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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
IOWA'S GOOD EXAMPLE.
Has Made q Law Providing For Uni
fornity In Municipal Accounts.

forn,ity In Municipal Accounts.
Iowa is setting an example to her
sister states which they would be wise
to follow as cxpeditIously AZ possible.
She has recently put into effect law
providing for uniform system OF mu-
nicipal accounting which, If properly
executed, will make II easy TO see
their way. II such n law had been in
general operation fifteen years ago. It
is probable that by this time the agi-
tation for municipal ownership would
have entirely ceased In view Of the
damaging facts that such reports
would inevitably have brought ont.
Under the provisions OF this Iowa
law the state auditor Is required to
formulate and prescribe system Of
municipal accounts. In preparing which
he shall be assisted by an advisory
committee OF municipal accountants
So far as practicable the latest and
most improved methods OF accounting
pre- TO he adopted. and nil cities and
towns are required to report annually
to the state auditor OF the forms pre-
scribed by him.
The auditor shall appoint one or
more examiners of municipal accounts
who shall nj least once In two years
report upon the financial conditions
and transactions OF all cities OF 5000
population or more and Of smaller
cities or towns upon request.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
IL Sounds Well. But

Municipal ownership is one OF those
things which sound well In print But.
like trying 10 raise oneself 10y the boot
straps. Il appears impractlcable II
ought 10 bc better and cheaper. but Il
isn't. II II Is such benefit and such
n valuable thing. why are communities
breaking away from the system and
returning TO private companies under
rigid municipal controll Jcadvillc
(Colo) Herald Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

When the jamestown Exposition
closes its gates this fall, very WIDE
spread sigh of relief will doubtless
be heard from a weary country. The
anniversary exposition business has
been overdone. 1t has been baked
and Drowned and turned until peo-
pie are heartily sick of 1t. Every
event in our country's history has
had a share in these events and now
for the sake Of a long suffering peo-
pie a hal should be called.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
A Comb In the Claw,

Many birds possess n useful comb I'm
the claw OF the middle toe OF the foot
This has been noticed in owls night
Jars, herons, blttcrns. cormorants. gan
nets. etc. 1t has been explained rs a
means Of holding the prey securely.
The comb Is sometimes replaced by n
curved blade with teeth. which run
along the inner side OF the claw. Such
q blade Is found in razorbils, wild
ducks, gulls, starllngs and many other
birds. Where comb is required the
inner edge OF this blade becomes di-
vided into teeth. Young nightiars or
goatsuckers have only the blade, but
old ones have a well developed comb
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

Walter Wellman, who is trying to
invade the North Pole with an air
ship, got underway the other day
and made fifteen miles of his long
trip. The attempt was then ad-
iourned unit il another season. The
North Pole continues "as cold and
distant as ever.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
A Shave In China.

The barber I'm China frequently pur.
sues his calling under peculiar condi-
tions. No soap is used, the parts being
simply rubbed with water and then
scrapcd with fcarsome iron weapon
made locally, which. though Il might
astonish sheffield cutler, yet answers
the purpose very well.--Wide World
Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
The Scholar.

Dr. Evans. witty member OF the
parliament AT Melbourne. was an old
man. and the other members jokingly
spoke OF him as belonging to the era
OF Queen Anne.
Once, while making speech, he re-
ferred to Queen Anne and was greeted
with cries OF "Did you know herr'
"What was she likeW
"Yes. sir" retorted the doctor, 81
did know her. The scholar Is contem-
porary with all time"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

Rhode Islands lone and only agri
cultural fair was pulled Off this week
at Kingston. Thursday was politi-
cal day and some blue ribbon politi-
clans were on exhibition.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
wsrd n..l.r. an ,b. pavroll,.

The greatest evil I'm municipal own
ershlp is the crowding Of the payrolls
with ward heelers who Will not work.
but who will persistently agitate for .
raise Of pay and put UP their politioel
influence as n reason why they should
gst it.-BufYalo Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

Mothers with little children need no
longer fear Group, colds or whooping
cough. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup
tastes good. 1t works off the COLI
through the bowels, cuts the phlegm,
clears the head. For young and old.
Guaranteed. Secure bottle at once.
Sold by 7. f. Grady, 1916 Westmin-
ster street
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

The shore resort business in
Rhode Island closed on Labor Day.
The weather since that holiday has
been ripe for an adjourned session of
clam dinners.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

The schools have opened this
fall with an increase in attendance
that is note of alarm to the tan
payer, who can see new school
houses required in the near future.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

Rhode Island will soon be in the
midst OF another election Biennial
elections wonld be popular and
economical change in this state.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

lust how cordial church members
should be to indiilerently dressed
strangers, is an important matter
that is still unsettled.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

Grover Cleveland, the idol of the
Democracy, is said to be in very
poor health at his home in Prince.
ton. He is the only living ex-presi-
dent Of the United States.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

1t is now said that the Standard
Oil Company will escape paying the
$4,000, 900 on technicality. 1t is
a peculiar thing, but technicalities in
law seem to be always in favor OF
wealthy clients.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
EloraI Scandal.

