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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

I % " u lie "A III y
weak, run down 10
"A mere skeleton
My back was so bad
! could hardly walk
and the kidney so.
crctiOns much dis
ordered A week
after / began using
DOan's Kidney pills
| could walk with.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
Precisely So.

There are 100000 microbes
constantly preying upon your sys-
tenn"
Then no wonder | feel bad at
times. The competition must be
something fierce Washington Her.
aid.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
The Autos Record.
Expensive To Mankind.

What was this Pandora's box that
contained so much trouble?"
"A bandbox, my son. .'-Pittsburg
Posi-.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
IL L..

Il told her that | admired uer FOR
her noble qualities or heart and mind,
for her intellect and lot more of
the same reel.
Make hit?"
- dunno. think the best plan Is
10 tell 'em they're pretty. e. NsI2as
City Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

Il see eggs are quoted at Sc ka-
rat"
Are they selling eggs by the ka-
rat now"
"Pshaw, | read IL wrong. It's Sc
a crate. kansas City Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

Korea, with population OF 20.00o.-
900. consumes S40,000.000 cigarettes
yearly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
Great Magnifers.

he--"These glasses give me very
intellectual appearance, don't YOU
think"
She-"Yes Aren't they power
full Boston Transcript.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

Mrs. Wnslow Soothing Syrup Tor Childr'r
teething. softeBs thegums, ,rcduccsiniiarlmh
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25C bOttiD
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

The irrigated disticts OF Egypt com
prise 5,340,0OO acres and support TO-
100000 persons.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

embraced In the German empire hiss
doubled since 1888. NE50
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

Itch cuei ~ ~ muurcs uv Wooliofd's
SANITARY LOTION Never fails ~ druggists
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
PROVED Bl TIME.

No Fear of ANY Further Trouble.
David Price. Corydon, la. says
was In the last stage OF kidney
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

Ny husband is completely cured,
and We are gradually now trying TO
collect modern coins, which we pick
up elsewhere than in sales-rooms.-
st. James Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
INCREASED RAILROAD TRAFFIC.
Railway Officials Say There Is Marked Improvement During the Past
 Two Weeks.

Cleveland, Feb. 14.-Railway officials In this city state that there has been very marked increase in botb freight and passengef traffic in all directions during the past two weeks. me Lake Shore road Wednesday moved more cars of freight than on any day since the first part of De- cember. It is said that during the past two or three weeks there has been a steady increase in the amount of ton' mage moved daily. Passenger officials of both the New York Central and Pennsylvania lines say that on the whole the number of passengers now being carried equals, if it does not exceed, the number carried during the same time last year. There had been special increase in eastbound passen- ger business during the past week. This is attributed largely to western buyers going to New York to purchase spring and summer stocks.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
START ON LONG JOURNEY
Six Automobiles Leave New xork in Race Across Two Continents
 to Paris, France.
THOUSANDS CHEER DARING TRAVELLERS

Streets In NelshborhoOa Of Times Square Were cIogged With Motor Cars and All Travel Was Stopped for a Time-contesting Cars Resem' bled Old Time Prairie seheenerss
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Statistics of Writers.

And the writers craft is now be. come a very large craft. In numbers 1t ranks perhaps second or third among the professions. There are more teachers and possibly more law. yers than there are persons who make their living wholly or in the main part by writing; and possibly there are as many physicians. But If you could count the reporters and correspond ents, the special writers for the news papers, the makers of textbooks, the writers for magazines, the novelists. the playwrights, the writers of gov ernment and other public documents and all the rest who make their liv. ing wholly or in main part by writ ing, you would be astonished to see how large company they are.--wal ter H, Page. in Atlantic Monthly.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Future sanIshment of Disease.

am certain it is safe to prophecy that the time will come when hos. pitals for infectious diseases will be empty and not wanted also look for. ward to the time when it will be as anomalous for persons to died of scar tet fever. typhoid, cholera. and diph. theria as 1t will for man to die of wolf's bite in England Very little, however, can be done by the legislat. ure. but everything by the progress of medical science, and in much larger degree by the intelligence of the peo- pie.-sir Frederick Treyes, iu Leslies Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Neglected Colds Threaten Life
tFrom the Chicago Tribune.)

