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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

Though not particularly conver-
SAINT with OHIO politics, it looks at
this distance as though the defeat ol
Mr.. Charles +. Taft's senatorial as
pirations there, could not be con-
s.dered far reaching calamity. His
principal claims to the office seem to
be his contribution of $Ioo,ooo to
the late Republican fund and the
fact that he is brother of the presi-
dent elect. His breaking into poll
tics just now strikes us as little ILL
timed. 1t would seem that the place
belongs to Congressman Burton, who
has clearly won his political spurs
and is put down as one OF the ablest
and most progressive members OF
the lower house.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
THE CABIN BOY.
He Has Become Practically a Thing
of the Past.

of the Past.
An old sea captain who brought his
ship into port recently after long
voyage from the east was talking about
the changed conditions in the merchant
marine since he entered IL f.ty years
ago.
II was thinking particularly" no
said, "of how the cabin Do~~%laS com
pletely disappeared, or at least how ex-
tremely rare he Is now. l went to sea
when | was twelve years old and got
my full share Of the many duties and
few pleasures that belonged to the job
/ took | waited on the officers, or
the passengers If we had any, helped
the steward In the pantry and even
had to assist cookie despite the chron-
ic Kicking | put up over that imposl-
ton. Besides all those things. Of
course, the crew made me run errands
for them, and everybody I'm general
seemed TO regard the boy rs the
scapcgoat for anything that went
wrong. All new cabin boys were un-
mercifully laughed ut If they were
were various practical jokes which had
TO be tried on them by the scamen.
remember well how | was told the first
day came aboard never To throw any
thing TO wlndwarl except hot water
and ashes and how | was green enough
to follow these orders implicitly. Tho
sight Of my red and streaming eyes set
the crew into roars Of laughter.
"Those times are gone. There's no
place at sea for any one but an able.
bodied man now. Even the mess boys
so called on the liners and In the navy
are all men. The modern changes In
the build of vessels have left no work
1T for boy, and I don't believe you
could find one now unless on some very
small craft. t."-philGdClphia Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
TIME IN TURKEY.
Tho Hours Are Always Changing and
Holidays Are Numerous.

In addition 10 laZiness IN Turkey
| there Is inaccuracy. The Turkish Of
fetal is naturally inaccurate. and habit
and conceit make him more SO. This
| perhaps is due TO the way In which
Turkey measures time. Twelve o'clock
in the day corresponds with sunset
that Is to say, whatever hour the sun
sets, It must always be II. Conse-
quently the hours change always, get
ting later the GGst half of the year and
earlier In the last, which compels ev-
ture. So no one In Turkey can hatter
himself that he has the exact time.
The most strict Of Englishmen soon
loses his national punctuality, so when
two Turks make an appointment it is
within the limit Of half an hour or an
hour, and even then they don't gen
orally arrive till after the time agreed
Oh, each one calculating on the utmost
possible delay on the part OF the other.
Consequently the state employees are
not bound down by very severe dis
cipllne. No one expects them to arrive
at their Office at any particular time,
especially as the majority OF them go
hardly at all. AS for the most indus
trlous, they appear for two or three
hours In the afternoon only, and rather
late. In the morning state Offices are
usually closed. Besides this workdays
are rather scarce for the race OF OIL
cials. Friday Is the Sabbath Of the
Mohammedans. Saturday Is the day
after a feast day. and one does not do
much then. Sunday the Greeks and
Armenians remain, like good Chris
tlans, at home, and the Mohammedans
generally initiate so good an example.
Monday Is again the morrow Of feast
day. Wednesday there Is a meeting OF
the council Of ministers, and few en-
ployees go then to the ministry. With
religious festivals added In, It Is easy to
understand that out OF the 800 days OF
the year there are not many left to con-
secrate TO the interests Of the Otto
man empire. Nicholas G. Adossldes In
American Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
FREDERICK AND VOLTAlRE.
Stormy Relations of the Misery King
and the Lavish Author.

