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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
ADevelopm.nt of the Editor

An essay on The Boston News
papers" in the Bookman throws some
light on the development of the mod
cyn editorial. The earlier newspapers
had ne editorials. Attempts TO mould
public opinion took the form Of letters
signed "Publius." "Junius" and like
Latin names. such. for instance. as the
letters which make up the FederaliSt
The writer in the Bookman claims for
Boston the honor of originating the
present editorial form The Boston
Daily Advertiser and Repertory, the
first successful Boston daily, was
founded in 1913. and the next year
passed into the hands Of Nathan Hale,
nephew of the spy of the Revolution.
Hale began TO substitute leading arti-
cles written in the office for those for
merly furnished by the stalwart
Romans, "Fabius," "Honestus," Nov.
Angus" "Laco" and "Massachuset-
cstus." The fashion set by the Adyer-
tiser was widely copied. and at length
became general. Mr.. Hale came 10
take such pride in his innovation that
when distinguished men like Everett
and Webster offered articles for use as
editorial he insisted on printing them
as communications. Only the stan
men were allowed 10 write the regular
editorial comment.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
His Narrow Prison.

In old times prisoners were some
times confined in cells that gave them
no room. either 10 stand upright or 10
lie at full length A more distressing
! experience, although happily IL did
not last very long, befell an old plains
man, who tells the story in the Los
Angeles Times. On nipping zero day
In February he started from a Mon.
tana ranch in pursuit OF buffalo.
Il must have gone thirty miles at
least before sighting my game four
COW buffalOes and one bull. / got them
all. and then. giving my horse his head,
| undertook 10 skin the buffalOes, but 1t
was new work for me and slow. II be-
gan 10 get dark 10y the time ! had
finished the job, and when ] looked
around there was no horse in sight.
II concluded then that ] would have
10 walk back 10 the ranch; but / dis
liked 10 leave the hides and il was
cloudy and never "A star 10 show me my
course. After studying the matter
over for a while, ! laid two OF the
hides down fiat tOgcthc~. hairy SIDE up,
stretched myself at one edge and be-
gan to roll myself up. careful 10 leave
an airhole AT the top for breathing
purposes. The hides were so limp that
they conformed well 10 the shape Of
my body, and the comfortable feeling
Of being warm soon put me 10 sleep.
When / awOkc and tried TO stretch
and turn over ! found il was impOSsi.
bic. / tried 10 move my arms but that
was no more 10 be done than if had
been bound and rebound with rope. |
had rolled myself mp in two green
hides and they had frozen hard max.
ing me prisoner
"Thc idea of cutting my way out
with knife occurred to me. but Try as
might | could not reach my pocket.
II was like being tied to plank.
when would relief get to. me, or
would il come At allf The boys knew
about what direction | had taken, but
they might not be alarmed enough 10
start out ana look me mp in time Then
il was getting dusk again and another
night Of torture was before me. Could
| endure il and live?
Suddenly / thought | heard voices.
Then came the tramp Of horses feet,
and soon ! was shouting and being
answered. The fellows could not find
me at first. but following the sound OF
my voice traced me and took i'm the
situation at glance. They pulled
grass and piled it on each side of me.
set ii atire and in quarter OF an
hour my prison walls were thawed
apart. But the boys had TO rub me
a long time before / was able TO stand
up"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
An Amnsinr Trick with Fire.

Soak piece of linen thread in n
strong solution of salt two tablespoon
fuls OF water 10 one tablespoonful OF
saln. Take IL out and let IL dry. re.
peating this three or four times before
YOU are ready for the performance Of
this marvellous trick
show the piece Of thread 20 the audi
ence. and as the thread will look like
an ordinary piece OF linen thread. no
body will know that Il has been pre-
pared. suspend n light ring from
the thread: set fire 20 the thread and
burn IL up. The ring will stay sus-
pended. although the thread is burnt.
This experiment must be executed
with great care. as a fine fibre Of salt
suspends the ring instead Of the burnt
thread and the least bit Of draft or
shaking will spoil the experiment. This
trick can also be done in the following
manner: Take a small piece Of muslin
and lie a piece of linen thread to each
II the four corners. as the figure
shows. forming a sort Of hammock.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
Invasion of Canada.