"You can't paint the lily" declared
the rose.
Maybe not" responded the aster.
But have you noticcdg"
Noticed whatT
THE lily pads!'-Washington Her
aid.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

II. III. Rogers, the real brain OF
tile Standard Oil Company is SAID to
have suffered from a shock of para
lysis early in July. He would be
missed from the councils Of the oc-
opus.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

The Presidents vacation is near
ing a close. He has had good,
quiet summer and should give "A
good account of himself when he once
more vaults into the government
saddle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
Case In Point.

Cburch-Have you ever been In
position when you wanted TO say some
thing and coudn'ti Gotham-Oh, yes;
I've often had central" tell me the
line was bTsy,-YOnkers Statesman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

1t seems to be generally conceded
thai Lieutenant Governor Jackson IS
the man to run for the Republicans
to run for the governoaship, but on
the question Of his being elected
against Governor Higgins there is
apparently reasonable doubt.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

The town OF Warwick has seven.
teen post offices, and fifteen of these
are money order offices.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
MUN|C|PALUNACY,
BY JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

The municipality owned electric light
plant OF Charlottesville, Ind, having
shown a so called profit last year OF
s6,727, the trusteE have just made a
10 per cent advance in the charge for
street lighting. The probable reason
for this Is a desire on the trustees
part to increase this years profits to
an even $1,000, round figures being 30
much more satisfactory than angular
ones.
One OF the pleasing features OF mu-
nicipal ownership, az shown In New
Zealand and Australia, is the luscious,
juicy fatness II gives TO the public
debt. That OF the United sometimes
than $12 per capita, but In New Zea-
land II is 1895, In New South Wales
$267, and In AustralIa's six states 1t
averages 1921 per capita. II takes
genuine prosperity 10 Increase ma
tion's creditor debit-all the way
from 2,2O0 to $500 per cent.
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In the bright lexicon OF municipal
ownership there is no such word az
deterioration. All city owned plants
wax stronger with the passage Of the
years-a beautiful floral dream II only
waking were impossible
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ceived too late to be printed In our reg
ular advertising columns:
FOR SALE
A nne line OF public utility plants. AZ
follows:
Electric Light Plant, Valley City, N. u.
Thoroughly Broken. Can BE Driven BY
Lady. Terms Reasonable.
1 Electric Power Plant souderton Pa. A
Great Bargain. A Child Can Run II.
No Reasonable Offer Refused.
I City Lighting Plant. Peru. Indiana. S5.-
900 VIII Make As Good AS New. Easy
Terms.
/ Municipal Light and Water Works, MIL
ford Center Ohio. owner Is Going out
OF Business. Quick Sale Desired. Ma
genta Trading Stamps Accepted In Pay
ment
For Further Information Apply Direct
10 Above Mentioned Owners.
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The reports of the electric Lighting
plant Of Lincoln, Neb., are Illuminating,
whether the product Is or not, They
show the cost per lamp to be $73.6s,
$50 90. $9S84. This indicates that the
city authorities are kind enough TO give
the taxpayers choice of figures Usu-
ally we find cost figures arbitrarily
reduced to one invlncIble sum, but In
Lincoln you pays your money and
takes your choice"
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The citizens Of Potterville, Mich, hav-
ing voted against the establishment OF
n municipal bakery. the downtrodden
people OF that barg will continue to lie
PROSTATE beneath the iron shod dough
nuts Of the privileged classes. II real
ly looks as though some Of our deccas
ed forefathers who fought against des-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
q -rroWina Irouh,e.

Ever since his wife has brought
suit Tor divorce he has looked terri
bly, worried"
"He oughD't TO worry; she'll prob
ably get it," Houston Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

Fall suits are beginning to be aired
in the courts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20

In the bright lexicon Of municipa
ownership there is no such word al
deterioration. All city owned plants
are regard rded as hardy perennials which
wax stronger with the passage Of thu
years-a beautiful floral dream II only
waking were impossible
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
POPULAR APPROVAL OF THEFT
English Writer Sees Significance In
Glorification of Robbers.

