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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
BLUFFS AND PLAYS DEAD.
But There's Fatal Flaw In the Hog
Nosed Snakes Actinq.

When you find hog nosed snake
| fattened out upon the soil I'm his anx.
lety TO absorb all the sunshine that he
ran he Immediately adopts policy Of
bluff" He first initiates his body by
a deep draft of air. Then he nattens
his head and expands his neck TO three
times Its proper width. Next he strikes
angrily toward the intruder and Kisses
with malignant fury. The average
pedestrian naturally retreats with q
feeling of gratitude for the danger sig
nails so Enthusiastically imprinted by
kindly Providence upon the deadly
members of the reptile race.
A good Geld naturalist will quietly
advance his bare hand to the reptiles
head. because he knows that this snake
can neither be induced to give q poi
Bonous bite nor bite OF any kind. See
Ing that the observer cannot be in
timidated, the snake then opens his
Jaws and acts os II he had been In.
jured. Convulsive spasms ripple down
his spine. He writhes and twists as
II transplanted by the agonies Of death.
and. turning over on his back. the last
convulsion dies away along the tail
Now. nothing In nature looks more
dead than a snake lying with the ivory
white Of his belly plates turned upward
to the sky. and the hog nosed snake will
simulate death so patiently that you
may carry him by the tail or hang his
body on a fence and he will swing In
the wind and give no sign Of life for
an hour or more.
But this clever acting has one fatal
6aw. If you place him on the ground
with the belly downward he will twist
over on his back again. He has such
a fixed idea that belly plates skyward"
is the correct pose for serpent's
corpse that although supposed to be
lifeless. he will turn over on his back
a dozen times II you as perseveringly
persist In laying him on his crawling
surface. His zeal for the perfection
of mimicry blinds him to the obvious
truth that dead snakes stay where
they are put.-Century Path.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
ON THE TRAIL.
But He Didn't Know the Kind Of Game
He Was Tracking.


He Was Tracking.
In the old days n man known as
Judge Douglass lived in Helena, Mont.
The judge had met with an accident in
his youth and had lost both Of his
legs above the knees. He never would
get artificial legs, but had some bic
leather pads made to fit on the ends OF
the stumps and walked on them.
Locomotion was slow for the judge
but he managed 10 cover a good deal
Of ground and was very fond Of walk.
ing out on the edge of the town, where
he could take his exercise without be
Ing the subject OF remark from stran
gers I'm the city.
One day an Engllshman came TO Hell
ena TO hunt. He had some letters and
put up at the Helena club. He stayed
around for several days. Finally. aft
er light fall Of snow, he decided to
go out into the mountains and get n
sheep or deer or something.
He left early in the morning. When
II came night ne had not returned
His hosts around the club waited until
O'clock and then decided 10 80 OUT
and look him up. thinking he might
have been lost I'm one of the gulches or
| canyons I'm the hills.
They formed a rescue party and
went out To the edge OF the town
There they met the Englishman. who
was wildly excited.
did you get anythingY' they asked
| him.
NO" he replied. mot yet. but w,
been tracking an elephant for the last
three hours. Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
Russia's Butterfly Belief.

Small boys and girls in Russia often
do not have the JOY of butterfly chas-
ing or collecting. for the popular and
pretty belief OF the peasants Is that
these swarms Of fragile. lovely insects
are the earthbound souls Of the dead,
compelled to linger for some minor ex
piation of sin. AS the nurses of the
children Of all below royalty are from
the peasant class. they impress on
them at an early age how wicked II
would be TO catch and torture soul
and thus Undue them with a supersti.
ton that lasts until they are well
grown.-New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
BEAT HIM TO THE STATION.
The Message That Got There Before
the Patrolman Did.

