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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
thought that single dollar OF thc grea

thought that a single dollar OF the great
suns handled by the society's officers
has been appropriated. What the
critics OF the society object 10 Is the
so-callcd autocratic rule of Miss Clara
Barton, and the alleged lack of sys-
TEN In the handling of relief moneys.
They sent memorials to the President
and 10 Congress, early In the year
setting forth these complaints, and
were conducting an aggressive cam
paign. when they suddenly found them.
selves suspended from membership 10y
the Executive Committee. on the
ground that they were attempting ito
disrupt the organization of the Amcri.
can National Red Cross" and that I'm
their memorial 10 Congress each of
them assumed an attitude unbccoming
member OF the American Red Cross
ana hostile TO the interests of that OF.
ganzation"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
GRAIN ETC,
HOPES FOR CORN exPoRTArloN
Expert Returns FROM Europe roundent
ofa Good Make, Abroad.

Boston. Mass--A. T. Brown. we'll
known grain merchant Of this city. re-
turned from n trip abroad on the DO.
minion liner Mayfower. Mr. Brown
speaks quite optlmistlcnlly NJ the out
look for corn expectation ne says:
"The London market Is strong NJ
present; not ~ strong ns the American
market. 10 be sure. but I'm fair way
10 become 50 before long Argentina
IL Offering corn quite freely. which ~
the prime reason for the small demands
on our supply, but the crop outlook In
Europe IL dubious The chances are
that orders will be- coming 10 the Unit
red states I'm large number In due time.
Provided the demand does materiallze.
the point which especially interests
commercial men ~ Boston II how
much of the corn will be exported from
this port n IL too soon 10 make any
predictions Boston steamers Will get
n fair share"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
Insect. KIIIeh by Ern.f

Katydids, grasshoppers, lOcusts,
walking sticks" crlckets and beetles
are killed by the frost. The eggs
hidden In the ground or concealed In
the bark OF trees furnish the supply
for the next year The cold retards
the development Of the egg which
batches in the warm days Of spring.
Sometimes an unusually cold winter
plays havoc with the dormant insect
life. but the cunning of nature strength
ems the frall eggshcil against the power
Of heat and cold alike. until the secret
alchemy of the sun stirs the budding
life and bids Il come forth.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

III az ease. and after due refreshments
he made some transparently feeble pre-
text for seeing the daughter Anne.
Your Majesty" was the reply. 'the
girl Is III and cannot De disturbed. She
Is now asleep In her room"
When the news came that her lover
had married another. Anne is said 10
have thrown of her sorrow, so far as
Il was visible. and attempted 20 enliven
the gloomy halls OF Heyer with French
songs and dances which she had
learned at the court az Paris. Later
wien the word came from the King
that she should return 10 court she is
said 20 have expressed great delight
and on her return 10 have Joined In the
gayety Of the palace with an abandon
that was new 20 her. Her subsequent
career. the Vaccinations OF the King.
his advances and his repeated apollo
gies. the divorce OF Queen Catharine,
the disruption Of church and state in
the Kings attempt 10 obtain sanction
for his act. his marriage 10 Anne Bo-
leyn. the birth OF the Princess Eliza
beth. the usurpation OF Anne's favor
with the King 10y Jane Seymour. the
charges brought against Anne. her be-
heading and the mysterious disappear
ance OF her body are succeeding chap
tiers OF English history which would
never have been enacted II Anne Bo-
| leyn had never left Hever Castle for a
throne.
on the death OF Sir Henry Boleyn.
Hever Castle was seized by King
Henry on the ground that II belonged
10 his former wife. even though he had
divorced her and had had her behead-
ed. The castle still retains most OF it's
medieval characteristics. and contains
much OF the furniture which was used
there In the time Of the Boleyns. The
room that has always been most pop
ular for visitors is the bedroom of
Anne. which is beautifully panelled
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

can'be rotated and the latch or bolt
released. In order that each step
may dnd the lever arm which II Is in
tended 10 release a groove Is cut In
the side Of the barrel and a guide at
tached 20 the rotating disk which
aligrs the releasing levers entering
this longitudinal slot. In this manner
the steps on the end OF the key are
brought into register with the cor.
responding lever arm. This lock mech.
anlsm, the invention OF Cassius w.
Mari. Is certainly novel. and apparent
ly Is quite as secure from the pOssibil-
lty OF being successfully picked as any
Of the high-class locks which are assO-
ciated with fat corrugated keys.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

and contains Anne Boleyn's bed Here
there are still massive pair OF and
irons bearing the royal Initials, ii. A.,
and surmounted with crowns.
Another room is said 10 have been
used by Henry VIII. for a council
chamber The room has curious
stucco ceiling. Most OF the windows
bearing heraldic devices still exist. The
secret passages. dungeons and blind
closets OF former days are also pre-
served as a reminder OF the more dan.
gerous days Of King Edward III. and
the fourteenth century. when the castle
was built.--New York Tribune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
TWO CLAWS oS THE HAMMER.

meets it's Waterloo, and Is sometimes
pulled from the handle In the effort 10
extricate the nail. The auxiliary claw
Is designed 10 meet such emergencies
It is revolvnbly mounted on the handle
inside the head Of the hammer, and.
on account OF the increased leverage
IL will successfully pull an old nail.
no matter how strongly II may be- in
trpnched
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
FORT PITTS BLOCK HOUSE.

