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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
HOW TO AVOID CHILBLAINs.

Nearly all the women who come TO
me every winter to be treated for chill.
blains," said chiropodiSt, attribute
the trouble 10 misilt boots. As mat.
ter OF fact boots have little To do with
chilbains. 1t all depends on the con
dition OF the blood and the sudden
changes that women make from hot
10 cold rooms or from indoors to the
street with their thin kid shoes. A
woman who has five or ten minutes
TO stay In a room will stand over the
heater or get near the fire. Her FIRST
thought Is TO keep her feet warm.
when she goes ont she may walk Ill
rcctly into snow and ice.
"If she would stop i'm the vcstihule a
minute or two 90 put on her gloves or
To chat with some acquaintance, as
most men do, she probably would not
have chilblains. She takes only min
ute or so TO prepare the feet in this
way for the change in temperature
without plunging directly from one ox-
treme TO the other Men In my bust
ness tell women this, but they don't
listen TO us"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
A Victim of Ambition

Stafford County also puts forward 4
claim for the Meanest Nan. A local
paper relates that be put a porcelais
egg in the nest OF an ambitious hen.
and found that the eggs she laid were
OF increased size. Then be put a goose
egg in the nest: the aforesaid hen laid
an egg just az large. He was 40
pleased with the scheme that he put
a whitevashed football In the nest and
awaited results. When be went the
next time 20 search Tor eggs he found
one as high ~ a football. but no hen
In sisht Securing the egg. he saw
engraved on IL By the ben photography
these words I'm no ostrich. but +
have done Dy best" Later he found
the hen inside OF the egg -Kansas
City Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
TO. AVERT WRECkJ
- 60 1919 {.
Attachment For Railroad Tracks 10
- prsI.n! Accidents.

4 student ot railway aad railroad
accidents and their causes comes tor
ward with an invention which is de.
signed % avert toe 80 frequently r..
curing horrors which have stained
with blood the history OF rilroad,ng
in this ara other countries.
when from any cause or other. Il ia
desired 20 stop a train OF cars due ar
any point the custom now il 10 send
a tiagmln back To signal tO the engin-
eer of the due train. At other times
a lantern is set az the SIDE OF the
track, and still az other times tor.
pedo is placed on ,ae rail-. But tiag.
men have gone 90 sleep. engineers have
failed 20 see the lanterns and have not
heard the torpedoeS.
The new invention requires the equip.
meut OF trains with automatic brake
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
No, upi.. Bot Black Bear.

The motto. 'IDpL before you leap"
has been handed 1Own for generations
and generations. but II IL curious
fact that person has never suggested
The thought of thinking before look.
INK" n there had ever been n motto
Ike The latter o. ,s probable that Gid
con l.. Jos. ~ Hancock. would never
have received the shock 10 bis system
that hp experienced when he looked
into hole in the ground and found a
big. black bear about three inches from
his nose Mr jos dld not stay looking
into that hole any longer than was nec-
rssary % recover from his astonish-
ment. but got up and the way he
legged n FOR home aud n gun would
probably have made the bear laugh "
he had si1ynd 10 witness Mr. Joys
sprinting act. when Mr. JOY returned
with his rife the bear was nowhere TO
be- seen. nor has hp been seen since.
Mr 10Y viii hFriv get his gun first
and took sficrwtrJ n such a case ever
comes 40 again Knnnebec Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

ia which they are placed, and are from
threc to eight inches in diameter at the
sgrface Of the water. The tops OF the
poles are connected usually Ivy a
metallic galvanized guy line. Contln-
uOus from end 10 end Of the leader
ahd from the poles guy line. a line
OF fishing netting with small mesh is
suspended. with its top usually at
about mean sea level and its bottom
on the bed Of the ocean.
The pound consists OF a group OF
poles. usually about fifty in number,
driven or otherwise affixed to the bot
tom. and varying in height above high
water level. but usually about eight
feet. In this pound are found the
heaviest poles OF the wcirs. and their
tops are guyed together and also guyed
radially from the top OF each pole by
lines attached 20 anchors. The pound
usually covers an area OF about 100
feet wide and $50 feet long. on all sides
of which are the nets. The galvanized
Hnc which - attached 10 the top OF
every pole Ia the weir l. called the
backbone
1T will be seen from the foregoing
description that the poles forming the
leader and the pound are formidable"
says Mr. Ho1ie. "and OF sufficient
strength and height above the water
30 that when broken of below the high
water mark. they constitute a serious
"bsuuction 70 navigation. and can and
do cause material injury 10 vessels or
boats which have and might come In
contact with them"
In Ne above description the pound u
really the heart sud bowl. together. 90
Newark sunday Call
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
JAPANESE HAND WARMERS.

