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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
DEFECTIVE SIGHT.
Some CaIlings That Are had For
Persons With Weak Eyes.


Systematic examination Of the eyes
of school children seldom fails to show
that a considerable proportion Of them
have defective sight and will therefore
be placed at a disadvantage If in after
life they engage in employments for
which normal vision Is desirable.
Some useful suggestions on the prac-
tical side of this question will be found
in DIR. Wilhelm Feilchenfeld's "Gesund-
heitsphege des Auges." He says, for
instance, that sufferers from sensitive
eyes, with easily irritated conjunctlva
or with chronic or frequently occurring
Inflammation Of the lids, ought not to
engage In work which Is either asso-
ciated with the production of much
dust, such as baking or milling, or
which involves exposure to dazzling
light, such as the occupation Of fur
mace man. Individuals in which symp-
toms Of ocular fatigue easily come on
ought not to choose an occupation
which requires straining of the eyes
by long continued near work. such as
sewing, knitting, copying or shorthand
writing. Individuals with progressive
shortslghtedness must avoid all occu-
patiOns which entail great eXertion up
on the eyes. They should not engage
in study or become clerks or mechan-
les, tailors, dressmakers, fancy needle
workers or quilters.-London Lancet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
Little pre..m.kcr. of Paris.

The pinson Is French song bird.
and the petltes couturieres OF Paris
are universally called minis plnsons
Qlttle song BIRDS, because OF the habit
they have OF always singing at their
work. Crowded. hundreds of them, In
Ill lighted. badly ventilated. great
atellers, during the busy season. they
stitch and sing from Z o'clock in the
morning until long after midnight, and
they earn, the vast majority OF them,
80 cents day.
With this amount they must not only
board. lodge and clothe themselves,
but they must also make provisions
for the morte saison. four months from
the middle Of June till the middle Of
September. when. the gay world Of
Paris being n In campagne, no orders
for work are given, workshops are
closed and the minis pinsons earn not
one sou.-Harper's Bazar.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
PEOPLE WHO SUCCEED.
They Have Very High Sense of
the Way to DO ThingN.

If there Is that In your nature which
demands the best and will take moth
ing less and you do not demoralize this
standard by the habit of deterioration
in everything you do. you will achieve
distinction In some line If you have the
persistence and determination to fol-
low your ideal
But II you are satisfied with the
cheap and shoddy, the botched and
slovenly, II you are not particular
about quality I'm your work or In your
environment or In your personal habits,
then you must expect to take second
place, to fall back into the rear Of the
procession.
People who have accomplished work
worth while have had very high sense
OF the way to do things. They have
not been content with medlocrity; they
have not confined themselves to the
beaten tracks: they have never been
satisfied to do things just as others do
them, but always little better. They
always pushed things that came to
their hands little higher up, little
farther on. 1t Is this little higher up.
this little farther on that counts in the
quality of life's work. 1t Is the con-
slant effort to be first class In every
thing one attempts that conQuers the
heights OF excellence.--Success.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
DO FISH SHOW TEMPER?
The EInny Tribe May Indulge In
Doth Fun and Indignation.


