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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-12-29
What the Merchants Themselves
Say.

Fully up to the average of holi-
day sales. "-Banspach Bros.
Very much ahead of our best pre-
vious year. f. a. Mitchell.
The Christmas trade in our Oh.
NEVILLE store shows substantial
gain over last year. III. |. liough.
AT least 80 per cent. better than
any Christmas trade we had since
we have been in business. San
Souci.
This is our second Christmas in
Olneyville Sold at least twothirds
more goods than "a year ago. Hall
a. Lyon Co.
The best holiday trade in the thir.
tylhree years have been In bust.
ness."-J. A. Angel.
Far exceeded that Of last year. A
fine trade. - NJ. Shawcross.
Nearly double the sales of last
year. Union Pacific Tea Co.
Il am well satisfied with my trade
this Christmas. The sales much ex-
New Idea Store.
This is our banner year for the
Christmas trade. III. b. Fiske.
Way ahead of last year. Very sat
isfactOry. Mills Tea and Butter Co.
The best Christmas trade since
this store opened. United Cigar
Stores Co.
Our holiday trade compares very
favorably with that Of last year. j.
+. Russell.
Our sales for Christmas week
were much ahead of those of 1904.
H. c. Mott e. Co.
The best in a number of years. -
B. A. Smith.
MUCK better than usual"-T. X.
Parker.
"Our holiday trade was very good
We are very well pleased with the
showing made.-D. Miller IL co.
Nearly 30 per cent. better than
last year This store made the best
percentage Of gain Of any Of the five
stores operated by the Providence
Public Market Co."-Olneyyille So.
Market
we are not finding any fault with
the Christmas trade this year. II
was all right"-H. e. POhle a. Co.
Fully an average John
O'Connell.
The best I'm the last five or six
years. Thompson Bros.
we are new arrivals here, but
the trade last week was very salts,
factordy. Kennedy e. Co.
The best holiday trade since we
have been IN business. -. II. Meyer
Co.
our Grst holiday season In Olney.
Vile and the trade was entirely sat
isfactory.-AyleswOrth Shoe Store.
Much better than I anticipated. II
was certainly very good. J. DE
laney.
Our trade for Christmas was
first rate. We are not finding any
fault."-OKeefe e. Co.
The best Christmas business this
studio has done in years. "A. Des
I Grangas.
Our holiday business was the best
for a number of years. WIN. Wat
. son.
our Christmas trade was excel
I lent. Nicholson Thackary 90.
"A good gain over the last few
years John Swallow * Son.
The best Christmas week in tho
thirty-siK years ve have been located
on Mantsn Ave. Kennedy a. Cough
The Olneyyille Post ONCE did a
7 phenomenally large business In its
money order department
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-12-29

There was a man in Nottinghsmshire
who discontinued the donation be bad
regularly made for a time 10 a mis-
slonary society. When asked as 10 his
easons he replied: We'll. I've travelled
n biz I'm my time. I've been a. far as
Sleaford. in Lincolnshire. and never
saw n black man. and don't believe
there are ny."-London Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-12-29
The HhYaieaI.

The morality Of clean blood ought TO
be one OF the first lessons taught us by
our pastors and teachers. The physical
y .hs substratum OF the spiritual. and
this fact ought TO give TO the food We
eat and the air we breathe q transcend.
eat signifcance.-Tyndal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-12-29
HARMONY.

Highest cash prices paid for live
poultry Of all kinds. Send word to
Allen w. Barber, North Scituate, X.
!.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-12-29
A Happy New Year!

told and Farewell to 1905 1900
peace happiness prosperity brings good times for one and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-12-29
SAN S0UCI'S
oLNEYVILLE SQUARE.

Trading Ladies ana Sh
dren's Trmm in our Millinery Department
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

A man up in Louisville has the
courage to combat modern medical
research and theories. He says he
cares nothing about the mosquito,
and doesn't believe It has anything
to do with the cause of yellow fever,
because in 1878 he and other boys
broke open an old trunk that the l..
and N. had dumped into an open lot
because it had belonged to a yellow
fever patient, and nearly everyone
of them took the disease. He says
there are too many people in Louis
vile who remember that old trunk
episode and the number of persons
who caught yellow fever from it's
being opened, to make the mosquito
theory to the extent IL is being ex-
plotted very popular.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
Daily Thought.
To be weak is to be wretched.
PEACE is DOURTFUL.

