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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
SHOOTING WITH MORTARS.
Hitting the Target Is Simply a Matter
of Mathematics.

How do we hit with the mortars?
An observer near the shore who sees
the target communicates the horizontal
and vertical angle at which to lay the
mortar and the instant Of time at
which to fire, and the gun does the
rest. II you were standing at the CEN
ter Of large clock dial laid fat on the
ground and wanted to hit with base
ball man walking around on the out
side, you would notice how long it took
the man to get from to ii and again
from III to III. Then you would de-
eide whether II the ball were thrown
over a point halfway between iii and
V just as he arrived opposite iii the
MN and the ball would reach the
same spot at the same time, 1t being
understood, of course, that he main
tanned uniform speed and direction and
that the ball was thrown with proper
force. instruments give us the range
and observations, and mechanical de-
vices give us the range differences, in
creasing or decreasing by certain short
intervals Of time, too short for ship
of any size to escape by attempting to
change direction or speed. Our OBJ
servers circle has 10000 divisions
Captain Howell in Scientific American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
CURES FOR LOVE.
Bages and Writers With Widely Diff
fering Prescriptions.

Absence is one of the means Of curing
love. Two thousand years ago ovid
advised his readers who wished to
cure themselves OF an unlucky attach
ment TO flee the capital, 10 travel, hunt
or till the soil
"Love," said Cojrrdgc, "is local
anguish. | am fifty miles away and
not half so misera Die"
But other men have found that alb
sence increases love. La ROchefoucauld
probably hit upon the truth when he
said that absence destroys weak pas
sions, but increases strong ones, as the
wind cXtnguiShcs Il candle, bet blows
up fire" If the love is all fancy and
has little strength ii may be cured by
personal contact with the object. But
the safer plan perhaps is TO keep out
OF the way; hence travel is Il good eX-
pedient. Business perhaps Is Il better
one. Ovid said "If you desire TO end
your love employ yourself and you will
conquer, for love fees business"
Still another eXpedlent Is reflection
upon the unhappiness Of married life.
A man i'm search OF this view can find
1t everywhere. Addison said that
"beauty soon grows familiar to the
lover, fades In his eye and pals upon
the sense" and lIaZlitt that, though
familiarity may not breed contempt, 1t
Mkes the edge off admiration"
Goethe said, with most marriage II
does not take long for things TO assume
very piteous look" But none of these
men married happily. Goldsmith said,
"Many of the English marry I'm order
to have one happy month in their
lives" and Colley Clbber, "Oh, how
many torments lie in the small circle
OF a wedding ring!"
But undoubtedly the best way 10 get
rid of one love is 10 have another.
"All love may be expelled 10y love ms
poisons are 10y other poiSons." says
Dryden. IIeine says; "The most cifec-
tive antidote TO woman is woman. In
such n case the medicine is often more
noxious than the malady, but It's nj
any rate change. and I'm discunSo
late love affair Il change in the inamo.
rata is unuucStunahly the best policy "
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
POTTERSVILLE

Mrs. Alice Goodnough entertained a
house full of company, Sunday.
Frank Randall and family visited a few
days with Frank Philips last week.
Walter Comstock, who has been sick
with bad cold is so as to be at work in
the stole again.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcpherson re-
turned home Wednesday after a month S
stay with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Whipple.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
The Dirnified Course.

An army examiner once had a can
didate before him who apparently was
unable to answer the simplest ques-
ton. At last the examiner lost his
temper and, with sarcastic emphasis,
quite lost on the youth before him,
said:
Suppose, sir, that you were a cap
tain in command of a company of in
fantry; that In your rear was an i'm
passable abyss; that on either side of
you lowered perpendicular rocks Of un-
traversable height; that before you
stood the enemy, a hundred men to
each one of yours. What, sir, would
you do In this emergency"
"Sir," said the aspirant to military
honors, IL should esign."-Pearson'
Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
DIDN'T DREAD DEATH.
Volunteers For the oallows In Place
Of Those Condemned.

