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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

"THIS is an enterprising city"
remarked the visitor to the mayor, as
they looked over the library building.
"Too enterprising," groaned his
honor, " if we had waited two years
we could have obtained the library
from Carnegie"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09
scrpJinaytnp English,

sir Herbert Maxwell gives In his
"Nlemorlcs OF the Months" the follow
Ing copy of beguiling advertisement
set forth 10y a Scandinavian who could
"spik Inglis" and who had a shrewd
hca of Turing tourists to his salmon
river:
Look Ticri Salmonl The honorable travellers
are a,crtcd 90. that undersigned. VIII, lives IN
Yjordc pr. Vol den Romsdals county, Norway.
hort or long time. hires out a good Salmonriycr.
sood lodging hnds DipRK MAN.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09
HIS RePROAcH.

Are you too tender hearted 70 be true
True 20 your love. 20 me and your swn soulf
Will you for pity give what IL loves due
And leave love lorn and begging for a dolef
Then pity Is a thief that steals loves purse
To fquander IN dishonest charity;
Then love Is outoast, with She exileis curss
Who sees his yarlets loot his seigneury.
IL love 10 hard II recis not where lie.
While pity melts at sught that he enduresf
deserve nothing, save that you ensky
No other with those yesper lips Of yoursj
deserve nothing, but your love Of mo
Deserves Of you the courage 20 be free.
Richard Hoyey In scribnera
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

IT is now stated that General
Lyttleton is TO succeed General kitch-
ener in South Africa. Butler, Rob
erts and Kitchener, three military
idols smashed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09
the Best Remedy for Stomach
Troubles,

Troubles,
81 have been In the drug business for
twenty years and have sold most all Of
the proprietary medicines Of any note.
Among the entire list have never found
anything to equal Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy for all
stomach and bowel troubles" says o. w.
Wakefield, of Columbus, Ga. This
remedy cured two severe cases of cholera
morbus in my family and have recon.
mended and sold hundreds of bottles of II
to my customers to their entire satisfac'
tion. 1t affords quick and sure cure In
pleasant form. No family should be
without It. | keep 1t In my house at all
times" For sale by b. a. Smith and
Gilbert II. Parker, Olneyville; VIM.
Dunning and Bros. 5>2 Manton avenue; !;
n. r Reiner Comfortable.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

A German expedition has just
started to find the South Pole. 1t
strikes us it is about time some atten-
ton was paid to the southern end OF
this orbit.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09
A Combination Tree.

A pine tree and birch tree have
grown so close together In Woolwirh,
Me. that one trunk serves for both,
sending forth pine branches ON one
side and birch on the other. The union
seems happy one In spite of the fact
that the two trees are as widely sep
aratcd by the hotanists rs two well
can be. and the gnarled braqhes of
the pine embrace the birch In a most
affcctionatc manner.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09
Church Notes.

Broadway Baptist Church, Rev. ]. v
Osterhout, pastor.-Sunday School Aug
ust ~. at Io;4S a. m. Preaching by Rev
A. K. Kingsley Of Bangor, Maine, al
f1.i5 and sp. m.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

THE Providence City Council has
appropriated $Ioo. for eXterminating
the gypsy moth. The moth will
laugh in his sleeve when he hears
the amount.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

JoNEs-"If you discovered gold
mine ! suppose you would work it,
FoNEs-" Not much; | would
work other people with it,"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

IT would seem a rather Difficult;
task To arouse much enthusiasm at
this time about the coming St. Louis
Fair.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

The Chinese began 20 write books be-
fore they migrated from the regios
south of the Caspian sea. Two OF their
greatest literary productions are die
tIonnry I'm 5000 volumes and an en-
cyclopedIa In 22.a3I volumes.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

The penal code Of the Chinese en-
pire Is at least 2.oOo years old. and un-
der its provisions about 1900 persons
are annually executed
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

