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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
ENDED THE SPELLING LESSON
Bobby's Education, Under Aunt's
Tutelsge, Afterward Proceeded
Under Different Lines.

Miss Thompson. whose form nature
has endowed with alltoo-ampie
curves. was giving her little nephew
a lesson in spelling the other day. lie
had spelt be. be. and he. he. and
Abw she was trying to get him to tell
her what me. spelt
Listen. Bobby" she said earnest
ly. Then closing her lips she pro
nounced the sound OF a long IN. and
opening them. the sound OF long Q.
What does that spell?"
Bobby looked at her and shook his
head Again she tried, and this time.
while pronouncing the sounds. she Wig.
orously tapped her own rotund chest
with her plump forehnger
"Mmum. ee. What letters am say.
ing and what do they spell?" she
asked. still vigorously tapping her
chest
II don't know what the letters are"
replied Bobby. watching the plump
forefnger. but | guess they spell
Fat"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
CLUE TO BUDDHISM
Professor Starr Prizes Into Sc.
cret of Idol.
Similarity Of Works Found In Oriental
Temple With Monuments of Gen.
tral America Is Evidence Re-
lieion Existed in America.

Chicago.-After 1,200 years Of cross.
begged meditation in a heather TEN.
pie OF Korea, something exciting has
happened to the giant stone Buddha
OF Kyong Ju. The idol has been meas
ured, poked in its sacred ribs, and
made the center OF a new theory by
Prof. Frederick Starr, the University
OF Chicago anthropologist, who re-
turned recently from trip OF oriental
exploration.
N the seated Buddha, which has
stared at the eastern sea in compare
tive neglect for many centuries, Pro-
fessor Starr believes he has found the
masterpiece OF an ancient fully devel-
oped Korean art, the prototype of the
famous bronze Japanese Buddhas OF
Nara and Kamakura, and traces OF
sculpture and architecture analogous
to that Of Yucatan and Central Amer
ica.
The similarity Of the works OF art
found In the temple with the Buddha
to the monuments of Central America
and Mexico is declared by Professor
Starr to be striking. He will make
careful comparison OF the data he has
collected in the widely remote places,
and he believes his evidence will be
the strongest yet produced TO prove
that Buddhism formerly existed on
the American continent.
The Chicago scientist asserted that
the examination of the idol was one
of the most impressive Of his expert
ences in the Orient. The Buddha is
ten feet in height, and sits in a semi
subterranean temple twenty feet In
diameter. surrounded by fifteen slabs
of stone, each bearing a sculptured
figure. The temple crowns high hill
fifteen miles from Kyong Ju, the an
cient capital of Silla, one Of the three
ancient Korean nations, on the east
ern side of the southern half OF the
Korean peninsula. The only living
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Old Mlsh in New Words.

Mr.. D. y. Seerley OF Chicago Is nm
art connoisseur, but sometimes he nj
lows himself to be taken away from
pictures and sculptures, and led into n
concert hall He had yielded 90 this
one afternoon when the friend beside
him noticed that he looked bored
weary, and wan. not to say exhausted
and disgusted
What's the natter" he asked Seer.
ley; TO which question Soerlcy replied
with a prolonged yawn
ITS true" admitted the friend,
that that piano player is missing
some Of the notes and "
u wish" cut In Scorley. "hc had
missed 'cm alli"- The Twice a.Month
Popular Magazine
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Who the heathen BE.

Father Bernard Vaughan was CON
demning somewhat acrimonious re-
ligious argument
Disputes OF this kind" he said "re
mind me forcibly OF little girl.
What are the heathen. Jennyf
her Sunday school teacher asked this
little girl.
The heathen,' the child replied,
are people who don't quarrel over TO
liglon.'"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Clean Money.

United states Treasurer McClung
has recommended I'm his annual report
that congress provide additional facili,
ties for exchanging old and deiaccd
United States paper currency for new.
Asserting that there is widespread
interest which advocates "A cleaner
and more sanitary currency. he says
that the sentiment is n laudable one
and should be attainable because the
expense Is but "A trihe compared with
the beneficial results. II has been
demonstrated that bacteria attach
themselves readily 60 paper money,
and there Is no doubt that disease Is
thus disseminated. Mr.. McCiung =
crusade for clean currency ought TO
find prompt and sympathetic response.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Ernn Batter 70 Mnr,.