Don't trife with cold" is good advice for prudent men and women. IL may be vi- tai in the case of child. Proper food. good ventilation, and dry, warm clothing are the proper safeguards against colds. If they are maintained through the changeabIe weather ofautumn, winter and spring, the chances of a surprise from ordinary colds win be slight But the ordinary light cold win become se were If neglected. and a well established ripe cold is 10 the germs Of diphtheria what honey Is to the bee. The greatest menace to child life at this season Of the year Is the ne- glected cold" Whether 1t is a child or adult the cold slight or severe the very best treatment that can be adopted is to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It Is safe and sure. The great popularity and i'm mense sale Of this preparation has been at- cained by it's remarkable cures or this ail. meat cold never results in pneumonia when f s given. For sale by Jackson Drug Co, and all druggists.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20


 New York, Feb 13.-The six auto mobiles contestIng in the New York to Paris race started from Times Square, Firty-second street and Broao' way, at 11:15 a. m Wednesday, cheered hy d thfong of several thous' and people. Accompanied by more than 200 motors of all descriptions the racing machines made their way up Broadway and Riverside drive to the city limits. where they turned north on the road to Albany. From that city the route to San Francisco, which is the objective point of the first stage of the trip, lies across New York state to Buffalo, thence through Cleveland and Toledo to Chicago, to Omaha, Cheyenne, Ogden, Reno, Goldfeld, Sah Luis Obispo and San Francisco Mayor Mcclellan was to have given the word to start, but was delayed, and Colgate Hoyt, of the Automobile Club Of America, took his place.
 All traffic in the neighborhood ol Times Square, was stopped a hall hour before the start Automobiles clogged the intersecting streets and lined the route for many blocks up Broadway. No such aggregation ol machines has been seen In or about New York since the last Vanderbilt cup race was run. A band In the offi' cial grandstand played the anthems oi the nations as the cars lined up fos the start. A pistol shot sent the con testants away amid the cheering of the people and the hoarse hooting of hun dreds of automobile horns.
 The contesting cars are the .queeres' looking machines ever devised for mo toring pufposes. With their heavy equipment of stores and camp utensils several of them were modern repre- sentation of the old prairie schooner One resembled a hook and ladder truck with long running boards on either side, equipped with axes, shov els ropes, and a dozen other articles The clothing of the drivers varied from black bear skins to pure white fur outfit and head dress worn by g French team.
 Three French cars, one German one Italian and one American started in the race. Thfee men constituted the crews of the foreign machines, but there were only two in the American car. The three French cars were steered by G. Bourcier St. Ghaffray M. Golard and M Pons, the German car by Lieutenant Reopen, of the Prussian army, the Italian car by An tonic Scarfoglio, and the American car by Montague Roberts. Each ma chine carried the flag of its own na ton and that of the United States They were plentifully decorated witt signs and placards so there could bt no mistaking their identity wherever seen. The buildings surrounding Times Square were decorated witf flags and bunting and the start wat quite spectacular.
 Estimates vary as to the length ol time the race will require. From si, to nine months, 1t is believed, will be consumed. All the drivers are conf dent of reaching their destination through the frozen fields of Alaska ant Siberia. Steamers will transport tht machines from San Francisco to Val deg, Alaska, and from Nome to Eas Cape, Siberia, across Befifing Strait.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Child's Life Saved by Chamber
 lain's Cough Remedy.