THE man who writes about Coog-
ler in the Journal seems to be one Of
the same sort.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

IT makes no difference how hard
some men run for an office, they
never get out of wind.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

"Is this new brandt" asked the
customer. ayes" replied the dealer,
sit is brand new"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

BLoNDIN the murderer seems
about as hard to "discover" as the
North Pole.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

"HAvE you had any experience as
canvasser?" "Well, have
worked seven years in sail loft"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

The American Band seems trlilc
tangled and out Of tune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

WHEN one woman tells another a
secret, the chances arc that it has not
been secret for some time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

THE elm tree beetle seems to be in
the same class as the gypsy moth.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

Hon. THOMAS b. REED does not
wish to be mayor of New York.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

TUNNELING for gold is an old trick
in California, and it still works well.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

The first balloon ascent took place In
the year 1873.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

CAN you SELL A SOUND II PER CENT
DIVIDEND PAYING STOCK? GOOD or
PORTUNITY FOR 4 MAN ACQUAINTED
WITH INVESTORS IN THIS TOWN TO
MAKE QUICK MONEY. FOR PARTICU.
LARS ADDRESS l.. 4. NILES Il CO., Cos
PARK ROW BLDG. NEW YORK CITY.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09

q fuferinK
or chronic
IN relieved
~ Uiusi ,
we Of El~
pg TruSs.
Supporters
BaDsiages.
ID greatly
."4arfnftnE
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24

ing the discussion of the problem OF
immigration by woman's club. She
said in effect:
~ believe l am the only real Amer
lean here, and if anyone in the com
pany has reason to complain of the
immigration of Europeans | am that
one. My forefathers owned the coun-
try from the St. Johns river to the
Connecticut, but the immigrants
from Europe, your forefathers,
robbed my people of tract after tract,
until now we are restricted to one
small island in the Penobscot river
Even the railroads, which are large
" responsible for our loss, have de-
prived us of the half-fare rate they
used to give the Indians. Fortunate
ly, my people are happy though poor,
but it comes with poor grace that the
Americans of to-day should complain
of the incursions of more poor immi-
grants from across the sea-"
Wah-ta-Waso spoke in this strain
at some length, and the audience was
surprised by her self-possession, her
fucncy and her command of English
Bright Eyes is no ordinary Indian
maiden, and NJ. Chamberlain is con-
fident she will give good account OF
herself after she enters Harvard
Chicago Times-Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24

have been unchanged, and on the in
side are all the lines natural to hui
man hand.
The little notch shown in the cut to
the side of the hand was point where
the thumb extended, but in taking the
bark off the growth, this was acct
dentally cut off. The thumb, like the
fingers, was accurate in every partic-
ular.
Rumor has it that little child was
once buried here, and that not long
after the increment an apple tree
sprang up. This grew rapidly and
near the root Of it appeared the hand,
which developed by degrees until it be-
came tse size of child's hand and in
its present shape.
Superstitious people think there Is
some connection between the growth
Of this hand on the apple tree and the
life of the child buried alongside of it.
The fingers were all shaped exactly
like those of child and have proper
tionate length and size. The palm Of
the hand is the same and the wrist al
most reproduction in appearance Of
that of child.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
To Relieve Black Costumes.

The woman who wears a good dea,
of black can alter her costume con-
siderably if she has two or three pet
ticoats Of different colorings. One
should be black and white check or
spot, and with this she must have
some white reyers or a white collar
stitched and rim with black, a white
feather or white wings in her mil
linery, or perhaps black and silver
toque, with white osprey, and, Of
course. white gloves,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
CHILD'S HAND ON TREE.
Strange Freak of Nature Found in an
Old Virginia Graveyard md
Carefully Preserved.

