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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-08-12
CHAPTER $50.

AN ACT to Enable Citizens of This State
to Obtain a Judgment Declaring Their
Citizenship, Residence and Domicile.
PASSED June Is, 1881
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section l. The supreme court in either
of its divisions shall hear and determine
petitions of persons alleging themselves to
be citizens, residents, and dOmiciled inhab-
itantS Of this state, and praying judicial
declaration of such citizenship, residence,
and domicile.
Sec. 2. Such petitions shall in all cases
set forth the grounds upon which the ap-
pication is based, and shall be supported
by such evidence as the court shall deem
necessary. They shall be filed, heard and
determined in the county in which the Pc
titioner claims residence, unless such resi-
dence be in the county of Kent or in the
county of Bristol, in either Of which cases
the said petition shall be filed, heard and
determined in said division in Providence.
Sec. 8, A copy of the petition with notice
Of the time and place OF hearing shall be
served on the encouragement five days
previous thereto, and he may appear and
be heard thereon.
Sec. 4. A single justice of either Of said
divisions shall be a quorum of said court
for the purposes set forth in this act.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect imme-
diately.
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CHAPTER hS5.

AN ACT In Amendment of Chapter u OF
the General Laws. Entitled "Of the Elec-
tion of Representatives In Congress-"
PASSED June Is, 1881
II is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section l. Section of chapter u of the
General Laws, ''Of the election of repre-
eentatives in congress- is hereby amend
cd so to reaG as follows:
Sec. s. The governor. secretary of state.
and attorney-geneTal, or. in case of abb
sence from the state or inability to serve
Of the attorney-general, the assistant at
IoTney- general, shall constitute board of
canvassers for the purpose of counting
the ballots cast at such elections who
shall meet at the state house in Provi-
dence, within fifteen days, in time of peace,
and within sixty days in time of war.
after any election provided for in this
chapter, having first given public notice OF
the day thereof, and shall separately count
the ballots cast in each district. They
shall publish the result, giving the number
OF votes cast for each candidate, in some
newspaper published in Providence and
certificates of election shall be given to the
persons elected, respectively.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts OF acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed, and
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
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CHAPTER $50.

AN ACT In Amendment of and IN Addi-
ton to Chapter of the General Laws,
"Of Canvassing the Rights and Correct
ing the Lists of Voters"
PASSED June 10, 1889
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section l. Whenever the board Of can
vassers of any town or city, except the city
of Providence, at any meeting holden for
the purpose ''of canvassing the rights and
correcting the lists OF voters" shall re-
ject, or shall cause 10 be erased from the
voting lists, the name of any person quail
ifed to vote, the person whose name said
board OF ssgvassers has rejected, or erased
from s1ch ltSt, may FL his petition ~ the
appellate division Of the supreme court,
setting forth his residence, MS quaHfica-
tions, and such other facts in connection
with the rejection. or erasure Of his name
from such list, as he may deem material,
and praying that his name be added 10 said
list.
Sec. 2 Upon the filing Of said petition
any justice of said appellate division of the
supreme court shall, upon application.
forthwith cause the members and clerk Of
said board OF Canvassers 70 be cited TO ap-
pear before said division al a time and
place to be named in said citation 10 show
cause why the prayer OF said petitioner
should not be granted.
Sec. g. If upon hearing, said division
shall find that the name Of said petitioner
is not entitled TO be placed or 70 remain
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CHAPTER $50
AN ACT Providing For a Tax on Street
Railways