Mrs. John Englehardt, of Gera. Mich, tells Of the anxious moments spent over her little two-year-old daughter who had taken A hard cold, resulting in croup She says: Il am satisfied that fiji had not been for Chamber lafn's Cough Remedy she would have choked to death. l gave this medicine every len minutes and she soon began to throw up inc phiegm. can recommend It in the hiehes, terms as l have another child that ,vas cured in the same way" Sold by Jackson Drug Co. and all druggists.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Pettlhone m AnaIn

Boise. Idaho, Dec 31.-The illness of G. A. Pettibone Monday caused an adjournment of his trial until Tues. day morning Sunday night Pettibone became violently i'll and was taken to Q hospital. For a time his condition was extremely critical but Monday huch Improvement in his condition was reported.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Astempt to Wreck Train Foll.d.

Girard, O.. Feb. 13.-An attempt to wreck the New York-Chicago express on the Baltimore and Ohio railway was made Wednesday. A tie and a pile of stone were placed on the track but were discovered by a section boss who hurriedly moved them just before he train passed. Steve Vargo and John Metro were arrested near the scene.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Chambefiain's Cough Remedy s
 FavOrife

prefer Chamberiain's Cough Remedy " x, any other for our children" says Mir. T.. |
 v oodonry Of rwinIng, Mich. ii has also aone the work for us In hard colds ana ss \. s1n ana we take pleasure fn recommend all druggists " ana
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
"ReguIar as the sup',

ls an expression as old as tha raeas NYe uovne N she sne rising and setting of the sun ,s ,,., sns most regular performance in the liver and bowels when reo,,las.'d s lns Dr. Kings New Life Piils. Gnara,,l ~ssl teed by Jac son Drug Co. 25c. TT "
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
Cyrus Leland a canaia...

Topeka. Kan, Dec. 3i.--Cyrns La land announced late Saturday aftar
 noon that he had decided to De d can. aiaate for the republican nomination for governor of Kansas ''''''
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

Ambition gets along faster when
unhindered by tender conscience.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
ADDS MILLIONS TO
FRANCHISE TAX

PORTLAND, Oct. 13.-Assessed
valuation of property in Multno-
nah county on which the taxes for
1909 will be levied will approx
mate $240,000,000.
There are many interesting fea-
lures to the figures compiled by
the county assessor. One is in re-
gard to the assessment of the un-
divided surplus of the Hartman
lines in Oregon. This year Assessor
Sigler assessed the undivided sur
plus at $14,400,000 after deducting
the $S,250,000 dividend declared by
the corporation, January l of this
year. Last year the assessment
on the undivided surplus of this
corporation amounted to $16,1S0,-
600, and the corporation objected
to the levying of taxes on this
amount and carried the Matter
into the courts. The case is still
pending.
Another interesting item is in
regard to the assessment of fran
chises. He has valued the fran
chises in this city held by public
service corporations at $2,643,3Q0
which is an increase over list
years valuations of about $4,000
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
HOW TO RULE
THE CITY

mfttee hands the commission a
beautifully engrossed petition in
which the commission is told what
a fine record it has made, and the
committee adds that it Git being a
delegation from the City club will
do all the work and pay all bills
involved in the campaign.
The members of the commission
take the matter under Amusement
and finally consent to run. The
committee from the City club
spends $3.50 in printed circulars,
and that is all there is to it. The
commission government goes right
along.
There are only four of these COM
missioners and the mayor presi-
dent. The scheme is simplicity it.
self. 1t is merely a business cor
poration with president Tor gen.
eral manager and its four direc-
tors. These five gentlemen get to-
gether around a square table and
vote what to do. A majority is final.
For convenience in transacting
business the various city depart
ments are assigned to special COM
missioners. This one has charge of
finance and revenue, and under his
direction are placed the offices of
city assessor and collector, the city
treasurer and city auditor. Another
commissioner has charge of water
works and sewerage; another of
health, sidewalk inspection, etc,
and another of the police and fire
departments. All, however, meet
and act together, and majority
vote is required on all matters re-
quiring city authority.
The men who are serving Calves
ton as commissioners are what
might be termed her prominent
business men" Three of them are
in the millionaire class and the
other two are in comfortable cir
cumstances. The $1,000 paid the
commissioners and the $4,000 paid
the mayor can hardly be regarded
as the Inducements which COM
mand their services. Each gives
about two hours a day to the citys
business and spends absolutely no
time at all in what might be called
doing politics.
The commission is required by
the charter to meet at least once a
week. Occasionally there are spe-
cially called meetings besides. All
meetings are public, and the news
papers report the proceedings in
full.
The good points in Galveston's
commission stand ont in brighter
contrast when viewed in the light
of history. Up to 1900 the city
labored under the aldermanic plan.
1t was the same old story of graft
and incompetence. The taxes were
not collected, the city had to issue
scrip to pay current bills, the book
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