One of the most curious freaks of
nature discovered IS years ago in an
old graveyard near Ashland, Va, is
now preserved as amuch-treasured reli-
ic. A man named Robertson, who was
walking through the burying ground,
noticed that, raised in the bark of an
ancient apple tree, was the exquisitely
modelled hand of child. Robertson
cut the growth off the apple tree and
took the bark from it. 1t was seen at
a glance that by taking penlSnife and
making the ends of the fingers to in
dicate nails, and also by cutting little
notches on the fingers at point where
the knuckles would be, the growth
would be an exact reproduction of a
child's hand. Mr.. Robertson did this,
and the little piece of wood was re-
garded as curio by all who saw it. He
sold it to Mr.. j. p. Luck, of Ashland,
who has had it in his possession ever
since.
With the exception of the carving at
the ends of the fingers and the little
notches at the knuckles, the accom-
panying cut shows the growth exact
ly as il was taken from the tree. The
lines in the back of the hand are all
natural. The shape of the fingers is
just as they were when the bark was
taken from the growth; the general
shape and appearance of the hand
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
FOR LAGNIAPPE
BY Elizabeth M. Gilmer.
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Copyright, 1901, by Authors syndicate.)

IT HAD only been three years since
/ Beppo, with horde of other ear
ringed Italian emigrants, had landed
in New Orleans, but already he had
prospered beyond his widest dreams
of avarice. His fruit stall, built fiat,
cupboard fashion against the wall
of big Office building, was always
luscious with strange Central Amer
lean fruits with queer exotic flavors,
and golden with oranges and purple
with grapes, and all day long he and
Tessa were busy with the customers
who rained harvest of small coin
into their till. Tessa herself was
not the least of the attractions. She
was in the first flush of her young
beauty, and with her dusky hair and
eyes and scarlet cheeks looked half
sister to the sun-kissed nectarines in
the boxes behind her.
So at least thought Arthur Gray, as
he leaned against the wall, watching
the quick, bird-like motions of her lit
tie head. and her Geft hands, as he priced
her wares with provoking slowness just
for the pleasure of listening to her
soft, broken English. A bad spell OF
pneumonia had sent him south to re-
cuperate under sunny skies. He was
very idle and trifle bored, and-well,
since he had discovered Tessa he had
developed an enormous appetite for
fruit, and every morning for a month
the same little comedy had been en-.
acted
Tessa would see the tall, athletic fig
ure coming down the street, and a mo-
mcnt later it would stop at the stall.
How much?" he would ask, prize
ing this and that, and the girl, who was
: coquette to her finger tips, would
smile and ask:
"You lik'a da orang'a an da grap'a
yerr'a mooch'a?"
81 like-something else very much, "
the man would answer, with q
look that sent the quick blood flaming
up into the girls cheeks, and she would
say, as she dropped bit of extra fruit
into the bag:
For lagniappe, signor,"
For lagniappe?" he had asked, the
first time, and then she had explained to
him the quaint old custom handed down
in New Orleans from the old Spanish
days, of throwing in something foi
good measure with every purchase
and without which gratuity no child OF
servant considers a transaction com
plete.
With Arthur Gray his admiration fol-
Tessa was the idlest Of passing fancies
but there was one to whom the matter
was serious enough. That was Gius
seppe, who loved the girl with all the
ardor of his passionate soul, and Il
whom Beppo had promised her hand il
marriage just as soon as he could save
up enough money to buy the horse ant
cart with which he pesdled charcoa
about the streets. and which. in his arr
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
BABEL OF TELEPHONE TALKS.
Hours mt Which the Wires Are
Most Used and Those When
the LulIs Come.