JAPANESE HAND WARMERS.
If you drop into shop whore Jap.
ancsc novelties are for sale and see
some curious perforated objects that
look like mouth organs" planned on
Oriental lines don't make the mistake
of buying them for musical instru.
meuts They are Liros, or Japanese
hand warmers
In the country OF the Mikado they
don't believe in suffering from cold
hands ana knees, and the kirO IS sim.
ply a portable stove that one can tuck
away In his pocket when not needed.
II is simple cOntriyance, and can be
put inside a pair Of large miticns.
Sometimes they are fastened 20 the
knees 10 keep the legs from getting
cold. Persons out driving or speeding
Ia an auto need not get frOstbitten
toes and fingers IN they use kiros.
Fuel suitable for use comes with the
kiro. Enough can be purchased for
fifteen cents 20 last two months II
is n curious preparation of charcoal.
and gives of little gas and no smoke.
In Japan those Who have 10 work out
of doors In cold weather carry several
kiros inside their clothing and are able
% face the lowest temperature.
Many who have used this small
japanese stove in the sick room boast
that IL Is much superior 10 hot water
bags for cold feet Or 10 apply whore
pain is felt a hot water bag is heavy.
is unwieldy to handle. and its temper.
ature r. bound 20 fall
But the japanese stoves are small
and light They can be put right on
the spot where the pain b.. and DO
not press o. weigh too heavily on the
afflicted part. The heat is steady. thor.
oughiy warm. but never unplesssntly
hot. and one piece Of fuel lasts two
hours. and II unyarying as 10 the
quantity OF heat thrown out. In fact.
they are very convenient and enec.
tive additions 10 the housekecpers
store.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
BALLOON BOAT.

The administration OF the Swedish
navy has just introduced. as a novelty,
balloon vessel. the only one ot its
kind in any navy of the world IL i a
combination Of a freight boat and a
captive balloon. anu was built for the
special purpose OF doing scout duty
in the many waters OF the kingdom.
which are dotted 10y a great number OF
small islands. The boat itself has n
length OF l52 feet. thirty eight feet in
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12


The cities Of -. Petersburg and Par.
is have an interesting device for en-.
couraginS good architecture. Build.
ings which are 80 artfstically con.
>tructcd that they are regarded az
ornaments Of the city are exempted
from taxation for a period Of years
The profession Of architect has a
much higher standing in Paris than
in American cities A high standard
or qualification for the prOfessl,l Is
O. c0rced by the voluntary associations
which control admission 10 It's ranks.
The Paris architect signs his building
IN conspicuous place on the front.
as an artist does bis painting. Paris
and other Continental cities conld
teach US msch in regard 20 the pro-
motion Of artistic building Boston
Transcript
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

millions Of young food fish and with
ruining The Jersey coast as a feeding
ground for fishes and a place Of lucra-
tive employment for professional hand
lluc fishermen:
The parts which form the pound
net or fish weir consist OF a stem
tsuown as leader and a head known
a. a pound The leader consists OF a
single straight line of hard wood poles,
driven or otherwise affixed to the bot
tom. extending above the high water
level of the sea to considerable
height. usually from four to eight feet,
add spaced from twenty-five to fifty
feet apart. The poles are OF lengths
varying with the depths OF the water
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
Grocery Advertis, nE.

Grocery advertising has still to reach
the deyelopment ol that OF the depart
mcut stcre Tfhe nSaiatlnrr is TO lht,e
a bargain ia make a newspaper us
play. one grocer could not get rid NJ
a stock of small oranges He offered
them in striking type az forty cents a
peck. They sold quickly. While he
realized about as much as IL they had
been sold 10y the dozen. his store had
the benefit of an effective advertise
menr
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

caught but outside of the professional
fishing industry, whether it is by hand
or net the number OF persons who
know anything Of how and what a
pound or weir is constructed. is slngu-
larry few.
In connection with the suits brought
ia the United States Circuit Court in
ttis State against two firms OF pound
net fishermen, Mr.. Albert n. HoXie. Of
Boston. has filed in Trenton the follow
lug detailed description Of one of the
tie contrivances. which are charged
with slaughterius wantonly each year
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

arrangements which are 90 bc opera ted
by means OF shoe" fastened 10 the
rail. One OF these shoes" having
been put in place near the point at
which IL is desired TO stop the train
the railroad men can proceed with their
duties without fear OF the oncoming
locomotive and its ears passing many
feet beyond. AS the train passes over
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

width and seven feet lraught. In the
middle Of the beat the balloon has been
installed the latter is filed with "a 800
cubic feet OF gas, and has capacity
Of 1900 pounds. The balloon is fastened
to the bottom Of the boat by means of
a strong steel cable. the total length OF
the latter being $50 feet. Recent trials
have been very successful. and it is re-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
BAILING OUT THE BOWL.

