend
that mental exercise for a short time
and first thing you know he'll be
spelling elephant with two Is. The
stenographer habit is bad as cocaine
when once you begin it you've got
TO keep it up or you're lost. If at
tempted to write a letter OF any length
at present my correspondent would be
certain TO set me down as scandalous
ignoramus, aud ! believe nine .tenths
OF the business men in the city are In
the same boat. The memory OF most
people, by the way, is chiefly graphic,
as far as spelling is concerned. mean
by that that they have to write a word
down on paper and see how it looks
before they are certain about its or
biography. That is why they become
rusty so quick as soon as they give up
the personal handling of the pen. In
medieval times the upper classes
didn't pretend TO know how to write.
They left that to the professional scriv
eners, and we appear to be drifting
back 10 that happy condition OF
affairs. New Orleans Times-Demo.
crat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

Cheek wins in this world-especi.
ally il the cheek is plump and rosy.
Troubles are like babies: they grow
larger by nursing.
A defective stomach keeps more
people awake than a guilty conscience.
Procrastination is the thief Of time
and the plunder can never be re.
covered.
1t is better TO Lave loved and lost
than never to have loved st all-bettei
for the ieweler, the florist. the messen.
ger boy. and sometimes for the law
yer.-Chicsgo News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
A New siik For PeitIooats.

Silk moirette is the latest novelty
in Paris for the making OF the smart
petticoat. There has been an immense
run on taffeta silk petticoats. II was
best TO use goods with body in it for
the making Of petticoats and the head
ing OF the iuiiles, and the edgings Of
the ruflles had spiraIs and frequently
heavy cordings TO hold the skirts out
But all that Is changed this season.
The c!inging petticoats are the things
10 be worn beneath the tight fitted
skirts. Skirts are now made OF silk
moirette, with plaits laid about the
hips. The bottom is finished with an
accordion plated frill, above one and
one.half inches in depth, edged with
a fluffy ruche. The skirt seems 10
flow out amply about the feet. Many
Of the newest petticoats are made with
a drop skirt. Those petticoats come
in shades of green, in blues, red and
in light colors. A very new idea in
petticoats ~ 20 have them male in
reasonable qualities Of foulsrd. The
foulard petticoats are fully as hand
some a. dresses.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

Woman's progress in Germany has
been so considerable in the last few
years as to be worthy of record. As
recently as s'January the federated Gov
ernment decided 10 admit women TO
the study Of medicine, dentistry and
pharmacy. The University of Gies.
sen voted by large majority TO admit
women to the philosophical and law
faculties, and at Berlin the doctors
degree was conferred for the first time
upon a woman. The Society for the
Reform of Education for Women has
already founded gymnasiums for girls
at Leipsic and Berlin, and last year
another was opened at Hanover. Eff
forts are now making TO establish such
girls schools at Bremen, Breslau,
Cologne, Munich aud Stuttgart. Sew
eral of the South German States have
appointed for the first time women
factory inspectors.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
Gained
45 =
Pounds

"DEAR MRS. PiHk(HAM-
! was very thin and my
friends thought ! was In
consumption.
"Had continual head
aches, backaolse and fall
ing of uterus, and my eyes
were affected.
"Every one noticed how
poorly ! looked and Z was
advised to take Lydia e.
Pfnkh a ms Vegetable
Compound.
"One bottle relieves
mo, and after taking eight
hofEes am now a healthy
w0nsans have gained In
weight from 95 pounds to
100; everyone asks what
makes me SO stout. -
MRS. a. TClLE, 1896 HlJ-
ton ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. PinksIasr, has fifty
thousand such letters
fwosss ss-afoSssf Uvos,,an.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
The Auetlon.sr.. nsh rIar.

Auctions were first held in Rome
and were for the sale Of military spoiIs
among the soldiers. They took place
behind a spear stuck IN the ground
whence they we're called auctio sub
hastra, under the spear. The signal
Of the spear vas Afterwards put mp Al
all sorts Of auctions. and from this
comes the use of the red flag.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
ILLS.

On. RADwAY N Co.. New York;
Dear Sirs--I have been sick for nenrly
two years. aud have been doctorinR with
some of the most export doctors OF the
United States. ! have been bathing In ana
drinking hot water NJ the Hot Springs.
Ark, but II seemed everything failed 10 do
me good. After I saw your advertisement
! thought would try your pills, and have
nearly used two boxes, been taking two mt
bedtime and one after breakfast, and they
have done mo more good than anything
else I have used. NV trouble has been
with the liver. Ny skin and eyes were NIL
yellow; b6f sleepy, drowsy feelings, felt
like a drunken man; pain right nboTe tho
nhvel Ike as II n was bile on top 81 :bs
stomach My bowels were very costiye
My mouth and tongr1 sore most OF the
time. Appetite fair, but food would not
digest but settle heavy or my stomach,
and some few mouthfuls of food come mn
again. ! could only eat light food that
digests easily. Plense send Book OF Al
Vice" Respectfully, BEN IAJGG,
UOs sDrlups Ark,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
SEE To THE WALLS.
4 Danger in schooIrooms and How
10 Prevent NJ.