Judge" said the caller. 4 wish
you'd tell me what ! have 20 DO 10
get ny name changed
What Is your present name"
Bennett Lemuel Zebulon Bubb"
You Wish 10 have Bubb' changed
TO something else7"
No want new one entirely
Something like William Thompson or
George Jones-something snort and
easy. YOU know
Your objection 20 your name. tner
IL that u Is too long. ! presume Why
can't YOU just use your initiais7"
That Only makes u worse. Judge
Whenever give ny name az Is. l.. 4
Butb somebody snickers7
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Nnsi Pncket Irlrnhnnrn

They are introducing vest pocket
telephones in some Of the cities ol
Germany Connections are placed on
walls all over town and n you happen
20 walk along the street and you're
I'm hurry 10 tell your wife that you
will bring a friend home for dinner
all you have 10 do Is 10 connect your
pocket instrument with the one on
the wall, call the exchange. get your
party and talk to your hearts con.
tent
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

ly, It is said, and nevertheless lived
within his income while expending
fully the 100000 francs allowed for
II is said that Presi.
dent Fallieres has been able up 10
the present 10 put aside 600. 600
francs "A year and that last year he
had the pleasure OF exceeding this
amoutn. Nine Eallieres especially is
credited with being very thrifty
housekeeper
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
PhYsIcal sYmnathY Wanted.

Mrs. Flatt-How can you look 30
uncOnccrned when you know I am
shiyering with the cold?
Mr. Flatt--What can ! dO2
Mrs Flat You might ~ least ghlv
or, tuO-BOstOu Transcript.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
No Onenne

II suppose sou are afraid my vigor
Gus style would offend your read
ers. said the discontcntcd author
$50, I'm not, replied he editor
The trouble is that nobody would
read enough OF IL 10 get offended"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

Mother cray Sweet Powders for Children Bronx
10 Colds in q bOur, relieve FryorI shnrst IIrad.
ache stomach Troubles, Tc0thlnR Disprdrrs. myvs
and regulate tho bowels, and destroy WORMS. They
are 80 pleasant ~ tako children lko tborn Used By
mother for n yearA Atnll druggists, Z,r. Sample
ma e1 FREE. Addfosa 4 A. OIfnsted IeEoy N T.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Anger Causes Sugar Blood.

Baltimore. Md.-leger. according to
DR. W. b. Cannon oI Harvard. causes
more sugar in the blood than serenity
This. be said. explained the great de
sand Of the muscles for sweets.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
cIrcumstantIsI Evidence

Jones was so proud OF his boy and
what he was going 20 do, But the
youngster will never make n noise In
the world"
IL don't know about that. He's just
Joined brass band"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
InopoYtant 10 Mothove
Much Better Purpose.

Miss. .Charmyngc-Dout you think !
was made for a business woman?
Jack Hustler-No, don't ! think
you were meant for a business man
Stray Stories
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Cutlery.

THAT politician used 10 have
knife up his sleeve for you"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum
But ! have observed him at luncheon
and his knife IS not going 10 DO me
any harm He's too busy eating with
it"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

We are often admonlshed 10 take
the bull By the horns" but the trou.
BILE r. 10 find a bull that Will stand
for H.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

An old bachelor will stay out till 2
a m. n he wants 10. but he misses the
fun Of trying to sneak upstairs with
his shoes on
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
nldn,t Tmnk Much Of Er.d-

Louis-"They tell me she will get
million the day she marrles Fred
I,ouise-"Wel. it's worth iL"-Chi
cago Daily News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
The Meanest Man.

Knicker-Why has Smith set up o
windmill?
Bocker-To drift the snow of bis
walk onto his neighbours.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

We are here on earth 20 learn 10
give and not 10 grasp. We gain most
by giving most-JOhn II Denison.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

Nrs. wtnsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
tsething. softsns the gums. reduces infamma-
ton AllAys pain. cures wind collie, &c a bottle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
And he Man th. Mn

Mrs. Benham-My new dress Is a
poem.
Benham-The man who has 20 pay
for IL loses his love for literature.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

Perhaps fewer bachelors would
make fools. of themselves II they had
wives 10 do IL for them.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Specialization.