"When | was "A patrolman," says a
prominent detective. there used to be
sergeant on the force who had It in
for me. He reported me for various
delinquencies, and-well. he's dead
now, and | won't say anything against
him. He got sick. and IL was reported
at the station that he wasn't expected
to live So the boss called me and
told me to go around and see II |
could do anything for the old fellow.
| called at the house and asked IL l
could see him They let me in | tip
toed into the room where the sergeant
was in bed and said. The lieutenant
sent me around to see how you were
getting along
"He spoke with difficulty, but could
make out what he said. Go back. he
grunted. and tell 'em that I'm getting
along fine The boys have fixed me up
all right. and | don't need anything
I'm feeling better
$50 | went back TO the station |
was stopped a couple of times on my
way and got i'm about half an hour
later. Then | made my report He
saws he's better and doesn't need any
thing says |. The lieutenant jumped
up. DO you mean to say that you
saw him? says he I did says |.
And he told you he was all rightY
Yes. sir You blamed liar" shouts
the lieutenant I got message ten
minutes ago that he was dead
"And II was true What do YOU
think Of that old scoundrel trying 10
get me I'm bad with his dying breathT
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
He Didn't Know Them.

The late Rev. Horatio Stebhins OF
San Francisco was man of large
mind and noble powers. but more fa
miiar with the world of intellectual
and scholastic interests than with triv
lal and timely things. His household
was blessed with charming daughter
who grew up tall and beautiful. com
manding the admiration OF all who sa W
her
One day visitor said to the gooo
doctar: Doctor. your daughter grows
more charming day by day. Why
she's Il REGULAR Gibson girl"
"Ah, thank you. thank YOU" replied
the doctor In his best manner. When
the visitor had gone turning to his
wife the doctor asked. MY dear. who
are the GibSons ?'-San Francisco Ar
gonaut
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
GRANITEVILLE

A drama will be given by the young
people of the Baptist Cnurch, at an early
date.
Clinton Barnard left here to-day for
Texas, he expects to Settle in the Lone
Star State.
The Fair Of the Graniteville Volunteer
Fire Company will be held March s, 9, 10
and II. Governor Pothier will be present
on the opening night.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
RUSIE'S TERRIFIC SPEED.
His ThunderboIt Delivery Terrorized
the Eatters.


A veteran ball player who has bat
ted against nearly all of the noted
pitchers in the last twenty years nam
ed Amos Rusie as the universal stand
ard Of speed I'm shooting the ball across
the rubber.
There have been many fast pitch
ers In baseball. and all Of them In their
time when they cut loose for fair have
baffied the best Of hitters with their
speed. but you will notice that when
fast pitchers are spoken OF the one
remark Is always made, Has be the
speed that Amos Rusie hadT And.
I think, II will be that way forever
Az long as great names are remember.
ed or baseball Is the nations game
Rusie will remain the champion speed
merchant. the one pitcher who could
send In the ball faster than any one
else that ever lived When you say
fast as Rusle' you don't mean IT.
either; you only wish to show that
your favorite pitcher is very speedy
boy.
"Words fail really to describe the
speed with which Rusie sent the ball
He was man of great width. great
strength and the ability to put every
ounce OF his weight into the pitch.
Coupled with this he had n SET of daz-
zling curves which were manufactured
with the same effort required to pro-
duce the speed. Some men can throw
n straight ball with great force but
have to slow up In order to devefop
curves, but Rusie drove In curved
ball with all Of his tremendous power
"Facing Rusie to timid man was
like going into battle must be to an
inexperienced soldier The distance
was shorter then. Rusie had the
whole box TO move around I'm instead
simply drove the ball at you with the
force Of cannon. | have stood up
TO all the great pitchers Of nearly
twenty years. have seen scores of
them come and go. and none OF them
inspired the terror In batsman's
mighty Rusie. The ball was like
white streak tearing past you without
time to balance yourself. figure the
course of the ball or take aim at IL
The fellows with the wide curve might
fool you into reaching out and missing
them. but you weren't reaching out AT
Rusie-you simply swung at white
streak as II hurled past, and If you
took n full arm swing the ball was
gone and I'm the catcher's hands before
you had half finished the swinging
motion.
"The convincing proof Of Rusie's ter
rible speed was this: II any other
pitcher hit man the man swore
limped moment and went to first
II Rusie hit man the man retired
from the game and sometimes went
to the hospital. To be hit by Rusit
was worse than TO have an ordinary
man smash you with rock" - New
York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
TWO DUELS.
Tho Second Ono Was to Avenge the
Victim of tho First.

