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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
The Tale Of the Tail.

A writer in tracing the ancestry or
the dog TO Won and jackal notices typi-
cal differences In the cast Of their eyes,
their body colors and markings, the
habit OF turning around three times be,
fore lying down. and other interesting
peculiarities but he does not mention
the most striking and infallible way Of
distinguishing them. namely. by the
fashion in which they carry their tails.
Wolves and coyotes have sneaking
way OF carrying their tails low. almost
hanging on the ground. while dogs
carry their tails up, and the further re-
moved they are from the general type.
says Cs-~tes Hallock. the higher they
carry them. Shepherds and collies,
which retain many of their racial char
acteristics. carry their tails lowest OF
all: settlers and pointers, few degrees
higher. stifrening out straight their
tails to the spinal line: st. Bernards
and Newfoundlands effect a curve over
the back. while pugs actually come TO n
full twist. An old plainsman could tell
n wolf or coyote rs far as he could see
him. and In buffalo days this was n
most useful indication Of buffalo herds
being not far away These predatory
creatures always followed a moving
herd. rd.-Philadelphia Record
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

out of it cut a figure shaped like No. 3.
making three holes in the middle part
of It, an awl or darning needle may
be used to make the holes. Bend the
edges marked "a and "b' in opposite
directions, and you have everything
ready for giving the whirligig fly"
TO do this, place the spool on the
handle and wind a piece Of twine
around the spool; then put the card
board on top, letting the three pins
pass through the holes in its middle
part.
Now, for the Fly" Take the handle
in your left hand and hold il upright.
Then, with a quick movement of your
right hand, jerk the twine from the
spool, just as you would from top in
spinning il, and away will go the card
board figure making a very graceful
flight through the air.
If the flyer" does not fly at the first
trial, take il off the spool and put it
on again with the other side of il down
next the spool. In other words, just
reverse the flyer, for its action depends
on the way il strikes the air in revolv-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
THE KINGS HORSE.

Once upon a time there was n king
who had no sons, but one daughter.
1t was great disappointment not TO
have n son, but those who cast the
horoscope of the daughter told him that
his daughter would be great blessing
TO the kingdom while she lived, and at
her death would bequeath untold
riches As this story was widely known
the princess had many admirers who
sought betrothal with her. And the
king was greatly distressed as TO choice
Of the right one. When she was grown
she was very beautiful-so beautiful
that myriads OF pilgrims came 10 the
temple 10 beg for the gift of beauty
and 10 burn incense. This brought
prosperity. and thus the prophecy of
her birth was fulfilled. But the king
could no longer delay the betrothal
OF his daughter, rs SO many princes de-
sired her that the kingdom was con-
tinually in trouble with other king
doms. One day the princess father
was out hunting. when n powerful
king surprised him and carried him
away captive TO a far-away kingdom.
The prime minister and privy coun-
cilors met and issued an edict saying
the hand OF the princess would be
given 10 the man who rescued the king.
High up in the clouds was n demi.
god who loved the princess, but since
she was mortal woman could not
wed her. but when this trouble came
he entered the body OF the kings IA.
vorite horse. which broke away from
the grooms. went straight 10 the king
and brought him back. But the prime
minister. being Mortified when the
horse brought back the king. ordered
the horse TO be killed az once. But the
king who had carried away the father
OF the princess was very powerful. and
came again and again against the king
And IL was finally decided Ivy the king
and his councillors that Il was best %
betroth the princess To the son OF theiI
enemy. for the good of the kingdom
The princess protested. but her protes.
tations were Of no avail.
When the hour came fo- the wedding
she resisted. weeping. struggling val.
iantly with her attendants. \ servant
hearing the outcry. came into the court
yard dragging with him the skin OF a
horse. which he was about 70 cut into
strings. hut the soul Of the demi-god
lover in the skin Of the horse awoke
and he wrapped the skin around the
princess and she became the first
cocoon.
In the silk growing district Of Chebl-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
A CURIOUS WATER WHEEL.

