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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

fully selected lines from the pen of g
gifted writer. set 70 measured music
and approved by the nation as patriotic
standards; but the folk songs are the
traditions of a primitive people, hand
ed down from generation 10 genera
tion. Like most of the fairy tales
they owe their origin TO the natural
phenomena Of the country and the
wild Imagination Of half-civilized
races.
1t has often been said that America
has no traditions; but what an idea!
Long before the discovery this country
was inhabited; and Inhabitants. who
ever they are, fashion their own lives
and make their own traditions. His
tory tells us that the American Indians
before being disturbed 10y foreign in
vasions. were poetic, child-like race.
Cortez found the Mexicans in high
state Of civilization; so they. without
doubt, had traditional past. upon
which their splendor was based. With
the coming Of the Spaniards and the
French people. these traditions. in
SAthu VI ldNiAirs NNNNhiN hAS ny
colorcd. and the warm, Southern blood
and vivid imagination quickened all
the Indian legends into life. The
French took root In the North. though
few went South with the SpaniardS,
while tie English and Dutch relied up
On the simplicity Of ;heir negro slaves
Co make for them folk songs. which
are among the most weird and heauti.
ful of the kind. But. even here. France
ard Spain lent their aid i'm the South
ern countries.
Rich musical treasures have been
/ handed down 10 us from generations
Of old plantation "mammies." who
crooned marvellous lullabics Of their
Own making.
Traditions abound wherever there
are streams and trees. and mountains.
and signing winds and storm clouds.
But there Is need Of master mind TO
bring them TO light in such n way as to
keep them always in their simplest
form. the earliest literature Of the un.
tutored American people.-Pittsburg
1 Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
A DOUBLE-FACED DANCE.

To be very queer indeed, this dance.
which, by the way, is the Old-fashioned
"Lancers" requires eight girls, dressed
exactly alike. A Quaker costume with
the full, quaint skirt and white apron
would suit the purpose best perhaps,
though IL brighter colOrs are preferred
the same old-fashioned style might
still be carried out. All the hair Is
combed up high, and on the back OF the
head Is tied or pinned the painted
face OF rag doll, thus giving the
owner two distinct faces. Over the rag
face the ends Of the hair are trained
10 look as natural as possible. Sur
rounding all this is cap made OF
strip of white muslin about a finger
wide, with rufiles all round, and long
enough 10 tie with ends under the real
chin and in the same fashion under
the "make-belieye" one. This finish.
ing ouch will make a perfect double
face. A little ingenuity must then be
used TO dress the back OF each girl ex'
actly like the front, so that when they
all take their places for the dance the
spectators are startled by the ludic.
rous effect produced by the painted
faces thus turned toward them. When
the dance begins the effect is still more
startling. for every graceful, girlish
movement produces strange contor'
tions among the false fronts which
will be sure TO create much merriment
If the dance is kept up gravely to the
end, without a hitch or break.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
How rnre.i. Anect the Air.

Professor Moullefert. az the National
Agricultural College Of Grignon. France,
explains why il is that n balloon al
ways descends when II is passing over
a forest. making IL necessary for the
yoyagers TO throw out ballast 70 give
il greater buoyancy. Above every
forest there is a stratum Of cool. moist
air. produced 10y the abundant tran
spiration Of the trees. which extends
from 5000 TO 5000 feet above the tree
tops. In speaking Of the absorption
OF moisture from the soil by the tree
roots. he says that the moisture is
taken from the under soil. the trees
keeping the upper soil moist TO a
depth Of four OF fse inches.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

and not 10 the liquid contents, the
friction OF which against the shell
soon reduces IL TO rest.
A still simpler method Is to spin
the eggs on a plate and touch the tops
Of them lightly for an instant 10 bring
them 10 rest. The boiled egg will re-
main at rest, but the raw one will 90
on turning as soon Jas your finger is
removed because you have stopped
only the shell and not the liquid con-
tents.-New York World
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

by apparently pulling the ends united
again. Take two ends Of the banker
chief one in each hand, the ends drop
ping from the inside Of your hands. Tie
q single knot, when your hands and
your handkerchief will be In the same
position shown in our illustration. In
stead of pulling the ends Of c and d.
grasp the part marked G with the
thumb and fore6nger. dropping the end
ID and pulling down the end G and the
bend II, when instead Of really tying
you unloosen the knot. All this must
be done as quickly as possible to pre-.
vent detection.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
OIL MAeNATE's GREAT BRAIN.
The Reason for John D. Roekefeiier's
Business Success.

