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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
A MAGIC QUARTER.

A marked quarter is borrowed and
n large ball of wOrsted is brought.
Presto, The worstcd is unwound, and
out falls the money that minute be.
fore was in the owners pocket. Here
is the solution: First procure few
skeins OF thick worsted, next a piece
OF tin in the shape of fiat tube large
enough for quarter TO pass through,
and about four inches long. Now wind
the worSted on one side of the tube
TO a good d-szed ball, having n quarter
OF your own in your right hand. You
may now show the trick. Place the
worstcd anywhere out of sight, borrow
n marked quarter, and, taking II in
your left hand, look ut ii and say, ut
Is good" Place the one in your right
hand on the end Of the table farthest
from the company, then fetch the wor
sted, ana while SO doing drop the
marked quarter through the tube, pull
the tube out and wind the worsted n
little TO conceal the hole. Put the ball
into q tumbler. and taking the quarter
you left on the table, show il 10 the
company (who will imagine il TO be the
borrowed quarter), saying PRESTO!
Fly PaSSw Give the end OF the ball
to one of the audience and request him
to unwind It. which being done. the
money will fall out. 10 the astonish-
ment OF all.-Good Literature.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
SAVED THE DOG.

Recently in the city of Omaha hap
pcned an incident that ought TO be
carefully considered ~ every human
being. II had the elements OF tragedy
and there was in il a bit of comedy,
too. II was fraught with lessons of
love and of life, lessons which might
give courage TO the hopeless, lessons
which might inspire the prosperous.
A man. brought TO the depths Of de-
spair through his own folly, feeling
that his career of usefulness was at an
end went to the rivers bank deter
mined to end il all Those who thought
they knew this hopeless creature might
have been pardoned by concluding that
II would have been just as well had
the man been permitted to carry out
his purpose. But something happened
which saved this being from sui
cide's grave. We are told that just as
this man was about TO plunge into the
current Of the Missouri some one threw
little dog from the bridge. Instantly
the better nature of the would-be sui
eide was aroused His desire TO de-
stroy his own life was forgotten in
his consideration for the little animal
struggling in the waves. Instead OF
piunging into the water bent upon TAX
ing the life which IL was his duty to
preserve and use for the benefit Of the
worid-he plunged into the stream and
rescued the little dog.
Newspaper reports say that with
the wet, shivering dog nesting in his
arms" the wet, shivering man applied
for shelter at the police station, He
refused TO part company with his
little protege and the newspaper re-
ports state, when he went to sleep
on the bench in the hallway at the po-
lice station the little black dog was
CURED up on his breast."-The Com
mOner II
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
A STIRRING STORY.

Three nights after the Sophocies had
left Albany, West Australia, an ont
break of fire was detected in the store
room. Officers and men alike took
turns In descending into the hold AS
they went down." said one of the crew.
they collapsed and had to bes haEted
up again. They were laid out on the
matches and brought round, but when
ever they recovered they were ready
10 60 down again. The captain himself
was overcome by the fumes. The
fourth officer lost consciousness three
times. and the second ottA~r twice.
Once the latter had to be dragged
from the hold by q life line"
Still, however, the fire made head
turn back 10 Fremantle The SOpbo,
cles was then fully 400 miles from thai
port The captains first desire hal
been TO spare his passenSsrs-m OF
whom were ladies-any anxiety. ann
he was so successful in this that only
the gentlemen knew that n fire had
broken out And so, with fire raging
below. the SOphocles made for port.
The engines were worked to their ut
most capacity, and the ships hose wan
kept constantly playing on the FIRE.
Men were lowered into the holds BY
relays. with life lines around their
waists. and worked until they had to
be dragged back 10 the fresh air anh
safety Night and day they toiicd,
sustained with little more than coffee
and ships biscuits, handed TO them by
the ships stewards.
No precaution was omitted To insu,c
the safety of the passengers and crew
in the last resort. The life boats wero
surreptitiously rrovisioned. that The
ladies' might not be alarmed rhc
officers. when they were not helping TO
put out the fire. went about their ord,
nary duties with cheerful faces. Anil
still the women in the after part ot tho!
ship knew nothi:g of their imminent
danger.
Fremantle was reached at last and
all anxiety was put at an end Ton
days later the Sophocles. her ruined
cargo replaced. for ballasting purposes,
with eighty tons Of lead bars and logs
of timber. sailed for London. And
said on the officers, with n touch of
pride every one OF the passengers
stood by the ship. in spite of the fright
they had got"-Leisure Hours
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
APACHE SHREWDNESs

