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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

hear that jolly old voice urging on
Dasher and Pranccr Bonner and Bit
zen, and all the rest of the famous old
mesfour-in-hand team. In other
words, reindeer as a motive power are
out Of date, and the metropolitan San
Ia Claus comes this year in an auto
mobile. Nor is this all of the new rev.
clation. The stores decorators have
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20
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-e4 Is ANNE. a .VJooDRUFF4
ANNE "A aWooDRUFE

Of IL. When folks git old and unlnter-
estin people don't banker after hayin'
'em round much, and Td'nO as blame
'em any. But when you git used to
yet own you miss 'em when they're
gone"
"Yes, indeed" said Mabel, fervcntly,
swallowing the lump in her throat with
difficulty. I'm so sorry you have to
live here all alone, Miss Church"
There's them as has ast me TO live
with them" she said, "but ! somehow
can't leave my home, where I've lived
all my lfe and Pd'no as | could git
along with 'em If J did. There's yer
brother come back"
Did you notice that rooster MIMI
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20
How TO Boil Fish.

If you have no fish kettle, tl9 your
fish up in a piece Of coase muslin 10
boil, so that there may be no delay
IN taking up when IL is done. Some
people say a slight rubbing with vine.
gar before cooking improves the flavor,
but in any case little should be added
10 the boiling water, as it whitens the
fish and makes it firmer. II should
never be allowed 70 boil fast, or il
Will be tough and favorless.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

better. | don't seem 10 feel nigh so
lonesome as / did. ! will let you take
off the pattern Of them mats when
you come. I'd just as lief you would
as not. A girl as smart as you be had
ought TO copy 'em in no time. Is that
you, Rob? Whatever is the matter
with the boy. ! guess he's got the
high STRIKES Good -night."-Chicago
Record Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20
ST. Nick by Automobile.

Good old Saint Nick comes to one Of
the uptown stores this holiday season
in sadly unpoctic vehicle. There will
be no clatter Of light hoofs or jingle
Of sleighbells TO mark his passage over
rOoftops in that vicinity on the night
before Christmas. No wicked chill
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20
The Way to Color Things to Ia,

A drop or two OF cochineal may be
added when you use rose flavor; a
little grated yellow rind Of orange will
give the desired color for orange flavor.
ing; and green is obtained from pis-
tachiO. Bitter almond is always used
with white, also vanilla. The various
colorings sold for icings are used in
such small quantities that they are
harmless.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

In many parts of Philadelphia, par.
ticularly in the exposed single and twin
houses of West Philadelphia and The
suburbs, double sashes are employed
80 keep out the cold. A Swiss scientist
? has just completed an elaborate series
OF experiments TO determine the rela-
tive loss Of heat through glazed and
double glazed windows, which should
he of interest To many hOuseholders.
He finds that there is a decided ad-
vantage in the double sashes, the loss
OF heat being halved by their use. II
was further found that the distance
between the glass panes is an impor-
tant factor, a separation of, roughly
speaking, three 10 five inches, beng
the most efficient. AS was TO have
been expected a current of air directed
against the outside pane increased the
rate of loss, as did also the wetting
OF the panes.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

a new plan for securing pure ice,
without resorting to the use of arti
fetal methods has been devised 10y a
Milwaukee ice company, and will be
tried on a large scale this winter. This
pan is to pump water from Lake Mich
igan into a pond made especially for
the purpose on the lake shore, and har-
vest the ice there after ii has formed
The company has bought farm of
10 acres on the lake shore three miles
south Of Port Washington. The bluff
there is 40 feet high, and on top of
this n pond Of fifteen acres in extent
has been built. AS there is no sewage
system at Port Washington, the water
Of the lake at that point should be en-
tirely free from contamination and
should give as nearly pure ice as can
lie had by this means.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

you" said Mabel with ready sym.
pathy.
"Yes. tis." replied Miss Church. II
don't know how to stand IL sometimes.
When ! found Christmas was comm
1t pretty nigh made me sick to think
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

Uusband-"Do you think we can af.
forC to give away SO many Christmas
presents. dear?'
Wife -" That's no argument The
people who give us presents can't az.
ford IL. either" Puck
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

