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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
House Plants For the Winter.

The best time 10 get decorative
plants to be grown indoors during the
winter is early in September. At that
season artificial heat and high, moist
temperature have been dispensed
with, and plants are growing more
naturally than at any other time in
the year. There are but few which
one can expect to grow well in the
house in winter The aspidistra is a
plant which cannot be killed by Ordin-
airy neglect Give it all the water it
needs, an occasional application or
fertilizer. and a reasonable amount of
light. The agave is a stately plant,
and well-grown specimen always at
tracts attention. For the hall il Will
be found quite as ornamental as a
palm. Because of the semi-succulent
nature of the foliage ii will not re-
quire much water except when it is
growing Asparagus Sprengeeri is
another plant which grows as well for
the veriest amateur as it does for the
owner of a greenhouse. Plant ii in
n soil Of rich loan, and give it lib
eral allowance of water when 1t needs
it, a shady place to grow in, and fire.
qucnt shower-bath. Begonias are not
often classed among the very robust
plants, but there is one variety which
| have found sure to grow well under
difficulties. This variety is Il. argen-
tea guttala. Give it a soil of sandy
ovcr-water, but shower ii frequently.
-Eben L.. Rexford, in the Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
The Iicront OF ncaithfuiness

Hair-washiug was the subject FOR
instruction at one of the east side va
cation schools the other cay. ore ilt.
tie girl. when asked what she had
washed her head with. replied sand
soap" Wash me head repeated an
other. why. I never heard y such a
thing-' The teacher explained that
unless the hair was washed frequent.
ly and thoroughly there was danger
of--wcll. Of possibilities. The child's
eyes looked ne 10 they'd pop cut OF her
head
why" she cried. "yo amt healthy
ef yc don't hev them"-Nev Iork
Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
FACES WE SEE.

IL may be bumpy
Or hard and rough,
In every way certainly
Homely enough;
But the owner
Doesn't seem 10 care a whit
And acts Just as II
He were used 10 II.
He's not conscious
OF his homely phiz,
And thinks IL az fine
As another one Is;
She takes IL with her
Wherever she goes,
Plainly not knowing
What every one knows.
II feels just the same
Az pretty one
Some better perhaps,
IL the truth were known
And the owners after
Some years OF wear
Consider the feel
As good az fair.
And still you wonder,
And have 20 think
That phiz like that
Would drive you 10 drink;
You'll vow it's the worst
You have ever seen.
But the person behind the face
IL serene.
am j. hampton, in the New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

The earth revolves on it's axis once
IN twenty-four hours. Millions Of
years ago the day was twenty-five
hours; millions OF years before 1t was
twenty-one hours. AS we look back
ward into time we find the earth re-
volving faster and faster. There was
time, ages ago, long before geology
begins, when the earth was rotating
in a day of five or six hours in length.
In the remotest past the earth re.
volyed in n day Of about Eve hours.
1t could revolve no faster than this
and remain single unbroken mass.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

There can be no question OF the
soundness OF commercial and indus
trial affairs. Terrible as has been the
recent experiences. the security OF the
Government and OF the vested inter
ests of the people have not been weak
ened; and there is no serious obstacle
In the path OF progressive business
growth and prosperity.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
80 More Pencils.

A man made a wager with a lady
that he could thread a needle quicker
than she could sharpen a lead pencil.
The man won-time-0:l4:40 II il
thought that the result would have
been different If the woman had not
run oct OF lead pencils inside of five
minutes.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

wOolen goods mills are generally
well employed on orders. but new
business during the week has been
comparatively light The early wants
OF clothiers have been generally COW
cred by orders now on the mill books.
and Il is a little too early for any sx-
tensive duplication Of initial pur-
chases
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

What is probably the most extrao-
iinary plant ever discovered has now
been found by Mr. T.. A. Suverkrop. Of
Philadelphia, In South America. IL IL
an orchid that takes a drink whenever
IL feels thirsty by letting down tube
into the water. the tube, when not in
use, being coiled up on top Of the plant.
Mr.. Suverkrop came across the plant
by the side Of lagoon on the Rio dc
In Plata.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

W. S. Musser, Millheim, Pa, saved the
life OF his little girl by giving her One
Minute Cough Cure when she was dying
from Group. II is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate results. 1t
quickly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis,
grippe, asthma and all throat and lung
troubles. T. r. Parker, Olneyville, Gen.
terdale Pharmacy, Centerdale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
Rrnnm Corn I'm RIr n.m.nh.