Despite the. evasive and reassuring
declarations of the peace ENJOYS
themselves, the conviction seems to
grow among the newspaper cores
that the war will not end just yet.
The situation in a nutshell seems
to be that Japan. flushed with victo-
ry, will yield nothing Russia, strong
hut impotent. will concede every
thing TO certain point, and then
steadfastly insist on her own de-
sires as to the rest.
A special correspondent of the st.
Louis Globe Democrat says:
The real contest at Portsmouth is
narrowing to the indemnity condi-
ton imposed as a basis of peace with
Russia. When that point is reached
Russia is expected to stand firm,
turning with apparent resignation
and virtuous mien to the powers of
the world. To them she will say, in
effect:
"All these things have | given to
my adversary. To her dominions /
have added kingdom. | have as
sented to an extension of her sphere
of influence which makes her the
dominant nation of the Far East.
Now protect poor me from the ra-
pacity of my enemy"
Samuel G. Blythe. special cores
pendent OF the New York World,
says;
"The prospects of peace between
Russia and Japan went glimmering
when the conferees today took
note of divergence on the fifth Jap
anese condition. Mr.. Witte. the Rus
sian envoy, has given up the fight.
He will talk with Japan for day
more, or maybe two or three days,
but he has made up his mind that
there can be no peace and he has
sent this word to the car:
1.-The Japanese are stolid, uncom
municative, inscrutable. They per-
sistently demand their pound of
flesh. They claim the right of might.
They don't intend to be deprived of
the fruit of their victories The
peace that looked so possible early in
the week is now not even probable.
More blood must be shed The pride
of Russia demands further sacrifice
from her sons. Witte has decreed
that he will give Japan only what
Jspan has now,
"The war will go on. The peace
conference at Portsmouth might as
well have never been called"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

any rate he was at wosE."
Judge Lightfoot probed into the
case more thoroughly and learned
that Jones went to work Mondav
and laid of that day In order to at
tend court the next day. Judge
Ligidfoot thought that Jones would
ne benefited by term In county jail
where he would learn 20 work. aud
sentenced him to f,uf months in the
county Jd'l.
Annie Churchill colored who
stole dress from woman while
under the Influence ~ liquor. was
given two months in county Jail hy
Judge Lightfoot this morning. she
was held over from police coIrt tais
morning on the charge OF petty Jar
ceny
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
LIVELY TIME
Experienced in Capturing An rs
capped Prisoner.

Officer Aaron Hurley had an ex-
citing time catching Harry Miller.
colored, who escaped from the chain
gang yesterday while at work on the
streets
Miller was fined s25 and costs and
given ten days in jail for carrying a
concealed weapon. lie served his Jail
sentence and yesterday was sent to
the city Jail to begin his term there.
The changing boss took him out
with the other prisoners but failed
to shackle him, thinking Miller did
not intend to make his escape. The
prisoner, however. took the chance
and ran. The police got a trace OF
him on the South Side and started
to catch him.
Officers Churchill and Hurley got
on his trail and located him in a
house near 18th and Caldwell streets
officer Churchill remained on the
outside while Officer Hurley went in
after the fugitive.
Miller. seeing the officer. made a
dash for the window. He leaped
through the sash but Officer Hurley
got hold of his clothes as he got
through. He pulled the officer on
through and the two scrambled
about in the yard for sometime be
fore the officer finally managed to
overpower him.
Officer Churchill. hearing the dit
iculty. ran to the assistance of his
fellow officer, and assisted in cap
turing the desperate fugitive.
Miller got a double city Jail SEN
tence for his escape this morning.
officer Hurley is suffering few
pretty bad bruises but is not OFF duty.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
LAST STEP
Towards the Management of River.
side Hospital.

