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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
GOWNS AND OMENS.
Odd Superstitions That Oarken the
Oressmaker's Shop.

Odd Superstitions That Darken the
Oressmaker's Shop.
women who wear fine dresses are
us superStitlous as the girls who make
them," said dressmaker. IF the lit
tie accidents that happen In the work.
room were not mercifully concealed
from the owners of rich gowns they
would be sick with apprehension half
the time. had one customer who re
fused to accept very expensive dress
because a girl who assisted with the
titting dropped n pair of scissors.
which fell point down and stuck in
the floor. That meant an order for
mourning within six months. The Gus
toner hoped that by refusing the hoo.
doc dress she could avert the calamity.
but the precautiou was useless. In
less than three months her father was
dead
Girls are especially particular in
their work on wedding dresses, for II
a tiny drop of blood from a pricked
finger should fall on the gown the
bride would surely die before the end
OF the year. Then there Is green
thread. Whether the customer is there
TO see IL or not. no dressmaker will
keep green thread near spools of an
other color. Green thread used for
bastlng means the return Of dress
for alterations. and there is enough
trouble of that kind in "a dressmaking
establishment without deliberately bid
ding for IL.
"Women who are themselves super
stitious are never surprised or offend
ed at n sewing girls untidy coinure.
The girls tumble their hair about on
purpose when working on large or
der. for II Is sacred belief among
dressmakers that hair inadvertently
worked into the garment shows that
more work Is coming soon from the
same customer. New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
CENTERDALE

John Gallagher is on the sick list.
Next Thursday is "Hogan's Alley Day.,
The Centerdales play the Earlys to-
morrow at Melrose Park.
The Allendales play the Old Coons to.
morrow, on the home grounds.
Several telephones have been added to
the CentredaIe exchange this week.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of the c. V. &c.
held meeting on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. II. A. Fenper is entertaining
friends from New Hampshire, this week.
La Travere's big auto took a party of
about twenty to Crescent Park on Thurs
day.
A disturbance on the square Sunday
was suppressed by Officers Mccormick and
Hunt.
The Centerdale Primative Methodist
Church held its first annual tag day last
Saturday.
A delegation from North Providence
Aerie, No. 1868, o. Of K. attended the
Muster in Lawrence yerterday.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
Msdaoasear's Two Climates.

The island OF Madagascar has two
distinct climates. two classes OF m
tives and two classes OF fauna and
fora. The island Is about the size OF
France. Along the coast II Is tropical
and malarious, and the natives are
darker than in the interior The in
terror is high tableland and noun
famous There the climate Is cooler
and the natives smaller and lighter In
color than on the coast But in the
interior they are more intelligent. and
they rule the island.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
Pineapple Juice.

As an aid Of digestion, "A really ma
terial aid, the pineapple stands alone
among the fruit. Its vegetable pepsin
neutralizes, or perhaps rather digests,
albuminous substances In the stomach.
Fresh pineapple or, better still, the
fresh juice of one placed In direct CON
tact with eggs or gelatine or milk will
prove this fact conclusively by pro-
ducing a bitter tasting dish. In cases
Of catarrhal ailments Of the throat
and In its downward connection the
alimentary canal or tract pineapple
cannot be overestimated. and it acts
with equal force in malarial affections
New York World
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
UNCLE SILAS SULKEO.
What Aunt Melissa Had to Say When
She Heard the News


Aunt Melissa Spigott was such an
exceedingly energetic talker that the
youngsters Of the family used to sup
pose that her tongue must be copper
toed, because II never wore out. Uncle
Silas, on the other hand, was as eco
Of early stra wberrfes
The too free exercising Of this un-
ruly member Of Aunt Melissa's on one
occasion gave Uncle Silas serious Of
fense, which he manifested by a Sc
we're silence lasting for several days.
At the end Of that period one OF the
older daughters approached her mother
upon the subject with the remark,
MA, seems like you ought to make up
with pa by now"
MAKE up with paw exclaimed Aunt
Melissa in great astonishment. make
up whatW
"Why," returned the daughter
don't you know poor pas feeling bad
yet? He's still hufIing."
'Huffing-for the lands sake! How
longs he been a-hufiing"
Ever since you came down on him
so hard about wasting sugar by not
stirring his coffee; that's three days
ago"
"Why, you don't tell me, JAMIE
Maudw Aunt Melissa looked amazed.
"Your pore pa. Been a-huffing for
three days, and / never mistrusted a
thing Of itv'-Youth's Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
Clever DWarfs.