Broom corn is on the boom ana the
farmers OF Central Illinois are profit
ing. During the past few days the
price has jumped frcm $50 to $3.50
Der ton.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

DO you ever think
As you walk the street,
Looking at various
People you meet,
OF a downright homely
Persons phiz,
And what an astonishing
Thing it is?
A beautiful face
Is something which
Is supposed to make
Its owner rich
In everything
The world admires
That money buys
And brain inspires
But a homely faceg
You look at it
And wonder,
Not a little bit,
IL it hurts.
And will it soon be wei.
Or is il quite
Iucurable.
That is the way
You think and where
To the owner
You are hardly fair,
For the homely face
Doesn't have a call
To hurt either man
Or woman at all.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
Big Profits In Pickles.

Long Island farmers expect $4,000
from pickles to be sold 10 New Iork
City tGis season.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

The period Of five seconds between
a fash OF lightning and thunder means
that the fash was mile distant from
the observer. Thunder has never been
heard over fourteen miles from the
fash, though artillery has been heard
at 120 miles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

The British admiralty have just or
dered fifty-four sets OF wireless tele-
graphy gear, to be made according TO
their own specifications and system.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

II IL said 10 be only a question OF
time before the Bermuda Islands Will
sink under the ocean. The geological
theory IN that the islands are merely
the remnant OF one large island. The
subsidence within a comparatively re-
cent period has been from eighty TO
100 feet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
Gobbling Up Pig Iron.
business rpon a sound Basis.

The Steel Trust is taking all the pic
iron II can find In the United States.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04
nEMARMEES
.sas ss5aQ
Late Wholesale Prices OF Country
Produce Quoted in New York.

MILK.
The Mix Exchange price for standard
quality is 2Ize. per quart.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

Stokers in big steamships work IN
an average temperature Of from loO
10 $50 degrees.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-10-04

THE TRAGEDY OF ST. MARKS STEEPLE s


o you know, sir, | can never
look at that steeple without
turning cold all over, al
though It's nearly forty years
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-12

Tom Sewers rebuilt and enlarged
property damaged by fire at corner of
street and D avenue. Made full
TWO story EouSe. ....... .$lUOOOU
Mason Swope on north First Street
improved place to the extent of $500.
Frank Sipes, BIG north First street,
raised house, new foundation, added
two rooms, new roof and improve
ments worth about. ......... $1,000 90
Fred Shultz, No. 500 A avenue west,
improvements .,............ .$5OOO
Joe Sipes took the Bart st. Clair
house and rebuilt it .........$ $4,000
]. F. Schwartz purchased and re-
modelled the residence place at the
corner of A avenue and Fl street.
He put up out-bulldings and made a
change in the place worth
Julia Shaw, at the corner of Sec
ond avenue and G street, made i'm
provements to residence and erected
out-buildings ............. $4,000
O. P. Sipes rebuilt old residence
place of d. B. King, removed to
Eighth avenue west $500. 90
F. ID. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
residence No. 41O Second avenue
west .................. ...$50.00
Steve Stewart.-Changes and i'm
provements at residence No. 407 Sec
ond avenue west $50. 90
Jasper Slpes at No. 1909 south ID
street. made additions to his residence
that have added to the value of the
property about. ....... 100000
William Ship, at No. 1901, B ave.
nue. west, erected roomy barn and
buggy house. ..... .... $3.50. 90
John Swayze.- Residence on south
First street .. STE. 90
b. f. Shaffer repaired and over
hPuled his residence No. SOL Third
avenue east, at cost of about. $500.
James Fl. Sipes erected a new cot.
tage residence at No. 915 south d
street worth about. .S1250. 90
Mrs. Emma shumate No. ISL south
ID street, new roof ..... $50. 90
Chas Stanley repaired building
No. 1i5 north E street damaged
ny nre. ..,...$5 $500. 90
B. F. Shoemake residence on F ave
nue. east, improvements 500 90
win Sheppard rebuilt feed storage
barn and yards destroyed by
IRE '.''...s,,..... ...,,.... $4,000
Amos Taylor made some note
worthy changes in his property
south Of the oskaloosa college, on M
street. adding thereto the value of the
property the sum of...... $4,000
George Il. Taylor Improvement
and changes to property on north ID
street preparatory TO renting. $4,000
Henry yerPloeg on north C street
improved his place to the extent OF
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-12

