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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
The Spoonful of Medicine.

The past three decades have wit
messed great advances in the methods
of preparing and especially of stand
ardizing medicines, but this advan-
tage is liable to be rendered nugatory
by the failure to divide the ingre-
dients of a prescription into the indi-
Gated number of doses. And this is
only one of the sources of error Incl
dental to the question of the dosage
Of medicines. 1t has often been
pointed out in The Lancet that the ca
pacity of domestic spoons varies with
in very wide limits.
Graduated medicine glasses are
relatively seldom employed, with the
result that the patient usually takes
considerably more or less of the med
icine than was intended by the physi-
clan. But the public will continue to
use the domestic spoon SO long as
medicines are ordered to be taken by
spoonfuls.
The difficulty could be met by the
adoption OF the following simple plan.
In writing prescriptions let the doses
be given in drachms. half ounces and
ounces. The patient. being ignorant
of the equivalent in spoonfuls, would
then be obliged to procure a proper
measure. At present the situation is
"Gilbertian," A correct diagnosis
and a nicely balanced prescription,
dispensed from the purest drugs stan
dardized to a high degree of accur-
acy, are muddled, or possibly rem
dered useless or dangerous by the
use of inaccurate medicine bottles
and still more inaccurate domestic
spoons From The Lancet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
A NOBLE CABNIAN.
He Kills Rat and Saves San Fran
cisco.

That rat catching is going on in
all parts of the city and that all
classes of people are interested in it
is evidenced by the incident of the
hackman who, driving a fare slow
ly home the other evening, saw
dark shadow scurry along the line
of the gutter and pause with uplifted
nose, as if searching for the scraps
of foodstuffs that have been lacking
of late.
Disregarding his fare, who poked
his head out of the window and
wanted TO know what the matter was,
the hackman seized his whip and
stepped lightly to the edge OF the
gutter. The rat heard him, however,
and slipped into the bottom Of the
channel.
Then there was no way out OF 1t
for the rat, so up and down he fled,
pursued by the relentless whip Of the
cabman, who lashed every inch of
the gutter as the rat tore madly up
and down. A crowd had gathered
and cabman and rat fought their
battle amid the encouraging COM
ments of those watching. At last
faint squeak from the tortured ami
NAL announced that he had given
up. AS the cabman took his whip
and remounted the box some one in
the crowd called out: We'll, you've
made ten cents, anyway" Pooh,
retorted the cabman with sublime
contempt Ten cents, I've probably
saved the life of the whole city
San Francisr~ Call.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Desert Plants.

Dr. D. T. MacDougal CELLS some in
teresting things in the Fifth Year
Book of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington about the water storage
organs Of desert plants. In regions
where rain falls scantily for a brief
period, the remainder of the year be-
ing dry, the plants possess special
storage organs at the base of the
stems. which lie unchanged during
the hot season, but quickly put out
roots. shoots. fruits and seeds during
the brief time of the rains. Some Of
these storage organs. kept dry on a
museum shelf since 1902. have every
year. at a period corresponding to the
rainy season i'm their native habitat.
produced thin stems. which quickly
die In some cases i've years growth
has been made with the aid of water
stored up i'm 1907, and the storage
organs are still sound.-Youth' Com
pauiUu.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Bargain Sales i'm Japan.

Even in placid Japan they have
bargain sales. but they conduct them
on very different principles from the
scrimmages we have over here, says
the English Ladies Pictorial. An
amusing American woman has en-
bodied her experiences OF travelling
alone in Japan in a most entertaining
volume just published, whence may
be gathered a description OF sale at
the greatest trading trading house in
Japan.
The goods are not flung about.
They are shown 10 advantage IN
locked cases. and the heads of depart
ments keep the keys Remnants.
however. are laid on mas, and though
there is keen anxiety 20 secure bar
gains. perfect order and quiet prevail.
Babies toddle about quite comfort
ably: other sleep on their mothers
backs. However orderly and quiet
though the japanese bargain sale
may be, Il is not free from the shop
litter. and It is interesting to hear
that the detective is as necessary in
the Flowery Land as in England. The
kimono sleeve is a useful recertaels
scr unconsiieTsd tribes
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

