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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-28
CIRCUS RIDERS.
They Were Kings Of the Show In tho
Old One Ring Days.

They Were Kings Of the Show In tho
Old One Ring Days.
Riders at one time were the chief at
traction OF the circus and were billed
as we now bill our death defying
deeds" In the old one ring days the
whole performance was practically d.
vided between the rider and the clown.
When the rider was not riding the
clown had the ring all to himself even
the band ceasing 10 play until the
clown sang or got of his jokes. after
which the rider resumed the perform.
ance. All riders I'm those days were
champions I'm the show printing, writes
Tody Hamilton In the Washington
Star.
When the late James A. Bailey made
his tour OF Australia he had Jim Robin.
son, the great rider. at $500 week,
payable In gold. The Snowman became
sick OF his bargain and tried TO scare
Robinson out of II 10y dwelling on the
unhealthfulness OF the climate. lie
told Robinson that It was very risky;
that few people could stand II. But
Robinson was wise and wouldn't scare
and insisted on the terms of the con.
tract
II used TO make Bailey turn cold to
approach Robinson on the long voy-
age every week and hand the champion
$500 I'm gold coin the same as If the
rider were at work, but jim held Bailey
to his contract No rider before or
since has ever received such "A salary.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-28

Rev. Levi b. Edwards hold a service IN
Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond on
Sunday Aug. goth at 3.I5 pm.
c. J. DesRoches, the millner, is now
located at his new store on Olneyville So.
uare opposite the Public Market.
After an illness Of nearly year Robert
III. Walker died on Saturday evening. The
deceased was born in Scitcate in 1887 He
lived in the town until he was 2I years Of
age when he went to Newport and for some
years was IN charge Of the green houses Of
a well known New York summsE resident
He then returned to scituate and conduct
ed a farm on the Hope road and where he
spent the last years Of his life Mr.. Walker
was and enthusiastic Odd Fellow and be-
came member Of Seaside Lodge l. O O. +
when he resided in Newport County. In the
organization OF Conyenant Lodge Of Ash
land he became a charter member and was
always considered one OF its prominent and
loyal members. lie was alss a member of
Commodore Perry Council, No. 10, o. 4
A. NJ, at Clayvile, and Of Moswansicut
Tent, No. IL, x. o. T. NJ, Of North Scit-
uate, Both he and Mrs. Walker were mem
bers Of Laurel Lodge Of Rebekah Of Ash
land and Rockland Council, Daughters Of
Liberty, Of Clayville. lie is survived by
his wife and two sons Lawrence d. and
Emery Walker. Mr. Walker held the Of
fees Of assessors oftaxes and councilman for
several terms he was also an auctonccr.
The funeral service were held at his late re
sidence on Wednesday and were largely
attended.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-28
Rhode Island
Normal School

FALL TERN BEGINS TUESDAY, SEPTEM-
BkK II al O'Clock "A. IN. Examinations for
admisson will occur Friday, september IL
beginning ats a. IN. Registration OF stud
ents AT PRINCIPALS office, Monday septem-
Der IA. High school graduates admitted to
regular course of two ana one half years
without examination; for course Of TWO
years, examination required For catalogue
or other Information. apply To
WALTER r. RANGER, Secretary Trustees
Box 1872, or TO JOHN l.. ALGkR, Principal
Box 1876, Providence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-28
CRUELTY IN PERSIA.

arms Times Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-28
a Smooth Tonque.

"No, Mr.. Smith" she said gently. bnt
firmly. 81 can never be your wife"
Then he struggled 10 his feet and said
I'm broken tones: "Arc all my hopes to
he thus dashed to pieces? Am | never
To be known as the husband OF the
beautiful Mrs. smith," This was to
much. and she succumbed.-New Or
learns Times Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-28
LEGAL NOTICES
TOWN OF JOHNSTON
Administration Notice.