The american invasion" Of Canada
j. assuming proportions that are al
most alarming 10 those who fear the
future domination OF settlers from the
States Ii is estimated that in the first
seven months OF the present year over
5.OO0.OOO acres of land in Manitoba and
Northwest Canada have been pur-
chased by citizens Of the United States.
\ recent issue OF the Medicine Hat
News says: The influx OF settlers 70
the Canadian West is simply wonder
full. At Medicine Hat we are In a po-
>Ition TO size up the great incoming, es-
pec!ally OF Americans. as we see here.
daily. train load after train load OF
would-hc settlers. bringing with them
carloads Of miscellaneous effects
horses. cattle. implements. household
stuff. Tpa rush - settlers Is unprcce-
dented. and is taxing the railways 20
the limit 10 handle the business in con.
necton with their trade"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
Colors Wrong Side In.

Miss Nellie Regan. 4 young tCaclCr
in charge of flock Of youngsters at {
little red school house near Croton. RI
Ceived an unexpected visit from Sem
ator Depew. on Tuesday. according *
the Ionkers Statesman. Mr. DepeN
was driving from the CrotOn railroad
station 10 Palmer's Hotel AS he passed
along the highway he saw the school
house and looked TO see If the flag
was flying. The emblem was waving
in the breeze. but Mr.. Depew noticed
that the Stars and Staripes were upside
down. The Senator climbed up the III.
10 the school house. The children were
at their studies. Miss Regan came e
the door My dear Miss. please eXs
cuse me-" said the Senator. as he stood
smiling hat in hand. II was passing
this way recalling the scenes OF my
childhood days among these beautifu
hills and valleys OF yours. when | 10
ticed that the flag in front Of yoUI
school was upside down. In my Of.
fetal position | feel that have right
10 inquire about g." Il know its all
wrong" stammered the young teacher.
calling Mr.. Depew by name "but !
couldn't help IT, The halyards Were
broken and we couldn't hoist il right
side up so rather than rot have il NJ
at all. the boys put IL wrong side up
Mr.. Depew called Miss Began 4 brave
American girl and said that she had
the right spirit. Then he made q
speech 10 the children. telling them of
the Importance Of patriotism and o.,
significance OF the flag.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

out OF the way 81 both knives; bat his
eIertiOns were so great that be was
rapidly becoming exhausted. IL seemed
10 him that he could not hold out a
minute longer.
Bur just as he was about 10 sink a
man came In who had sense enough
10 run 10 the engineer and tel him o
shut down the motive pow& OF the
whole establishment. The engineer did
30. and the great knives SLOWED down.
The exhausted man had then 10 watch
closely and move al slower and
slower pace himself, in order 10 keep
himself still between the two knives.
This continued until the machinery lad
come 10 a dead stop. SapirO sank in
a dead faint on the bottom Of the vat
totally exhausted. but unhurt.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
This Young Lady VIII BE
Kissed at Auction.
How Much
VIII You Give?

II would probably be difficult. not 10
saw impossible, to explain why this
startling and sensational news should
spread so rapidly through n whole par
ish. But that such was the case is n
stern fact Young men, idling away
their time at the club, knew il I'm fifteen
minutes, and started in n body for the
scene Of the auction. Other young
men. who had not been To church for
years, hurried from their telephones
into their best clothes with all the
haste demanded of the volunteer fire
department. Ii spread even as far as
Mike Dady's gambling establishment.
and caused that astute individual "a
prick up his ears in an unusual degree
for one Injured 10 that sort OF stoicism
that the roulette table fosters. And 50
there was a kissing game going on at
the church. led by the minister's daugh
ter herself. Here was n fine chance "a
get even. Mike had had to close UP his
place for several weeks because OF q
scathing sermon preached by this sam,
clergyman. and the remembrance Of II
still ranked.
Here, hoy" he said to a tall fresh
looking youth OF seventeen. handing
him roll OF bills. you 60 over to tn,
church fair and II the sky pilot,
daughter is going TO be paid for ,
sweet kiss. push up in front and hi,
up. Don't let anyone else get IL, To tn,
limit Of your wad-understand? Ill b,
there in time"
The boy. fresh and fair and innocen
1ooking-as the run Of boys I'm glide,
hells" are apt to be-was of in a trice
and In ten minutes more had added hi
individual unit 20 the circle around ih
main centre Of osculatory interest.
IL is highly probable that IL such
really scandalous proceeding as thi
auction had been premeditated and ad
vertised beforehand IL would have bee
promptly squashed by the pillars o
fhe church. But the suddenness Of !
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