4 fish inqulsitive or In a temper Is
undoubtedly an absurd idea at first
sight, but the absurclty lessons on re-
fiection. All animals OF whose ways
we have Intimate knowledge reveal the
emotions which the fisherman denies To
fish. For example. children, lambs,
young tigers, young lions. young mon
keys, kittens and puppy dogs rush at
things which attract their eyes, and
that without thought OF eating them.
and If they are thwarted or injured in
the contact they are apt 10 rush at
them again I'm irritation. III. then, we
take II for granted that fish are in
capable Of curiosity and Irritation, we
are assuming that the minds OF fish are
fundamentally different from those OF
all living creatures with whose natures
we are familiar.
That. when one thinks Of II, would be
an assumption so great as TO be i'm
possible OF acceptance until IL had been
justified by the clearest reasoning. No
reasoning whatsoever can be offered
In It's favor. and some can be offered
against IL. We have no authority for
istics OF fish are different from those
Of animals generally. We are used
TO believing this, but the usage Is un-
intelligent. 1t probably springs from
the separation Of sympathies which
come from our living In an element
other than that of the salmon and the
trout. IL we were amphibious we
should have n clearer insight into their
ways and perhaps find that both fun
and Indignation lurk at times under
the saturnine aspect Of their visages.
AS II Is, some Of us who have been
In the accidental neighborhood OF
shark have had cause to realize that
even as "a hungry man Is an angry
man" n hungry fish. when annoyed In
pursuit Of his meal, Is angry. too, and
not unwilling to risk his skin In vim
dicatlon Of his appetite and his wrath
Besides, all fishermen. to their sorrow,
know that there are times when salm-
on and trout rise briskly, but mot in
earnest"
Many an exasperating hour have all
OF us spent with fish who give our
flies frequent poke or a frequent
nibbe at the tails OF them and escape
untouched. Many time also have we
found them rising at the fly not with
their mouths, but with their tails, seek
ing to flick them under the surface and
to drown" them, to all appearance In
the spirit In which cat plays with a
mouse. The analogy between fish and
other creatures In the matter OF curl.
osity and gambOling goes even further
1t may have been observed that IL was
the young Of tigers and cats and dogs
and other creatures that we spoke OF
as given to playing with things that
attract their eyes. not the elderly ami
mails so much.
Well, fish are In exactly the same
case.-London Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
A Smokers Fad.

There are some men who have GER
tain fads about smoking, and some OF
those fads are curious and expensive.
said n New York dealer. / know a
man who believes that the retention OF
the ash on the end OF the cigar makes
the cigar smoke better and taste bet
ter. He says If he were rich man
he would never smoke cigar after
the ash had fallen from II. / attempt
ed TO persuade him that cigar that
retained the ash was possibly better
because by this 1t showed that it was
more evenly and closely rolled and
properly seasoned, but the knocking OF
the ash from such cigar would not
injure the flavor OF the smoking quail
ity. But he would not be convinced.
He says he can tell the difference i'm.
mediately. And SO he goes about care
fully guarding the ashes on the end OF
his weeds rs long as possible and look
Ing upon their accidental loss as tenn
porary misfortune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18

elders. lie learns the history and ira.
dltions of the tribe as they are related
about the aearthstone of the tepee In
the evening. There, too. he hears
stories Of the chase, Of war, Of Prov.
ess. and he is quick to catch the sub
tie points of the tale and to learn the
secrets of stalking the game or am
bushing the enemy. The daughter
learns her mothers arts. as does the
white girl, by practical attempts un-
der the mothers supervision. The arts
and occupations OF both sexes are few,
and the process Of acquiring an edu-
cation is not n long or difficult one.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
The Peach.

Peaches are n tonic. an aperlent, a
food and n drink combined, or, to put
IL briefly, they are meat and medicine
A good meal may be made on cut
peaches. with sugar and cream, bread
and butter. After meal OF this va
rlety person will feel more like at
tending to the duties OF the afternoon
than IL he or she INDUCED I'm heavy
foods. Peaches are good before break
fast and after dinner. They are good
for the digestion, good for the blood
and good for the complexion. Some
people eat them without cream or
sugar and with good results. The fruit
Is so rich In sugar and acid that IL pre-
serves its flavor long while. but to
get the full benefit IL should be eaten
as soon as II is cut. Redness OF the
nose. due TO congestion; inflamed con-
plexion and scrofulous and bilious tend
encies are said TO be materially influ-
enced by liberal consumption OF this
luscious fruit.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
Sterue's Had Gra I'M mnr.

Among authors OF any rank the
most incorrlgible offender, from the
grammarian's point Of view, was
Sterne. That lay for lie does not con-
stantly appear In his writings In mod
ern editions Is not due to him. but to
the editors Of his works. Contempo-
rary critics attacked him for perpetrat-
Ing "such English" but their censure
had no effect upon his practice. When
In 1868 his Sentimental Journey" was
published the leading review of the
day savagely assailed him for adopting
vulgarism characteristic "of city
news writer" II said. But Maria lays
In my BOSOM" wrote Sterne. "Our
readers" remarked the irate reviewer,
"may possibly conclude that Maria
was the name Of n favorlte pullet."
Sterne's Indifference to the rebukes he
received on this particular point seems
to indicate that he was one of those
who regarded the usage rs proper
Professor Thomas II. Lounsbury In
Harpers Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
POWDERED TEA.
IL Is Said tn Make "a Better Infusion
Than the whole Leaves.