Richard Gibson and his wifi,
hourished In the seventcrth &c.
were remarkable pair of DIV.
quite apart from their Inches ""
combined barely made up seven
Both were clever painters at M
lures. and Gibson was drawing ma,
to the daughters of James II Al th
wedding. which was arranged u
Henrietta Maria. Charles l. gave th
bride away. the queen placed vain
able diamond ring on her finger. anC
Edmund Waller. the court poet. wrote
poem in honor Of the occasion. Glib
son was seventy-four when he passed
away. while his widow died at the
advanced age of eighty-nine years.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
Johnston Real Estate Transactions.

The following real estate and mortgage
conveyances have been filed with the Town
Clerk of Johnston within the past few days:
Real Estate Conveyance-Albert l.. Eddy
to Luciano Bovine, lot IS, Enterprise Park
plat, $40. Real Estate Mortgages-Charles
Ellison ct al, to Louis A. Sweet, lot I'll
and improvements, Nugent plat, $1,000;
Francesca Rotondo ct ux. to Elmer N.
Gardner, eight lots and improvements,
Cedar Hill Terrace, $1,000. Transfer Of
Mortgages-Margaret Rawl to Joseph
Paolino, $rooo; Joseph Paolino to Charles
II. Mandola, $1,000.
ST Peters & Pauls Church to r c Bishop
of Providence, land, Johnston and Grams
ton, 100.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
JOHNSTON.

Some large bass has been caught recent
ly at the Almy Reservoir.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Morris of Provi-
dence, are spending a few weeks at the
Brown Homestead.
A petition is being circulated in this
section asking for reduction in the fare
on the Providence & Danielson Railway,
between Olneyville and North Sctuate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28

Frank Hicks is sick with jaundice.
Business is excellent at the Manton
Mills.
George Pickering is in Maine for his
vacation.
Mr.. William Bowen is seriously i'll at
his sisters in Greenville.
The Mantons play the Woodbines OF
Pawtucket, here on Sunday.
Maine, with her daughter Florence, for
the summer.
Miss Annie b Fahey and Dewey Fahey
are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. John J..
Hughes at Oakland Beach.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
THORNTON

The Thorntons play the Lisbons here
on Saturday.
Thomas Hubby is spending his vacation
at Atlantic City,
The Y. t. A. C's hold private bake at
Longford Park on Sunday.
A short session of the Johnston Probate
Court was held on Tuesday.
The new front at William Aitchison's
saloon was put in OH Tuesday.
The funeral of Micheal Lafazia was
solemnized on Saturday of last week.
+. T. Westcott expects to go to New
Hampshire this week for a stay of some
time.
T.. T. Westcott and a party Of friends
took an auto trip to Hopkins Mills last
Saturday.
Quite number of people will sever
their connection at the British Hosiery
Mill this week.
Miss Mabel Buriick, who has been visit
ing Mrs. Alfred Dalton, has returned to
her home in Pittsfsld.
Mrs. f. z. Westcott and Miss May
Westcott have returned from a visit to
friends in Pennsylvania.
Town Clerk S. K. Luther, who was
confined to his home several days this
week by severe cold, is able to be out
again
The funeral of Samuel Jackson was
solemnized on Sunday afternoon at the
Church of the Holy Nativity Mr.. Jack
son has been a resident of Thornton for
over twenty-five years. During the past
few years, he was employed as watchman
at the Victoria Mills.
A large audience assembled in CalePs
Hall on Tuesday evening, when Thornton
Troop No. I, Boy Scouts was officially
organized. In fact the hall was made
ouate TO the demands of the occasion as
many people were unable to get inside the
room. Scout Commissioner J. A. Ratham,
assisted by Colonel Charles Muhearn,
Captain Edward Buxton Jr., and Police
Commissioner Walter X. Calender, con-
Quoted the work of the organization.
large delegation from Troop No. 1, Of
Greystone, was present. District Repre-
sentative William Aitchison and Scout
Master Harry Paulson, received their
credentials, and the troop flag was pre-
sented to the new organization. Ad-
dresses were made by state officials of the
RI B. S. and others. After the ex-
ercises, the Thornton and Greystone troops
we're entertained at supper given by Mr..
Aitchison. The new troop numbers about
sixty members,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
Longest Family Tree.