The force Of gravity at the carths
surface is measured. on land. by Oh
scTvations on the oscillations of PEN
dulum. The greater the force of gray-
ity the more swings are made by the
pendulum in n given time. Up TO the
present time the intensity Of gravity
has been determined with accuracy at
about 1900 land stations distributed
from nearly eighty-siX degrees of north
latitude to about siXty-threo degrees of
south 1t is very desirable to deter
mine the intensity of gravity over tie
immense regions of the earth covered
by the oceans. Here the use of the
pendulum is OF course out OF question.
y method has lately been devised by
which observations of the barometer
and of the hypsometer ian instrument
that determines the exact boiling point
Of water when combined, give by cal.
culation the intensity OF gravity. The
method has been applied at num-
ber of stations in the Atlantic. with the
general result that the intensity Of
gravity at 4 sea station is the same
as that OF a station in the same latitude
at a land station At first sight this
result seems anomalous. because tho
gravity at any place depends on thS
mass of the attracting body. and be-
cause the mass of a cubic mile of ocean
is much less than that of 4 cubic mile
of land. 1t is known. however. that
the density of the ocean floor is much
greater than the average density %
land, and is shown by the excessive
gravity on isolated and small islands.
The recent observations by the new
method confirm this broad and general
conclusion. and they are themselves
confirmed by the accurate pendululu
observations taken on ice foes ahOvs
deep water Finally the results arg
especially interesting because they
were predicted mathematically some
fifty years ago by Archdeacon Pratt. 0i
Calcutta
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
PASSING or THE FiRESlDE.

Ab, the frcslde is only blind mantel or
the wall,
The logs that used to crackle blaze no
more;
No more fantastic shadows over old "a:
carpets fall,
The hearthstone's but a grating in the
floor.
The good old ways are ended and IN,
charm Of them has fed,
No "hreside' remains 20 lure us now
No more, alas, does father have 20 clam
her out of bed
To light the logs while mother tells hin
how
Little Willie doesn't have to carry. billets
IN at night,
Or, cavilng. chop kindling nowadays
Stay!-that's but the steam pipe thump
ing-'tis no time for fight or fright
We have gwen up the old poetic ways.
Oh, a fancy screen is standing as an orna
ment before
The walled and plastered place that was
the freslde OF yOre-
The wind IL bowling "Woo-o-o-o!"
But no flames leap up the hue,
And the hearthstOne's Just a grating in the
floor.
s. f. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

much stronger than Topknot and
would soon get it away from her. SO
they all grabbed hold of Topknot's
end and tugged away, five of them
pulling against one.
| don't know how il would have
ended. for Specky was very strong,
but Mother Hen saw the tug-of-war
and with angry clucks she marched
over to the struggling chicks.
Poor Specky. She gave him n peck
that sent him flying and away tumbled
the others over backward. And then
after all,-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
A Tug-of- War.

Specky was a very greedy little
chicken. Whenever Mother Hen gave
him a big, fat worm 10 divide among
his little brothers and sisters, naughty
Specky would run off with il 10 an
other corner Of the yard and gobble il
all up himself
Mother Hen soon found out this
greedy trick of Mr.. Specky, and so one
day when she found a nice juicy worm,
instead Of giving it 10 him, she called
little Topknot
Topknot ran off with her prize and
all the rest of the chickens after her.
Specky went, too, you may be sure.
and because he was stronger than the
rest. he pushed through and grabbed
hold Of that lovely worm.
Then all the little chickens were
scared, for they knew that he was
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
gOno. nNsOIuteIy gOne

While folding end "a over the coin
the performer slips a small ball OF
wax underneath the end and presses
the end against the coin. fastening the
two together. When he pulls the
handkerchief apart the coin slips into
his left hand. Shaking the handker-
chief. he removes wax and coin, and
returns the handkerchief 10 its owner.
New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