Mayor ID. A. Yeiser, Auditor Alex
Kirkland and City Physician John
ston Bass visited Riverside hospital
this morning and decided the ques-
ton whether or not the hospital ma
iron and other attaches of the insti-
tuition be paid monthly or semi
monthly.
The attaches insisted on being
paid as policemen and other en-
ployes of the city which was agreed
to. The records and other papers of
the hospital department were filed
in Riverside hospital and each month
the matron and other employees will
make out a report to be furnished
the legislative boards the same as is
furnished by the chief of police, fire
department, electrical inspector and
other city officers.
This is the last step towards per
fecting the management of the hos
pital and II will now run along
as smoothly as is possible for hos
pitsl to run. It is thought.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

The effort of the board of works
to clean up the city should meet with
a more prompt and extensive re-
Spouse than 1t has. People who do
not have old cans handy to use as
receptacles for rubbish and garbage
should buy them-and use them. Out
of the hundreds of stores and resi-
dences in the downtown district only
few cans have appeared. We can
not have a clean city unless the peo-
pie cooperate. An ounce of proven
ton is worth pound of cure. Epi-
denies seem TO be numerous this
year and no city Is safe except a
clean city.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
ONLY FOUR MONTHS
For Willie Jones, Colored, Charged
With Nagrancy.

Willie Jones. whose color will out
rival coal tar, was arraigned befora
County Judge X T. Lightfoot this
Lufnilg on the charge of vagraacy
Have YOU been employed at all
during the past several weeks"
Judge Lightfoot asked the defend
ant.
well, Use been at work on a
wagon of and on. going to work
Monday" the defendant replied as
he snuiiled his grea .eet about IN a
very agltated manner
Willie explained that he went 10
work Monday on an express wagon
and maybe he made more than % a
month and maybe h. did nor, bus at
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

1t is no doubt TO the interest of
certain designing politicians to have
the secret ballot abolished, so II a
man does not vote to suit them they
may know who he is and punish him,
but IL would be contrary to the in
terests of thousands of voters in
Kentucky who desire to vote in ac-
cordance with their consciences
without subjecting themselves to po-
litical persecution and possible pc
cuniary loss. The voters should bear
this in mind when they cast their
ballots in November.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

Fulton quarantined recently and
when the state board of health an
nounced that the quarantine was
raised, the council met and quaran-
tined again by means of an ordi-
nance Then when numerous func-
tionaries began doing a land office
business in health certificates and
Jackson, Tenn. quarantined against
Fulton, a howl was raised and a
delegation was sent down to protest
Consistency is hard to find during
fever scares.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

not allowed TO enter, If the slant
eyed Celestials take a common-sense
view of the situation, they cannot
blame the United States for keeping
them from competing with our work.
ingmen, and IL we take common
sense view of 1t we cannot blame
them much for displaying a charac-
teristic trait of human nature by re-
fusing to send their money where
they are not allowed to go them
selves. Both sides must apparently
accept the inevitable and grin and
bear il.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

ing along out there, he kept a watch
for the negro.
While near the brick kiln. the
chief noticed someone coming ant
thinking he was perhaps the negro
buggy and went over to see who II
was.
He called 10 him to halt. at the
same time pulling his pistol and
shooting.
No sooner was this done than the
man stopped. drew his pistol and
fired back at the chief. who returned
the fire. The man broke and ran in a
southeastern direction and escaped.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
New Firm Enters Business.

Messrs. Jack Fisher and Frank
Sinks have formed a partnership
and started an electrical supply
business at 223 Jefferson street.
They will do all sorts of house and
steamboat wiring and are also AGENT
for the Wiley motors. Mr. Fisher
IS a son of the late J VIII Fisher
and Mr.. Sinks is from Golconda.
Both are energetic young men who
will no doubt be successful.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
Notice To Contractors.