Of Those Condemned.
On more than one occasion volun-
teers for the scaffold have offered
themselves to take the place Of the
condemned.
Thus on the eve OF the execution Of
DR.. Dodd. famous as the author Of
"The Beauties of Shakespeare" a man
presented himself at Newgate and ask
ed TO be permitted to suffer In bis
stead His request was deemed 50 ex-
traordlnary that he was taken In
charge as a lunatic. But he was able
10 convince the magistrate, before
whom he was brought the next day,
OF his sanity and SO was discharged.
All he asked as the price Of his self
sacrifice was 1900, to be settled on bis
mother.
In another instance, which happened
only a few years ago, a man who said
he suffered from an incura bic disease
wrote to the home secretary Offering
eminent scholar who had murdered
his wife in mt or passion. He asked
neither fee nor reward, being, as be
explained, tired OF his life.
Then, too, there was the case Of Eli
IA Fenning, which created so much
pity that Ave persons came forward
and volunteered to suffer In her stead.
or course no notice was taken Of their
requests, the culprit, a pretty young
girl, being executed In due COURSE
London Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
OFFICE DROWSINESS.
II May Be the Beginning Of Serious
Mental Trouble.

mental trouble.
"Some men are quite martyrs to Of
fee drowsiness," said a physician to a
patient who was complaining Of that
feeling. ANY monotonous sound near
even the scratching of clerks pen Is
sufficient to induce q feeling of sleepi-
ness which 1t is almost impossible to
resist. The worst Of it is that this
symptom seldom is regarded as any
thing serious, though l have known
it to be the beginning of critical mental
trouble. Far more often, however, it
Is merely the effect Of constitutional
eccentricity, though in either case a
few simple remedies might be tried
with advantage.
For example, l always advise the
old indigestion cure-a glass of hot
water-when the feeling comes on. To
keep the eyes tightly closed for two
or three minutes and then battle them
in very warm water often gives relief
at once. And another good idea is to
lower the head for few seconds to a
level with the knees. Above all, one
should never give in to the feeling Of
drowsiness by taking a short nap in
the hope Of waking up brighter after
it. At the same time the condition of
the office might be looked to. The
slightest defect in ventilation will
often cause one man to be affected by
office drowsiness even If other persons
in the same room feel nothing of 1t
whatcver."-NewY York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Millions Retort..

John Milton was not wit, yet he is
reported To have made crushing re
ply 10 n question from Charles III.
"Do you not think" said the king,
''that your blindness Is Judgment ON
you for having written I'm justification
Of my fathers murdcrT
"Sir." replied the poet. lit is true
have lost my eyesight. hut II all the
calamitous providcnces are to hc re-
garded as divine judgments your maj
esty should remember that your father
lost his head"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Easy DANCING.

Little Alfred's mother had sent him
10 the dancing school. He came home
I'm high spirits.
"Well, Alfred" said his father, "how
did you like dancing? Did you find 1t
ditlicult?
"Oh. no." answered the little fellow;
ats easy enough. All you have to do
Is to keep turning around and wiping
TOUR feet"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Similar Result.

There are certain delicate shades of
expression of which a Frenchman Is,
as n rule, past master. One member
of that fluent nation, stranded in New
York, was setting forth his troubles
TO lawyer.
Il understand from what you say
that you are convinced your friend
Lecomte has stolen your purse" said
the lawyer.
NO, no, monsieur! Not so FAST
cried his client II only say that IL
Lecomte had not assisted Inc to hunt
for IL | should have found IL again"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
1alkino Machines.

Everything lovely down at the
house?'
"yes. We are leading the quiet life
these days"
How do you work it,
"Well, you see. We have a phono-
graph, and Il alternates with my wife
after er."-Nashville Banner.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Makes Him Mad.

Don't you think. major" inquired
the young man In the front row. that
he sings those battle songs rcalistical-
lyf"
"lcs. indeed" replied the gentleman
aforesaid-"so realistically, in fact.
that | feel like fighting all the time
I'm listening TO him!'-Loudon An.
swcrS
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
In the laundries.