young woman when dressed accord
ing to her sex, says it was lots of
fun in spite of the hardships. The
average woman, however, will spec
ulate considerable on her idea of
fund. She walked about $50 miles
between stations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
TO MAKE THE SHAMROCK
EMBLEM OF TEMPERANCE
Special Correspondence to The Press

Special Correspondence to The Press
DUBLIN, Oct. ia great tenn
perance crusade has been under
taken throughout the south and
westj of Ireland by the Roman
Catholic bishops, and every Sunday
for the last five months pastoral
messages condemning the vice of
drunkenness have been read at the
churches at all the services.
The latest announcement has
been by the Rt. Rev. DR.. Hoare,
bishop of Ardagu, who attacks the
practice of drinking at wakes and
at the farewell parties given in
honor of departing emigrants. The
drinking at wakes, he declares, ia
not only harmful to the living, but
disrespectful to the dead. Drinking
at harvest was also attacked, and
the bishop appealed to the clergy
and the people to do all in their
power to discountenance these
abuses.
The bishop of Ferns has also is
sued pastoral letter condemning
the practice of supplying drink at
dressings, and appealing to the
people to join the Anti-Treating
league and to wear the shamrock
badge as "A reminder that they are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

RUFUS ISAAC, X. c., M. p.
bility end his career as the lord
chancellor of England, the first Jew
to attain that honor.
He was born in London In 1860,
the son of a we'll to do merchant.
He attended universities on the
continent and it was then planned
that he should go to Cambridge. He
defeated this program by running
away to sea. A trip to Rio Janiero
was sufficient, however, and on his
return he Joined the stock ex-
change. Then he studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1887.
His rise since that time has been
phenomenal. Few important cases
come up here with which he is not
connected. A $4,000 fee is nothing
unusual to him, and his income is
probably not far from $1,000 day.
Isaac is an intense worker and
makes a practice of arising at B
a. m. to begin his daily labors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
Special Correspondence to The Press
BY HARRY G. FARMER.

GALVESTON. Tex. Oct. lbs
the Galveston plan of city govern
ment a success?
The people of Galveston think it
is. Ask the first man met on the
street. He will answer: Fine!
We now get our moneys worth
Seven years have passed since
Galveston abolished its old board of
aldermen and began this new eX-
pertinent. During this period there
have been elections in addition to
the one which set the commission
government going; at each of these
the people have had a chance to
make a change. But what has hap
pened? In no election has the oppo-
sition polled quarter of the city S
vote. The people are content.
Why? Because the commission
government has redeemed the city
from hopeless bankruptcy; it has
wiped out a large floating debt; it
has rebuilt public buildings ruined
by the storm of Sept. s, 1900: it has
planned and carried through huge
public works designed to protect
the city from a repetition of that
great catastrophe: it has brought
the city's bonds from GO cents to
above par: it has planned and
partly carried out completely new
system of sewage drainage; it has
metered the water service, cleared
the sidewalks of fruit stands and
distractions; cleaned out all policy
shops and public gambling; re-
stricted bar rooms to the business
district cleaned up the water front.
inaugurated sanitation, prosecuted
all city cases to a finish, paid
nearly half a million on the bonded
debt, helped to restore confidence,
increased the value of real estate,
decreased the tax rate until it is
actually less than the six largest
cities of the state, reduced the size
of the force, decreased crime and
reduced the death rate.
And in the doing of all this there
has not been the whisper or sugges-
ton of graft
Is there much more one could
ask of city government?
When election time comes
around in Galveston it is now the
customary thing for a committee of
prominent citizens to wait on the
four commissioners and ask them
please to all stand for another
term. The chairman of the com
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
EXPECT RATE
CASE RULING
IN FEW DAYS