With the Apaches. really brave man
does not stand as high in public est,-
nation az does a clever thief HIS
chief excellence, from an Apache
standpoint, lies in his ability TO outwn
the white man. says Mr.. Cremony, The
author Of Life Among the Apaehes 4"
j was sitting, says Mr.. CremoDy, "a
front Of my tent, writing letter,
when young Apache came up ana
asked what ! was doing replied
was talking 90 my friend in Wash
ington.
How can you talk TO your frienG 20
far away"
When an Apache wishes Ia tajk of
speed to a distant friend" answered,
he sends him a picture OF bird n
he talks of something sweet he sends
lures the white man has these little
signs which all understand"
The Indian took mp the letter aod
scrutiDized IL carefully.
Il do not believe you" be said. You
try TO make a fool OF me. These little
signs are all alike"
II will give you proof. / will wfi,e
on this little piece Of paper that the
sutler is to give you some tobacco. 90
take II 10 the store and see if do not
speak the truth"
The Indian snatched the paper and
was of A few moments later l saw
him slowly coming toward me. a piece
OF tobacco in his hand and look OF
bewilderment on his face. Suddenly
his expression changed TO satisfaction
and he hurried forward.
Did you get the tobacco" asked,
'Yes, but l do not believe you. You
and he had an understanding before,
so that yeu might deceive me. Now ,f'
you will write some more of those ii,-
tie signs on paper, telling the sutier''
to give me much more tobacco, and ,f'
he does, then will believe You"
But the Indians ruse failed. J,d
not rise" 10 the occasion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21

vast numbers, while MS sisters, Helen
and Beatrice, looked idly on.
II wish You would net do that,
George" said Helen Mt length. you
hurt those flies catching them that
way, even If you DO let them so at
once. and il is cruel"
Well, what's a fellow to 10" asked
George, surlily. you'll find me some
thing better TO do and I'll stop"
Suddenly Helen clapped her hands.
"Oh, dandyp' she cried. "I know
something that is loads more fun and
which won't hurt the poor little flies
at all"
She ran into the sitting-room and got
a piece of light tissue paper, sending
Beatrice for the glue pot. While Bea-
trice was gone Helen cut the paper into
tiny bits half an inch square. She had
twelve pieces, and on four she put her
own initial H., on four a big Il. and n
G.. on the remaining four. Then she
drew circle with chalk on the table,
the circle being about two feet in di-
ameter
When Beatrice returned with the
glue Helen spread a very little over
each bit OF paper on the side not
marked by the initial which each piece
bore Then she laid all twelve bits OF
paper in the circle, initials down, and
on the glue side OF each sprinklel a
bit OF pulverized sugar.
Now" she said. I'VE have each four
bits uf paper marked with our initials.
The flies will light on them 90 get the
sugar and be stuck fast by the glue
Then they will try TO get away, and
whichever one of us has one OF our
four bits OF paper first carried out Of
The circle 10y fly wins the gamew
The others clapped their hands and
drew chairs 10 the table all oagerness.
No GUINNESS now, no cross looks nor
sharp words. All three watched Keen
rs hawks, for the first fly.
In minute one lit on a bit OF paper
bearing a O., and George danced about
IKE an Indian.
"Oh. look" he cried. i've got onel
I'm going TO win" But the fly had
two legs free, and instead OF attempt
ing 10 fly. he started TO crawl away,
dragging the paper after him. Just
then another lit on one OF Beatrice's
pieces. got stuck fast and attempted 90
fly away, but he was small fly and
the paper was too heavy for him. He
would wave his wings furiously and
drag the paper two or three inches each
time he tried. but then he would have
60 rest
still both fiics were getting nearer
aud nearer 20 the circles edge, al
though they were going in opposite
directions, and the race was very eN-
citing. Suddenly, swoop! down came
another fly, alighiing on one OF Heien's
papers. lie was fast i'm n second. but
he Immediately few away with IL, 60
ing out OF the circle like n shot, paper
and all. Helen had won, but only by
a ver- narrow margin. for an instant
later Georges fly crawled over the
circles edge.
Although Helen had scored the first
point. the game was by no means over.
for there were still papers left i'm the
ring and flies were coming thick and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
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H1 AdIentdre.
THE CALIFORNIA KING-sNAKE.