Johnston, X. L., August 81, 1908.
The undersigned, executriX OF the l',st Will
and testament of IhOmns Ray late of
the town Of Johnston, deceased, which will
has been admitted To probate by the Pro
bate Court OF the Town of Johnston, hereby
gives notice that She has accepted said
trust and has given bond according To law.
All persons having claims against said
estate are hereby notified TO file the same IN
the OiliCe OF the clerk of said court within
six months from the date of the tirst ndVCI.
ti5CmCnt hereof.
SARAH RAY.
DI-W
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Winter Work ON Farms.

One of the greatest needs on the
average Southern farm nowadays Is
more work in winter. Ever since
could remember, 1t has seemed to me
that life on the common Georgia farm
is too much of happy -go-lucky style.
To get results In anything, one has to
keep everlastingly at it. so to speak.
For years have heard staid old farm
ers discussing fall plowing and spring
blowing, but l have seen too little Of
1t In actual observation, writes ], G..
NJ, In the Southern Cultivator.
There used to be an Idea, which Ia
still prevalent, concerning results from
fall and winter plowing. Some ar
gued it was injurious to plow deep in
the fall, others that it was absurd to
plow In the sprlngtlme to any great
depth. The truth of the matter is that
good plowing at any time when the
soil Is In good condition Is a good thing
to do. Usually in the spring the sub
soil is too wet to plow, and when 1t
is turned up or broken in this condi-
ton damaging results are likely to oc-
cur.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
How to XIII a Pig.

The pig should be thrown on Its back,
and held until stuck. One man should
stand astride the body, with his feet
close against Its sides and take hold
of the front legs. In this way the hog
can be easily controlled. Another per-
son should do the sticking. A narrow,
stralght-bladed knife, eight inches
long, should be inserted in the hogs
throat, after making an incision
through the skin, just in front of the
breast bone. The point of the knife
should be directed toward the root of
the tail and held exactly in line with
the backbone. When the knife has
been run into the throat six or eight
inches, the depth depending on the size
Of the hog. 1t should be given a quick
turn to one side and withdrawn. The
arteries that are to be cut run close
together, just inside OF the breast bone,
and will both be cut when the knife is
turned. provided 1t is sharp on both
sides Of the point. A pig killed in this
way will die In very few minutes,
and win bleed out thoroughly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13

In the construction Of this rack for
dehorning, there are three sill pieces
4 feet long and 4 In. in. These are
mortised s inches each side of the cen
ter for the posts Four Of these posts
are 8 IT. 4 In. long, and the two others
5 It. s in. long. Three cap pieces 8 in.
K A in, and 4 IT. 2 in. long, are NOR
tised to ft over the tops of the posts.
The stanchions in front are bolted at
the bottom between a 2 In. In. piece,
and the sill, leaving space up and
down In front five inches wide. Two
and half feet from the bottom of the
stanchion cut place for the animals
neck. The lever, which can be made Of
wagon tire, is 8 feet 6 In. long. A $-
inch hole is punched In the top Of the
lever, second hole 1917 inches from
the top hole, and third hole IL inches
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

The Central Hotel at Colon, Panama,
was burned. Loss $4,000.
Fire in the York building In Boston,
caused loss of 100000 to several manu-
featuring firms and to the owner Of the
building.
Judge Strimple, in Cleveland appointed
Owen l.. Wilcox as receiver for the Cleve-
pany in order to defeat the alleged plot
of majority stockholders to freeze out the
minority.
DR.. John NJ. Flint, formerly of Chi
cago, now of the University of California,
was chosen to succeed DIR. William Car
mall as head of the department of sur
gerry in the Yale Medical school at New
Haven, Conn.
Sir John Roger, Governor of the Eng
lish Gold Coast colony, told Philadel-
phia audience the negro was the greatest
problem confronting civilization and was
becoming as acute in the English colo
nles as in the United States,
Queen Alexandra of England spent her
birthday at Sandringham, where the GUS
tomary celebrations were held The King
and Queen of Norway were among the
visitors. Handsome gifts were received
from most of the crowned heads of Eu-
rope.
According to advices received from
Washington, the government officials are
not satisfied with the new double eagle
being coined at the Philadelphia mint,
and have ordered coinage stopped tempo
rarily to permit change in the process.
The design of the coin will not be chang
ed,
James Douglas, vice president of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers,
has presented to the government four
acres of land on the palisades of the Hud-
son, near Fort Lee. as a site for monu-
ment to commemorate the deeds of the
continental soldiers during the Revolu-
tionary war.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13