Specialization means the ability %
focus all OF your energies on one
fhing-The Fra.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

A woman wants protection. but "a.
vOrs free speech
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

A good conscience makes an easy
couch. jackson Wray
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

Tats LAXATIVE BHONO Qulrire Tablets
Urrggisis refund money n Dr. falls o. cure n. W.
GROVES signature ls on each boz. Ec
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
Who Could Dnnht IL

Artist (angrIly no; ! don't want
q model only paint flowers or
fruit.
Model fsmllinglyD Oh. that's all
right Every one says I'm "a peach.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

~olor more goods brighter and faster colors thsi
DE sny garment without ripping apart. nn
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02

} than any a her dye One l0c package colors a
Nnts lor Tree bOoklet-ii0N % Dye, Bleacl
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-02
TsuISizvESIM s5sa 5sa AZ iIEs

aosRoi S DUG CO cospaSf spL os.ey. :. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
MANY CHILDREN OF ST. MARY'S RECEIVE
 FIRST COMMUNION
Ascension Thursday Ob- served In Fitting Manner Large Congregations Throughout City

Ascension Thursday, a holy day of obligation throughout the Catholic world, was observed in an especial manner at St. Mary's church this morning when large class of chil- dren, enough to thrice fill the long altar rail, received the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist for the first time. In all the churches, notwithstanding the downpour of rain of the early morning, there were large congrega- tions at the various masses.
 The Children at St. .Mary's braved the storm, and an. unusually large congregation including the parents and relatives of the. little folks. filled the church at the 8:30 mass.
 Prepared for weeks by Rev. T. F. Mulcahy and the Sisters of St. Mary's school, the children approached the altar rail with great devotion. The little girls wore dainty frocks of white. the boys dark suits. Rev. John F. Murphy, pastor of St. Mary's sang the high mass and after the children had received their first communion, he preached a brief sermon.
 Father Murphy told the children of the significance. Of Ascension Thurs day, the feast of the departure of the Saviours from earth to heaven, and dwelt sod the return of the Holy Ghost to strengthen the faith of the apos- ties. He, reminded the children Sof the meaning of the sacrament. of the Holy Eucharist, and imparted whole some advice to the children on their manner of living.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
KINGS; BODY
 HOME BOUND ON ROYAL YACHT

Hamburg, May 16-In striking con- trast to his tragic death. unknown and alone, like the humblest warefarer was the removal from Hamburg at 8:30 a. m. of the body of King Frederick VIII, accompanied by all the civil and military pomp and ceremony usually accorded royalty.
 AS tzhe casket was borne from the Hamburger Hof 1t was surrounded by regiment of infantry. followued by representatives of the government and the municipality and accorded every military honor. The streets through which the sombre cortege passed were lined with. people all with barred heads.
 The body was taken to the railway station where it was put aboard a special train, to which Queen Louise, Phince Gustav, and Princess Thyra and Dagmar already had been escort ed by court officials from Copenhagen
 The special bore the casket and royal mourners to Tfavemunde, in Lu- beck, on the Baltic, where the Danish royal yacht was waiting. The Kings body was placed on board and the yacht started for Copenhagen, escort ed by two Danish cruisers. Several German warships fired royal salute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
TAFT MANAGERS
 SAY ROOSEVELT
 CAN'T BE NAMED
Not Even If He Were to Secure Every Delegate
 Yet to Be Chosen

Cleveland, Ohio, May 16-Replying to Col. Roosevelt's claim of 522 delegates already selected to the Chicago con- vention, President Taft here today gave out the following statement:
 "Only 188 delegates to the Chicago convention remain to be chosen. If MT. Roosevelt were to get all of them, yet he could not be nominated. Care fully prepared figures show that only 309 delegates thus far are instructed for or pledged to him, and the talk of real and genuine contests against delegates who are instructed for me is as unsustained by the facts as many of the misleading issues which have been injected into this campaign.
 "The number of Taft delegates thus far chosen, not counting the eight from Montana and a number from Texas and Arkansas, which will be elected today, is $40, and the vote in Ohio, my home State, much to my qualification, will be the decisive one, and will settle the question of the nomination
 'The Chicago convention will be er- ganized by the friends of constitu- tional government and the success of that great cause now seems assur- ed"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.
A Hideous War Dragon

