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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
THE GHOST OF THE FUTURE.
Fear Of Coming to Want and the Ter
ror of Failure.


The terror Of failure and the fear Of
coming to want keep multitudes or
people from obtaining the very things
they desire by sapplng their vitality,
by incapacitating them through worry,
anxiety and fear from the effective,
creative work necessary to give them
success.
Wherever we go this fear ghost this
terror specter, stands between men and
their goal. No person is in position to
do good work while haunted by It,.
There can be no great courage where
there Is no confidence or assurance,
and half the battle is in the conviction
that we can do what we undertake.
The mind, always full Of doubts,
fears, forebodings, Is not I'm position
TO do effective, creative work, but Is
perpetually handicapped by this unfor-
tunate attitude.
Nothing will 50 completely paralyZe
the creative power of the mind and
body as a dark, gloomy, discouraged
mental attitude. No great creative
work can be done by man who is not
an optimist.
The human mind cannot accomplish
great work unless the banner of hope
goes i'm advance. A man will follow
this banner when money. friends, rcpu-
tation, everything else has gone.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
The Trapdoor Spider.

One of the most singular specimens
of insect life is the trapdoor spider Of
Jamaica. His burrow is lined with
silk and closed 10y trapdoor with
hinge. The door exactly fits the en-
trance TO the burrow and when closed
SO precisely corresponds with the sur
rounding earth that II can hardly be
distinguished even when its position Is
known. 1t is strange sight to see
the earth open, little lid raise, some
hairy legs protrude and gradually the
whole form Of the spider show Itself.
These spiders generally hunt for food
by night, and i'm the daytime they are
very chary of opening the,doo of their
domiclle, and If the trap be raised from
the outside, they run TO the spot, hitch
the claws OF their forefeet I'm the lining
of the burrow and so resist with all
their might. The strength OF the spider
Is wonderfully great In proportion to
ifs size
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
Ancient Posters.

II is probably the general impression
that posters and handbills are modern
inventions. but IL has been discovered
that the ancient Romans practiced this
method of advertising In digging Mt
Herculaneum there was brought TO
light pillar covered with bills. one on
top Of another. The paste used To stick
them was made of gum arabic. The
bills, when separated and examined.
were found to be programmes and an
nouncements of public meetings and
even election proclamations.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
A Statesman's Confessions.

For all his caustic wit Thomas B.
Reed OF Maine was rs tender of heart
as large of frame. lie was not much
OF a hunter. IL never shot but one
bird in my life" he once confessed.
81 spent whole day doing that. IL
was sandpiper chased him for
hours up and down mill stream.
When at last | pottcd him and held
him up 10y one of his poor little legs,
/ never felt more ashamed Of myself
in all my life. hid him in my coattail
pocket for fear somebody would see
how big was and how small the vie
tim, and ! never will bc guilty again
of the cowardcc of such an unequal
battle Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
THE ENCORE HABIT.
How Sims Reeves Turned the Tables
on One of His Admirers.

Sims Reeves, who in his day was ac-
cepted as the most celebrated tenor on
the concert stage, was SO much Of q
favorite that whenever he sang he was
usually greeted with hearty encore.
accompanied with enthusiastic cheers.
Reeves was very good natured about
the matter, but he made ii rule never
to sing more than one selection when
he felt that his voice was not In first
class shape. He happened to notice
that 49, elderly man, who turned out
to be a dealer In hats along the Strand,
London. attended nearly every concert
within convenient distance II Sims
Reeves happened to be on the bill and
generally led the encore brigade. This
halter was n persistent person and Of
ten applauded until he had forced
Reeves to respond to double and triple
encores.
Determined to teach the little halter
a lesson. one afternoon just as dark
was approaching Reeves entered his
admirers store and said, "One hat
please" naming the particular shape
which he desired. The little hattei
didn't recognize the great tenor and
handed out one hat.
Good" said Reeves. "How much
Is this hat?"
Five shllings," said the store pro
prietor.
Encore" said Reeves.
A second hat was forthcoming, and
Reeves ultimately obtained three "en-
core" hats. When the little halter de-
manded FL sterling for the purchases
Reeves pretended to be furious.
Send these four hats TO this ad-
dress" ordered the tenor In terrible
tone "but I only pay for one hat Do
you understand? The three other hats
are encore hats. If you make me sing
songs for nothing you must send me
hats for nothing"
The little halter was speechless.--
Portland Oregonian.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
A SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE.
Universal Distrust Of Strangers In the
Russian Empire.


