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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-24
Phones. eOo.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. S11O0-Two Broom cottages on lot close ini rents for SIS per month; white tenants; $7O0 cash, balance 2 years. beautiful homes on easy payments; nice location.
 $3750-Nice home and lot, all modern; 18th street, South Highlands. $1SOO-Nice cottage, Humbolt avenue. $3250-Lot 50x140; broom cottage on front, two 3-room cottages on alley; rents well.
 $5O00-Lot 100x145; corner 17th street; g. story Groom house; South Highlands $4250-Lot 50x192; S-room house; all mod ern; 30th street south. $235O-Lot 50x165; fronts south; 18th ave- nue. between 18th and 16th streets, South Highlands. $2SoO-Lot 5Ox165 Groom cottage; modern; 18th avenue, South Highlands. S165O-Lot 53x115; corner 14th avenue and 18th street. Jonesville; 5-room cottage, barn, coal house and stables. 5 nice homes, sold on easy payments; West End; prices from S1S0O to $250O. $325O-Lot 63x19O; 7-room cottage; north. $1400-5-room cottage; 18th street, Avenue E.
 $2000-6-room cottage, nice lot; West End; $500 cash, balance 1, 2 and 8 years. MALONE REAL EST. & lNS. COM.
 PANY, AGENTS. 2C17 1st Avenue. Both Phones 613
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

bench, while. Barney whitfield away
making things for the boys.
Squirt-g guns were favorites with us,
for the river was near at hand, hut
Barney's squirt-guns of elder would
crack after little. SO we demanded
better ordnance for our midsummer
warfare wall" said Barney, bring
me down an ole tishin pole an Wen
see" That very afternoon half n dozen
poles were turned over TO Barney
They were common 10-cent bamboo
rods, but well-seasoned by many a
fishing excursion Barney began by
cutting of joint about an inch in
diameter and eight inches long. like
Fig. l In the accompanying illustration.
one end being left closed and the other
open. Next he cut from the little end
of the rod straight, slender Joint
about three inches long and one.third.
inch in diameter in the centre, like Fig
in the illustration. Like the big joint
this one was open at one end and
closed NJ the other. Barney cut a hole
through the closed or iointed end OF
the little piece with the small blade
Of his penknife. Then he cut hole
in the closed end of the large joint,
this hole being large enough TO permit
the small piece, or nozzle, 10 slip
through up 10 the joint with little
hard driving. Barney then cut out
two little half-disks of wood, which
together would lit closely into the open
end of the large joint or reservoir.
These bits of wood were over half an
inch thick and made of pine. They
were followed out so that when they
were placed together 20 form a perfect
disk there was a hole over one quarter
Of an inch in diameter In the centre
(see Fig. y. This was TO give play to
the driver or piston. which was the
next thing made. Ii consisted OF n
piece of hickory. one foot long one
fourth Of an inch in diameter through
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

place. and the squirt-gun was COM
pleted. as you see II In Fig. .. All that
remained 10 do was 10 stick the nozzle
In the water. pull out the driver Til
II struck the cap, and the machine
was loaded for an attack upon any sort
Of an enemy. A squirt-gun Of this kind
when once well soaked would last all
summer or longer.
The little pocket arrow gun shown
in the illustration was simply joint OF
bamboo with one end open. and the
other closed an oblong hole about one.
half inch wide and two inches long
near the closed end, and a spring made
Of hickory 10 fit the opening. The ar.
row was inserted In the muzzle and 10
send II killing one simply had 20 hold
the gun In the hand. pull back the
spring with the finger and then let II
fly.
Barneys whistles were usually made
Of willow, but sometimes he would
make monster from smooth piece
Of poplar For lusty, deep-voiced whis.
ties Barney selected straight willow
branches a Bit over one-half inch in d.
ameter. Cutting the branch into pieces
six inches in length. be put these 10
soak In pail Of water. After an
hour or two he would take out one OF
the pieces, cut circle around IL al the
centre, and begin softly hammering the
bark with the back Of his knife max
ing sure 10 pound every portion OF the
bark which be intended 10 remove.
When the bark was thus loOsened
from the wood Barney grasped IL in
his fat right hand and slowly twisted
II around until II was perfectly free
from the wood. Then be slipped il
off. Beginning about an inch from the
end Of the now exposed piece OF wood
Barney would cut away the wood on
one side and toward the back until he
had whitfield out a depression fully
an inch and a half long and over
quarter OF an inch deep. Next he
cut silver of the upper side OF the
piece OF wood left at the end-just
enough 10 permit the entry Of air after
the bark was replaced Putting the
bark back in place, Barney cut a small
opening in the bark and above the air
chamber now made by the depression
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Tho Land of sh hut-your-Eyes,