THE CALIFORNIA KING-SNAKE.
That a small, harmless little snake.
scarcely larger round than ones finger
and only fifteen 10 twenty inches long.
should be called the king snake"
seems rather odd, but the little fellow
has certainly earned the name. A pet
king-sDake ia mining camp out on
the desert mountains east OF San Ber-
nardinO, California, was named
King" He soon learned his name,
and when called would come crawling
rapidly out from various hiding places,
such az creyices in the stone walls OF
the cabin, under the bed. among
clothes, and from his favOrite place in
the coat pocket OF Jim, one OF the
miners
one day Jim was going down an
aba andOned shaft When he had nearly
reached the foot OF the ladder he heard
n slight rustic, and quick az fash
Jim jumped out OF his pocket and
dropped TO the bottom. There was a
thrashing sound and also the noise of
rattlesnake's rattle; then all was
quiet Jim waited moment or two
before going farther down. and as il
was too dark TO see well, he struck q
match and lighted his candle and held
II cautiously down There lay dead
rattlesnake, and King coiled beside
him, watching.
Another day as the boys were talk
ing in the cabin, Jim looked out the
door and saw a very large rattlesnake
slowly crawling up the sandy arroyo
about thirty or forty feet from the
cabin door. King was called immedi-
ately. and quickly came out from I'M
der the bed Jim took him on the
palm OF his hand and stepped 10 the
door 10 show the rattler 10 him, but
King saw him, and sprang from Jim's
hand quick as fash. Then ensued
one OF the oldest battles. which
showed how King earned his name,
and why rattlesnakes are so terrified
when they see kingsnake.
King sped like an arrow after the
rattler The rattler saw King, and at
once put all the energy he had into his
speed He saw King coming, and
knew that he would soon overtake him.
His only safety lay in coiling and if
possible striking King.
The rattlesnakc just had time TO raise
his head about six inches when King
overlook him. IL looked as If King
was going on by the rattlesnake But
when the middle of Kings body was
opposite the head of the rattler, with
a motion too quick TO be seen, King
wrapped his entire length round the
rattlesnake. Kings head was next to
the rattler's, but so tightly was King
coiled round that the rattler could
scarcely move even his jaws. His
tongue ran out and death came almost
Immediately.
King hung on until the snake was
dead, and then slowly uncoiled and
came back to the in-Youth's Com
panion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
Tho surgcon's Nightmare.

Two patients who called in company
upop n noted surgeon found him be
moaning n twinge of pain i'm his right
foretinger. The callers smiled.
Great Scott. doctor" exclaimed one;
you don't mean to say that pain in
the finger bothers man so used TO
scenes OF suffering as yourselfw
1T certainly does" the surgeon an
swered, with worried look. How
do I know that IL isn't the first symp-
tom OF blood poisoning2 That is the
nightmare OF the surgeon. No matter
how careful he may be. he is liable
tc contract poisoning in operating. and
that kind OF poisoning is Of the most
virulent type. Any time q surgeon ~
complaining about n pain I'm the hand.
sympathize with him. for he is doing
some hard guessing. ."-Philadeiphia
Record
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
TIE PLASTER CAT

When ] was as little as some of you are
i had something 20 keep for nay own
The most beautiful thing that the dream
man could bring,
In the loyelIest dream ever known.
4, war white. with black streaks chat
came of on my cheeks),
When 1 hugged II too hard M warm
weather;
Its collar was red, its smile was we'll bred,
And we were 80 happy together
rm coming 10 that-'twas great plaster
eat
Oh, almost as big as myself
AT night she was placed Oh char near
my bed,
And daytimes she lived on a shell.
Twas very sad day when the shelf It
gave way,
And she fell on the carpet and dlrd
] saved all the pieces, and more than Il
week
on and on between meals, I cried.
Twas long tune ago, as maybe you know
But I'm stril hoping, sometime or other,
by searching the shops where they sell
plaster cats
may possibly find me another.
But there's always a something that all OF
them lack
They never are quite 20 my mind
For either the spots are too bag and too
black
Or the smiles not exactly refined
And # smiie and If spot are correct-but
they're not
10 ~ sure 10 be true | have found,
That the claws are all wrong and the paws
are not right
Or the tail ,s too long or TO round
Valentine Adams IN St. Nicholas
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21