"The usefulness Of the cars chief
Of police depends on his amount OF
suspicion and his alertness In putting
II into active USE" says Thomas Ste
vens in book entitled Through Russia
on a Mustang" "It Is suspicion every
where.
"For several weeks" says the au-
thor. 81 was thrown I'm daily intimate
contact with Sascha, my travelling
companion. He was transparent,
warm hearted young fellow, but from
first to last he never ceased to regard
me with suspicion.
"At one village he lost his passport.
Ten hours later after / had bribed an
official to let him proceed he confessed
In a burst Of confidence that he had
believed / had destroyed the passport
In order TO get rid OK him. All day he
had nursed his suspicion, unsupported
by me, until had unwittingly cleared
myself by my brlbe to the police.
Among the peasants suspicion takes
curious forms. In general way was
always under the ban Of distrust. BY
the men | was regarded as secret
agent OF the government, by the wom-
en- as n wizard. The host OF an Inn
always watched me closely TO see that
| did not clear out and leave him un-
paid. He would even give sly peeps
into my room at night
81 was always being suspected or
trying TO pass counterfeit money.
"What makes them so long with the
changer | asked Sascha once.
"They are afraid the money bad
"Well, the change Is only 30 ko-
pecks. We will not wait any longer
"That would never do Then they
will be sure 1t is bad
"The length OF time ] was kept walt
ing for change for receipt depended
on the denomination Of the bill. For
two ruble note the host would be salts
fed with the verdict Of two or three
other capable financiers. A five ruble
note meant extraordinary precautions
and consultations with half the experts
OF the village"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
As Could Run PUTTY.

A laborer In search Of work was
asked by q builder TO whom he ap-
piled IL he could run putty.
He replied that he could and was
told 10 be at the works at 8 o'clock
next morning. He arrived at the time
stated. and when asked IL he were
ready stripped of his overcoat and dis
closed himself TO the astonished build
er clad in running costume and pumps
"what are you going TO do In those
thlngsY" inquired the employer.
run Putty" answered the man.
"But I want you TO run IL down into
this hole" said the builder.
"oi don't care II II IL down a drain"
replied the man. "Throt hlm out and
orn run hiu."-London Telegraph.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
MADE IT RIGHT.
Yet IL Was Not Easy For the Salesman
TO Grasp the Boss Scheme.

In one OF the suburbs Of London
member Of which may be known as
Mr.. Blank. The firm has two travelling
Salesmen-a single man, receiving 30
shillings. per week, and the other a
married man, drawing f2 per week.
A short time ago the single man, be-
ing In the shop and looking over mat
ters, discovered that the married sales
man was receiving 10 shillings per
week more salary tnan himself, while
he (the single NAM was selling more
goods He called Mr.. Blanks atten-
ton to this and suggested that, as he
was selling more than the other fel-
low, he should at least receive as much
pay.
The senior partner acknowledged the
apparent inconsistency and assured his
man that he would look into 1t and IL
the statement were correct he would
make matters right.
Another week rolled by, and when
the single man came to draw his sal
ary from the bookkeeper he was sur
prised to find only 80 shillings passed
out to him the same as before. He de-
murred The bookkeeper insisted he
had received no instructions to raise
his pay and referred him to the gov.
ernor. Approaching Mr.. Blank. he
said:
"You remember, sir, spoke to you
last week about my salary, stating
that, while was selling more goods
than the other traveller, was receiv-
ing less pay, and i thought l should
receive as much as he did. You assur-
ed me you would look into 1t and make
matters right"
"Yes," said Mr.. Blank, 81 remember
your mentioning the matter. and 7
made 1t right, didn't I?'
"Why, no; i don't see how you have,
as the bookkeeper has just paid me
the same amount as before. l can't see
how that is making it right, sir"
"You. don't understand" said the
senior partner. II have made 1T righ,
You thought you ought to have as
much pay as the other man, and
have made it right by cutting the other
fellows pay down."-London Tit-Bits.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
The Majesty Of tho Pyramids.