Railways.
Passed June 10. 1881
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section 1. For the purpose Of providing
additional revenue for the state every
street railway company Incorporated under
the laws Of this state. accepting the proHi-
sions of this act, shall annually, hereafter
on or before October first, pay to the state
a tax upon it, earnings as follows, viz: If
the annual dividend paid by such company
during the year ending on the thirtieth day
of June AeXt preceding the date of the re-
turn made according to law to the railroad
commissioner for such year is eight per
centum en- its capital stock actually out
standing during such year, or less. or If no
dividend is paid by it, the tax payable by
II for that year shall be sum equal to one
per centum of its gross earnings for that
year and If such dividend exceed eight per
centum. then the tax payable by it for
that year shall be a sum equal to the ex-
cess Of such dividend over eight percentum,
but in no event shall said tax be less than
q sum equal to one per centum of such
gross earnings, which shall be paid with
out regard 10 the net earnings of such
company: Provided. however. that nothing
In this act contained shall deprive any city
or town of the right 10 collect from any
street railway company any tax or other
payment Gncluding payments now required
Tor the paving ana repaNlnS or certain por-
tions of the streets and highways which
such company is now under legal obhga-
tion TO pay by virtue of any law of this
state or Of any contract or agreement with
the state. or with any city or town or 9TH
erWiSe; nor shall anything in this act con-
tanned deprive any street railway company
of any right, privilege or franchise which
II now enjoys, but the payments to be
made under the provisions of this act snail
in all cases be in addition to any and all
special taxes and sums which said COM
pany is now under such legal obligation to
pay, and in addition TO the taxes now or
hereafter assessed by any city or town
upon the land and buildings of any such
company; and the payments in this act
provided for shall be in lieu and satisfac-
ton of all other taxes, excises, burthens or
impOsitiOnS whatsoever, by or under au-
thority of this state, or Of any law thereof,
upon the property, income, rights, privi-
ieges or franchises Of such companies men
t--1'--a this section. their successors and
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$50.

AN ACT In Amendment of Section OF
Chapter IS Of the General Laws, Entitled
"Of the Collection Of Taxes"
PASSED June -. 1881
II is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section l. Section of chapter IS Of the
General Laws. entitled "Of the collection
Of taxes" is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. Z. If any person is taxed for several
parcels Of real estate each of such par
cells shall be liable for the payment of the
tax assessed against il, even though the
same may have been ahened, and 10 such
parcel shall be liable for any tax assessed
against any other parcel If any person
is taxed for real estate and for personal
estate in the same tax, the whole Of such
PERSONS tax may be collected either out
OF the real or the personal estate. II any
person IS taxed for several parcels Of real
estate and for personal estate in the same
tax, the tax on personal estate may be
collected out OF the real estate, and each
OF such parcels shall be liable for the pay
ment of the tax assessed against IL, to-
gether with such portion of the tax on the
personal estate as the assessed value OF
such parcel bears 70 the aggregate assessed
values OF all Of such parcels. Nothing
herein contained shall be so construed as
10 affect any pending litigation, or any
proceedings taken or TO be taken for the
collection Of any tax due and payable pre-
yiCus 20 July /. 1S9o-'
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upon said voting list. SAID petition snan De
dismissed. II, however. said division shall
find that the nGIne Of said petitioner is en-
titled 70 place upon such voting list. the
said court shall by decree order such name
TO be placed upon said list. A copy Of such
decree shall be filed with the clerk OF the
board OF canvaSSers, and thereupon said
clerk shall. without action on the part OF
said board, place said name on said voting
list
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.
July Ist 1898.
Trains Leave OIneyviIIe for

Trains Leave OlneyviIle for
East Greenwich and Way Stations-6:5s, TAG
946 a. m. u 10. 40, 3:i6, :26. 46. 6:15 7:16
ii 10 p. m. Sundays 8 :Ol, 10 OF. a. m. 0I D. m.
WEXFORD Junction 6:5S, Z 46. 9:i6, a. m. :46,
3 40, :46, i6, ll.l6 p. Sundays SOL, 1901,
a. m, :0l p. m.
Kingston 6 :5s, 7:i6L. Q :l6L, a m; I,46L S:46L,
7:l6M p. m. Sundays S:01 1901 a. m. s. :0l p. IN.
Westerly-6 5s, :46L, 9:i6La a. m; :4sL, 3s6L;
5:46L. 7:l6M p. M; Sundays Sol, lO:ol,
a. m: :0l p. m.
New London 6:5S, 7:i6L, 946L a. M; 1:46L.
9:46L, 546L p. m; Sundays Sol a. IN; ;
5:0l pm.
For Providence-6:S :S5, As. :35, 7:46 Sis. :s5.
935. lO:15, II :35 a. m. l2:l5, :35, As, AIS,
4 :35, 6:l5, 1903, 49, 1876, l045 p. m. Sum
days, s:S5, 900, 9;35. II :S5, a. m; l:S5,
AGO. 5:35. 600, p. N Return, 6:20, 6:52.
7:4O, . 20, GAO a. m, l2l1. y: Do 40, 2:2O,
40, 4:2O 90, :4O 10, 60 7:l0, 7:20 IL 10
ii 30, p. Sundays, :55, $40, 55 MI Il 30
2 30. 4:55. 500, p. IN.
i Change at WickfOld Junction.
NJ Change at East Greenwich.
A. e. KENDALL.
PETER CLARK, Genl Pass. Ag't-
GEM Sup't
GEO. L. CONNoR, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
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Industrial
TRUST CO.,
49 WESTMINSTER STREET,
PARTIC PATTON ACCOUNT.

