davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
COUNTRY DRIVE IN RUSSIA.
Speed Proportionate to Price Paid
Through Village" Roads.

The Russian popular idea of driv-
Ing horses is to fog them along mile
after mile without moments breath,
ing space. The speed is proportions
ate, within limits, to the price paid,
but the horses are never at any
speed allowed to slacken.
The high road to Ruza runs In
series Of ups and downs like an end
less "switchback, yet the "jamshik"
(driver) never once allowed his
horses to rush the last of declivity
to carry them up the next rise, but
kept the pace steady up hill or down.
a regular rate of one verst in five
minutes. We insisted several times
on giving the poor brutes a few yards
at walk, but at last had to acqui.
esce in the custom of the country,
with the result that at Ruza it seemed
better to take another team for the
remaining four miles across country.
The way now lay over what ara
called through village" roads.
These are simply a tract of Mother
Earth bounded on one, sometimes on
Dolu oiueS ny IOuSu uIlCH, anu only
otherwise differentiated from the
surrounding arabic land by the sur
face being cut up by wheels instead
OF plows- and the Russian plow
hardly cuts a deeper furrow in the
fields than wheeled traffic on such a
road"
In order properly to understand
some of the conditions of rural life in
Russia 1t is necessary to travel in the
simplest manner of the native; our
impressions OF the same road when
we returned behind a pair of fine
horses in a properly balanced car
riage with a sufficiency OF spring.
were wholly misleading. II more en-.
joyable. le.-London Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Large Royal Family.

Prince Ferdinand's assumption oi
the title OF king OF Bulgaria" makes
the number of reigning monarchs be.
longing to the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
family four. This most prolific OF
royal races furnishes King Edward OF
England with ninety-two living rela.
tions, fifty-five of these being direct
descendants of Queen Victoria.
If the list be made to include dis
tant cousins and connections by mar.
riage, the number OF King Edwards
relations reaches the total OF 2sS.
ranging In rank from Captain Ma
chell (who married a daughter o.
Prince Victor OF Hohenlohe) to the
Car of all the Russias.
This total does not include the Off.
spring OF morganatic marriages oil
the type contracted by the late Duks
OF Cambridge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12

In che illustration it is cut off at the
Empire waist line, but whether it
shall be finished in that way or at
the natural line is "A question for each
individual to decide. In either case
It Is charmingly graceful, and it is
adapted to every material that is thin
enough to be tucked with success, for
II can be lined or unlined and conse-
quently suits lingerie fabrics and the
like quite as well as silk. In the IL
lustration, however. crepe de chine
Is combined with banding and with a
lace chemisette. If a guimpe effect
Is wanted the sleeves could be made
TO match the chemisette IN place of
the blouse.
The waist is made with the fitted
lining, which is optional with the
front and back portions. 1t is tucked
on indicated lines. When the lining
is used ii is faced to form the chemi-
sette, but when It is omitted this lat
Ter is attached TO the blouse, the
dining being concealed Ivy the trim
ming. When finished at the Empire
waist line the waist is cut off to the
necessary depth, and can either be
worn with the skirt illustrated or
with any similar one. When eSJend-
ed to the natural waist line il re-
quires only the usual finish Of any
pretty belt or girdle. Both sleeves
are cut in one piece each.
The quantity Of material required
for the sixteen-year size is four and
and an eighth yards twenty-one or
tweuty-four. two and half yards
thirty-two or forty-four inches wide.
with two and three-eighth yards of
banding. five-eighth yard eighteen
inches wide for the chemisette.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Hadley Points Out Danger.

President Hadley OF Yale writes:
"In the year 1889 the whole French
people was In a state of political ex.
element. They seized eagerly upon
everything sensational. A young
Journalist named Camille Desmoullns
shared this feeling and took advan.
tage OF 1t. He wrote a series OF arti.
cles called Lamp Post Talks to the
People of Paris, In which he urged
that anybody who was not friend
of the people ought to be taken to the
nearest lamp post and hanged. He
was not himself a bloodthirsty man.
He chose his title chiefly because IL
sounded SO picturesque. After a time
he saw that they were executing a
great many innocent men and women
and began to tell men 80. Then they
said that he was not a friend of the
people any longer. and hanged him,
This story has a moral for us In
America to-day. It shows the dan.
gers that come to a people which
reads newspapers for the sake OF ex.
element, instead of for the sake OF
information"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
The Price Of Pearls.

Consul-General William III. Mich
ael, OF Calcutta, reports that a scheme
has been set on foot to regulate the
Indian pearl market and to prevent
a repetition OF the disastrous expert.
ence of last year. on account OF the
money crisis in the United States.
An agency is to be formed In india
with several branches. and a head OF.
fee at Bombay, to collect pearls and
TO dispatch them to the London mar.
ket at fixed price, but subject to
offers. Against these parcels a small
advance will be given in Bombay.
while the price is being cabled for to
London. The promoters OF the
scheme say that there is a great fu.
ture in store for the Indian pearl In.
dustry IL It can be properly handled.
The syndicate intends to extend Its
operations to the Australian fisher
les.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
SneeZing.