An English traveller says In n letter
to the London Times: History tells
us that when coffee was first brought
To the cities OF western Europe the first
makers Of ii were Turks. They roast
ed and ground the berries and served
the liquor, as IL Is served TO this day
In the east, grlts and all. We still
drink coffee as we drank IL then, with
this dfference-that we mostly omit
the grlts and drink an infusion instead
OF decoction. 1t was not so with tea.
No Chinaman was imported with the
first pound OF tea to- teach us how to
make and drink II. The consequence
has been that we have never drunk
tea I'm the Chinese way-that Is, as a
simple infusion.
eat first there seems TO have been
the new herb. II Is even said that 1t
was sometimes boiled with salt and
butter and served up as sort OF
spinach. The old phrase "A dish of tea
seems to bear out this legend. Finally
IL came to be settled that the most
wholesome and pleasant way to treat
the tea leaf was to make IL into kind
Of sweet soup with sugar and milk or
cream. have personal knowledge OF
no country In Europe but one where
tea Is used as In China-Portugal,
which got Its knowledge Of teamaking
from a province OF China with which
at this time no other nation OF Europe
was In contact.
1T was while travelling on horseback
with a guide In the wilder parts Of
Portugal, away from shops and inns,
where we had perforce to make expert
ments In the most economical use Of
the few ounces Of tea and coffee that
we could afford to carry with us, that
we hit upon discovery. Having no
milk, we drank our tea, as most POr-
tugese drink theirs, rs simple infu-
sion, sweetened with sugar.
81 remembered to have read, be-
lieve I'm the travels OF the Able Hue,
that when the Chinese desire to be
thrifty I'm the use Of the finer and
more expensive teas they grind the
leaf to powder and use less for the In
fusion. We found that tea could be
ground In a coffee mill as easily as
coffee, that tea made with the powder
is as good as or better than when made
with the whole leaf and that the pow
der, naturally, goes further than the
tea leaf"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
INITIATIVE FLOWERS.
The Caricature Plant Is One Of Bra
ziI's Peculiar GrOwths.


Ellis Peculiar GrOwths.
The Brazilian flower known as the
running antelope is SO called because
Its white petals have a series of well
defined, dark colored lines and dots in
which the Imagination can readily
trace the form of an antelope, with it's
limbs outstretched and head thrown
back, seemingly fleeing for its life. In
the ''caricature plant" one species has
the initiative form on the petals, an
other has Ii outlined in the ribs and
shading of the ribs. This last men
toned curiosity bears a remarkably
well executed likeness of the Duke OF
Wellington and has on that account
been named Arthur and His Nose.
Among the orchids the initiative
form is entirely different in character,
being exhibited in the shape of the
flower itself. Some are exact counter
feits of bees. butterflies, moths, ETC.,
while others take upon themselves the
form of worms and beetles. Natural
lists believe that in the first instance
1t Is natures trap to lure other bees,
moths and butterflies, but in the case
Of the worm and beetle orchids or
those that are exact counterparts Of
toads, lizards and huge spiders they do
not attempt to explain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
FUNNY LITTLE FIDDLER"
One Of the Most Interesting Members
of the Crab Family.

