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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
PRISONERS OF WAR.
Friendly Foes That Changed Places as
Guests and Hosts.

A cheerful incident Of the war be
tween the states is told in mission
Ridge and Lookout Mountain" The
Third Ohio, under Streight's command,
was en- route for Richmond, prisoners
OF war.
One night they camped, worn, fam
ished, with hearts heavy and home
sick, near the place where Confeder-
ate regiment, the Ffty-fourth Virginia,
was stationed. Many OF the southern
crs strollcd over to the prison camp to
see the sorry show Of the poor, sup
perless Yankees.
They did not stay long. Back to
their own camp they hurried and soon
returned with kettles Of coffee. corn
bread. bacon-the best they had and
all they had. Presently little fires be-
gan to twinkle in the prison camp, and
the aroma Of coffee rose like a fra
grant cloud Of thank offering. Union
guests and Confederate hosts mingled.
The next morning the prisoners de
parted.
Now comes a happy sequel which
well balances the affair. Later, when
the prisoners were exchanged, the
Third Ohio was encamped near Kelly's
ferry, on the banks of the Tennessee.
On the day Of the storming of Mis-
sionary ridge among the prisoners tax
Ell were numbered the Fifty-fourth
Virginia.
Some OF the Third Ohio were on
duty at the ferry when the prison de-
taChments arrived.
what regiment is that?" they asked.
When told they started on the run,
shouting rs they went:
"Thc Fifty-fourth Virginla's at the
ferry"
They dashed into their camp with
the news. The place was astir in-
stantly. Treasures Of coffee. bacon,
sugar, beef, preserved peaches-every-
thing was turned out and carried
double quick to the ferry. The cir
cumstanccs were the same. with the
difference that guests and hosts had
changed places.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
TOWN OF JOHNSTON
PROBATE COURT OF THE TOWN
OF JOHNSTON.
EpStatp Of Edward g. NeNVmau

Rosa l., Newman, Guardian of the person
and estate of Edward q. Newman minor, per
sents her petition in writing, representing
that said minor Is seized ana possessed OF
certain Real Estate, situate in said Town of
Johnstou,in said State of Rhode Island being
an undivided one sixth part, subject To IL
widows right of dover, in and to two Ger.
tain lots of land with all the buildings and
Improvements thereon laid out ana design
ated as lots numbered 23l and 232 on that
plat called Lyman Park Pat near MantOn
Depot Johnston, Rhode Island, belonging to
samuel Hedlcy, surveyed and plated, sep.
tember 1873 by Cnshlng e Co, which said
plat is on recoId in the Town Clerks Oflice,
of said Johnston and praying for reasons
therein stated, that ahe may be authorized
aud empowered to sell said minors in
terest I'm said Real Estate at public auction
or private sale, for the purpose of paying
the debts of said minor for the support of
said miner and for the purpose OF
making better and more advantageous
investment of the proceeds OF such sale;
and said petition il received and referr, a
To the 18th day of April, A. ID. 1909, at
O'Clock y. m. at the Probate Court Room,
in said Johnston for consideration; and
1t Is ordered that notice thereof be pub.
lished for fourteen days, once a week in
this Olneyville Times.
s. X. LUTHER,
mar263t Clerk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

"Sir. | have very personal business
proposition TO make to you. but before
approaching that would you care to
make a statement of your financial
condition."
Certainly. l have been established
In this business for more than twenty.
five years, my yearly income is well
into the hundreds OF thousands and
constantly increasing. | have unlimit-
cd credit and also have real estate
valued at n couple OF millions. Go
ahcadw
'That is quite satisfactory. Now,
may ! ask for the hand OF your daugh-
terY'-New York Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
DEMOCRATIC PEERS.
The House of Peers Not One of Birth
or Ancestry.

