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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Washington, -. C-Two important
decisions have been reached by the
Navy Department concerning the an
nounced program for the dispatch Of
the Atlantic feet to the PaciHc--lirst,
only the newest and most modern
ships will be sent. and, secondly, the
average Of captains of the ships will
be reduced from three to five years.
In addition it is planned 20 send
along a notilla of torpedo boat de-
stroyers.
1t is figured here that, without the
ships now on the Asiatic station,
there will be thirty-two warships i'm
sight Of San Francisco by January /.
This number will include the torpedo
boat destroyers.
1t also Is proposed to bring over
the Asiatic forces. Those which are
considered real fighting craft are the
four armored cruisers, West Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Colorado, and the monitors Monterey
and Monadnock. These, added, Will
give total OF thirty-eight. 1t also is
probable that when the plans for the
greatest Of all navy reviews are per-
fected even the smaller cruisers and
the gunboats will come over from
Asia, and the total force Will amount
to fifty fighting vessels, great and
small.
Announcement was made at the
Navy Department that the proposed
voyage of the battleship fleet TO the
Pacific would in noway interfere with
the plan already arranged for the
summer maneuvres of the Atlantic
fleet. The decision has been made
that Rear-Admiral Evans. command
ing the feet, shall assemble his yes
sells for midsummer operations mt
some point on the New England coast
on August %. The place has not yet
been determined, as there is no great
haste I'm the matter.
In the meantime the ships which
may need repairs will be docked and
put in condition. Repairs are being
rushed on the Connecticut, which is
Admiral Evans flagship, but this is
being done so that other ships may
be sent to the Brooklyn yard for spe-
cial work upon them as may be neces-
sary and for the further reason that
the ship has not completed her for
NAL trials.
The plan of docking the vessels for
repairs was mapped out months ago
and is now being carried out without
regard to the intended movement of
the fleet TO the Pacific. These repairs
would have been made had there
been no decision reached for the
movement TO the Pacific.
The New England maneuvres will
be completed some time in October.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Sun Spots and Droughts.

One of the causes which has been
assigned as responsible for the dry
season is the prevalence of spots on
the sun. 1t appears that the years
1859, 1870, 1882 and 1894. which
were all dry years. were also marked
by the great number and activity OF
the sun spots. However, II is GER
tainly not proved as yet that there is
any real connection between spots
and droughts. Reckoning on the
twelve-year period. the present year
should have been droughty. Sun
spots were numerous. but droughts
do not seem 10 have prevailed to any
greater extent than during many
other years; the same uncertain re-
suits have followed the attempts to
connect sun spots with severe win.
ters.-Bostor Cultivator.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

New York -Thcpopulation Of
Japan is less than 4S,000.000. The
population of the United States Is
nearly S5,000,000.
The debt of Japan - taking the
Statesman's Year Book figures
throughout to insure uniformity of
comparisons about S9S5 900, 900.
The net debt Of the United States is
s964,435,657. Japan is paying from
four to six per cent. interest on its
foreign loans and from five to seven
per cent on its internal loans One
fourth of the debt OF the United
States is at four per cent. and the
rest at two and three per cent.
Japan's revenue is less than $780,
100000, while the revenue of the
United States is S7G2. 100000. Ja-
pans total imports and exports for
the year 1905-1906 were only S420,-
100000 while those of the United
States were nearly S3,0O0,000,000
Against twenty first class mod
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
The Living Hope.

"The risen Christ is the hope OF
the believer-Christ, not in the
heavens. but in the heart. And
this hope we have as an anchor OF
the soul, both sure and steadfast,
and which entereth into that with
in the veil. There is saving powE
in this hope, for it is not theory or
dogma or experience, but a Divine
Personality, even Jesus, the Fore
runner, who has for us entered the
upper sanctuary, and there ever
liveth to make intercession for US,
and hath begotten us unto a living
hope by His resurrection from the
dead" Christian Advo'
cate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

