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Queer Mice that Waltz.

Waltzing mice are curious and in. teresting little animals. They are not quite so long as the common gray mouse and much more slender, says the Detroit News-Tribune. They are spot ted black and white at each end of their bodies, and are clear white in the middle. They whirl around on their four feet as if on a pivot, sometimes stopping and reversing the direction. Frequently I saw two or three of them going around together in large cir. cle.
 Although they waltz sometimes as long as five minutes without rest, they appear never to get dizzy. They can. if they choose, run in 9 straight line, but they seldom do. Instead of run ming away when disturbed or fright ened, they begin to waltz. They come out of their nests about sundown and waltz until nearly midnight. Then they go back to their nests to sleep.
 One of the curious things tabout them is their fighting. They waltz until they run into each other. when they bite, squeal, jump into tie air then start waltzing again. They keep this up until they are seriously in- jured, sometimes having their tails and legs bitten off and their skins torn.
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No Cause for Alarm.

George, dear," said the fair maid in the parlor scene, don't turn the gas too low"
 "Why not, sweetheart?" queried George.
 Because it is dangerous" she re, piled. q read about man who turn ed the gas so low that the lack of pressure extinguished the spark and he was asphyxiated."
 Don't you be alarmed, darling" he said encouragingly, as he seated him. self by her side on the sofa. "Just feel the muscle of this strong right arm; there isn't going to be any lack of pressure about this spark, and don't you forget it."
 And it came to pass just as he pro- phesied.
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euNJAs "euNPowoER PLOT"
General Was Angry When He Learned
 of Danger He Had Been In.

Oh DhhACT llG IIdu lSSSh Ahs
 Some rather amusing correspondence amusing, at least, on one side--once passed between two high officials, Sir Charles MacGregor, who commanded the r. F. F., and Sir Aeneas Perkins, who at that time was chief engineer of the Punjab The occasion resulted from an inspection by Sir Charles of a fort between Kohat and Bannu call cd Bahadur Khel, says Blackwoods Magazine. This fort which was built In the early days of our frontier occu- patton, has in the interior q double stOried keep, the upper story of which Is used as an officers resthouse and the lower story as store, or go-down. Sir Charles arrived there one evening and slept in the resthouse. Next morn- Ing he made his inspection of the fort, and among other places he ordered the store, over which he had passed the night, to be opened. He saw inside a number of barrels.
 "What are these" he said.
 "They are gunpowder barrels, sir" was the reply.
 Good heavensr' said the astonished general, "do you mean to say I was sleeping last night over gunpowder? Who is responsible for putting them there"
 "The public. works department, sir"
 There was no great love lost be- tween the general and the chief en- gineer, so the former wrote officially in his severest manner to the latter, pointing out the carelessness and laxi- V which had been displayed, rubbing 1t in for all he was worth. However, he reckoned without his host. In his reply Sir Aeneas regretted that Sir Charles was nervous about the matter Chose who knew MacGregor are aware that braver man never breathed), but that there was no real cause for apprehension, since sleeping above gunpowder barrels was quite unat- tended with danger as long as the bar rels were empty! If Sir Charles had made further local inquiries he would have been informed that after use on the construction of the adjacent road the empty barrels were stored in the tort.
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Knitting for Health.

Knitting is declared by specialists in the treatment of rheumatism to be a most helpful exercise for hands lia- ble to become stiff from the painful complaint, and 1t is being prescribed by physicians because of its efficacy.
 For persons liable to cramps. par. alysis, or any other affection of the fingers of that character, knitting is regarded as a most beneficial exercise. Besides, the simple work is said to be a most excellent diversion for the nerves, and is recommended to women who suffer from insomnia and depres- sion.
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Pairing in Parliament.

The custom of pairing Is quite un- known to the forms of parliament it. self. Any mention of it within either chamber would be altogether out of order, but there is a pleasant fiction that 1t is purely private arrangement to be made at the discretion of those concerned. This is true enough to a limited extent and for a short time, but pairing on any great party division cannot be lightly carried out, and member who desires to pair at such time will find that this can only be done safely through the whips and not can be given for absence.-London Times.
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"Well, So Long,"

You have often heard people in part Ing say, "Well, so long" Have you ever wondered how 1t came to be used In this way? Somebody has discover. cd that 1t is derived from the Norwe- gian "saa laenge," a common form of farewell in that Land of the Midnight Sur. It means the same as good-by in our language and au revoir in French and is pronounced with the "g" soft ened. Among the early settlers in America there were many Norwegians, and the phrase was picked up from them, "So long" is also in general use among the Dutch in South Africa.
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Bereed to Be Excused.