ton, KY, q town of several thousand
inhabitants, about thirty miles north of
Hopkinsville, took possession Of the po-
lice and fire departments, the water
works, the telephone and telegraph Of
fees and with the town shut off from
the rest of the world dynamited and set
fire to the Steger 4 Dollar and the
John G. Orr tobacco factories, which
were allied with the trust,
The first appearance of the night
riders was In November, 1905, when
they destroyed some tobacco barns aud
small factories In Todd County, with a
loss Of about $4,000. The first raid
came on the night of November II,
1905, when masked bands entered the
towns of Eddyville and Kuttawa, stu
ated close together In Lyon and Cald-
well Counties, and destroyed the plants
Of the American Snuff Company and
NJ. G. Rice with $4,000 loss.
Besides these there have been many
smaller raids and visits to Individual
growers. Tobacco barns have been
burned, growers who refused to pool
their tobacco have been taken from
their homes and whipped, houses have
been fired into and the occupants
wounded. The aggregate losses by
these raids amount to nearly $l,000,O00
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
CARE FOR EX-PRESDENTs, rs
PLEA OF GROVER CLEVELAND
Urges Duty to Make Provision for
Men Who Have Filled Highest
Post in Nation.

Referring to the poverty Of Jefferson
when he left the presidency as a blow
to national pride. Grover Cleveland,
writing in the Youths Companion un-
der to title Our People and Their ex-
Presidents" argues that definite and
generous provision should be made for
the maintenance of chief magistrates
at the expiration of their terms. He
deals with the subject at length and
explains that he feels he can do so
without his sincerity being questioned,
since he is beyond the need of aid
from the public treasury.
THE condition is by no means met"
Mr.. Cleveland writes, "by the meager
and spasmodic relief occasionally fur
pension or some other pretext, nor
would 1t be best met by making COM
pensaton dependent upon the discharge
of senatorial or other official duty. Our
people ought to make definite and dec
orous provisions for all cases alike,
based on motives of Justice and fair
ness, and adequate to the situation"
Mr.. Cleveland describes the lmita-
tions that his former high office place
on a retired President In his choice Of
occupations and means Of livelihood,
and how popular conception of him as a
repository of national dignity enforces
a scale Of living that may not be within
his private means.
There Is a sort of vague, but none
the less imperative, feeling abroad in
the land that one who has occupied the
great Office of President holds in trust
for his fellow citizens a certain dig
nifty which, In his conduct and manner
of life, lie is bound to protect against
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
An Apostle OF Happiness.

Miss Laurence Alma Tadema, daughter
of the well-known artist and author Of
several successful novels, has come from
her English home to lecture in America
on Happiness" When asked by New
York reporter to tell what she meant by
happiness, Miss Alma-Tadema said 1t
would take an hour and twenty minutes
to tell that, and it had taken her five
months to write down what had required
years to learn. As to how it could be at
tanned, she is quoted as saying: by man
aging ones self; by working hard and
developing ones self to the limit. 1t
never comes except by being sought 1t
is not matter of condition or of wealth.
1t does not depend on marriage" Hap
piness lies in the curtailment of desire.
Do without things.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Setting Trees in Winter.

