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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
Physical Difficulty.

as it anything serious. doctorT
asked a youth of a doctor after the
latter had examined him.
mo. no. not at all" replied the med
ical man. Nothing serious-just a
little stiffness In the back Of your neck
my lad. But you must keep an eye on
it."-LondOn Telegraph.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

DR.. irving Watson, Tor many
years editor and publisher of "The
Narragansett Herald" published at
Narr rigansett Per, r. l., died on
Tuesday after a lingering illness.
DR. " atson was we'll known through
out the state, and particularly in the
South County, where he resided
most OF his life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
Street THROUGH a Church.

One Of the best known instances Of
churches with streets through them is
that OF St John the Baptist's church
In Bristol. England. The church is sit
uated right over the ancient gateway
into the city on the Avon, and the tow
erlng spire, standing high above the
neighboring houses and streets, Is re-
markable sight as one surveys ii from
the roadway below.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
Mommsen's Popularity.

On his eightieth birthday Theodor
Mommsen. the historian, received n
visit from n great delegation OF stu
dents, who marched out to his home,
but he could not be induced to leave
his work TO greet them. They see me
every day at the university" he said
"Why do they want to disturb me
now?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

1t is pretty plain to all that Cover
nor Pothier does not wish to be re
nominated for fourth term as gov
ernor of the state Mayor Fletcher
has clearly defined his position in
the matter; he is not cand date
for the governorship. AS time goes
on Ex-Speaker Burchard candidacy
seems to grow stronger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
A TriNs Withered

In his native tongue no one could
have made more graceful speeches
than NJ Blanc. but when he essaycd
compliments in English he was not
quite so successful.
"Have I changed in the FIVE years
since we met In Paris?" asked an
elderly woman who desired above al
things TO be thought younger, much
younger, than she was.
Madame" said the courtier, bis
hand on his heart, you look like a
rose OF twenty Youths Com
panion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
Odds and Ends.

A trunk is poor place in which to
secrete money.
Agricultural fairs need fair weather.
The old Romans didn't care for music
at their feasts, when larks tongues were on
the bill Of fare.
The arpenter-clergyman, who was to
oficiste at the Astor wedding, missed be-
ing joiner that time.
1t is stated that President Taft will dis.
cuss divorce on his Western trip. That i:
perhaps safer subject for him than tho
tariff.
September comes to us with crisp ali
and fresh oysters.
Those who work for the Devil, "get tn,
wages Of sim"
If Hobson had his choice there wou {
perhaps, he war with Japan.
A Chinese warship when 1t outlives it
usefulness becomes Chinese junk.
Women may be able to vote as intelli
gently as men, but only small percentag
Of them can get off street car facing for
ward.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
A Drain on the COMPANY.

On his way home from the theater.
where he had seen a performance OF
"Othello," Bobby was unusually quiet
Didn't you enjoy the playT' grand
father asked. at last.
"Oh. yes, very much" replied Bobby.
but. grandpapa. there's one thing !
don't quite understand. Does the black
man kill lady every nightT-Youth's
Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

An exchange says that "dissolv-
Ing trust is difficult problem. y
This is SO, perhaps, because those
who compose the trust are so hard
hearted.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

President TAFT starts on speech
making trip to-day, in which he will
traverse thousands of miles and speak
to thousands of people. 1t is hinted
t"a' this trip may have much to do
with his political future
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

The Prohibition candidates for
state officers are always the first in
the field and last in the count.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

Faith and hope themselves shall die.
while deathless charity remains
Prior.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

The Astor-Force marriage has
given the subject Of divorce more
prominence, perhaps, than its ad-
vocates desire.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
lnnuisitiNa.