An inch Of rainfall the drops frozer
as they form into delicate crystals
will make ten inches Of SLOW Ladies
Home Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

The development Of new colonies de
pends largely upon soft wood for tele-
graph and railroad lines, mine timber
ing, buildings and other purposes.
Hard wood is too difficult TO work,
while in tropical climates the soft
wood is quickly destroyed by ferments.
worms, insects and other agencies, and
VI. Louis Balmes suggests that an i'm
portant part of the future equipment
for settling hot countries will be a
portable apparatus for rendering wood
antiseptic. Woods treated with creo-
sOte or sulphate Of copper have proven
very durable for railway sleepers. Sew
eral antiseptic processes are now
known, and it is known to be possible,
whether economical or not, 20 inject
the protective substance into every
part of the wood.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

mas either, and I'm coming 10 see you
often II you will let me-"
Come along. my dear" said Miss
Church. heartily. "Tbe oftener the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

Mica Is now being mined in consider
able quantities In North Carolina and
marketed In competition with the i'm
Iorted article. There are a number Of
active mines in the State. most Of
them. however, being worked on a
small scale 4 new outlet for the scrap
produced in mining is being sought in
the development OF "a new boiler-tube
covering. Electric machinery con.
tinues 10 create the chief demand for
mica, both foreign and native.
AT a recent meeting Of the Academy
Of Sciences, Paris, an account was
given OF the researches carried on IN
ancient Egypt on the mumified fishes
by NM. Lortet and Hugouneng. \
chemical analysis OF the mummified
specimens OF Lates niloticus showed
that the ash consisted largely OF com
mon salt and silicates. The fish are
in wonderful state OF preservation
and appear 10 have been enclosed Ia a
mixture Of clay and sand impregnated
with a large proportion OF alkaline
salts, especially sOdlum chloride.
II. Ebert has been experimenting for
some time trying 10 count the number
Of ions in air during different atmos-
pEeric conditions. He employs an as
pirator in which air is drawn between
the armatures Of a charged cylindrical
condenser, the potential being such
that the ions are driven to the sides
within the time taken by any portion
OF the air stream to pass through the
condenser. The results Of his expert.
ments show that the number Of ions
is very much larger in sunny weather
than il air flied with moisture or
dust. The number is small in any
ccse.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-20

n n ABEL CLIFFORD was out
N II of sorts. There was an un-
" happy expression closely
approaching a scowl upon
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24
A Clear Case Against the BOY.

81 had a funny dream last night"
said the young man to his father,
whose income was $4,000 an hour.
"It seemed that you had decided aot
to build libraries or universities that
would serve TO perpetuate your men,
ory, but. instead, had made up your
mind to withdraw from business-to
Just pull out with your SG2o oOO,ooo'
and let somebody else have the same
kind of a chance that you had when
you started, and the richest man in the
country was worth only about $780,
600.
Then, after throwing off all these
cares you got to filing your pockets
with money and going around hunting
for people who really needed lift
and every little while it seemed thai
you would run across somebody VINO
was just about 10 be compelled 10 give
up the struggle, and you'd give him
enough to set him on his feet or, at
least, TO make him comfortable in his
last hours, and then you'd stand back
and smile and seem to enjoy yourself
seeing the JOY you had given to others.
Sometimes you would fairly yell with
delight at the good things you had
done, and one of these outbursts
seemed so real that it cetually woke
NE up"
Great heavensr the troubled mag
nate eXclaimed; that wasn't dream
Your mother had an uncle thar went
insane I've always been afraid il
might crop out again, and now my
worst fears are realized. Here-Help|
Help!'-Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24
The New Baby-Carricr,

II has made its appearance at last,
and it is quite in keeping that Brook
lyn should be its birthplace. But what
will the comic weeklies do since it has
displaced the perambulator?
Passengers on n Fifth avenue ''L"
train the other night witnessed its ad
vent when man boarded the train at
the Bridge street station. In one hand
he carried an umbrella, in the other q
sacnel, while dangling in front, appar
entity without human support, was &
baby.
The people in the car Caped with
wonder, then there was a snicker, fol.
lowed by a general laugh. For on
closer investigation it was found that
the child was resting ON a wicker seat
much resembling the top of q vegeta-
BILE basket. To this was securely
clamped two steel hoops, which held
the child in firmly, while a leather
strap was fastened to these hoops and
passed around the fathers neck.
SAY that feller could give squaw
a point or two on carrin' pappoose,
couldn't hep remarked a fat man in
the corner and all agreed that he
could.-New York Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24
A Mean S~
' s~ Deception