or Ancestry.
Strangely enough, the house Of lords
rtill remains the most democratic in.
! 'Gim for itself TO be the WitenagemOt.
"athering Of wise men, and one
crs why II does not defend itself
those lines.
.t Is not a house Of birth or ances-
y, for 1t Is composed today to an
overwhelming extent OF successful
men from almost every walk Of life
80 one cares a fig what a mans an
cestry was in this matter Of fact land
If he succeeds, If he becomes rich
and powerful.
The mother Of the great Queen Ellz-
nbeth was the daughter Of plain Eng
llsh gentleman.
A pot girl Of Westminster married
the master Of the pothouse. After his
death she consulted a lawyer named
Hyde. Mr.. HYDE married her. Mr..
Hyde afterward became lord chancel-
Tor, with the title OF Lord Clarendon.
and his wife. the former pot girl, bore
him n daughter. This daughter mar
ried the Duke OF York and became the
mother Of Mary and Anne Stewart
both afterward queens OF England.
It Is evident that if queens OF Eng
land may have a barmaid for grand
mother lesser mortals need not fret
on the subject OF ancestry.
The Englishman would not be what
he is nor would he In the least be
transmitting his very valuable Saxon
heritage If he gave up his democratic
custom OF an aristocracy Of power for
the feeble continental custom Of an
aristocracy Of birth. What the one
and the other IS today answers the
question as to the relative merits OF /
the two systems without need Of dis. |
cussion. The English. though nova
days many Of them do not know it |
themselves, are the most democratic |
of all nations.
William the COnqueror divided Eng |
land among the commanders Of his !
army and conferred about twenty earl |
doms. Not one Of these exists today, |
nor do any Of the honOrs conferred by |
William Rufus. 10S7-1100; Henry l.,
stephen. 1135-1154; Henry |
IL, 115411S9; Richard l., 11S9-1199; !
or John, 1199-121G.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

What greater tribute has been
paid to Abraham Lincoln in cele-
brating the centenary Of his birth
than is to be found in the fact that of
all his many eulogists, drawn from
the highest political, social and in
tellectual positions, none other
reached the exalted tone and thought
of Booker T. Washington, who was
born a slave-New York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
His Mean WAY,

'TIenry asked you IL you had made
that cake. did he? Well. what was
there in that to wound your feelings.
childT
"It was the-the way he said Il.
mamma. Hc-he didn't ask m-me IL
I'd made Il. He-he said. Darling,
add you perpetrate this cakeT" -
Chicago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Wise 70 Their Habits.

Excuse me, ma'am." said the book
canvasser to the lady who had opened
the door in answer TO his ring, "but II
you have few moments TO spare Id
like TO show you the great work on
the Habits Of Savage Animals"
"No use wasting your time. young
man." replied the female. "Tve been
married three times and know all about
their habits."-Chicago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Probate Clerks Office.

Scituate, r, l., march 18th, A. ID. 1909
All persons interested in the consideration
ID. Blanchard, Guardian of the person ami
estate OF Esther A. A. Blapchard minor of
said Scituate, are hereby notified To attend II
rebate probate Court ON Wednesday, April
II, 10 - at o,clOck p. m, at the probate Court
Room in said Scituate, and be heard thereon.
BY order of said Court
HENRY II. POTTER,
m2G}t Probate Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Probate Clerks Office.

Scituate, II. l., March 18th, A. d. 1909
All pc sons interested in the consideration
OF the allowance of the first account of John
ID. blanchard, Guardian OF the person and
estate of Frank Blanchard minor of said
Scltuate are hereby notified TO attend Pro.
bate Court on Wednesday, April IL, 1909 at /
said Scituate, and be heard thereon.
BY order of said Court
HENRY II. POTTER,
m2G3t Probate Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Probate Clerks Office.

Scituate, Il, l., march %, A. d., 1909
All persons interested in the consideration
of the petition for the appointment of IA
Guardian of the persons and estates of Ruth
+. Burgess, Minnie T. Burgess, Asa II, Bur
gess, Ida Burgess and Helen NJ, Burgess,
all minors, under the age of fourteen years,
of said Scltuate, are hereby notified To at
tend a Probate Couat on Wednesday, April
IL, 1909, at l O'Clock p. m, at the Probate
Court room I'm said Scituate, and be heard
thereon.
BY order of said Court,
HENRY Ii. POTTER,
mar2G-3t probate Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

The leopard may not be able to
change his spots, but a newspaper
can easily and gracefully change its
politics. The Providence News, no
longer the News-Democrat, has be-
come Republican paper.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Probate Clerks Office.