glass eye. IL was so much like Ia.
other eye that 1t was hard 10 tell
which was which. The doctor told
| him TO take IL out and wash II now
and then, but Miguel said; "No. no.
Who ever heard OF a man taking out
his eye?"
He was very proud of This new eye.
and had Louis write and tell his peo-
pie that when he came home he
would have two eyes instead OF one.
In Washington we went 10 see the
home where children who are deaf
and dumb are taught TO read and
write and 10 speak. Here the Indians
were very happy. Miguel began by
making rabbits with his hands and
was delighted when the children un-
derstood what he meant One after
another the chiefs began 10 tell sto-
ries in the sign language, and al-
though they could not make the white
man understand in English. they
could, strange 10 say, tell wonderful
stories OF animals and forests. stre8ma
and prairics, 10 the deaf and dumb
children.
Here in Washington these "Amerl
can chiefs" saw the Great American
Chief" our President, and then va
started back once more for the West,
At Camp Apache all the Indians gath
cred TO greet Pedro, Eskelicsola, and
One-Eyed Miguel, and TO rejoice over
their safe return. / never saw more
signs of real JOY as they focked
around them, but One-Eyed Miguel
was One-Eyed Miguel no longer, and
all were curious 10 catch glimpse Of
this ever-smiling Indian chief who
had but one eye when he went away.
but had come back from the white
mans country with twO.--From 81.
Nicholas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

delicate and accurate holding Of the
cue These objections are overcome
I'm the device shown here, which is
merely a sleeve or tube through
which the cue passes, and is encircled
by the index finger. The inner end
OF the sleeve fits the hollow between
the thumb and finegr. while the for
ward end rests against the second
finger. The hand which holds the
cue does not come I'm contact with the
cue, so that any perspiration cannot
In any way retard the movement Of
the cue The exact amount of pressure
necessary to insure correct move
ment can thus be gauged with ac-
curacy and nlcety. - Philadelphia
Record
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

He didn't have a dollar, he didn't
have a dime; his clothes and shoes
looked as though they had served
their time. II~nidn't try to kill him
self to dodge misfortune's whacks.
Instead, he got some ashes and he
filled five dozen sacks. Then next
he begged a dollar. In the paper in
the morn he advertised tin polish
that would PIT the sun TO scorn. He
kept on advertising and just now,
suffice TO say, he's out in California
at his cottage on the bay.-Mecca
Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Gambling Part of Religion.

A missionary lay beside a campfire
OF birch logs in the Maine woods.
smoking a black cigar and watching
his guide grill trout.
Speaking OF gambling" the mis-
sonary said, 81 know Of a sect that
regards it as a religious duty. like
fasting or prayer.
This sect Is the Hindus. They one
day in each year gamble like mad
from sunrise till sunset. The day Is
the festival OF the lamps, a day sacred
TO Lakshun, the goddess Of wealth.
\ tremendous lot Of money changes
hands in Lakshuns honor.
"All this gambling is done 10 test
the financial success that will attend
on each person throughout the year.
If a gambler loses he knows year
OF hard lucI-is ahead Of him. If he
wins he knows he may expect a
twelvemonth OF prosperity.
Strange TO say, good deal OF
cheating accompanies this religious
gambling" - st. Louis Globe-Demo-
Crat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Rccausc Thcy Wonldn't Cut Hair.
Trees and Lightning.

The trees most apt TO be struck by
lightning are those that conform most
naturally TO the law of electrical mo-
tion-that electricity moves along the
path of least resistance. Flammariou,
the great French scientist. published
i'm 1905 a list OF different kinds OF
trees, showing the number of times
each species had been struck hy light
ming during a given period The
figures are; Fifty-four oaks. twenty
four poplars fourteen elms. cleve'A
walnuts. ten frs, seven willows. six
becchcs. four chcstnuts. but not q
single birch-The Reader
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
The NIartian Sky.

The clearncss of the Martian sky
comes in TO abet the greater transmits
sion OF it's air From dawn till dusk.
day after day i'm the summer season.
and largely in winter, the sun shines
out of a heaven innocent OF cloud.
30 shield of the sort. and only little
screen OF air. tempers it's beams To
the soil held up to e. Such an et-
posure far exceeds anything We have
on earth, for with us. even In the
tropics, clouds gather as soon as the
heating grows excessive. and cool the
air by plumps of rain.-From Perci-
val Lowelrs The Sun Dominant" In
~ Century.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Destroying Drud8ery.
By ORIsON SWEET MARDEN.