ana tnc IGVlSH Huk1OT.
The world knows plenty about the
elements OF strength In the characters
Of great men. but less about their
weaknesses. Here Is story that
shows the other side of the natures Of
Frederick the Great and Voltulre:
Frederick the Great had leaning
toward lltera turc Re wrote poems.
plays and booklets that. IN his opin-
ion possessed rare mo'it. So II
seel:ed Gttlug to him that Great liter.
ary men should fratcrnize, and he sent
an invitation to Voltaire to be his
guest Accompanying the invitation
was SUN of money to defray the
great FrenChman's travelling expenses
to the prussian calital.
Let It be eXpl& incd ut this point that
Frederick was extremely penurious
and that Noltalrc was not only OK
travacHnt. but had many Of the char
aCtcristics of what we would now cali
CRATER. 1t should also be under
stood that Frederick despised graft
ing. ard Vcltalrc abhorred miserli.
ness.
Voltaire accepted the invitution-and
then had IN afterthought. WHY not
take n favori:e niece with him? So
he wrote to the king that If he would
send an extra thousand louis he would
bring the girl
"Sir," replied the king. :" did not
ask the young lady TO do me the honor
Of visiting me. and shall send moth.
ing to pay her expenses"
"The old miaer" said Voltairc TO n
friend. He has tubs Of money In his
treasury. yet will not grant me this
wish"
However, Voltaire went 20 Berlin. but
each found that hc hated the other tco
much to make their Friendship pcrma.
nent.
The king once gave Voltalre pack
age Of poems To revise.
"Sce," said Voltaire to n German no
bleman, what n quantity Of dirty
linen Frederick has sent me to wash"'
The king thought his guest was too
free with the chocolate and sugar and
gave orders that he be put on n re-
stricted daily allowance.
Voltaire retaliated by gathering all
the wax candles he could find In the
halls and storing them In his trunk.
Soon the royal palace became too hot
for him. ard hc began TO rack NJ.
Then Frederick missed his package OF
poems. At once he scented plot. Vol.
taire intended TO take the verses bac';
home with him and palm them oo' rs
his own. Lord Macaulay has said that
the poems were SO bad that he was
convinced NOltalrc would not Ter half
Of FrCdcrick's kingdom have consent
ed TO father them. But the king
thought differently. being the Gu,hor
Of the poems.
So the rru uiSian monarch had Vol
taire thrown into Jail at Frankfort and
kept him locked " fCr twelve DAYS
Sixteen hundred dollars that was
found I'm his pocket was taken away
from him. The king in the days ~
their friendship had given Ncltairc n
life pension Of Sl2ol year. and the
money that was confScatcd was y
semianuual iHsta'lncnt
Thus ended their friendship SCRAP
Book.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
London In White.

After n few visits TO the White City
one feels rather deslrous Of white
washing the whole Of London Why
not? White - an admirable back
ground for color. our blue sky be-
comes bluer and our gray sky looks
more beautiful behind lt. while gold
en- sky makes white buildings delight.
ful. II we could only make the whole
city white. to begin with. and then
gradually and sparingly color, what a
beautiful city London would be!-Brit-
Ash Architect.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
Civilized povertv

Barbarism has no horrors SD horrible
as the bestial squalor and sheer misery
Of civilized poverty. Poverty Is n
great evil in any state. but the world
has not known any poverty so foul
30 brutal and so utterly loathsome as
the poverty Of the city slum. the sweat.
ing den. the pawnshop and the gin pal.
aco.-Clarion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
Power Of Habit Stronq.

"The habit Of looking under the bed
for burglars" the young woman said,
"is something that folks laugh at. but
have never been able to get myself
out OF it. never feel perfectly COM
Portable unless look. no matter where
l happen to be. To my mind there
isn't any place except safe deposit
vault burglars are unlikely TO be. In
fact, the habit is so strongly ingrained
In me that one night when l was stay
ing I'm n small country hotel. where
there was nothing but n folding bed
I'm the room. | took II down and then
looked under Il before | got into bed.
That's fact laughed at myself the
minute after."-Detroit Free Press
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
What II Was.