with q roar of Make way. there he
swept a road through the Turks BY,
swinging his weapon from side 10 side
with crushing force. One Of my fellow
midshipmeb named Hicks was among
the borders, many OF whom had for
gotten 10 take their pistols. Hicks
shouted TO the first lieutenant, Give
them cold shot. SIR And the boarders
did, for they picked up the cold shot
which was lying about ready for the
guns and hurled 1t down upon the
Turks"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
ute long sleep. / reaIly fee! quito

quite a long sleep. really feel quito
strong"
You don't fool me like that, Annie. 4"
he said, II know your little game You
want 10 get up and work, that's what
you want 40 dO-but you just won't, 80
there. I'm going out 10 get in some
more wood. ana wen have = big blaze
in tho kitchen, wben It's quite warm
you shall get up and sit there fOr AZ
hour or two, bat you must not move
about"
"Oh, you tyrant" sne said. qnavcr-
! ingly
Weston only laughed grImiy and
went Ou. carefully closing The door
behind him. ana made bic way tO tho
scanty wOOdpie He had only just goi
10 work when he heard his vife'r
voice scream
TON Tom G0m"
In q minute hc was bach and bend
ing Oyc. the bed again specifics with
| agony
She held ~ The desDised letter WITH
q shaking hand
"Oh read itr she cried
One hook At her face had tOiu III.
man that the ners was good. Smooth
ing out The crumpicd and blurred let
ter hc read Il rapidly. ana The lines
seemed to leave his face one by one
THANK Heaven" he sand. "Oh. my
darling, II haF come at the eleventh
hour"
The letter was from AbHie's father
the father who had closed ms heart
aud home against her when she mar
RED hut who now wrote in kindly
terms, granting the forgiveness which
She had asked for 50 often ~ vain,
and implorinp h"r ana her husband 10
return 10 England ana brighten ms
old age with iheir presence. the draft
Ihcl0sed was, he said 10 help them Il
they stood ln need Of any tttie con-.
forts for thcif return Journey
Comforts" cricd Ton "Jts Nc
ctssitics We want ana wen have
them now darling"
They spent two hours in the warm
kitchen ana Tom. almost for the last
time. busted himself "a prcpariuC
some Of the little deiicacics the good.
natured st0rckeep'r bad pressed OF
him for his wife
"IIc shall never regret it, anne said
when her husband told her how the
tbi:iGs had been forced on him. We
will do something for them IA return"
we will! indeed assented thc
man
But OH. Tom, how could you be so
careless? The letter was from the
general pOstohicc. inclosing fathers,
because II had been ia the sea water
when the mails were being transhipped
ana the envelope was almost de
strOyed it's wonder We ever got ~.
Already the color seemed 10 b, creep
ing back to the wan cheeks, the young
eyes were Frightening at the prospect
of seeing her old home again
"TOm,' she whispered, "wc shall So,
II all again just thInk Of II! The
lanes, the hcdgcrows, tho farmhouse.
nBd the old villagc-and father
And they did.--New York Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
BATTLE OF NAvARINO.

81. the year 1927 the British Admiral.
Omanney. took part in the battle OF
Navarino. inwhich the English. French
and Russian ships entered the harbor
of Navarino. i'm Greece and annihi-
lated the Turkish and Egyptian YES
sells. which were unable 60 leave their
moorinCS The battle lasted four
hours. Admiral Omanney tells this
of Sir Edward COdrington, the Admiral
in command: His escapes from death
were marvellous So that he might
command n good view Of the battle he
stood on the poop Of the Asia, the most
exposed part OF the ship. He was
came and killed the latter at his side.
A shot killed the officer OF marines who
was on the quarter deck just below the
poop. The Admiral left The poop only
orce 20 go forward 10 talk 10 the boat
swain. and while talking 10 him the
boatswain also was killed nj his side.
~ bullet went through his hat. m
which it made two holes. and another
bulict went through his loose coat
sleeve. Another bullet smss shed his
gold watch. When on the poop he
stopped bis head under n rolled avn
ING. and while bent like that n shot
passed through the awnings folds. AZ
another time he had just turned from
q SPOT on ;he poop when the place
where he had been standing was Gov
ered with wreckasc from aloft. which
would have crushed and buried him
And yet throughout the hattie. when
men were being slain and wounded
everywhere around him codrington es-
capcd uninjured.'
Other incidents OF the same battle:
"An Irishman seized a musket and.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
DOGS AS POLICEMEN.