Medium-Now, ladies and gentlemen, if there is any spirit you wish to see let me know.
 Prof. Driebones (noted EgyptologisD- Can you show us Cheops, the builder of the great pyramid?
 Medium-Certainly.
 Prof. Driebones-Glorious! will talk to him in his own language.
 Medium hastily)-Cheops says he has the grip and can't come
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Rather Inconsistent.

Kerwin-Deacon Goodwin is the most inconsistent man I ever met.
 Parker-Come on with the explana- tion.
 Kerwin-You remember how loudly hs sung that old hymn, "I Would Not Live Away" in church last Sunday morning ?
 Parker-Yes, remember it.
 Kerwin-Well, I saw him in a drug store the next day buying bottle of cough medicine.
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CHANGES FOR INVENTORS.
here Are Many Possibilities Still
 Before Them,

Before Them.
 In the utilization of waste products in making cheap substitutes for eXpen- sive materials there is an attractive field for the inventor. Rubber, for ex- ample, is growing dearer every year. Some success has been had lately from other plants, but a fortune Is waiting for the man who will bring forward a real substitute. Paper is cheap" you may hear newspaper editor say to the young reporters who crowd too many lines on a page, but the owner of the publication does not think so, when he has to spend a million dollars or more year for white paper. Wood pulp paper is growing more expensive; the man who makes paper out of some other fiber, at less cost will not need to worry about his financial future. A company Is being formed to make pa- per from the waste hulls of the cotton seed; nearly every other part of the plant Is now utilized.
 Paving materials are far from per feet Asphalt is very expensive, and there are many objections to it. What is wanted is a material that will have all the permnaency of asphalt, all the Mlence of the wood pavements of Lon. don, and all the holding qualities of the country macadamized road-a pave ment that will be firm, but soft; that will be smooth, but not slippery; that will last and yet car be easily re- moved; and that, above all else, will bB clean. To be cheap pavement 1t ought to be made from some waste ma terial. A f1reproof substitute for wood, made from waste material, will pay its inventor well.
 Manufacturers are all searching for new materials, and for new and cheap CT processes of working. Re duce, by dollar a ton, the cost of making steel and you can add enOr- monsly to the net earnings of the United States Steel Corporation, which has funds ready to reward the success sul inventor. Flexible glass is not i'm possible. Think what 1t would be worth to the trades! Mine owners of- ten neglected great mountains of metal because they cannot extract the ore proftably.
 In the development of power, Its transmission, and it9 transformation into heat light and electricity there is an unbounded field of work for the greatest inventive minds. We want cheaper power; we want to catch some of the nine-tenths of the energy we lose in burning coal. We want new fuels. We want more economically operated motors for stationary work, and also for fast locomotion on land and sea.-Success.
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Proof Enough.

Victim-You sold me that as "burglarproof" safe.
 Dealer-Well?
 Victim-Well, this morning 1 found 1t cracked open and riied of its con- tents.
 Dealer-What more do you want? Isn't that proof that burglars bave been at it?-Philadelphi Ledger.
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Facts About St. Petersburg.

Population (census 1903), 1854, ,0O0. Greek Catholics, S5 per cent. Protestants Chiefly Germans and Finns), 10 per cent.
 Roman Catholics, per cent. Jews, per cent.
 Unable to read or write (adults), 38 per cent.
 Peasants, 4O.7 per cent. Burgesses householders), 20 per cent.
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Whero Wealth Is Dospissd

Fashionable Tailor-Go front at once. Two young clerks there after suits.
 New Man (whispering)-I'm waiting on a millionaire.
 "Lsave him, and attend to the clerks. These millionaires don't buy new clothes once in i've years. A clerk is good for . fresh suit every three months"
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Her Confession.

Wife (durng the spat)-I married you only to spite Tom Brown.
 Husband-I'm glad to know 1t. I was under the impression 1t was be cause you had grudge against mo
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By WSy of Suggestion.

