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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
CENTERDALE

The champion Centerdale team will play
the Rovers here ON Saturday.
Society printing a speciality at the TIMES
Office 1 Olncyville Square.
For corns and bunions consult w. II.
Underwood, over the drug store.
lanes Lister OF the Ccnterdale Wcrsted
Company is in Philadelphia this week.
st. Elilebcth's Guild held well attend.
cd supper Wednesday evening in Masonic
Hall
Mrs Shea of New Haven has come here
and taken up her residence with her son,
DIR. X. l.. Shea.
Work OH Lewis ]. SIMPSONS new block
on Smith street is progressing rapidly. Tn,
building will be 4ax4S feet and three
stories high.
George +. Willis and + Thompson
have been appointed local agent for tn,
Rhode Island Society for the Prevention o
Cruelty TO Animals.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
The Senate Band.

The press gallery OF the senate does
not look unlike band stand, with its
elaborately decorated front, and Ii Is
never occupied by the scribes prior to
the opening of the proceedings. A
young lady seated I'm the gallery oppo-
site the press gallery had been looking
lntently at the empty seats for quite
awhile. Her curiosity got the better Of
her, and, going TO the doorkeeper. she
said. mister. will you please tell me
when the band begins to play?" The
doorkeeper was amazed. "No band
Will play, MISS" said that gentleman.
There Is no band Why do you ask ?"
The young lady looked disappointed
and embarrassed when she said, with
hesitation. "Isn't that the band stand p
pointing TO the press gallery.-Wash-
ington Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
CLAYNILLE

Mrs. Frank Hill is able to be out again
Society printing specially at the TINES
Office.
Miss Vivian Mathewson is the happy pos
SCISSOR of new violin.
Mrs. Allie Bennett entertained number
Of friends OF Sunday.
Dress-making at home or 10y the day,
Mrs. Harrington, Clayville.
Shell Fish Commissioner Brayton Round
was in Westerly last Friday
Charles Stone entertained friends from
Providence Sunday at fairyiew Farm.
The Childten's Day Concert wilt be helC
at Potterville, June I4th. Clayyille Sunda,
School is invited to attend. Let us hope 6
goodly number will be present.
The Clayville Sunday School was re-
organized June 9TH aud the following oih
GERS were elected; Superintendent, O. n
Wardwell; Assistant superintendent, War
rem Comstock; Treasurer, Mrs. ii. Collier
Secretary. Miss Amey Comstoek; Librarian
Miss Corinne Collier; Organist, Mrs. Henry
Harrington; Assistant Organist, Miss Mirar
Mathewson.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
Enlse Hair.

False hair was first regularly worn
in England by Queen Elizabeth. who
had upward Of fifty wigs of different
kinds for her private use. Artcr her
death Il few women adopted the
French fashion Of wearing wigs. hut Il
was not until the restoration that
wigs. or. more correctly SrcaEug. peri
wigs. came to hp extensively worn by
the stCrpcr sex. These were intro
duced I'm the court Of Louis NV,
where n natural head OF hair was not
considered sufficiently mNuriant for
the artificial tastes Of the times Thg
term 'pcrivig" Is corruption Of the
French perruQuc. Wigs were original.
ly adopted not rs remedy for bald
ness, but I'm the interest of personal
cleanliness. The laws of ancient Egypt
compelled all males to shave the head
and beard. This explains why turbaHs
were not worn by the Egyptians. the
bushy artificial hair being regarded as
a sufficient protection against the heat
OF the sun. The Romans. on the con
trary. wore wigs because they were
naturally bald.-St. Louis Republic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
MANTON