Troy Is the greatest OF collar. cuf
and shirt towns. Therefore IL Ia we'll
equipped with laundries. In these in
stitutions the Methodists provide the
Gre. the Baptists the water. the Pres
byterlans the bluing and the Episeo-
palians the starch.-New York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Pretty Slow.

Slow waiter-Have ever been In
the country. sir? No, sir. Why do
you ask? Tired Customsr-I was just
thinking how thrilling you'd find II TO
sit on the fence and watch the tor
to,ses whiz by.-Hsrper's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for coughs.
colds, Group and whooping cough grows
in favor daily with young and old.
dren. II is prompt relief TO Group. II is
gently laxative, driving the poison and
phlegm from the system. II fs a simple
fsnsdy that I've inme4ists xre|tH4
Westminnfsf street.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
Tomato Toast.

Cook down till thick half a can OF
tomatoes, with a pinch of cloves. half
teaspoonful Of salt, a dash OF cay
tunc. half an onion. minced fine. and
teaspoonful Of minced parsley; have
ready buttered toast without crust and
oour this over without straining.-
IIarper's Bazaar.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
ROCKLAND

Rev. Robert L. Duston Of North Scituate
made calls in this village last Friday.
Miss r. Corrinne Collier has succeeded
Mrs Lucy Luther as teacher Of the Rock
land graded school. Miss Collier is re
cent graduate OF the Normal Training
Course Of the Johnstown, N Y. High School
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
All That Didn't Sink.

"T suppose you have considerable
floating population here?' inquired the
visitor.
"Yep." replied the native of the little
river town. specially durin' the rainy
season"-Puck.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

The man who believes his friends
will support him In his adversity can
keep from having his faith shattered
by not becoming the possessor of an
adversity Record Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

II trust this may be read by many suf-
ferers from kidney and bladder trouble.
writes Mrs. Joe King, Of Woodland, Tex.
II suffered four years and could nnd
nothing TO give even Temporary relief
your 80 days treatment of Pineules fog
81 This one bottle has cured me and
money could not buy the value II has
been to me-" Guaranteed.-Sold by L.
r. GRADY. 1sis Westminster street
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
After tho Quarrel.

Kind old Gcntlcman-Why have YOU
had trouble with this poor little boyf
Johnny Eastside Oaughtily)-No trou-
bic at all, mister. | done him up with
one hand. Brooklyn Life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
a Slinht Diversion.

"Anything new at the reception last
evening""
"Well yes. The genial host and the
amiable hostess quarrelCd lnforunlly."
Kansas CITY Jourrll
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
inaress and Earess.

The Old Mantle easiest way to get
into society is to marry for money.
The Young Man-Suppose you are in
society and want 10 get out?
The old Man-Then marry for love.
illustrated Bits
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

Mr.. Jawback - That boy gets his
brains from me. Mrs. Jawback-Some-
body got 'em from you. II you ever
had any. That's q cinch.-Clevelsnd
Leader.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13
pleoSv AZ Advice.

"what are you doing for your coldy'
Nothing My friends are looking
after it."-Hsrper's Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-05-21