Fruit and shade trees may be set any
time during the winter If the soil Is In
proper condition for the work, says
report by the Oklahoma Station. The
condition Of the soil at the time trees
are set has more to do with the success
or failure of the trees than does the
season of setting. If the land is In
good condition in the fall, and the trees
can be obtained, 1t is better to set them
then than to wait and run the risk Of
not having the soil In good condition
later on, The land should be In thor
ough state Of cultivation and should be
moist enough to work well when the
trees are set. If they are in good con-
ditlon there is no need Of watering
them.
Trees set In the fall may be little
difficult to protect from rabbits, but
they are usually In better condition to
start growth In the spring than those
that have been heeled in all winter.
There are not 30 many poor trees sold
In the fall as In the spring, and for this
reason fall setting usually gives better
results than spring setting.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
ESTATES OF OLD SOLDIERS.
An Ohio County to Fight United
States for 100000.

Frank W. Howell. a Dayton lawyer
is now entitled to the worlds record
as administrators e estates He has
oeen appointed by Judge C. W. Dale as
administrator of S,432 estates, and has
been compelled to give bond In the
sum OF s3.200,O0o
The appointment as administrator
grew out Of the following situation
The central branch of the National
Military Homes Is located at Dayton,
and was established by the United
States government, by a special act.
March 3, 1865 The jurisdiction of this
large tract Of ground, more than a
mile square in extent, was ceded to the
United States government by the State
Of Ohio April 13, 1867.
Upon this land the Central Branch
of the National Military Homes was
built for disabled soldiers and sailors
who have fought the battles for liberty
and union. As far as the United States
government is concerned nothing has
been neglected, and the central branch
is veritable paradise.
If all the veterans who entered the
central branch had lived there would
have been no contention and nothing
to narrate. When death comes the
veteran receives a decent and honor
able burial, and his belongings are col
lected. and If not claimed by relatives.
are sold, and the money, together with
all of the pension money to which he
is entitled, is placed in the "posthu-
nous fund.-" which is in the keeping OF
the treasurer of the Central Branch,
National Military Homes. Sometimes
the deceased veteran leaves consider
able property which he has gained by
investment or speculation with his
pension money. Four test cases are
now being fought out to determine
whether these estates shall revert to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
KrNTUoKY's TOBACCO WAR.
fight Riders Infiict an Aggregate
Loss of Nearly 81 100000.


The last exploit Of the Kentucky
tobacco night riders in seizing the city
of Hopkinsvile, destroying 100000
worth of property and seriously wound
ing two men, has aroused an intensity
Of interest throughout the State and far
beyond its borders These riders are
the most conspicuous feature Of the
war that Is being waged by the tobacco
growers of Kentucky against the Amerl-
can Tobacco Company. By reducing
the competition In the buying Of tobac-
co to practically nothing the company
forced down the price OF leaf tobacco
until the growers say they can not real
ize enough to pay for raising 1t. The
tobacco crop Is a mainstay in many
parts of Kentucky, and thousands de-
pend on 1t for their daily bread. The
growers determined TO force the price
up.
The plan proposed in the beginning,
and which is still being followed, was
to form q combination Of the growers
to oppose the combination Of the manu-
facturers and by Withholding the to-
bacco make the tobacco trust come to
terms Many associations of growers
have been formed In the different to-
bacco raising regions of Kentucky. But
some Of the growers did not come into
the association ranks and others grew
weary of waiting and sold their crops.
The more violent men in the assOcla-
ttons have resorted TO the measures
that gave rise to the night riders, and
by destroying the property Of the to-
bacco company and the growers who
are not allied with them have sought
to carry through their plan by force
and terror.
I Tho Hopkinsville rail was the second
time in twelve months that the night
riders seized and terrorized a city. On
December /, 1905, they entered Prince
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
weight Of Lime Per Bushel.

