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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22
How Woman Worries.

To her inability 10 look al things
from a practical standpoint may be
attributed woman's talent for borrow
ing trouble She never waits for sor.
row 20 come % her. She goes forth
10 look IL up and II she doesn't have
any Of her own she assumes that OF
her friends. Above all, she antici-
pates II her children are well she
agOniZes over what she would suffer
If they were ill, while her boys are
in rounGabouts she begins worrying
over the dangers Of college life;
while her girls are still babies she Us
miserable thinking how unkind their
possible husbands may be 10 them. In
Mr. Dixon's new novel he tells about
man who had carved over the man.
tel la the library this sentence: Il
am old and ! have had much trouble
but most of Il never happened No
woman would have ever adopted that
for her motto and she couldn't have
lived up 20 10 If she had She has
plenty of trouble and the troubles
that never happened troubled her
more than the ones that d:d.-Ex-
change.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

family began to rule Japan, according
to tradition-that is another word
worth looking up in the dictionary
twenty five hundred years ago. Six
hundred years before the birth of
Jesus Christ and before the Roman
Empire had reached its height, his
family was ruling over Japan. Yet
even this long line of ancestors would
not have done him any good il he had
not done something himself. Now.
let us see what he did for himself and
low ne did il.
Nothing i'm the world ever happens
without a reason for it-a cause. For
many centuries the MikadoS. whom
the Japanese believed were descended
from the maker of Japan and the rest
of the world. a god. did not rule in
their own name. Great warriors
called Shoguns ruled in their stead
About the time Mutsuhito was born,
the Japs began TO think that they
would like To have their Mikado the
Son of Heaven. a person never seen
10y the people. rule again. Let us re-
member this fact for a moment
When Mutsuhito was ten years old.
these "Japs.' who wanted the Mikado
TO rule again instead of the Shotgun.
rose M. and Kioto was burned up
an easy thing 10 do. because the houses
ace made mostly of paper ana wood.
As Jap described IT, "the city Of
the Ninefo,d Circle OF Flowers dis
appeared In the flames OF wartre -
a long way 20 say that il burned M.
Three years later. Mutsulsto. who
had thus early smellcd gunpowder. be
came Mikado. bccauSc his father had
died Now bc was 20 be able TO use
all the Information lie had gathered
into his head. for another war arose
between the "Japs" who wanted 60
have the Mikado rule and those who
did not. Those who wanted the Mi
kado TO rule won. and his chance had
come. Now this boy. with the gocd
head on his shoulders. did ching tha;
his ancestors for many hundred years
had not done-he went outside his
Hllace 50 that the people could see
him. As time went on he did other
great things. He sent men 20 the Uni
ted States and elsewhere TO learn
things. schools were opened. he gave
up part OF his rights as emperor 20 the
people. he was Just; by and 10y lie be.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

gan 10 wear clothing such as Ameri-
cans wear; he built ny bis army and
navy. he encouraged his subjects 10 10
things as We do them and they have
done 80 much that japan has become
great nation. as was said az the be-
ginning. The Mikado. who was once
invisible 10 his subjects ten years ago,
when Japan was AZ war with China,
left his comfortable home and bcauti.
ful gardens and went 10 see that his
soldiers and sailors were Wei cared
for.
After all that be has given his peo-
pie il Is not strange that they love
their patient. calm. loving 20 ahead
Mikado. and want 10 back h.m W in
his fight with Russia.-N. y. Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

without fear and climbs the ladder
easily ana gracefully. Toby can walk
the tight rope. as well. ana walks on
barrels. jumps the rope and does a
great many other tricks. Mi Spencer
has spent much time with the animal
and considers il the most versatile and
best trained dog in the world.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22
Mss DOROTHYs DOLLY.