Thc Philadelphia police are us,nf
dog az helpers In their work. They
have found that the famous st Ber
nard dogs can be easily trained 10 dis
cover unconscious men in alleyways
or dOOrways or under wagons, who, be
cause OF drink, are succumbing to the
cold, and II left uncared for, would
soon be beyond recovery. Returning
10 his master, the dog speedily gives
the policeman 10 understand that he is
needed, by dragging at his coat until he
follows him 20 the place where the M.
fortunate man Is lying. And not until
the latter has been transferred TO the
ambulance or the patrol wagon will the
dog give his attention TO other things.
with their marvelously keen scent
these dogs are quick 60 detect the smell
OF fire, and therefore IL has been easy
to teach them to give warning TO the
police whenever they ferret ont the
presence OF an incipient confiagration
One dog, named Rex, has discovered nc
less than five fires before a sign OF
smOile had revealed the danger to the
watchman. Discovered thus early
while still in n smouldering condition
the fire was easily quenched, and thou
sands of dollars worth OF property
thereby saved.
Tie St Bernard dogs are also effect
i've in the recovery of lost children
A little training has taught them that q
crying child in the midst Of group
of people is probably lost, and they
have several times brought TO the sta.
ton house some little boy or girl who
has strayed away from home on
friends.
The dog police auxiliary has not yei
been officially recognized in PhiladeL
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
TWELVE DAYS OF HARDSHIP.

Exhausted and frostbitten. after az
experience for twelve days I'm an open
boat and on the ice field sixty miles OF
Scatteria. two fishermen were rescued
by the French schooner Leon Emil,
which arrived at North sydney few
weeks ago. The men, James Bartlett
and William Merritt. were members Of
the crew Of the Newfoundland SchOon-
er Excelda on April % they left th"
vessel in dory 10 look after the
travis A dense fog set I'm. ami tor
three days they tried unsuccessfully 10
reach the vessel Two days later they
reached the great field of icefioes sixty
miles OF Scatterie. They pulled Their
dory up on a huge cake and went 10
sleep For FIVE days they remained
there. without sighting any vessel The
weather was. intensely cold. Every
thing combustible in the dory was used
20 make fires TO warm themselves AMI
cook their fish. The men were at last
forced to live on raw fish which hgd
been caught by birds. ON May 10 the
fishermen succeeded in attracting tho
attention Of the crew Of a passing yes
sci which proved 10 be the French
schooner Leon Emile. and they we've
taken aboard II is believed they vS:
recover
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CEmDRENS DEPARTMENT.

fast First one, then another player
scored points, and the game ended ~
two flies carrying OF the last remain
ing two papers marked r. Little Bea.
tricc had won. for now all four OF hei
papers were gone from the circle!
Helen, George ana Beatrice know
now what to do on rainy days during
fy-time. Suppose you iry 1t when you
are In the position in which they found
themselves New York Evening Mail
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
Table Overturned nv I,rh,,;pr.

A tenant house of MIR Il. =. Figgs,
occupied by Hubert Hastings. in Wico-
mico County, was recently struck by
lightning The table. which had been
set for supper. was turned upside
down, breaking air the dishes.
In the adjoining room. where the
most damage was done. an infant was
lying on the bed. but was unharmed.
A can containing half gallon of coal
oil. which was in the kitchen closet.
was fired by the lightning and would
have destroyed the building but fo-
the fact that Mr.. Hastings seized q
bucket OF water close at hand and with
Il extinguIsbed the flames.- Baltimore
sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
a pAsTIME FOR RAINY DAYS

Three Of our readers were spending
some vacation days In the country al
an old farmhouse owned by an unc,c.
During fair weather they had lots and
lots of delightful things 70 do out of
doors, but at las. there came a day
when the rain came down ia torrents
and out-of-dOor pleasures were entirely
out Of the question.
What to do puzzled the youngsters
at first. They explored the place thor
oughly but the minutes dragged ana
no solution came; nothing which prom
ised fun. George the younger man
of the party, aged ten, was m0Odily
catching flies of which there were
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-21
Only HIS watch Gone.

An old darkey was taken IN, and
called in a physician Of his own race
After a time. as there were no signs
Of Improvement, he asked for n white
doctor.
Soon after arriving. Dr. - felt tho
old mans pulse, and then examined
his tongue.
did your other doctor take your
tempcratureY' he asked.
81 don't know, boss" replied the sick
negro. II hadn't missed anything but
my watch as IN"