rayaged the Mississippi valley states
for a long while, seems to be a direct
descendant of the Egyptian plague,
for he has appeared in such numbers
as to hide the sun. The chincb bug
does millions of dollars damage every
ear; the havoc wrouht by the cotton
worm ranged from fifteen to fifty
million dollars in every twelvemonth
and the boil weevil is doing his best,
along with the gypsy moth, to break
all records. The more land is brought
under cultivation, the greater the in
sect pest. with the more the resulting
loss.
1t is no wonder that the movement
to protect bird life has seen gaining,
headway rapidly in recent years. The
best way to accomplish its purpose is
to widen the acquaintance of people
with birds, increase its intimacy, and
make it more discriminating That is
the aim of the work at Brown, in adj
dition to the more serious investiga-
tons of the department of biology in
the field of ornithology. Very few of
in cities, particuIarly-hOW many
different kinds of birds surround US,
and how much entertainment they can
afford DR.. Herbert E. Walter, VINO
conducts the courses in anthology at
Brown, made extensive studies OF the
birds in the public parks OF Chicago,
while he lived in that city. Alto
Il
hundred and seventy-six distinct
species and at the height of The mi
grafton observed as many as sixty six
species in a single morning
It takes no great equipment to be-
come an amateur ornithologist, and
the pursuit Of this pleasant science
involves a little of the healthful ex-
ercise that is the greatest need OF the
twentieth century American. DR..
Walters advice is to provide your
self with a simple handbook which
gives descriptions of birds, and an
opera glass, go out into the suburbs
or into a public park at six o'clock III
the morning and spend two hours try
ing to see flying, singing creatures
you can Spot II Will sui ]-oC Jou "
find that very little practice makes
you quite expert. The process Of iden-
LITIGATION is larely one of elimination
to start with; certain sorts Of birds
will rarely be seen except in certain
kinds of places for some of them al
most never fly above the ground,
some of them, on the other ham,,
never come very near the earth, SOM
OF them make frequent pauses in the
trees, while some seem never to
alight at all. Before long you will
know bird as you would any other
friend by his voice, his manner of
walking, turning his head, of eating
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-05-21
CANAL BOAT ROOF GARDENS.
Family Parties from Up State in
Comfort at New York.

Family Parties from Up State in
Comfort at New York.
This is the season when the Erie
canal navigator, sometimes icreyer-
entity referred TO as a canaler, takes
along his family, generally numerous
and nearly always bit brighter than
| the average upstate residents, to
keep him company. says the New
York Sun
The canalboat owner. as a rule
the skipper also, is the properesr
man between Bucalo and New York
city in the period when his children
are on vacation. He believe in edu.
cation and he sees to it that the IN
tie folks get as much Of it as may
be had by attendance at the public
schools of the various towns alcng
the line of the Erie
The youngsters look forward 10
July and August, because they Knoy
,nat they will get a aeeting glimpse
Of many cities Of their state and
maybe a week or more OF pIeasur,
in the biggest show town Of the con
tinent. 1t is not far from Eqte
/ Basin or Coenties slip, where the
boats tie up while waiting for car
goes, to Coney island Lie aboard
the boats, the cabins OF most Of
which are larger than the dining
rooms of the average country home,
! is not half so bad as life in the usu
al run of fats hereabout,
/ The skipper is not the man deptea.
/ ed by the old-time generation ne
humorist. He does not swear at his
mules, many of which nowadays arr
/ horses, and he even froWns upon thA
driver who INDUCES in cuss words.
! Between this port anu Troy, where
the horse or mule power is turned off
or on, depending on the direction the
boat is going, the shippers boat
forms part of a big tow and he has
to do practically nothing except to
see that his animals are looked after
properly, He keeps them in good
shape, because if h. does not thev
may fail him in emergency II -
pleasant sailing from Troy, and after
the cargo usually grain at this sel-
son, is discharged, the boat ties up
with a lot of other mastless craft
and the family particularly the littIa
ones, go in for q good time. .
They put on their store clothes
take rides and stroIIs through the
city and trips to Coney hey do
not come back to stuffy rooms On
the after deck, completely covering
the top of the cabins, on all boats
owned by the shippers, are spread
awnings sometimes of the regulation
striped stuff and sometimes Of can.
vas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-05-21