One Of the Most Interesting Members
of the Crab Family.
One Of the most interesting members
of the crab family is the queer and
grotesque little fiddler" which lives
in burrows in the banks Of creeks and
estuaries back Of the beach. Into these
burrows the crab retires in autumn
and composes itself for long winter
sleep. The eye stalks are then folded
down into sockets beneath the she'll
and the large claw rests closed and
inert against the body, while the legs
are folded up until the entire animal
Is snugly closed upon itself, and it re-
mains in this dormant condition until
the spring. Early in April the fiddlers
awaken and Immediately attend to
clearing out their burrows. The large
claw is useless for eating. only the
small one being available for this pur-
pose. 1t is amusing to see the deli
cacy with which this little claw feels
about and picks up the particles of
vegetable matter and places them in
the mouth, while the eyes are all the
time raised aloft on their stalks and
apparently looking off into the dis
tance. The female crabs have both
claws small and Of equal size, so they
are both used in feeding, and she can
satisfy her hunger just twice as easily
and quickly as the male. These fiddler
crabs also gather food and store 1t in
their burrows for future use.-St.
NicholaS
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18

Ii Is n drawback In American life for
purposes Of observation and comment
that we are people indistinguished to
the eye unclassified to the understand
ing Your casual stranger may be a
bank president or tioorwalker, a
bishop or n broker, a Presbyterian or
a Christian Scientist or be by birth Of
Iowa or Maine, or live In n hall bed
room or n mansion with park front.
He bears few marks Of his opinions or
beliefs, political or religious. You can
make but broad congratulations about
him. Moreover, his opinions and beliefs
are not of a piece. 1t Is likely that he was
born into one set of conditions, passed
through others, and has come out q
mixture, his makeup composite. his
outline indistinct. Our clergy are
mainly unfrocked. our officials ununi-
formed. We have no kings. Our beg
gars are unsatisfactory. You cannot
tell governor from congressman.
Your collision with n package carrying
youth may be right contact with a
student Of the schools. an academic
rcbuttal, or but "an illiterate encoun-
ter" with some mercantile adolescence,
some conveyor Of parcels. There Is
nothing absolute about his garb, coun-
tenance or motions. Society moves be-
fore us disorderly and our eyes are
bemused with the clutter.-Arthur Col
ton I'm Atlantic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
The bird Woman.

In the records of the journeyings Of
Lewis and Clark it is written OF SAGA
jawea. the wonderful bird woman"
that she contributed full mans
share to the success of the expedition,
besides taking care Of her baby" Yet
not a cent did she receive for her serv-
ices. Her husband. whom the explor-
ers mention as an idler and wife
beater. received SS00.33, including the
price of horse and lodge purchased
from him.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
Won. hut Not Held.

A learned English judge asked n
woman To marry him because she.
knowing his weakness. had mixed n
salad so artistically that he declared
he could not live without eating an
other. The Judge soon repented Of
his folly. The lady had n foolish ma
ture and temper which so tormented
her husband that he would prolone
the sessions Of his court far into the
night. Gentlemen" he was accus.
toned TO say when counsel or jury
murmured at the lateness Of the hour,
"as we must be somewhere. we can.
not be better anywhere than we are
here"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
The Eleven Thou.nnd Virgins,

The 1000 virgins mentioned in Cath
Ollie martyrology were the virgin train
Of st. Ursula. While OH their way to
France they were driven by adverse
winds to Cologne. where they are said
to have been murdered by Huns. Even
to this day visitors TO Cologne are
shown pile Of human skulls and
bones heaped up in wall and faced
with glass. These. the verger asserts,
are the relics Of the unfortunate fe-
males. St Ursula was British
princess.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18

Persons who are troubled with acid
ity of the stomach. that disagreee BILE
state OF affairs when "one's teeth are
all on edge" will find IL an excellent
thing to rinse the mouth and wash the
teeth in water containing n few drops
OF ammonia. This Is an alkali and
therefore neutralizes the acid. remov-
ing by this means one OF the most pro
life sources OF disease and putting the
mouth I'm an agreeable and wholesc me
condition.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
THE WEREWOLF.
A Human Monster In which the An
clients Firmly Believed.