A CURIOUS WATER WHEEL.
Hollow large cork and insert a
straw about five inches long through
fixed 10 the other end with the help Of
sealing wax, after boring a small hole
In the centre Of the cork TO connect the
second piece Of straw with the first
ca. After closing the two ends Of the
piece Of straw holes are bored next 10
them on the opposite sides, into which
small pieces Of straw are fastened with
sealing wax B-B), says the Pittsburg
Dispatch:
Three pieces Of thread fastened 10
the rim of the cork at equal distances
connect with button suspended by a
thread running through its centre (see
illustration. The water wheel is now
ready, and If you let small stream Of
water run into the cork the water Will
run through the straw and set the ap-
paratus into quick motion. If IL ap-
pears too hard 10 join the pieces Of
straw with sealing wax little corks can
be used, as shown in the centre figure
OF our illustration. Should straw be
too fragile metal tubes can be sub
stituted. The end of the tube going
through the bottom of the cork is cut
and bent las shown in c of centre illus
tration) and suspended from a thin
wire, around which the whole wheel
turns. Instead Of two. four side tubes
can be used, and by bending the ends
carefully the job Of Joining smaller
tubes can be avoided. Suspend the ap-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
The Rriti.h Feat Us.

II isn't often that British boat crew
beats an American; the balance of VIC
tory hangs heavily on our side. but re-
Gently in sydney the Yankee tackies
got an awful walloping. Some months
ago the supply ship Glacier made her
regular call at sydney for cargo of
meat for the Philippines. In the har'
bor lay the British flagship Royal Ar
thur. and the crew OF the Glacier chal'
lcnged her crew 10 boat race. While
the conditions Were being talked over
IL came time for the American ship tC
leave SO the race was postponed. Ac'
cording to British reports when the
Glacier got back 10 Manila she got the
picked oarsmcn in the American fleet
to take back to sydney with her. The
day Of the race was made almost hol
iday in Sydney. Practically all tbs
town was OH the water or on lard
where they could see the sport. and
when the Britishcrs beat the Yankees
Ivy ten lengths i'm two miles hedlam
reigned. - New York Commercial Ad
VcrtiScr
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
Reminder Of British Vandalism.

A vivid reminder of the burning or
the Capitol by the British in 1914 came
to hand recently in the repairs which
are being made in the document room
of the House of Representatives. This
room is a three-cornered space In the
northwest corner of the old hall OF the
House. or Statuary Hall. as II is called
now. In making the repairs the old
window sashes We're taken out. Un-
derneath was charred window case,
and when that. too. had been removed
there was n quantity of lead found;
the old window weight had beer, melt
ed In the fire and run down into the
crevice of the stone wall. This was
dug out by Joel Grayson. and is being
preserved by him ms a memento. The
window sashes were covered with n
coat OF dirty white paint, but theit
weight attracted the attention OF the
workmen. and the paint was scraped
of sufficiently to show that they were
solid mahogany. showing that nothing
was thought too good TO use in the orig
inal construction of the Capitol.-Wash.
ington star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
"I am going to rest a moment against

T am going to rest moment against
the wind, near these bushes. My! No!
| ! should freeze On the spot"
He walked again-not much. Ex-
hausted, he let himself fall down.
"E sleep. ] am lost"
lie stretched his eyeliys, shook his
arms. moved his fingers, unfastened
his lips and played on his flute the first
notes OF THE Green Pitcher" A few
thin sounds rose in the icy night. and
died away, slow and melancholy.
Klen let fall his flute, but continued
TO struggle against the unconquerable
slumber. He felt astonished 10 be
alone in that desert OF snow.
"Olka! Where are youY he mur.
INJURED.
He moved once more his fingers,
opened once more his eyes. and whis.
pered:
"Olkaw
Dawn lightened; near a bush OF
broom, a human form with long and
thin legs. A flute lay by its side. The
blush face wore still an expression OF
wonder and attention. Xlen died In
listening 10 the old song:
"Hal my green pitcher,
The lord has broken IT,"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
ORIGIN or SLANG PHRASE.
When He First Understood Meaning
Of Desc rIptive Term.