"That fellow is a positive joke"
"Relative OF your wife's or holding
better job than youF'-Detroit Free
Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

The people of Morocco are said
to be supremely Indifferent as to the
outcome Of the Morocco question.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

William z. Goodwin has resign
ed his position as state bank COM
missioner.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

Senator Lorimer is against the
Socialists. Such opposition will
help the party.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

An Engllshman stands for parlia-
ment; it would not be dignified for
him to run.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

Pastor Lambert, who married the
A>tors. is getting "kicks as well as
coppers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

The South County Fair at Kings
Ton, which came off this week, was
up to its usual order of high merit.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

Money has more to do with war
than in former years.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

The list of toadstool victims seem
to be unusually large this fall.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
Came Partly True,

Before marriage | used to dream of
life in n fine house. with sixteen serv-
ants"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15
never come true"

Dreams never come true"
"They do. partially. We live in a fat
instead of house. but we've had the
sixteen sCrvants."- Washington Her
aid
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

A trunk is a poor place in which to
secrete money.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

The old Romans didn't care for music
at their feasts, when larks tongues were on
the bill Of fare.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-15

Agricultural fairs need fair weather.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13

can't get,
The egotist Always feels a
boundless pity for the people
who don't like him.
The less q woman loves her
husband the more she pleases his
satanic majesty,
Perhaps the most of us would
be different if onr neighbors
were what they ahould be.
All the world may be a stage,
but unfortunately we can't al.
ways hear the prompter.
Many a man who claims to be
as honest as the day is long
wouldn't want the searchlight
turned on his night record.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Quick Tailoring.

A man walked into a tailoring
shop, the other day, and asked
to have a coat made.
when do you want the gar.
ment?" asked the tailor.
"This evening. 1 want to
wear it to a dinner,
''Impossible!" cried the tailor
MAKE a coat in a day unheard
of"
Yet it has been one-yes.
from the shearing of the wool
from the sleeps back to the
finished garment. This feat was
accomplished as far back as 1911
by John Coveter, near Newbury,
in England.
At 5 o'clock in the morning
Mr.. Coveter was presented two
Southdown Wedder sheep. At
first the sheep were shorn, the
wool spun, the yarn spoiled, warp
ed, loomed and wove. After
that the cloth was buried, mill
ed. rowed, dyed, pressed, and
late in the afternoon put in the
hands of the tailors.
By half-past six the coat was
finished, and Mr.. Coveter pre-
sented it to one of the gentlemen
of the town amid the tn undering
applause of 5000 spectators.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
The Rande of Vision,

Data have been gathered ii, Germany
with reference TO the distance at which
persons may be recognized by their
faces and figures IL one has good eyes,
the Germans claim. one cannot recog-
niZe a person whom he has seen but
once before at a greater distance than
twenty-five meters (eighty-twO feet)-
If the person is well known TO one. one
may recognize him at from fifty to o
hundred meters. and If ii is q member
of ones family. even at $50 meters
The whites of the eyes may be seen at
from twenty-seven to twenty eight me-
tiers and the eyes themselves at sev-
enty-two to seventy-three meters. TIE
different parts of the body and the
slightest movements are distinguishes
BILE at ninety-one meters. The limbs
show at lS2 meters. At $40 meters a
moving man appears only as an indeIi-
mite form. and at 30 meters C2.361 &
feeti the movements of the body are ne
longer visible.-Scientifc American.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Brain Leaks,

cheap man always delivers
similar lines of goods.
The man who says he never
makes mistakes is making mighty
big one.
1t costs lot to be a good
fellow" but it costs nothing to
be good man.
This is the season of the year
when everybody is advised to do
your Christmas shopping earley,
and nobody does it.
So far we have managed to
resist the temptation topurchase
one of those fuzzy hats but we
can feel ourselves slipping.
Nothing tickles us more than
the sight of a man with false
teeth who thinks that he is con-
sealing the fact that he wears 'em
We never see a young man with
a beautifully curled moustache
but what we wonder a bit how
much time he wasted on it.
The man or woman who knows
how to grow cid gracefully has
acquired about all the knowledge
necessary to make life worth
living.
If we had made the world we
would have left out a lot of the
troublesome things and quite
likely overlooked making most of
the good things.
We are waiting for some house.
hold economic sharp to tell us
how to keep the baby from kick
ing all the bedclothes off in the
middle of the bed at night,
We are mighty happy to relate
that the Little Woman has never
yet made the Architect Christ
mas present m anufactured after
the directions for a Beautiful
Christmas gift for father" found
in the Woman's Household Com
forter.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
The Gentle Cynic.

