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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Corrected In Rhyme.

Thackeray was much pestered by the
autograph hunter, says Holder In his
"Recollections." He dislikcd above all
things to write I'm m autograph album
and often refused those who asked him
to do SO sometimes rather brusqucly.
On one occasion the owner of an al
bum, young lady, was fortunate.
Thackeray took her book to his room
I'm order to look II over. Written on a
page he found these lines
Mount Blanc Is the monarch OF mountains.
They crowned him long ago,
But who they got 10 put II on
Nobody seems TO know.
Albert Smith.
Under these lines Mr.. Thackcray
wrote:
A HUMBLE SUGGESTION.
I know that Albert wrote In hurry
To criticise | scarce presume,
But yet methinks that Iindlcy Murray
Instead OF who had written whom" ;"
w. NJ Thackeray.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Old French Dial Rinu.

"A dial ring" said the curio dealer.
"a French dial ring of the eighteenth
century. You can tell the time with
it,"
The ring of gold was beautifully
chased, and where the stone sparklcs
usually there was set tiny sundial.
"All you have to do" said the dealer,
"is TO stand in the right way, holding
tho dial so that the sun strikes IL, and
tiny shadow will tell you the hour.
Such ring" he concluded, SIS more
n curlo than an accurate timepiece. II
is only good in the locality II Is made
for. and even there unless IL Is set to
ward the right point OF the compass, II
Will bc several hours out Of the way
louisville Couricr-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
EGIOU OF NINEVEH.
Tho Most Ancient Banking House OF
Which We Have Record.

There was a kind of public record
office attached to the palace and tenn
pie at Nineveh, In which II was Gus
tomary 10 deposit important legal and
other documents, such as contracts
and agreements for the purchase and
sale OF property. marriage settlements,
Wills, etc. Among these there were
discovered official statements as to the
history and transactions Of the emil
nent banking house OF Egidu at Nine
veh Assyrian chronology proves that
these refer to date about 300 years
before the Christian era, when Abra-
ham dwelt at Ur of the Chaldees, as Is
stated In Genesis. We may therefore
claim for this firm the reputation Of
being the Oldest bank I'm the world at
least OF which we have any record or
are likely TO have. The accounts are
very voluminous and cover the trans
actions OF five generations of the house
from father to son. The firm grew rap
idly In importance during this period,
during which they attained great
wealth, for they succeeded In securing
from the king the appointment OF col
lectors OF taxes, n position which In
the east always leads TO fortune. They
afterward farmed the revenue for sew
eral OF the Assyrian provinces with
very great gain to the frm.--T. P's
London Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
ANTIOCH

Mrs. Rankin, who has been critically III,
is convalescent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Potter OF the an
mex are visiting relatives here
Mrs. Minnie Young visited her brother
Arthur Anthony on Sunday.
Miss Allie Parker of Davis street spent
the week at Lawton Hill Farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Young attended the
races at Narragansett Park last week.
Miss Parker and Mrs Young visited Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Bennett at Buttonwoods
on Monday.
Mrs. A. X. Young and Miss Allie Parker
visited Mrs Jennie Hoxie at her home on
Maple avenue, Phenix.
Friends here are panied to learn of the
death of Mrs. Penelope Hills on Elmwood
avenue. She was for many years resi-
dent here and endeared herself to all 10y
her bright, sweet personality.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Walk a Crack?

Most men cannot walk in n straight
line with their eyes open, and none
ever lived that could do SO with his
eyes shut. Try IL. 1t is an aged say
ing that man follows his nose, and
there never was nose since Adam
that stood straight in front Of face.
All OF us are afflicted with either sim
istrotorslon or dextrotorsion-that is, in
walking we veer either to the left or
TO the right. 1t cannot be helped. Set
up two posts on the lawn and bet a
million that no man or woman in the
crowd can walk from one to the other
without anfractuosity. There's swell
word for you. Anfractuosity-thats
where you get a wiggle on-walk wab-
bly.-Bangor (Me) News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
plinys Yarns.