The custom OF saying God bless
you!" after sneezing must be at least
as old as the fifteenth century, as a
reference to it appears in the first
edition Of Cations Golden Legend" :"
After describing a certain malady
which broke out among the early
Christians-the result. apparently, of
their Incorporate habits-Caxton
proceeds: 'In this manere somtyme
snesyng, they deyed; so that when
any persone was herd snesyng, anone
that were by said to hym, God helpe
you, or Cryste helpe. and yet endur-
eth the custome." A curious super
stition with regard to sneezing still
fingers in the villages OF Devonshire.
1t has found expression in the follow
ing couplet:
Sneeze on Sunday morning fasting.
You'll enjoy yorr own true love to
everlasting.
In the highlands OF Scotland It is
believed that a newborn child is under
the thrall OF the fairies until IL
sneezes.-London Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Blouse or Shirt Waist.

The shirt waist that Is made with
tucks over the shoulders Is very
generally becoming one, and this
model Is adapted to the entire range
Of fashionable materials. 1t can be
utilized for the heavier ones, and
made In shirt waist style with regu-
latlon sleeves, and 1t can be utilized
for more dainty materials Of dress
Ter sort and made with the plain one
piece sleeves that make the latest
decree Of fashion. Again the plain
surface between the tucks and the
front affords excellent opportunity
for the embroidery that Is so much
liked, and the blouse can be treated
in this way or left plain, or can be
trimmed with insertions or finished
in any way that may suit the indi-
vldual fancy. II the fashionable cot
ton crepe or similar material Is util-
ICED, the sleeves can be inset with In
sertion or made elaborate In some
similar way, and trimmed sleeves
make a feature OF the more dressy
waists, although the simpler ones
are made quite plain and severe.
The waist Is made with front aud
backs. There are tucks over the
shoulders, and the neck Is finished
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
NON-SPINNING ROPE
AS MINING INVENTION.
Twisting Prevented by Peculiar
CONSTRUCTION OF Strands, It
Promises to BE Useful.

A non-spinning rope has been re-
Gently made for use In quarries,
mines and similar places where 1t Is
desired TO hoist heavy weights with
a single rope. says the Washington
Herald. With the use of the rope OF
standard design the load has ten
dency to rotate, because the action OF
the weight is TO untwist the strands.
and this tendency must be overcome
by the use Of guide rope, by which
the load is controlled on It's journey
through the air. AS a test block OF
marble suspended by the single line
was raised from a depth OF more
than $50 feet without making half
turn In its ascent. No guide rope was
necessary.
In the construction of this rope an
inner series OF wire strands Is wound
in one direction over core and an
outer series of wire strands Is wound
In the opposite direction about the
inner series as a core. The wires
which make up each OF the individual
inner strands are twisted in the same
direction as the lay of the strands.
but in the outer strands the indi-
vidual wires are laid in opposite di.
rections to the lay of the strands.
The number of strands required for
the second or outer layer must, OF
course, be greater than the number
of strands in the inner layer. Fol-
this reason the inner layer has the
wires as well as the strands all laid
in one direction. as described, there
by giving them a tendency to untwist
very much faster than IL they were
twisted in the direction opposite to
the lay Of the strands. The wires In
the outer layer, being laid in an OPP
posite direction TO the lay OF the
strands, do not tend to untwist al
fast as the inner layer.
The strands in the outer layer
however, counteract the tendency OF
untwisting the rope as whole
When a weight Is applied to the enc
OF the rope the greater number OF
strands OF the outer layer have a ten'
dency to untwist In one direction,
whereas the fewer strands OF the in'
ner layer have a tendency to untwist
very much faster I'm the opposite dt.
rection, and IL Is found In practice
that these two actions almost perfect.
ly balance each other.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Strenuous Methods of Healing.

Papuan medicine men are regard
ed with great respect by the natives.
Those I have met certainly seemed
energetic and hard working. They
sit close to the patient, massagins
the seat OF pain with much vigor.
and, while they are thus rubbing,
make a noise with their lips rather
like that which a groom makes when
rubbing down a horse. The process
Is a firing one. and the medicine man
stops at intervals to drink hot water
in which taro has been boiled. His
object is TO extract some mysterious
foreign substance from the sick
mans body, and IL he succeeds in this
he receives a fee. otherwise he gets
nothing. "No cure, no pay" Is ap-
parently the Papuan sufferers motto.
The Wide World Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Maintaining MaCadamized Roads.