A copper mining engineer says Il
consider John ID. Rockefeller one Of
the most underestimated men in this
country. The man who has done
what he has done must possess brains
that are not easily compared with tie
ordinary mind. Mr. Rockefeller can
no more miss the point Of financial
problem than an artist can fail 10 see
picture when harmonious lines or
color fall under his eye.
Il will illustrate the Rockefeller
financial capacity by something which
occurred within my personal knowl-
edge. John ID. Rockefeller a few years
ago was enjoying his bread and milk
In the Adirondacks upon a large dairy
farm. An ordinary business man
might have said, What is the profit
on this milk?' or What does IL
cost and what do you get for it?'
Not so, however, with Mr.. Rockefeller
He said 10 the farmer, What DO you
pay for your silo and what do you pay
for your labor, etc, and a few other
innocent questions. Then he took a
utes looked up from his figures anL
said, Mr.. Smith. your milk costs you
- cents per quart and Farmer
Smith replied. Thunder and guns; il
took us eleven years to find that out,
and you have found II ou: in eleven
minutes
Now" continued the mining engin.
eer, III you will take your own lead
pencil and figure the relative efficiency
OF that Rockefeller lead pencil as com.
pared with most farm lead pencils at
Eleven Minutes VS.. Eleven Years, and
multiply the organization ability be-
hind the lead pencil as expressed in
the tens Of thousand Of brain units il
has organized and efficiently directed,
you will get the mathematical answer
10 the problem of why one man dis.
tances all competitors in the race for
a billion-dollar goal, although. starting
from the base OF a $7-a-wesk clerk.
ship. Wall Street Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
THE LONESOME TOY.

THE LONESOME TOY.
I'm lonesome little toy,
For I'm soldier 70 a boy
Who doesn't care for soldiers, but who
loves TO read instead;
So stand here on the shelf,
Lake a sad and sorry elf,
While he reads OF gnomes and fairies til
fear he'll lose his head.
Now I'd like 10 20 TO war
In some table country far,
II felt i shouldn't grumble, II lost leg
complain;
But TO stand here in .he dust,
With my joints all stiff with rust,
While my sword grows duller daily, why!
it's grim and dreary pain!
II that boy could only see
What a friend he's lost in me
While ! pine here, stiff and lonesome, in
the dust from day 20 day
Why! he's going 20 take me down!
I'm TO fight the circus clownl
And, best OF all the gladness! he has put
that book away.
Chicago ecord-Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

Once the trumpet in brazen glee
Sang at the palace gates;
Once the masters Of minstrelsy
Babbed Of loves and hates;
Once the sword in the jeweled sheath
Clamored along the way
Dead to-day, with the crumbled wreath
Worn in that yesterday.
So the glamour and so the pride
Marble and brass and gold
Dust OF ages 10 come will hide
Tombs Of the years will hold.
We, unknowing and overvain,
Strong III our sweep and sway,
Hug the baubles that mark our reign
Living our yesterday.
w. ID. Nesbit, in Chicago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
EXTRAORDINARY CUSTOM.

"Lapland is strange and remark.
able country" said the eminent ex-
plorer. The customs of the people
are so odd. especially during the sea-
son of courtship.'
How is that?" we ask.
"At that time every girl sits Upon
her own Lapp." Modern Society.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
is 1T CooKrD7

TO tell boiled egg from n raw egg
snap rubber band over each Of them
length wise and hook the hand on
verticle iron wire. Take an egg in each
hand. twist them round 20 the same
degree ard let them 60 The boiled
egg will turn several times hack and
forth. but he rGw ole will come 10 rest
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

MY father is the most absent-minded
man. said the daughter Of college
professor. why. when he goes up
stairs to dress for going out. some
member Of the family Is obliged to so
up and knock on his door every ten
minutes. FOR fear he'll forget what he's
doing and undrcss N. 80 to bed
New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
AMERICAN FOLK LORE.