Pliuy's yarns about human anatomy
were something wonderful. He tells
OF race OF savage men whose feet
are turned backward and Of a race
known rs Monocoli, who have only
one leg but are able to leap with sur
prising agility. The same people are
also called the Sciapodae, because they
are in the habit OF lying on their
backs during the extreme heat and
protecting themselves from the sun by
the shade OF their feet. These people
dwell not far from the Troglodytac. to
the west OF whom again there are a
tribe who are without necks and have
their eyes in their shoulders.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
OUR COIN MOTTO.
"in God We Trust" Suggested by q
Maryland Farmer.

Maryland Farmer.
To an honest, God fearing farmer Of
the state Of Maryland is due the mot
TO, "In God ~e trust" which appears
on the coinage Of the United States.
In 1861, when Salmon +. Chase was
secretary Of the treasury, he wrote to
him that as we claimed to be a Chris
tlan people we should make some suita-
BILE recognition Of that fact on our
coinage.
The letter was referred 20 James
Pollock, director Of the mint, who dis
cussed the matter In his report for
1862. Congress was apathetic, and
Chase mentioned Il to the lawmakers
again in 1868:
1.-THE motto suggested, In God our
trust Is taken from our national
hymn, The Star Spangled Banner
The sentiment Is familiar TO every citi-
zen OF our country. II has thrilled
millions OF American freemen. The
time is p"opitiCus; tits an hour Of ma
tlonal peril and danger, an hour when
mans strength is weakness. when our
strength and salvation must be Of
God"
AS result two cent bronze piece
was authorized by congress TO be coin
ed the following year, April %, 1864,
and upon this was first stamped the
motto, In God we trust" BY an act
OF March ., 1865, IL was extended to
other coins. Minneapolis Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
A peddler Of Chestnuts.

One summer a well known senator
went back to his birthplace and OF
course made speech to the friends Of
his childhood.
"How well remember these old
familiar scenesw he said. Here is the
house where was born. Here is the
old we'll and there the garden patch.
Yonder are the woods, and there is the
meadow. Along the meadow is the
row Of stately trees where l picked
chestnuts when | was n mere lad
"Yes," broke In an old neighbor, who
seemed to be a bit bored, "and you
have been peddling them ever since"
whereupon the meeting closed.-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06

Miss Ruth Boss will teach the school at
Richmond.
The heavy rain of Labor Day was great
boon to the country people.
Miss Florence Youngs has returned to
Woonsocket where she will resume her
teaching.
Harry Perkins has left the iewelry busl-
ness and gone into the employ OF the Kali
road Company.
Rev. L. b. Edwards will preach at Trinl-
ty Church, Richmond on Sunday. Septem'
Der Sth at 3. sop. m.
John Henrys Of Richmond who has been
in the United States navy for the past four
years, is at home on long furlough.
Rev. Levi B. Edwards will conduct ser.
vice in Trinity Episcopal church, Kich-
mond on Sunday afternoon at $3.50 p. m
Perry franklin has entered the employ OF
the Providence and Danielson Company
He has moved his family into the Joslin
house al Richmond.
Recent visitors at Glen Echo Farm were
Edward and Marie Selinger OF Boston,
Dorothia Selinger of Warwick Neck and
Miss Emily Krenzle of Waltham.
The general meeting Of the six principle
Baptist church will be held this week, with
the Old Battey Church. Exercises will
begin on Wednesday and continue for three
days
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
.wo,d, Bent ooubl. Z, Tee, Tn.m.

IL you have an opportunity at any
time OF examining a sword such as Is
used In naval and military services
you NAV notice that just below the
hllt, an inch or two down tho blade,
there is small disk of brass welded
into the blade. The meaning Of this
brass might well escape any one not
possessed OF well developed sense Of
curiosity. Swords are subjected to
very severe tests before being Issued,
and this brass piece indicates that one
OF the Tests To which the sword was
subjected was TO have Its point bent
right back until it touched the hilt at
the brass spot. Swords that have sue
cessfully withstood this severe test are
ustworthy.-London Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
THE SHIPS BELL.
u 10 Sounded at Half Hour Intervals
Day and Night.