Miss Gertrude DeveraN has returned
from vacation trip.
A son was born Oh Sunday to Mr.. and
Mrs. William +. Flynn.
Anchor Lodge, |. O. o. r., held a well
attended meeting on Monday evening.
Henry Carson and family have removed
from Becker avenue to the Olneyville sec
ton.
Town Clerk Luther will be here on the
evening of the 18th to register Manton
voters.
Johnston Hose Company No. ; have
lately placed considerable furniture in its
quarters.
Lewis Dunn is home from the Northwcs-
tern University at Valparaiso, for the sum-
mer vacation.
Rev A, +. Carpenter, George Carpen.
ter and Miss Mamie Carpenter sailed for
Europe yesterday from Boston, on the
"Devonia".
John T. Flecher has been named as
Secretary of State by the Rhode Island
Socialist party. Mr.. Fletcher resides on
the Iohns OH side
An entertainment was given at the John
ston Grammar School on Thursday after
noon and evening for beneot of the Kinder.
garteu Department.
At the graduating exercises of the
Rhode Island College of Pharmacy held at
the Park Casino, "Wednesday afternoon, the
George l.. Clailin Scholarship was award
ed to Mrs Bertha Lester Robinson, who
was the student having the highest general
average for the junior year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
Bray's Mythical Vicar.

1t is curious To reflect that there are
scattered about the world many scores
OF places whose chief claim TO dis
tinction consists In their association
with some famous ditty or other.
Take, for example, the village Of Bray,
In Berkshire, always associated with
the world famous "Vicar OF Bray"
The most curious part OF the business
Is that. though Fuller In his "Worthles
OF England" asserts that the cleric
who is the hero Of the song was one
Simon Alleyn. careful search Of the
parish registers has failed to substan.
tiate the story.-London Musical Home
Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
NORTH SCITUATE

Raymond Peck spent Sunday with friends
in Anthony.
Miss Mary Saunders is at her home here
for the summer.
The farmers in this section are looking
for a fine hay crop.
Mrs. Ceria Ford is visiting her niece
Mrs. Annie Ballou.
Mrs. l.. II. Cole is staying in BurruI'
Vile for the summer.
Auction posters specially at the lIMEa
office, l Olneyyille Square
% Samuel Fiske and wife spent Sunday
with relatives in Providence.
Considerable damage has been done by
frost in several parts Of the town
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Tourtellotte are re-
ceiying congratulations upon the birth OF
son.
The meeting of Scituate Grange on the
evening of July rst will be in charge OF the
chaplain.
Thomas Peck of Providence was the
guest of his brother, Councilman A a.
Peck on Sunday.
The TIMES received a subscription TINS
week from Alfred r.. Tinkham, formerly a
resident of this section, who is now located
at Portland, Oregon.
II is understood that the upper tenement
Of the w. G.. Smith house has been let to a
well known young business man, who is
soon to become benedict.
Rev. c. Fremont Roper, pastor OF the
Congregational Church at Riverpo'nt Will
speak at the Congregational Church OF
this place next Sunday afternoon
Children's Day exercises will be lheld al
tbs Baptist Church on Sunday morning
Rsv. X. l.. Duston will preach IN the even
ing on IA Man who Went to his Own
Place., singing by the chorus choir.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
Scituate Town Council.

The first meeting Of the newly elected
town council was held on Wednesday alter
noon at the Council Chamber. Oh the
council elected at the last town meeting all
we're present except Councilman Amaso
Potter and they were given the oath oi
Office by Town Clerk Potter. The appoint
ment of minor town officers were made
and some routine business transacted.
The town clerk and town treasurer pre-
sented their bonds, which were accepted
II was voted that no FIRE crackers be
sold, other than the smallest size.
1t was voted to issue dance, junk ped
dlers. and licenses for sale OF fireworks
from the first to the fifth Of July at the
same price as last year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
A Fl2EPROOf TREE.
The Chaparro, One Of South Americas
Natural Curiosities.


On the vast plains Of Colombia and
the north Of South America. called sa-
vannas. which are parched with heat
except during the rainy season, there
Is one Of the greatest Of natural curl
osities, tree called the chaparro,
which is freproof.
1t is the custom Of the Colombian
herdsmen To clear the ground by
means Of fire for the new vegetation.
which springs up so luXuriuntly in
these regions after the rainy season.
But not even the intense heat Of a
prairie fire affects the chaparro tree.
1t survives the flames TO afford n wei
come shade in an otherwise treeless
country.
1t is n small tree. seldom growing
to more than twenty feet in height,
with glrth OF about three feet. 1t
owes its curious immunity from fire
TO the nature OF its hard. thick bark.
The bark lies on the trunk In loose
layers. which do not readily conduct
heat TO the more delicate parts Of the
structure.
The natives believe that This tree
grows only whore gold is abundant in
the soil below. and it certainly is com
mon in auriferous dlstricts.-Wcstmin-
stcr Gazette.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
A Mountain OF Alum.