Your article about road building
has interested me, as | think l know
a way to maintain a macadamiZed
road In a thoroughly effective and
cheap way. If my observations are
correct, the destruction OF a road
starts in the following manner: Small
stones or pebbles are loosened by the
wheels of vehicles and scattered over
the road, leaving little holes there
in; now, as long as the wheels had
iron tires these little stones were
ground or crushed by those wheels,
and the holes in the road were
filled again with their dust, the
rains playing perhaps a good part
in packing and filling the material.
With the soft wheeled automobile
all this changed to the worse. The
rapid revolution of the broad wheels.
the suction caused by them and by
the low bodies of the machines
loosen the little stones more easily
and quickly, and as there are hardly
any iron wheels left to grind and
crush the loose pebbles the small
holes soon become plentiful, and be-
fore long they grow into large ones
and ruts.
To sprinkle the roads with liquids
Is quite ineffective to prevent spoil
ing. 1t must be something that has
a body, that will bind the particles
of the road, fill all the holes, and
protect the surface. 1t must be solid
enough TO be strewn on the road.
There are probably many ways OF
producing such roadprotector, and
many ingredients might be used for
Il, but one Of the best, think, would
be wood-meal, that is, ground saw
dust, ground hay or straw, ground
cornstalks, or any such article which
is cheap and plentiful. and which
can easily be ground to meal, and
which will float and not clog up the
sewers IL used in the city. This mea
should be soaked in. or mixed with
OIL or with a mixture OF oil and tar
or any other suitable binder, so thai
Il will not only protect and keep in
tact the roads, but also lay the dust
IL used on asphalt, IL would give
good footing for horses, which VI
sorely needed. - X, in New forl
Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
In Good Company.

The mathematician is a walker
Walking seems to be necessary 10
him to set his thought in motion. and
during his perambulations certain
mechanical movements Of the fingers
appear to be the indispensable ad.
iuncts OF an intellectual labor which
renders him Indifferent to the outer
world. One day. as you -7ere out
walking. you suddenly noticed that
you were carrying in your hand Q
wicker cage. You were immensely
surprised. Where. when. and how
had you picked up that cage, which
was new one. and happily, quite
empty? You had no recollection OF
II whatever. and you went back until
you found on the pavement the stock
Of the basket-maker whom you had
innocently pillaged. You are accus
toned TO such distractions as these.
They will become, IL they are not 90
already. as famous as those attributed
to Lagrange, Kant, and Ampere. You
might be in worse company.-From
speech OF NJ. Mason welcoming NJ
Poincare into the French Academy.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
G::S;;::S;;iiS;;:. RS::;;::x;;;;S::::s::
Road building.

The Governors appointment or a
Highway Commission under The new
highway law enacted by the last Leg
Islature is an incident of more 'mpor-
tance than many persons, mindful
chiefly of oldtlme systems OF road
work, are likely TO. appreciate. The
importance Of a commission to super
wise the railroads Of the State, or the
canals, or any other great public util-
tiles or Industries, would be Instant
iy recognized, but a Highway Com
mission is suggestive OF a sort OF
glorified road master" OF the old
school, who once year, when farm
work was slackest, ordered men out
with plows and scrapers TO work
out their road taxes" by transferring
the mud which in year had been
washed from the middle of the road
into the cutters back into the middle
OF the road again. They called that
working the roads" and so 1t was,
in more senses than one. Between
that wretched system and the scheme
OF highway construction and main
tenance upon which the State has
now entered there is great gulf
fixed. and the only reminder OF the
i"road master" which the Highway
Commission should afford Is that OF
the traditional Milesian, because
they're so different"
The fact is that OF all the public
utilities OF the State the common
roads are by far the most important.
They effect the daily life and intimate
welfare OF all the people more than
do the railroads and trolley lines put
together The importance Of the
railroads is doubtless enormous. But
we must remember that In the great
er part OF the country every bit OF
the traffic of the railroads Of neces-
roads, and In addition a far greater
volume passes over the latter which
never reaches the former. For every
mile of railroad there are many miles
OF highway. The consideration Of
corporate profits necessarily impels
the managers Of railroads TO keep
their plant in good condition and all
their facilities up to date. The con-
sideration OF advantage to the whole
people calls for similar circumspec-
tion and enterprise in the manage
ment Of the common roads.
It is not credible to this country
that in its era of splendid and sur
passing progress in practically all
other departments OF travel and
transportation and public utilities 1t
permitted itself to lag so far behind
in respect to highways, so that to-
day it IL still inferior to the Roman
Empire Of nineteen centuries ago.
It is well to have our great double
track and four track rock-ballasted
railroads, with electric trains free
from smoke and dust, but it Is la
mentable that at the same time we
have not provided ourselves with
rock-ballasted highways, free from
either mud or dust at all times of
the year. There is as yet pitifully
small proportion of so-called good
roads" among the highways OF the
country, of these too few are really
we'll built, and to all entirely too lit
tie attention is paid for maintenance.
Under the new law and with this new
commission there is hope Of better
things in New York.-New York Tri-
hune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12

with a neck band. 1t can be worn
with regulation collars OF the mate
rial or separate ones as liked. Both
the plain sleeves and the regulation
ones are cut in one-piece each, and
the regulation sleeves are gathered
at their lower edges and finished with
straight cuffs.
For the medium size will be re-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Dahlias For Hat.

