The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-08-30


fdent OF the Boston Common Council
ct the time of the great Boston fire in
November. 1872, is interesting himself
IN locating ali the members OF the city
government of that year who are now
living. He is being assisted by Alvah
II. Peters. who was assistant city
messenger at the time. Out of the
6s members OF the Common Council
of 1872 only l6 are now alive. There is
not a single alderman OF that year
now living.
Some Of the telegraph operators en-
ployed in financial Offices of this city
are well cared for. There is one man
employed in a State street banking
house who is paid a salary OF $40
week, and not long ago when he was
III for about a month his salary went
on just the same. Not only that, but
when the operators wife was also
taken sick shortly after. and for two
or three weeks required the services
Of expert physicians and trained
nurses, the firm sent him a check for
about s700, covering the whole ex-
pense
Boston last week welcomed the
members of the geological congress,
among whom are numbered some OF
the most distinguished OF the worlds
naturalists. the labors Of the first nat
uralist OF his time, Louis Agassiz, the
ardent disciple OF Cuvier. founder OF
the science of comparative anatomy.
AgassiZ in his great work on fossil
fishes brought order out of chaotic
mass of unclassified material.
The interest OF America in the pro-
Rress of geological study and investi-
cation is curiously involved in the
story OF the independent development
by both Darwin and Wallace of the
idea OF natural selection, and the ac-
knowledgment by both of their indebt-
edness for the thought which domin-
ates their theory TO Malthus' Essay
on Population In the opening pages
OF that work. Malthus freely acknowl-
edged his Indebtedness for the ground
Of his labor 10 Benjamin Franklin's
observations Concerning the Increase
OF Mankind and the Peopling OF Coun-
tries"
II Mr.. Schwab, ex-president OF the
steel trust, would take Roxbury
Crossing car and stop at a certain
block Of houses that is being erected
he might change his mind about wo-
men being unfit for the strenuous oc-
cupations OF life. There is a gang OF
at least so workmen-carpenter ma
sons, plasterers, painters and all-and
the boss OF the ranch is-a woman.
She is about 80. and no contractor
could beat her as she orders the men
around and directs every detail Of the
work. She is here and the next mo-
ment there, and woe 10 the man whom
she catches mapping. She is boss, and
everybody knows IL. Yet they say
women are only fit for making doilies
and pouring tea!
Boston is a fine town. but IL is too
noisy for me. and am going where
can escape the racket and be glad
that | am quiet said the Baron
Waldemar Uxkull 10 a reporter a few
days ago
When sent 10 make careful analy-
sis of the noises that had offended the
distinguished visitor the reporter found
that Boston is no back number regard
ing the amount of noise that is pro-
duced.
AT Dewey square at nightfall theIc
is such a hustle and rattle that the
average Berliner would be at sea To
fnd his way about the burg" While
at Berlin the commuter is not influ-
enced by the noise of the "Strassen-
Balm" he is rudely awakened by the
rattle OF the Boston Elevated.
Philadelphia. although insinuations
have been cast at il because OF the
noise in front OF the PENNSYLVANIA
station ON Market street. is haven
OF rest as compared with the North
station on busy evening.
There the turmoil Is incessant. as
the recent addition of air whistles TO
the Boston 4 Northern cars has given
an added touch 10 the racket As one
crosses the street in vain attempt
10 get TO the other side under the
imprecations from the mouths uf the
waiting tesmsters is an added adjunct
10 the Clamor.
Mars has just paid the earth so
near and yet So far visit. and has left
astronomers as hewildered as ever
about him.
Professor Pickering. Harvards lead
ing Investigator of the skies. almost
hopeless OF ever solving questions as
10 whether the planet is populated and
the like. has delegated the study OF
Mars TO Professor Lowell in the South
American Arequipo Observatory.
NJ Flammarion, a leading French
astronomer. has just published lengthy
articles on polarization and the cli-