She was visiting Chinese rcstau-
rant for the first time and had ordered.
among other things. an omelet. After
sampling the succulent chop suey and
the appetizing chow meiu she turned
her attention to what seemed dish
Of pancakes. Puzzling over the com
bination Of ham. onion and other In.
gradients. she suddenly exclaimed to
her companion. "Why. there's egg In
thisr'
Sure; It's the omclet.' he replied
New York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

The selection of Sc .iator Knox, OF
Pennsylvania, as premier OF Presi-
dent Elect Taft's cabinet, seems 10 be
regarded very generally as al excel
lent choice.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
keepino Up 10 Date

'Yes," said the housewife. 'yours Is
sad story. But Il isn't the same
story you told last year"
"Wcll. lady" answered Flooding
Pete. you surely wouldn't expect a
man to 60 all dat time an not show
any improvementw-W Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

An exchange says that an import
ant medical discovery has been made
which proves that the vermiiorm APP
pendix is useful. 1t has certainly
been useful to surgeons for some
time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

Speaker Cannon is reported to
have recently compared something
or other to ga cat in hell without
claws. The speaker language is
sometimes as strong rs som, Of his
rulings.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
Accents.

In the midst Of rambling speech
the political orator declared. The sit.
uation is grave: the crisis Is acute"
"And the gentlemau's speech" added
the newspaper reporter. "was circum.
hex."- Youth's Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

. Every person in the United States
consumes about cighty-two pounds
of sugar year. No wonder we
have a sugar trust.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

Most of the mills in Rhode Island
are too busy to shut down on Satur-
day OF this week. A year ago, it
might have been the other way.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

We are informed that the oldest
active Methodist has reaSted the age
of los years. But can 2ny one
imagine a Methodist, who is not ac-
tive?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

In the light of recent events, it
seems misfortune that the city OF
Providence will keep on needing
school houses.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

1t seems triffe ungrateful Tor
Carnegie to go back on tariff that
helped him set SO uncomiortably
rich.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

Some people seem to get the idea
they are very large and that the
world is very small.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25
Genius.

lis genius really the capacity for
taking palms,"
mo" answered the poet Genius
Is the ca-aci;v for going without eat
ing."-Iou Courier-Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

Whose would write clearly must
t2nk clearly. and IL he would write I'm
n noble style be must first possess o
noble soul.--Goethe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

Rockefeller and his partners seem
to have memories hardly up to the
standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

The days are growing longey, but
you would scarcely notice any great
difference.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

1t cannot be gainsaid tllrt Roose-
velt's last year in office has been his
worst.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

Pittsburg is the latest big city with
a graft scandal on its hands.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-25

There's nothing but that's bearabls
90 long as q man can work.-Eliot
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
Disioc alton,

A superintendent in the elementary
schools OF New York city was making
his dreaded rounds among the teach.
ers of a girls school, He suddenly
opened the door Of one classroom and
asked the teacher in charge:
What are you doing In nature
study"
She hurried out Of the room and
fetched out basket of bones.
I'VE are taking up the vertebrates,"
she remarked.
Very good, indeed" said the super.
intendent, and he hurried out, pleased
with this evidence o. industry and in
terest in school work.
Half an hour later he appeared in q
neighboring room, and taking a com.
prehensive glance, remarked: What
have you done In nature study"
She, too, from somewhere fetched
out basket Of bones.
ut seems to ME that I have seen
this basket Of bones in another room
BEFORE" ventured the superintendent.
"Sir," she Indignantly replied these
are my own bones"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot he cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known
+. j. Cheney for the last fifteen years
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactio MS aud finan.
cially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by his firm.
WALDING, KTNNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system, Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
Il Can't Be Beat.