A student in the School of Mines
at Columbia university who has just
returned from Butte. Mon, was telling
Charles james. proprietor OF the
Sturteyant, about the atmospheric
peculiarities Of that mining town Of
the Far West.
"Pon my word" he said, the air
is so charged with mineral gases that
after a man has been out for an hour
or 80 In the morning his heart action
Is SO SLOW that he is obliged 70 drink
plenty OF whisky 10 get IT in fairly
normal condition. was told that
there were at one time a few inhabi
tants OF Butte who were teetotalers.
but they are all dead A man can
drink quart Of whisky before his
midday dinner In that town without
feeling in the slightest degree intoxi
Gated. That is why Butte men, when
they come East and their heart works
normally, get frightfully drunk when
they try to drink as they do at home"
Il see." retorted Mr.. Jaimes. Il un.
derstand now what IL means 10 tell
man that he has a 'ba.ut' on."-Neu
York Times.
Women as Watchmakers.
Matchmaking as a suitable calling
for women was first recognized during
the latter part Of the seventeenth cen.
tury, and in l7l5, the Clockmakers'
company (whose charter dates from
August 22, 1881 formally sanctioned
the employment Of female apprentices,
says Pearson's Weekly.
These, however. appear 10 have
been few and far between. Mr.. F. ].
Britten says, in his Former Clock
and Watchmakers and Their Work.:
The employment of female labor in
watch work does not seem to have
made much progress in England, till
watch factories were established in
quite recent years"
We cannot doubt that women were
well adapted, by their delcacy OF
touch, TO handle and construct such
intricate mechanism as is involved in
the art Of matchmaking, especially in
days when machinery was compare
lively rude and inadequate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
THE FLYING wHIRLIGIG.

Any boy can make this pretty and
amusing toy. and have plenty Of fun
with IT. All be needs is an empty spool,
a piece of cardboard and a piece OF
pine wood.
File the heads OFF two pins, and then
drive the pins into the end Of the spool,
as shown in drawing No. l. Out OF
the pine wood make handle, as shown
in No 2, the small part OF il being
trimmed TO fit loosely in the hole
through the spool. This part should
be exactly the same length as the
spool, so that when the spool Is placed
Oh 1t the top of the handle Will be flush
with the top of the spool. Drive a
headless pin, also, in the top of the
handle.
Now take the piece Of cardboard and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

But the man in the sun made a frosted
snow bun,
And declared it far sweeter than whey,
At which the moon cried till it left hIm
one eyed,
As he's been ever since TO this day.
New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

". S. Musser, Millheim, Pa, saved the
life OF his little girl by giving her One
Minute Cough Cure when she was dying
from Group. 1t Is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate results. II
quickly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis,
grippe, asthma and all throat and lung
troubles. T. r. Parker, Olneyville, Cen
terdale Pharmacy, Centerdale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
Giant Locomotives.

Two locomotives. the largest in Eu.
rope. have just been turned out at
Basile. Switzerland. The boilers are
twice the ordinary size. give a force
Of 1000 horse power and a speed Of
over sevcnty.nye miles an hour.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
ClmDRENS DEPARTMENT.

ang every year when the silk worms
begin 10 call for food-tbat Is, when
they come out Of their sLells-you VIII
see the little children playing with toy
horses. This is 10 win the favor OF the
silkworm goddess, by reminding her OF
her faithful lover. Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

Work in the world for the folk thereof;
With every deed that is done in love
Some crisscross matter IL smoothed for age;
The spirit sees straight and clear;
And heaven draws close that was far away,
As you whistle off each fear.
Work, for the days are feet and few.
Don't dream, but do!
You may worry over Code grinding laws,
You may probe and probe for the great
trst cause;
OF self-forgetting JOY
Will ease your mind OF its moody IL
And make you blithe as boy.
The plan is simple; then see II through:
Don't dream, but DO!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

The man who makes a habit OF bor-
rowing money is building a stone wall
across his own path to suecess.-New
York Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