The kettle never SINNERS on the hearth
stone any more,
We have given up the sacred treside;
The kitten never sleeps before the back
log on the floor.
And the spinning wheel has stopped
since grandma died.
But the poet, in his fancy, sees the fam
lily circle" yet,
And blthely sings the glory OF his
dream,
While the artist takes ms pencil and is
happy 10 forget
That the freside has given way to steam.
The boiler and the furnace are in no de-
gree sublime,
The scornful bard refuses TO ennoble them
in rhyme,
And the artist never turns
With his brush TO such concerns;
They have spoiled the family circle OF "the
splendid olden time"
Still, the preacher grayely breaches Of the
sacred hresde,"
Forgetting that long since IL ceased
10 be,
Forgetting that the people he is preaching
TO abide
Where janitors are lords Of all they see!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
pir.Pun After Pine.Pong

is in danger. A patent has been ap.
piled for in the matter Of new game.
which threatens 90 render ping-pong
a thing Of the past II is played with
a pair of bellows. a small balloon aud
net. And its name Is pin-pu1 Lon.
don Globe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

The proprietor of a small store in
New York says his trade came from
only n small section OF the city until
he began TO advertise In a newspaper
Now he draws enough trade from be-.
yond his old limits to more than pay
for his advertising. Besides" he says.
II am sowing seed for the time when
| shall have a large department store.
The only way for my establishment to
grow is 10y newspaper advertising"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
ATrick with a Coin.

"Give me fiye-cent piece and n
handkerchief ! place the coin in the
middle of the cloth, and cover it with
all four ends of the handkerchief, un-
Ill the coin cannot he seen any more.
Convince yourself, please, that the coin
is still in its place.
The performer slips his two hands
IN between "a" and 3D. pulls the
handkerchief apart. and the coin is
gone. absolutely gone
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
R0Iarc-YS& Iar
tAcHlDREnS8| |
"a HOUR z
The Hungry BIaekbird.

Said the blackbIrd at the glowworm
door:
I've lost my way tonight
Please come out and guide me homeward
with
Your pretty little light"
Said the giowworm: "Sir, greatly fear
IL j come out 20 shine,
Though you might reach your home, that
Should not return 20 mine.
And she kept the door shut all the time
And would not show her head
So that naughty, hungry blackbird went
OF suppeTless 20 bed.
Chicago Record Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

HletlluE IOOfIl Oh lut IlHlu
floor Of the church, where the members
Of the committee, the majority Of them
young and pretty, all stood talking at
once.
Something was going on. In through
the half open door could be heard n
buzz of people, and an expert in such
matters, IL he had passed by and even
casually looked within, would have
known that church fair was in pro-
gress.
1t was, indeed. the annual church
fair, held under the auspices Of the
Young Women's Guild. and this year
the minister's daughter was in charge
of the proceedings. Her father. away
on his vacation, had called her into his
study before his departure and ap-
pealed to her very strongly TO "do her
share" And so she had suddenly an
nounced her determination 10 take an
active part much to the surprise Of
everyone, as up TO the present time she
had been more interested in playing
golf than in spiritual matters, and had
even been called a regular tOmboy"
by certain recalcitrant beings in old
fashioned bonnetS.
"She will make failure of it, an
nounced Mrs. Mintby. the official critic
of the minister's family THAT girl is
too hairbrained, and besides. what does
she know about such matters? She
wouldn't he seen in church half the
time If common decency didn't make
her go"
That's So" assentod Mrs. DicksteI
"All she cares about are the men and
outdoor sports. anyhow"
And now when the fair was half over
It began to seem as If these predictions
were TO be fulfilled. The booths com.
bned had taken in barely $50, and to
send those poor children away for the
summer-for the minister's daughter,
with a fine scorn of foreign missions.
had insisted that charity should begin
at home-seemed desperate chance,
and at this particular moment il
seemed as If nothing short Of miracle
would swell the receipts for the next
two hours
The minister's daughter stepped TO
the table where tho chairman usually
presided. There was sudden hush.
She looked over her auditors n moment
with calm, penetrating gaze.
Girls she said, 1--WE have got to be
kissedr'
A chorus of "O's" and feminine
screams and protests was her answer.
"There is no help for IT," she contin-
ucd. I'VE must raise a lot Of money
before this night is over Now. my
plan is this: We will all stand up and
be kissed at auction, one at time, TO
the highest bidder. Now, girls. don't
go back on me Remember it's in a
good cause. How many can | count
On?"
There was pause; n hand was
raised-anothcr. and then another.
In ten minutes more eight exceed
ingly pretty girls, headed 10y one who
was pretter than all of them filed into
the main room and grouped themselves
about n chair. one Of them stood up
In the chair, TO which this legend was
attached:
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
Bridal wrsaths.

