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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
Has Neither Brothers Nor Beaus.

Miranda. timorouS spinster, who
has reached certain age has Meth
or brothers nor beaus. In lieu of more
capable and competent protection,
when she goes abroad in the evening,
says the New York Post, il is under
the convoy OF n messenger boy. She
has complained that 10y some ineXplica-
hle law of chance. whenever she has
flowers or notes To he delivered her
call is invariably answered 10y husky
youths strong enough 10 handle a
trunk. hut when she desires an escort
or some one to carry a heavy bag TO the
railroad station a tiny scrap of an
urChm presents himself at the door.
Returning from the theatre one night
this week with diminutive specimen.
she was compelled To stand ON a street
corner waiting for n car. The hour
was late and Miranda was nervous
and half afraid. she said as much.
Her hired companion rcassured her:
Its all right. lady Nobody ever
speaks 90 anybody when anybody sees
anybody is with messenger boy"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
A Plague Of Tarantula spiders.

There is perfect plague of taran'
tula spiders IN the south Of Spain. mean
Seville. says the London Express. The
number OF the sufferers is so great that
all the guitar players OF the ueighbor-
hood have been employed. They have
established tariff at the rate OF about
two cents a masc treated 10y the har
monte cure. The guitar player has TO
keep up the tune la Tarantula." Z"
while The person bitten by the spider
dances to II. In serious cases. when
the patient is confined TO bed. the gui-
tar player accompanies the family.
who sit around the bed singing the dis.
enchantment "Tarantula" rhyme. which
might be translated as follows:
"Come out, come out this instant.
Come out. thou venom bite.
And may the cruel bitter
Forever take to flight"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
EHercise For the Neck.

To develop the neck the first move
ment consists in allowing the head to
drop gently upon the breast, as far for
ward rs II will without straining Next
raise the head and throw ii as far back
as possible. Then forward again. etc,
until the movement has been per-
formed twenty times. Next the head
is turned as far 10 the side as possible,
the body remaining motionless, the
head bent toward the shoulder as low
as it will reach without an actual strain
of the muscles and tendons. This
movement should be practised also
twenty times. the neck first turned TO
the right and then to the left, ten times
on each side. The same movement
with the chin raised as high as posi-
bic, repeated in the same fashion, first
toward the right, then the left.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
A Yankee COunfeRs.

The Countess OF Orford is a very
pretty woman. She is one Of the Amer
lean aristocracy, for the countess is the
daughter Of Mr.. d. c. Corbyn. OF New
York. The Earl. who is descended
from the great Sir Robert Walpole, is
just forty-eight says Woman's Life,
and was attached 10 the Earl of Ross
lyn's special embassy at the wedding
Of the King OF Spain in 1877, while in
the next year he was private secretary
70 Sir Henry Drummond VOLTS East
ern Roumelian Commission, and he ac-
companied him to Egypt in 1856. The
Earl and Countess have had two chill
dren, a little boy who died when he
was only two, and girl who is just
thirteen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
That's all right" says the watch.

That's all right" says the watch
man.
IL wouldn't go very far away from
the bank" says l.
mo, ! won't" says he; "I1l stay
right about here all night"
Goodnight" says I, and / shook
hands with him, and me and Jim
which wasn't his right name. you un-
derstand--took the twelvethirty ex-
press, and the best part Of that job
was we never heard nothing Of IL.
II never got into the papers.-Wav-
crley Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

love to have. when place to "roost
while reading or place 10 "snooze'
through a Cay OF drizzling rain is in
great demand. Generally when one
most wants it the forest branches ana
twigs are too wet to use for a bed, and,
besides. 1t is too much trouble.
Now here is a way to make really
practical hammock that will Just I'LL
the bill" Get several barrels, break
them up and remove all the nails from
the slaves. Bore n three-quarter inch
hole i'm each end Of each stave with a
heated poker. Then lace thin rope
(clothesluc is good) through the holes.
This can be accomplished easily by
noting the method of lacing in Fig.
AR. The stay blocks, c and II, should
be twelve inches long. The hammock
can be made entirely comfortable by
placing upon 1t several couch pillows
and covering them with a shawl
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
A Fine womas Whip.