Scituate, Il. L., March 10, a, ID. 1909
All persons interested i'm the consideration
of the petition OF Cora +, smith, for the ap-
pOintmcnt of n Guardian of the person and
estate of Howard B, smith, minor of said
>cituate, and hereby notified to attend "A Pro
bate Court on Wednesday, April IL, 1909, at |
O'Clock p. m, at Probatc Court Room in said
>cituate and be heard thereon.
BY order of sad court
HENRY II, POTTER,
m26 81 Probate Court
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

Eugene Debs does not think high
ly OF President Taft's cabinet. 1t
strikes the average person that MI.
Debs is triffe early in his judg-
ments.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
And Went.

"whcn I leave you tonight began
Mr.. Stoplate.
Goodness" interrupted Miss Ter.
sleep. "Are you coming again tonight?"
He glanced at the clock and appre.
hended her meaning Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

Scituate, Il. march 20, A. D., 1909
All persons interested i'm the consideration
of the petition OF Cora B. Kenyon for tho
Probate of an Instrument in Writing pur-
porting To be the Last will and Testament
of Rhoda A Card, late of said Scituate, de.
ceased, are hereby notified to attend a Pro.
bate Court on wednesday, Al pril H. 1909, at
O'Clock p, M, a AAhe Probate Court room in
said Scituate, and be heard thereon,
BY order of said Court,
HENRY II. POTTER
mar3t-2G Probate Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

The United States has placed its
ban on Central American revolutions
and without doubt these some what
harmless but rather disturbing events
have about run their course.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

A Georgia court has decided that
it is a breach of peace to call man
a liar in that state. In other words
such language in the South is pretty
sure to lead to breach OF the peace.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

1t seems to be the sad fate OF this
great country to be everlastingly
hampered by a political, log rolling
tariff.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt start
ed on Tuesday on his much adver-
tised hunting trip to the wilds of
Africa. 1t is an uncommon expedi-
ton planned by an uncommon man.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

A British exploring expedition
has Just made a record run for the
South Pole. 1t is said that the
nearest approach was III miles OF
the coveted goal. $50 near and yet
so far" can be SAID Of the elusive
poles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

E. II. Hartman is liable to get
into the embarrassing position once
held by Alexander the Great and
sigh for more railroads to confiscate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

Cranston people are looking to-
wards city charter, with the idea
that the town is big enough to have
a more concise form of government.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Error Of Judgment.

81 thought, count, you were a dead
shotf"
"T am"
"And yet, though you said you
would shoot your adversary through
the heart, you bit him in the foot?'
eft was an error Of judgment
thought his heart was I'm his boots. Il
turned out to be In its right place"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

1t is stated that 10000 earth
quakes has taken place in Japan du-
ring the past fifty years. The Japan
ese are tatalists and so do not worry.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Probate Clerks Office.

Scituate, X. March TO- A. ID. 1909
All persons Interested ia the consideration
OF the petition of Henry 4 BurliEgame, for
the prubating OF an Instrument in writing
purpOrtinB To be the last will and testament
Of Waity >. Burlingame, late of said Scituate,
deceased hereby notified TO attend Pro-
bate Court on Wednesday, April Ia, 1903, at
O'Clock y. m, at the Probate Court Room in
said Scituate, and be heard thereon.
BY oTderof said Court
HENRY II. POTTER,
m2G3t Probate Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

The Providence boy, who fell four
stories the other day and got up
whistling, may be said to shave
more lives than a cat"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

The Roosevelt administration may
be said to have been Harvard, and
the Taft regime will be decidedly
Yale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
Probate Clerks Office.

scituate, z. l.. March 10th, a. D., 1908
All persons interested in the consideration
of the petition of Sarah r.. Clemence, Exc.
cutrix OF the viii of Daniel J.. Clemence,
late OF said Scituate, deceased, for the allow
ance OF her first and final Account of said
estate are hereby notified 10 attend a Pro
bate Court on Wednesday, April II. 1909, at
o'clock, p, m, at the Probate Court koOm
IN said Scituate, ana be heard thereon. .
BY order of said Court
HENRY II, POTTER,
m2G3t Probate Clerk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

In spite OF the prevailing hard
times, the base ball prospects are
looking unusually bright.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