whilo a bridal wreath in this coun.
try Is usually composed Of orange.
blossom. Germany uses myrtle. 1taly
white roses. Spain red roses. Greece
vlne-leaves aud Bohemia rosemary.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

Nearly all the shoes sold I'm Russia
are manufactured by one firm in ST.
Petersburg. which is one Of the most
prosperous stock companies In the
world.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

We can't tell yet which it was-whs-
per or not study-but il was one Of
'em, and | just was still and worked,
and here amr-YOuth's Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

the hammock. Set fire 10 il, and you
will see that although the threads and
muslin are burnt mp, the egg will stay
suspended in the air.-Chicago Tribune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

This hammock, together with the
thread. place in q strong solution OF
salt. as described before. Take IL out
and dry II. and repeat this treatment
three or four times before the per-
formance. Hang II up, as shown In
figure. and put al empty egg shell in
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07
T. D!dck 4
( AdVentdre.


He announcement that Presi-
dent Roosevelt Is again con
templating "A sojourn in the
wilds OF the White River
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

The use OF cylindrical steel bins for
the first time in the new grain el"ya-
tors al Buffalo has been attended by so
much success that this type of bin is
being adopted for many other purposes.
notably that Of carrying cement stocks.
for which purpose it is necessary that
greater strength be provided than in
the case of the grain bins. because Of
the great weight Of the material 10 lie
handled. Steel in combination with
concrete has been found TO be the best
for this use. and a plant on these lines
is being erected in Chicago. -Four
huge bins twenty-five feet in diameter
and fifty feet high, are 10 be erected.
These are TO be placed so that ;he
space between the bins is also available
for storage purposes The walls Of
the bins are built of concrete. in Which
Is imbcdded wire netting Stffencd uy
horizontal rings of metal from one to
three-eighths Of an inch in diameter.
At the bottom tho walls are seven
inches thick, and at the top five inches
Each tank is mounted on columns
made Of steel wires embedded in con
crete. The foundation is a monolith
Of concrete. three feet thick, re.en-
forced by Wire netting.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

v" HERE was futter Of expect
:, ancy as the minister's daugh-
ter came into the little back
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-11-07

4 very profitable industry Of Norway
j. the drying and pulyerizing OF fish.
which forms a product called "fsh
-four" Besides having the quality OF
being very nutritious. II is easily trans,
- ported. on account OF its compactness.
A plan Is afoOt at Lewiston. Ne. 10
transform the enormous deposit OF
peat, known as Farwell's Bog, which
exists there, into merchantable fuel. A
company has been organized 10 manu-
facture fuel from peat, the product be-
ing known as synthetical coal, because
IL is formed by synthesis and contains
the same elements as coal. This SYM
thetic coal Is said 10 have a heating
value slightly superior 10 soft coal.
A plant for the manufacture Of mica
has been established at Ottawa. II is
employing 80 hands. and 1t is hoped 10
have 400 on the payroll in the near fu-
ture. 1t is operated by an American
company. which has gone 20 America
because OF the great inducements held
out for the establishment of industries
on that side Of the border. The mica
industry is quite a considerable one as
large quantities enter into the manu-
facture of insulation for electric wires.
The total amount Of plate mica pro-
duccd in the United States during 1901
was 100000 pounds. valued at $4,000.
The production Of mica in this country
j. somewhat curtailed by the impOrta-
tiou Of Indian mica, which undersclls
the home product In 1901 the imports
were valued at 1885. .OJO.