In connection with very thorough
study of the quality of various kinds Of
lime used for agricultural purposes In
New Jersey, L. A. Vorhees, of the New
Jersey Station, made careful estimates
Of the weight per bushel of the different
materials.
His results show that the weight Of
stone lime per bushel (heaped meas
ure), Is quite variable and without any
constant relation to the analysis Of the
samples. The average weight per
bushel of the twelve magnetism lines
was ninety-seven pounds, and that Of
the six marble lines was 101 pounds"
The weight per bushel of seven oyster
shell lines examined varied from
thlrty-nlne to seventy-five pounds, av-
eraging fifty-one and half pounds
The prepared or so-called "agricul-
tural" lines examined were still more
variable In weight.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13

The "back-to-nature" movement, of
which the most prominent leaders are DIR.
]. II. Kellogg Of Battle Greek, DR.. Dewey,
profs. Fisher and Chittenden of Yale and
Prof. Metchnikoft of Russia, has now
found a synthetizing exposition at the
hands of DIR. Daniel s. Sager In a new
book published by Stokes, entitled ''The
Art of Living in Good Health" This
new apostle of the simpler life, with the
added authority of successful M, D."
commends much of the work of those
pioneers and POUNDS his system on a
crOed, the vest-pocket edition of which is
.Breathe deep; chew long drink enough
eat little" Bathing, exercise, early sleep
and cheerfulness are other articles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Point. I'm Butter Making.


When butter will not gather the
difficulty can be traced usually to ad-
vanced lactation or too low tempera-
ture of cream. The milk from one
cow long In lactatlon Is sufficient to
spoil a whole churning. The viscosity
of such milk renders separation OF but
ter fats slow and imperfect. 1t orten
happens during the winter months tnat
butter, or cream, rather, will break or
separate into small particles, which re-
fuse to adhere or gather, in spite OF all
coaxing. The only remedy is to raise
the temperature of the whole mass up
to the proper degree. In this work the
dairy thermometer is almost indls-
pensable, as 1t will save much time
and worry. If the churn Is reyolV-
ing one and the cream just breaks into
minute particles, refusing to gather,
then add warm water to that used In
rinsing the butter until 1t reaches about
"a degrees. The butter particles Will
generally adhere after few reyolu-
tions Of the churn. Trouble OF this
kind can be avoided Before attempt
Ing to churn the cream should be test
ed until "a degrees is reached In win
ter, and should be smooth and velvety
and have the required degree Of acid
ity. If this degree of warmth is not
impaired to cream by the temperature
Of the room in which 1t Is kept, then IT
can be raised to the right degree by
setting the cream jar or can In
larger one containing warm water
Field and Farm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13

the Montgomery County treasurer OF
the United States government. 1t Ii
contended by Mr.. Howell, the admin.
istrator, that the money left by the old
veterans who die intestate belongs to
Montgomery County and should go to-
ward the school fund. United States
District Attorney Mcpherson of Gin
clnnatl is looking after the interests Of
the government. He claims that the
money belongs to the United States.
The amount involved in the cases rep
resented by Mr.. Howell, the admins,
traitor, is something over 100000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
American win. Nobel Prize.

The University of Chicago hears that
tho head of its department Of physics,
Prof. Albert A. Nicholson, is to receive
the years Nobel prize for the best work
In his line, Prof. Nicholson is now In
London, where the Copley medal has been
awarded to him by the London Royal So
ciety. DIR. Nicholson is the discoverer of
A method of measuring the velocity of
light. Though born in Germany, he has
lived here since childhood and is grad
uate Of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
He Il now 90
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13

loss or deterioration. Obedience to this
obligation prescribes for him only such
work as In popular judgment Is not
undignified. This suggests without ar
gument n reciprocal connection be-
tween the curtailment of opportunities
and reasonable obligation Of indem-
nifcation.'
One division of the Cleveland article
Is devoted to the occupations of an
ex-President," and In 1t the former
President reveals the multiplicity of
things which persons endeavor to bring
to the attention of the retired states
man and the class of affairs he Is asked
to engage In.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Feed for breeding Animals.

1t is important that breeding animals
have laxative feeds when they are put
upon dry feeds after being taken, from
the pasture. Such articles as oil meal
fiaxseed meal, ETC.. should enter large
ly into the ration. When animals are
changed from pasture to dry feeding
there Is a tendency to constipation, and
steps must be taken to have the bow
els move freely, or there is danger OF
serious trouble. In case the above ar
ticles do not have the desired effect,
EPSON salts or raw linseed oil must
be used.