How many of yJu children know
what folk lore is? And why societies
are organized to study and preserve
It?
Folk lore is the earliest literature Of
any nation, and 1t springs from foun-
tain of song, from the untutored heart
Of the people. The national airs are
not folk songs; they are usually care
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
SAVED BY CHANCE.

His life was saved by n button
How fortunate. Tell me about it,
"A girl asked for button as a SOU
venir He gave IL 10 her. Then he
fell Ia love with her and she fell in
love with him. They were married"
But you said she saved his lifep
"oh. yes. His wife would not let
him so TO war. and the man who took
his place was killed. New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
FoRETHoUGHT.

Tramp don't ask assistance fur
rseself 81. but fur me wife an Fam.
ly."
Gentleman handing him q shilllngl
Where are your wife and familyYr
Tramp-"wen sir I alnt married
yet: but I'm tryip' 10 SAL money
enough TO get n little 'ome together,
an then I'm going to get married. an
I dare say shall ave a famllyr'-Tit.
Bits
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
NOT SO VERY BAD.

when man gets married said
the old bachelor, he must either give
up his freedom or become tyrant."
"Oh, don't know" replied the young
widow; my husband and l always
lived in a cozy fat near a good board
ing house, so that we didn't need 10
keep q girl."-Chicago Record-He.a,d.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

Broken pillar with crumbling stone
Tell OF her yesterdays,
Mighty in all her ways.
Trackless stretches of heaping sand,
led in the wasting heat,
Breathe OF sinuous saraband
Tripped by the joyous feet.
Fallen temple and shattered tomb.
Tumbled and gaping wall
Tell of clambering vine and bloom
Beauty that covered all:
Silent, solemn, and echoeless,
Under the brooding sky
Where the profit TO them thai guess,
Asking US when and why!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
SEVERELY UNSYMPATHETIC.

Mister" said Meandering Mike, ''if
was TO tell you dat l had seen better
days would you believe me?"
Certainly" answered Mr.. Leander
SCraggs; this is one Of the most un.
satisfactory days that our versatile
climate has yet produced. Washing
ton Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

after suffering from severe dyspepsia
over twelve years and using many RENE.
dies without permanent good ! finally
took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It did me
so much good recommend it TO every.
onne," writes ]. E. Watkins, Clerk and
Recorder, Chillicothe, Mo. II digests
what you eat. T. r. Parker, Olneyville.
Centerdale Pharmacy, Centerdale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
HIS EARLY TRAINING.

"a two-cent stamp, please" said the
lady at the stamp window of the post
office.
Yes, madam" replied the new clerk,
who had just graduated from a de-
partment store. "Will you take il
with you or have it sent?-Ch.cago
News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
THE WAY TREES GROW OLD.

Unless the date of planting is known
n tree can keep the secret Of its age as
long as it lives. Only when it is cut down
and the rings that then show on this
cut surface are counted can its exact
age be told. Especially when a tree
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
THE REAL IDEAL.

Towne-"He is her ideal l suppose"
Browne-"He must be. She told me
she thought he was the real thilg. -
Philadelphia Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
A LITERARY HINT.

Judging by her portrait, you'd con
cludc she was person of advanced
literary attainments, wouldn't you"
Yes; but / happen to know that she
isn't as well read as she is painted. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
LAMBS EASY MONEY.

Stoxenbords-"I see by the financial
column they expect easier money ir
Wall Street"
Beenshorn-""Why, are the lambs
wandering down there again :"-New
York Tines.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
THE MAGICAL KNOT.

A very entertaining trick is done
with a handkerchief. A knot Is tied
with two ends Of the handkerchief, and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
Employ Chinese Girls.