No matter how humble your work
.hay seem, do IL In the spirit OF an
artist, OF a master. In this way you
lift IL out OF commonness and rob il OF
what would otherwise be drudgery.
You will find that learning 10 thor
oughly respect everything you do.
and not 20 let IL go out of your hands
until II has the stamp OF your ap-
proyal upon il as a trade mark, will
have a wonderful effect upon your
whole character.
The quality OF your work will have
great deal TO do with the quality
Of your life. II your quality is down.
your character will be down; your
standard down, your ideals down.
The habit Of insisting upon the best
Of which you are capable and of al
ways demanding Of yourself the high
est. never accepting the lowest, will
make all the difference between me-
diocrity, or failure, and a successful
career
II you bring to your work the spirit
OF an artist, instead OF an artisan
If you bring a burning zeal, an all
absorbing enthusiasm-if you dete:-
mine to put the best there is in you
in everything you do. no matter what
it is, you will not long be troubled
with a sense of drudgery. Everything
depends on the spirit we bring to the
task. The right spirit makes an
artist in the humblest task, while the
wrong spirit makes an artisan in any
calling, no matter how high.
There is a dignity, an indescriba-
bic quality OF superiority, in every
thing we do which we thoroughly and
honestly respect. There is nothing
belittling or menial which has TO be
done for the welfare of the race.
You cannot afford to give the mere
dregs, the mere leavings OF your en-
ergies, to your work The best in you
is none too good for it.
II is only when we do our best,
when We put JOY, energy, enthusiasm
and zeal into our work, that we really
grow; and this is the only way we
can keep our highest self-respect
We cannot think much of our
selves when we are not honest In
our work--when we are not doing
our level best. There is nothing
which will compensate you for loss
of faith in yourself, for the knowledge
Of your capacity for doing bungling,
dishonest work.
You have something infinitely
higher in you to satisfy than to make
a mere living, to get through your
days work as easily as possible. That
is, your sense Of the right, the de-
mand in you to do your level best,
to call out the best thing in you, to
be a urrri, to do the square thing.
This should speak so loudly in you
that the mere bread-and-but ques-
ton, the money-making question,
should be insignificant in comparison.
From Success.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
$4,000 MINERS
KILLED SINCE 1880.
Government Investigator Points
Out En,rmous Loss OF Life
Among Underground Workers.

Recent coal mine disasters in the
ernment authority that steps are be-
| ing taken by officials of the Geologi-
cal Survey to investigate causes and
suggest not only preventives to mine
owners, but TO cause State and ma
! tional legislation that In the future
will tend to decrease loss Of life. DR..
j. A. Holmes. chief of the technolo-
gical division OF the Geological Sur
vey, came from Washington to con-
suit with prominent mining engineers
in New York and then left for Pitts
burg, where he will see mine owners
and lay his plans before them.
Three scientists from DR.. Holmes
department already are in the field
! looking into conditions under which
miners work and seeking to learn
what causes most contribute to Casu-
alties i'm American coal mines. Con-
siderable progress has been made,
enough, i'm fact, for Or. Holmes TO
! base recommendations which he Will
lay before the Secretary Of the In
terror in report to be submitted
January I.
Loss of life I'm American coal
mines are three times as great" Or.
Holmes said yesterday, "as in the
coal mines Of Europe. The only rea-
son for this is that we do not super
wise conditions under which miners
work as carefully rs the foreign gov
ernments do. Twenty-three thousand
persons have been killed in American
mines since 1889, while in the same
! period $4,000 men have been so seri-
ously injured as to become a matter
of record. The chief cause of the
disasters here are that practical min
ers do not understand the conditions
under which they are working. They
! can be made To appreciate these con
! ditions only by having them pointed
out TO them by scientists, who will
! go into the matter thoroughly. We
cannot have the proper legislation
until conditions are known. As min
ers so deeper into the earth each year
! the chances of accidents become
| greater and I'm most OF our mines in
| tue DllnNlIdl NNtl hlSNliNNN al h'INl
! has been reached where conditions
are beyond the reach of practical
miners TO grasp or 10 remedy.
practically all mine disasters are
the result of explosions of coal dust
or coal gas. or combinati, rs OF both.
Explosion is the result of use OF the
open lamp worn in miners caps. or
firing shots or OF sparks from cleo
tric wiring. All these causes are
subjects that should he regulated by
LEGISLATION as i'm foreign countries.
I'm Europe they use safety lamps.
There also careful government tests
are made OF all explosives used. So
that danger from the dame element
is reduced to a minimum In Ameri-
ca there is no supervision OF eNplo-
siycs. Neither have we in America
investigated the quality of the gases
that form I'm mines. In certain gases
there are qualities more explosive
than I'm others.
There should be some system Ivy
which employers could prevent hab-
ituaNy careless persons from working
where they might cndanger the lives
OF others. Just what legislation is
necessary is "a matter that public
opinion must decide. New York
Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Appliance For Keeping Cue Steady

hppiIanc" FOR hccpInS tue steady.
In playing billiards and pool it IS
the custom Of the player to crook
the index finger OF one hand to use
as holder and guide for the cue.
while the butt IS grasped by the
other hand to make the shot. There
Is one decided disadvantage in this
use OF the cue when the hand is damp
pr moist from perspiration. The
moisture checks or retards the for
ward motion Of the cue. Experts use
lotions to prevent this perspiratlon,
and other expedients have been
adopted for the purpose. The flesh
Of the index finger also prevents the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Would Help Music.