The ships bell Is the mariners
clock. The nautical day begins and
ends at noon, when eight bells IL
struck. The bell IL struck half hourly,
day and night, one stroke being added
for each half hour until eight is
reached, when the count begins at one
bell.
In the United States navy the ships
bell hangs usually under the fore
castle, or Just forward Of the fore
mast. The captains orderly keeps the
time and reports To the officer Of the
dock the hour In terms OF bells"
The officer Of the deck then bids the
messenger OF the watch strike the
bell There Is somewhat more formal
ity ut eight bells than at other times,
for then the hour Is reported TO the
captain and the bell not struck until
he has said, MAKE IL So" Here Is
the routine on board "A man-ofwar at
3 o'clock In the morning: The orderly
first says TO the officer OF the deck,
Eight bells, sir" The officer OF the
deck replies, Report to the captain
eight bells and chronometers wound"
The orderly then goes to the captain
and says, Eight bells and the chro-
nometers wound, sir" The captain re-
plies, Every well; make IT So" The
orderly goes to the officer Of the deck
and says, Make 1t so. sir" The OFF,
Ger OF the deck says to the messenger
OF the watch, Strike eight bells" and
II everybody has been prompt the
ly y "A. IN.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
WANTED SOME FLOWERS.
The Woman's Order Startled the High
Priced Florist.


Priced Florist.
A woman went into fashionable
New York florists store one day to buy
some flowers for a sweet girl gradu-
ate.
IL want to get some flowers for a
young lady who Is to graduate tomor-
row." she said. What have your
How would some American Beau.
ties dof" asked the florist.
what are they WORTH"
"The best are 81 dozen"
The woman thought moment
"Have you none cheaper| she asked.
Yes" said the florist, 1--WE have
some with short stems for So and 81"
She looked at the carnations. How
much are these?" she asked.
1--WE have them for 80 cents dozen
and 10 cents DOZEN
would carnations do for "a gradual
Ing present."
Eyes, indeed"
"Will you tie them up with ribbon"
Eyes"
"Will you mix the colors?'
Eyes"
well" said the woman after a mo-
ments hesitation, "you may give me a
red one and n white one"
The florist gasped. "Shall put them
In separate boxes" he asked. - Ex-
change.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
IL Depends.

Dr. Johnson was once consulted by
an old lady on the degree OF wicked
ness 10 be attached To her sons rob.
bing an orchard. Madam" said
Johnson. 1T all depends upon the
weight OF the boy. | remember my
schoolfcllow. Davy Garrick, who was
always n little fellow, robbing a dozen
orchards with impunity, but the very
first time climbed UP an apple tree
for was always heavy boy-the
bough broke with me, and IL was
called n judgment"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Why Cabby Smiled.

"when was I'm Paris" said the girl
who has just got home, Il took q
French lesson every day. IL was my
custom TO write 1t down on one side OF
n card and my address on the other
the address very plain so that the cab
by could read il and take me home 4;
I happened to get lost.
'Onc day I handed cabby the card
with the address on II. He looked al
me In puzzled way. then smiled
sweetly. I took the card and looked
mt Il. had handed IL to him with
my daily lesson on the top side. The
lesson was, L am pleased to meet you,
written In French.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
The Irtellioent Bohemian Life.

Corot. the French landscape painter,
was n model OF consistent bohemian
ism Of the best kind. When his IA
thcr said, "You shall have ESQ a year,
your plate at my table and be n paint
or. or you shall have $4,000 to start
with IL you will be a shopkeeper." his
choice was made at once. He remain
cd always faithful to true bohemian
principles. fully understanding the
value Of leisure.-PhIlip Gilbert Ham
ertou
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
SAUNDERSVILLE

