The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-26
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Especial Correspondence.)

A local optician has invented what
he calls a panorama lens, which, when
81 is attached 10 a pair Of ordinary
spectacles, enables the wearer 10 see
what is transpiring all around him,
without moving his head. Think how
useful this new invention will be 20
school teachers and 20 chaperonsi
Chaotic as is the whole system OF
secondary education in the United
States, ii nevertheless shows unmistak-
able tendencies toward the utilitarian,
the practical. More and more II has
bread and butter in view. In Boston
this tendency is seen in the Mechanic
Arts high school, the high school OF
commerce for boys and the high school
OF practical arts for girls, as well as
in the greater number Of utilitarian
subjects taught In the other schools,
both day and evening.
New England charitable OrganiZa-
tions are benefited by the will OF the
late Quincy A. Shaw, which has just
been filed for probate. The will pro-
vides that Mr.. Shaw's entire wealth
shall be left to his widow and five
children in trust. The executors are TO
support from the trust fund charitable
enterprises in which Mrs Shaw may be
interested.
Mr.. Shaw was Teputed 10 be worth
between $20, 600 600 and $4,000 900. lie
was Boston's largest taxpayer.
"The diamond business has been
as hard hit by the bad times as any
other" said Boston diamond mer-
chant the other day, In one of Boston's
big hotels. THE imports show the true
conditions. The diamond (cut and un-
cut imports into the United States In
January OF this year were valued at
$3.50, ,S45, as against s2,65S,790 in the
same month in 1907. This heavy fall
ing off was largely due to the depres-
sion In business and financial circles.
The same proportions between the i'm
ports of the two years have been main
tained up to the present month"
Two South Boston men whose dory
was swamped by the vicious wash from
the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn ferry
have now learned the first law OF nav
igation for the upper harbor. II is
that though technically the hand-pro-
PEELED craft has the right of way, II
is as we'll not to stand on ones rights
when the other fellows paddle wheels
get too close; the ferryboat is com
PEELED TO take q. a.certain course, or near
ly, and often must keep going wheth-
er or no because Of the cross-currents
which would taiOe her into serious
trouble If her engines were stopped
at critical moments.
An interesting exhibition OF swim
ming and rowboat handling was given
a few days afo at the j. street bath,
South Boston, by the 60 young men
who took the civil service examina-
tion for positions of attendants, espec-
tally boatmen and swimmers, at the
different baths conducted by the city
of Boston.
The candidates were divided into
three groups, J. c. Gilbert of the reg
istry Of labor department had charge
of the examinations, DR.. Bowling con-
Quoted the physical examination and
Supt. Kelley Judged the general con-
dition and qualifications of the candi-
dates,
The candidates were first obliged TO
swim a considerable distance, then they
got into boats and rowed fast and
slowly and made sharp turns, and dem
onstrated their ability to pick up OBJ
jects in the water and manage their
boats at the same time.
Were the soldiers held in reserve at
Cambridge while the battle of Bunker
hill was in progress entitled TO be
classed as soldiers OF Bunker HIP"
That question was put to the S5th an
nual meeting of the Bunker Hill mon
ument association recently by Reuben
l.. Reed OF South Acton
Mr.. Reed said there was much in
terest in this question, as many con-
slider the men held in reserve at Cam
bridge fully entitled TO the fame en-
joyed by those who were actually on
the battle field. He said their descend
ants are anxious to have the question
settled.
While the meeting took no action on
the question, Secretary Francis II.
Brown of the association told Mr.. Reed
that in his opinion the men held at
Cambridge were entitled TO fame as
soldiers OF Bunker hill He claimed 1t
was no fault of the men and only their
misfortune that their orders pre-
vented their being actively engaged
with the British. That seemed 10 be
the sentiment of others of the meet
ing who spoke on the subject.
Boston was visited the other day for