together they can bc placed beneath
the ledge Of one of the steps, and when
released the points o. one pair Of said
arms will engage with the rnrpet hc-
meath the .,dge. and il desired enter
the woodwork. and similarly the other
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

Quarries OF beautifully coioted mar.
bic lave been opened on the Isle Of
Dokos. near the Island of Hydra.
Greece. II is claimed for this marble
that when polished IL shows bright
coio-s and a lustre surp~sins all other
cslored marbh.s of Greece.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

The coat from the G;amorgsnsilis .
Geld. in South Wales. u regarded -
sRerior to AZ osA.r stesm coai by "a.
eAvies % the vozId-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

Sweden Sent three-qnarigrs Of T.
ODOoD gros- boxes ot mate1les im
ported ioto tb.s c0Gntry lost yHr.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

pair will engage with the stair tread.
The carpet can. therefore. be held taut
and securely in place. and yct be
readily taken up on occa II n.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

In no country does the hns OF per.
p,sual sEsB reach tie sea coast.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

New Jersey coast in the meetings Of
iisting clubs and other organizations.
comparatively few persons know eK-
actly what a pound net or fish weir is.
In 4 general way everyone knows that
&c is huge net IN which fish are
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12
HINTS FOR A NURSE.

A nurse sh1uld always wear wash
dresses and thIs IA esDecisilv heces
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

The average yieId of potatoes In the
province u Ontario for the last twen.
- one years i, .lqer as III bushels to
the acre,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

Pound Net as It
Actua ally is,
Showing How
Fish Are Trapped
NOTWITHSTANDING

NOTWITHSTANDING all
the recent newspaper dis
cuSsion OF pound net fish.
cries. and the thrcshing out
Of the question Of the harm
they are working along the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-12

Is thrown by the shoe" and the brakes
Immediately applied SO that when the
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-04-01
22eme aimee

Avee CO num6ro l'EcHo DE
L'OUFsT, entire dams la 22eme an
nee de sen existence. Fond6 lie Ter
Avril 1883 CONNIE l'organe des
Canadiens-francais du Nord-
Quest il ma cesse de TRAVELLER
dams l'int6ret de noe nationaux ct
q la propagation ct Ia conserva.
ton de la langue franea1se aux
Etats- Unis. Apres l'6cole FRANCHISE
lie journal franeais est le facteur le
plus p%uissant que nous avons q no.
tire disposition pour la conserva-
ton de notre homog6nite national.
ACest q l'6co]e que nous apprenons
q lire la langue que nous avons
balbuti6 sur les genoux de notre
mere ct c'est le journal franeais
qui nous rappelle CO que nous
avons appris 3 l6cole.
Encouraper done notre journal.
La nouvelle administration qui
est entr6e en- fonction il va plus
de six ans s'est eforc6e d'6limi-
ner de ses COLONIES toutes person
nalit6s ct q donner une lecture
saline qui pouvalt etre lue sans
danger par tous les membres de la
famille chr6tienne.
Nous croyons avoir r6ussi ct lie
patronage que nous .avons recu de
nos compatrlotes de Minneapolis
nous lie prouve.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-04-01

La disparition de l'explora-
teur Andr6e, le courageux Sue
dois qui tenta de faire Ia conquete
du pole en- pallon Went d'etre, Off
ciellement ct l6galement constat6e.
Les d6lais presents par la lol
6tant 6coul6s, le tribunal civil de
Stockholm a declare que l'explo-
rateur Andr6e 6talt considers COM
me decide.
On SO rappelle, qu'Andr6e, &C.
compagp6 de ses deux compatrio-
tes, Strindberg ct Fraenkel, 6talt
parti le IL Juliet 1897 de la cote
nord-ouest du Spitzberg. Depuis, q
l'except1on dun message envoye
par pigeon-voyageur, quelques
jours apr6s le depart, on n'avait
]amais recu aucune nouvelle des
hardis voyageurs.
On a d6fnitivement abandonn6
tout espoir de les retrouver vi
wants.
Trois MONS nouveaux a inscrire
au glorieux matyrologe de la scien'
CO.!
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ellie, pour dire quelque chose.
-Tu le vols bien!....et sans
rien ajouter, il pendit sa casquet-
te, qu1tta son paletot, ses sabots,
ct s'assit q table, l'ai dur, ferme.
-Trop claude, ia soupe!......
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(suite du.,feuilleton)