Tho Second Ono Was to Avenge the
Victim Of tho First.
certain English gentleman who
was regular frequenter Of the green
room of Drury Lane theater In the
days Of Lord Byron's committee and
who always stood quietly on the
hearth rug there with his back to the
fire was I'm his usual place one night
when a narrative was related by an
other gentleman, newly returned from
the continent. of a barrier duel that
had taken place In Paris.
A young Englishman. mere boy,
had been despoiled In gaming house
In the Palais Royal, had charged a
certain gaming count with cheating
him, had gone out with the count, had
wasted his fire and had been slain by
the count under the frightful circum-
stances of the counts walking up to
him. laying his hand on his heart, say
ing, "You are brave felIow-have
you mother?" and on his replying
I'm the affirmative remark!ng coolly, 81
am sorry for her." and blowing his
victims brains out
The gentleman on the hearth rug
paused in taking n pinch of snuff to
hear this story and observed with
great placidity. 81 am afraid / must
kill that rascal"
A few nights elapsed. during which
the greenroom hearth rug was without
him, and then he reappeared precisely
as before and only incidentally men
toned in the course Of the evening.
Gentlemen. killed that rascal"
He had gone over to Paris on pur'
pose. had tracked the count to the
same gaming house. had thrown a
glass OF wine in his face In the pres
ence Of all the company assembled
there had told him that he had come
to avenge his young compatriot ana
had done 1t by putting the count out
of this world and coming back TO the
hearth rug as II nothing had happened.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
2 channa For the Cater.

The niue-year-o!d boy Of IA Raltimor,
family who is compelled by his par
ents to practice daily upon the piln,
may not he a clever performer hut ht
has prptty Shrewd notion ut The
worth of am instrument, as well rs .
rather mature wit. as is evidenced h,
an incident In the household not long
since
His father upon returning nome
from q weeks absence hPUrd the luO
plugging awNv az the piano.
"Whcn did YOU learn that now pic.p
SON. asked the parent
1T isn't new piece, dad" answer
nd the hoy "Thc piano has hppi
tuned ~ i'm n,ott'S
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
THORNTON

The Y. A. V. C's held a dance in
Calef's Hall on Saturday evening.
regular meeting Of the Johnston Town
Council will be held next Friday after.
noon.
The Ladies' Benevolent Aid Society ol
Saint Anthony's Chapel, gave Whist on
Monday evening, in Calefs Hall. After
the whist playing, dancing was enjoyed.
The case OF the Overseer of the Poor,
James Nichols of Johnston, against Arthur
Lowell of Scituate, came up in the Eighth
District Court on Monday morning and
was continued until June sth.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
BURNING OF WIDOWS.
The Horrible Rite India Maintaine5
For Over Twenty Ccntusie-.

For Over Twenty Ccntugie-.
The abolition of the hoTid rite tf
widow burning in India was derreed
by the British authorities i'm 1870.
The dreadful practice was found
there by the Macedoniuns under Alex
ander the Great 300 years before
Christ, and for more than tWcnty-on.
long. weary centuries did il repeat its
almost inconceivable torture and ago
ny upon the women of India. The
sacrifice. while not actually forced ON
the wife, was so strongly insisted en-
by public opinion that ii amounted to
Il law, and It's victims were LEGION
Scores Of widows were often burned
upon the funeral pile Of a single rH-
Jah. In Bengal. the head center o.
the monstroslty, thousands were sac
rifice6 annually, and the figure for all
India was appalling.
The millions Of widowed women
were completely at the mercy Of the
remorseless superstition Of the times
The ministers Of Brahmauism told
the widow that her sacrifice was le".
essary as n means of her own hippi
ness and that Of her husband In the
future state, and oftener than other
wise she consented to be burned alon"
with the dead body Of her husband
Unless she did this she was covered
with the maledctiOns and curses O.
the people, was virtually ontlawed
and unc tremendously cast outside the
pole Of humnn symDathv and COOSil
Grafton and had 10 spend the rest Of
her days I'm degradation and wretch.
cdness. II was death on the funeral
pile of her husband or. n living death
Of contumely and shame. Of loneliness
and misery.
The women Of India canInevcr dis
charge their debt Of gratitude TO Eng
land fer the abolition Of the suttee,-
New York American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
Exhibiting a Poet.