The Eliot appointment to the head
Of the London embassy, would be a
fitting and dignified one.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

There Is always reason IN the man
for his good or bad fortune. Emerson.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

Speaker Cannon is still IN the sad
die, but his wings have been slightly
clipped.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26

These are the days OF financial
own meetings.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-26
LEGAL NOTICES
TOWN OF SCITUATE
Probate Clerks Office.

scituaie, X. l., March 10th, AID. 1908
All persons interested in the considerat-
ion OF the petition for the granting OF adop.
tiOn and change OF name of Susan X. Taylor
OF the age OF fourteen years and upwards, OF
said scituate, are hereby notified 10 attend
a Probate Court on Wednesday, April H.,
1909, at O'Clock p IN, at the Probate Court
Room in said Scituate, and be heard thereon.
BY order OF said Court,
HENRY II. POTTER,
m2G3t PrOba le Clerk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

beautiful. gifted niece Ortensta, just as soon as her education was completed.
 The old senator was pretty werDa proposition in the language of the street; he wrote music and things; though him. self the greatest ever-so different from most men, eh7-and that his niece would be delighted to marry him. She was not really delighted, to tell the truth, but she agreed to it-as she had to; there were no "Womans clubs," suffra- gettes when Louis XIV of France was young and Charles II had been restored to the throne only few years before the beginning of this story. The old senator was about 5o years of age; Ortensia was IS. The senator announced Ortensias happy fate to her one day with a present of pearls which were very beautiful and kiss which to Or tensia was Very disagreeable. You see, the senator waxed his moustaches to make them stay up, as many men did then, and when he kissed his hancee she though that if a cold hard boiled egg, surrounded with bristles like a hair brush had touched her forehead, the sensation would have been very much the same From which we are likely to judge that Ortensia was not much in love with her uncle-fance. For after the betrothal kiss she shook her delicate shoulders in disgust at the thought and slowly rubbed the offended spot with two fingers while the other hand played with the string of pearls in her lapl
 To complete Ortensia's musical edu- cation that she might delight Venice society by singing the senator's great compositions Alessandro Stradella, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

1 ly use of which have caused them to be ''blackhsted" by careful writers of Eng lish and has arranged them, dictionary wise. for handy and constant use. It is 0 little vestpocket book. Always the ad- vocate of the pure precise word, himself the inveterate user of the one word for the one place, MT. Bierce for years has been sort of bulwark of English speech and this dictionary Is a splendid book, char acteristio, suggestive and helpful. Some of the don't usei are;
 Action for act "In wrestling, a blow is a reprehensive action" A blow Is not an action, but an act. An action may consist of many acts.
 Build for make. "Build fire,' build a canal" Even build tunner' is not uncommon and probably if the wookchuck is skilled in the American tongue he speaks of building a hole.
 Sensation for emotion. "The play caused paper" A sensation is a physical feeling; an emotion a mental. Doubtiess the one accompanies the other. but the good writ CTS will name the one that he has in mind. There are few errors more common than the one hero noted.
 Chance for opportunity. "He had a good chance to succeed"
 Gfven ~The soldier was given a rife" What was given Is the rifle. not the sol dfer. ''The house was given a coat (coat- ing) of paint" Nothing can be 'given" anything.
 @'Higgins: a Mans Christian by Nor
 man Duncan (Hsrper & Brothers.)
 MT. Duncan writes of a Presbyterian minister who lives and breaches the gos-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

greatest musician of his time, was en- gagged to give her lessons. You can easily see the answer when 1t is stated that Stradella was a killer with the ladies'" that he had never been in love before. really; that Ortensia fell in love with Etradella and that with the help of Pima, her duenna- who hated the sem ator, Stradeiia shd Ortensia make a successful runaway match. They are pursued of course, even after they get beyond the confines of the Venetian re- public, through the senator's engaging two bravi. or outlaws, really cutthroats, to caputure the pair.
 The book tells the story of what hap pened during the pursuit; of the many trials, tribulations, etc. undergone by Ortensia and stradella, and 1t is well worth reading the romance to find 1t all out.
 'write It Right, A Little Blacklist of LAt-
 erary Faults" by Ambrose Bierce.
 (Neale Publishing Co.,
 This little volume would be useful quite invaluable to any professional ad writer and most timely for any one who does nothing but write letters to friends, etc.
 '.The infallible teacher" says MT. Bierce, lis still in the forest primeval throwing seeds to the white blackbirds." In other words. and pending the tenn porary-and navoidable-absence of the infalifble teacher, MT. Bieroe gives us. out Of the fullness of his experience, . manual of errors common in our written language.
 MT. Bierce has collected in Write It Right hundreds of the most fragrant faults of diotion, the careless and sloven-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