In Chiua. twelve AMI half mile
from the village of I.iouchck. there l.
n mountain of alum which in addition
10 being n natural curiosity is source
of wealth for the inhabitants OF the
country. who dig from IL yearly tons
of alum The mountain is not less
than ten miles In circumference at Its
base and has height OF l.ol0 feet
The alum Is obtained 10y quarrying
large blocks Of stone. which are first
heated In great furnaces and then IN
vats filled with boiling water. The
alum crystallizes out and forms n layer
about six inches In thickness. This
layer is subsequently broken up into
blocks weighing about ten pounds
each.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
MRS. VIxENHEbC.
The Story of Berlin shrew and Her
Likeness In Stone.

The Story Of a Berlin shrew and Her
Likeness In Stone.
This quaint equivalent/o6 the Ger
man term neidkopf is appliedASy trav-
elers to an effigy carved In stone and
fixed In q niche I'm the second story
Of a house In the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in Berlin not far from the emperor's
palace. The neidkopf represents a
hideous, harpy faced woman with
snakelike curls and tongue protruding
In mocking derision.
One day some 200 years ago, the
legend runs, Frederick William Of
Prussia, more familiarly known as
Old Fritz, was walking about the
streets Of the city In the unconvention-
al way be affected when he chanced
to look through window and observed
a hunchbacked goldsmith hard at
work. The king entered the little shop
for q chat.
The result OF his interview was an
order for gold table service for the
royal household, an order that made
the fortune Of the hunchback. Later
his majesty made other visits to the
shop to see how the work was advanc-
Ing. and on one Of these occasions he
observed a woman In the window of
the opposite house comforting her face
In the most hideous grimaces and
pointing with derisive finger at the
crippled workman.
To the kings query as to what allied
the old woman the goldsmith replied:
ut is envy, sire. She is the wife OF
a rival goldsmith, and ever since your
majesty so graciously gave me this
order she and her daughter have re-
viled me-"
Frederick William, paternal In pun
ishment as well as In reward. ut once
investigated as to the ownership OF
the house I'm which the shrew lived.
He found that II belonged to her hus-
band and therefore reasoned that there
was little likelihood Of the family
moving. an idea that seemed greatly to
please his majesty. His next move
was to consult sculptor. whom he
commanded to make the bust Of a
woman with the most shrewish, Kan
tippe-like face he could imagine. The
king then bought and renovated the
house In which the hunchback had his
workshop, presented It to him and
caused the bust to be placed conspicu-
ously above the workroom window.
Thus whenever the envious woman
across the street looked forth from her
easement the first object on which her
eyes fell was this intended portrait Of
her amiable self
For more than hundred years the
neldkopt-spiteful vixen head. as one
would say In English-stood In proud
prominence. reproach to the envious
woman and her descendants. 1t after
ward mysteriously disappeared, but
In 1910 or thereabouts II was found in
forgotten collection OF brc-a-brac.
Frederick william ~. bought the bust
for large price and had it replaced
In It's original niche. where II stands
today.-New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
THORN TON

Some repairs are being made at the Con-
gregationa Chapel
Whitsunday was observed cd Sunday at
the Charch Of the Holy Nativity.
Several rows here on Sunday were sup
pressed by Chief OF Police Ducharme.
The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Contone of Fletcher avenue, died today.
Special services were held at st. Rocco's
Church on Monday, it being an Italian
feast day.
The Johnston Board Of Assessors will
meet on Wednesday, July 18th, at the
Town Clerks Office.
The Thornions play the Crescent ball
team of Mount Pleasant on Saturday on
the Crescent grounds.
Pasco Taylor attended the graduating
exercises Of the Rhode Island College OF
Pharmacy at the Park Casino on Wcdnes-
day.
Chief of Police Ducharme and Deputy
Sheriff Kimball have been appointed local
agents for the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals.
Rev. c. {. MacKay, who has been away
for a short vacation resumed his duties at
the Congregational Church on Sunday. In
the evening he preached on "The Secret OF
Successful Fishing"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
Trade Notes.

