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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

Lees Summit, Mo.-Perhaps the
most astounding revelation ever made
in a house of worship came from the
lips of the Rev. Charles s. s. Brown,
pastor of the Christian Church in this
town, i'm a sermon on the evil results
OF gambling, for the preacher spoke
from recent experience.
Brown told his congregation that
the passion for gaming utterly con-
sumcd its victims, making every man
OF them forget friends, family, home
and God. He did not refer to himself
by name, but every one in the church
knew what he said was less a sermon
than a confession, for he returned to
town with a draft for $500 and re-
paid to members OF his congregation
that amount DuIIUN Ell iIuIu svtpld, %
them. lie lost I'm poker game in
Kansas City few days ago the loans
he got from his flock.
1t was when he failed to repay the
lenders promptly.~at they started an
nvestigatiOn resulting in the disCov-
cry that the parson had frittcred
away their money at the gambling
table. Brown did not deny the
charge He contented himself with
promising to raise the money, asking
for a few days Of grace. Then he left
town and was absent until next morn
ing.
The clergyman, when the elders Of
the church taxed him with his sin,
said he had succumbed TO craze for
gambling to which lie had been sub
ject years before. He thought he had
conquered the passion forever, he
said. but few days ago. iinding HIM
self in Kansas City and hearing men
in a hotel remark that there was a
poker game in a certain place, he was
seized with desire TO handle the
cards and chips once more.
Brown dressed himself in clothes
as unlike those OF his calling as he
could get and went to the gambling
house. He was admitted readily, and
soon he was playing as If he had
ne' sr entered a pulpit. lie explained
70 the elders that it was the first
time he had touched card since en-
tcring the ministry. 1t was before he
became clergyman that he did his
gambling OF former years.
TO his amazement, the gaming
fever was so strong in him that he
lost all the money he had in his
pocket. 1t amounted TO $300, which
he had borrowed in various amounts
from members OF his flock for. a lcgit-
innate purpose.
Brown, when he returned with the
money necessary to reimburse his
friends, asked the leading men OF the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

lists OF names OF Boston boys who
have become slaves to cocaine.
Il have heard Of saloons where
they keep catarrh powder filed with
cocaine or its by-products in the toilet
rooms for the useof customers. Cheap
west end drug stores sell scores of
boxes of cocaine a day Illegally. The
negro race is especially addicted to
the drug, and it can be purchased by
them in stores and on the streets.
"One of the agents Of the Health
Board purchased some of this drug
at drug store in Boston, then stood
by and saw twenty sales OF the same
within a half hour, all the purchas-
ers being negroes"
DR.. Harrington said that children
were supplied with the drug by
agents who went about the streets
with their pockets stocked with the
powd ers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

Boston, Mass.-An anti-cocaine bill
prepared by DR.. Charles Harrington,
of the State Board OF Health, has
been brought before the legislative
Committee on Public Health by that
official, who made a strong appeal in
its advocacy.
He declared that hundreds upon
hundreds Of Boston boys are slaves
TO the cocaine habit. tnat the harmful
drug can be purchased in saloons,
from cheap drug stores and on the
street from Illegal agents as freely as
one can buy fruit from street hawk
ers, and that the juvenile courts are
filing up with youths who have ad-
mitted that their downfall can be
traced 20 the vicious drug habit.
Said DR.. Harrington in part: From
Judges, from lawyers, from probation
officers and others, have received
hundreds OF pitiful letters giving me
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
A Raphael Building in Rome.