Owing 10 the gathering OF so many dill
ierent classes OF persons therein, the in
terror walls OF churches, sehoolhouses,
hospitals, etc, are apt 10 become reposi-
tories Of disease eerLas unless preventive
measures are taken. These walls should
always be coated with clean and pure
cement, such as Alabastine, which Is dis
iniectant In its nature asd more convenient
10 renew and retint than any other wall
coating. The fret cost Is no greater than
for inferior work, white renewals are more
easily and cheaply made.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
TRY Cvn,u-Oi Try Grn,n.o,

Ask your grocer to-day 10 show you
package OF 0nAIn.O, the new food drink
that takes the place OF coffee. Children
may drink II without injury as we'll as the
adult. All who try Il like II. GnAis.O
has that rich seal brown OF Mocha or
Java. but II made from pure grains, the
most delic ate stomach receives II without
distress. d the price Of coffee. l5c and
25c. per package. Sold by nil grocers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

r. 7. Cheney A. Co. Toledo. o.. Props. Of
HAlls Catarrh Cure. offer SOD reward for any
'hsr Of chtarrh that cannot DC cured by taking
Halls tatarrh Cure Send for testimonials
free Sold by druggists. H..
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

Mrs. WinslOv's SOotbing syrup tor children
teething. softsna the gums. red uc.s Ia unnnmH.
ton allays main eures wind collie. s1c. n butth d.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
Queen victoria. Graeiou. Act.

A member Of the British Parliament
tells charming story of the Queen
and Lady Roberts. When Lady Rob
erts visited Windsor Castle, a few days
before she sailed for the Cape, the
Queen handed her a small parcel, say
ing:
'Here is something | have tied up
with my own hands, and that l beg
you will not open till you get home"
Lady Roberts found that the parcel
contained the Victoria Gross, won by
her dead son by his gallantry at Co
lenso.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
Three-Cent Pieces.

The three.cent piece is not entirely
out of circulation, according TO
Pennsylvania baker. He took ia 900
Of them last year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

piso's Cure IL the best medicine we ever used
FOR all affections ~ throat and lungs. WV.
u. EsDsLgY, Vanburen. Ind. Feb. 10, ipl
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

whsn !. nm calls on man and wife he
leaves two cards, one for each.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
An Odd Cape and Sut-rrimmed Hats.


Many three-quarter cloaks are be-
ing made 20 accompany cloth gowns.
II ~ new again, though an old device,
10 use a cape Of this sort with soft
India silk aud lining Of stitchery is
carried mp on the under side Of the
cape for quite six inches before IT
meets the soft silk.
Grapes have enjoyed such a vogue
thus early ia the season, and cherries
are already 20 COMMON ia millinery,
that il is not likely the woman who
likes 20 be a bit exclusive aud original
will adopt these fruits for her head
gear.
The wearing Of grapes is fashion
shat one cannot afford 20 eIaggerate.
Few women would care 10 have the
facetious man accuse them Of wearing
"only leaves ia tl-s hair" A bunch
d grapes and their foliage will not
suggest such an unkind remark, but
where a tOque is composed entirely 81
this trimming II displays little too
much Of good thing. Nuts and their
foliage are even prettier than grapes
and grape leaves. They were used IN
q toque which was a study IN browns.
The crown vas of mt brown panne,
with little gold embroidery npon IL /:
the br.m was mass Of crean.white
tulle and in the front az the sides we're
the fruit and the rudy. brown foliage.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
The Makers OF Cartsr's Ink Soy

such things NJ creditors meetings are
likely TO be oyerduD.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

A powder TO shake into your shoes; rests the
feet. Cures Corns, BuDions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Chllous. Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails Aliens Foot-Enss makes new
or tight shoes ensy. AZ Nil druggists nnd
shoe stores. 70 etc. sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen \. Olmsted, Leroy, ". u.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

we can't make any better ink than we do
we don't know how 10. We eau make poorer
inh, but We won't" Carter's Ink IN the beet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

A shilor can only yots ia the community
which be makes his home.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

To err is human. 10 forgive Is sometime.
fupsrhumhn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

There are nearly 1000 stitches In pair
of hAnd.sevn boots.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

FfTs permanently > cured. No ffsor nervous
ness after first days uFe ~ DIR. kliHe's Great
Nerve KestOrer e. trial bottle aud trghti ~ free
DR.. X. N. KtIsg. Lt1., Bl Arch rt, PhilR, ia.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
The p.ss pr.scr,p,sop for ChiiIs

The person who IL too often put TO the
test naturally becomes testy.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
NEWS AND NOTES
FOR WOMEN.
A Pretty Neck.

A woman's neck needs as much at
tention as her face il she wants TO
keep II in good condition. Rub a
little cold stream well in every night
after washing, then wipe the skin with
a soft rag to remove all unsbsoroed
grease. Lemon juice and rosewater,
mixed in equal proportions, rubbed on
and LEFT TO dry in will help TO whiten
the neck.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

The entire railway system 81 the Philip
pine Islands covers but iZj miles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

plenses nll the family. Pour navors:-
Lemon, Orange Hnspberry and strawberry.
At your gTocers. 10 cts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

This question arises IN the family daily. Let
us answer II to-day. Try Jell-O, delicious
and healthful dessert. Prepared In Amin. No
boillngi no baking Simply add little hot
water& set 10 cool. Flavors; Lemon Orange,
Raspberry aud strawberry. Al grocers. lOc.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

The burginr sometimes becomes jail
bird because be's "a robin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
what shall We Nave For Dessert

Germany has thirty-nine dock-yards,
where last year 525 vessels were built.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
SACRIFICE SALE
First Class Music.

For sixty days we viii send FIFTY PIECES
OF FIRST CLASS, FULL SIZED, high
grade, standard Vocal and instrumental
sIu~IC, carefully selected, including solos,
Duets, Quartetts. Wnitzes, Poikas, Operas,
Negro Melodies, Hymns, etc., etc., charges
prepaid by post or express To any part OF the
United states or Canada. upon receipt Of two
dollars In cash, stamps m Oney order. The
regular price Of this mnsic l. SEQ. Address
FRANCIS WAYLASD GLEN IL CO.,
It9 broadway, New York CITY.