fects are. He wished humanity to
see and TO know that sin is disobe.
dience 10 God; that IL stains and
soils the souls Of men; that it wrecks
and destroys all that is best in man;
how useless il is.
ON the other hand, He wanted men
to know what is the nature OF God
and His character; what is the King
dom OF Heaven, its entrance-condi-
tions and the joys 10 be attained there
In; what is the glory of godly life.
Christ wanted TO assure men that
God is love; He wished them TO know
that the Kingdom OF Heaven is pres
ent, as we'll as future, a kingdom OF
the Spirit and over-ruling all mate
rial life. Jesus had purpose.
Therefore He pictured the new birth
TO men as the entrance requirement
Tor the Heavenly Kingdom and the
JOYS OF eternal life with God. Jesus
had purpose TO show men God, sin,
redemption, the kingdom. Having a
deep and fixed purpose, He taught
convincingly from convicted life.
In the last place, Jesus taught as
one having authority. Mark tells US
that at the synagogue at Capernaum
the Jews were astonished at the
teaching of Jesus-that is to say,
they were almost struck dumb. Con-
trary to the scribes, Jesus talked with
authority. Speaking from his own
intimate, personal knowledge of the
truth and power of His message Jesus
asked the aid and witness of no man
to prove His points. The scribes
cited precedent as justification for
their legalism. Jesus spoke truth
under the influence of the Spirit Of
God. The scribes rested their case
on external authorities; Jesus had
the witness of the Spirit of His own
life. The Pharisees made tradition
the test; Christ made the Spirit. It
Is no wonder that they were aston
ished. The gulf is wide between the
sanctions of tradition and the sane
ton of the Spirit. Traditions choke
the truth; the Spirit giveth life. The
hope and strength Of WORKOUT the
cries is tradition and it is the chief
enemy of the Spirit. No man of sense
will, of course, break with the past
through perverseness. On
the other hand, no one should allow
the fallacies of the past to deaden a
higher life now. To the past all
honor; for the present the things of
to-day, the hopes and visions of to-
morrow.
The application is easy. Our pro-
Of the truth should be
simple. The teachings of Jesus
should be applied searchingly to all
life in this day. Our method of pre-
should be realistic, not abb
struse, that men may feel and grasp
and hold the truth. There ought to
be no lack of purpose in our teach
ing Of the way unto eternal life. We
tell men, or we should, the Gospel
story not to amuse them, but to save
their immortal souls. And lastly,
and most important Of all, we must
teach with authority-not dogmat-
ically or narrowly-but with the
sureness that comes from spiritual
experience.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
GROWING FLAX,
Amusing Story of an Irish Marriage
Market.

There Is nothing prettier than a
field OF Irish flax in full bloom. The
stems are about thirty inches high.
They are slender and Of n pale green.
on each stem is flower in an eX-
quisite tone OF blue, something be-
tween a cornhower and n forget-me-
not. The little flower is not of a
robust constitution. The petals soon
fall and then seed pod forms which.
when given time to do so. produces
quantities OF what is called linseed
chin" is the Celtic name for fax. 4.
But when the flax is grown for the
manufacture OF linen 1t is pulled up
before the seed has had time to ma.
ture.
After having been exposed to the
air for a few days the flax is laid in
water and during the fortnight that
this process lasts the odious smell
with which il fills the offended air is
Of a remarkably powerful character.
AS the local guide says. "Shure,
it's just the fax fermentin'. It's n
powerful smell intirely. but there's
no danger in 1t, glory be to God"
The soaking makes 1t easy TO sep.
arate the straw from the fiber by
bruising IL between rollers and then
suspending IL through an opening In
the top of a machine in which hori.
zontal shaft with wooden blades re-
wolves at the rate OF $50 times a min.
ute. Parted forever are the fibre,
fax and the straw. now torn.
Next comes the spinning into yarn,
done in immense mills. and after that
the yarn is woven into the fabric it.
self. Finally comes the bleaching,
when the linen is laid out on the
green field 20 be whitened by rain and
sun and wind
These long strips Of snowy white.
ness on the green turf surprise the
stranger. He thinks IL some sort of
top dressing. spread upon the land to
fertilize Il. Belfast Is the centre Of
the linen trade.-Philadeiphia Public
Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
The Spiritual Magnet.