AS the wonder of the sphinx takes
possession of you gradually, so grad
ually do you learn to feel the majesty
of the pyramids of Gizeh, unlike the
step pyramid of Sakkara, which even
when one is near II looks like small
mountain, part of the land on which 1t
rests. The pyramids of Gizeh look
what they are-artificial cXcresccnces,
invented and carried out 10y man, ex-
pressions OF mans greatness. EXqui-
site as they are rs features Of the
drowsy golden landscape at the setting
of the sun, | think they look most won
derful at night when they are black
beneath the stars. On many nights
/ have sat i'm the sand at n distance
and looked at them, and always and In
crcasingly they have stirred my imag
ination. Their profound calm, their
classical simplicity, are greatly empha-
sized when no detail can he seen, when
they are but black shapes towering to
the stars. They seem TO inspire then
like prayers prayed 10y one who has
said, "God does not need my prayers,
but | need thcm."-Robcrt Hichens In
Century Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
HINDOO CASTE MARKS.
The Womea of India Wear Them on
the Forehead.

The caste marks worn by women I'm
India are confined to the forehead and
nre more uniform than those affected
by the men.
The orthodox mark invariably worn
on religious and ceremonial occasions
is a small saffron spot in the center OF
the forehead But the more popular
and fashionable mark is a tiny one
made with gluellke substance, usual
ly jet black in color, which is obtained
by frying sago till II gets charred and
then boiling il I'm water.
Women who have not reached their
twenties are sometimes partial TO the
use of small tinsel disks, purchasable
in the bazaar at the rate Of about
half n dozen for n pie. To attach
these to the skin the commonest ma
terial used is the gum OF the jack fruit,
quantities of which will be found stick
ing to a wall or pillar in the house,
ready for imm ediate use.
In the more orthodox families II Is
considered objectlonabl BILE that the fore
head of a woman should remain blank
even for moment, and accordingly II
is permanently marked with tattooed
vertical line. The blister takes some
times fortnight to heal but the Hin
doc woman, who Is nothing If not n
martyr by temperament and training
suffers the pain uncomplainingly.-
Madras Mail.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
The Source of Life.

In paleozolc times IL was the earth
itself, not the sun, 10 which plant and
animal primarily stood bchodcn for
existence This gives us Il most in
structive glimpse into one planctologic
process. TO the planets own Internal
heat Is due the chief fostering of the
beginnings of life upon its surface.
Thus planet is capable Of ut least
beginning TO develop organisms with
out more than modicum of help from
the central sun. We talk Of the sun
as the source of life, and so ii is today
I'm the sense of being its sustainer, but
the real source was the earth itself,
which also raised ii through Its baby
hood.-profcssor Lowclrs The Evolu-
tion of Life" in Century Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
A Convenient Possum.

An old negro preacher gave rs his
text, "Dc tree is known 10y his fruit,
an hit dcs onpossiblc ter shake de
possum down"
After the benediction an old brother
said to him:
81 never knowed bcfo' dat such a
text wuz I'm de Rible."
Well admitted the preacher. "hit
ain't 'xactly sot down dataways.
th'owed in de possum ter hit dc intel.
ligcnce er my congrcgationw-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
a Great Man.

"Father." said little Rollo what Is
q great manY"
~ great man. my son. is one who
manages 10 gather about him a whole
lot of assistants who will take the
blame for lis mistakes while he gets
the credit for their good ideas"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
HopeIessly InsoIvent

$50 Meier has gone TO smash,
hear"
"Yes; even IL he had been giraffe
one could have said with truth that he
was up TO his ears In debt."-Meggen-
dorfer Batter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
Saw Her Chance.