The word werewolf simply means
a man transformed into wolf. and
the belief i'm such Transformation
seems 10 have been at one time widely
diffused over all the countries OF Eu-
rope, Asia and some parts OF Africa.
According to the anclents, man
thus transformed into wolf or other
ravenous beast was believed 10 become
possessed OF all the powers Of such a
beast I'm addition 10 his human abil-
tiles 10 reason. His appetite also be-
came enormous and could only be
appeased by being glutted upon hu-
man flesh. During the latter centuries
Of the dark ages the belief In were
wolves was as common and as wide
spread as was the belief in witches.
which IL In some respects resembled.
The belief, senseless as IL was. gave
rise TO much brutal persecution Of the
accused. and the various systems Of
torture were usually successful in get
ting confession Of guilt and the sub
sequent burning or hanging Of the
wretched confessor.
In Great Britain, where wolves were
scarcely known, the werewolf tales OF
the continent were hardly credited,
but later on, even in enlightened Eng
land" they believed that witches
could transform themselves into cats
and hares, belief at least analogous
to the ''loup-garou' superstition Of the
continent.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
MASTERS OF CARVING.
0as Ancestors Had . Vocabulary We
Have Quite Forgotten.

Have Quite Forgotten.
What do we moderns know about
earving?' say that carve pheasant
equal portions. Not SO our ancestors.
Carving is an art. Let me quote from
an old book on carving some of the
terms of that art:
Remember that there were carving
masters In those days, professors OF
the art. They were itinerants. They
did not keep school. They went from
house to house and taught the ladies'.
AS for their social position. l have
not ascertained ii. Probably they
were classed with the itinerant por-
trait painter. Certainly they did not
sit at table with the gentlefolk.
fear that their place was the kitchen
and that Lady Mary took her lessons
In that room surrounded by the admir-
ing maids.
But the only thing she carved" was
mutton or beef. You had to "break a
deer, rear a goose, lift a swan, sauce
a capon, spoil hen. frush a chicken,
mount a heron. display a crane, dis
figure peacock, unjoint a bittern, un-
tack a curlew, alaye a pheasant, wing
a partridge or quail, mince a plover,
thigh a pigeon or any other small bird
and border game pie"
And the acquisition Of these terms
was only the beginning Of knowledge.
London Queen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
Cat Medicine.

The ancient physicians had flrm be-
lief in the healing powers OF different
portions OF the cat. probably from some
confusion existing I'm their minds with
regard to Its own nine lives. One OF
them gives as valuable recipe to cure
fevers two pints OF water mixed with
three drops OF blood taken from the ear
OF an ass and certain parts OF cats
digestive organs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18

Small Boy--My sister likes you.
Young Man Ccalllng)-That's very nice
I like her. too. very much. Small Boy
Yes. she said sine liked you because
you never caine often and didn't stay
long
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18
wealth. Dismal Influence.

Gertrude Papa. you are 50 rich that
I shall never marry. Papa-Why
daughtery Gertrude-Oh. your money
will make the wrong man propose 10
me and the right men afraid to.-Puck.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18

Wife-Think l can't keep n secret, do
you? Husband-Yes. I do. Wife
Well. I've worn an old hat trimmed
over for the past two months. and I
haven't told a soul yet. So therel
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18

Cobbs-There was another girl In
love with me. so my wife married me
for spite. Dobbs-well. she certainly
got good and even with herself.-De-
troit Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-18

The essence Of knowledge Is. hav-
ing II. to apply IL: not having IL 10 con.
fess your norance.-Confucius.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
DEpgr&trraty nrra14a
Rarr &ui1tnf
BY DIR. e. S. TALBOT,
OF Illinois Medical College. Chicaeo,

nousment THE child when the world imperfect
part another and there arrested development
some portion of the body Be that the mind will develop
er the development of the may arrested degeneracy
may take the form Of physical defornity.
One of the greatest day degeneracy the society
fad of entertaining young about period
of two three weeks before her wedding young society is
and ed continually She INDUCES excessively when she
is married her nervous system is completely tired
Though degeneracy usually by development
arising from disorder sometimes by de-
the public has idea that degenerate or an insane
This false idea. The deaf the dumb the constitutional liars
cyclists and business all walks of life
are degeneraes y
The conditions that produce degeneracy from
sve use of alcohol Coffee excessive eating Many degeneates
become through eating Overeang produces condition
OF the which arrested development some portion of the
body or the BRAIN which later results in apopey lesion