Dahlias are quite the favorite for
hat trimming. The dark-hued flow
ers lend themselves very readily to
the brown tones. The dahlia Is so
compact that IL does not suffer from
wind and sun. as is apt TO be the case
with other floral representations.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Might Happen.

He-"Nothing could ever come be-
tween us. could It dear?" She-"I
can't think OF a single thing. unless ]
should happen to become engaged to
some other man before we get mar.
ried. STRAY Stories.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Punctured Cloth.

There is a broadcloth trimming
now In use which is covered with q
design in holes. These are made with
a stiletto. 1t Is called psnctured
cloth. and Is used for revers, waist
coats and panels on skirts and coats.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12

In the British Museum is preserved
the oldest specimen OF pure glass
which bears any date. II Is In the
shape Of a lions head. having on II
the name OF an Egyptian king OF the
eleventh dynasty.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Hat Note.

When short plumes are used for
hat decoration. they are punched to-
gether and all placed at one point
upon the hat. either at the right or
left side. Longer plumes are directed
so that the entire beauty OF each
plume Is strongly in evidence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
New York's Varied Restaurants.

New York City has more restau-
rants than any other city in the
world, and they represent the ex-
tremes OF the good and the bad. with
fewer of the middle grade than either
Paris or London.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Bags Follow Suit Cases.

The fashion Is tending toward
travelling bags instead of sHit cases.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
2ISSHzyzloa12;Sas9 2;a9

New York City.-Just such pretty
blouses as this one are in great de-
hand for young girls, and are charm
tngly youthful in effect. This one is
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Bowknots For Hatpins.

Bowknots made of cut Jet. bril-
Iiants or cut glass stone are now used
for hatpins.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12

anew few years ago by Finsen Of
the violet light rays fame.
The inventor of the roller skate
vas a Dutchman named Merlin. who
came to England in 1860. Eight
years later he exhibited a pair of
skates contrived TO run on wheels" at
a museum in Spring Gardens, Lon-
don.
Paris is experimenting with wha,
is called steel pavement. 1t is really
a concrete pavement reinforced with
steel framework. The metal part
of the pavement is a plate OF perfor-
ated steel, with strong bolts of steel
running through it between the per.
forations. Each section has some re.
semblance to steel harrow, only the
prongs project equally on each side
and they are square and blunt. II
Will be superior TO asphalt in uiti.
mate economy and to wood in the
better footing that 1t affords to horses
The elasticity and hardness of rub.
Der are now determined by an appar.
atus akin to the schleroscope, which
shows the hardness OF steel by the re.
bound Of pointed steel hammer. A
sharp point is forced into the rubber,
and the force exerted and the depth
OF penetration are automatically re-
corded on graduated circles, a com,
bination Of these indications giving
the degree OF hardness. The elastic
ity is shown by the height of rebound
OF a steel ball when dropped upon
the rubber from a measured height.
The apparatus is simple, and easily
and rapidly tests the relative value of
different specimens of rubber.
The electric fish OF the Nile, OF
which the Egyptians made pictures
thousands Of years ago, still inhabit
the waters of that river. They are
provided with an electrical organ
which incloses the whole body. 1t is
situated in the skin, and under a mi
croscope is seen to be composed OF
millions OF beautifully formed little
disks. superimposed upon connected
rows OF minute compartments, In
which are the terminals OF nerves.
The shock Is p: oduced by an intense
current that traverses the entire or
gan from the head to the tail OF the
fish. It stuns small fish. The elec-
tro-motive force in fish eight inches
long can. attain a maximum OF 200
volts. A single giant nerve cell at
the head OF the spinal column is the
source Of the impulses.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12

Iapan's earthquake record 70,
hfty years Is 27.526. Italy had few
more.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
.azEo1RgNEzk1hl
slz6

The value of red light in prevent.
ing the sufferers being marked by
smallpox was scientifically discovered
anew few years ago by Pinsen Of
the violet light rays fame.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12

quired four and an eighth yards of
material. twenty-one or twenty-four,
two and seven-eighth yards thirty
two or two yards forty-four inches
wide.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-12
Tendency to Colors.

There is a marked tendency toward
the use of fancy silks In pompadour
colorings.