The Best of all teachers is ex-
perience. G. NJ. Harden, of Silver City
North Carolina, says: 81 find Elec-
trio Bitters does all that's claimed
for 1T. For Stomach, Liver and
Kidney troubles it can't be beat. !
have tried it and find it q most ex-
cellent medicine" Mr. Harden is
right; it's the best of all medicines al
so for weakness, lame back, and all
run down conditions. Best too for
chills and malaria. Sold under
guarantee at Elko Drug Store. soc.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
The Shoe Man

have afrst class shoe maker to work
for me and we are prepared to do all
work on quick time that is given us. I
still handle the celebrated w. L.
Douglas and other good lines of shoes
for both men and women. When in
need of anthing in the shoe line call and
see me. 1 sold over 140 dozen pair of
shoes in the last year, which is proof
that my goods are all right
A. l.. MAUK, The Shoe Man.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
of which were denied.

DR.. Birtch and wife will leave for
Golconda tomorrow. They will remain
| there Monday and then go to Winnie
mucca, where they will stay several
weeks. Dr.. Birtch is an expert eve
specialist and those wanting glasses
fitted should consult him. The INDIE
PENDENT takes pleasure in recommend
ing DIR. Birtch to all who need work in
his line. ~
Gardnerville was invaded by a gang
OF toughs the other night and one of
them threw red pepper in the eyes of an
Old man known as Tinker Pete" and
took IS or 81 from his pockets. The
old man has suffered severity from the
brutal deed of the thug. There is no
clue that will lead to the arrest and
punishn ent of the guilty person.
All indications point to red-hot cam
paign in Nevada this fall. The republi-
3can leaders have announced their in
tention to give Taft Nevada's electoral
vote if possible. To do this they will
use every means at their command
Their efforts will prove fruitless, how
ever. if every democrat will do his duty,
Let us meet the enemy with a solid
front and wipe them off the earth in
November.
Three patrons of a barber shop in
Rawhide were swept from their chairs
few days ago and crushed through the
rear of the building when an automobile
driven by Vice-President j. E. Hicks of
the Fairview Telephone company be-
came unmanageable and crashed through
the front door. The machine tore the
windows out, burying the chauffeur in
glass. The BARRIERS and their razors
We're hurled agasnst 4he wall, but none
were seriously injured
The plans for the new school house
have arrived, and as soon as Mr.. Bradley
returns meeting of the trustees will be
held and bids asked. 1t is the intention
OF the board to build four one-story
buildings and have them completed as
soon as possible. The old building will
be torn down. after the other buildings
are completed and the brick and other
material in it will be used in the con-
strection of large assembly room.
This building will also be completed
this fall, if possible.
The Crescent Electric Theatre u new
moving picture show, will open Sunday
night in the building lately occupied by
the Elko Electric Theatre. The build
ing has been remodelcd and decorated,
and is up-to-date in every respect. The
picture machines are of the latest and
best patterns, and the film service is
first class, the very best obtainable, con-
sisting of all feature subjects. The
songs will be the latest and exceptional
ly Illustrated with beautiful hand color
ed slides. The management of the new
theatre respectfully solicits a portion
of the public's patronage and will do it's
best to please. See their ad in another
column it,:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
Your Liver.

Is out of order. You GO to bed in q
bad humor and get up with a bad
taste in your mouth. You want
something to stimulate your liver.
Just try Herbine, the liver regulator.
A positivecure for Constipation Dys-
pepsia and all liver complaints.
Mrs. F.. FIT. Worth, Texas. writes:
"Have used Herbine in my family
for years. Everybody in my house
hold are happy and well, and we
owe it to Herbine Sold by Elko
Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
Christian Science Notice.

July 10, 1908.
Sunday II a. IN. Subject
Sunday School 10 a. IN.
Testimonial Meeting Wednesday 7:3O
p. IN. Room 8 Mayors Block.
A free Reading Room is also open to
the public daily, except Sunday, from 2
to p. IN.
All are cordially invited to attend
these services.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
Presbyterian Church Notice.

July 10Th
Sermon If a. m. by Rev. J. NJ. Wilson
of Winnemucca.
Sunday School and Kindergarten
1915 p. IN. .......
Junioa and Senior Endeavor p. IN.
Evening worship 7:3O p. IN. by Rev
J. NJ. Wilson Of Winnemucca.
Everybody Welcome.
GEo. H. GREENFIELD, pastor
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
ST Paul's Church.