Point that first brought Washington
prominently before the notice ot the
colonies and won him his first laurels
as commander. Three years later
Washington again led English troops
against the French M Fort puQuesne,
this time successfully. The French
set fire TO the tortihcationS an1 escaped
down the river by the light Of the
names. The immortal William Pit, or
dcred the rebuilding OF the fcrt imme-
diately, and from him IL received its
name. The recapture ~ Fort pu.
Quesne had given the English und.s.
puted possession Of the Ohio and
brought the French and Indian wars
10 n close.-New York Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

pied by Fort Duquesne. II is precious
for its associations. not only 10 the city
and State in which IL rests, but 10 the
whole nation. Ii stands on the point
of land where the Allegheny and Mo-
nongahela rivers dow together 10 form
the Ohio.
This point, famous in history as 1.-The
Forks OF the Ohio" was the spot for
the possession of which the first blood
was spilled In the French and Indian
wars. and remained strategic point OF
the greatst Importance all through that
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
cni,nn Ioneh.. nIrhss, Point.

Amid tremendous excitement The
cotton market N New York city few
days ago opened up from ten 10 elgh'
teen points for the various options, and
ak high records Of the year were bro
ken. Liverpool raised the price ~ the
futures 81 a bale before the market
opened The bulls. led by the Brown
forces. began bidding up the prize un'
M spot cotton sold ON q basis Of four
teen and n half cents The weather IN
the South was mainly responsible for
the furry.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
New Lnck MechnnIsn

A recent invention in lock mechan-
ism permits the use Of tubular key.
without any projecting wing. The
tumblers or lever arms are operated by
depressions in the end Of the key bar
rel These are OF different depths,
forming a series OF steps, and II Is
necessary for each step TO depress its
corresponding lever arm simultaneous
ly TO the proper extent before the key
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
uarye,tInx wIntsr wheat.

ns far north ~ the southern portions Of
Kansas. Missouri. Illionols. Indiana and
Virginia. While an Improvement in the
condition ~ this crop II Indicated I'm
Northern Illinois. Ohio and over the
northern portion Of the Middle Atlantic
States II has suffered deterioration
over a large part Of the winter wheat
belt ~ a result Of insects and increas.
Ing ruzt
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
Clara Barton
and Her Critics.

Considerable hesitancy is shown hy
the newspapers In their handling of the
dissension of the Red Cross Society,
evidently in the fear that the airing of
the recrimlnations may Impair coni.
dence In the society and mar It's us.-
fulnesS; and all concerned are careful
10 explain that nobody has the slightest
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

n but also the ancient pobil'
"A ity OF England. Rich men
IN M from the western shore OF
the Atlantic are purchas-
ing estates that were once the do
mains OF royalty. and causing the
countryside 10 rake up many tradi-
ton OF their early glory. Within the
last fortnight the descendant OF a
wealthy New York family bought what
Is repUted 10 be- the birthplace OF a
queen. and about which. even as the
Ivy o. its moated walls cllngs the
story Of the hapless Anne Boleyn.
And so when William Waldorf Astor
purchased Hever Castle. near Seven
Oaks. Kent. for $4,000, some days
ago. the good country folk started TO
tell again the romance OF the woman
because Of whom il is chiefly famous.
Though three places claim TO be her
birthplace, the people of Kent contend
that Anne Boleyn was born at Hever
IN 1907, the favorite abode OF her
father. Sir Thomas Boleyn. Here.
they say. she spent not only the first
seven years OF a happy childhood, but
also a later period of exile from the
court OF Henry Will. because she had
dared love younger and handsomer
man than her monarch. Here, too.
Queen Elizabeth is said 10 have visited
years afterward 10 behold the home of
her mother and do honor 10 her mem
ory.
Despite the conflict OF various ira
ditions as 10 the place OF her birth. II
Is known that the future wife Of Henry
VIII, lived at Hever Castle before she
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
why the Cat wn.h...