Husband-Wnat's the matter with the Biscuits this morning?
 Wife-Oh, the yeast is at fault. It failed to rise.
 Husband-What's the matter with the alarm clock?
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Playing Safe.

Mrs. Youngwed-The cook left this morning, and I will have to get the dinner myself. What would you like for me to cook, dear?
 Mir. Youngwed-Oh, any old thing that you know don't like.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-25
ALLENDALE.

Mrs. Emor Barnes IL convalescent.
Lewis Reif will visit Springfield on
his vacation.
Miss Alice Collins Is spending six
weeks at Cape Cod.
Mrs. Charles Lawton OF Ashland
was the guest this week OF her moth
er. Mrs. John Needham.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilson have
returned TO their hohIe after weeks
visit at the residence Of his brother,
Il. A Wilson.
The mill is busy.
Peter Picket and William Heavey
are convalescent.
Il. A. Wilson, who has been enjoJ :
ing a weeks recreating visiting the
shore resorts OF Narragansett bay,
has resumed his duties at the Allen
dale store.
James Hunt, Mrs. j. Z. Hunt, Mrs.
Delmer King and family, Edward
Allen, IT,, and Paul keenan, have been
camping at Greene's Island.
Mrs. James Chapman entertained
relatives this week from Paterson,
Nj.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-25
ENFIELD.

Orrin Barnes has in his possession
a curious pair of old spectacles used
by his ancestors over a hundred years
ago. The lenses are circular, high
magnifying glasses, and are en-
bodied in iron framework.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-25
NANTON.

william nj. Waterman Is employed
by the Rhode Island Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals.
Rev. John r. Brown of the Baptist
church attended the annual gathering
of the Baptist Vineyard association
last week at Cottage City.
The election of officers Friday even
ing OF Father Carroll branch, l. Q. b.
T., resulted as follows: President,
Frank j. Duggan; vice president,
Walter Morgan, recording and corre-
spending secretary, George +. Me-
Coy; sergeant at arms, Henry La
clair; right guard, Henry ellison; left
guard, Cornelius Shea. The mem
bers will join with st. Gertrude
branch in running a joint fair during
the second and third weeks in October.
Felix Fountaine, who was taken in
to custody by the Sixth Station off,
GERS in connection with entering the
store of Frank p. Donovan, August Ia
and stealing $50 pennies, pleaded
guilty in court Saturday morning and
was held for the Superior Court.
A son was born recently to Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Ford.
Frank Newman Ia working for the
New England Ventilating and Heat
ing company.
Rev. J. M. Ferrier preached Sunday
at the Baptist church.
Miss Mamie Hughes, bookkeeper
for j. j. hughes, returned Saturday
from an enjoyable vacation spent at
Newport.
Miss Isabel Calvin Of Newport is
the guest of Miss Nellie Sullivan.
Miss Nellie Sullivan and the" Misses
Hannaway have returned from New
port.
Frank Irons is working for A. Wat
son the milk dealer.
John Sullivan of Valley Falls,
former employe of j. j. Hughes, viz
tied old friends at Manton OH Monday.
Howard Blake has severed his con-
nection with the Shepard Co., Of
Providence TO accept position with
7. Butterworth of Sterling avenue, in
the annex.
j. j. Farron, who has been the guest
of j. j. Hughes, has accepted posi-
tion at the Nasonville mill.
About 55 members and friends of
the Manton club enjoyed an outing
Friday at the Warwick club.
Rev. 9. w. Bruninghaus will preach
another special sermon Sunday even
ing, taking for his subject "Christ 8
Place in the Busy Goth Century"
DIR. w. II. Eddy and wife have re-
turned from their honeymoon trip.
In September DIR. Eddy will assume
the principalship of the Messer street
Grammar school.
William Rigney started Tuesday for
Lowell on his vacation.
John M. Remington has returned
from a visit to Oakland and Georgia
vile.
Clarence Howard has returned from
three weeks visit at Stonington.
Electric lights have been placed in
the library and the basement of the
Johnston grammar school.
Harry Swindells is cruising this
week in his yacht, "Earl," near New
port.
Robert Black and Everett Winsor
spent Tuesday at Kirwin's Beach.
Albert August, engineer of The
torpedo boat, "Biddle," J" now stationed
of Norfolk, is spending his vacation
here.
Daniel Rigney is at Lowell.
Miss Bertha Hicks and Miss Abby
Smith are at Quonochontaug.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-25