That great magnet, with its metal
frame and its coil of wire, and that
strange magnetic power, reaches out
and takes hold of those little pieces
of metal, between which and itself
there is an affinity, and 1t gives them
some of its power through the con-
tact. Christ is the Great Spiritual
Life Magnet. And I, IL l be lifted
up from the earth. will draw all men
unto Me-" and faith in Him puts Us
in spiritual affinity with Himself, and
through it He holds us TO Himself
and gives us power of His power, and
purity Of His purity, and character
of His character, and life Of His
life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Fulfilling the Plan.

The engineer of the Brooklyn
bridge was confined to his bed when
1t was in process of construction.
Day after day, looking from his win
dow, he saw its piers rise and the
spiders web OF cables cunningly
formed. It had all been planned and
held in his minds eye; and when it
was finished. being asked how it
looked, he said, 1T Is precisely what
expected IL TO be" oh. would that
Christ might be able TO say the same
OF us; that our life and character
are according to His plans and pur-
poses!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
AS 1t Was Type Written.
BY j. w. NJ.

"The secret Of success. Miss Rob-
in>n," said Mr.. Blivers 20 his stem
ographer one morning, lis TO keep
abreast OF the times. Now, the phon-
ograph Is certain, sooner or later, to
come in general use for business die
tation purposes, and / propose to
adopt II. The photograph company
have sent me a machine on trial and
/ shall BEGIN at once. | am going to
dictate a letter into il now and you
will typewrite It directly from the
machine, just as you hear it-every
word-you can make it repeat as
slowly as you want to-and bring it
TO me TO sign or correct ii if neces-
sary. You see, II avoids all mistakes
in reading your shorthand notes
Miss Robinson welcomed the idea
with enthusiasm and Mr.. Blivers re-
tired into his inner Office and with his
new and beautiful instrument on the
desk before him began his dictation.
His Office boy and head clerk were
obliged 10 interrupt him occasionally,
but in a comparatively short time
he had finished his letter and soon
afterward Miss Robinson laid the
typewriter copy on his desk. This
IS what he read:
Briggs & Briggs Co, Riverdale,
Michigan:
Dear Srs-Um, I'm! Er-Yours
OF the 14th inst. received and con-
tents noted. Come in! Hold on a
moment till l shut this machine off
-received and contents noted. In
regard TO your claim for allowance
for goods damaged-Come in! No,
won't see him! I've told you |
don't want any Libraries OF Litera-
ture. We'll, you ought to know
Clear out!-er-er-goods damaged
oh, the devil! Come in! Make
him the same price as the last. Yes
to those Briggs & Briggs people.
They're trying to skin us, of course,
but I've got to-Gee! | haven't
stopped it-Er-Umph Claims
for damaged goods-COme in! Hullo,
Charlie! Glad to see you! Yes. it's
phonograph-sure enough-Sure!
Well, | guess it does work! The
salesman said-By um! It's going
now! Wait till l shut--Leave out
that last when Mr.. Smithers came in,
Miss Robinson, If you please. Now
we're off!-In regard to your claims
for goods damaged in transit, we
shall of course make the proper
Come in! What the deuce do you
mean by butting in here all the time?
You want to go TO the ball game?
Well, you can't! Durn it! | didn't
shut--We shall of course allow you
a in! Yes,
Of course! Hold on till / shut
Hello! Hello! Are you there, Miss
Robinson? Ha! ha! / was thinking
1t was a telephone. Leave that out.
Wasn't that all? Any
how, we can add anything after
wards-leave a space-Yours very
truly-bring it to me to sign, of
course. Now, how did he say to take
it out? Oh! l haven't stop"
Miss Robinson" said Mr.. Blivers.
al have no doubt we shall do admira-
BILE after a little practice, but for the
present-have you your shorthand
book with you? Well, take this let.
ter:
Briggs e Briggs Co. -
From Puck.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
We Belong to God.