The idea of private property has
never been fully accepted by the
masses of the people, and never had
their cordial approval as IN institu-
tion, says a writer in the London
News. The most popular songs and
ballads of our nation in all ages. it
may be noted, have been those which
described sympathetically attacks on
private property, from the Robin Hood
cycle TO the broadsheets in which
Turpin and Sheppard were made
heroes.
Even nowadays the literature that
really touches the people, the litera.
ture that the educated classes seldom
so much as see exposed for sale, the
literature that is sold in the small
general" shop in the back street, and
costs fewer pennies than the novel we
know costs shillings, still very largely
deals with the romantic exploits OF
the robber. He is never a villain; he
is noble and generous to fault; but
he is convinced of the improperly of
persons having too much money.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
SPLENDID APRIL TONIC.
Easily Prepared at Home and Harm.
less to Use.

This is known as "Blood.Cleaning
Time" especially among the older
folks. who always take something dur
ing this month to clean the blood of
impurities and build it up.
The following is the recipe as given
by a welllnown authority, and any
one can prepare it at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion One-half
ounce, Compound Kargou one ounce,
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three
ounces.
Get these simple ingredients from
any good pharmacy and mix by shak-
ing well in bottle. The dose is one
teaspoonful after meals and at bed
time.
Everybody should take something to
help the blood, which becomes impov-
crished and almost sour after the win
ter season, especially those who are
subject to rheumatism, Catarrh, Kid
ney and Bladder trouble.
1t is said that one weeks use of this
mixture will clear the skin of sores,
pimples or boils.
This is sound. healthy advice, which
will be appreciated by many readers.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gnthcrcd from Al
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Spnne for the
Benefit of Our READERS.
Personal.

The jury in the case of Mrs. Annie
Rugg OF El Reno, Ok, charged win
poisoning her husband returned
verdict of not guilty.
Gen Manuel Lizadoro Barrillas eN-
president of Guatemala was assassi-
mated in a street car at City of Mex
lea recently.
Walter Ferguson representative
from the fifth legislative district oil
Kansas died recently at his home IN
Valley Falls.
Stanford Newell ex-minister to the
Netherlands died recently at MS
home in St. Paul, Mlrn.
Albert Williams, the last of the 10
delegates in the first republican con-
vention at Jackson, Mich, is dead
at his home in Ionia, aged 80 years.
A. H Weir, twice democratic mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., died recently while
riding in an automobile in that city
J. II. Suchler, representative in the
last Kansas legislature from Woodson
county, is dead at his home in Yates
Center.
Ex-senator F. NJ. Cockrell, Inter
state Commerce commissioner, has
returned to Washington ia good
physical condition md has resumed
his lahors as member Of the com
mission.
Mai. Edward Mallet, for many
years chief of the land division of the
general land office, died recently in
Washine ton aged 60 years.
Mrs. Julia Sheldon, mother of Gov.
Sheldon of Nebraska, was recently
stricken with paralysis.
N. ]. Morrison, president of Fair
mont college at Wichita, Kan, is
dead
A silk mill merger with a capital OF
s22. 100000 is announced in Pcnnsyl-
vania.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
THE HERALD
A Peoples University.

The magnificent building of the Car,
negie Institute of Pittsburg, which has
Just been dedicated in the presence of
representatives of foreign govern
ments and men of learning from all
over the world, is a memorial and
tribute to human aspiration. 1t is not
accident, but significant and natural
thing that this great peoples universi-
ty should rise in the heart of the roar
ing, grimy Birmingham of America.
Here the great fortune of the donor
was in large part made. Here are the
men who helped him make it. Here
he, too, in his youth, worked with
head and hands, and felt that insatiate
thirst for knowledge and light which
the new institute will help to satisfy.
To this day Mr.. Carnegie holds in
grateful memory the persons who
helped him by such small favors as
the loan of single book. The Car
negie Institute embraces five great de
partments: the library, with a quarter
of a million volumes; the museum con-
tanning one of the finest natural his
tory collections in the world; the art
gallery, with It's annual international
jury and generous prizes; the music
hall. where the best work Of great
composers has an adequate presenta-
tion; and the great group of technical
schools, for admission to which 10000
students have already applied. 1t
would be unjust to overlook the Cour-
age and the far-sighted generosity of
the city of Pittsburg in building up
the institute, says the Youths Com
panion. Every offer which Mr.. Car
negie has made has been met halfway
by the municipality, and every step
his philanthropy has advanced has
been promptly paralleled by the city.
Skilled workmen and the great indus
tries in which they are engaged have
made Pittsburg one of the great
American cities. The Carnegie Insti
tute will help to place it among the
great educational and artistic and
musical centers. Although its physical
atmosphere is dark and smoky. its
mental outlook is bound to be clear
wholesome and invigorating.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
Rich Prize for Historical Work.

One million five hundred thousand
dollars is offered as a prize for liter
ary composition, the biggest prize Of
its kind on record. The award will be
made at St. Petersburg on December
/, 1925. to the writer OF the best his
tory of Alexander !. of Russia. Arakt-
cheief, founder of the military colo
nies of Novgorod, left a fortune of
$4,000 gold rubles Cs25,75O) to provide
for this unique prize. The izc.giving
day is the centenary of the Car Alex
ander's death. by which time the
money will, it is estimated, have in
creased to $1,000, 600. One-fourth OF
1t will be used TO defray the cost Of
publishing the work which wins the
nriZa
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
A Paradox Of Ambiguity.