-Dltes moi, mon bon monsieur
Bricard, ellie a dn bonner lei son
adresse dams le cas- Oh on auralt q
vi 6crire?
,Certainement.
Est CO que vous pouvez me La
bonner?
-Vous voulez done aller d Pa
ris, monsieur Greluche?
Nous y serons demain matin.
En- CO cas-, vous pouvez volr
Nine la comtesse: vous Ia trouve-
req u Bellechssse, al'hotel de
Bussi4res.
-Vous etes mile fois bon, cher
! monsieur Bricard, merci. Nous
n'avons plus qua vous .prier de
pous excuser du arrangement que
nous avOns cause.
Par exemple, vous ne vous
en- aller CONNIE Ga, sans etre entire
au chateau pour vous refra1chir On
mangeant un moroccan avec le Jeu-
ne monsieur qul esJ aVec Vous'
Non merci; mon compagnon
ct moi ne croyons pas devo1r en-
trer au chateau en- l'absence de
Nine la comtesse. &
-Mais madame la comtesse
vous conna1t, ct ellie ne trouvera
pas mal......
-N'importe, cher monsieur
Bricard; pour lie moment nous ma
vons besoin de r1en; CO sera pour
une autre fois. Au revoir.
Greluche ct Edmond dejeune-
rent a l'auberge.
A une heure lis reprenaient la
route de Clancy. Dams Ia. soiree
ills partjrent pour Montharn, ct lie
lendemain matin lis 90 trouvaient
dams lie petit logement de la rue
de la Montague Ste Genevieve.
~ romranwor
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-04-01

Paris-Le ministre des affairef
6trangAres Lelcass6 a demand6
la Chambre des Deputies, un Gre
dit de 100000 pour d6frayer les
depenses de la visite du president
Loubet a Rome. A &c propos, lie
comte Boni de Castellane, d6pute
republican,, a dit quill comprenait
que le president Loubet n'irait pas
rendre vlsite au Pape, ct cepen.
dant il ira vislter le repr6sentant
dune dynastie qui a spoli6 la Pa
paute.
M. Brisson, lie president de Ia
Chambre, interrompant lorateur.
declare que les paroles de &c
dernier 6talent une insulte q la ma.
ton FRANCHISE.
LIE comte q continue son dis
cours au milieu dun grand d6sor-
Dire. II a declare que M. Loubet
allait faire visite a I'm roi qui doit
son tr0ne a la franc maconnerie.
En- recherchant l'amiti6 de IL
talie, a ajout6 lie comte de Castel-
lane, Ia France sacrife l'amiti6 du
Vatican.
M. Delcass6, en- appuyant lie
credit, a fait alluslon a lalliance
franco-russe, allusion qui a cause
un grand enthousiasme. II a dit
que le voyage de M. Loubet q Ro-
me etait une autre preuve du rap
prochement entire les nations, rap
prochement qui await commence
avec l'alliance entire la France ct
la Russie ct lie tid4le ct constant
maintient de cette alliance.
C'est la premiere allusion fate
4 l'alliance russo depu1s le COM
mencement de la guerre en- Extre-
me- Orient. En- raison dies efforts
qui Sc font en- certains milleux
pour affaib]ir l'alliance, on regar-
de CONNIE importante la d6clara-
ton du ministre DIES affaires etran-
ceres.
LIE credit a 6t6 vote a une forte
maJor1t6,
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800 Eft moi, j'al WI, tout a l'heu-
re, le miserable, dams son lit: il
sautait de douleur folle SO tordajt
CONNIE IN Yer coupe, sous lie drap
tach6 de sang.
Du sang, il y en- await partout,
au plafond, Jul les cadres, sur les
meubles, ct jusque sur 10 berceau
DIES enfants.
I'll a son compile? demandai-je
au m6decin qui lui bandait la to-
-Trois bales sous le crane, los
a 6clat6; dams deuA heures, ce sera
6ni. ...Je lie pique a r6ther, mails
c'est settlement pour lui faire boi-
re la mort plus doucement. Dali
lieurs, c'est aujourd'hui mon troll
sieme suicide. Nous allons
bien: je mai encore jamais WI ga!
J~'approchais la boug1e pour re-
garden une derniere fois la triste
horreur de CO spectacle, mails le
m6deoin m'6carta: "....Pas 81
pres, ft-il, CO malheureux a telle-
ment bu d'alcool dams So vie, quill
prendrait feu....comme une 6pon-
ge". i
Je SORTS, ct, CONNIE je traversai
la sale q manager, 'apercus la
malheureuse, celle qui allait, pour
sa delivrance, etre veuve dams
queluues instants. Ellie SO tenait
dams un coin, 6croul6e, la tete aux
genoux, CONNIE une statue de la
DISAPPEARANCE.
Et, c'6tait rauvre de ce mis6ra-
BILE: la mere d'abord, quill await
tortur6e pendant dix ann6es; ct
les enfants. les pauvres enfants
d'alcoolique, qui payent 81 atroce-
dams leur cher petit corps,
les infamies paternelles!
Ell CONNIE je lui touchais p6pau-
le, a cette malheureuse, ellie releva
sur moi de grands yeux 6gar6s. -.
MystAre dun occur d'6pouse!. 80.
Oct homme. Get brute. -. ellie
Le pleurait! |
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Nous enverrons gratis a toute
personne qui s'abonnera q l'EoHo
DE L'OUEsT ct nous enverra $1.OO
pour payer IN an d'abonnement
'd'avance un magnifque portrait
de Pie < en- 10 couleurs ct de l6x
20 pouces de dimension.
Get ohre s'appIique aussi a nos
abonn6ss qui nous enverrons un
an d'abonnement d'avance.
Nous payons les frais de trans
prot, etc.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-04-01