The biggest family tree In the world
is believed to he the one which traces
the genealogy Of Queen Elizabeth back
TO King David and thence to Adam
Dr M least aS near To Adam rs one
rOuId get The coat Of arms is given
ticuars of the dates of births and
deaths The labor Of providing coats
of arms is abandoned before Methuse
lah's time but the chart measures
forty five feet and certainly does take
one through Il maze OF nobility
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
A GRANITE BOMB.
Jack Frost Hurled II Down Into the
Yosemite Valley.

Jack Frost Hurled II Down Into the
Yosemite Valley.
Delicate frost traclngs on the win
ciful and harmless sportiveness. but
the hand that forms them Is capable
Of greater deeds and of other kinds
Nr. J. Smeaton Chase. In Yosemite
Trails" describes an experience that
must have been wonderfully impress
sive TO the spectator. He had been
spending some weeks in exploring the
Yosemite valley and the great rocks"
ike FL Captain, that wall II in.
Standing one day Of late autumn
about the middle of the valley. ] was
startled by a report like a cannon shot
which filed the whole valley with
. echoes that roared and doomed. re-
piled and multiplied. in long contin
ued. glorious tumut.
AS the deafening sound died away In
sullen mutterngs under the vizor Of
El Captain | was able to distinguish
the point Of attack by the long. clat-
tering descent of vast quantity of
rock
The night had been a cold one In the
valley. and on the seven TO eight thou
sand foot levels of the upper rim the
temperature must have dropped al
most to zero
Frost. working quietly with his
Archmedean lever. had just succeed
ed in shifting from the shoulder Of
the sentinel a tri1e of fifty tons or so
Of granite. For near thousand feet
the bowlder fell sheer swift and 81
lent; then. striking the cliff, IL burst
like bomb shattered into myriad
flying shards and splinters and dis
lodged smother Of fragments that
trickled down To the valley in a stream
that lasted for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck dust began TO rise into
the sunny air. slowly building up and
burgeoning like summer cloud and
every whit as snowy. Ii was the -four
Of granite. powdered instantaneously
by the terrific shock.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
PHYSICIANS AND FEES.
A Medical View of the Doctors Charge
For His Services.

For His Services.
Those who discuss the physicians
fee frequently miss the essence of it.
As matter of fact, under present
social conditions the charge made to
he wealthy and well to do Is the nor
nal and proper fee; the lowered
harCCS made to those less fortunate
re concessions. The tremendous field
If the physicians charity is therefore
G.;ually undrreStimatcd, for ii extends
to Il great majority Of his patients.
In odcn times, when medicine was
nearly all art and but little science,
the fee was unknown. Like other art
lists, the leech received an honorarlum,
the weight of which depended natu
rally upon the resources Of the patient.
The popular impression that physi
clans make the rich pay for the poor IL
incorrect. They extend their services to
all alike, and all are supposed to pay az
much as they can afford for services
really priceless and impossible To rep
resent adequately in money values,
Any attempt made to establish stand
ard fees by law is sure to work In.
justice to the physician. The stand
ard fee would have to be much high
er than the average fee at present and
there would have to be some method
OF enforcing its sure payment. Only
with the standard fixed, as now. by
the ability Of the wealthy is ii possible
for the poor to receive the benefits of
the highest professional skill without
losing their self respect.-New York
Medical Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
LOADED SILKS.
The Way the Fabric Is AduIterated to
Increase Its Weight.

