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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31
Fruits Of Reclamation Service.

Figures are now available cover
ing the work of reclamation carried
on from the organization OF that ser
vice pursuant TO the act OF Congress
in 1902 TO the first of this year. AS
a result of the operations, which are
conducted under authority OF the
Geological Survey, eight new towns
have been established, 100 miles OF
branch railroads have been con-
structed and 10000 people have TAX
en- up their residence in the desert.
To pave the way for these homeseek-
ers the Government has dug 1867
miles Of canals-nearly the distance
from Washington TO Omaha Some
Of these canals carry whole rivers,
like the Truckee River in Nevada
and the North Platte River in Wy
oming. Forty-seven tunnels with
an aggregate length OF nine and one
half miles have been excavated
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31
DON'T WEAR YOUR RUFFLES
ALL THE TIME.

Oh, fussy folks who fret and fume
And carp and sneer and criticise,
Whose presence puts an end 10 peace.
From whom all pleasure quickly flies;
Who never Yet nave found a place,
y person. function, thing. or chime
To suit your aggravatlng souls
Don't wear your rutfies all the time.
You make your troubles for yourself,
And RUNE others as you go;
You want December when It's MAY,
And sigh for roses in the snow;
You hate 20 hear the children laugh,
You think frollc is a crime;
For other peoples sakes. | pray.
Don't wear your 'iuiies all the time.
You tire of single life. perhaps,
No boarding round, you say, "for me
j mean TO wed and settle down
And take some comfort, yes, siree."
But YOU re at odds with Hymen ere
The marriage bells have ceased 10 chime
just take bit of good advice
Don't wear your rutfles all the time.
Your train is never fast enough,
Your paper is not mt 10 read
Your tailor cuts your garments wrong,
The drama, too, has gone 10 seed;
The waiter does not know his place.
The dinner Is not worth a dime
IT'S thus you'fe always finding fault.
Don't wear your rufiies all the time.
For when you climb the starry stairs
That lead above this earthly sphere,
An angel at the door will say,
You cannot wear your rutfles here
So If you ever wish 10 see
The mansions of the blest sublime,
And mingle with the seraphs there,
Don't wear your ruffles all the time
-Minna Irving in Leslies Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31
Cauqht Bio SAILING Fish.

Louis Weaver of this city returned
from a visit To the Florida coast Sat
urday, bringing with him 90-pound
sailing fish. which he landed with a
hook and line after 80 minutes of
sport.
This is said To he the third fish OF
its kind ever caught in American wa
ters. and Mr.. Weaver has been busy
since his return receiving congratula-
tions from his numerous fishing
friends.
The monster will be turned over
To the Smithsonian institution. which
is without a specimen of this kind
Washington Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

is, but it's all built up with them fat
houses now. Dorcas stayed there till
somebody wrote from the Bridge that
Cornelia Higgins boarder's little
girls scarlet fever had turned out 10
be the teething rash. Then Dorcas
packed up an come flying home with
all the little Trips a-tripping. My
dear" (Aunt Roxy stopped rocking.
stopped slipping tea; the teaspoon
marked OF her words solemnly) 4.
my dear, in-just-seven-days-
l--those--children ren-were-down."
Down." calculated gentle Rose
mary, excitedly. Ii seemed the cru
cial moment of the story. Aunt
Roxy's stories had crucial moments.
Veg. on the flats o their poor lit
- backs with the scarlet fever
They'd caught it playing with some o.
those little furriners.
The dramatic pause that followed
proved Aunt Roxy true story teller.
Rosemary waited with kindly solicit
tude TO hear the fate of the little
Trips,
NO" Aunt Roxy said, as IL an
swering her thought, they didn't
nary one of 'em die. | nussed 'em
ALL" with unconscious egotism. "an'
they all come out of il without being
deef or blind or anyways afflicted.
But they set the fever agoing all over
the Bridge, that's what they did We
up an had a regular epidemic o scar
let fever. Only the Lords mercy
KEEP a lot of us from dying"
And your nursing. Aunt Roxy"
cried Rosemary, lovingly. Didn't
that make Mrs. Tripp feel ashamed
of herself, 'perilling the lives of in
nocent neighbors?'
"Dorcas feel ashamed? Well, she
was Almost too scairt for that. She
didn't have a chance 10 feel anything
but scairt for one spell. But | was
over there last night. an l must say
there was something sort OF chast-
ened about Dorcas-sort of chast-
ened. No. my dear-no, no-l don
never take more'n two cups at a
time. THE Country Gentleman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