We may throw ourselves away, but
God will not throw US away. We
belong TO Him still, and He gath
ereth up the fragments which re-
main. that nothing be lost" In or
der to become pure, we may need
sharp suffering, and then God will
not hesitate TO infiict IL II is thus
that Gods love for the soul and its
worth appear eminently, In that He
will not let US destroy ourselyes.-
James Freeman Clarke.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

At Chattanooga. Tenn, FIVE banks
took the entire issue OF $1,000 900
city Improvement bonds, each bank
taking an equal portion and paying
cash therefor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

An appeal has been made TO the
President by the leader of the Chi
nese reform movement for modifica-
ton Of the law excluding Chinese
from this country.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Good manners is the art Of making
those people easy with whom we con-
verse. Whoever makes the fewest
persons uneasy is the best bred in the
company.-Swift.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Minimum of Failures.

In failures the number Is down 90
the lowest minimum of the past twen-
ty-five years, but the liabilities ar
the largest, with one exception, for
ten years past.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

can conceive no difference COM
parable to that between a smooth
and rough sea. except that which is
between a mind calmed by the love
of God and one torn up by the storms
of earthly passions Wesley.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Fill your memory with words of
eternal life" You will need them in
the dark and lonesome hours of life.
Then they will shine out like stars.
They will speak in the solitudes with
infinite sweetness and power.-Guth-
rie.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Conscience is the main shaft of
mind, and love is the gear that belts
us to the eternal-Ram Horn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

A Berlin scientist has made 10000
examinations 10 get TO the conclusion
that woman's brain Is undoubtedly
smaller than mans.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Chicago Bank wrecker Discharged.

The jury rying two members Of
the Steel Ball Company for completely
I'm wrecking the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank, of Chicago, disagreed
and was discharged.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

An unusually perfect and beauti.
full example OF the atmospheric
spOkes, which may occasionally be
seen radating from the setting sun.
was witnessed In England by a cor.
respondent Of knowledge in July last.
Five distinct bands Of light salmon
pink color, separated by five cores
pondlng bands Of pale blue. were visi-
BILE, stretching up into the heavens
from the sinking sun. The phenom-
enon lasted about an hour, and later
on the same evening a violent thun-
der-stOrm broke over the place where
the spectacle had been witnessed
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
WORDS OF WISDOM.

When you fight a man you watch
mis- eye, not his hands or his feet
Rams Horn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

In 300 years, according TO a Ber.
lin scientist. water will be worth ff.
teen cents a drink.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
ss341oPUEARl oPUIElRl
~

Air that has been inhaled has a
higher electrical conductiyity than
has normal air.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

"As a man thinketh in his heart,
so he is," and the more his vital un-
dertakings are hitched to the second
hand OF temporary clockwork, the
more feebly he goes and the more
liable he is TO set out of order
Home Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Very sincere people are always ac-
cused of standing on their heads and
things OF that kind-of talking for
effect. have le to the conclusion
that people who never stsnd on tneir
heads are the people who have no
heads to stand on.-G. K. Chester
ton
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Parafine wax models OF all pro-
posed British battleships are used by
the Admiralty for tests before the
keels of the ships are laid down, the
miniatures being tested in a great
tank. The models are from twelve
10 twentyfour. feet long, the tank
being four hundred feet long and
twenty feet wide. The models are
made Of wax because 1t Is material
which does not absorb water or
change its weight, so that alterations
can be easily made, and the material
can be melted up and used again.
The American naval authorities also
have models Of their hulls construct
ed, but these are much more elabor-
ate than the British, being formed OF
white pine and fitted with rudders,
false keels, propeller shafts and all
ct ceteras.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Mr.. David T. Day, Of the United
States Geological Survey, referring to
the fact that within the last four or
five years the price of platinum has
increased about tenfold, says that
nevertheless no real famine in plat
mum exists. At present it it always
obtained by placer-mining. but 1t also
occurs as arsenids and sulphids. The
present supply of the metal is prob
ably 100000 ounces per year, and
the probable future demand is esti-
mated at 100000 ounces. Systematic
cally worked, the known placer de-
posits could yield 175 900 ounces per
year, and it is deemed unlikely that
the arsenid and sulphid deposits will
be worked until after the placers are
exhausted. The high prices, Doctor
Day says, have mainly been produced
by combination Of dealers and
boarding of the metal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Water softening reactions are no.
toriously delicate, a fact emphasized
by the experience with the softening
method at Oberlin, Ohio. last sum-
mer. The process of softening fol-
lowed there was described in this
journal on October Z, 1905. the water
being treated in two settling basins.
During last August 1t was discov-
cred that If all the chemicals for the
day were put into one-half the water
and the other half was allowed to
flow into the first basin without
chemicals, there would be no caustic
alkalinity in the water after mingling
and treatment and the magnesium
would be reduced from % to 1.5
parts per million. 1t had previously
been impracticable to remove so
much magnesium, as the caustic al
kalinity would lise too high.-Engi.
neering Record.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-01
TO LENGTHEN
The SESSION
RESOLUTION IN
TRODUCED BY LANE PASSES
SENATE WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
Continued on Page Five.)