Increase Its Weight.
II properly handled silk is the strong
est and most durable Of all textile ma
terials, but the various processes OF
manufacture that remove much Of the
natural gum cause 1t TO lose so large
an amount OF It's weight that unscrup-
ulous dyers and manufacturers resort
10 loading" dipping the thrown silk
into solution OF bichloride OF tin.
Some are not content with restoring
the original weight OF the raw silk, but
load" It until It's weight Is multiplied
three or four fold. This operation
makes the skeins more valuable. but
It destroys the durability Of the fila
nents
Stretching the threads to their elias.
tic limit, so that a given weight VIII
weave greater number OF yards, and
steamng TO give the material an un-
natural luster are other processes that
prove profitable to manufacturers, but
costly to the consumers and that cause
many people to regard silk as an un-
certain and treacherous fabric, with an
fnexplicable tendency to split, crack
and fall into holes, even though pack
ed away in drawers or hanging up.
The use Of cheap, inferior and de-
structive dyes Is another practice
equally injurious and perhaps still
more common.-London Family Her.
aid
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
GEORGIANILLE

Other Georgiavile news on the inside
page Of the TINES.
A family has moved into the house re-
Gently vacated by Mrs. Louis Cont.
Fred. Austin expects to entertain party
of friends by clam bake next Wednesday.
Rev. Father Nagel of St. Micheaps
Church assisted in the funeral services oi
Daniel Il. Grady at the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament in Providence on We'd
nesday.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
Obliqinq.

Excited Author crushing behind the
scenes,-Why are you cutting out the
second and third acts OF my play;
Manager am not cutting anything
out. I'm merely varying the order OF
the acts Several influential persons
In the audience have asked me IL II
would not be possible to have the here
die I'm the next act-Chicago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
ROCKLAND

A number from this place attended the
Sunday School picnic at Rocky Point on
Wednesday.
The Rockland troop Of Boy Scouts will
attend church at Richmond on Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. James Davis and family, who has
conducted the Rocklsnd mill boarding
house for several years, are TO remove 10
Bossou.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
pbiIosopI,v.

Learn to be pleased with everything
with wealth. so far rs II makes US OF
benefit to others: with poverty. for not
having much TO care for. and with
Obscurlty. for being unenvied.
tarch
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
A MasAer nf EicAinn

"what is Dobbleigh's general reputa-
ton for veracity, Bildad?' asked Hick-
enlooper.
"Well, it's this way" said Bildad.
"if Dobbleigh could write the way he
talks he'd have Sir Walter Scott and
Alexander Dumas lashed to the mast"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
No Duty on Anecdotes.

This sword came from the battle
field OF Waterloo. An interesting an
ecdote goes with IT,"
ut Is n really interesting anecdote,"
said the other man. after listening
carefully. 81 bought the same anec-
dote once with an old musket."-Wash-
ington Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
Grammar and Greed.

Mrs. Peavish says that IL she could
have another chance she would rather
marry n man who splits his inflnitives
than one who hates TO break a dime
Galveston News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28
EiekIe Popularitv

"You started with the full conf.
dence of your constituents, and now
you are criticised on every hand"
yes" replied Senator Sorghum
mournfully, my experience has been
very much like that OF man who
good naturedly consents to umpire q
ball game."-Washingto Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-28

We are put into this world to make
II better. and we must be about our
business.-General Armstrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
RAILROAD NEWS.
Club Rooms for Santa Fe En-
plOyees in Topeka.
Meeting Place to Be Arranged
in New Building.
FOR 5000 PEOPLE.
This Number Employed in Shops
and Offices.
Other Items Of General Interest
in Traffic World.

General officers of the Santa Fe in
Topeka are planning to establish in this
city for the local general officers and
other employees, a big club room in the
top floor of the general office building.
This club room will be open to all
Santa Fe men and women in the city
and will be equipped with every con-
venience for the enjoyment of evenings
and railroad entertainments.
The Railroad Young Mems Christian
association in Topeka is a gathering
place for many of the Santa Fe en-
ployees in the city. But it does not ac-
commodate the office employees in the
general office building and the club
room scheme is for the purpose of car
ing for these people.
The room will be fitted up with pool
and billiard tables, bowling alleys, big
easy chairs, a smoking room, and a
place for dancing. The Santa Fe people
in Topeka have an orchestra of their
own and next winter dances could I've
given any time the employees wished.
Entertainments and gatherings could
be held in the hall and the officials
could meet with the employees. In 9TH
er words, it would be a meeting place
of the 5000 people employed by the
Santa Fe in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
Who Wants a
Nice Head of Hair?
Easy to Get One in a Few Weeks
by Using Partisan Sage