Miss Dorothy Dolly was awfully sick
So she sent for the doctor double quick
The case wac grave; 4 made him scowl-
For the doctor was Use az any owl
A hne string Of pearls pink satin gown,
He ordered at once with a terrible irOwn /;
A quick trip 10 Europe, new Pans hat,
A real sealskin and an Angora cat.
She soon got them all, aud delightful 20
tell,
Miss Dorothy's Dolly - now pretty well;
Which certainly proves, IN spite OF old
Jokes,
That dolles are really like most other
folks
Mary A. Powers, in Holiday Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

". {. Musser, Millheim, Pa, saved the
lie OF his little girl by giving her One
Minute Cough Cure when she was diving
from Group. II is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate results. II
quickly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis,
grippe, asthma and all throat and lung
troubles. I. r. Parker, Olneyville, Gem
terdale Pharmacy, Centerdale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

Thanks 90 you, sun, moon and star
And you, blue level with no cloud
Thanks TO you, splendors from ai9r,
For high heart, neck unbowed.
Thanks 10 you, wind, sent 10 and fro,
To you, light, pouring from the dawn;
Thanks for the breath and glory flow
The steadiast soul can feed upon.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

Thanks 20 YOU, pain and want and care,
And you, JOYS cunning 10 deceive,
And you, baked phantoms Of despair;
! battle on, and i believe.
Thanks 10 you, ministers benign,
In whatsoever guise you come;
Under this fg tree and this vine,
Here / am, Master, and at home.
John Vance Cheney, In the Atlantic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

In n lecture In London ST. William
Ramsay claimed that the new sub.
stance. radium gives 81 Erluu gcs.
Hciium gas has long been known 90 be
one Of the constituents of the sun. aud
there is. OF course. a suggestion shat
the sur may contain large quantities
Of radium. ana that this is the chief
cause OF It's power and effects upor TIE
earth.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

wonderful dog in the world He per-
forms daredevil tricks that astouish
as well as please. one Of the dog 5
most marvellous feats is that Of climb
ing n ladder rung by runC 10 the height
of fifty feet ana then diving headfore-
most into 4 net. The dog seems 10 be
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22
IuE WISE MIKADo OF JAPAN.


This ruler is called the Mikado.
which means Just as Gar does the
emperor. EaCh OF these rulers, you
notice. has a title which, unlike the
tide king or emperor can only mean
one person. when We talk Of the
Gar, we always mean the Emperor Of
Russia, and so when we speak of the
MikadO we always mean the black
haired man who rules over Japan. The
name OF this black haired man is Nut
suhItO. This word turned into Eng
lish would mean gentleman. and that
il just what the MikaGo IS. true
gentleman who loves his people ana is
willing 10 give up his own rights for
their good. As some boys know. this
is not always an easy thing 20 do.
Some think the MiEado one OF the
great men of history. When be was
born. on Nov. 3 1852. in the imperial
palace among the hills in the city Of
Kioto. little was known about the
"Japs." Few white men had ever been
on that long string OF islands on the
east coast Of Asia, which is called the
Japanese Empire. To-day because Of
what he has had the courage 10 do,
his country is thought Of as one of the
great nations OF the earth. And this
be has done in less than forty years.
The MikadO, il is said. can look back
on line Of ancestors ten times as
long as any American can do. Strange
rs il may seem, his ancestors were
rulers in Japan when our ancestors
were roaming about some part of Eu-
rope as savages, painting their skins
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22
MANY Miners Are KILLED.

Almost 800 men were killed In the
anthracite mines Of Pennsylvania dur
lnc 1903 according 20 the records kept
by the state mining inspectors
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

Experiments made 10y Bill and SchiG
showed that dogs in whom the sense of
smell has been destroyed by cutting
the olfaCtory nerve are as helpless as
blind human beings.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

According 20 n recent pamphlet by
an Italian doctor. n sure way of rcstor.
ing life in cases of syncopc is 10 hold
the patients tongue firmly. After two
other doctors had worked FOR an hour
without result over young man who
was apparently drowned he thrust n
spoon into the patients mouth, seized
the tongue. and worked IL violently un-
Ill the patient gave sigus OF life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22
WHAT TOBY ON DO

Toby. q little white fox ana bul ter
rier belonging to !. VI spencer. Of
Sioux City. Ia. is perhaps the most
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

There were GO0O ducls in Gevm'uy
last year with a mortality OF twenty.
one as shown 10y official reports.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