Chinese girls are being employed in San
accommodation of Chinese merchants.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

almost Immediately. This Is because
In the case Of the raw egg the motion
has been impaired only 70 the shell
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

GOOD morning, Speckleboy, how is
business
"oh, it's all loss, no profit nowadays.
Why. only yesterday wifeys mother
GOT tangled up in 4 net
We'll. that's net profit. isn't it?"-
New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

Petroleum is the fuel Of all the 10
comotlves In Asa
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
EXPERIENCED.

"He Is a remarkably good listener"
"Sure. Why notl He's married"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
6he Fanny
Tide Of
Life.
orFFR ISN'T ITi

QUEER, ISN'T ITf
At breaking all the rules Of speech
FAIR woman is majestic.
She hires an imported girl
And calls her domestic.
Philadelphia Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12

A SAD CASE.
'Ts she really so homelyP
"Homely? Say. even an amateur
photographer can't help but fatter her
when he takes her picture"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-12
HER WEDDING SILVER.

DON'T know what you
girls are going 10 give
Mabel for a wedding pres
ent, but ! know what i
am not going 10 give her
and that ic silvpr-tablp
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
TELLS OF HIS WORK
AMONG LIFE SAVERS
Holds Meetings at the Isolated Stations
on the Great Lakes.

Rev. w. Ell. Law, missionary among the
life-saving crews and lighthouse keepers
of the great lakes. occupied the platform
at Central Park M. E. church last evening
and in an interesting manner told of his
work and of the conditions surrounding
those among whom he works.
He spoke briefly of his headquarters in
a group Of islands in Lake Huron and of
his method of travelling from one station
to another in schooner-rigged boat espe-
cfally built and adapted to the purpose.
In graphic manner he described the peril
Gus duties of the life-saving crews and the
lonely condition of these men and the
keepers of lightships and lighthouses on
the islands and reefs of the lakes where
sometimes in the course of a whole sum-
mer he would be the only visitor He
spoke also Of their hardihood and bravery
and their frequent performance of acts
of true heroism
1t is his custom, he said to go among
these men and held meetings with them.
sing for them supply them and their fami-
lies with reading matter. and sometimes
when. necessary to furnish them with
supplies. He said that last year he COM
pletely circumnaVigated Lake Michigan.
visiting every one of the thirty one Sta
lions on the lake. Lake Superior has
stations, Lake Huron and Lake Erie Ii
Erie II. -.
Mr.. Law said he has established twenty
two libraries at stations and plans to
increase that number. He spoke of the
Kindness of some of the publishing houses
that have supplied him with desirable
some cases at less than the cost of max
ing them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
MISSING WOMAN'S
BODY is FOUND
Mystery Surrounding Dlsap.
pearance of Mrs. F. j. Hop.
kins Is Cleared Up.

The body of Mrs F. ]. Hopkins was
found yesterday morning about fifty feet
from William Peet's dock, near Hotel st.
Louis landing, Lake Minnetonka.
The theory that she fell from a gasoline
launch and struck her head either on
the side of the boat or a pile, rendering
her unconscious. is probably correct, as
there Is bruise on her head which might
have been caused by a fall.
She was an expert swimmer, and those
who know her feel certain that she could
easily have reached shore from the point
where her body was found, unless she had
been stunned by a fall.
Mrs. Hopkins early Saturday morning
went In gasoline launch across the lake
with her husband where he took the train
Tor the city She had been in the habit
OF thus accompanying him and returning
with the launch to Poets dock
In the afternoon Mr.. Hopkins returned
to the lake with a party of friends, and
his W1fe'S failure to meet him with the
launch was the first intimation that any,
thing was wrong.
The launch was found near the dock
where 1t had run ashore with the engine
still in motion. There was no water in
the boat to indicate that it had been tip
ped. A small sum of money which Mr..
Hopkins had given his wife was found in
the boat.
Mrs: Hopkins was thirty-five years old
and the mother of two daughters The
family resides at 1888 Third avenue
south. Mr. Hopkins is credit man for
Janney, SempIe. Hill & Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
MAN NOT PUNISHED
BECAUSE he SINS
But Because He Rejects Aid
That Would Restrain Him,
Says Railroad Evangelist.