l.. l.. Falcs, So7 Dean St, Providence,
sells a good market wagon for 500.
Read the advertisement of the United
States Optical Co, in this weeks Item
TRY Horns DandruH Cure for sale 10y
William Horn, AS Westminster street,
Providence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
GEORCIANILLE

Printing OF all kinds at the TINES Office
A dog supposed to be mad was killed a,
John Gibbons place on the Lime Rock
road on Sunday. The dog attempted to
bite several members Of Mr.. Gibbons IA.
mily before il was cornered and killed in
the cellai.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
A Strenuous Task.

"Your honor" said the witness,
"can't you order recessr
"a recess?"
''Yes, sir. I've stood on this stand
and told the whole truth two hours on
stretch, and I'm tcetotally wore out!
never told the truth that long before
not In all my life'-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
Shattered HOPES.

He nnxiously) Il understand your
father speaks very highly OF me7 She
Yes. but he doesn't mean word OF
II. He-Are you sure of that7 She
Certainly. He does IL Just to torment
mother.-Chicago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
Take Care Of the Pennies, Etc.

MAKE anything on that dealY' Cob
al Golde inquired.
"Only a Million" Myduss gNomily
replied.
well. every million counts."-New
York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12

40 DAYS Trial, si.oO Is the ofter on
p,no,,ies Relieve Back-ache, Weak
i,acL lame Back, Rheumatic pains
Rest on sale for Kidneys. Bladder and
I1ood. Good for young and old. salts
faction guaranteed or money ,stHnaea. %
minister st.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12
An Eyewitness.

Have you any witnesses Of the acct.
dentT' asked the Breutford county
court judge recently.
Yes" was the reply. my uncle lie
is not here because he Is blind Lon
don Telegraph
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12

ManZan Pile Remedy comes ready TO
use, put up In collapsible tube with
nozzle attached. One application proves
Its merit. Soothes and heals. reduces
Inflammation and relieves soreness and
itching. For all forms OF Piles. Price
soc. Guaranteed.-GRAD the Apoth-
ecary. 1916 Westminster ST.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-12

Grief should be like joy-majes
sQuable, scdate.-Aubrey de vers.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-15
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Essays addressed medical students and ply
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A collection of letters written by young visitor
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New-York tribune., 1908-02-15

forming one another. Scarcely less interesting
the citations proving that almost as soon
as Christianity was preached in the lanc some
brave souls began war upon the nationai vice
of drunkenness whose devastations surely nave
been the secret cause Of many black oeeos III
English history during the last millennium
With each succeeding wave OF migration ana
conquest Mr.. Dale enumerates the change IL
brought in ways of life and thought. AS ono reaos
the thousand phases Of the unrelenting struggle
betwixt righteousness and evil in home life, at
court. in business and in the churches, merry
England" rises up before the Imagination very
distinct but much less merry than II seems
through the prisms Of Shakespeare's comedies.
And yet for all its harshness. coarse VIII and
coarser morals. the nation was steadily learn
ing and never succumbing wholly to the bad. AS
Mr.. Dale concludes, the very bitterness OF the
tasks of EngIishmen, moral. political and So
cial. has made English character what II is-
simple. rugged, patient. dogged. eager 10
learn" not intellectual by nature but always
working toward thoughtfulness and higher SELL
control. The authors characterizations are
everywhere happy and he uses facile. pleas
ing style.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-15
MASS MEETING AT COLUMBIA.
Students Called Together to Arouse More
Interest in Rowing.