Lack of nourishment-that's the rea-
son hair falls out, grows thin, fades
and turns grey.
Dandruff germs dig into the hair
roots and rob the hair Of its nourish-
ment.
Partisan Sage the delightfully."- re-
freshing hair grower and beautifier not
only completely destroys these germs
but penetrates into the roots of the
hair and furnishes the stimplating
nourf5hment that causes hair to grow
abundantly and lustrous.
Partisan Sage is guaranteed to put
an end to dandruff; stop falling hair
and scalp itch in two weeks, or money
back. Large bottle 90 cents at Geo. w.
Stansfie1d's, 6S2 Kansas avenue, and
druggists everywhere.
81 used Partisan Sage and 1t did my
hair a great deal of good. 1 find It q
very good hair tonic, the best I ever
used. It's @ very good scalp cleaner,
hair grower. and beautiher. Yours
very truly, Alice Baumgartner, Hague.
N. z.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
IT'S A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
wabash President So Interprets the
Freight Rate Decision.


Chicago, May 26.-When a man
can take the lemons which are handed
to him and make lemonade out of
them he becomes the ideal optimist,
in the view of F. A. Delano, president
of the wabash railroad, and then, as
if to prove his statement, he told the
members of the Traffic Club of Chicago
that he believed the interstate COM
merce law had been of real benefit to
the capital invested in railroads, and
that the commerce commissioners re-
cent refusal to permit an advance of
railroad rates was a blessing in dis
guise. while railway officials the
feet of the Interstate commerce law"
said Mr.. Delano, 81 sincerely believe it
has been of real benefit to the capital
invested in railway property, and that
every change and amendment in the
law has proved beneficial to honest
methods.
Perhaps the most serious disap-
pointment the railways have had has
been the refusal of the Interstate
commerce commission to grant a gen.
eral advance in rates; and yet I am in
clined to think this refusal is really a
blessing in disguise. 1 question wheth-
er it would have helped the railroads
rates. Other public service corpora
lions are in the same boat, and the
turn of the banker, the manufacturers
and the mechanic is coming next
THE railroads have gone through
regulation and laid down a system of
procedure, and the honest roads are
profiting by it," said Mr.. DeIano, "but
why stop at the railroads? Why not
apply the same rule to interstate ship
pers and merchants, and, indeed, why
not give the newspapers a taste of it :?
think 1t would do them good"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
Good Liver
Remedy Free

When you suffer from any form Of
indigestion 1t is always we'll to take
something for the liver, as usually the
trouble lies there. If you are bilious
nave a ploaty feeling after eating, If
you belch, If your skin is yelloWisn
you may be sure it is liver trouble.
What you need is something to stir
up the liver, to arouse the gastric
juices so that they will aid in the di-
sestion OF your food. A very good rem
edy for this. and one highly recon-
mended by those who have used IT. ia
DR.. CaldweIl's syrup Pepsin. Which von S
can obtain of any druggist at fifty
cents or ono dollar bottle. But II you
have any doubt about its merits. and
would prefer to try it first, send your
ADDRESS to DR.. Caldwell and he will
promptly send you a free sample bot
tie.
Thousands of people first learned OF
this remarkable sure for stomach, liver
and bowel troubles through free SAM
pie. Mrs. Frank Lilly Of Plainview, Ill,
sent for one and 1t cured her and she
is open in saying that she will never
take pills or strong cathartics again.
as Syrup Pepsin acts so mildly Mr..
w. L. Bryant, the Postmaster at
Sard1s, Tenn, says he will never be
without 1t again. No sick person can
afford to ignore a remedy so highly en-
dorsed as this. 1t is good for all the
Ad1nlly from INFANCY to OLD age, be-
cause 1t is mild, free from gripping and
yet promptly effective. Furthermore,
results are absolutely guaranteed or
money will be refunded.
DR.. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase Of his remedy ends his obli-
cation. He has specialized in stomach,
liver and bowel diseases for over forty
years and will be pleased to give the
reader any advice on the subject FREQ
Of charge, All are welcome to write
him. Whdther for the medical advice
or the free sample address him DR..
w. B. Caldwell. 541 Caldwell building
Monticello. III.