A protest by a resident OF Rome
against the desecration OF a Raphael
building is published by The Neue
Freie Presse OF Vienna. The writer
says that hardly a day passes without
some discovery in the way OF art treas
ures. and in the contemplation OF these
the artistic. world forgets those which
unfortunately have already been dis
covered One Of these is the church
OF ST. Eligio delgi Orefici, between the
Via Giulia and the Tiber. This beau
tiful work was begun by Raphael in
1909 Filth and dirt now surround II,
and the portal has long since been
broken down, for the building IS now
an Old furniture storehouse.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

three years, the farm horses alone in
use on January 1, 1908, numbering
no less than l9,992.0O0 in round
numbers. The department figures
that $4,000 horses in stock on farms
could have replaced the same number
that have given way 10 the automo-
bile, while it is calculated that the
100000 horses which electricity dis
placed ia urban street car service.
could have been replaced by $4,000
horses in stock assuming its growth
to present proportions with horses.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

In 1905 the State adopted q Consti-
tutioual amendment authorizing the
issue of bonds TO the amount Of $50.-
O00,000 for highway Improvement.
The Higbie-Armstrong act which re-
lates TO the Improvement OF main
highways OF the state only, as amend
ed, provides that upon the request OF
counties and towns the State Engi-
neer may prepare plans for highway
improvement. and, when approved by
the lUcal authorities, these improve
ments may be carried out. the State
paying the larger portion OF the cost
and the counties and towns their
fractional portion OF the remainder.
There are in the State OF New York
about 1900 miles OF highways. Mr..
w. Pierrepont White. Superintendent
Of Highways for oneida County, has
pointed out that less than ten per
cent. OF this mileage. say, 1000 miles
OF State roads, properly improved.
would so permeate from one part
OF the State to the other that We
should have n network OF highways
leading not only from the centres OF
population and connecting the cities
OF New York, Buffalo. Syracuse. Ell
mira, Watertown, Biughamton. Utica.
Oswego and Albany, but it would
reach the remote parts OF the State.
Such system OF highways
would develop the State 50 that no
farm would be further away than
five miles from an improved high
way. and all farms would be accessl-
bic TO their local towns.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
The Canny Scot,

4 merchant and a farmer were dis
cussing political economy in a rail-
road carriage After a while the mer-
chant filed his pipe, lit it, and settled
back for a comfortable smoke. The
farmer tool, his pipe from his pocket.
and. after gazing longingly at its emp
ty bowl, asked his companion for a
match. The merchant selected one
from large boxful and handed 1t
over
Said the farmer: I'm afraid I've
come away wi'out my baccy pouch"
We'll" said the merchant, holding
out his hand, then yen no be in need
of that match. philadelphia Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
THE DOCTOR'S GIFT
Food Worth its Weight I'm Gold.

We usually expect the doctor TO
mt ne on some Kind NJ penance and
give us bitter medicines.
\ Penn doCtor. drought patient
something entirely different and the
results are truly interesting.
Two years ago" writes this pa
tent. - was a frequent victim of
acute indigestion and biliousness. be-
ING allowed 10 eat very few things.
Nne day our family doctor brought
me- small package. saving he had
foupd something for me TO eat. at
last
'He said 70 was food called
Grape >urs. and even as its golden
color might suggest. II was worth its
weight 10 gold. was sick and tired.
trying one thins after another 70 no
swain. out at last consented TO try this
new TODD.
Well u surpassed ny doctors
toudsst anticipation. and every day
sine. then have blessed the good
doctor and the inventor OF Grape
Ngts
i noticed Improvement 81 once,
ana In a montbs Ums NV former
II eIis oi Iud E-stluu Had disani'sa red.
10 two months Z fslt Ike neV man.
My brain Uas much clesfer ana KEEN
er. my body took on the vitality of
youth. and this condition nas cOntin-
ued
There's Reason Name given
py Postum Co. Battle CrseS. Mich.
Read "Th. Rosa 10 Wellyille.' IN
pkga
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
FARM HORSE GIVING WAY
TO IT'S RIVAL, THE AUTO

Washington, u. C.-According TO
Investigations made by G.. X. Holmes,
chief OF the Division Of Foreign Mar
kets of the Department or Agricul-
ture, the automobile has been respon-
sible for the displacement of but CO.,
600 horses in this country up to the
present time. and farm horses have
never been in such great demand as
at the present moment In fact. the
demand for horses for farm and other
business uses has become strong ger
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Mothers Death May Result i'm
Release of Her Young Heir.