The Henness properties, Nos. 612 and
GIG avenue west have been improv-
ed by raising and new foundations.
Changes and alterations entailing a
cost of near. ......... .$l2OO.OO
The Handler residence at the cor
ner of c avenue and H street, had
a room added and other improvements
valued at. .......... ........ $4,000
A. ], Jewell made new property
practically of his place, No. 1908
High Avenue West, added rooms, new
foundation, raised .......... 100000
M. L. Jackson improved his business
property on High avenue west, put
ting on a new roof and making other
changes costing about 80. $4,000
Tom Jackson built porch to his
property, No. 903 south d street ad-
ding to the worth Of his property
George Jones improvements in res
idence No. 319 north A reet.s250.00
John and George Kalbach, repairs
and improvements TO properties $1,000
Ira Kellogg. barn Of large d.
mansions, and improved lots on n and
n streets. .......-......$4 100000
w. r. Lacey rebuilt and improved
building on Rock Island damaged by
fire, occupied as residence by A. J. st.
Clair .............. .s...... 100000
Will Little repaired and improved
Converse property at corner Of Sixth
street and High avenue. -. $4,000
Tom Long rebuilt and improved
residence property. .....$ 100000
John Lambert.-Improyements TO
place on G avenue east $4,000
W. r. y.-Improvements and
repairs TO properties during the
Henry s--Improvements to
residence Oh north G street. $4,000
Mrs. j. w. Mcmillan made mum
Der of improvements TO the former
Breeder place in Burnside's addition.
A new porch was added and other
work done to the extent OF
about ......4.. ....... $4,000
O. j. Kessler. residence improved
Sixth avenue west. ..s.... $500
The G. II. Mcdowell property on 81
avenue west was altered and other
wise improved at a cost OF. 100000
George Moore. at the corner OF
Fourth street and Fourth avenue re
modelled and added TO HIS home by
making impr owe m en- Is worth
about ....... 49,. $500. 90
Ed Matthews. No. 213 north street
marked improvements. He put In
new window sashes, built new porch
etc at cost OF 49,. ..... $350.00
Lon Meredith, at the corner Of A
street and SECOND avenue improved to
the extent OF ................s $500
H. c. Moore repaired property on
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-12