Matthew Arnold was sitting In his
study one morning when the butler
showed In an American lady and a
small boy. The lady said: "Glad to
make your acquaintance. Mr.. Arnold
I have often heard Of you. No. don't
trouble TO speak. sirl ! know how val.
liable your time lsr' Then. turning to
the boy, she said. This is him, Lenny,
the leading critic and poet-somewhat
tieshier than we had been led to ex.
pectw--A. &. Benson In Atlantic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
ASTHMA CATARRH
CURED
Expert Medical Scientists An
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New York:-Thousands are taking
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II YOU have experimental with
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trial OF this wonderful, truly meritorious
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discovered by Professor of Vienna Uni
versity and is recommended by thousands.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
Inries In The Oh pavs.

In odea times whom a jury in Eng
land remained impcrviouS 90 The judge
gentle mode Of persuasion fine ana i'm
priyunment were rosortCd 10. The jury
that acquitted Sir Nicholas Thr0cL
morton WIS condemned TO cighf
months Imprisonment In addition 10
the payment of large sum of money
I'm the reign of Queen Elizabeth n jury,
having reduced prisoners alleged
crime of murder to that OF mansluugh-
ter. was ut once sent 20 prison and
bound over In large sum to be OF
good behavior. Penalties were like
wise inflicted upon tn innocent wife
aud children OF the offending Jurymen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
Coleridue-The Last Phase.

Professor Blackie In his autobio
graphical sketch entitled Notes of n
Life" tells Of visit he paid to Cole
ridge. then living at Highgate of whom
he remembers only two things. "0'
that he was an old. infirm. dowubent
man: C2l that he told me he had
thrown overheard ail speculative phi
losophy. finding perfect satisfaction In
the first chapter of the gospel of John"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
One SUGGESTION.

"Any suggestions rs 10 the music tor
the dinner tonightT
well play something LOUD WIN 'ne
,oup course You understands WASH
inytOn Hpr',ld
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
Business and Pleasure

The man who makes his business a
pleasure is likely to live good deal
longer and get n good deal further
than the man who makes his pleasure
q business. ss.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
SOUTH SCITUATE

Services in Trinity Church every Sunday
at 3.Is p. m. conducted by the Rev. w
f. Parsons, except on the and Sunday in
the month, when the Rev. c. A. Meader
will conduct the service.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03
FOR SALE.

REQ TOURING CAR in first
class condition Would make fine
delivery car Price reasonable.
II. E. BURLINGAME,
PoX 1885. Providence, K. /.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-03-03

We do all kinds OF Job Printing
Our prices are right-and work
ready when promised
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22

soils that need drainage, and if We
plow these lands and run subsoil.
er below the breaking plow the sub
soil will simply settle back as be-
fore and little good will be done by
the deep breaking until the field is
under-drained.
Then again, all over the South
ern Coastal Plain there are deep san
dy soils. Now, to break these very
deep and subsoil them would not
only be waste of labor but an &C.
tual damage to the soil, for in such
land we should endeavor to get a
sort of hard-pan formed below the
blowing in order to make the sol
hold water and plant foods. On
such soils retentive layer below.
Hence, in the matter of depth
of blowing one must take the char
acter of the soil into consideration,
and what would be deep enough
plowing on sandy soil would be
shallow plowing on a red-clay hill.
Where there is no clay in reach
of a good turning plow, I would as
sumo that 6 inches is deep enough
to plow that soil, while on red-clay
hill I would turn 8 inches and run
the subsoiler in the fall as deep
again in the burrows, giving a loose
bed 16 inches deep.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22
Do You Know How to Plow?