what q babel there would be in
the city," said one of the chief OPP
orators in the telephone building on
Dey street, relates the New York
Post "if the wires were to release
the sound of human voices that is
constantly passing over them, and we
were to hear the accumulated sound
of the thousands of conversations
that are being carried on every min
ute of the day and night over the
telephone wires.
ut would be like n roar of a hun
dred Niagaras, swelling louder and
louder during the busy hours of the
day, and then falling into deep
murmur-but never ceasing, day or
night. Day in, day out, year in, year
out, the wires carry human speech
from transmitters to receivers, and
carry back the answers, and there
is never n minute, in our central Of
fee, that is unbrokep by call.
"The tide of telephone commune
cation GIBBS and flows. After two
o'clock, when the morning newspa-
pers put their second edition on the
press, there is a lull in telephoning,
but it does not last long. By three
o'clock the market men begin to use
the wires, and the talk is of meat,
or milk, or produce, and then the
great city begins gradually to wake
up; the tradespeople first, then
working people of all classes, clerks.
mechanics and business men, and all
use the telephone more or less.
"The retail provision dealers have
scarcely ceased ordering from the
wholesalers, when they in turn re-
ceive orders from hotels and private
houses; and by the time Bridget has
hung up the receiver her master is
at the phone starting the machinery
at his Office by orders to his manager
or head clerk. The telephoning be-
tween business houses begins about
nine o'clock, and reaches it's height
at ten, when the lawyers and bank
ers begin using the wires, and by II
the busiest part of the day for the
telephone exchange is reached, ex-
cepting the last quarter of an hour
before one o'clock, when the system
is for brief time taxed to its ut
most.
with slight fluctuations the use
of the phones in the business houses
goes on until four or five o'clock, and
then the downtown calls become few
err; but by six the uptown business
is extremely lively, keeping up well
on to ten o'clock, then subsiding for
awhile, increasing again from II to
IL, and then gradually falling off,"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
FIGURES BLOCK THE WAY.
Many Pupils with Bright Minds Are
Retarded by Their Innptitude
in Mathematics.

In countless cases an inaptitude for
mathematics has prevented child
from obtaining liberal education in
the regular institutions appointed to
render that service. Mathematics has
been the impossible barrier that has
blocked the way and thwarted the
ambition of many brilliant mind In
fact, it is frequently the brilliant
mind that is most incapable of that
branch of learning. Especially is this
true of highly imaginative persons.
Many dull plodder through life
finds pleasure and recreation in the
solution of reconcile mathematical
problems, while many a genius who
has gained Immortality in art and lit
erature or invention may not be able
to multiply two simple fractions.
1t hardly seems just that such a
one, because of this lacking faculty,
should be debarred from the develop
ment of those other faculties in
which he may show unusual or even
phenomenal strength, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. Especially is this true
when to constantly increasing ex-
tent electives are being encouraged in
our universities and colleges and to
some extent even in our high schools.
This idea has been very clearly stated
in quarter where perhaps we should
not expect to find it.
As recently published in these col
umns, Prof. Benjamin g. Brown, who
for a generation has been at the head
of the mathematical department at
Tufts college, claims that it is I'M
wise to make mathematics comrul-
sorry as condition of college en-
trance to those who have found the
subject distasteful and irksome. He
is an enthusiast in his department,
but his long experience has shown
him that all minds are not cast in
the same mold, and to bend them to
things to which they are not adapted
warps rather than stimulates them
The institution that first drops math-
ematics as an inevitable condition will
doubtless see an increase in its stu
dents, and they are not likely to be
the poorest students at that.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
TALE OE a STAMP.