pei up in the lumber camps of Minnesota This minister, MT. Higgins, is man of considerable courage and bodily strength. Mir. Duncan met him several times on the formers trips in Minnesota Becom- ing acquainted with the episodes of Hig- gins life, his ministry and the good thereunto, MT. Duncan has put it all in very charming little volume.
 The luniberman's life is hard and Hig- gins knew it-for he lived that life him self with the lumber-jaclzs. The lumber mans life is restricted, perlious and MT. Duncan tells us that very few men, com paratively speaking, ever escape the de- gradations which are inseperable from that life. Extraordinary qualities are needed for work among such men and in such surroundings and these qualities were certainly possessed by MT. Higgins, A Mans Christian, who could fight as well as preach and whose great belief is that there should be added to the divini- ty schools a course in boxing.
 One of the most characteristic forms of this forest pastors work with the. men was the forcible removal and tenn porary confscation of his parishioner's money-when the thirst-time came; when Higgins was convinced that they were no longer fit to have control of it. In these cases Higgins often had to cope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

FOR RENT-Two truck farms, close to the city, in good state of cultivation. w. N. MA LONE 6 co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

This covers about the beginning of "The Popiars," a sort of starting the ball to rolling, AS 1t were. It would re- quire at least two columns of this paper to tell you Of all the happenings in this romance. which is fairly. good. If you care for such things.
 The book will not injure or disturb you by reading through its 400 pages; the reviewer can assure you of that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
AN ABBOTT GIFT
 FOR GRANDMOTHER

Silver toilet set. $500 up. Gold Brooches. s1.5o up. Gold thimbles sA00 up. Brooches with amethyst setting, sB up. Gold and enameled pins, ss.oo and up. Silver applied vases, $500 up. Silver thimbles, 6Oc up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

ssThe Battle" by Cleveland Moffett. co. w. Dillingham; Co.)
 In this story of '~rhe Battle" denizens of the East Side, New York, and the high-fyers of Fifth avenue both figure. ''The Battle" is modern story of love, iahor and capital.
 John J. Haggleton, the very rich capi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

(CoNTINUED ON PAGE 21.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
AN ABBOTT GIFT
 FOR A COLLEGE GIRL

AN ABBOTT GIFT
 FOR THE BABY Gold pins for cap or dress, s1.5o up. Safety pins, $1.25 and up. Dainty finger ring, S1.OO up. Rattlers, $500 up. Silver spoons, S1.O0 up. Silver mugs, s3.5O up. Silver knife, fork and spoon, se.0o and up. Silver toilet set, S35O up. Talcum powder bottles, S2 up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

-Higgins: a Mans Christian" by Nor man Duncan (Hsrper & Brothers)
 MT, Duncan writes of a Presbyterian minister who lives and breaches the gos
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-04-15
Fashion Set by Hannibal Hamlln Not
mfr equently Followed.

The ole saw says that politics
makes strange bedfellows." and 1t is
likewise n fact that the professional
politician is frequently moved by the
"exigeneies of the case" to acts that
will net stand close scrutiny. Not
alone Is this so in the present day,
but II was so I'm the DAYS OF the IA
TIERS" When Hannibal Hamlin first
began his political career he was once
at q caucus In Hampden. the only at
tendant besides himself being a citi'
zen OF very tall stature and ponder
Gus build Mr.. Hamlln had some res
olu.ions to pass which began by repre-
senting that they we're presented to q
'large and respectable" gathering OF
voters, and he proceeded to read and
vote" them onto the records Of the
caucus.
Hold on!" cried the other man.
I'VE can't pass that, for It amt true