"a cat caught q sparrow and was
Gbout 10 devour II, but the sparrow
said 40 gentleman eats until he
washes his face The cat. struck by
the remark. set the sparrow down and
began 10 wash hi. face with his paw.
but the sparrow few away This
vexed puss extremely and he said. As
long as live will eat first and wash
my face afterward' Which all cats DO.
even 20 this day
The Salvation Army journal the War
Cry. appears weekly IA thirty different
languages
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
when m. Queen Wa. Bsrr.d.

The painful incident In the corona.
ton Of George ". was TIE refusal OF
the King 70 allow his consort Queen
Caroline. TO be present. and by his
orders she was turned away from the
Abbey. A few weeks later she was
dead
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
Rain. Too Late Yor Hay Crop.

Except In Michigan and the Ohio Val.
ley and Middle Atlantic states. where
q light yield Of hay u Indicated. the
general outlook for this crop continues
promising. In New York recent rains
caused decided Improvement. but they
came too late 10 save the crop.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

Textile Industries show no material
Improvement Sellers Of cotton goods
are unwilling 10 accept contracts for
distant delivery. aud even on immedl-
ate business there II little disposition
10 accept the prices offered.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

Among the recently patented Inn
provcments Is hammer having a
double claw, as shown I'm the accom-
panying illustration. In pulling nails
OF various sizes and conditions Of rust
the ordinary claw arrangement often
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26

The block house was built as an
outpost OF old Fort Pitt. from which
Pittsburg received It's name. aud which
covered the ground previously occu-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
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Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York

MILK.
The MIN Exchange nriee for standard
quality Is ahc, per quart
prrTFR
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
BEANs ASn "r,s

Beans Marrow choice 1902. . - a . Sn
Medium. choice. l9o2..,. a. = ~
Pea choice, l9o2 .,...,.., . 81 q > -
Rod kidney. choice. 1902 z az 3 ~
White kidney choice looa . - O. > =
Yellow eve. choice. 1902 - ~ y -
Lima. Cal. la02......... 65 "a > %
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-26
eRIM'oLp NEVER CASTLE, SOUGHT
BY W. NJ. AST0R, WAS ONCE
the HOME OF 4 MOST un.
HAPPY ENGLISH QUEEN.

capital is stir.
ring not only the present
but also the ancient pobil'
ity Of England. Rich men
from the western shore OF
the Atlantic are purclas-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-06

dinarlly under such circumstances, man is found next morning, if he is ever found at all, frozen nicely and solidly into the landscape.
 But Ike rather enjoyed it. He Just laughed at the blizzard. fairly pulled it's whiskers, so to speak. and trudged cheer fully on. In the morning he found frozen dog and by this time he was well enough set in Eskimo ways to consider frozen dog a deicacy, so he had a bit of breakfast and lay down in snow bank for nap. That dog lasted him till he reached the next settlement, where he in- trodueed Mormonism with great tempo rary success. But from now on he was to have no peace. No sooner would he begin to radiate Mormonism and sur round himself with converts and com fort than the news would creep in from his previous pastorate, and he would have 10 move on.
 From Sitke to Point Barrow he prose- lyted faithfully and his path was marked by race of young baseburners He was still acting as a missionary when he dis covered a gold mine that gave him few millions of loose change. He went right down to St. Michael to rest and, while he was studing what to do with the dust Professor Fakey's Amateur Polar Ex- petition stopped in to write home for money and met Ike. That kept the pro lessor from writing home. He put up line of talk that would have melted the heart of cabbage, and by the time he was through he had Ike convinced that it was a duty he owed to civilization to discover the North Pole Not only that but it was keen delight to hunt poles:
 All you had to do was to buy four thousand dogs and load them down with supplies You left the supplies at var ious places along the route, in little iron boxes where the bears coulden't get at them, and as fast as the supplies were properly placed. you began to kill and eat the surplus dogs. When you dis cover the pole you simply put a tag on it to prove ownership. brought home a silver of it to prove that you had been there, ate dog and cached supplies on the way back and arrived at the edge of civil lization, covered with glory and just enough dogs to land you in comfort. It was an enticing prospect to Ike. so he n- vested his all in dogs and supplies, and headed for the aurora borealis.
 The plan worked like a charm but Ike was the only man to reach the pole. The others of the expedition he stuck. end up, in the snow as they one by one con gealed. to act as guide posts to future explorers This rather upset the calcu- lations the Professor had made. in that Ike arrived at the pole with about fif teen hundred dogs and over ton and a half of jerked reindeer and other food supplies. Ike's first care was to build corral around the pole so his dogs wouldn't stray away or get eaten up by bears and his second was to get a good rest before he started back home The climate suited him right dewn to the ground for there was no danger of spon- taneous combustion but still 1t was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-06
 Festooned Truth About Remarkable Sunstroke,