I'VE are all born in sin. A man
never goes to hell because he swears or
drinks or commits murder. 1t is be-
cause he refuses to accept the remedy
that is offered to save him from doing
these things. 1t is because he refuses
to accept Christ"
In the above simple words, Jim"
Burwicl1, the railroad evangelist, laid
down the doctrine of Christianity yes
terday afternoon before one of the
largest meetings of the year at the Y.
M. c. A. rooms. In such simple Ian
guage he told of his own conversion
and of the good that he had been able
to do since that eventful day, and his
words apparently made deep impress
sion on his audience.
Mr.. Burwick is a plain railroad man,
who has been on the road ever since
he was a young boy. And he looks the
railroad man, plainly and simply dress
ed, with a rugged countenance, we'll
formed features and strong and mus
cular body that has stood the on
slaughts of weather's seYerest moods
day and night.
His language, though simple, is
quaint, and many of his illustrations
are to the point and go home with
force. He tells his story in straight
forward language of the working man.
He is at present employed as a freight
conductor on the Duluth & Iron Range
railway. He has been in evangelistic
work for several years, and each win
ter holds a series of meetings under
the auspices of the Y. M. c. A. inter
national committee. He has been very
successful in this work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
SAN JUAN SOCIALIST
PAPER IN TROUBLE
Plant Is Attached and Editor Sent to jail
for Libel.

SAN JUAN, P. R., Oct. 25.-Recently
the San Juan News published fierce at
tack upon the government. Immediately
following this publication, Deford e. Co,
bankers, served writ of attachment on
the News on a promissory note, for Sc, 100
and there was no issue of the paper to-
day. F. g. Hall has been appointed re-
ceiver. Other creditors of the paper are
pressing for payment.
Hobart F. Herd, editor of the News.
began serving a two months sentence In
jail last week for having libeled Judge r.
Thomas. He made an appeal for a writ
of habeas corpus, but 1t is rumored to-
night that this appeal will not be granted
Herd will have TO serve his term in Jail.
Other libel suits are pending. The News
was the organ of the socialists, anarch-
lists and federals of Porto Rico, who are
provoked at the loss to them of the means
of giving publicity to their views.
Gov. Hunt has written a letter to San
tiago Ing1esas president Of the Fedora
ton of Workmen of Porto Rico. saying
he will not tolerate disorderly meetings
or insults to the American flag. The
mayors of Porto Rico have issued orders
forbidding the flag to be draped in black,
except for funerals.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
OLD CITIZEN DIES
Frederick II. Schnelle Expires
After Surgical Operation.

Frederick Herman Schnelle, an old
and, well known resident of st. Paul,
died yesterday morning at II o'clock at
st. Joseph's hospital as a. result of an
operation performed last, Friday. He
had lived in st. Paul since 1865, and
was widely acquainted among the, Ger
mans of the city, He, was a member
of several societies. 49, @ - 49,
Mr.. Schnelle was a shoemaker, and
followed his occupation during the
years of his residence in st. Paul He
was born in Zipzendorf,o Germany,
March rs, 1929, and came to America
in 1854, Settling at Cincinnati = where
he married Miss Christina Hagen, who
survives him. He came to ST. Paul at
the close of. the war, and resided in
this city continuously sinee.d4rq, moo
z He had served as secretary of Con-
cerdia lodge, A. o. u. W., during the
past tWentyssix years, and was
member of the Druitls and the Con-
cordia Singing society. Besides the
widow, three sons and two daughters
survive him. His sons are Fred A.
Schnelle, William Schnelle and Robert
j. Schnelle, and his daughters are Mrs
Susie Peters and Mrs. Minnie Bern
bach, all of st. Paul.
The funeral will be held from the
residence, 22S West Fifth street, We'd
neSday afternoon