Miss Amery Brown called onlMisS Hattie
Steer Sunday.
Miss Grace Andrews is visiting her aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes A. Spra-
que
Miss Ethel Sprague has been spending
few DAYS with Miss Edith Hopkins of Sum
init.
Miss Eva Stone and aunt Mrs. Josephine
Valctte has been visiting Mrs. Amery An
gcll.
A number from this place attended the
Foster Center Old Home Day exercises last
Wednesday.
Miss Edna Thornton has been spending
a few days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. G.. Thornton.
MIR. and Mrs. Gardiner, and daughter,
Mildred has been visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Card for the past week.
Miss Mabel Angel has returned from
two weeks stay in Buttonwood with her
aunt and uncle, Mr., ann Mrs. Abel Roth
well.
Mrs. Ashel Hopkins and daughter, Edith
Henry Fuller, Miss Ruth, Alice and Willie
Thornton went to Roger Williams Park,
Labor Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Card had a clan
bake Labor Day. Among those who dinec
were Mr.. and Mrs. William Spaldin, Dud'
ley Spaldin and Miss Edna Thornton.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
EUROPEAN BEACHES.
Their Methods and Bathing Suits Worry
Different From, Ours.


In Europe there is no lounging on
the beach In bathing suits. On this
point the foreigner Is apt to criticise
the American woman and TO point out
that when the women In Europe put
on bathing suits II Is for the purpose
OF bathing and not Of sitting on the
beach, high and dry, out OF the reach
Of even the largest wave. There are
many reasons for this. One is the con-
sideration that prevents me from max
Ing any illustrations OF them. They
generally are not fit for sight or pub
lication. II would take very small
wave indeed 10 thoroughly drench the
most elaborate OF the costumes com
monty worn by the ladies throughout
Europe when they go bathing. or
course the conditions are different.
In Europe madame does not have to
cross the beach I'm her sCanty attire.
When she enters her bathhouse she Is
I'm full street regalia and as the house
IS then wheeled out into the water.
when she energies for her dip she Is
visible only for et>e brief time 1t takes
TO plunge into the water, and she en-
joys her swim without the encum-
brance Of skirts. When her bathhouse
Is wheeled back and she appears on
the beach she is again in street cos
tune. Then, too, there are many
beaches on the continent, such as the
Damenstrand in Nordeney, where gen
tlemen are excluded until IA certain
hour OF the day.-Cbarles +. Peters in
Bohemian Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Espressed Nautically.

A certain admiral upon coming on
board ship was met by an old class
mate with the salutatlon, Hello, old
fellow, how are your Observing that
the admiral had carefully combed his
back hair forward up and over TO COW
er the bald top of his head he added,
"Well, that's the first time | ever saw
afterguard doing foretop duty!'-"On
a Man-of-war."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
All That Ee Had

"Can you give bond?" asked the
judge. Have you got anythingT
"Jcdge." replied the prisoner, "scnce
you AK me. I'll tell you. l haint got
nuthn' in the worl 'cept the spring
chills. six acres o. no count land. a
big family, a hope OF hereafter an
the ole war rheumatism" - Atlanta
Constitution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Clever.

Mrs Petter-Dd you see that? Dix
on seized that rocking chair and was
into IL before his wife had a chance 10
Mr.. Pctter-That's just it. There's
where Dixon Is smart. Nobody will
suspect that he is on his wedding
tour. don't you see? And besides, he
gets the chair.-Boston Transcript
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
A Great Scheme.

Young Husband-When my wife first
began 10 do her own cooking we wefe
having company every day-tiresome
relatives, colleagues, so called friends
Gradually they all dropped OF, and
then we engaged a good cook.-Flie-
Vende Batter
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
The important Thinq.

"I guess I won't eat any dinner to
day" said the first clerk.
"Why notp" asked the second.
Because IL DO l won't have any
time for my regular after dinner
mokc."-Exchange
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06

To cure a cold first move the bow
els. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup acts
gently on the bowels, drives out the
cold, clears the head. It's pleasant to-
take and mothers highly recommend
II for colds, Group and whooping
cough. Guaranteed 10 give satisfac-
tion or money refunded. Equally good
for young and old. Sold by T. F.
Grady, 1916 Westminster street.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
The Clumsy Eve,

Tho human eye Is said 10 be rather
III contrived piece OF mechanism. A
celebrated German physicist Is report
ell TO have remarked that II an artisan
were 10 make for him piece Of ap-
paratus so poorly adapted TO its pur-
pose he would not accept II.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
lneomplete.