A. flustered young woman, out of
breath as though from walking fast,
rushed up the steps of the United
States mint at Philadelphia the other
day and asked to he directed to the bu
reau of information. There isn't
any," replied the uniformed messan-
ger, a very fat man. Perhaps | can
tell you what you want to know" Per
haps you can," said the young woman,
producing a copy of frivolous weekly
paper. 81 want to know if this is
true" She pointed TO paragraph
which read: Among the curiosities
of collecting is the fact that 1901 cents
now bring about $40 in the coin mar
ket." The fat messenger adjusted his
glasses and scrutinized the paragraph.
While he was thus engaged he began
to laugh and showed to others in the
department the paragraph. Ther fol-
lowed combined roars Of laughter.
Through it all the young wor,an stood
expectantly lingering four bright, new
ally the fat messenger regained his
breath sufficiently to gasp; It's .
joke Don't you see? I'll give you $19
for 1901 pennies, and I'll be a cent
ahead of the game. See?" A great
light seemed to dawn in the mind Of
the young woman. Il dare ny, it's
very funny" she seid, but 1 don't
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24
REACHING
THE POLE.
Herr AnSchutz-
Kampfe Outlines
His Own Pian.SSs

dispensable on account of the g 1t
pressure to which it will be suH ct
from water. It's form will be I'll of
an ellipsoid of rotation, with a -tJor
axis of 70 feet and breadth o. 26
feet, giving displacement of 500 TONS.
To obyiate rolling the center of grav-
ity will be placed as low as possible.
The capacity of the interior will be 8,
500 cubic feet, which allows suficlen
air for five men for fifteen hours, ii
carbonic acid evolved being remove
by combination with caustic sod
Propulsion will be effected by hori-
zontal and vertical screws, the forme1
of 40, the latter of horse power, this
last being sufficient to counteract the
tendency to rise; while the motive
power is to be supplied by petroleum
motor through the medium of 220
volt accumulator. One hundred and
fifty tons of petroleum will be taken,
or more than ten times the quantity
needed for the 600 miles voyage to
the pole from Spitzbergen, to which.
or rather to the edge of the ice, the
submarine boat will be towed. On ar
rival at the pack the direction of the
first open water will be taken by COM
pass, and, the boat being submerged,
a course will be steered for it. If,
after an hour or so the light shows
that an opening has been reached the
vertical screw will be stopped and the
boat will rise by it's own buoyancy and
in case of wide opening or channel
leading northwards the voyage will be
continued on the surface, giving an op-
portunity for scientific work. Suppos-
ing no CLEAN of light appears when
six hours have elapsed an ascent to
the lower surface of the ice will be
made with caution and the voyage
continued slowly until by the reading
of the manometer it is found that
thin place has been reached. Here at
tempts will be made by blasting to eff
feet an opening, which, however small,
will be sufficient to supply air for an
other fifteen hours; while in the case
of failure there will be still time to
return to the last opening that has
been left, whence the voyage will be
prosecuted in slightly different direc-
ton. But both assumptions made
that of an uninterrupted ice field more
than IS miles in diameter, and of one
so continuously thick as to defy all ef-
forts at disruption-are entirely con-
tradicted by all previous experiences
Philadelphia Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24