Z avenue west, and made improve
ment in same to the value of. $500.
W. w. Montgomery, on High
avenue west made alterations and i'm
pIovements .......... ..... $4,000
Patrick Mansfield property, No. 401
Fourth avenue west imp. $1,000
John o. Malcolm improves and re-
pairs property on Eighth street $4,000
Simpson Standardization and
improvements on north Fourth
street .,................. ..S25O.0O
Mr.. Murphy F avenue east improve
ments. ................ $4,000
H. d. Nugent purchased the little
residence place that stood on the east
lot of the Salvation Army property
now occupied by the new Federal
building. He removed the house to
one of his lots on F avenue in west
Oskaloosa, and repaired same to
make very comfortable tenement
property. Repairs cost about. $4,000
John B. Nelson, No. lib Second
avenue west, improved his property
by putting a foundation under it and
making changes to the extent of
about ...........,.. ........ 100000
H. E. Mason, No. PIG north |. street
remodeling and enlarging resi-
dence ........ ............. $4,000
Mrs. Esther Norton, No. 215 North
G street, improvements to resi-
uence. .,.............. 10000
oskaloosa Water Company erected
residence place for the filter-house
keeper. The house is located south
OF the filter plant. 1t is a five-room
convenient place now being complet-
ed, out of part of an old residence
moved there for that purpose. Val
ued at about ............... $1,000 90
G. w. overturf, No. 314 South sec
ond street. ....... $50 90
Mrs. Proudflt.- Property No. 3l3 NJ
| street, improvements ... $4,000
Old Patton property, No. 315 north
street. improvements $4,000
John Peterson, No. 1907 Second Ave.
nue. west improved his property to
the extent of.... 5000. 90
j. H. Plckett.-Improvements at
Park Place. .,........... ..... $4,000
H. r. Riggs, No. BIT north / street
raised and rebuilt residence making
additions thereto. Value of improve
ments about ..,........... $500. 90
Joe Risney residence, No. 915 Ninth
avenue west improvements. $50. 90
Thos. Russell. Barn on Sixth
avenue west near Iowa Central. $3.50
Ed Reaser, No. 70S B avenue west
improvements ............ $4,000
George Sterling moved stable to
his place No. 915 First avenue west.
and later made improvements and
changes in HIS home. Total improve
ments made, equals. ....... $500. 90
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-12
$2OO.Oa

something like .......... 10000
VIII Wells improved tenement prop
critics on north First street at a cost
OF ABOUT. ....... ........... 100000
VIII Walker of the Rock Isla~s
made Improvements to his resid
in Green's addition.
George Werner, No. Sic 81
avenue west, added a new porch
his residence on two sides Of
place entailing a cost of about .S3Gh
John White purchased the place
9OS A avenue west and made improves
ments on the property to the extent8
CT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -. $500.QR
A. NJ. Weatherwax removed q
house to north Fourth street and MAJ
II over ................. ..,$S00&
G.. -Wingfeld, No. s23 north 80.
street, improvements TO ss1esrS
dence. -. ............. -. y5O.Oa
T. D. Willoughby, No. It's e ave-
nue. west, addition to residence. $500.
The Wetsman place, corner B ave-
anu " street. ...... $ZOO.Oa-
Ofa Watkins remodeIed and practic,
ally made a new residences Of his
property at the corner OF Seventh
street and Fourth avenue. He now
has a modern and cosy residence at
cost OF about ............$1 500.0e
B. Wetsman property, No. TIC B
avenue west, improvements and
changes ........... 10000.
Mrs. Mary Yetzer, No. $40 south
Market street completed improve,
ments commenced last season $4,000
Joe Young, No. 712 Sixth avenue
west new porch ....... S75.0A
The smaller improvements made in
the city during the year not other.
wise noted The new single roofs,
new out buildings here and there,
new walks and the like: small esti,
mate OF the Improvement Ia. $4,000,
The age-herald., 1901-02-03
THE IRON MARKET
 CONTINUES FIRM Buyers Covering Wants for Sixty 0ays-CoaI Production Un-
 equal to the Demand

A telegram from Cincinnati published In the Eastern papers two or three days ago stated that Southern iron makers were making slight concessinos on iron for early deliveries, but interviews with officials of local companies fail to confirm this state ment. The telegram stated that No. 2 foundry was offered here at $10.75, or re- duction of 25 cents within the past week or two. local quotations remain the same as they have been for several weeks past, that is, based on No. 2 foundry iron at $11 ton.
 Charles A. Stillman, resident manager for Rogers, Brown & Co.,, is authority for the statement that the iron market still ap- pears to be in a fairly healthy condition. He states that while buyers are not cover ing far into the future, yet contracts cov- ering buyers wants for the next sixty days are being placed at present quota tions.
 In the coal business the demand seems to far exceed the supply, notwithstanding the fact that numerous mines are now oper- ated which last year were not producing. Tennessee mines continue to ship coal into the Birmingham district and south of here, a condition necessitated by this district not producing all that is called for.
The age-herald., 1901-02-03