"No man shall ever kiss me except
my future husband" said the girl as
she was about TO leave the gate.
suppose agree TO be your future
"why. then. I'll kiss you she said
eagerly. md she did.
Her mother was informed that he
had propo ell. and the old lady called
on him the next day TO arrange mat
ters. and before he knew IL he was
eternally booked. 1t was very mean
advantage. hut bird in the hand Is
worth two on the garden gate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
Bees LAXATIVE Cough syrup for coughs

Bees Laxative Cough syrup for coughs.
colds, Group and whooping cough grows
In favor daily with young and old.
dren. II Is prompt relief to Group. II Is
gently .xativs, driyins The poison and and
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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21

ferers from kidney and bladder trouble"
writes Mrs Joe King. Of Woodland, Tex.
II suffered four years and could find
nothing TO give even Temporary relief
Our druggist at list induced me 70 Try
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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21

Every great crisis develops some
master mind as well as multitude q
surprises.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-21
The Case of
Miss Hartnett
BY MADELINE LEWIS.

Copyrighted. 1908. by p. c. Eastment.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-05
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

tile left in the democratic party in Utah. we MOT
mons who have been true to the democratic party
have also had trials, battles and Our Sacrl-
fees to make for the party but we have renamed
true in spite of the losses we have sustained IKE
ported in Salt Lake Herald, April 8, 1908)
Let me commend another feature to Fogg and his
boiling conferees. Two years ago, when the sa1nted
Stockslager made his campaign for the governor
ship of Idaho on the anti Mormon ISSUE his vote
increased 5000 over the vote for Heitheld in 1904
The surprising feature is that this increase came
nearly from the counties of Ada, Elmore, Canyon
Boise and Owyhee These counties with the aid OF
Nez Perez county, are boiling the very issue
upon which they developed their greatest democratic
strength two short years ago. What has happened
in the last two years that Stockslager Fogg Nugent
and their allies are repudiating the very issue
which they so ardenty supported two years ago?
What great light have they seen in the interval Or
is it simply case of "Cold Feet?"
The surprising thing to is that man OF
Fogg's intelligence should align himself with
the very gang of Boise City political jobbers who
turned him down for justice of the supreme court IN
1902 with the rest of the democratic state ticket.
There was then no anti Mormon issue in Our poll
tics but the Frank Martin gang fought the demo-
cratic party just hard they fighting it now
At later date I will give some facts in Connec-
ton with the late Wallace convention to show how
unfounded was the action of Fogg ct al in boiling
that convention.
Yours in the democratic faith
"A. F. Parker.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-05
Guarding Paper Honey.

New York Tribune The paper money of the
government is brought in ronbound chests, locked
and sealed, from the bureau of engraving AMI print
ing to the cash room of the treasury and there de-
1vered upon receipt to James A. Sample, chief of
the division of issue, in sheets of four bills each
says The Chicago Record-Herald They COM
p1ete with signature and numbers, except for the
SEAL which is printed upon them with power presses
in a small apartment under the cash
These presses are worked by two people, usually
q man pressman AMI feeder assistant.
When the seal has been imprinted upon the bills
they are counted automatically bound in packages
of equal numbers by bands of paper marked
signed by the persons who have handled them, and
passed into the adjoining room, where the sheets
are cut, the bills are recounted and inspected, so
that the imperfect may be thrown out They
are then bound into packages of equal amounts and
taken to the drying vault, where they are laid upon
the shelves for several weeks until the ink has be-
perfectly dry.
Eevery safeguard that ingenuity can contrive is
placed around these transactions and the chief of
division can tell which of his hundred or more sub
ordinates have touched the different bills in the
vaults. He knows who received them, who printed
the seal, who wrapped and cut them; for every
package is numbered and its history is recorded in an
enormous book
The combination of checks is so complete that Mr.
Sample would know within twenty minutes if a
single bill missing but he has never had oc-
oasion to test his knowledge except twice within
fifteen years. Only two attempts have ever been
made to steal the money of the government while
it is in this stage of its history.
On one occasion many years ago pressnan pass
ing pile of notes upon the table of his neighbor
slipped the top sheet under his blouse without be-
ing observed and carried it with him into the lava
tory, where he successful in concealing it. The
theft discovered within five minutes and it
was clearly apparent that he alone could be guilty
although the evidence was. purely circumstantial
No one him take the money Therefore he
was not arrested and was never publicly charged
with the crime But he was dismissed from the SER
never recovered. He probably destroyed them, as
they did not appear in circulation
On one occasion eight or ten years ago colored
messenger whose business to haul the money
about on cart slipped loose sheet into his pocket
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-05