Lady Howe is one of the best whips
IN England, and is one Of the very few
women who can drive a high-mettled
team gracefully and successfully in the
streets Of London. That she is an au-
thority on driving is proved by her
being asked 10 contribute chapter 10
the volume Of "The Badminton Ii
brary," dealing with that subject. An
other OF Lady Howe's fortes is cleo
tloneering, an art in which her sister
in-law, Mrs. George West.
formerly Lady Randolph Churchill.
excels. These two women secured the
late Lord Randolph Churchil's election
to Woodstock In 1856 without his going
near the place.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
AA1TsEEy&E 1sE:
G1cHILDREH..a8
q HOUR z,
Grammar as RhYIn,.

Grammar as Rhyme.
Three little words you often see,
The articles A, An and The.
A noun, the name Of anything,
As School or Garden, Hoop or Ring.
An adjective describes the noun,
As Great, Small, Pretty, White or Brown
In places Of nouns, the prououn stands,
As He or She, Your arm, Ny hand.
Verbs tell Of something 10 be done,
To Read, Count, Laugh, Sing, Jump or
Run.
How things are done the adverbs tell,
As Slowly, Quickly, III or Well.
Conjunctions join the words together,
AS men And women, wind Or weather.
A proposition stands before
A noun, as In or Through the door.
The interjection shows surprise,
As, "Oh, How pretty" "Ah! how wise"
The whole are called nine parts Of speech,
Which reading writing, spelling teach.
An Experiment with Electricity.
A thin sheet Of paper, If rubbed with
a brush or the palm Of the hand, in dry
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
How to Sit and Rise.

"My dear" said the old lady. lit is
worse than a crime: Il is III bred"
Nothing points out the well bred
woman more quickly than the position
she takes when she sits down. The
stamp OF vulgarity is marked upon the
woman who sits with her knees spread
far apart: lack OF refinement is shown
10y knees crossed extensively; lack of
ease by stiff and constrained positions
Of the shoulders; a general carelessness
and indifference by the very common
fault OF sitting in the shoulders" that
is. Of doubling up the spine SO that the
upper rather than the lower part OF il
rests against the back Of the chair.
The body should be placed well back
upon the seat. chair. sofa or whatever
II may be. The feet should rest on the
floor. one somewhat In front Of the
other. because IL is easier TO rise from
that position. The head must be kept
well up and the chest poised slightly
forward.
The lower part OF the spine may be
pressed against the frame Of the chair.
but II one. after sitting a while. should
need 20 rest a little more. the shoulders
may also touch upon the same sup
port. The hands should remain a.
they naturally fall from this position.
hanging at the sides. OF they may L.
placed easily over the arms or back OF
the chair or allowed TO lie reposefully
on the lap.
To rise properly from n correct sit
ting position there should b. several
preparatory movements.
Tie chest Is first poised far forward
and at the same time { ? foot is drawn
back under the seat. fhe foot drawn
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

| THE
r
The New Autumn Belts.

The day Of freak belts is passing. but
buckles this season will be perhaps
even larger and more elaborate than
heretofore. Leather belts Of fine green
walrus, lined with gray OOze calf. with
square fat harness buckles, giving a
pronounced dip front effect, are espe-
cially attractive for street wear. But
the fabric belt will hold first place for
the coming season. These are In all
shades OF green. OF course also red and
white plaid taffeta. Buckles are now
used both front and back, the two con-
stitutIng waist set"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

The Catholic University Of America
has just equipped an elaborate depart
mcnt for the thorough experimental
study of the problem of flight. Part
of the equipment is n wooden tunnel
fifty feet in length, with a cross sec
tion of six square feet, in which wind
Of any desired speed can he generated
hy means OF suction fan at one end
of the tunnel Objects of various kinds
and shapes are placed in this wind cur
rent, and their resistance, lift. drift,
surface friction, etc. are noted. a
gauge that can he read TO less than one
ten -milllonth of an atmosphere is used
To determine the pressure at all points
in the stream of mir. II is hoped that
these experiments may furnish trust
worthy data for acronautic Calcula-
tons.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