Old Scotch Farmer (havlng spent
sixpcncc on a rattle ticket for a pony
and trap. value f5o. and having won
II. Is shown the prize. After gazing crit
ically at II for some minutcs) - But
wbaur's the whupi-runch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Our lnferiors.

wlllie-Pa, our interiors" are just
people that know less than we do,
aren't theyp Pa-No. my son: usually
they're people who merely know less
than we think we do.-Philadelphls
Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
The Tiresome Part.

Macfoozler (playing an absolutely
hopeless game)-IIere! What are you
wing down forf Are you tired7 Cad
Helm no tired o. carryin', but I'm
sair weary q untin'!-punch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Not Qualified.

mo, sub. Harris isn't ready for dc
kingdom yit." declared Uncle Peter.
"Hit don glib yo' wings ter hab yo'
name on de fyleaf oh dc Bible
Youths Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06
Price 500 per Bottle.
Mrs Bireh's Elixsr OF Life.

For tired. nervous women, suffering rom
any form Of Female weakness. IL Is the
rreal Indian Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, and is woman's cure
or all female diseases.
N,rs. Birch, ~ Aborn st.,
PROVIDENCE. II. 1.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06

Quackery has no friend like gulliblli-
ty.-Italian Proverb.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-06

Rear patiently what thou sufYerest
by thine own fault.-Dutch Proverb.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-21

started by Miss Youngman, a Presby-
terrain missionary, but maintained by
an American and European religious
organization which works for the
lepers of the east. Under this same
auspices is Miss RiddelPs leper asy.
lum at Kumamoto. Miss Riddell, who
is Church of England missionary,
is the only foreign lady in Japan ever
decorated by the emperor.
The Toxic leper home is managed
by two native Presbyterians, Mr.. and
Mrs. Seishin Otsuka, whose refine.
ment and Christian character is writ.
ten on their faces. They have been
in charge of the home since it's open
ing, IL years ago, and the devotion
of the Sc inmates to them is apparent
even to visitor. There are constant
experiments being made for the cure
of these unfortunates, but thus far
all seem to be in vain. The most that
can be done appears to be to make
the lepers as comfortable as possible
and to keep their bodies in the best
possible condition by frequent medici-
nal baths. They suffer no pain, al
though they are in all stages of lep-
rosy, from the little children and
sturdy young men who show no out
ward faint of the disease, to the blind
and helpless victims whose members
have been entirely esten away.
After the Men Who Run Thinos.
Mention of one form of special
work suggests many others. There
is here a rescue home for girls from
the Yoshiwara, an asylum for the in.
sane (although this, the only one in
Japan, is not under distinctively
Christian auspices), prison-gate
home, free kindergartens, and rescue
missions after the type familiar to
all large American cities. There are
also special missions to railroad men,
to policemen and to post-office work.
ers. These last, now separate mis-.
sions, are the outgrowth Of a Bible.
reading league for Japanese, at pres.
ent numbering 10000 members, started
and long maintained by one of the
foreign physicians of Toxic, who, out
of his lucrative practice, personally
supports numerous missionary enter.
prises.
In Toxic there are several independ
emit missionaries, who are not con
nected with any denomination or mis-
sionary board. The usefulness of these
Is a mooted question among Amer.
lean churches, Ny own observation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-21

threatens to become universal in
cludes three-quarter coat of the sim
plest style in combination with a short
skirt, both being made of black and
white striped coarse fibered material
of homespun description. Such a
costume is suitable, however, only for
most work-a-day occasions, and lends
itself to be crowned only by straw
hats trimmed with ribbons and wings
or rosettes of silk, and will no doubt
look it's very best when worn with a
white batiste or lawn shirt and per-
mitted to take it's walks in the
country. Black and white check ap,
pears in every size and form; smooth
of face and rough of face, it alike finds
devotees, and an easy means of an
swering the question of what to wear
at the immediate moment in the morn
ings can be settled by killed skirt
of black and white check, a small coat
of whatever shape that may best
please and best suit you, with white
waistcoat embroidered with black
braid and fastened with white pearl
buttons, and white lawn frilled shirt,
crowned with a green straw hat
trimmed with green rosettes, and a
short green spotted veil thrown over
the crown, to fall just to the nape of
the neck. The veil must be short if
the dress be short, the veil long if the
dress be long. Here lies one of the