Deposits on Participation Account on
or before August IS draw interest from
August I. Dividends August and Febru-
ary.
This Account offers the advantages OF
Savings Banks, with the additional secur-
ity of the capital stock of the Company.
Legal depositary for trustees, Executors,
Administrators, Guardians, Etc.
SAMUEL p. COLT, President.
M. ALDERMAN, Vice President.
CYRUS p. BROWN, Treasurer,
WALDO NJ. PLACE. Secretary.
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CHAPTER 5S7.
AN ACT In Amendment OF Chapter "a or
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- Continued on next Page.)
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-28
Women the Best Conversers.

OF one thing there can be very little
doubt, and that is the greater readiness
in conversation of women than men. A
woman can create conversation, which
is very useful thing and is frequently
found great social difficulty. If we
give man a subject on which he knows
anything at all, unless he be a fool or
morbidly reticent, he can talk about it
SO as to make himself fairly ineligible,
and perhaps interesting, to those for
whom the subject has any interest at
all. Men, when their feeling Of enthu-
siasm is excited, throw off the slowness
and hesitation which frequently cramp
their power in society, just rs they
throw off tho physical infirmity Of slut.
tering under the influence of some
awakening theme or some strong sym
pathy.
But the power Of conversation in
some women, and not always those of
remarkable ability, is the very art of
making bricks without straw. They
will talk to one Ly the hour about Moth
ing-that as, on no particular subject
and with no particular object-and talk
coherently and not foolishly ald withal
very pleasantly all the time Ii would,
we are free to confess, be rather diff
cult for the listener to carry away with
him any mental notes of what has been
said. He may not be conscious of hav-
ing gained any new ideas or of having
had his old ones much enlarged, but he
will rise and 60 his way, as one does
after light and wholesome meal SEN
sibly cheered and refreshed, but retain
ing no troublesome memories of the in
gradients which have composed it
New York Ledger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-28
LIE Ina Channel Island.

The land of Jersey is in the hands OF
. frugal and industrious people, worthy
descendants Of the rural populations of
Normandy and Brittany. Not square
inch Of ground that does not produce
potato or cabbage. Prosperity reigns
on all sides. Not one dilapidated house.
In this beehive of an island everything
speaks aloud of cleanliness, comfort and
even of riches to those who can under
stand that real wealth does not consist
in the quantity of things we possess,
but in those that we can do without if
need be. Jersey is kitchen garden of
about 20 square miles, picturesque,
healthy, fertile. strewed with cottages
that are wrapped in roses, and when
have told you that the cultivation Of
the potato alone brings in from ~, 600,
900 to IA, 600, 900 francs annually-that
is to say, about SO, 200, OO0-I shall
have no trouble in convincing you that
poverty is practically unknown in Jer
sey. Happy Jersey
Add to this that, with the exception
Of wine and liqueurs, which pay light
duty, all kinds of merchandise enter
Jersey untaxed; that living is conse-
quently very cheap; that the income
tax collector is unknown; that crowd
of tourists visit the isle during four
months of the year; that activity reigns
everywhere, not the feverish activity Of
the Americans, but the regular uni
form, intelligent activity of the French;
that the soil is so fertile that flowers
and fruits seem to spring from it as by
enchantment; that the landscape is
most picturesque and varied; that the
climate is delicious, and you will con-
clude that Jersey is probably the FL
Dorado of the world and the Jersey
folk, as | said before, the richest and
happiest people on the surface of the
globe. Max O'Rell in North American
Review.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-28
His story Too Local.