There are thousands of farmers
all over the land who would say in
reply Co the question. Of course
we do for We have been plowing all
our lives, and ought to know how
to do it. And yet how many of
them have ever given serious study
to the art of blowing? Hundreds
of them write asking about deep
plewing and wanting to know if
they should plow 80 many inches or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22

1t is now cold weather and we
have a supply of comforts and blan-
kets to keep you warm at . low
price.
Israel Mukashy, Bargain House.
I can fill orders Cor sweet pota-
toes, an excellent quality.
T. p. Salter,
Trenton, S. @.
Wanted: A couple young men
accustomed to dairy work good
place, frst-class home, chance for
advancement. More particulars in
person. Address OIL Broad street,
Augusta. Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22
shonld subsoil further.

Now the mere matter of depth is
not all there is in good plowing.
Soils differ greatly in regard to the
depth they should be plowed. On
the rolling red-clay hills of the
Southern Piedmont one can hard
ly plow and subsoil too deep, for
the deeper these hills are broken
the less tendency there is to wash
for there is a deep body of loose
soil to take up and hold the water.
Then there are level clay loam
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22
gSYlgg8sINAAANANN0ANANN

Then, when this plowing settles
and the cultivation is frequent and
shallow there is formed "a means
for the capillary moisture to rise
freely.-W. F. Massey, In The Pro-
gressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22
FRIDAY BARGAINS

Our Friday bargains during October was de-
cided success Look at what follows for every
Friday in November.
pks Eagle aud Thistle soda for 95c ltd.
8 Arm q Hammer Csc,
l-pound pks. Tacoma roasted coffee for 42c regu-
lar price SOC
25 pounds best granulated sugar for sl.75 It'd
l2 yards extra heavy sheeting for 81
Is American Beauty outings and fannes in SOL
id and fancy colors for 81 ltd worth regular 1oc yd
yards Csc dress goods for 81 It'd,
l3 yards 10c bleaching for 81
IL yards fruit of loom and Lonsdae bleaching, yard
wide Cor 81 ltd
rockers worth regular LIS and 50 each, for 2.s5
for the two, ltd
No 3o3 oak roll foot beds worth $3.50 for only 49s
No 919 oak roll foot bed, worth so at 1858 each
Big lot Aragon negligee shirts fol 75c worth regu
lar soc each, ltd Also lot of 81 Aragon shirts for
73c each. Big lot of mems shoes will be offered
every Friday at money saving prices, limit of two
pairs to customer. lot of mems hats CSC each ltd
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22
LAND FOR SALE.

l offer for sale my land, S3 1-2 acres.
on the Cambridge road one and one
third miles from Edgefeld school,;
As acres open, well watered. Terms,
$50 per acre-S1, 900 cash, the bal
ancs in three years at z per cent in
terest. F. L. Parker,
Nov. ell. Johnston, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22

Full golden handsome
polished Double roll mould
and
Our regular S For the Sale
Same No. only dha swell where AS
$3oS8 suit No.
large roll effects and scroll design
Worth regularly $3.50 suit No. 317
apiece and large glass; 32h roll bed "a inch dresser
Regular $780, for the days only S suit
toilets
regularly S9p No suits oval shape French
regularly
4o7 Polished oak, worth also for only $2
$oI3
g 1925
3o3 plate dresser spasher on wash
regularly $780,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-22

all Now
direction We going to ubre
and lasting through Saturday Nov 25
will will
something worth reading
qarsawed fn
toilet full roll effects with attractive
regularly $5o8S
golden polish FULL swell drawers
inches respective
for only suit