An Indiana contest for the election
OF a queen Of beauty, between two
rival towns, has resulted in a riot.
Here Is a new field for the exploita
ton OF Indiana's literary talent.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-25
DIRECTORS

n. Martin Brown,
Frederick Tompkins,
Levi y. Morton,
James stillman,
George r. Baker
RichaId A. McCurdy
q. q. Haven,
Thomas y. Ryan,
Henry A. G. Taylor
George NJ. Thornton,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-25

MECHANICS BRANCH SO WEYBoSSET ST.
py ,xc,rs ~ PAWTUCKET NEWPORT BRISTOL,
- PAsCoAG, WEXFORD WESTERLY AND WARREN
Interest Paid on
Is Author rizedt Trusts
a Legal Dep Trust Funds
Actsa Administrator, Guardian ana as
Registrar no Agent Of Corporations
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

son in new colors- You can get pala
| cream with pink roses. and you ca-i
get buff with forget-me-nots upon Il:
and you can get beautiful light blue
foulard silks figured IN deep blue and
in brown There is nothing quite the
equal OF foulard il one wants some
thing dignifed. dressy, not too expen-
sive, and always appropriate.
and said: L am going to spend long
summer away. 1 expect 10 visit Mrs
Daniel Manning, Mrs. Potter Palmer,
and the Duchess Of Manchester 1 shall
be at Oyster Bay and at Atlantic City.
1 shall yacht for a few weeks and join
a houseboat party on the Hudson. I
need a summer trousseau to carry me
| through three months
What amount do you want 70
spend?' 1 asked her.
Five hundred dollars. she replied.
" Mercy 1 exclaimed, can do noth-
ing
| work Take your sables. your sealskin,
| in fact all your winter furs. Furs VIII
be carried all summer. l said to her
Also have your winter coat refined, put.
ting white satin lining IN 1t, Tor cold
days and for yachting
Then. after much thought and study
evolved a summer trousseau out of $500
SO that this woman Of fashion VIII get
through the season credttably.
Here is advice for the woman who
! wants 70 get through the summer on
$500 or less And many viii do II well
on half that sum.
DO not put away your furs- The
latest Paris fashion-and It Is now being
done in Paris universally@s to take
your furs and have them dressed for
summer Line them with pale green or
with cream satin. Dress your boa with
chiffon roses and Val lace choux Put
bright covered silk buttons on your fur
coat and set a silk vest in It Il you can
And treat your winter coat to some
| thing summery. Let It be cream COLI
pred satin vest, which hooks tightly
| in front while the coat flies open II
will come good for many cold day
and for early fall wear.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
ANCIENT MUKDEN.

In 1925 Charles I ascended the throne
OF Great Britain. and Nurhachu. the
founder of the present Manchu dynasty
OF China. established himself in Muk-
den. AT that time the Pilgrim fathers
had barely settled themselves com
fcrtably at Plymouth while in all the
continents of North and South America
there were hardly enough white people
to make a good-sized town. But even
il that early day Mukden was an an
cient capital, and its inhabitants ana all
who lived under the protection OF Its
walls were Il highly civilized and pros
rerouS folk
Seven hundred ye1rs before Christ the
Prince OF Pohai (whoever he wdSl had
valuable possessions in Mukden. Be-
fCre that prince there We're scores of
other warriors and potentates who ruled
the city or drew tribute from it The
origin OF Mukden is wrapped in the veil
of ANTIQUITY All we know about its
distant past is that immemorially il was
a center of government or industry in
the Far East, and that on account of
the numerous battles which race after
race fought for its mastery, II has long
been called the city of blood. kansas
City Journal.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