unobserved while passing between the printing and
counting rooms. This theft was also unseen, but
the responsibility was fastened upon him. The pile
of notes was complete when it left the printer for
it was counted and registered automatically in the
press. When it reached the counting room on, one
Sheet was missing, and the package, had not been
oft of the possession of the colored messenger in
the mean time. Therefore he alone was responsible
and as he could not offer any satisfactory explana
tion he too, was dismissed from the service, but
was not prosecuted because there was no direct
proof of his guilt
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-05

And thus we see the same solidarity of the Nor
vote for the republican party in Utah and
Wyoming that we have in Idaho Ex-senator Du-
bois is no more responsible for the conditions in
Idaho than he is for the same conditions in Wyo-
ming and Utah In all three of these Mormonzed
states the chiefs of the Mormon church are op-
posed in vigorous activity to everything democratic
The head of the Mormon church is on record as
publicly stating in political address delivered in
the seventeenth ward hall of Salt Lake City in 1884,
that no good can come out of democracy, and that
any who voted the democratic ticket was
soft Drained incompetent for whom guardianship pa
pers should be issued. This self-styed spokesman
for the Almighty further states that he would refuse
statehood to any community where democracy con-
trolled. Utah admitted to statehood by demo-
cratic congress- and the proclamation admitting her
to the siserhood of states signed by demo-
cratic president This result accomplished mainly
through the work of Hon Joseph Rawns the then
democratic delegate from Utah. Joseph F. Smith,
speaking in behalf of the Almighty Cod declared
81 do not believe that any honor is due to Joe
Rawlins for the gift of statehood and believe that
by the grace of the democratic party Utah will enter
the union republican state
Fever since the admission of Utah to statehood the
full power and influence of the Mormon church has
been uncompromsingly cast for the republican ticket
At the democratic celebration of Jeffersons birthday
at Salt Lake City in April, 1908, Brigham H. Roberts,
Mormon democrat used the following significant
language:
"To be frank, cannot say whether we will be
successful in Utah or not. | am free to con-
TESS, and do it in the interest of good feeling and
peace, that when I take into account the crcum-
stances that have surrounded struggles, the
and manifest unfarness that have
been ours, am astonished that there is single Gen
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-05
Democracy and MormOnism.

Grangeville, Idaho, August 25, 1908. To the Idaho
Scintar: note with regret that my great and good
friends Messrs. Tannahill and Fogg have unoaded
their alleged political grievances upon the public
through the Lewiston Tribune since the adjourn
ment of the Wallace state democratic convention.
Both gentlemen labor under the delusion that
body loves them any In this they grev
ously mistaken. We all love just as much as
we ever did Let them dry their tears and consider
the frozen facts which l will present for their
solace, comfort and edhcation
There is no anti-Mormon issue in Utah or Wy
omng Both these states are absolutely under the
political control of the Mormon hierarchy of Salt
Lake City The democratic party Of Utah and
Wyoming is dominated by and is the willing sub
servient tool of the Mormon church, but it avails
the democracy of those states nothing. The Mormon
vote is thrown solidly to the republican party in
Utah and Wyoming, just it is in Idaho.