More than five hundred Columbia undergradu-
ates held mass-meeting yesterday for the pur-
pose of arousing more interest in the
Rowing affairs at Columbia have been going from
bad to worse for the last month, and conditions
came to such pass that it necessary for
the management to arouse the student body from
the state of apathy into which it had fallen. The
meeting brought out enthusiastic crowd and
the immediate result was the increase IN attend
ance at crew practice OF over twenty-five candi-
dates There are seventy-fve men working
on the machines. while last Monday the number
was down to forty.
Financial support of the crews by the student
body has also fallen, the management says. and
for that several important plans that had
been proposed by Rice had to be dropped. The
new university regulation relative to the holding
OF examinations In June is only a matter of minor
Importance. according to the Rowing Club direct
ors, and If candidates report for practice il
is likely that the examination schedule be re-
arranged. Among the speakers at the meeting
were Judge r. c. Cornell. IA r.. p. Jackson. cap
tain of the 1903 varsity eight; r. B. Irvine. es.
graduate director and J. N. Boyle. os L. captain
OF last years crew.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-15
THE DENVER AUDITORIUM
Immense Hall Bull by City to Seat
Democratic Convention.

Denver. Feb 14-The auditorium IN this
city which is being hurried to completion for the
meeting of the Democratic National Convention.
July 7. is one of the largest buildings of its kind
in the United States. II is larger than Madison
Square Garden, in New York which until re-
Gently the most spacious assembly hall In the
country. Madison Squsre Garden seats 1213I,
while the seating capacity Of the Denver Audi
toriurn 500. This capacity far surpasses that
of the Mormon Tabernacle. In Salt Lake City. the
Cincinnati Music Hall. the Metropolitan Opera
House In New York City and the Auditorium or
Coliseum in Chicago The Chicago Coliseum. as
the seats arranged for the Republican conven-
tion, seats 11,o11
The building contains 45oo.ooo cubic feet Of
space which will be lighted by 5000 1s-candle-
power electric lights. There will be lights
used In the auditorium series Of fourteen
mammoth Cluster lamps IN the ceiling. each hav-
ing 200 candle power and made up Of 16-candle-
power electric lights. win provide the principal
illumination. Four thousand smaller lights will be
placed in various parts Of the vast hail. There are
hundred lineai feet of exits. distributed
that the building can be empued in two minutes.
The building is entirely of frepreof material,
5000, 900 bricks and 150o tons OF steel being used
in it's construction. It will be seated with opera
chairs throughout, ard will contain an immense
proscenum and stage. which will adapt the build
ing to the purposes Of grand opera, festivals and
similar entertainments as well as conventions.
The design of the auditorium building Is in the
Renaissance style OF architecture- Ine walls are
of light gray brick, with granite and concrete
trimmings There Is wood used except the
sashes of the windows.
Seats will be arranged with special reference to
convenience of the delegates to the Democratic
National Convention. Ample accommodations will
be provided for the delegates and alternates and
special attention will be given the press section,
which will contain accommodations for more than
five hundred working newspaper men, The acous-
tic properties of the building such that the
ordinary voice pitched at the tone used in public
speaking can be heard distinctly In all parts Of
the hall.
1t is the intention Of the management to place
the building In gala attire in July IN honor Of
the first convention held within its walls The
building projected several years ago by the
city of Denver, and is built at public expense A
great number of conventions choose Denver
their meeting place every year. making 1t irnpera
tive that spacious assembly hall be provided for
their reception.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-15
FRIENDS OF sTIEGLITz INDIGNANT.
Expelled Member of Camera Club Says Ac-
tion Was Due to Old Trouble.

Friends Of Alfred Stiegiitz. amateur photcr..
rapher. founder and director Of Camera Work
of the Photo-SeeessiOn Society. and honorary
member of camera clubs in all parts OF the vorlS-
expressed indignation yesterday over his expul-,
sion from the New York Camera Club. Officers
of the organization would give no reason for f.s
action
Mr.. Stieglitz said he had boen unable to obtain
copy of any charges. and felt there had
been none He said his expulsion was entirely
unconstitutional. but he said he did not intend
TO take any action The cause OF it. he said,
dated back 10 1902. when he gave up the editor
ship OF Camera Notes." the publication OF the
club. which has since become extinct