ing down the insect pest. d. Lint
ner, when he was state entom0lo.
gist of New York, estimated the
number of different species of in
sects at a round million, and the
number of individual insects is, OF
course, incomprehensible to the hui
man mind. On a single tree scientists
by an ingenious method of calcula-
tion, have counted twelve million
plant lice; it would take a man
eleven months, working ten hours a
day, to count them aloud if he spoke
as fast as he could. And of all Great
ures in the universe. insects-which
include caterpillars and the multi
tudinous tribes of creeping things
have most voracious appetites. Many
caterpillars will eat twice their
weight in leaves in a day, and there
are some who are such gourmands
that in thirty days they grow to ten
thousand times their original size.
Some of the creatures, when they
have lived their caterpillar lives pro
gress to a moth existence in which
they continue for another period
their work of destruction. But, for
tunately, there is scarcely an insect
which is not considered a toothsome
morsel to some bird or other.
+ Whatever affects the food crops
affects every American, obviously,
be he the farmer who grows the
grain. the miller who grinds 1t. the
grocer who sells it, or the city 1weller
who consumes it. So there is some
thing almost startling in the figures
compiled by DR.. c. L. Marlatt Of the
bureau of entomology of the national
department Of agriculture, who says
that there is a few years in which the
loss Of the wheat crop caused by the
Hessian fly is less than ten percent
estimating that on the crop Of 1900
the damage approached $100000,000
DR.. Marlatt's figures for 1904, for ex,
ample. put the loss caused by insects
at $80,000,0O0 for the corn crop, $500,
100000 for the wheat crop, and $500,
600 for the hay crop, while the codling
moth alone caused $20,000000 loss
on the fruit crop. The total destruc
ton of farm products by insects in
that year Dr. Marlatt estimated at
$795,O0O,00O.
The Rocky mountain locust, which
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-05-21

tabulated, and a ledger account of
the harm they do and the good they
accomplish has been kept, with some
surprising results.
Recently, ornithology has heen ac-
quiring a place among the popular
sciences. Four of the important col
Ieges and universities now provide
rather extensive courses in ornithol-
Dgy and the rudiments of the science
are being added to the mature
work" of many Of the public schools
It has been found in Brown univer-
sity, here, where the study of birds
has received particular attention,
that the course in ornithology is
one of the most popular and is con
sidered by those Who take it as one
of the most valuable in the depart
ment of extension teaching, estab-
lished a year or two ago to reach
school teachers and other busy peO-
pie who had neither time nor oppor-
tunity to enroll themselves as regu-
lar students in the college.
The course at Brown consists in
lectures and in field excursions TAX
en- early in the morning while the
spring migration is on. The birds
place in nature, the classification of
birds, their anatomy, their value TO
man. their protection, and their hab-
its and characteristics, are studied
with a view no so much to making
expert ornithologists Of a large num-
Of
generally an appreciation of birds
and broadening what is after all the
mot important branch of any kind of
education-the understanding Of
the marvels of the world in which
We live. For it is the theory at this
university that each well instructed
man or woman is missionary from
whom every associate in after life
must absorb a certain amount of
teaching.
A great deal of good has been ac-
complished already by the inVestiga-
lions of the national and state gov
ernments and by the Audubon So
cieties, but such investigations as
general thing reach only a limited
number of busy everyday citizens.
The interest in ornithology which
the schools and colleges are taking
seems more likely TO bring Ameri-
cans to a realization of the dollars
and-cents value to everyone of the
most frivolous seeming little song
ster as well as his most sedate
brother on wing. The birds keep in
check innumerable menaces to mans
welfare, whether by disposing Of
carrion, destroying the swarming in
sect life that constantly threat
ems crops of all kinds, or prevent
ing the spread of nox1ous weeds.
Their greatest service Is In keep
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-05-21
BARGAIN SALES I'M JAPAN.


The scrimmage Is Absent, but the
Shopifter Is Not
Even in placid Japan they have
bargain sales, but they conduct thom
on very different principles from TIM
scrimnaggs we have over here, say
the English Ladies Pictorial Al
amusing American woman mas en-
bodied her experience Of travelling
alone in Japan in a most entertain
ing volume just published whence
may be gathered a description Of i
sale at the greatest trading house Is
Japan.
The goods are not flung about They
are shown to advantage in locked
cases and the heads Of departments
keep the keys. Remnants, however.
are laid on mats and though there Is
keen anxiety to secure bargains, per
feet order and quiet prevail
Babies toddle about quite comfort
ably; others sleep on their mothers
backs. However orderly and quiet
though the Japanese bargain sale
may be, it is not free from the shop
litter and it is interesting to near
that the detective is as necessary j.
the fowery land as in England 4h.
kfmono sleeve is a useful receptacle
for unc0nsidered trines.