There is a land you may not know,
Although 10 close IL hes.
I'll tell its name-but whisper low
It's the Land Of Shut Your Eyes.
To find ity Why, just lie quite stil
When dusk begins 20 creep,
And close your eyehds with will
Don't take a single peep.
And first you know you'n not be here,
But in q wondrous place,
Where Jabberwocks and Pinquins queer
Will smile up in your face.
Where Brownies, Gnomes and fairy folk,
With Goops and Injuns, too,
Will crowd around you thick as smoke,
And whisper Jokes 20 you.
There never was land 30 strange,
Nor yet more nice 20 see
Each time you look the people change;
They couldn't queerer be-
And oh, the funny things they do
The way they jump and prancel
Don't let them lay hand - you
Unless you love 10 dance.
They dance all night the funny things,
They caper and they smile,
They hy-althOugh not all have wings
They chatter all the while.
To know them is great delight,
So. children, If you're wise,
You'll pay a visit every night
To the Land Of Shut YOurEyes
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
wAsHISGTOS ITEMS.

Time for the completion Of the seven
submarine boats was extended by the
Government from two 20 seven months.
Distribution Of flower and vegetable
seeds by the Government Will be start
ed September ], three months earlier
than usual.
Minister WI Ting-fang was notified
that he will not be relieved by Sir
LANG Cheng, the new Chinese Minis
ter 10 the United States, until about
January ].
Government officials expressed salts
faction over their experience with arbi-
tration in the last six years; sixteen
cases have been submitted. only two OF
which were lost by the United States.
President Roosevelt approved the
court-martial sentences Of Major Glenn
and Lieutenant Gaujot for cruelty 10
Filipinos. and disapproved the acquit-
tai Of Lieutenant Cook.
II was stated that Consul General
Bragg was likely 10 be recalled or
transferred from Havana as a result OF
his criticism OF the Cubans.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

A free telegraph school was estab-
lished by the Interior Department Of
Porto Rico.
The Hawaiian Attorney General rem
dered an opinion that the former
Queen, Liliuokalani, must pay an in
come tax on the pension Of $500 a
year which she receives from the Ter
ritorial treasury.
Several robber bands were forced to
Zee in LuzOn, +. |.
The typhOon which prevailed over
Central LuzOn for some days subsided.
A quiet meeting in opposition TO the
friars was held at Manila.
An analysis of the water at Manila
showed that IL was uncontaminated.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
How 10 Max. sauIrt-Guns.

One-legged Barney. as we boys used
10 call him, was the railway bridge
tender as n means Of livelihood, but
his profession was making squirt-guns
pop-guns, corn-6ddles and whistles for
the lads Of the town. His little round
house upon the high grade near the
river was only short way from n
thicket Of willows and elder bushes.
From morning till night he would
sft by his door, his red signal flag
propped against his knee, and his
wooden leg resting on stool, where II
served the purpose of n carpenters
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
scent of the Rattier.

When the rattlesnake is excited and
angry you can smell him a quarter of
a mile. lie perspires freely In ner-
vous III. aad the odor of his cutaneous
secretion fills the air. Curious emo.
tions are produced by odors reminis-
cent Of certain events In ones life.
Each Of Us has experienced them. Per
sons afflicted with rheumatism aud
eout often suffer the most extraordi-
nary night sweats. and for weeks az.
ferward their garments retain an odor
peculiar TO the individual sleeping in
them. The most careful laundering
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
FOREIGN.