over him and were il don't is called
calluses [callositioSl because it kneels
down and wears away. The Arab loves
his steed better than his wife and in
our books there's a piece about him
called the Arab and his steed. His
master was q prisoner and his faith
ful camel took him round the waist
and bore him swiftly to his morning
friends Spectator.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
no Camel.
CA Small Boys Compositionl

ca Small Boys CompCSluOnD
lie is called the ship of the dcsart
because ne runs over the sand like n
ship and don't sink in. lie runs differ.
ent to the horse because he lifts up
two legs on one side of his body and
then two on the other. He has about
hundred stumcs and each holds
about quart SO when his master kills
him he can have a good drink. His
hump is made of fat and he eats this
when he cant get grass or hay. Some
camcls are not camcls because he has
two humps and his hair don't grow all
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

can cut in TWO without touching il, a
thread hanging from the cork inside a
sealed up bottle you would be likely
10 think that be was guying you. But
II may be easily done, and in such a
way as 10 completely mystify the spec.
tatOrs.
Get a clear glass bottle-a pickle bot
tie will dO-and 10 the under part Of
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

weather, will become charged with
electricity in a short while, and will ad-
here to the hand or to the clothing. a
thick piece of paper, such as a postal
card if electrified i'm the manner de
scribed. will attract light things, such
as small pieces of cork. etc.
Balance walking cane on the back
of chair and offer 10 bet that you
will cause the cane TO fall without
touching it. without blowing at it or
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

DR.. Grun, Of London, has been using
the fluid lens with much success for
taking photographs at night without
any light except the ordinary illumina-
ton used in buildings. For example,
he made excellent snapshot pictures OF
stage scenes in theatres with no extra
light, and even cincmatOgraph views In
the same way. The fluid lens was for
mcrly used 10 overcome the difficulty OF
chromatlc alteration before the com
binatlOn Of flint ana crown glass was
invented, but Dr. Grun used 1t for its
rapidlty Of action. He thinks that it
will greatly widen the field OF pho.
tography.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
"romm, Atkins, saved the kitten.

How many folks would risk their
lives 70 save n kitten? Yet this dan
ger was willingly faced 10y a young
recruit during a fire which broke out
at the barracks in southampton on the
10th Of December. 1901. and which
consumed n great deal of regimental
goods. The men all worked with a
will to save the clothing. rifles and
other arms from the flames. lt then
became known that In one OF the
rooms in the burning building a wee
tortoiscshell kitten had found a home.
The quarters were now shroudcd IN
thick clouds Of smoke. and the flames
were playing about venomously In
snite CT the peril q "cruity' declared
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
THE MEETING
SHE

SHE.
We played together long ago,
j promised TO be his, some day
All, doubtless he's forgotten, though
We played together long ago,
j promised 10 be his, but oh,
He keeps so far, so far away
We played together long ago,
promised TO be his, some day,
lie used 10 tell me / was fair
| wonder II he thinks so YETI
He used 10 kiss my lips, my hair
He used TO tell me | was fair
Ah, If our pledge were kept-but Their
l. much 20 make man forget
He used 20 tell me ! was fair
! wonder il he thinks so yet?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

HE.
To me a childish pledge she made
She promised, some day, 10 be mine
How splendidly she is arrayed!
To me a childish pledge she made
Long since forgotten I'm afraid
Her laugh is like a draught OF wine;
To me a childish pledge she made,
She promised, some day, TO be mine.
] kissed her oft, in those dear days,
When she was eight and was ten;
How fair she is. how proud her ways!
i kissed her oft, in those dear days, -
And now / may but stand and gaze,
Nor claim the love she gave me then!
] kissed her oft, in those dear days,
When she was eight and | was ten.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
In should be the one opposite from the

In should be the one opposite from the
direction 10 be taken in starting up.
AS you rise throw the weight firmly
upon the foot in the rear. AS the body
comes 10 It's full height change the
weight 20 the forward foot so that the
other foot merely touches the toor
very lightly. This brings you TO a
standing position. ready 10 walk easily
in the direction you are going.
Ugly sitting positions and awkward
movements in rising will disappear IL
these principles are followed. - New
York Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