Bids viii be received for the erection
of an Elks home at Paducah. Ky,
according to plans and specifications
furnished by o, ID, Schmidt. archl-
tect Plans can be seen at the archi-
tects office. All bids to be In the
hands of the architect not later than
10 O'Clock a. m. September 5, 1905.
The right Is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
A. w GnEIF. Sec.
Elks Building Assn.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

II would be a good joke on Padu-
cab If the good old honest farmers of
the country should vote to keep up
their stock, when Paducah cannot
have the cows kept off the streets.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

Mr.. Watterson has blasted the
hopes of a good many politicians who
have been laying around a long time
with knives up their sleeves for him.
He should have run for governor and
given them their chance
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

A great deal of rubbish is going
the rounds about the Chinese boycott
This country has seen mt. for the pro
lection of its lahoring classes, to ex-
clude the Chinese. Naturally the Chi
nese--or any other peopleTwould
not break their necks to get to spend
their money In country they are
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
Moonlight Excursion.

To the new I. C. bridge Thursday
evening, August II. 1905, by thu
auxiAiaries of Tenth street Christian
church. Round trip Is cents.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17

Read The Adventures of the Col
den Prince-Nez." another of The
Suns great Sherlock Holmes"
stories. The drst instailmcnt begins
today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-17
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

Every dose makes You feel better. Lax Pos
keeps your whole insides right. sold on the
money bae plank everywhere. Price 5ocs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
Chicauo Record.Herald.

When the life insurance investiga-
tions are finished, when the offending
officials of mismanaged companies have
been replaced by more trustworthy men,
and when improved legislation has been
secured with the hope Of preventing the
recurrence of the recent evils, there
will still remain a number OF important
questions Of life insurance policy to be
settled by the companies themselves.
One of the most important of these con-
Germs the premium rate-whether it is
to be kept high or lowered.
In a mutual company managed ,on the
most cautious lines it makes in one
sense no difference to the policyholder
whether he pays a high or a low premi-
I'm, tho, of course, the rate must always
be high enough to cover all elements
Of cost. If he pays high premium he
will theoretically, and he should practi-
cally also, get back in dividends the
full excess amount OF his payments.
But high premiums, bringing big in
cumulations Of cash, tempt to extrava-
gance. Moreover, the very, fact that
there is no sufficient argument in favor
Of them should be enough at times to
condemn them.
An attempt is made by Allan H. Will
lett in the current issue of the Political
Science Quarterly to dissipate some of
the obscurity that troubles the ordinary
policyholder when he tries to find out
lust how much more he is paying in
premiums that it is absolutely necessary
The should pay. It is impossible to 90
at length into Mr.. Willett IS presentation
Of tables and his analysis Of the facts,
hut his work is carefully DONE and his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
RESPECTABLE" CRATER
Money Made in Franchise Deals MOI
Generally Regarded as Tainted. -

'-eSS9sS@SNSSs
Franklin W. Parker in the World Today.
In the operation Of a city govern
ment graft appears in four great forms;
police graft, or the profit derived thru
the police department from law break
ers and criminals; payroll graft, con-
tract graft, or the Illegal profit on pub
lice, payroll and contract CRAFTS are dis
reputable, vile and loathsome. They
are commonly and generally so consid-
cred: They are usually the, work Of
small, cheap. mean men. Those who en-
gage in such undertakings are for the
most part Of the viler sort. They do
not make influential friends. What they
are doing is plain stealing and it is SO
regarded by everybody, They can not
become men of real standing in the
community They steadily and natura :
ly sink into social insignifcance.
Franchise graft is connected with the
grant, extension. regulation and control
Of franchises for public utilities. In
the United States franchise graft is
respectable. The franchise boodler, if
skillful and intelligent, becomes a lead
ing citizen and respected member of the
community, a supporter of charities and
not iDfrequentlY a good church man. He
steadily mounts the ladder of social,
financial and political distinction. boz.
ems Of Chicago and Illinois men who
have made fortunes out of the public
utilities or who are commonly believed
to have been franchise grafters, or who
have been openly charged with it, now
occupy conspicuous positions, appoint
i've, or elective, in the national, state
ably the same with other states and
cities 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
RUGS OF AMERICAN MAKE
AS Durable and Artistica1y Colored as
the Oriental Kind. j.. ~. =
Agricultural Record