July 10Th
Holy Communion 8 u. nj.
Morning Prayer and Sermon fl a. M
Sunday School, 1880 p. IN.
Evening prayer 600 p. IN.
Friday Litany and teachers meeting
3 p. m
All are cordially invited.
REV. PERCIvAL s. SMITHE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
NOTICE

All persons indebted to me are re-
quested to call at the Henderson Bank
and settle their accounts. All my &C
counts are at the bank.
w. N. HARRAH.
Paso Robes, Cal, March 1, 1908.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-15
TOLD BY LAUGHS.
Motheriy Matron's chuckie-Ge
Mans Healthy Roar.

MotherIy Matron's Chuckle-Generou
Mans Healthy Roar.
"You ca ntell peoples character by
their laughs. Did you ever hear
stingy man laugh? There are two
kinds of stingy-man laughs. One is
the querulous squeak of the miser;
the other, the hard, unsympathetic,
and unwilling noise, without wrinkles,
of the tight-fisted, self-made coin
squeezer. The generous mans laugh
is the healthy roar, rising from
chuckle that comes right up out of
good healthy intellect. He's the fell
low who isn't afraid of disturbing the
meeting. Then there's the litter of
the harmless youth whose fingers are
yellow, indicating no special claim on
greatness; the giggle the gushing
grille who signs at the problem-play
matinees; the indulgent chuckle of
the motherly matron who tells the
family al labout the show at the sup.
per table; the staccato laugh, coupled
with a half-frown that belong to the
neurotic; the wheeling demonstration
of the asthmatic gentleman who has to
60 to the mountains in hay fever time;
the calculating laugh of the landlady
that sounds as though she had just
made some one take more prunes. Oh,
every laugh has it's distinct character.
can tell from the first round just
what kind of people are in the house,
and very nearly how many of each
class"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-15
IO|1||I:t'll|e Trail
y rlED !. SEenDelr
'(Copyright.).

Sheep Camp, lay in the bed Of the
drifted canyon between two heeting
mountains. The camp struggled along
the canyons bed for two miles, q
tangled mass Of canvas tents, varied
near the trail by few buildings, half
log. half canvas.
Unusual commotion stirred the place
this morning. It centered near the
upper end Of the camp. On an open
space, bare, wind-beaten knoll, a
crowd had gathered. As the sun
mounted higher. it grew. Evidently
something of moment had drawn this
throng, for the men who passed in the
long procession Of toilers on the trail
cast curious glances at its edges or
tried by gaining vantage points to look
over the heads Of those on its outer
fringe.
AS time went on the general ex.
pectancy became impotence. In
spots this found vent in mutterings.
Now and then voice cried:
Here they comet"
At such times all eyes conferred on
the door of one of the cabins.
After several Of these premature
alarms, the door opened and three
mon came forth. And every eye was
on the middle man Of the three.
He walked with his bullet head bent
forward. His hands were bound with
ropes behind his back. His face was
leaden-white. His figure was we'll
knit, every line showing power OF
muscle, just as every lineament Of his
face showed brutal strength and craft
born of animal instinct. His lips were
drawn back in a sort of snarl. The
expression was horrible mingling OF
| impotent hatred and fright. He sham.
I bled as he passed among the crowd.
When his conductors reached the
center of the crowd, the highest point
on the knoll, they stopped beside a
tramway stanchion. One of them I'm.
bound the prisoners wrists.
"Strip," he commanded.
The man slowly removed his clothes
until he was bare to the waist
The two custodians tied the prisoner
hands to one Of the stanchion poles.
One of the two who had conducted
the prisoner into their midst addressed
the gathering, telling what had hap
pened. Though every one of them
knew it all they hung breathless on his
words.
This man, who stood dashed to the
stanchion, he said, was thief. He
and another had been captured the
previous day. For weeks they had
systematically pillaged caches. They
had been detected, red-handed. The
night before they had been sentenced
by the miners meeting. Death was
the sentence. The other had broken
away. Fleeing, he had been shot