The largest coil OF wire rope ever
made in Brooklyn was turned out by
rope company Of that city recently.
1t measured 1900 feet in length, or
over three miles, without break, and
weighed %, O3O pounds. II Is for use in
bltuminous coal mine, was made Of
fOrty-twO strands Of cruciblc cast steel.
took sixteen days 10 manufacture and
was valued at $1,000
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

According 10 a note in the Electrical
Review. gas engine, when coupled
20 "A dynamo, produces three times as
much light In incandescent lamps, and
about eleven times as much in arc
lamps, as the same amount OF gas
would produce If burned directly at
gas Jets.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

without touching the chair All you
have to do is to dry postal card over
light, and to rub 1t well on your
sleeve. As soon as you get the card
near the end of the cane it will follow
the card. MS a needle follows the mag
net. until the balance is lost, so that the
cane will fall to the iloor.-New York
Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

Many persons have notion that the
pineapple grows on a tree. II does not
The plant reaches a height of only
four feet to the tip Of the leaves. 1t
comes out of the ground as stalk, but
divides at once into sword-likc leaves,
fifteen in number, from the centre of
which projects stif, upright stem,
and at the top of this stem grows the
fruit The stem is short. and the
crown OF the fruit, when full grown,
is foot or more below the tips of the
leaves. Each plant produces single
apple" but when this is pulled little
sucker appears on the stem among
the leaves, and this becomes the head
of the plant, and within a year pro
duccs another apple This may go on
for years.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

Government Investigations Of stream
pollution ana OF the qualities of natural
waters in general have been instituted
by the Division OF lIydrOgraphy OF the
United States Geological Survey. The
work will embrace the sanitary inspcc-
tion of streams, turbidity ana color
measurements, and chemical and bac-
terial analyses The cooperation of
workers in various fields is desired.
particularly in the physical and analyt-
ical sections. TO secure uniformity in
results. the department has issued two
bulletins setting forth standard meth
ods Of making and reporting analyses,
the color and turbidity determinations.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

How 10 Make Camp hammock.
There are times again and again in
camp and out of doors depS that boys
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

Only nine hundred persons in a nl.
lion die OF old ace.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10

be meant rescuing the little pussy cat.
Dashing through smoke and flames be
made his way 10 the room snatcnec
up the terrified kitten, and by-and-by
emerged from the fiery furnace. Amid
the cheers Of the OnlOOkers he took
kitty 10 a place Of safety and rejoined
his mates in their efforts 70 secure the
property Of the regiment. Well done,
Private Tommy Atkins.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
The Magic Thread

II anybody should tcll you that you
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-10
RATHER A. NEAT JOB.

Y profession isn't a popular
one. There is considerable
prejudice against II. ]
donit mvsolf .hink it'g
Arizona republican., 1902-03-02
LARGEST SUGAR MILL.

The new mill of the Hawaiian Com
merciaI and Sugar company or Maui,
the largest sugar mill in the world,
was started January -. The mill has
q capacity of 800 tons of sugar a day.
II has all the latest improved devices
and machinery. including all the lately
invented devices for loading the cane
in the fields and unloading il at the
mill. The entire machinery is said to
work perfectly. ana is now beginning
to take off d crop estimated at $4,000
tons of sugar.
y letter from John d. Spleckels
Bros. company stopped, for the time
being at least. the negotiation of a
bond issue of the Kano plantation of
$l.0.000. Negotiations We're all but
completed when the letter came mott
flying the bank with which the dealings
were being carried on that John d.
Spreckels company was a creditor of
the plantation. having made advances
on the present crop. This is not adj
mitted by the agents of the plantation
who claim these advances were not tC
the plantation, but 4 credit to them
tors of the plantation will be obtained
Arizona republican., 1902-03-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
CFrom the Atchison Globe.)