A teetotal lecturer at West Bromwich,
in order to illustrate the horrors Of
drinking, told his audience story of
wooden legged topper who was so drunk
one night that he took off his wooden
leg to wind the clock. The story was
told III all simplicity by the lecturer
as he had heard it in his childhood.
Strange to say, it applied exactly to the
husband of a lady who happened to be
one of the audience. After the lecture
the lady waited ON the lecturer behind
the hall.
"Wretchl' she said. "How dare you
hold my husband to public ridicule?"
"But, my dear madam -
"Now don deny it, for heard you. +"
Scratch, scratch, scratchl That lectur-
er is now undergoing repairs. He will
be more careful of his choice of illustra-
tions next time. Birmingham Mail.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-28
Two Steps at n Time.

One evidence of the ever hustling char
acteristics of the average New Yorker is
shown on the stairways of the up town
station of the elevated railroad at Park
place and Church street. The steps of
these stairways are covered with rub
Der, but every other step has large iron
rings imbedded in the rubber.
This was caused by the fact that the
New Yorker is never content to wait
even one minute for train, and that
when he hears one approaching as he is
at the foot of the stairs he will rush up
the stairs two steps at a time hoping to
catch the train.
AS a result the elevated railroad Off
Gals noticed that the rubber mating on
every other step was wearing out twice
as quickly as the rest For a long time
they pondered as to the cause, and one
day Manager Fransioli solved the prob
lem To know was to act in his case,
and the steel re-enforced rubber now
lasts if anything longer than the or
binary mats on the other steps.-New
York Sun.
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An,Inas Colonisus.

During the last lew years the demand
for pedigree English cattle for Argen-
tina has been enormous. Shorthorns,
Herefords and Devons have been i'm
ported weekly, and crossbred English
stock now fills the "corrals" OF the
great beef and boyril companies OF the
Rio de la Plata. In North America this
Anglicizing process has spread to all the
states of the Union. Half bred Herefords
and Shorthorns are taking the place of
the common cattle of the States on near
ly all the ranches OF the beef producing
districts and the colonizing capacity of
different English breeds is recommend
ing them for special districts. Thus the
Devon bulls are purchased for ranches
where the search for pasture and water
needs special activity and endurance,
and red "polled" or hornless Suffolks
are used where cattle are being bred for
transit by rail or ship because the alb
sence of horns is then convenient Even
tropical Brazil follows the fashion, and
English Jersey COWS are seen demurely
walking through the forest paths by the
coffee plantations and English terriers
and pug dogs sit on the laps of Brazilian
ladies.
Whether the Jersey cattle will multi
ply on the planters estates time will
show, but the spread of our oolonizing
animals, which are now invading stimuli
taneously the plains of Patagonia and
the north Canadian territory, does not
limit its progress to the direction of the
poles. In India the English horse be-
comes a colonist by second intention, in
the form of the waller, sounder and
stronger animal than the majority of
British hackneys His value, as COM
pared with the native breeds of Asia, is
still undetermined but we must accept
his presence and survival as fact
London Spectator
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The Famous Paris Garret.

There are few persons interested in
things literary who being in Paris with
in the last 10 CT 10 years can have fail
ed to hear Of the garnet of M. dc Con
court M de Goncourt himself would
perhaps have preferred people to say the
garnet of 1.-THE brothers Goncourt, al
though, as is we'll known, the institu-
ton was originated and fourished only
after the death of the younger brother.
The "garret' specifically was charm
ing room, half hall, half library, on the
third floor of the little Louis XVLhotel
at Auteuil which Nj. Edmond de Con
court occupied during the whole latter
part of his life; generically it was the
meeting together of kindred spirits OF
disciples and admirers and friends of
the old maitre, the germ of the academy
which it was Edmond de Goncourt' s
dream to establish in opposition to the
academy of the 40 immortals, and the
nursery, as it were, where talents were
grown to ripeness for the honor of ad.
mission TO that same especial academy.
-Aline Gorren in Scribner's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-28