The following concurrent resolution
was introduced in the Senate this
morning by Senator Lane. The meas
ure passed without discussion;
Whereas, the Legislature of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii has been barely able
to complete it's business within the
session specified by the Organic Act;
to wit, the term of sixty days; and
Whereas, it is desirable that a longer
term be granted under this Act:
Now, Therefore, be is resolved by
this Legislature In regular session as
sembled. that the Congress of the Unit
ed States of America, be requested to
amend Section 43 of the Organic Act,
so as to read, that the terms of the
session OF the Legislature shall con-
tinue not longer than ninety days:
And be it resolved, that Section 26
of the Organic Act be amended TO read,
THAT the members OF the Legislature
shall receive for their services, in ad-
dition to mileage at the rate OF ten
cents mile each way, the sum of One
Thousand Dollars for each regular ses-
sion of the Legislature, payable in
three equal installments on and afteS
the first, thirtieth and sixtieth days of
the session and that no extra compen-
sation shall be allowed for any extra
or special session of the Legislature. "
And be it further resolved, that a
\
to the President of the United States,
the President of the Senate, the Speak
er Of the House of Representatives and
the Delegate to Congress.
This resolution failed to pass in the
House this afternoon by vote of 10 to
Is, the Speaker casting the deciding
vote.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-01
SHIP HID
BY JAMES
27 YEARS
AGO, JUST
DISCOVERED
BARK ADELAIDE COOPER, WHOSE
HULK HONOLULU MAN SUNK
NEAR SAN PEDRO, is FOUND.

A ship hidden by Captain John f.
James at San Pedro over 27 years ago
and whose whereabouts has puzzled
California for all that time has just
been discovered. ..
Says the San Francisco Examiner Of
April 10: While the government
dredger was at work at the mouth Of
the inner harbor it struck the hull Of
an old submerged vessel which proved
later to be that of the bark Adelaide
Cooper which was wrecked in a south
easter some 20 years ago near the spot.
She was of 1900 tons register After
being stripped of everything valuable
the hull was left moored near Dead
Mans Island for long time, but one
morning it was missing and was never
seen until now. The owner, Captain
Stckeen John F. Janes) could tell how
it became a wreck and it was a sur
prise to old-timers today to learn that
it had been sunk so close by"
Captain James, who has been resi-
dent of Honolulu for five or six years,
was asked today in regard to the above
1t seems that the captain purchased
the wreck and that it was claimed that
she was obstructing navigation as she
lay. There were numerous prosecu-
tions and prosecutions and one morn
Ing the old hulk had disappeared just
as officers of the law were looking for
her. James kept quiet as to her where
abouts and for over 27 years she was
undiscovered. At night James wenS
aboard and rigged up lines so that the
tide would sw ng her from her resting
place and throw her into the current
where she sank in comparatively deep
water.
The Santa Barbara Independent OF
October 3, 1880. tells of a hotel Captain
James had built constructed mainly of
the cabin and deck work of the Ade-
/ laide Cooper