Il never saw any one so stuck-up as
Markley," began Popley. Last night
he"
Why" interrupted Goodart, that's
not like Marlley a. ell. He's the best
natured fellow"
"Of course" continued Popley, but
last night he came to my house with
molasses candy for the children and
let them sit on his lap while they ate
il "
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

st. Lazare, leper's hospital in
Paris. built at the close of the
eleventh century. is to be razed and
its site cleared and purged Of foulness
by the admission of fresh air and
long sunshine. A plague
spot for centuries, the scene Of many
a nameless. unrecorded tragedy, as
we'll as Of many that stain with blood
the archives of medieval France, the
site of this ancient hospital will be
given to open-air spaces and modern
buildings.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

One of the gravest perils which fire
fighters are constantly facing is the
fierce heat. After successful trials, a
newly-invented heat veil' has been in
troduced into practice at Cologne, Ger
many, where 200 men have been sup
piled with the appliance. The veil is
made after the principle of safety
lamp. with double windows. 1t is com.
posed of fbers of cane, which possess
the peculiar property of retaining wa
ter for a considerable length of time.
The veil is made damp before being
fastened to the firemans ordinary
brass helmet.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
How'S This?

We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF CataTrh that cannot be cured by Hans
Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & co, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J. Cheney
for the last years and believe hun perfectly hon
UTab:s in all business transactions and rnanc is y
able carry out any obligations made by his irm.
WALDtSG, klNEAS q MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS ceuts per
bu;rIc. Sold by all Druggists.
Take HANS Family PMS for constipation.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
Dissertation on Henpeck.

An Ohio man is reported TO be at
the point of death from blood poison
ing caused by henpeck. This is
rather queer. There are many men
In and around Eskridge who are hen
pecked thousand times a year, and
while it makes the blood boil no
poisoning has set in.-Wabaunsee
Tribune.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

Immigration Commissioner Sargent
has stated that the law under which
it is unlawful for a state to pay the
passage of intending immigrants or
to assist immigration except by ad-
vertisement does not apply to Ha-
wall. Under the auspices of the Ter
ritorial Immigration society immi-
grants are being brought to the is
land from Europe and the Azores to
take the place Of Japanese laborers
upon the sugar plantations.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
tion in that line and an Improvement
on all other makes; it is more eco
nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

The Italian consul general in New
York announces that the king of Italy
has decorated William Church Osborn
of New York city, with the Cross of
the Crown of Italy N1r Osborn is
president Of the Children's Aid society.
and the decoration Is given in recogni-
ton of his services in behalf of Ital-
ians in his city.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

Great printing works are estab-
lished at Nartang, in Thibet. A trav-
eler says: There are thousands and
thousands of blocks at Nartang, com
prising matter in type equivalent to
numerous different volumes, Each
wooden block is about "a inches long
by IL inches wide, one face having
carved upon it a complete page of
lettering. The method of printing is
primitive in the extreme and consists
of laying the paper on fiat surface
and levering the block upon it with a
long handle, much as the village
blacksmith works his bellows"
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

brand new danger has come to
terrify sparks from the
wireless telegraph. The principal
cause for alarm is that fire insurance
companies may take it as a preteXt
Tor further boosting rates.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

Gen. Batyanof, a Russian naval Off
Ger. is quoted as declaring that the
American .shlpbuilding yards can turn
out in two years as many ships as Eu-
ropean yards can turn out in five years.
He accordingly recommends that the
c2ar let to American builders a con-
tract for construction Of a far eastern
squadron.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

A Chelsea girl who bought for her
father to hang in his office a framed
motto, do 1t Now" was shocked to
learn next day that. after long hesita-
tion, he had married for his second
wife a girl three years older than her
self.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

Seventeen killed and 50 injured in
n railroad wreck in Manchuria. I'm
utterably crude, careless and un-
skilled! Nothing like that ever hap
pens here.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19

Nobody does anything well which
he cannot help doing; work is only
done well when it is done with a will.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
Queer Names of Jurymen.

Among those drawn for jury serv-
fee for the April term of court in
Franklin county are: Mr.. Button, Mr..
Hasty, Mr.. Curl. Mr.. Lord, Mr.. Dyer,
Mr. Cook and Mr.. Pear.-Kansas City
Star
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-19
Everybody Help.

When a man will admit his coffee is
cold it's sign the honeymoon is over
Ignorance ceases to be bliss when
you begin to realize it.
Many a many has landed in Jail by
taking things.