Mrs. Lenora Bodenhamer, r. +. ID. J.,
Box 90, Kernersville, n. c., writes:
Il suffered with stomach trouble and
indigestion for some time, and nothing
that / ate agreed with me. | was very
nervous and experienced continual
feeling of uneasi,iess and fear. | took
medicine from the doctor, but 1t did me no
good.
Il found in one of your Peruna books
a description of my symptoms. | then
wrote TO DR.. Hartman for advice. He
SAID had catarrh of the stomach, ] took
Peruna and Manalin and followed his di-
rections and can now say that l feel as
well as ! ever did
Il hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna, as it
has certainly cured me-
The above is only one of hundreds who
have written similar letters TO DR.. Hart
man. just one such case as this entities
Peruna to the candid consideration OF
every one similarly afflicted. II this be
true of the testimony of one person what
ought to be the testimony of hundreds,
yes thousands, of honest sincere people!
We have in our files a great many other
testimonials.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31
The AnnibiIation Of Time.

In a murder trial In Cincinnati a
negro hotel porter was called as
witness. How many shots were
fred ?" he was asked.
Two shots, suh." he answered.
"Close together"
"Des laik dat, suh," he said, clap
ping his hands sharply as quickly az
he could.
Where were you when the first
was fired?"
II was in de basemen' OF de hotel.
sub, shinin' a gemman's shoes"
And when the second shot was
fred where were your"
at dat time, sub, was passin' de
Big -Four depot."-Youth's Compan.
ion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31
Automobiles and Coaching.

James Martin, at whose North
Side stables the Blue Dog" coach
which was used 20 make trips 20
Highland Park was kept, says that
the arrival OF the automobile has
practically killed the sport OF coach.
ing in Chicago. There is now no de.
mand for drags and brakes, al.
though they used to be most popu
lar.-Chicag Evening Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

To improve The general health, take Car
field Tea daiiy tor a time; II puriiies the
blood, eradicates rheumatism and many
chronic ailments and keeps the health
good! Garfield Tea is made of herbs: u is
guarant eed under the Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Garfield Tea Co.. Brooklyn, y. Y.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31
A Few Years Hence.

Mr.. St Julien"
Well, gentlemen?"
LAS a committee, we call TO ask If
you have any objection to our opening
a church within 200 feet of your sa-
loon ?"-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31
When the Auto Stuck.

Socialism has some good points"
For instance?"
well, if all money were equally d.
vided, nobody would have enough to
own an automobile. Judge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

There is a daily average OF 1900
pounds OF condemned food tbesides the
milk destroyed by the New YORK
City Board OF Health. NE22
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

The number OF arrests in New York
city for violation Of laws on the road
and speed ordinances have been In.
craesed so percent in the last three
months
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

FITS. St. Vitus' Dance Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DIR. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. - trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. III. Il. Kline Id. 1891 Arch St, Phila, ia.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

TO be on good terms with human nature,
Be Well Garfield Tea purihes the blood,
eradicates disease, regulates the digestive
organs and brings Good Health Manufac-
tured by Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, \. Y.
Sold by druggists.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-31

The German Kaiser has founded.
out OF his private treasury, n manufac-
tory of majoica ware on his estate
near Cadinen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