Out at Calvary is monument maker
who has grown wise, and this Is the
way it happened:
He is an economical man and attends
b. business. He used to receive all call
IRIS and show them about the place. III
two prospective patrons came together,
b. saved time by showing them around
toy sther, pointing out the sorrow en-
turing qualities of certain stones, the
tear compelling possibilities of certain
designs and the grief assuaging merits
of the price. One day man came and
looked over the place for a monument
sufficiently eloquent as marker for a
wife deceased. He came very near buy
ing beautiful shaft on an expensive
base, with world of chiseling about
it, He said he would come out next day
and decide.
Next day he came; also came wild
ow who had about given definite or
der for a towering monument for the
most mourned of husbands. The mon
ument man saved time and conducted
the two around together. They looked
at the things already all but ordered
Then they waited and desired to look
farther. Then they dawdled and talked
good deal to each other, Then they
went away on the same train. In "a day
or two they came back together, picked
out one monument for the two deceased
worthies--a rather modest double head
er, by the way--and told the stone man
they had concluded TO get married and
to use the money they saved i'll furnish
ing fat.
Now the stone man has helper, and
bereaved men are never allowed to in
spect the place in company with bereav-
ed women. Chicago Post.
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1r. Dooley, a Mobile ship carpenter,
relates AN amusing incident connected
with the blockade of Mobile harbor dur
ing the civil war Some ship carpenters
had t--sn put TO work by the govern
ment to manufacture floating mines and
had taken number of heavy pieces OF
square timber and placed them in the
form of IA triangle, three pieces being
used to each At the end of each Of the
sticks-that is, ON the three points-was
placed a torpedo A few days after this
the wind came out strong from the north,
and the torpedoes were taken and placed
in position in the bay so that they
would be driven by the wind against
the United States gunboats.
The plan was apparently to be sue
cessful, the torpedoes being driven rap
idly in the direction Of the enemy gun
boats, and great damage might have re-
suited TO Uncle Sans ships had not the
wind suddenly changed, and the torpe-
does were brought back and carried in
IA bunch to the bay opposite Frascati.
Here the torpedo mines met in an eddy,
and there was suddenly great explo-
sion, followed by another, and yet an
other, completely tearing the RATS to
pieces and producing at the same time
a panic among the people resident on
the shore, who went to Mobile city and
reported that the enemy was lombard
ing Frascati. - New Orleans Times
Democrat
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Electric Propulsion of Ships.

Up to the present electricity has
scarcely been thought suitable as the
principal motive or propelling power
for the larger type of vessels. This is
undoubtedly owing TO the fact that for
given horsepower "a triple on quadruple
expansion steam engine would take up
less space and probably weigh less than
an electrical installation of equal power.
Storage batteries are out of the question
for such uses, although persons not well
up i'll electrical subjects frequently Won
der why our ocean greyhounds are not
propelled by some such method. 1t may
interest some of our readers TO know
that ii vessel requiring an average Of
10, 600 horsepower to propel it across
the Atlantic, and displacing 5000 tons,
would be obliged to carry, We're storage
batteries alone made use of, 1924, $50,
600 pounds of such batteries, or, in
other words, the motive power alone
would weigh 1862, 240 tons, or 30 times
as much rs the ship. Electricity.
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The Naval Captain In Battle.

Writing of the perils Of naval warfare,
Park Benjamin in The Independent says:
Nobody now believes that "A captain
who finds his vision through the Sits
Of the coming tower cut off by smoke
Will stay thus shut up. 1t is extremely
doubtful if it will be physically possible
for him to remain there after the shells
commence To hammer its sides and burst
against it, and in any event the intense
anxiety to see and know clearly what
the enemy is doing will inevitably lead
him TO take his chances in the open.
Coming tower or no coming tower, his
duty is to place himself at whatever
point he can manage his ships to the
best advantage, and this he will GER
tainly do Lord Charles Beresford, with
grim humor, has suggested that the
captains safest place is not in but be-
hind his coming tower because then
he has two thicknesses of steel between
himself and the enemy, don't you see?"
But while coming tower armor may re-
sist penetration it is by no means GER
tain that the whole structure will not
be swept away by the first heavy pro-
jectile which squarely hits it,