Los Angeles.-While serving a sem
tence of $50 days In the city Jail for
larceny. William Allen. aged twenty
eight. received word OF his mothers
death in New York City and that he
had been bequeathed an estate VAL
ued at $4,000. After he had failed
TO secure money from broker on the
strength OF his Inheritance a telegram
was sent to the administrators of the
estate asking him To forward money
so that Allen could obtain his release
from prison.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Tiny INnlds of Tnnctn.

Tiny folds of satin or of tafreta are
used to trim scmi-dress costumes. and
lend themselves admirably 10 original
effects. They may be applied I'm
broadening designs and also In ser
pentine lines and sharp zigzags on
hens and waistcoats. aud are also
used TO frame motifs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

helpless as q child. The urine was dis
ordered and though used one remedy
after another | was not helped until
l used Doans Kidney Pills ami was
so bad then that the first box made
only a slight change. To-day, how
ever, | am a we'll man, at 81, and I
owe my life and health TO the use OF
Doan's Kidney Pills"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, y. Y.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Why Paris Employs Imitators
OF the Canine Voice.

Paris - The revenue authorities,
With a view TO outwitting the dog
owners who pCrsistCntly evade the
mails, have engaged number OF men
who are accomplished in initiating
the voice of dog. These artists
promenade at night and bark outside.
u a dog is within IL Invariably re-
plies. thus betraying its owner. The
next day a collector visits the owner
and gathers in the tax. The human
barkers receive $50 a month pay.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
lie knew.

"Is the master OF the house in?"
inquired the smooth tongued book
agent OF the little boy who had an
swered his ring.
Nope" said the boy.
Little boys should not tell false
hoods said the book agent. Isn't
that your father reading the newspa-
per there by the Window"
Yep" was the answer, that's pa
all right, but ma Is out"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Color Schemes.

Peacock blue and green shadlngs
are among the loveliest of the color
schemes employed for the fine feath-
ers. and these peacock tones are en-
phatically modish. though they do not
combine well with other colors.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

liftin 2 a heavy
ei g ht, a sudden
pain shot through my
back and after that I
was in constant mis-
cry from kidney trou-
bic. One spell kept
me in bed six weeks.
My arms and legs
were stiT and | was
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
What Causes Headache.

From October 70 Nav, Colds are the most
frequent cause Of Headache, Laxative
Bromo quinine removes cause. L. w.
Grove on box. 25C.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Newest CoJors.

The newest colors are strong In
tone. and are either very becoming or
quite the opposite. Lines Of black
serve to tone down the vividness OF
Esny Of the new materials.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
All Kinds of skirts.

Long skirts. short skirts, skirts
clineing or skirts ample, all are to be
seen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
The Now skirts.

The new skirts are long. They III
The hips smoothly. They sweep into
generous curves az the foot
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

Glass made into microscopic objec-
lives is more costly than gold.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
A WELL MAN, AT 81.
The Interesting Experience OF an Old
Settler OF Virginia.

Daniel S. Queen, Burrell Street,
Salem, Va, says: Years ago while
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24
EVER WATCHFUL.
A Little Care Will Save Many Brattle
boro Readers Future Trouble.

Watch the kidney secretions.
See that they have the amber hue of
health;
The discharges not excessive or in
frequent;
Contain no "brick- dust like sedi-
ment.
Doan's Kidney PILLS will do this for
you.
They watch the kidneys and cure
them when they re sick.
John Larson of Estey street, corner
of Chestnut, Brattleboro, VT, says: ~
was troubled for years with kidney
complaint. AT times l had severe pains
across my back and through my kid
neys. There was an annoying weak
ness of the kidneys and the secretions
were highly colored and contained a
brick-dust deposit. During damp or
stormy weather 1 was always worse
and my back at such times was very
lame and sore. could not sleep well
at night and in the morning felt tired
and sore all over. A friend advised me
to try Doan's Kidney Pills, sold by F.
Fl. Holden, so got box. They did
wonders for me, stopping the backache
and correcting the trouble with the
secretions. l can now get a good
night s sleep and my general health is
much better'
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24