ture to say that I could find opportuni-
ty to wear half a dozen more. Women
| who live much. in the open-and most
women do-have learned to dress appro-
| priately.'
And, with a wave of her hand. madame
/ ordered the trunk lid shut down and
/ the trunk borne away to rest until time
| to start upon the outing tour.
The day has, indeed, passed by when
women go about on rainy days or dusty
days arrayed in old clothing. The woman
who goes out these days in the rain
wearing cast of clothing stamps herself
as being either very untidy, or very
much poverty stricken. She is not a
smartly dressed woman and IN these
days Of cheap rain toys there is little
excuse for her
| 1t was once quite the thing to take
ones old frayed skirts and keep them
| for rainy-day wear. Too frequently
these skirts were long and woman was
subjected to the misery Of holding them
up While, IL short, they were so
wretchedly worn as to braid and facing,
and s5 untidy as TO spots and wrinkles.
that the wearer was sight to behold
| Her excuse was: 81 am dressed for a
rainy day
But no such excuse holds good now
adays. it has come about that woman
| must always be appropriately dressed.
| She must be gowned for the rain and
| for the dust and for the wind, for there
! are leather-faced skirts for windy days
| She must have dresses for all sorts Of
! outing tours, and she must be able at a
| minutes notice to select from her ward
robe something which Will fit the occa
! sion. To dress the summer woman
smartly, one must provide her with
many gowns for outing purposes.
A smart travelling skirt Is made Of
| checked tweed, with a long checked
tweed coat OF light weight. The color
| can be gray and black, or a pretty COM
hination is steel color. gray. and red.
| She should have a very long automo-
| bile coat of English suiting. smooth and
| capable of shedding it's dust With this
| coat there should be small-brirnmed
! hat with a veil or visor to keep the dust
! from the eyes. If one is not going auto
mobiling one should have such a hat
| and coat for use on dusty days in car
| riage driving.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Gowns You Ought to Have.

las for your gowns, have silver
pougee and trim It with that newest OF
all trimmings, soutache breid. arranged
IN disks, In lozenges. IN wide bands, and
in panels In the middle Of the disks,
and down the panels, scatter French
knots in blue or cream. and use g. little
embroidery wherever you can. This Is a
style of trimming much used now In
London.
Have an iridescent taneta for dinners
and for this get brown which shades
into yellow and trim 1t with green pip
ings, with green buttons and with the
tiniest Of green frills. Make the skirt
with a very deep founce. much deeper
in the back than IN the front And
make the waist with high puced sleeves
and with ruchings at the wrists and
ruching outlining the yoke.
'I could tell a great deal more about
the summer tTouSseau on a limited
purse. but here are enough hints to
give the woman who is setting out to
get IN such n trousseau something upon
which to wcrk."
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

The materials must be of kind thar
VIII not fade And for this purpose
there Is nothing, surely. the equal OF
gtngham, either In the mercerized stuff
CT in the silk ginghams. or In the plain
cotton check such as we used to know
SO well. The plain cotton gingham
! comes this year IN the ideal piazza col
CTS, green AMI Drown; and II made UP
washable Val lace. It can be classed
with the pretty piazza fabrics of the
season.
There is great deal to be done with
the cheaper materials They are SO
durable; they make up so well, they are
SC nicely finished, and they are so easily
within reach Of the modest purse. that
they appeal wonderfully to the heart
cotton dresses for Mrs. x said a mod
iste, mentianing one OF the very fash
ioDable women Of the West, and / an
sure she will be delighted with my Sc
of The fabrics cost over t5 cents a yard
and all are trimmed with cheap, wash
able trim mmings.
The buttons are button molds covered
with the same goods and embroidered
and the ruffies the yoke the stock the
cuffs, and all other parts are made OF
inexpensive materials. These frocks af-
ford p lesson in Inexpensive dressmak-
ing.
ore of the frocks, a cotton. whicI
.
dour lawn, was made with hip shirring:
rather deep on the hips, bat shallow
front and back The skirt was cut OF
to swing clear of the ground Around
the foot thare was a unique trimming
With rare taste the dressmaker had
purchased -nedallicns of cotton lace ir
the shape OF Dig roses. with leaves and
stems And these she had lightly work
ed In mercerized rose-colored cotton
making handsome embroidered roses
This trimming went around the foot OF
the skirt.
The blouse was shirTed to look like
a very deep grille, and the sleeves wers
shirred around the elbows TO make one
of the very new sleeves. A simple nee
dlework stock finished the neck.
But why try to sing Of ginshams and
lawns and cotton goods when there arr
such lovely silks, materials which wash
well, hold their color perfectly in SUI
and rain, and cost very Ifttle In this
list can be mentioned the striped mad.
ras goods and all the lovely striped
novelties which are seen IN such very
great profusion wherever the summel
goods are displayed.