Paul van der WORT, past commander
OF the Grand Army Of the Republic,
died III Puerto Principe, Cuba.
Cardinal Gotti was chosen TO succeed
the late Cardinal Ledochowski as Pre-
feet of the Propaganda.
Generals Botha. De Wet and Delarey
sailed for England from Cape Town,
South Africa.
The President of Ecuador will ask
the Congress Of that country for an ap-
preparation TO send an exhibit 10 the
ST. Louis Exposition.
Earl Beauchamp prominent Con-
servative leader, went over to the Lib
eral party in England, causing much
talk.
The outlook for woman suffrage in
the Australian Confederation was said
by Premier Barton 10 be excellent.
Official reports at ST. Petersburg
showed cholera 10 be spreading with
terrible rapidity in Manchuria.
Germanys exports 10 the United
States increased S2,750.O00 during the
last fiscal year
In a collision of Malacca, Straits
Settlement. between the British steam
ers Prince Alexander and Ban-Hin-
Guam, the former vessel was sunk and
forty lives were lost.
The United States hattleship Illinois
was drydocked at Chatham. England.
for repairs because OF running aground
at Christiania.
A sword subscribed for IN Cape Town
was presented 10 Lord Kitchener in
London, and he said he hoped IL would
not be unsheathed in South Africa.
Ii was reported in Rome that the
Vatican had decided 70 remove the
friars from Manila before negotiations
with Governor Taft are renewed
Officials Of the French Minister Of
War welcomed Secretary Root on his
arrival I'm Havre and Paris.
The Baldwin Arctic expedition re-
turned 10 Norway after establishing
depots for n dash north next year.
The freedom Of the city Of Edin.
burgh. Scotland. was conferred on the
Colonial Premiers.
The provisional government OF Haiti
declared General Firman, the revolu.
tionary leader. an outlaw
Anxiety was expressed in Paris re-
garding the results OF the Anglo-Japan.
ese agreement on Korea
The last coping stone Of the Nile dam
at Assouan. Egypt. was laid.
Premier Balfour was reQuistioned by
the Tory leaders to distribute the
offices In financial proportion 10 the
numerical strength Of the Liberals and
Conservatives
Thirty thousand persons took part
In demonstrations In Paris growing out
OF the order for the expulsion Of un.
authorized religious teaching congrega.
tons
Insurgents in Nenezuela defeated ~.
lnforcements on the way 20 General
Castro. and captured a quantity oi
ammunition
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
DOMESTIC.

Charged with being an expert coun-
terfeiter Alfred :. Cunningham is un-
der arrest at Chicago
Governor White. of West Virginia,
offered $500 reward for the conviction
of any person engaged in the recent
lyncbings in Randolph County.
DR.. l.. VI. Eagle, Of Beaumont, Texas,
wealthy and prominent, committed sui
eide.
Grand Duke Boris, cousin of the
Gar, reached San Francisco, Cal, for
a tour of the United States.
Federal officers discovered that Chi
namen were being smuggled into Texas
from Mexico in prairie schooners.
Miss Anna B. Collier, OF Worcester.
and Miss Jean Brown, OF Detroit,
Mich, were caught by the undertow
while bathing at Hull, Mass, and
drowned.
While attempting 10 cross n swollen
river at Elm Springs, Texas. Mr..
Hardy was drowned, making five
deaths attributable 10 the floods there.
Captain II. b. McCaila and his fam
lily reached New York City, he having
bctu OIutlCu IOlIe IIOlu CulDd.
An unknown negro, apparently with
out cause, shot and killed Arthur A.
Schneider. at Chicago, and escaped.
Albert Edward Tower, whose wife
killed her son and herself at Pough-
keepsle, y. Y, last April, will wed Miss
Mary Towne Bogardus, former tele-
phone girl,
a premature blast at the Clay Mine,
New Cumberland, w. Va, killed two
miners, who leave large families.
Angry from drinking, John Dicken-
son shot and killed Roe and Jack Dyer
at picnic at Vanceburg, Ky.
Bad feeling over a lawsuit caused
the murder of Sherman Dyer by Berry
Donahue at Luttrell, Tenn.
The Coroner's Jury that investigated
the Johnstown, Pa, mine disaster, ex-
onerated the company from blame.
The cloudburst in New York State
effected nearly eighty square miles OF
territory and caused nearly S250,O00
damage.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Guard Against Reporters.