injuries, heroically, and went TO work
at once to rescue the money and se-
curities. 1t was reported that two
certified checks-one for $4,000 and
the other for still larger sum-were
missing. 1t was not known whether
they were destroyed, blown out of the
building, or stolen in the excitement.
So terrific was the force of the ex.
plosion that the dead cashiers watch,
a heavy, gold hunting.case timepiece,
was bent from It's fat shape into the
form of a horseshoe. A fiat, mashed
piece of gold found upon the floor
near where the bomb was thrown was
identified as ring he had worn.
Whole Building Shaken.
AS high up as the fifth floor of the
building a desk in IN Office directly
over the bank was completely upset
and the employees panic-stricken. A
medley of bells sounded all through
the building as telephone bells in each
office began to tinkle under the vibra.
ton of the building and chimes sound
ed on every side. The news stand in
front of the bank was mixed up as
badly as though it had been turned
upside down. Papers, books and mag
azines were scattered everywhere.
1t was an hour before anything like
order was restored. Some of the bank
officials and clerks actually did not
know they were injured until friends
or strangers pointed out their wounds.
The banks telephone system was
thrown out of order by the explosion
and the attaches ran all aver the
neighborhood, bloody and disarrayed,
seeking phones over which they could
let their families know that they were
safe.
Eugene McIlhone,. secretary to the
second vice president, who was caught
almost in the center OF the explosion s
radius, recovered consciousness before
aid reached him, and then walked
about for five minutes, dazed and help
less, before he discovered that the in
lex finger of his right hand had been
blown completely off
Crowds numbering thousands gath
cred in Fourth street, in front of the
building; in Harmony street, to the
south Of it, and in Orianna street, up
on which the rear windows face.
Along both these latter streets ghast'
ly relics abounded. In Orianna street
were fragments of glass and wood to
which particles of flesh adhered. Har-
mony street was Uttered from curb to
curb with glass and wood, with here
and there bit of brass from the
grillwork Some Of the ultra-morbid
took away in their pockets some bits
of the debris as souvenirs.
All afternoon and evening the Bull
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
MINES OR SALOONS.
Coal Operators Say That the Latter
Work III to Mine Workers.

A dispatch from Somerset, Pa,
says: The great coal companies of
Western Pennsylvania some time ago
announced that they intended to
crush out the saloons in the bitumin-
Gus districts under their control"
There are four of the largest coal
companies engaged in this movement.
Their mining property covers several
counties and they give employment
to $4,000 men. They have already be-
gun operations by filing remons-
trance against the granting of a
wholesale liquor license, and in their
statements to the ,ourt they say:
Such a license injuriously affects
the rights of property holders in that
borough, and does irreparable damage
to the coal companies, in that when
the miners receive their pay, the haul
ing of large qua"',ties of intoxicants
from house to house by wholesale
dealers causes the miners to become
drunken and remain idle for long
periods of time"
All that is here said in relation to
the injurious influence of liquor SELL
ing upon mining industries is true Of
every legitimate business activity.
Anywhere and everywhere that the
liquor selling saloon exists it preys
like a parasite upon every phase of
business prosperity. Every dollar
spent in the saloon is diverted from
the channels of legitimate trade and
tends to produce idleness and vag-
rancy, which are hindrances to every
feature of business activity and are,
and bring, measureless burdens upon
the people.-Pioneer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
REspoNDED TO HIS NAME.
oos Had Good Excuse for His Appear.
anee In Church.

willie was asleep and Dan was
lonely" says Our Little Ones. will
lie Is the minister's son, Dan is his
dog. It was Sunday morning, and
every one was at church but these
two friends. It, was warm and sunny,
and they could hear the good preach
er, for their house was next door to
the church.
"'Dan, said Willie, 1t is better here
than in church, for you can hear every
word, and don't get prickles down
your back, as you do when you have
to sit up straight
"In some way, while Willie was
listening he fell asleep. Dan kissed
him in the nose, but when Willie went
to sleep he went to sleep to stay, and
did not mind trifles. So Dan sat down
with the funniest look of care on his
wise, black face, and with one ear
ready for outside noises.
Now, the minister had for his sub
ject Daniel. This was the name he
always gave Dan when he was teach
ing him to sit up and beg, and other
tricks. While the dog sat thinking,
the name Daniel fell in his ready ear.
Dan at once ran into the church
through the vestry door. He stood on
his hind legs, with his fore paws
dropping close beside the minister,
who did not see him, but the congre'
CATION did. When the minister shout
ed Daniel again, the sharp barks
said: Yes, sir as plainly as Daniel
could answer.
THE minister started back, looked
around, and saw the funny little pic
ture; then he wondered what he
should do next, but just then through
the vestry came Willie. His face was
rosy from sleep, and he looked lit
tie frightened. He walked straight
toward his father and took Dan in
his arms, and said:
Please 'scuse Dan, papa. l went
| asleep and he ruined away
"Then he walked out with Dan, look
ing back on the smiling congregation.
The preacher ended his sermon on
Daniel as best he could, but then he
made a resolve if he ever preached
again on the prophet Daniel he would
remember to tie up his dog"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