The announcement that Spo-
kane's fight against unjust dis
elimination of railroads on freight
rates has been successful is conf
IDENTIFY expected within few days
by the large business interests.
The fight before the interstate
commerce commission was one of
the hardest which. any city made
before the commission. The rail
roads massed their best legal tai
ent against Attorney H. NJ Ste
phens, who represented Spokane.
Frank McCune, formerly rate
clerk with the Northern Pacific.
was Spokane's star witness. Nc
Cune's fUnections with railroads
for years. put him in possession of
valuable information which was
used as evidence to show the dis
elimination against this city.
McCune subsequently had trou-
BILE with the officers of the chamber
of commerce and resigned a posi-
ton which had been guaranteed
him for life. Lately he brought
suit against the chamber of com
merce, including among his claims
$4,000 paid to Attorney Stephens
for legal services. H ealleged that
as the director of the ,city's case
he was entitled to the money.
1t has been about year since
the rate hearing and the decision
has been held up for political rea
sons along with a lot of others.
Present rates given Spokane
amount to the rate to the coast
plus the rate back.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

this money there has been no hint
of graft. The principle is the same.
Graftless contracts would be likely
to mean an honest grant of public
franchises.
Other cities following the Calves
added the referendum and recall.
Very likely this is a wise safeguard
against the abuse of power. But In
any case the commission plan,
judged by results, is as much bet
ter than the government of cities
like Chicago and New York as is a
newly laid egg better than one
which has been incubated for 20
days without Matching
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

"She knows how to put her
clothes on" What a wealth of
meaning there is to women in that
encomium! For, though her raj
ment may be simple and have cost
but little, the woman who knows
how to put that raiment on may
range herself beside her most ex-
pensively CARRIED rival who does
not possess the knowledge, and tri-
umph in the eyes of the discrim-
mating.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
DOMESTIC DEMONSTRATION

About rs ladies attended the
demonstration of domestic science
by Miss Brolaski of st. Louis at
the First Methodist church yester-
day afternoon. The demonstrations
will continue all week. The
church receives the benefit of a
small admission fee charged.
Ladies are requested to bring a
small dish with them to sample
the various viands prepared.
Do the bill collectors always dun
as they would be done by?
The wheel of fortune has turned
many mans head.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
CORSET WISDOM.

Corsets are all important to the
stout woman; if her dress allow
ance is small. she will be wise to
forego the smart visiting frock or
expensive hat, and buy instead a
thoroughly good corset, made to
measure; she should satisfy herself
that the fitting Is perfect.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
NEW SCHOOL NEXT SPRING

The building of parental
school in Spokane, to take charge
of which William Baker, head Of
similar school in Seattle. has
been employed, will probably not
begin before next spring. Plans
for the school were prepared and
donated to the board by Albert
Held the architect
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
ENCLAND'S BEST
PAID LAWYER
A JEW

LONDON, Oct. 13.-Rufus Isaac,
x. c., NJ p, is credited with hav-
ing the largest income that has
ever been possessed by a member
of the English bar. His position Is
so strong that he will in all proba-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

WONDERFUL ADVANCEMENT
TOWARD IDEAL MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT IN CALVES
q TON UNDER COMMISSION
PlAN"--NO LONGER BANK
RUPT-CRiME DECREASED
DEATH REDUCED - GRAFT
DEAD.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

soldiers in the great army that is
fighting to win Ireland from drunk
enness.