I'm a stamp
A postage stamp
A two-center;
Don't want to brag
But l was never
Licked,
Except once;
BY gentleman, toos
He put me on
To good thing,
1t was an envelope
Perfumed, pink, square;
I've been stuck on
That envelope
Ever since;
He dropped us
The envelope and me
Through a slot in dark box;
But We were rescued
BY a mail clerk,
More's the pity;
He hit me an awful
Smash with a hammer;
1t lett my face
Black and blue;
Then l went on long
Journey
OF two days;
And when we arrived
The pink envelope and me
We We're presented
To a perfect love
OF girl,
With the stunningest pair
OF blue eyes
That ever blinked;
Say, she's dream!
Well, she mutilated
The pink envelope
And tore one corner
or ME off
With a hairpin;
Then she read what
Was inside
The pink envelope.
i never saw girl blush
So beautifully
would be stuck
On her--if could.
Well, she placed
Inc writing Dack
In the pink envelope;
Then she kissed me.
Oh, you little godletsi
Her lips were ripe
As cherries,
And warm
AS the summer sun,
We
The pink envelope and me
Are now
Nesting snugly
In her bosom;
We can hear
Her heart throb;
When II goes fastest
She takes us out
And kisses me.
oh, say
This is great!
I'm glad
I'm a stamp
A two-center.
Newton Newkirk, In Ohio Sta
Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
BRIGHT INDIAN GIRL.
Wah-ta-WasO an Accomplished
Young Lady.

Wah-ta-Waso will soon enter Har-
ward university. She is full-blood-
ed daughter of the Pannawabskik In
dian tribe of Maine. The early set
tiers found that name too difficult
to pronounce and corrupted it into
Penobscot. Wah-ta-Waso's Indian
name means alright Eyes" and she
is said to be pretty enough and in
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
Fastest Passenger Steamer.

The fastest passenger steamer in
the world is the Deutschland, which
has made js4 miles day, with con-
sumption of $40 tons of coal, almost a
ton q mile.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
Feminine Sincerity.

Ted-He shutters so badly it took
him over half an hour TO propose to
her.
Ned-What did she say to him?
Ted-Oh, this is so sudden.-Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-24
According to Convictions.

A great many people live according
10 their convictions, especially those
who reside in the penitentiaries.-
Judge.
The Nome nugget., 1901-07-30
NO STRIKE AS YET
A Few Men Are Still Left in That
 Section Who Are Determined To Find Gold If Any Is There. Grub Is Very Scarce in the District.

F. c. Kappelman, formerly of the News, one of the kuskokWim stam- peders, who left Nome Dec 20 last, re- turned on Sunday. His trip embraced d period of seven months, and, like all KuskOkwim adventures. he returned somewhat disgusted with his eXperi- ences. but in robust health.
 Mr. Kappelman left Nome with an- other party, but all returned except himself and D. w. McDonell, who pushed on to the Kuskok vim, which they did not reach until April , They
 built boats, and when the river broke up on May 22 he and McDonell started up the river. On June 10 he left Me-
 Donell and James Wilson 50 miles up the south fork, and reached kalma-
 kOfsky June l9. There he met Re cOrder D. D. Bogart, who has his head quarters at that place. He stayed 10 days with Bogart. and on June 20, in company with James Edwards, Charles Schoop, Al. Morgan and two others l started for the Russian Mission. on the Yukon. There are three portages on | he route to the mission. which Is
 about 75 miles long. The first portage
 is a half mile long. the second a quar-
 ter of mile, and the third loo yards. The remainder of the trip can be made
 by boats. It was the intention of the
 party to secure grub at the Mission. | but they were unable to do so, and so | pulled out for Nome, arriving Sunday l on the Dora from St. Michael.
 There has been no strike made in the Iuskokwinl, so far as known. Among l .hose remaining in the country are: | ). W. McDonell and James Wilson, who are on the south fork: Elliott, I Evans and Schilling. on the north fork, and Metcalfe, French. Hampstead.
 Miles, A. Samuelson. P. Peterson, W.
 Walsh and Smith. who were going up 1 Big river. Cameron. RbideauX. C.. i Waenecke, GirouX. I. R. Ball, Charle, i Heckman, Sam Sutherland and James
 were going up the Tachatna, or Little
 Ku,kok vim, besides three others who
 were met, but who were not positive
 where they were going.
 | Plenty of moose were found during
 the trip, and when the kuskok vim
 broke up the men were forced to camp on their saw pits for three days, the
 water having overtlowed the entire
 country.
 | Grub is very scarce, the principal
 article of diet being fish in ala and ! other modes.