Rut one specimen of Vcnomous
bird is known To the student of ornith.
illogical odditiCs-the Rpir Mood or
Bird of Death" n fcathcrcd paradox
of New Guinea Persons bitten 10y the
creature are seized 10y maddeuing
pa rs. which rapidly extend To every
part OF the body. Loss OF sight. con.
vulsions and lockj8w are symptoms
which. follow in rapid succession.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

Paper gloves aud stockings are now
being manufactured in Europe. The
stockings have been carefully exam.
ined 10y experts. who praise them lous-
ly. These stockings will last almost as
long as the ordinary stockings. The
paper Of which they are made is. dGg.
ing the process Of manufacture. rec.
dered into n substance closely resem.
bling wool. aud is then woven aud
treated as ordinary wool.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22

made OF leather. The scrap leather
from the shoe shops is put into n diSin.
tcgrator. ground very fine. subjected
to n refining process and nodded. The
tension OF the molding machine can be
so regulated that ties hard enough 10
take spike. or ties through which a
spike cannot be driven. can be pro.
duced.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-04-22
A Call in Business Hours

HE young man at the desk
was busy, very busy. He
was always busy. He
made a speciality of hard
work. No doubt be carried
Tho fnI fnn far Hia conn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

able able head ca which, when the lever is in the position shown In flg l. Is per-imposed exactly over the head Of lhe demon in the lower left-hand corner to whom under these conditions. it appears to belong. M The card is held by the performer upright between the second and third fingers the side and the thumb on the other the forenger resting on the end or the little lever at top Under of waving the card about the lever is shifted, by the of the i'm ger 10 the position shown in Fig. 2 when the head IS drawn by the three hairs its proper place on the neck of the headless demon A reversal of the movement bGngs 1t back to its former position.
 The mechanical card may be procured at any con- turing depot at a of about eighteen pence
 THE PIANO TRICK.
 ~ This is feat dependent upon sheer audacity. though the explanation is almost chdishly simple spectators who pride themselves upon their acute ness T are usually found to seek for it in vain. ne performer asks of the company to place ms nahd upon the table, with the fingers bent and silsntly apart In the position in fact adopted in pIayIAS the ptano-whence the given to the eiich King pack of cards he places two Of them tuseWlse between the second and third fingers then .N .wo m ike manner between the first and second ssn ddln two between the third and fourtn fingers. rensarking' s as he does Two cards here. two eArus here two cards here Please notice that use none none put even numbers. Two here'-( between me second and third hngers)-"always even Two more more thsere-1between third and fourth)-"and two nIoFe nere -(oetween second and thrd) Still even a1~ays nn an even number think that will be about ehoush NOW watch carefully and make sure that don't deceive you take, as before two
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THE PANAMA CANAL.
Some Congressional vlsators
 Pleased With COndftfons.

Fleaee0 Wltn COm0Rt10D0s
 washington Special. Representative Shackelford of lfta-. souri. member of the House Commitfee Interstate and Foreign Commerce, pro- poses to introduce 6 resolution askfng Congress to empower the Comfnittss on investigate the affairs of the PaAama Railway Company. going into every de- tall of management. operation. condi-
 Se saa. Sesn sd psa sG E, any stockholders not authorized by | law. The Committee also desir1s 10 ascertain if the Panama Railway Com pany has entered into contract with any steamship company or compnies to monopolize traf1c in restraint of trade. The resolution will set forth that taio cent of the shares Of capital stock Of inc Panama Railway Company and thas congress should have knowledge of its It is understood that the proposed resolution of Representative ehackti-. ford is based upon sensational dieclos- ures made 10 the Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce whiie in.s understood that the United States .suf- { Tered to the extent of $i50,000 in the purchase of the Panama Railway and
 that the loss thus sustained was tho
 result of a job perperrated. upon this government by certain French stock holders. II Is claimed that after the nnided nnroSa states M had negotiated for the
 old company declared dividends in ex- cess Of the gross receipts to the exrenf Of about $1o0,O00. This Is understood to be one of the disclosures which the Committee proposes 10 snow by it's in- That the whole Panama canal protect has been fearfully handled up to this time is practically the opinion of ReD-
 resentativo F. c. Stevens, a Repubii-
 can, or Minnesota, a, member of the
 Committee on Interstate and Foreign
 Commerce. His statements are senss-
 tionaL He claims that the estimates
 Furnished up to date are not worth che
 paper they are written on; That no ma n
 can determine at this stage of pro-
 Seoure what 1t will cost the United
 states to dig the canal. Anything, like
 an intelligent idea of the vastness Of
 the undertaking and the necessary
 expenditures, in Representative Stew.
 enss opinion cannot De arrIved at un-s
 sn Cntef Engineer Wallace and Gen.
 thinks the canal Is just, as liable to,
 cost million million as 1t Is SlUo,0ao,-
 0OV He think that the Isthmian Ca-A
 nal Commission as at present organized
 is a failure save as to Chief Engineer
 Wallace and General Davfs. He thinks
 the commission should be reorgxnizedS with view to better service. 2,
 In the opinion of the Minnesota Rep- Fesentative there has been too much
 sitting around in Washington in dress canal situation were allowed to suffer
 Tor lack of earnest or1ciai attention. In contradistinction to this program he
 would have Panama divided hto Ave districts and place one member of the
 commission in charge Of a district cilftate the work of straightenink out
 the tangle in the canal zone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
FIG.5: .

Fig. Glow it is Done. t.s-,s.9a a continues, forming a loop the folded portion Fig S. till he reaches the position for his first The rfghthand side of this Is formed by an upward stroke, and the left-hand side, without any interruption, by downward stroke. The march the pencil Is continued the edge of the paper, and the second and third zeroes are formed in ike manner. After the completion of the last one. an- the pencil the point b. whence 1t travels with an half of the circle as far as the point (. When it again and the circle completed on the body of the paper. 119-rf--s
 In the of the paper first shown with thA eire~ and figures complete, the process is of course fhS ner Is exhibited -~ -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
ZIG G..

Fig 5.-The Circle Shown to the Audience.
 great curiosity; indeed one of the greatest Of cn riosites. You don't anything curious about 1t? Possibly That is because you do not know the conditions under which that circle described, and those figures written within it. All that you here done at single stroke of the pen-' c without lifting it off the paper: without any Interruption of the act of writing and without ers-
 When the company have tried their uttnosts and have ultimately given 1t up,'' the performer -pro- ceeds to show them "how 1t is done" ..ls. '. :.
 Taking fresh piece of paper. half large again as the one first shown, he folds back its on the upper portion to the extent of quite made He across the paper. a little Below the cen- tre; Starting at the point about one.third of an inch above this edge, he writes. with downu,ards stroke the digit 1. When he reaches the turned-up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

eardsGGhe puts aside the pack and takes two cards @ hete on the table" He lays them face downwards a these upon the other two)-"always number Now two more. See for yourselves that I always take two. no more and no less" And he proceeds tlll all the cards in the hand laid out in two heaps We will call the heap A and the other B. Here ladies and gentlemen have two packets of cards. an even number in each. I wfil make one of them odd by adding one more card" shall place it?'' p
 We will suppose that B is chosen and he lays the extra card on that heap accordingly. NOW ladies and gentlemen, have watched the process through You have for yourselves that this neap -tA)-'is even. and this one"-(B)-"odd NOW, oy my magic power propose alter this state or things have only to make this little movement Gone crosses his hands above the heaps and tb draws o them smarty apar)-"and say Changes and ana a this one"-(A)-'odd" Which on examination
 The whole secret lies in the that the perform er when Inserting the cards between the fingers used an odd number of pairs though the ordar t, Wnlch he inserted them tended to make this not rn tceaoie Each heap therefore. at the outset com sfsteu or an odd number of cards and the addition or one more made it even ~ Oui'oh
 ,I tne trlck IS worked with rapdity the perforuer VII. Tn all probability, credit of having ner formed some impossible feat slight of hand per
 THE OBEDIENT CARDS.
 Ihe trlck Of making selected cards rise fro,, tha Iack pa mas aIways been favorite with conturers ReIe are several ways of performing it. but noost ot them demand considerable amount of nraos st ransement and some little technical skill The mefh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

SeaS E the Saef the of5ss former the rubber hangs down in loop between its in the sr et tHs crd n the the cards in the envelope inserts 1t between for it. So long the cards are held held with M flair ead emalns Ssh with t6e res the such % h is hs band
 removing the pressure suddenly the card d may with certainty. some little amount of practice is ne-
 THE GREAT "BooK" MYSTERY
 This feat of diynati1n and one of the the best best o M nd s h s often as the performer pleases without any fear i: invited to to the book: then to open where he pieases and select word, to hr nm%esr nH H tues" and he Is therefore asked to choose word o m he Gi magn of the The having ma made the selection @ and n9eed proceed follows: He is first to. concentrate his haR6g saSqSsi done so Multiply produe HgoTouSy H ao of tne number of the ne to add that number The total Is to be multiplied % by ten and at which the word stands in the line 1T he IS to n1 add him with pencil and paper and ask him to write down The final result being made known to the per former he takes the book in hand and h Smua1g begns b to turn over the leaves ana after brief As with many of the best tricks, the method of performing this seeming miracle Is of the simplest when you know it. All tle performer has to do is to subtract 250 from the number announced the be the humber at which the word stands in aSe line the last but one the number of the line and the re- maining dgits that of the page.
 An example will render the process clearer. We will suppose that the expermenter has opened the book the hftyhrs page. and has chosen fourth word in the seventh line, such word being confess The successive of the arithmetical will then follows:
 51 10 equals 510
 510 25 equals 54e
 542 10 equals 5,420
 5.420 4 equals 5,424
 This. therefore. Is the total announced Deducting 25o from 5,424, we get remainder 5174, which broken up above explained. gives the figures discovered. 'S |9 00 If these instructions be duly followed 1t will he found that the impression carried away by the aver age spectator is that the performer names the word order to discover t escaping attention "
 THE MYSTERIOUS CIEacLE
 This is more of puzzle than a conjurine trick proper but, 1t appears impossible to solve it yith out magical aid5 it fairly be included in the present art,
 The performer exhibits piece of paper on which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

no doubt iD, thousands of lives would be saved, and tens of thousands of cases of chronic catarrh prevented, by this simple precaution within reach of every one.
 Peruna is not simply a palliative to relieve some of the distressing symp- toms. It is a permanent and radical cure.
 Thousands of Testimonials.
 We have on file many thousand tes- timonials like the ones given here. We can only give our readers a slight glimpse of the vast array ..s unsolicited endorsements we are receiving every month. No other physician in the
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world has received such a volume of enthusiastic letters of thanks as Dr. Hartman for Peruna. Suffered Several Years-Health Re-
 stored by Pe-ru-na.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther, 107 West 10th street. New York City. member board of Directors North End Clio As sociation. writes:
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.. T am pleased to endorse Peruna as A splendid medicine for catarrh and stou- ach trouble from whicn suffered for several years. I took ,t for several months and at the end of that time found my health was restored and have felt sp1endidly ever since. I HOW take it when contracts cold and 1t soon r:ds the system of any catarrhal tenden- cies."-Elizabeth Reuther.
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medicine has many friends and well de- served."-Eleanor M. Gardner. As Sure as Fate.
 There are some things which are as sure as fate, and can be relied on to occur to at least one-half of the human family unless means are taken to pre- vent.
 First. colds not promptly cured arc sure to cause catarrh.
 Second. catarrh improperly treated is sure to make life short and miserable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
An Anglo-saxon Illusion,

The amusing feature of the Anglo.
 Saxon fad for ruling the universe
 which John Morly has so greatly ridi-
 culed, is in its ignorance of racial his-
 tory. In the island of Great Britian itself, not to mention Celtic Ireland. the majority who have ruled. the gov- ternment for generations are not of Anglo Saxon origin. But admittfnx the Anglo-Saxon basis of the English
 people, in this country the Anglo Sax
 on immigration was already out -strie-
 ped even in colonial times by other
 European races. The blend of Scotch, Irish. Germans. French and Dutch. mostly of Celtric origin has formed q new American race in which there sis little Anglo Saxon blood. fsq s,s