The use OF the Haffkine. ana espe-
cially the Yersin, serum in Mazatlan
are putting decided check on the
fatality OF the plague. Out OF 313
cases the deaf tbs were 25J.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

sTis an easy thing, il you want to know
How sweet the summer Is, Just 10 go
Or fain toward the swash OF the sea.
For they all will teach you how heavenly
good
Such wholesome places be.
III you seek the souls warm summer, too,
Don't dream, but do!
Don't set at home with your brain-bor
book
And balance questions and pry and look
Xskance at this, or wonder how
That squares with some ancient doubt;
But get in touch with the throbbing now,
And let your heart go out
To your fellowmen who are spent and blue.
Don't dream, but do
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

Anomalous electric conditions Mold az
the foot Of Niagara Falls. The impact
Of the water upon the rocks gives the
water positive and the spray mega
tive charge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

The new theory Of matter taught by
Lodge is that all matter Is made up Of
the corpuscles Of electricity. The the
ory of Thomson is that negative cleo
trlcity Is matter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
EnhInr.st,nrnt.

Gei-rich.Quick maria ses usually have
the same vind-up rs the other invest
mcuts o. Tie same kird.-Ncw York
rress.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

paratus over the table after the lamp
is lighted. Pour hot alcohol into the
corks, light the small stream coming
from the small tubes, then eXtinguish
the lamp and a miniature rain of fire
will fall on the pudding or cake placed
under the wheel.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

ing. and you can't always tell which
side should be upward until you try IL.
In one case, the air makes il fy away;
in the other case il makes il stay more
firmly on the spool
The effect is much better if the flyer
is painted in bright colors.-Brooklyp
Eagle
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22
THE MAN WITH ONE EYE

THE MAN WITH ONE EYE
The man in the moon made a wonderful
spoon,
On a night when all were sleeping,
To drink the cloud whey from the wide
milky way,
And he set al the little stars weeping;
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

Germans have long been in the fore
most rank as potato eaters. Among
very large proportion of the laborlng
classes potatoes and dark bread are
the principal staples Of daily subsist-
cnce.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

No more striking example Of the pre-.
cision required In engineering under.
takings can be found than the boring
of the famous N. Gothard tunnel
through the Alps. Work was begun
simultaneously at both ends, nearly
ten miles apart. Foot by foot the rock
was blasted out under the guidance of
men who relied primarily on instru-
ments which they carried with them
as the work proceeded. When the last
sheet Of rock was broken through and
the men of each end shook hands II
was found that there was difference
Of level of only four inches, and that
the true line had been swerved from
only eight inches. stu more remark
able accuracy may be expected OF the
engineers who are now boring the
Simplon tunnel through the Alps.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-05-22

The sterilization of meat In Belgium
Is yearly gaining in importance. The
object OF this innovation Is TO return
to the trade, under the form Of a whole
some product. meat which otherwise
would be unfit for consumption.
The new processes used In tanning
are most surprising. Leather used TO
be tanned by soaking II for seven
days in weak solution of hemlock
or oak bark to give IL color, then In
pits of stronger solution for six weeks,
removing the hides every day or so;
then in 'lay-away" pits still stronger
for another six weeks; by filling them
with new bark for another six weeks
soak. and repeating this last operation
three or four times. All this made
good leather, but 1t took from six TO
eight months. To-day even the thick
est hide can be tanned by chemicals in
three hours.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-28
in Detal.