Other peoples troubles are al
ways magnified.
Every great moral teacher in
history has been a hereto.
All the worlds a stage, but
most of the actors are amateurs
The wages of sin are paid no
matter what the industrial con-
titions may be.
It's all right to look up to
others, if they don't mind hav-
ing them look down on you.
To get the better of an argu-
ment always make the other
hunt for proof.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Friends.

Put your heart into the search for a
friend. freely offer assistance to any
of the crowd who needs 1t. and. soon
er or later. you will find a hand out
stretched toward yours. and your soul
will meet its likeness. DO not initiate
those who. shut up in their Individual
ity as in a citadel. indiE erent to all
passers by. yet send forth on the four
winds Of heaven the melancholy cry.
There are no friends" They do ex-
list. be sure of it. but only for those
who seek. for those deeply interested
In the search and for those who do not
remain content to spin out the thread
of life in corner like spiders web.
intended to catch happiness.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Poultry Experiments.

The Bureau of Animal Indust-
ry has received a report of some
poultry experiments conducted
by the Ontario Agricultural Col
lege and Experiment Farm.
IN pen of fowls which receiv-
81 their animal food in the form
of butter-milk. 55 per cent of the
eggs Matched; where 10 per cent
of the dry mash was beef scrap.
5O5 per cent Matched; where the
hens had all the beef scrap they
wanted in a hopper, SO per cent
Matched; where no animal food
was given. 565 per cent. Matched;
where hens received about three
fourths of a pound of green cut
hone daily, 405 per cent Matched.
Ii was also found by the Sta
tionthat the average cost per doz-
en- of eggs from 1873 pullets from
October l to March l was 1852
cent and from March l to Sep
TENDER 1.848 per cent. Valurlng
eggs at 3 cents each the average
profit per hen over and above
cost Of iced was TO- cents.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
RESURRECTION PLANT.
1t Comes to Life, After Drying Up, If
Plunged Into Water.

It Comes to Life. After Drying UP, If
Plunged Into Water.
One of the most extraordinary plants
In the world is undoubtedly that
known to botanists as Anastatica. com
monty called the Resurrection plant
or occasionally the Rose of Jericho.
1t is an annual inhabiting the Egyp-
tian desert. Ii is so highly hygrOmet-
rio that when fully developed it con
tracts it's rigid branches so as to con
stitute a bail Exposed then to the
action of the wind it is blown hither
and thither toward the sea, when 1t
is gathered and exported to Europe
If then. when apparently dead and
dried up. its root is plunged into wa
ter. the buds swell with new life and
leaves of its calyx open. the petals IN
fold. the flower stalk grows and the
full blown flowers appear as If by
magic. When removed from the wa
ter the plant returns to its original
apparently dead condition until again
placed in water: hence. its title of the
Resurrection plant.
There are many superstitious tales
concerning this so called rose afloat
In the east 1t is said TO have firss
blOomed on Christmas eve and con-
tinued TO flower till Easter. at it's birth
heralding the advent of the Redeemer.
and Immediately before his departure
IGNORING his resurrection.-T- P.'s Lon
don Weekly.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Cold Shoulders.

Caleb Powers did not get a
cordial reception in St Paul, judi
ging by the following which was
printed in the News of that city,
regarding the lecture of the
Eleventh districts Congressman:
"Caleb Powers, ex-convict, twice
sente need TO life Imprisonment
and once sentenced to death for
the -blooded assassination of
Governor William GoebeI, of
of Kentucky addressed the stud
ents of the Minnesota State Agri-
cultural School Wednesday.
Would it not seem to the or
binary citizen that if the farm
school is so hard pressed for Or
ators that it has to enter the lists
of convicted murderers, it would
be a good time to cut out some
Of the oratory?
.The appearance of murderer
Caleb Powers in college lecture
course might-of course, one dare
not say it would tend to confuse
the young folks attending that
school as to what constitutes real
grateness in the view of the
university"
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
State Finances.

At the close of business on
November 1st, the outstanding
warrants. amounted to a little
over 81 5000 and it is believed
that about one million of this
amount will be called in about
December 10th, and stop the
payment of interest. State
Treasurer Edwin Farley stated
recently that no definite calcula-
ton had been made yet, but a
general estimate had been made
and that he believed that some
thing near a million dollars
worth of warrants would be call
ed in for payent. When the
Democrats went out of office they
left something like a million and
quarter dollars in the Treasury.
The Republicans will leave near
ly a million dollars of debt draw
ing interest as well as a large
floating debt.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
For The Short Days.

No doubt the house mother can
find plenty to keep her hands
full from the early rising to the
late going to bed, these short
days: but it is a good idea to sift
out great many of the unneces-
sary tasks, and find all the rest
periods we can. And when one
comes to think of it there are a
great many things that could
just as we'll be left undon, and life
would go on, without the Earring
of a cog in its machinery. Not
long ago, a house-mother was
found working far beyond her
strength on work that might bet
ter have been divided up be-
tween a number of days. She
was warned that it would not do
that she would break down;
but she persisted, and the conse-
queues was as foretold. She
spent several weeks in bed from
exhaustion. But she found COM
fort in the fact that 'she went
to bed with the house clean. I"
Things were not so ordealy
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Halleck and Drake

Fitz Greene Halleck. the poet anc
author of Marco BOzzaris." who died
in 1861. IS buried in the HaIleck fam
fly plot In the Alderbrook cemetery al
Winsted. Conn. The body of his
friend. Joseph Rodman Drake. the au-
thor of THE American Flag" rests in
the old Hunt burying ground in Bronx
borough. New York city. now known
as brakes park.-Magazine of Ameri-
can History.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Chinese Wall Paper.

1t is said that the European
nation of wall paper was import
ed from China. There its orna-
mental use for screens, parti-
tons and the like was known as
early as the fourth.century. Au-
thorities on this subject assert
that it was Holland during her
naval supremacy of the Sixteenth
entury which first began to
adopt and hang around the wall
paper idea.
The early Chinese wall papers
we're printed from. blocks, hand
painted or stamped with infinite
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
FELT HIS PRESENCE.
Curious Instance Of TeIepathy De-
scribed by John Muir.

Curious Instance Of TeIepathy De-
scribed by John Muir.
f. John Muir. In his book. My First
Summer in the Sierras." relates a Gu
riOus instance Of telepathy. He spent
the summer Of 1869 In the beautiful
wilderness around the Yosemite valley.
One day he, was busily sketching On
the North Dome, when suddenly Re
became possessed with the notion that
hia friend Professor ]. d. Butler of
the University OF Wisconsin was be-
low him In the valley. He jumped up.
full Of the idea of meeting him. being
almost as much startled as If some
one had unexpectedly touched him and
made him look up. Instantly be went
running down the slope and along the
brink of the valley. looking for a way
to the bottom. feeling drawn irresisti-
bly,.
WINGED him that be could not possibly
reach the hotel until after everybody
would be asleep for the night. He
therefore compelled himself TO stop.
but the next day he went into the
valley and found that Professor But
Ter had arrived the evening before,
unexpected by anybody. He had been
four or FIVE miles distant at the mo-
ment when Mr.. Muir was so suddenly
apprisPd of his presence.
HE had just entered the valley by
way of the Coulterville trail" says
the author. 'and was coming past FL
Captain when his presence struck me.
Had he then looked toward the North
Dome with good glass he might have
seen me jump up from my work and
run toward him This seems the one
well defined marvel of my life of the
kind called supernatural"
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
labor and exquisite art.

labor and exquisite art. They
were made to order-produced
in sheets of varying dimensions
according to the use to which
they were to be put. The mod
ern rolls of wall paper with a
continuous duplicate design were
unknown. It was not until the
invention of the modern print
ing and stamping machines with
cylindrical rollers that a contin-
uous conventional pattern was
favored.
As neither China nor Japan
was a communicative country
during the beginning of the COM
mercial history Of Europe these
wall paper importations were few
and far between and consider
ably at a premium. Yet they
soon hit the European fancy as
a good substitute for the arras
and tapestries of the time.
Up to the end of the seven
teenth century the imported
product was prohibitive in price,
however and it was not until the
middle of the eighteenth century
that it was really familiar thing
on the market. When the meth.
DDS for printing and stamping
wall paper from blocks was in
troduced from China each nation
was jealous of its neighbor in the
wall paper trade and tried to
keep its own process a secret.
Toward the end of the Seven
teenth centery the English were
the largest importers of the
hand decorated Chinese wall pa
pers, but only for a short time.
AS the demand increased they
began to perfect a process of
paper stamping and paper decor
alton to initiate tapestries, and
with improved machinery soon
cheapened their product and
popularized it all over Europe.
By the time of the Stuarts the
arras of Shakespeare's era was
beginning to disappear.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13

when she got about again, and
the whole family had suffered
from her sickness. One mother
that l meet occasionally takes
her pencil and pad and sets down
every night just what is to be
done the next day everything
that calls for attention; then she
goes over the list, marking out
what can be left undone with
the least jaring of the household
machinery; then. what can be
left until later, just as well; and
the third time she goes over the
list she leaves only what abso-
lutely must be done. And she
finds she can get the must bes
done without very great fatigue
if she still finds that she can do
few of the other things, but
one of the big items on her list is
frequent rest SPELLS"
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
The Gentle Cynic

Many people would be more
truthful if they talked less.
There are mighty few must
clans who can master the horn
of plenty.
The goodness of some men de-
ponds more on the police than on
principle.
True happiness is merely a case
Of not wanting the thing you
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Christmas Shopping.

Just what to give for a Christ
mas present is agitating the
minds of a great many of our
readers, and this uncertainty is
what makes Christmas shopping
so unsatisfactory if put off until
the rush comes. The purchaser
enters the store with no definite
object in view, and in conse-
quence the patient clerk finds it
hard work to wait upon the pros
pective purchaser; as the time
for the close of the purchasing
season approaches matters get
worse, everything is unsatisfact-
ory both to the customer and
clerk.
THERE'S every reason why you
should do your holiday shopping
now, or at least at an early date
In the first place stocks are un-
broken, and you have a much
larger line to select from now
than yon will find at a later date
Besides, who wants to buy
things that has been paved over
and rejected by hundreds Of 9TH
ers. If you do not want to take
away your purchases, the store
will gladly mark them and lay
them away for future delivery.
Another thing is the time at
yonr disposal. Now the clerks
are fresh, have plenty of time at
their disposal. and will gladly
assist customers by suggestions.
Later, they will be so over
worked that they will barely
wait upon you. and will do that
in listless way that will simply
aggravate you.
The simplest dictates of
humanity call out for a regula-
ton of affairs that will prevent
the crush that usually prevails
just before Christmas. especial
ly in the stores chiefly patroniz-
ed by ladies. The poor girl
clerks who are on their feet from
early morn until late at night,
and all the time working at a
high nervous tension, will ap-
preciate your efforts to mitigate
this pressue that can scarcely be
borne.
Another thing we would i'm
press and that is, while remem-
bering your friends don't forget
the poor, who are said to be the
special wards of Our Master, and
giving to whom is said to be
lending to Him. These we have
always with us, and some of
them will know but little of the
era Of good will and gladness un-
less those to whom God has en-
trusted His good shall divide
with them.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-13
Romantic snain.

TELL me about SPAIN romantic
Spain"
well" said the motorist. there are
a few bad places as you come down
the mountains, but In the main the
roads are pretty good-"-washington
Herald