This bag carry contains dynamite.
I demand from YOU $1,20000O. If you
refuse I'll blow up the building and
everyone in it. Will you give ME the
money? Yes or no?"
Mr.. Sage did not lose his nerve. He
read the note again, and sought to
temporlze, at the same time moving
backward toward the inner office. Nor.
cross followed and dropped the
satchel The report was terrific. Nor.
cross was blown to pieces.
There was nothing about Norcross
by which the detectives could estab.
lish his identity A reporter secured q
piece Of the mans clothing and a but.
ton with shred of cloth attached
The button bore the name Brooks
Boston" Taking these pieces OF evi.
dence, the reporter went to Boston
and established beyond question that
Norcross was the man who threw the
bomb.
Laidlaw soon after the explosion set
up claim that Mr.. Sage had used
him as a shield and thus saved his own
life. He brought suit that dragged
through the courts for years, and was
finally defeated shortly before M.
| Sage's death.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
testimony From the Inside,

Rufus L. Griswold, the Cleveland
educator who holds that it is wrong
to let children believe in Santa Claus,
was arguing about his strange views
at dinner.
"Why lie to children" he asked.
"Why let them believe in a myth?
Whenever l hear mention of that
loathed name of Santa Claus, / think
of a lunatic."
He paused and smiled. Then he re.
sumed:
Some years ago attended a trial
wherein my brother was concerned
a trial having to do with a lunatic
asylum.
"a witness was being examined as
to the sanity of one of the inmates.
"'You hold that this inmate is in
sane, do YOU? lawyer asked.
"I do was the firm reply.
"'Why are you so sure?
The man., the witness said, goes
about asserting that he is Santa
Claus ....-.
"'And, said the lawyer, you hold,
do you, that when man goes about
asserting that he is Santa Claus, it's
a clear proof of his insanity?
"I do
"'Why?'
Because said the witness, in a
loud, indignant voice, I happen to be
Santa Claus myself"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
CIGARETTES AND BEER.
Why They Do More Harm Than Ci.
gars and Whisky.

Cigarettes do more harm than ci-
gars for the same reason that beer
does more harm than whisky. One
cigarette will not do as much harm
as one cigar, and one glass of beer
will not do as much harm to person
as one glass of whisky. But because
cigarettes are milder than strong to-
bacco, a boy or man, instead of smok-
ing one and stopping, continues to
smoke until whole box is gone and
then gets another box and keeps on
smoking.
Because beer is comparatively so
much milder than whisky, says the
National Advocate, the beer drinker
does not stop at one glass, but often
drinks many glasses in a single day.
and so the best physicians say beer
drinking is doing our country more
harm than whisky drinking.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

Philadelphia was just 1l:40
O'Clock. 20 minutes before closing time
at the Fourth National bank on the
morning of January s. when a tall.
dark, unkempt stranger entered the
bank corridor from the north corridor
of the Bullitt building. Patrons of
the bank--not many in number, for
dunately-were passing in and out to
make deposits or drafts before noon.
The clerks and tellers were busy to-
talirg up their sheets for the day The
officers were hurrying to wind up their
business. Scarcely anyone noticed
the newcomer.
He had on a dark blue suit of cloth.
ing. those who saw him remember
ragged and shiny from age. He wore
a black slouch hat. He peerCd around
hesitatingly, and then caught sight OF
President Rushton standing near one
Of the vaults, which were soon to he
closed. He must have known Mr.
Tushton. for he did not ask anyone ror
the president. but approached him and
81 UEc to him Immediately.
My name is G.. Fl. Williams" he
said. and | live in the suburbs OF
Philadelphia. want to know ii you
can lei me have loan of $4,000"
Mr.. Rushton saw that the man was
some sort of crank and to get rid OF
him, asked that he name his secur
ties, which the president would con
slider before making the loan. At the
same time. MI Rushton signalled tc
Erump. the Waterman, a splcndidly
built big negro. who wore a gray uni
form and to the banks patrons. was
one of the most familiar figures about
the place.
AS the watchman responded Mr.
Rushton whispered; Get rid of this
fellow. won't you, Bob" addressing
the colored man by the nickname
which the financial men of the dis,
trict long ago applied to him. I'ut the
intruder pressed up close to the presi.
dent again before Crump could reach
him.
Insurance Policy as Security
My sccuritieS-why I've got life
insurance policy that runs out in five
years" said the stranger. His manner
was hesitating and he stammered
slightly. I'll show you some pictures
that are worth a lot of money. too"
And he drew from his pocket two
photographs, dirty and torn. One was
of woman. the other little girl. 1t
is supposed that they were pictures
of his wife and daughter The banker
would not take them in his hand and
scarcely more than glanced at them
They could not he found later
BY now Mr.. RrShton was sure that
the man had no legitimate business
with him, so he excused himself on a
plea of considering the security Of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
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l51s
PROHIBITIONS PROGRESS.
A World Glimpse Of the Battle That
Is Being Waaed.