At brilliant AT Home" given by
a society woman pianist of world
wide reputation was asked 10 per-
form When he had finished. the
lady's young daughter was made to
Sit down and play her new piece. Now
toll me. Herr - said the fussy
mother to the great artist, what do
you think of my daughters eXecu-
tom" Madame he replied delib-
erately, Il think it would be capital
idea. ."--Argonaut
Because They Wouldn't Cut Hair.
Owing to the vice-magistrates of
An Byen, Chung Pyeng and Kap San
not having Yet cut their hair. the
Governor of the province has risen in
his wrath and has strongly requested
the Home Departmental dismiss them
from their positions. - Korea Daily
News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
Mans Problem.

What IS one 20 do with ones face?
on the one hand we are told that any
hirsute adornment OF it provides a
squatung ground for all houseless
microbes. and on the other hand we
are warned that "a newly shaved
skin is a door open TO the germs Of
every infectious disease" A royal
commission to inquire into this guam
Diary seems to be called for. London
Taller.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
SHZNCX
2WORTH kNOWINCN
{E1..R&-<e

The British Government owns 25.-
900 camels.
Reindeer are more Numerous in
Norway than horses.
Needlemakers and file cutters seem
10 follow the occupation most suscep-
tible 10 the ravages of consumption.
There are ten negro banks in
Mississippi, and they have organized
a State Bankers Association OF their
own.
The Pied Bull Inn at Islington, is
said to have been the first house in
England at which tobacco was
smoked.
In China they propose TO punish
the father or brother OF any child
above seven years old who is not sent
70 school.
In Bates County, Missouri, a deaf
mute accused his wife, also deaf and
dumb, of being quarrelsome, and on
this ground got divorce.
There are forty-eight different
kinds of material entering into the
construction of piano and they are
gathered from sixteen countries.
Ostrich feathers can be taken every
eight months. The plumes are not.
as some suppose. pulled, but are cut
with a sharp knife. The stumps
wither and fall out
The volume of freight sent by
water from the port Of New York can
better be realized when we conside-
the fact that 1850 tons are loaded
on ships every hour.
The sanctuary of the tomb of the
prophet Mahomet, ar Medina. Tur-
key, is to be lighted with electricity.
The contract has just been given to
an English construction company.
In Mexico, the cargadOr, or car
rier, transports bundles so weighty
that ordinary men could not even
lift them. 1t is not unusual for him
to carry load of four hundred
pounds on his head or shoulders.
No city in the world is better pro-
vided with means for general educa-
tion in public libraries than is New
York City, yet there is an extremely
small proportion Of residents who
visit them, while a very large pro-
portion of the visitors in the city is
seen in them every day.
Byron McNeally, Of Louisville,
Neb., after fifty-two hours in an old
well in which were number Of dead
rabbits, was saved by the persistence
of his dog. While hunting McNeally
dropped through the brush cover of
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27
IiESPER.

Her eyes are like the evening air,
Her voice is like rose.
Her lips are like a lovely song,
That ripples as it flows.
And she herself IL sweeter than
The sweetest thing she knows.
A slender. haunting. twilight form
OF wonder and surprise,
She seemed a fairy or a child,
Till. deep within her eyes,
i saw the homeward-leading star
OF womanhood arise.
Henry van Dyke, in The Atlantic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

Byron McNeally, OF Louisville,
Neb., after fifty-two hours in an old
well in which were number Of dead
rabbits, was saved by the persistence
of his dog. While hunting McNeally
dropped through the brush cover OF
the we'll, twenty feet deep. The dogs
antics attracted attention.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

In Mexico, the cargadOr, or car
rier, transports bundles so weighty
that ordinary men could not even
lift them. 1t is not unusual for him
to carry a load of four hundred
pounds on his head or shoulders.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

The volume Of freight sent by
water from the port of New York can
better be realized when we conside-
the fact that 1850 tons are loaded
on ships every hour.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

The sanctuary of the tomb of the
prophet Mahomet, ar Medina. Tur-
key, is to be lighted with electricity.
The contract has just been given to
an English construction company.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-27

Ostrich feathers can be taken every
eight months. The plumes are not.
as some suppose, pulled, but are cut
with a sharp knife. The stumps
wither and fall out.
The Dickinson press., 1908-11-14
NOTICE OF GOVERNMENT LICENSE

70 All Whom It May Concern
Notice is hereby given that o government
license has been issued to the firm of The
ing OF William ~Chernensek. druggist Of the
City OF Dickinson. N. D.; that said govern
ment license bears the date of June 10th. 1908.
government license is posted in the room in
the basement in the northeast corner of the
German Mercantile Building situated on lot
five () OF block one ~. the same being used
pany in the carrying on of their business as
druggists: that the owner of the said de-
scribed building is The German Mercantile
Company and it is the lessor of. the said room
to the said firm OF The South Side Drug Com
pany.
10.31-4t THE SOUTH SIDE DRUG CO.,