Battery E was organized by Captain.
Alexander C. Moore, at Buckhannon,
West Virginia, in August, 1862. He was
commissioned captain of the battery.
September ., 1862. Captain Moore was
one of West virginia's loyal sons, who
was among the first in the state to il
lustrate his loyalty to the government
by the most practical methods then
known; from his early enlistment in the
army from the earliest moments of the
secession agitation in the South, Cap.
tain Moore was in line defending the con,
stitution Of the nation in eloquent plead.
ings upon the rostrum in the cities and
towns throughout the counties of Hari-
SON, Taylor, Lewis, Upshur, etc, and
when recruits were called for he enlist
ed company C for the Third West Viz.
sinia infantry. Having commanded this
company for one year in its active opera.
tons in the state Captain Moore was
well prepared to take charge of this
new field of usefulness as an officer Of
artillery. He had little trouble and
spent little time in recruiting his com
pany E, among his neighbors and friend.
who knew him best at Buckhannon ana
adjoining counties. Even before he haG
installed the first lessons OF the Arti!
lery school into his company and befor,
they had been mustered into service b,
was called upon to defend the tow
against the advance of the Confederat
General Jenkins. Immediately upon I'll,
completion of the enlistment of his com
pany he was ordered to Wheeling an
there was fully equipped Then the bat
terry was ordered to Clarksburg and il
turn to New Creek and Romney. A
the latter place the battery became, il
1868, part of Campbcll's Fourth bri
gade, First Division, Eighth army corp.
serving with this division in the Soutl
Branch valley at ROmney. AEoorefcl
and vicinity and with General Kellc,
in his campaign in the summer Of lS6:
TO Cherry Run, WiIliamsport and
Hedgesville on Lees retreat from Gettys
burg. returning with the brigade to tho
South Branch valley, serving in that l.
cality until the summer of 1864.
Upon General Hunters return from
Lynchburg. the battery was ordered
join the army of West Virginia and &C
companied it to the Shenandoah valley
taking part in the engagements with
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-28


the enemy at Smokers Ferry, Ccdm
Creek, Kcnstown. Bunker Hill and Bcr
ryville. At this time the battery wa,
attached 10 the artillery brigade Of the
army OF West Virginia; was then in the
fall OF 1864 ordered to Maryland Heights.
where it remained until January, 1866,
when the battery was ordered TO the ar.
tillery camp at Camp Barry, near Wash
ington, D. G., and remained there until
the close Of the war.
While at Maryland Heights battery B
was consolidated with battery f, by or
der OF the war department, the solidated
battery remaining battery E, under the
command Of Captain Moore. Lieutenant
Il. H. H. Atkinson and forty-fve men
was the transfer from B to f. While
Mt Camp Barry, D. G., President Lin.
coin was assassinated. and detail from
the battery OF Lieutenant Samuel A.
Rapp and thirty men constituted por.
ton of the escort as the Guard of Hon.
or accompanying the remains Of Mr.
Lincoln from the White House to the
Capitol. At the close Of the war, Pres.
ident johnson conferred upon Captain
Moore the rank OF Brcyet major for
faithful and meritorious services during
the war"
Battery E was a good battery, conf
posed Of the intelligent, patriotic young
men from the counties of Harrison, Up
shud and Randolph. Officers and enlist.
ed men were proud of each other, and
there was no Jealousy or pickering from
the beginning to the end Major Moore
was distinguished attorney at law
when the war came, and his legal a9il.
ity was occasionally, during the war
brought into service as the Judge advo.
cate Of important court martials.
The battery was mustered out Of the
service june %, 1865.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-02
'sTIMlDsTY AND TALENT.
A Lack of Courage Is the Death OF
a Great Deal of Ability.

A Lack of Courage Is the Death of
q Great Deal of Ability.
"A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of little courage.
Every day sends to their graves num-
Der of obscure men who have only re-
manned obscure because their timidity
has prevented them from making q first
effort and who. IL they could have been
induced to begin, would i'll all proba-
biGty have gone great lengths In tue
career OF fame. The fact is that to do
anything In this world worth doing We
must not stand shiyering on the brink
and thinking OF the cold and danger,
but jump in and scramble through as
well as we can. 1t will not do to be
perpetually calculating risks and adj
justing nice chances. 1t die very we'll
before the food, when a man could
consult his friends upon an intended
scheme for hundred and fifty years
and then live to see it's success for six
or seven centuries afterward. But ut
present man waits and doubts and
hesitates and consults his brother and
his uncle and his first cousins and par
ticular friends till one fine day he finds
that he is sixty-tive years of age; that
he has lost SO much time in consulting
first cousins and particular friends that
he has no time left to follow their adj
vice.-Sydney Smith on Courage III
the Use of Talent