0lu6d W 4uO VOJontS
les Lamont aides de Thatcher le
lui enleverent de force; de Ia Fac
ton de Thiboudeau en- dommages-
int6rets. La cause a 6t6 appellee
devant la cour municlpale ct rem
voy6e devant le grand jury.
Ce nest pas Ia le premier ma
lentendu qui soft sarvenu dams des
cas- semblables. Un homme de
chantier arrive a Duluth: il dome
son hivernement a un h6telier, q
un 'saloonkeeper". "Tiens, garde
ca pour moi. tn men donneras
qaand je ten demanderai'. Et no.
tire homme tire sur lie garden dc
son argent plus solvent g6n6rale-
ment quill ne le faut. "Baptiste,
donne-moi 5, 10 dollars. LIE mon
tant demand6 est dome. On prend
un pitt coup pour ringer la dale
de &c pauvre cou qui s'es bien 49,
s6ch6 pendant les longs mois de
temperature forc6e de l'hiver. On
va dams des lieux interlopes, etc.
L'argent passe vite. "Baptiste,
donne-moi encore 5, 10 dollars.
LIE montant demand6 est dome.
On prend un, deux, trois pitts
coups pour SO bonner de la facon,
pour ne pas avoir Fair plus bette
que les autres. Et l'on tire sans
cesse sur lie garden du tr6sor, qui
nest pas in6puisable. Arrive un
quart d'heure lire que celui de
Rabelais. ,l'homme de chantier
demande encore un 5, un 10 dol
lars. Mon vieux, il ne to revient
plus rien. Tu ma dome 100
dollars. Tu as retire une fois 5
dollars, d'autres fois 10, 10, 10,
10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 5, 10 dollars.
Ton 100 dollars s'est 6vapor6."
"T'as menti. II men revient enco-
re-" C'est la chicane alors ct une
chlcane DIES mieux carabin6es. Ii
ma 6t6 dome d'etre t6moin de
quelques unes de ces chlcanes.
C'6tait jolt. C'6tait une jolie joute
o%ratoire. Pourquoi l'hotellier on lie
"saloonkeeper" prennent-ils Get
argent que leur content les hon.
mes de chantiers? All! oui, pour
quoi?.. .Parceque 81 Fun ne le
fait pas, l'autre le fera ct CO sera
autant d'eau de MONS pour fare
tourner la roue du moulin.
Les MN. Lamont sont des gems
respectables ainsi que leur com
mis- M. George Thatcher. On a
peut- etre 6t6 trop vite de part ct
d'autre ct c'est regrettable. II ar.
rive pressure toujours que lhomme
de chantier d6pense son argent
promptement ct sans compiler. Il
crois Solvent So corde plus Tongue
qu'elle ne Pest ct il la file, la file,
tout surpris de SO volr 81 tot rendu
au bout. Alors DIES grincements de
dents. II est trop tard.