Perusal' of our lament on the late
oneninp of the trout season leads the
Vergennes Enterprise to suggest that
the next legislature so arrange mat
tiers that Windham county be allowed
TO make its own fish, game and other
laws, thereby satisfying the sportsmen
hereabouts and giving a greater de-
gree of peace to the rest of the state
Tucked away in this sarcastic alluslon
TO our dissatisfaction over the existing
trout law is a kernel of sound reason.
Whv shouldn t there be local option in
the matter of fish and game legislation
as well as on the liquor question: In
cidentally we might add that the open
season for trout began April l in Con-
necticut, New Hampshire and New Jer-
sew. April Is in Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Wisconsin and April l6 in New
York. The sportsmen in these states
probably realize that it is disastrous to
the trout to delay the beginning of the
omen season until conditions are such
that the fish can all be caught in the
first few days.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24
AN ILL CONCEIVED THREAT.

The Thompson fund trustees were
unwise, TO say the least, if they IN
spired the associated press despatch
which appeared Saturday to the effect
that the income from the fund might
be used for persons throughout New
England. In the first place such pub
LEFTY will probably bring upon the
trustees deluge of applications com
pared with which the requests from
local beneficiaries will look like a tiny
rivulet. In the second place the court
in no way modified the decree so as to
suggest even, that the fund might be
applied to all towns in New England. In
fact, no modification was made. Judge
Hammond did add to the former decree
a memorandum in which he stated that
he believed the criticism about the
narrow administration of the trust had
some foundation and that the income
from the fund should be distributed
with ga reasonably prompt and gen
erous handn among the persons for
whom it was intended. He said fur
Their that he believed the trustees hon
est in their efforts and their mistakes,
if there were any, to be mistakes OF
judgment.
The emphasis which the despatch
lays upon the likelihood of the money
being used outside Brattleboro and
Rhinebeck looks very much like an at
tempt on the part of the trustees to
brighten the local benefciaries into
submission by presenting in distort-
ed light a condition which is already
known to exist. The will of Thomas
Thompson and the decree by which the
income of the fund became available
set forth that in case the whole of the
income is not needed in any one year
for relief in Brattleboro and Rhine
beck the trustees shall apply the sur
plus to kindred charitable purposes in
each of the towns or elsewhere. In or
der, therefore, to use the money
throughout New England the trustees
must be able to show conclusively that
every needy seamstress, needle woman
and shop girl in this town and Rhine
beck has been given such aid as she
REQUIRES and that there is nothing in
the way of kindred charities in either
of these towns that needs assistance.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24

A Hinsdale, N. H., man prlcks that
"Brattleboro dam," over which Brat
tleboro people have been chuckling
with sense of proprietorship, by stat
ing that nine.tenths of the dam is in
Hinsdale and the balance in the town
of Vernon. "Not an inch of the great
dam touches the sacred soil of Brattle-
boro," and the power house with its
costly machinery will be located in
Hinsdale, six miles from Brattleboro.
There doesn It seem to be anything left
for Brattleboro except its reputation
for claiming most everything in sight.
Barre Times.
And yet if it had not been for Brat
tleboro men the dam never would have
been started and if it had not been
for the opposition of certain Hinsdale
mea and the indifference of others the
project would be still farther along
than it is. Brattleboro has 2O-yes,
probably 50-times as much money in
vested in the enterprise as Hinsdale,
so after all the term Brattleboro dam
is not so much Of a misnomer.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24
IT'S so BECAUSE IT'S so.