Every one is accused of eating too
much. as a joke. But its. no joke
The better the farmer Ike less liable
he is to monkey with butter and eggs
What has become of the old fash
toned girl who was known as 4 Tom
boy?
a Washington paper refers to her
as the Hon. Mrs. Lysander John APP
pleton.
There should be less poetry written
about love and mole houses Of deten-
ton built.
Instead OF helping some institutions
to build up. the people should assist
them 10 60 up
A man will talk for his interests.
even if il IS necessary Tor him to say
chat black is white.
You like your own way. Ever occur
to YOU that possibly other people like
to have their own way?
Every thief should have family: it
would do him good win the jury to
state that he stole TO feed his starving
wife and babes.
When a woman treats her husband
with suspicion. it doesn't mean that he
mas done anything wrong: she may
have dreamed that he has.
Unless the managing editor of a
country paper is careful. after awhile
his columns will contain rothing but
accounts of funerals and receptions
Every time You think You are not APP
praciated. you are telling yourself &
lie. If you are not appreciated" you
ought TO be able to control the man
who is to blame.
Talk about Ilsn being brutal: An
Atchison woman mas dragged her deli
cate husband to q party every night
this weeh. and he has II lie at his work
at seven q. m. He looks as pale ard
| thin as bride.
! There are several men in Atchison
who neglect their business 10 pull shot
guns toward them by the muzzlc. Half
the people are talking about it. but TO
ore likes to say anything" But it
will not be long. unless there is a
change, before the sheriff says some
| thing.
Mr.. Soffel refuses 10 forgive his wife,
but d woman would forgive her hus-
| band under similar circumstances, and
sit UP nights to feed him Cruel. But
what a rod she would hold over him
after he got we'll. These angels CT for
giveness never entirely bury the
| hatchct.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-02

what might be called established. My
library is complete. l nave reared a
family OF four children 50 that they are
now able 10 take care OF themselves
and l do not feel any longer the need
of so much money
With young ministers the case is diff
ferent. They must provide for the fu-
ture. They must take all the precau-
tons against old age that the average
business man takes. And Yet. with all
that I think any man can manage
nicely with a salary of 5000 a year
In my OWN position. my predecessor.
DIR. Cuyler. managed with $1,000. l got
along with 5000 until ! came here
The charitable demands that are
made upon Il minister make heavy in
roads on his salary. In the twelve
years that I have been here have
never laid aside n penny Cf my salary.
I make it i rule never to allow any
one to pay more. proportionately, for
the needs of the church than | do my
self. And I never allow any one to be
turned away because pew rent can't be
paid l prefer to pay It myself and re
tain the communicate.
One can always manage these things.
My father died leaving Il large fortune
but because l had left the old Scotch
Covenant church. in Twenty third
street. and gone to the Park Street
church. Boston, my father. sturdy old
Covenarter. disinherited me. The
clause in his viii which concerned me
most read:
To my son David 1 bedueath the
sum of SO. payable 1n demand
But I wasn't cast down. Therefore l
feel now that with all my responsible
tiles disposed of I shall have an album
| dance with sS.Go0 4 year to live as l
want TO. and at the sarIe time spare
| my usual contributions rc charities. !
| do not need any more. Why. then
/ shouldn't the excess go toward some
| worthy cause?-New York Journal
Arizona republican., 1902-03-02
MAYOR KNIGHTS GLAD HAND.

Assemblyman Cook Of Erie county
was telling little group In the corri-
DOR of the Hotel Ten Eyck, including
Assemblymen O'Malley and Patton, of
Erie and Bennett of New York, few
incidents OF the last municipal cam
paisn in Buffalo. which resulted in the
election of E,rastus c. Knight, the re-
publican candidate.
You all know" said Mr.. Cook,
what an approachable and affahie
man Mr. Knight is. Well. it was this
fact that many of us tried to empha-
size in the campaign. But one of our
speakers, who was Il German of more
than ordinary parts, but whose mas
tgry Of the English language was not
altogether perfect, once used this argu-
lGant with almcsi boomerang results.
"One night IL his efforts to tell the
audience that i'll case Mr.. Knight was
elected any citizen might have access
10 him and obtain at all times SYM
pathetic response, he put il in d way
which almost broke up the meeting.
'Freundts,' said he, Ven you elect
Mr.. Knight for the mayor, al! you Will
set Afterwards Will he a glad handt.
Well" added the Buffalo legislator
it was long time before we could
overcome the effect of that 'glad-hand
speech New Y ork Tribune.