finally had to give up that there was a mistake somewhere in the date, and waited another day.
 That day nor the next did chick put in an appearance, and then she broke open an egg.
 It was hard boiled
 She broke open another.
 It was hard boiled!
 Right on through the lot she went, get ting madder and madder every minute Everyone of those two hundred and forty eggs were boiled as hard as rock. Ike was too hot to act as a human incubator any more!
 It ruined their domestic happiness. Je- rusha tried him in the summer kitchen to heat the wash boiler, but just about the time the water got hot Ike would go to sleep and roll over on his side. She tried everyway on earth to make him of some value. but it was no use. and he became despised loafer about town. He took to sitting out in front of the postoffice or in front of Hen Worley's store dozing all day long and. as consequence he grew fatter and fatter and hotter and hotter The only consolation he could get out of it was that he would be more in demand next winter, but that did not mend mat ters any just then.
 One day, while Ike sat mapping on the town hall steps Dave Benson happened along and noticed that Ikes finger was smoking. He stood scratching his head and trying to believe his own eyes, when all at once Ike's hand burst out into a blazei Dave knew right away that this was a case of spontaneous combustion, so he rushed for bucket of water and put out the flame.
 That was only the beginning. In spite of all the care Ike took. from then on, to keep in the shade and not exert himself, he caught fire now and then, and 1t was no uncommon thing to see the Dozevlle Volunteer Fire Department come dashing down the street, dragging the little red hose pump, to put Ike Snow out.
 He had to change climates, that was all and Jerusha was glad enough to let him go. He spent that fall and winter in one of the Michigan lumber camps. They paid him a salary just to sit around in the bunk house and keep it warm for the boys. Summer found him still further north, as The Marvellous Human Bal loon, with a one horse circus doing the Canadian provinces.
 His act was a wonder, On big plat form. in full view of the crowd he crawled into the neck of his limp balloon By and by it would begin to inflate from the heat of his body and presently Ike would go slowly soaring up into the blue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-06
BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER.

sit in the attic to dry the clothes, and when the old speckled hen left her eggs and refused. to go back on the nest she made Ike hatch out the setting, but that wasn't much help.
 It gave her an idea. though, and she had an incubator built right away It was big enough to hold Ike and twenty. dozen eggs and 1t worked like a charm, though 1t was queer to walk back in the orchard and see Ike sitting there with his head and arms sticking out smoking and read Ing all day long. or dozing in the sum- light that filtered through the leaves.
 From July to the first of November he became the mother of nearly a thou sand chickens. and Jerusha began to be quite attached to him again. seeing that her chicken farm was beginning to pay pretty well. Poor fellow, that was all he craved now, just affection, and he used to fairly sniffle when Jerusha came out and spoke a few kind words to him on matching days.
 With the first frost 1ke's popularity be- gan to gladden. his heart and he picked up flesh faster than ever. People were able to have their windows open now, when he came to their parties, and everybody was glad again to meet that dear, warm hearted Mir. Snow. No wonder he liked winter so well. As far as mere comfort went he was all right all the year round In the summer he was so hot anyhow that the thermometer made no difference to him. and in the winter he went around in his shirt sleeves as happy as a lark, knowing that he was welcome guest anywhere.
 It was fairly pathetic to see the way Ike warmed up that season to every friendly word he got. He seemed to have some warning of what was to come. It makes a heap of difference to man of Ikes disposition whether everybody seems glad to see them or not. and as spring came on again he took to breeding and dreading the warm weather, as we'll he might. for with the first buds Jerusha chucked him back into the incubator Ike had grown so much stouter that she had to have the manhole enlarged, where it fit around under his armpits, and there was only room now for fifteen dozen of eggs, but as the first matching came out all right. and the second, Jerusha forgave him and had a new incubator made.
 The warm weather had now set in and and the third lot of eggs was packed around him. Ike patiently sat and matched, with all mothers natural care, until the twenty-first day. Not a shell cracked. Jerusha went back and looked at her calendar and figured till she got a new wrinkle in her brow, but she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-06

mighty lonesome and you might wonder why he stayed there.
 This Is the real reason. You see, Ike never was much of thinker, and, when he approached the pole, he forgot to put up any signs to mark the direction by which he had come. The consequence was that when he got ready to go back, he didn't know which way to start. He spent days trying to figure out which way was south. until at last it dawned on him that every direction was south from the pole, and then he gave up. He turned his attention to dog cultivation in order to keep up his food supply, and sat down to wait for Peary or some other eX- plorer to come along and show him the way home
 This narrative Is published merely as a warning, to Peary and others, that they will find the pole inhabited by com fortable fat man and that the honor of furnishing the real discoverer belongs to Dozeville. Ike must have tempered the climate a whole lot by this time, though. for he has been. up there quite spell now