The growth of temperance senti-
ment the world round is remarkable.
In the United Kingdom the victory at
the polls at the last general election
was so sweeping that Sir Henry
Campbell ell-Bannerman has promised on
behalf of the government to intro
duce great measure of temperance
reform during the session of 1907.
Throughout Canada an increasing
warfare against the drink traffic is
continually in progress, and Prince
Edwards island is now under COM
plete prohibition. This is the first
British colony to come into line with
Maine, Kansas, North Dakota, and
the other sprohibition areas in the
United States. In each of the other
provinces of Canada steady progress
is continually reported, while in the
United States it is stated that over
9O,OO0,00 of people are now living in
cities, towns and districts where
there is no legal sale of alcoholic IL
quors. On the continent of Europe
the movement is always on the side
of progress; this is most notable in
Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Den.
mark, but in Germany, Switzerland
and Finland the cause has obtained
a strong hold, and in the near future
cheering reports may be expected.
In New Zealand the people have de-
clared by majority of 1921 for the
entire prohibition of the liquor traf-
fic, the votes being: For prohibition,
199,354; against, 1S2,433. In every
part of the great commonwealth Of
Australia progress of a substantial
character is also reported.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

eastern end Of the inclousre in which
McLear had his desk took fire.
Every person within the radius Of
the nitroglycerin's force was hurled
fiat upon the floor. many beneath
crashing. cutting showers of heavy
glass from the skylights and parti-
tions, some beneath the desks at
which they had been sitting a second
before.
Not only from the banks quarters,
but from all over the building came
cries of terror. and shouts of warning.
Men and women raced out through
both of the big doorways into Fourth
street, some fleeing for blocks in their
fright. Pedestrians stopped in amaze
ment as they heard the great boom
and saw fugitives with bloody faces
and hands pouring from the building.
In the terrific explosion both Nc.
Lear and the bomb-thrower were in
stantly killed. A negro messenger
named William Crump, who was try.
ing to eject the stranger, had both his
eyes blown out and was fatally in
jured. A dozen or more employees and
patrons were severely hurt and the
entire first floor of the bank was
wrecked.
The cashiers body was torn limb
from limb. Both legs were blown off,
one arm was blown from it's shoulder;
half the head was all that remained.
OF the bomb-thrower so little was
left that a waste basket contained all
that was later taken to the morgue.
He was literally shattered to atoms.
The only thing that remained intact
about his body or his clothing was a
little brass name plate attached to a
| bunch of keys, which was found near
strip of blue cloth that had been
part of his trousers. The words "R
| Steele, Garner, Ia were inscribed
upon the plate. Through this clew ii
was discovered that the man was Rob
ert Steele, who had left the Iowa town
six years ago for the east, and had
presumably been living with a wife
and three children somewhere in this
city then. His identity would probably
never have been known for the little
brass plate.
President RuShton, whom the
stranger had left only half minute
before throwing the bomb, escaped
serious injuries, but had several small
cuts on his face and hands. First Vice
President Edward F. Shanbacker
though only a few feet away, was un
scathed. Second Vice President B. NJ
Faires, whose desk is mere stel
from the cashiers. probably escaped
death only through having been il
and having stayed at home.
The explosions force swept through