To-day at the Hotel Cecil Mr. Sed-
don's guard of honor was furnished by
New Zealanders. fine. trapping-look.
ing fellows in their yellow-gray uni
forms. with brown CATERS. clanking
spurs. and big hats turned up at one
side. These citizen soldiers and elect
ors OF New Zealand are highly pleased
at mounting guard over their Premier
What are you men doing hereT
asked a resident at the hotel of one OF
the troopers.
"Wen. it's this way" answered the
man. "Our old man Dick Seddon Is
stopping inside. and as he sometimes
gets too communicative 20 please Mr..
Chamberlain. the War Office has sent
us. IN the interests Of Imperial peace.
TO head OF reporters. Are you in the
newspaper line, sirT - Manchester
Guardian.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08


holding
Almighty what
glorfy Gold forever"
antiquity The Bible the whose right hands
n
tihcations
bries policy
universal wealth
We
principle We and walk should
remembering
Many of the hangerson the millionaire
seeking
his
Character TO
to
of
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
.Inmen Settled IL.

Two boys in a rural Scotch district
were one day discussing what sign II
was when the cuckoo is heard for the
first time in the year. One of them
said IL was sign of getting married,
while the other said il was sign that
you were going 10 be rich. A farmer
overhearing them. said. THAT cannot
he true, because l have heard IL many
times, and | am not married yet, and
| am certainly not rich Just then a
local worthy, known rs Daft jamie"
was passing by, and the farmer said:
Jamie, can you tell us what sign it is
when you hear the cuckoo for the first
timer" Yes" said Jamie, as he took
his pipe from his mouth; Its sign
you're not deaf"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

I'm the wood and the bark covering It,
This opening was just back of the
piece OF wood that formed the mouth.
piece of the whistle. Sometimes be.
fore slipping the bark in place Barney
would drop a pebble in the air cham.
ber Then when the whistle was com.
pleted il would warble whenever
blown. one peculiarity of Barney's
whistles was that after they had dried
the bark seemed to have grown back
TO the wood and they lasted ever so
long Chicago Record Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
1he Philosophy Of Naughtiness


W imbeclty
~ / ~ morbid moral defect in
dependent
' intellectual failure IL clearly and parcel Of the
mpeection Of
Will
There children lie without ami
children should njure
commit mdemeanor within
children
show intellectual deficiency Surely defect
intellectual deficiency Still
while
periods which
teaching
os Of the old schoomaster who said that when he found boy co
while
education
equally careful training that resduum which
found ALL
shameless children whose condition allied mbecty
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

out its length. excepting at the top and
bottom. The top was broadened on;
to fit the palm Of the hand. and the
lower portion was left a little larger.
that IL might be wound with cloth until
II fitted the inside Of the reservoir
snugly (see Fig. A.. The next thing TO
do was TO soak the wound end OF the
driver in llnseed oil insert Il in the
reservoir, put the two cap piece In
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

II don't understand" said the grocer,
clerk. why Mr.. Rnblico writes -four
capital NXXXs after his name. What
do they meanT"
Mean a lot" replied Uncle Jim from
the cracker barrel: hes ex-Justice OF
the Peace. ex-Mayor. ex-senator. and
experienced in politlcsw-Clncinnati
Commercial. Tribune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

In Cuba cabbages frequently weigh
as much as twenty pounds. All vege-
tables do well Radishes may be eaten
from fourteen 20 eighteen days after
sowing. lettuce In Eve weeks after sow.
ng. while corn produces three crops
per year. Sweet potatoes are per-
petual The natives dig up the tubers.
cut them OF and plant the old vines.
which produce a new crop in three
months. All sorts Of fruit. horticul-
tural and greenhouse plants and
bulbous stocks are also grown.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

fails TO remove IT, II must gradually
fade away. This leads me to believe
that the odor Of the human skin is like
unto musk. the power Of which to i'm.
part odor is such that polished steel
win become fragrant Of II IL the metal
be shut In n box where there is musk.
contact not being necessary. New
York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Mere Pleasantly.

PbotoSraphcr-"EXcuse me, sir, but
you have been sitting on your hat the
last ten minutes"
Customer-Cfurious)-"Well, why in
thunder didn't you tell me before"
Photographers wished you to look
pleasant, sir,"-New York News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
About Old Ironeides.