The Mortified News, Plumley's Of
fetal organ, solemnly announced last
week that in it's next issue it would
undertake to. show why Congressman
Haskins Is service in the house of rep
resentatives was not OF a superior
character. The next issue is out, and
in it is the advertised expose. The
pith of the argument of The News IS
simply this: Congressman Hasklns S
service has not been Of a superior char
acter because it has not been OF SUI
perior character. No facts, no figures,
no extracts from the Congressional
Record are quoted in refutation OF the
assertion that Colonel Haskins's work
in congress has been unusually etfi-
Gent and that he is better qualified
now than ever before to serve faith
fully and ably. Not an iota OF evil
dence is produced in denial Of these
claims, for the very simple and obvious
reason that there is none. We believe
the people Of the second district are
too strongly imbued with Missouri IN
stincts to admit, after reading the
fimsy effort of The News, that they
have "been shown" why Congressman
Haskins should be retired in favor OF
green hand. In order to facilitate
The News in it's exposition of the case
we will submit the following ques-
tons:
What is there about Congressman
Haskins's congressional record which
warrants your assertion that that rec
ord is only ordinary
What qualifications does Mr.. Plum
low nossess which make it reasonable
to suppose that he will be more valu'
able. or even as Valuable, to the dis
trict at the end of eight years as Col
onel Haskins is now,i
What has Colonel Haskins failed to
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24

to give credenee to any such story. We
have claimed all along that the com
missions ignominious failure was no
good reason for opposing its chairman,
the Honorable George Prouty, In his
efforts to land the goyernorship, but
any attempt 10 suppress the facts re-
gardlng the financial standing of the
commission is an entirely different
matter. 4 candidate for public Office
eannot with impunity dodge RESPONSE
bility for any of his public acts.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24
TO REroRMER SUBSCRIBERS.

Beginning January !, 1908, we dis
continued the practice OF printing
dates on the labels OF papers to indi'
cate the date Of expiration of sub
scriptions. We keep ledger account
with each subscriber and give a re-
ceip, for every payment. The label
plan is impracticable and is being dis
carded by nearly all publications At
the end of the year If your subscrip-
ton is unpaid a bill will be sent you
As fast as subscriptions are renewed
the dates will be removed from the
labels. Keep your receipt from year
to year in case you question the accur-
acy Of our records.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24
Pastoral Unsettledness.


Last year The Messenger undertook TO
keep track of such changes in the pastors
Of various Protestant churches in Yer
mont as were recorded in the newspapers.
Il finds upon making a rough generaliz-
ing computation now that these changes
occurred among the several denominations
in this order: Congregational, 33; Bap-
fist, 30; Episcopal, s; Uniyersallst, 3;
Advent, 3; Presbyterian, 2; Christian, 2;
Methodist, 3; Unitarian, |. OF course
in instituting any comparisons some al
lowance must be made for the relative
strength of these churches, but the fact
is obvious that the highest degree OF I'M
settledness appears to obtain in, the pull
pits of the Congregational and Baptist
organizations. Perhaps some man that
has made study of church affairs in
Vermont can find in this text for an
interesting disquisition on the tendency
OF the times in religious circles in this
state.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24
Breakfast. Food Platforms.

'Any combination OF newspapers that
will bulldoze candidate for thg gnber'
material nomination into paradlng a JOB
lot OF cheap aud meaningless platitudes
IN print, simply TO afford sport for the
goddess and unregenente, should be legal
Is. enioined by the society. Tor the pre-
vrntion OF cruelty TO the feeble minded
Only the absolutely hoaftless can enjoy
such "a piuiul spectacle. '-llard~1ck
Gazette.
That's right. The Banner would never
have been a party TO tasking the candi.
dates for their platforms had We supposed
they would make such a weak.knecd eN'
hibition OF themselves. We hereby pub
licly apologize. BY the way. why not ne
elect Proctor governor, His platform
would be his record. He has declined
the senatorship but could be governor
and still look after his business.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-24
David on the job.
(Richiord Gazette. J


The distinguished representative ~ con-
gress from this district, David j. Foster,
delights to pose in the lime light of pub
hcity. One day last week he nabbed a
lonesome Burlington Democrat what.
ever that may be- in Washington, and
forthwith hailed him before President
Roosevelt, who was electrified by the i'm.
portant news tina, many democrats want
ed him named again and would support
him at the polls" This important an
nouncement from "a Burlington demo
craft was of such great significance TO
the political world that II was made
"speciaiS 10 great New England news
paper, with the altogether important
statement woven in that the burlington
democrat was accompanied by Repre-
sentative Foster" Great is public motto.
riety, and David j. Foster is one OF its
most ardent advocates.