"Have you ever been over the big
bridge?" asked q Wall Street man tie
other day.
"a few times; why CO you ask"
was the reply.
"Well, had to go over to Brooklyn
the other day. First time 1 had
crossed the bridge in years; and L
made q discovery. l don't mean that
| discovered the bridge, or Brooklyn,
but did find the Brooklyn face.
Talk about the bicycle face or The
automobile squint, they are not n
marker to it. If you want to see 1t
reflected on a few hundred thousand
features, just take a stand between
the IL" ticket booths anC the first
stairway some time between . and G
o'clock at night.
"As the crowds sweep to the ticket
booth they appear sane and clothed in
their right mind; but once the ticket
is bought, the transformation begins.
First n sort of hunted expression steals
over the features; then the eyes are
narrowed to a squint, but as the per-
son nears the ticket chopper they
gradually widen and begin to roll
wildly. The teeth are firmly set, the
chin tilted outward and the head is
thrown forward. A slight imitation Of
the nostrils just before the final rush
is made and all is lost in the whirling
yorte-; Oh the stairway. New York
Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24

Since the publication Of the blog.
raphy of the Ameer OF Afghanistan
the British Indian Government has
kept "A watchful eye on his doings, as
several recent acts of his have thrown
doubts ON the sincerity of his devotion
to British interests
First there were the prohibition OF
the export OF horses to India and the
prohibition CT the imports into his
country of Indian salt. Then there
came the occupation of certain STRAIT
egic points ON roads near the from
tier by which the British armies ad.
vanced into Afghanistan in past WAYS.
Tie latest incident to call attention 10
the Ameer's attitude is the fact that
he has not drawn his subsidy of eigh'
teen lacs of rupees for the past year,
which is paid him annually by the
British Indian Government. The In
dian Finance Minister has, however,
made provision in case the Ameer
should wish to touch his subsidy, and
the money is lying at his disposal in
the Indian Treasury.-New York Sun
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24

At a recent meeting of the Vienna
Geographical society Herr Anschutz-
Kampfe described as his own a plan of
reaching the North Pole, which, how
ever, was suggested some years ago
by a Swede, but for the execution of
which he is now having vessel built
by German marine engineers at Will
helmshaven. His plan is to reach the
pole by means of a submarine boat,
passing under the ice of the Arctic
ocean. In his address, as reported by
the Geographical Journal, Herr An
schutz-kampfe said: The main fac
tors affectir the practicability of the
scheme arc: First, the extent of the
separate ice fields in the polar sea,
and, secondly, the depth below the
surface to which the ice reaches.
From extensive study as well as per-
sonal observation the speaker had ar
rived at the conclusion that the aver
age maximum depth of the pack ice
may be taken to be so feet, while the
mean thickness does not exceed 16 to
20 feet. Land ice reaching in the form
of icebergs a depth below water sur
face of several hundred feet may, he
thinks, from its virtual absence from
the seas in question, be left out of
consideration, while our present
knowledge of the depths attained by
the polar basin justifies the opinion
that reefs of rocks rising towards the
surface of the ocean are not to be eX-
pected. The proposed vessel will be
capable of descending to a depth of 100
feet at which it will be entirely re-
moved from the influence of cold,
storms, and ice-pressure, and the way
to the pole will be therefore open.
The length of time during which it
will be able to remain below the sur
face is calculated at a maximum of
fifteen hours, which at the modest rate
of 3 knots allows it to cover a dis
tance of 80 miles, whereas the COM
bined experience of polar voyagers
shows that continuous fields of pack
ice never exceed a maximum diameter
of English miles. In the improbable
case of no opening being met with
within the fifteen hours there remains
the possibility of opening a way by
blasting at weak point in the ice, to
be indicated without possibility of mis-
take by the help of the manometer.
The risk of collision will be minimiZed
not only by the slow rate of motion,
but by the great power of resistance
to be possessed by the ship, and in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24

A polished floor in worllhouse
seems rather out Of place, and in the
case OF OLD people it is certainly dan
serous luxury, says the Westminster
Gazette. according to the evidence
given at an inquest on an aged inmate
Of the Holborn Union Workhouse, the
death was caused by slipping on pol.
ished floor. The polish undoubtedly
looks we'll and keeps clean, but it is
trying at times. Many graceful en-.
trance TO room has been converted
into wild and ludicrous scramble by
stepping on rug or mat lying on the
slippery surface. Instead Of grasping
your hosts hand you land on your own
back or on his front. For old and fee.
bic people the exercise is extremely
risky.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24
RUBBER HISTORY.
Man That Came With Columbus Saw
Haytians Playing Ball.

The world was long time learning
the uses and value Of rubber. For two
centuries after the Spaniards saw the
gum in the hands of natives of the
New World it was little more than a
curiosity. Old Herrea, who went with
Columbus on his second voyage, made
a note of an elastic ball which was
nodded from the gum of tree. At
their games the nude Haytians made it
bound high in the air. The Aztecs were
familiar with the gum and called it
ule, and from them the Spaniards
learned to smear it on their coats to
keep out the wet. They had crossed
the seas for gold, and never dreamed
of time when the sticky milk the un-
couth Indians drew from strange trees
would be worth more than all the
treasures Of the hills. ION February
%, 1899, n ship carrying a cargo of
1167 tons of rubber valued at S2,210,-
600 sailed from Para for New York,
leaving 200 tons behind on the WHARF.
Jose King of Portugal in 1866, comes
down to us as the wearer of q pair of
boots sent out to Para to be covered
with waterproof gum. Yet 800 years
We're TO elapse before Il Connecticut
Yankee should make pair OF boots of
rubber which would not decompose.
DR.. Priestly, author of a work on
retrospective" now forgotten, recorded
that caoutchouc pronounced kachook)
was useful in small cubes for rubbing
out pencil marks-hence the name rub
Der. The India linked with it refers
to the savages who gathered it in the
Amazon wilderness. DR.. Priestly's
cubes were half an inch long and sold
for three shillings, or seventy five cents
apiece. A stiff price for the finest rub
ber to-day is 81 pound. Its price for
ten years ha. ranged from siXty-two
cents to $109. The conversion of the
gum to useful purposes made but slow
headway. The first waterproof cloth
in 1897 was the work of an English
man. 1t was tentative, and of course
it would not stand heat. In 1923
Charles Macintosh of Glasgow, dis
covered naphtha, and, dissolving rub
Der in it, produced a varnish which,
when spread on cloth, made it really
impervious to water. AS late as 1850
the importation of rubber into Eng
land amounted only to 10000 pounds.
In 1899 no less than 16,0T5,584 pounds
were consumed in that country, and
the consumption in the United States
reached 51,G06737 pounds. Most of
the rubber used in the world still
comes from equatorial South America,
and the forests where the Indians gath
cred ule are as dense to-day and al
most as little known to white men as
in the time of Cortez.-H. o. Arm
strong, in Ainslee's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24
The Booming
" " South

Twenty years ago. by the census If
south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers.
The 1900 census shows 800 mills with
more than 100000 spindles and at
least 500, 900 spindles more to be added
within the next few months in mills
now under construction. The most
rapid increase in the history of cotton
manufacture in the south is now 60
ing on. In Georgia alone As new mills
with 263,676 new spindles and 5000
looms, representing an investment Of
$780, 900, were put in operation last
year. They are all of the latest type,
both in construction and equipment,
and many of them are run by elec-
tricity. During the previous year
Georgia built 9S new mills with 27SGO0
spindles and 4,710 looms, which repre-
sented an equal amount of capital.
More than 70 per cent of the stock of
The Georgia mills is owned by local
capitalists.
North Carolina stands next to
Georgia in progress, and On the line
of the Southern railway alcne today
no less than 123 cotton mills, repre-
senting a capital of S14,227 $50, and
consuming 34O,132 bales Of cotton ev-
cry year.
Few people realize what this means
to the south, not only in giving en-
ployment to the people, but in the saw
ing of transportation charges, commits
sion and other items that go to make
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-24
Tie Electric Eei,s Victim.

At the geological Gardens n large
electric eel was swimming in its tank
with more activity than usual, when
a big cockroach fell into the water,
and in its efforts to get out made a
disturbance of the surface, which at.
tracted the attention Of the eel. The
eel turned round, swan past it, dis.
charged its battery at about eight
inches eff, and the cockroach instant
~ stopped stone dead. 1t did not even
move its antennae after. The eel then
proceeded TO swallow its victim, and
the narrator goes on to point out the
curious circumstance that the fish,
which weighed about twelve pounds,
should find it worth while TO fire its
heavy artillery at creature an inch
and half long when it could easily
have swallowed it sans facon.-Cham.
bers's Journal.