receiving additional compensation therefor. In Wisconsin any woman of age and any minor over IS may labor overtime-that is, the law reads "She may not be compelled, etc." So in North and South Dakota and Oklahoma any woman or child above II. But in the other States no overtime Is al lowed, and the employer permitting or com polling overtime is commonly subjected to a fine or msdemeanor
 The bill has a provision that no person shall be required, unless prescribed by spe- cial agreement and for extra pay, to work more than eleven hours in factories in any one day. Seven States have passed laws declaring that eight hours shall be regard ed as a lawful days work in general oceu- pations, unless otherwise agreed upon In Ohio and Wisconsin eight hours is made a days work in the absence of special com tract in any manufacturing or mechanical business; ten hours in Maine. In Rhode Island ten hours is considered days work unless otherwise agreed for labor per- formed in any manufacturing establish ment and all mechanical labor. In Michi- gan ten hours constitute a legal days work in the absence of special agreement or pay for overtime In all factories, worg- shops, etc. In New Jersey ten hours shall be considered legal days labor for men or women in "all cotton, woolen, silk, pa- per, glass and flax factories" In Mary land there is complicated law which in substance requires special contract In case of mill employers working men more than ten hours per day with extra pay by the hour.
 Provision Is made in the North Carolina bill that no person working between Il and 15 years of age shall be employed in textile mills during the public school months, 'unless such person has previously, during
The age-herald., 1901-02-03

Anent the proposed legislation to regulate the employment of children in mills and factories, a brief review of similar legsla- tion in other States may be of interest. The hours of labor are limited in indus trial pursuits in the great majority of the States, and the limitation of women's hours in factories practically results in similar limitation for men where both are employed.
 No person, according to the North Caro- lima bill now pending in the Legislature under Il years of age shall be employed Ill textile factories. Massachusetts, Connerti- cut, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado abso- lutely prohibit the employment of children in factories below the age of IA; New Jer- sey and Louisiana below the age of 14 years for girls and 12 for boys; Pennsylva- mia and Ohio, below the age of 13; Maine, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Maryland, West Virginia, North Dakota and Tennessee, be- low the age of 12, while New Hampshire, Vermont, Nebraska and California put the age as low as 10. In Nebraska children un- der 12 cannot be employed in factories more than four months in the year, and in Wisconsin children under IA more than seven months.
 The bill, however, allows, by special agreement and for extra pay, the employ ment of persons over 15 years of age to work for any length of time agreed upon. Indiana has law of similar character es- tablishing eight hours as a legal days work, but permitting "oyerwork for extra compensation by agreement between em- ployer and employe." In Maine any wo- man over IS may contract for overtime not exceeding six hours in any one week,
The age-herald., 1901-02-03
THE LAWS REGULATING
 EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN

said school term, attended at least the said school of said district for the year he seeks employment As a general rule, such States as have statutes of this kind put the restrictive age two or more years higher than the age at which labor is ab solutely prohibited, and provide that chill dren under such higher age shall not be employed in mills factories during the public school hours, or except in vacation, or unless they have attended evening schools, as in the case of Massachusetts and Connecticut; or unless they can read and write, as in the case of New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut or have attended school for a prescribed time during the year preced- ing, as in the case of New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine and Connecticut Common ly an employment ticket is required from such children, as in the case of New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine and Connecticut, and a list of all who are employed under these provisions of the statutes is required to be posted in the factories employing them, as in Rhode Is- land, Massachusetts and Maine.
 The bill requires that when an employe chooses to sever his connection with a fac tory he shall give notice of such intention at least ten days before he quits, and when ever the factory desires to sever the con- nection of any of its employees, except for gross misbehavior it shall give such em- ploye at least ten days notice of such in- tention. In common law a contract to la bor for a definite time cannot be prema- turely determined by either party without liability for damages, except for cause.
 In orde to present this matter in a more precise form to be readily comprehended a table of labor hours in textile manufac- turing states is herewith given: