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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
FOREIGN

The hy-clcctlon in South Birminc>
ham. England resulted i'm victory for
Lord Morueth, Cuionist. by a vote of
1900 to 4223 votes east for urst Halo.
wei. Liberal
The United states torpedo boat TO-
tilla. escorted hy the auxiliary cruiser
Buffalo has left Port said on It's way
To- Manila.
From high authority here il is
learned that Turkey and Bulgaria are
on the poiut of reaching a pacific un.
derS.aud.ug regarding Macedonia.
The French Government viii ask for
The authority of Parliament TO cxpcud
S2,oo0.oO0 in completing the dcfenSes
of Saigon, capital of French Cochin.
China.
Pietro Allini. the Italian Socialist,
who fired a shot at SigIor Torrielli.
the Italian Consul at Havana, Cuba.
on June L.. 1903 was sentenced 20
eight years Imprisonment
The Grand Duke George or Russia
aud his wife arrived az Cannes. France
ard were greeted With loud cheers as
they passed through the streets OF
the way 10 their hotel.
The French torpedo boat GeStrcycrS
/ pisio.et and Jayelinc have LEFT Brest
on their way 20 Algiers.
Prince Schoeuaich. .Carolath moved
in the German Reich stag that the Gov
ernmCnt be requested 20 Introduce {
/ hill fixing terms Of imprisonment fol
8utoWohiliSts committing assaults o
+ n.rSlaUshtor through Car,iCssuess.
Emperor william. it is announced
I will sail from Bremen Margn II 20
/ the Mediterranean ou the North Gey
man Lloyd steamer kCCuig Albert Tn
/ steamer will touch az Antwerp. Nico
Gibraltar aud Port NEhon.
The Empress Cf Germany IS sun,-
/ inc from Inflammation Of the veins q
the ankle. Tie mGlady is painful bu
| not dangerous.
IL is understood that the Diet vi.
/ meet about the iddle Of March whe
the war budget will he introduced. !
I purposes taxes Of O0.0OG Ooo yen yearl
10 meet the cost ~ tie war and I'll
service Of the loans
The Albanian insurgents were dC
feated near Liuma. Bulgaria, losiu
600 Killed and wounded. The Turks
loss also was heavy.
Viscount loshikawa. formerly Mir
lister of Finance. has been Spp0iute
Minister Of the Interior.
Dr. jameson. the new Premier G
South Africa. has succeeded In con
nistius rehinAs
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
Rooster vs.. Eagle.

Our friend across the way George w.
Robards is having lots of fun with
his American eagle, and the bird is
proving drawing card, The other
day farmer brought in big old
game rooster that had Crowcd over
many n conquered victim. In fact he
was the terror of all the gentlemen
chickens in his vicinity. His spurs
were three and half inches long, as
hard and sharp as steel, and had
drawn blood from his adversary in
many Il bill to bill contest, in which
he was always victorious. When
taken to the eagles cage his feathers
rose aud he evidenced in other ways
his cagorncsS to battle with the mon
stcr bird. lie was put into the cage,
aud in less than half the time you
have been reading this, his body had
boon rent TO pieces, his insidcs swal-
lowed 10y the caglt, and his legs and
feathers scattered about the cage, Then
the eagle mounted his perch, wiped
his bill and said with his eyes, Bring
on another horse -Harrodsburg (hyJ
Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
An IncorrigiblC Dog.

The intelligence OF the dog suffered
somewhat by an Athens narrative In
which il is made TO appear that an OLD
dog owned 10y L Hoscomb recently
engaged with rattlcr on the low
grounds near the town, and was Sc
ycrcly bitten. Mr. Nolcomh was IA
miliar with the formula for snake
bites. lie had somc of the medicine
on hand, consisting OF whisky and
quinlnc mixed in quantities to suit.
Opening the dogs jaws lac turned Il
liberal dose down him Two or three
DAYS elapsed during which the animal
was unable TO walk straight yet he
seemed not TO have any pain. and IN
fact appeared 90 ENJOY himself. but
| M last ne was sober again. one would
naturally think that having been bit
ten once he would have fought shy
| of the swamp aftCrward, hut the mo-
mcnt EC was able 10 navigate he was
| back among the boys again watching
for more snakes This is why lie
seems uuiutelliEcnt-Dctroit lMich)
| Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
BUTTONH0LE CUTTER.
New Style o. SCISSOR TO Make
Task Of The Dressmo.er
More Simple.

Some Of the most simple IDEAS Of The
inventive genius have proven OF the
most yaiue 10 humanity, and IL j. safe
10 venture that the IDEA OF q PenBsyl-
ydnia man for a buttonhole cutting
scissors viii develop into wonderful!
aid 10 all those dressmakers and others
into whose HANDS IL may fan.
There have been buttOnbOle cutting
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
In guiulaui.

In Zululand hGirdrcssiug Is an i'm.
por;ant matter with both bride and
bridegroom. A womau's glory may he
her hair. but Zulu bride has to have
IL all shaved OF except just what is
REQUIRED in the formation Of the cone
shaped erection which with her peo-
10, is considered tie wiie's proper
colrurc.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
Sheep With Lonn Wool.

Capt. Merritt Wright Of Larrabee.
Ne. killed five sheep last week, the
wool OF which weighed It4 pounds.
The largest one had AZ pounds Of wool
on its pelt. The sheep had been run
ming wild for three years and had 10
be shot. 4 piece of the wool picked
up 1t random was &c inches long.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04

on the other smooth. SO that 10y revcrs-
iuc the screw and introducing its
threaded end into the corresponding
threaded opening in the hcadpiece and
bringing up the screw-cud against the
face of the saw-blade tie heyei or
square attachment can be engaged nj
any point desired.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
4 SPRING SIIPRCP.

A grea, many riders ar- unable TO
accuStom themselves e tie jar of
horseback riding and an iowa man,
who probably j. numbered oil this list
has cssaycd to solve the difficulty for
them.
As the accompanying picture viii
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04

Matter having been resolved into
electricity by the physicists. it only
remains to find ont its relation TO the
lumlnifcrous ether that is, 10 explain
the clcctron in terms OF the ether or
10 explain both in terms Of single ul-
innate medium. Of which the material
universe is constructed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04

show. tie idea consists OF a spring
stirrup. the mechanism So arranged as
10 be concealed and protected 10y an
appropriate casing. The Jar 70 the
rider j. broken by the springs. which
extend and contract as the rider :
weight j. put on and taken from them
with each leap Of his stecd.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04

Marbled slabs Of colorcd cement, for
use as table tops, are made by pouring
the tinted cement in proper proportions
on plates of highly polished mirror
glass. then stirring the paste. Whom
hardened. ii is remove from the glass.
The pieces thus obtained have a poll
ishcd surface.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04

Ten years ago bananas and pinesp-
piles were rarely 10 be seen in French
truit stores; now they are on sale in
most of them.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
!. Q hood. Insi,cc OF a. Peace. crnsn.

J. Q hood, Justice OF the Peace, Crosoy
Miss., makes the following statement, Il
ran certify that One Minute Cough Cure
will do all that is claimed for il. Ny wife
eould not get her breath auG the frs, dose
OF 1t relieved her. !: has also benefited
my whole family 1t acts Immediately
and cures coughs, colds, Group, grippe,
bronchitis, asthma and all throat and lung
troubles T. r. Parker, Olneyville, Cen.
ter6ale Pharmacy, Centerdale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04
scEi(E,SNEl4Au|cs
CJ' ~..w

a method Of introducing phosphorus
into molten metals las been recon-
mcndcd by Mr.. Edwin :. Sperry IN
the Aluminium World namely, hrst
to coat the phosphorus with copper by
immersion in copper suiphatc solution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04

A plant whicn yields twenty times
ms much sugar as the beet or cane has
been analyzcd nt the Agricultural In
stitute of Paraguay The plant is
shrub less than a foot in height ana II
is known 70 botanists as Eupatorlum
rcbandium and belongs to the same
natural order as thorougEwort or bone
set,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04

The cincmatocraph ls now adopted
10 the clinic. Tie machine commonly
displayed has, however, been improved
upon FOR the surgeon 10y the addition OF
an ingenious appliance by which pho
tographic projections seem to be
thrown upon the screen with the relief
that accompanies the same scene III
nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Those that are Of the same height all
round have an interlining of French
canvas and are boned at intervals. A
lining of thin glace silk conceals the
canvas and bones. Usually there are
eight bones, one each at the center,
back and front, one on either side of
these bones and one at each side seam.
Sometimes these belts fasten at the
back beneath a trio of small button
conferred cockade rosettes of the belt
material, and sometimes long slide is
the ornament used with a small clasp
in front. Wooden button molds COW
cred with velvet or embroidered silk
are very effective finish. When the
ceinture narrows at the sides whale
bones of varying length are sewed into
silk castings and neatly adjusted at the
back and front of the belt Over this
firm foundation is then stretched the
bias outer material.
Very novel is the combination of Bull
garian embroidery and leather in the
summer belts. A pretty effect is OBJ
tanned by having the binding of the
belt of black kid, the inner edge seal
loped. The center is of linen worked
in bright colors. This belt fastens in
fl ont with two narrow kid straps and
gun metal buttons. Kid of all coIors
is also used for the edges of satin
crushed belts.
With the tailor coat or costume Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

small foot. A red leather belt and
cravat should be worn with these shoes.
Another summary accessory is a lace
stole having at the back a shawl point,
the ends of which are adorned with
either a large single rose or with little
clusters of colored flowers A quaint
arrangement to be worn with the fichu
is a handsome miniature hung around
the throat on a half inch velvet ribbon
tied in few loops almost in front, the
ends loosely caught down into the
waist belt. The geisha adornment of
roses worn in the hair is a fad of the
moment, the roses often forming a SORT
of flet.
The sheer frocks of summer will be
fascinatingly lovely, and thin white
toiles and voiles, either printed with
flowers or perfectly plain, over color
viii be popular. The toiles are of the
new silky make that has little of the
original cotton about it. The favorite
flower designs are punches of mauve
and violet anemones with deep purple
centers and Japanese peach blossoms
in three shades of pink harmoniously
blended. Dresses Of this material are
made over a silk foundation, with rows
of transparent lace insertions above a
deep, gathered hounce, the bodice form
ed of alternate bands of lace and gath
ering.
It is a comfortable prediction that
dark muslins will be fashionable for
promenade wear this summer, and the
newest models have no trimming on
the skirt except two or three hounces.
A dark blue muslin scattered with 4
rose pattern has the skirt hounces
headed with a ruching of pink taffeta,
which also trims the draped hchu
around the shoulders.
The early summer frock for the Bots
| promises to be a coarse canvas very
like linen with a woven pattern.
Coarse linen embroideries will trim
some of these dresses, but the latest
idea is to use Swiss embroidery These
frocks will be simple to a degree, made
/ with high collars, bolero bodice and
full. Killed skirts that clear the ground.
Now that femininity for better or for
worse has arrayed itself in the styles
OF 1880 an authoritative voice is heard
proclaiming that the directoire vogues
are merely a question of time, and the
time limit seems to be the early fall.
Recalling the fashions of that era, it
seems a little difficult to reconcile the
possibilities of a period which brought
the Climax of the clinging" with the
| present prevailing width. The blending
| of opposites is an art nowadays, and no
doubt we will accept with the greatest
ease the return of the large, picturesque
revers and basqued coats cut away to
display vests of brocade invariably fin
ished by a cravat of lace This change
will be gradual, but what tries the soul
is to find a smart bolt of fashion drop
ped from a clear sky like the lightning
effect Paquin has astonished US with
in revival of square shoulders made
even more aggressive with a stiffening
built under the sleeve.
This innovation is particularly dis
and dropping our shoulder effects tC
the vanishing point I suppose We
shall square up and recover.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

in bamboo and rattan This seasons
rattan furniture comes in delicate
shades never before seen in such ma
terial pale lavender, blues and pinks
rivaling pretty reds and green's If one
wants to create a novel effect it is pos
sible to astonish the natives with shad-
ed rattan furniture in several tones of
blue or green. This new French furnf-
ture is an innovation especially designed
for porch sets. Indeed, in the matter
of piazza furnishings the shapes and
pieces become more artistic and COM
Portable each year. Not long ago the
articles were limited to a few unat-
tractive chairs and lounges which af-
forded little rest.
Now the sets include tea and reading
tables, a receptacle of wicker for golf
balls and a basket in which may be
thrown the usual litter apt to accumu-
late on the best regulated porches.
Many of the porch chairs are fitted
with pockets for magazines and books
when out of commission. Hammocks
of silk or cord match the color of the
furniture. and the up to date porch has
pretty mating screens and Japanese
rugs harmonizing with the other fit
tings.
The shops are displaying truly rural
furnishings constructed of birch bark
for the forest lodge or camp The liv-
ing room pieces are not so new, but we
now are shown beds, bureaus and
chests of drawers built of birch with
the bark left on Quaint little rustic
armchafrs, some of them with mating
seats and backs, come for the wee
ones use on piazza or lawn. Indeed.
the choice is almost limitless in nou-
veau art, rattan and willow examples
of furniture and art objects for the
home.
But the secret of true art in furnish
ings of any period lies i'll the fitness of
things. If there were a wider grasp Of
these principles there would be fewer
of these Earring incongrufties in ones
everyday surroundings, which to an
artistic temperament are considerably
more than the little rift" within the
lutte of house furnishing harmony.
EDITH LAWRENCE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

scheme there is total absence of any
thing in the least outre. At first glance
one is apt to think art nouveau furni-
ture a rather graceful adaptation of
the mission type, although the con-
structive wood is net the green oak
we associate with the latter cumber-
some style, the newer development
more often being of Weathered oak with
a dull finish.
When the nouveau art has been OBJ
served even casually there is no mis-
taking it for anything else. 1t is rec
Ognized by its infallible characteristics
consisting of the leaves, stems and
flowers of plants and trees which form
the basis of it's designs. To be sure
they are twisted in eccentric patterns
in many pottery examples of lamps, or
naments and table decorations. In cut
glass these natural designs are espe-
cially prominent, some of the glasses
and tumblers being in almost perfect
calyx shape and others resembling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

A novel game has been introduced
called '.the scents of dukani.'
The scents. thirty in number, are in
closed each in a little bag and sus-
pended from rope A lady chooses a
partner, and together they go and
nose" the bags, one after the other
and write down what they suppose to
be it's scent. The pair who succeed in
making the most correct list are the
winners.
That there is a good variety of odors
il easily seen from the list appended:
Cloves. cinnamon, ginger. nutmeg, YER
bena, eucalyptus. onion. brown soap.
bombay duck, aloes, eau de cologne
musk, coffee, tea, lavender, camphor.
creosote. lemon, peppermint, whisky.
brandy, ammonia. benzine. turpentine.
mustard. 1icorice. aniseed. cheese, car
rot and curry powder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

nothing more than a very beautiful
mushroom. I am afraid the housewife
who has more of the practical than the
artistic in her makeup will object to
the new glass designs as being difficult
to wash and polish on account of their
smallness at the rim.
The influence of the same artistic
spirit is apparent in German and Aus
trian furniture and potteries, but the
extravagances have not been allowed
to run riot to such a degree, and there
is more moderation than in the English
and French productions. There is an
exceedingly attractive German offshoot
of this art called secession ware, which,
as its name implies. is a phase of de-
sign seeding from the old art princi-
pies very much along the lines of the
nOuveau protest. The models of seces-
sion ware are carried out in a grayish
green which harmonizes with art ma
terials of the textile order. A library
lamp of the secession style, electrically
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Certain members Of the fashionable
world, always in search of that some
thing new" which inevitably, Of course.
resolves itself into something old re-
newed. have grown tired OF even the
most artistic kind of electric lighting
for their dinner tables and have
brought forth from the plate chest
those huge candelabra which have not
seen the light for many a day As
suredly the soft mellow glow shed by
wax candles has never been surpassed
where the becoming element IS con-
cerned, and the old silver candelabra
with its many cleaning branches gives
grace to any dinner table. OF course
for some time many fortunate owners
of these pieces of silver have had them
fitted with electric lights for use on the
dinner table.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Very fine soft cloths, voiles and WOOL
ems, which drape and fall well and
adapt themselves to the full skirted
styles, are prevalent materials, but as
the season advances the new soft taft
fetas are gaining a footing in feminine
hearts, Tiny checks in lavender and
white. pink and white and so on, such
as were worn forty or fifty years ago.
will be quite the rage, and others with
old world delicate colorings for back
ground show modest little rosebuds or
single flowers as pattern. All these
old fashioned colors, recalling some
quaint garden in which lavender and
cherry pie -perfumed the air, together
with the cabbage rose, whose soft pet
ais Of the true vieux rose shade were
sWeeter far than those Of its modern
successors. win be worn thrown up in
relief here and there by petunia, lark
spur blue and green and as a restful
background the whole gamut of taupe
shades from dark brown to a deep
cream. For the rest white will be ex-
traordinarily in favor, like the garden
er's daughter gown in pure white
that fitted to the shape"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

The owner is a wealthy prospective
bride. One of the creations is a puce
taffeta, and en- PEASANT let me say that
this puce-a broWnish mauve-is one
of the favorite tints of the season. The
puce taffeta of this gown was delight
fully soft and the exceptionally lus-
trous effect evolved by means of a tiny
indistiEct check design which covered
the material. The skirt was plain and
full, with little plaits on the hips which
threw into relief the ampler proportions
of the lower skirt, which rested on the
ground all round. All the decorative
art of the gown was displayed on the
trimming of the bodice. Here the chic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

and gold thread. This combination of
colors was embroidered on coarse flet
net and fashioned into a scalloped pei
crime very much cut away at the throat
to show an undervest of renaissance
lace The sleeves were very full at the
elbow, quite in the gigot style, and cut
in one with the shoulder piece, or
rather, this effect was brought about
by the trimming, which continued in a
band down the outside of the sleeve
forming a tight fitting cuff. A draped
belt of taffeta fastened with enameled
buttons recalled in their tints the en-
broidered collar.
Since deep waist belts are to play
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Under the new short boleros are
worn very fine specimens of the batiste
shirt with valenciennes lace and inser-
tions or quaint muslin embroideries.
They are really charming and show the
revival of hand stitchery.
Beautiful laces lined with chiffon
worn over satin slips as well as painted
gauzes and delicate chiffons form ad-
mirable afternoon blouses and are i'm
portant factors now in the wardrobe
on account of the afternoon bridge
parties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

~ ONSPICUOUS among the many
styles of furniture, bric-a-
\ brac and jewelry of the pres
ent day that which has come
to be known art nouveau
is the most modern. T1.a new cult has
invaded our belongings from chairs to
table silver, from brooches and rings
to mantels and wall papers. Even the
photograph has not escaped its reform
ing touch. and we are now being posed
il new art backgrounds. Surrounded
as we are on every side by this recently
developed fad. few persons if asked
could tell just what the term new art
really means.
It is new school of art which seeks
originality and naturalesque effects and
has abandoned the hard and fast prin-
ciples of standard styles. 1t is also a
protest against the inartistic furnish
ings which disfigure many modern
homes. The result as we now see it
has been worked out in the Partisan
studio of NJ. Bing, who has merely en-
larged and in a great number of cases
exaggerated the work turned out by the
English Art and Crafts society, whose
leading spirit was William Norris
After the movement spread to France
it became known as Tart nouveau and
Tart mOderne, and the former title has
been generally adopted The move
ried on by a few designers and crafts
men, who, having decided to shake off
conventionality and try for individual
treatment, retired to Nancy and there
established a school of design. MANY
of the art nouveau productions suffer
from tortuous exaggeration, and in nu-
Ynerous instances we find that in re-
producing the natural growths and
forms in detail the work is absurd and
grotesque.
There are chairs and tables with dis
torted supports for the existence of
which there is no excuse. 1t is per-
haps in jewelry more than in anything
else that this exaggeration and insult
ability of design are most noticeable.
Delicate gems are often set in a heavy,
eccentric and meaningless fashion more
suited to the treatment of wrought iron
than to that of gold and silver. In fact,
many designs otherwise good suffer
from the material in which the ideas
are carried out. A very happy design
seen recently was mans ring work
I'd out in old rose gold. Two mermaids
aeld the oblong piece of setting on
which was engraved "A crest. The
twisted tails of the mermaids formed
he ring itself.