Agricultural Record.
The beautiful two and three toned
rugs, in which the center field is plain,
with darker borders, are particularly
suitable to modern schemes of furnish
ing, which fttingly express the archi-
tectural meaning Of rooms designed bv
leading architects and decorators. Rugs
such as these add to the apparent size
OF the room. They are woven entirely
In one piece, and of any size or shape
that the dimensions and character Of
the room may require, and in any thick
ness up to an inch, in various qualities.
The dyes employed are wholly vege-
table and fascinatingly soft and beau
tlful in tone. The dim old shades of
the veritable antiques are secured with
out :subjecting the rug to the heroic
treatment which is said to be the lot
OF many, Of the imported ones.
1t Is interesting to note that as the
standards of taste advance, as thew are
certainly advancing with respect ia
house decoration and furnishing in the
United States, architects are more and
more taking over the interior equip
ment OF the rooms designed by them.
In these rugs, made right here in our
own country, can be found almost any.
thing which the architect may need
10 be able to order it direct from do.
nestle looms in the required design
means saving both in time and money
For many years these rugs have been
in use, standing the test Of time salts.
factory, and undoubtedly the demand
for them will grow as people learn that
those OF American manufacture may be
as durable and artistic as the ones made
IN India, China, Persia or Turkey.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
Life Insurance Cost
May Be Cut Do,un

results can be stated in few words
He finds that the average experience Of
twenty-four great American companies
shows that they make a saving on NOR
tality of over 20 per cent Of what they
estimate their losses will be; that they
earn an average Of i per cent more in
terest on their assets than they reckon
they will earn, and that they make a
generous profit from lapsed and sur
ever-which is the charge they make
for expenses of ADMINISTRATORS Just
sufficient to cover the cost of the bust
ness. 49,. +. z....-..
Taking all items together, Mr.. Will
lett concludes that ca reduction Of 20
per cent or 25 per cent in premium rates
is possible for accompany managed with
average care and efficiency and is in
every way desirable Insurance men
will answer that the higher rates are
necessary to give absolute certainty
against an unexpected run of bad luck.
But Mr.. Willett responds that if such
runs Of bad luck are theoretically posi-
BILE, experience certainly does not show
that they come in fact. An expert
mental reduction Of rates by some Of
the companies may be anticipated to
test the effect that such a reduction will
have on the public.
How far the expenses of administra-
ton can be reduced so as to make a
saving in the item of "loading' Mr..
Willett does not attempt to discover.
When saner methods Of getting bust
ness are adopted these expenses will
greatly decrease, and the policyholders
will have the benefit, even if the COM
panies do not continue to grow in size
with the former speed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29

herits his liking for a court train
length: His mother was Queen Veto
ria, and the fact that U. S. Grant was
upon his monarchial tendencies.
Both parents were Of the ordinary
size, and their midget son was as great
a surprise to them as to his owner, a
rich and eccentric old farmer. He kept
little Tom Tit in seclusion and up to
two months ago the pampered pony
boosted not only his hairy extension,
but a double name ana a forelock eight
feet long.
A vandal broke into Tom Tit s stall
one night and cut name and forelock to
pieces. The purchase price for the pony
was $25 000
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
MIDGET HORSE

A diminutive pony multiplied by three
times his length Of tail is the present
wonder at the Bostock animal show at
Coney island:
Like all great unfo1ders Of yarns, he
halls from Indiana, whence he arrived
by express Tuesday. His costume,
which consisted Of a bag carefully con-
cealing his hirsute beauty, was removed
when he was placed on exhibition, and
down rolled the tail, with the long
drawn-out interest Of serial story. It
measures thirteen feet four inches.
Tom Tit, as he is called, doubtless in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
HIS OWN CONCLUSION.
Philadelphia Press.

IT mean to do away with some Of this
f1ummery,' declared the democratic king,
But, your majesty, protested the
prime minister, "you must have pages to
hold your train Surely you wouldn't have
it sweeping a
Surely interrupted the king, 81 ought
to have sense enough to draw my own
conclusions"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29

No. Kind. Size. Price.
M Is Extra Super Ingram 12x12-9. $1S.03
NJ "a Extra Super Ingram 12x12-6. .$17.99
NJ % Extra Super Ingram .12x14 ;. $4,000
M 21 Extra Super Ingram .12x1e !. ;. $22.76