Old lronsides was n title popularly
conferred upon the United States frig-
ate Constitution, which was launched
at Boston. September 20, 1877. She be.
came greatly celebrated on account of
the prominent part she took in the
bombardment of Tripoli in 1904 and
for the gallantry displayed by her Of.
hcers and men during the War of 1872.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
DigtanCed.

Woggles-"What is your business" .
Sappe-"My pursuit is the realization
of the highest ideals of the human
intellect"
Woggies-"How many laps are you
behind San Francisco Bulletin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
He Had Experience.

Dick-"My tailor says he won't make
another suit for me until | pay him
something on account. What am 20.
ing TO do?"
Ned-"Get another tailorE'-Somcr.
Vile Mass Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Wise Willie.

Sisters Beau-"Your sister expects
me to stay TO supper tonight, doesn't
she?"
Willie aged six)-"Sure; and she said
if you stayed as late as you did last
night she thought she'd ask you TO
stay 70 breakfast. Baltimore World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
One md Only One.

HE has a picture OF his sweetheart
inside his watch"
Indeed. Well, be looks so happy
lately, ! thought there must be a wom-
an IN the case. ."-Philadelphia Bulletin
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
lie Didn't.

"Do you believe in signs?
"No. A dentists sign reading Teeth
Extracted Without Pain fell the other
day just as l went uGder 1t and
knocked out two teeth of mine"'-
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
IL Wnuld Seem So.

He-"Women are getting more or
their rights every day"
She-"Yes but they have 10 stand up
for them in the street cars."-Chiragc
News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
The biggest Balloon.

The biggest balloon ever mace was,
10y a German named Ganswendt about
twenty years ago. Its capacity was
10000 cubic yards. II weighed twenty.
one and a half tens. and would raise
three and q half tons into the air.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Most Desirable Exemption.

She-"I wish ! were q bird"
He-"So you could fly to my arms"
She-"No; so ! couldn't have the
Chicago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

II is said that the New York Central
will be obliged TO raise its tracks ele-
ven inches ali the way between New
York and Buffalo. in order TO get In
the new stone foundation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Nionppo1y of Ideas

II wonder if she regrets her mar
riageW
why should she?'
We'll, you know they're both liter
ary. and now her husband thinks him
self entitled to every bright idea she
has. Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Looking Backward.

And how did you feel as that hor-
rble automobile was passing over
yOu?"
"All run down."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
A Crafty Kid.

How nice Of you 10 look after your
little brother so carefully"
"Yes'm. He's got er penny. New
York Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
The Reason.

why, goodness sakes, your DOB
wags his tail up and down"
ooh, yes; you see he was raised In a
fiat"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
The Trsubies Of Those Who Try.

They tell US just 10 do our best
And be exempt from woe;
The things we think are best the rest
May not see that way, though;
The hero may be prone 20 blow
About poor fights he's fought;
The gentle poet may not know
His masterpiece from rot.
Chicago cord-Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

The bal collector lie one man who is
seldom out Of a job.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
As Near IA He Came.

"Oh, Harry. were you never bit by
fair Cupid's dartT
Nope; but Jimmy Mulligan swatted
me wild er rock onct. New York Jour
nal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08

giving the date
Of
a
anything social life
business training seldom
England
benefit
to be
what others explain
made lack OF time We
II
required that everything be done quickly.
quickly generally with sufficient for all practical
methods arriving
a
a
all successful
usually the slow grinding fellows but the with Ideas who
the details They
build buildings drill
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Fortunes Made I'm Tips.
By John GiImer Speed.

box and divide equally That
rs S Paris believe a country,
&S the tipping that the walters
@S@ w privilege
highest while
quite prepared to have him tell be had
college
in IL He
he
For his fathers sake well his hope his
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
II II ~
Wealth. Worship is q Char
acter-C r-Crushing Calamity
BY Edwin Markham.


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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Better Still.

Rolling stones gather no moss"
Maybe not; but they pick up lot
OF polish. New York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-08
Americas Most Successful
Failing---Inaccuracy
BY DR.. I. X. Funk. photographer and Publisher.


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