Recent dispatches from Tripoli de- scribe the first actual use of airships as engines of war, and of the terrify- ing and all-destroying effects of the bombs rained into the Turkish camp by the Italian dirigibles. It has been contended that aviational development spells the end of warfare because Of the helplessness of land forces against invaders from the clouds, and to those who witnessed the wiping out of the following the first warfare between countries with aerial fleets seems as- sured
 Two new dirigibles of the Italian army set out to attack the Turk s fortified position. Manoeuvering over the Turkish-Arab camps the aerial ar tillaries were able to place their bombs with deadly accuracy.
 ARTILLERY PROVES USELESS.
 The Arab camp was almost obliter- ated, and there was great loss of life. A correspondent who was within the Turkish lines, and who luckily escap- ed with his life, thus describes the scene:
 Slowly the two airships closed right over us, there was moment of sus- pense, and then came a faint singing
 
 til, with a great crash, the first bomb burst fifty yards away from where I was standing with members of the headquarters staff, including foreign attaches.
 within the next ten minutes the bombs rained from the sky and the shrapnel bullets sang their deadly song all about us. Everywhere they struck they level1ed an area many yards square, and as the lombard ment continued. men, tents, and field pieces fell to the sands like a boys toy army swept over with a wave of hand.
 'sWhy we were spared do not know except that we had run out to the ad- vance lines with the alarm at. the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
OBITUARY

The funeral of Joseph F. Schietin- ger. one of the most popular young men of this city, was largely attend ed yesterday afternoon at o'clock from from the home of his parents, 1s thronged to overfowing with sorrow ing relatives and friends who gath cred to pay their last respects to their friend who had passed from their midst SO suddenly. The deceased ap- peared most lifelike in a beautiful quaTtered oak casi<et surrounded by wealth of floral tokens. Impressive services were held at the house and grave by Rev. H. G. Wiener, pastor of the German Reformed Church Preceding the Services Miss Theresa Poke sang Face to Face, and as the remains were borne from the house Mrs. Martin Heffernan rendered
 Beautiful Land on High.'' The pail bearers were chosen from among the delegation of Fraternal Order of Ea- gles, No. 420 The honorary hearers were Messrs. H Bedell. J. Harding, H. Heath. and J. Banon. As the re- mains were being lowered into their last resting place in the family plot in Park cemetery, Miss Poke sang
 Some Sweet Day.
 The body of William T. Dolan, who died last Thursday at the Naval Hos- pltai,s FuS0t SOunQ, washington, ar- rived in this city today. A military funeral will be held tomorrow after noon with the Naval Reserves escort ing the cortege at the Sacred Heart church and St. Michaels cemetery. The deceased was 21 years of age, the son of Mary Weldon and the late Dennis w. Dolan. of ITS Atlantic street.
 The funeral of Patrick F'itzpatrick was held from his home, 23O9 Fair field avenue at 7:3O and St. Peters church at 8 o'clock yesterday morn ing. A solemn high mass of requiem was sung by Fathers Kelley, Curran and Picker. The quartet rendered Come Unto Me" as the funeral party entered the church. At the offertory Mrs. W.B. Prendergast rendered "Ave Maria" and after mass, Miss Mary Foley sang,"Beautiful Land on High" As the remains were carried from the church, Miss Grace Benham render ed, Some Sweet Day." Among the mourners were a delegation from Division No. 1. A. O. H. The pail bearers were Leo Whalley, John Spears, James J. Rawley, John J. O'Neil. Bernard Lee and John Hope. Interment was in St. Peters ceme- tery, West Brighton, Staten Island.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
KNOX HANDS IT
 HARD TO t'TEDDY''

Cleveland. Ohio, May 16.-"The new nationalism of MT. Roosevelt repre- sents as violent an assault upon the autonomy of the states, as the new natiOnaIlsm of 1861 was upon the in- tegrity of the Union." asserted Secre- tary of State Knox in an administra- tion speech here. "Who dares prop hesy that the people-the patient, un- demonstrative people whose full voice is never heard except in great crises will not, when they are aroused to the danger of the substantial loss of independent statehood at as great a cost, defend the states as they did the Union?"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
Good clothes in a riddance.

Good clothes tells the sort of suits and dresses and skirts that are no to be bought at special price.
 Among the suits of the finest that into the storesus that $40 to $75 and that $35 Among them too, rich suits in blue and black and fancy mixtures that $2250 to $30 and that now $1850.
 The dresses of cloth and of silk. Among them both white and back-and rich shades of color. These worth $1250 to $15 Their price $975.
 And skirts of black and of blue and of servceabe ractve mixtures skirts of serge and of mohar that worth $375 to $6.75 for $275.
 It is a riddance that every may share in-and share with surety of making goodly saving. Secondh
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16

approach of the enemies dirigibfes. The first use of war balloons in actual bat tie has proven them deadly engines of war-too deadly for use is a civil ized age"
 A very beautiful and effective object lesson.
 Now, if the offfcious .sPeace Adyo- cates" do not unite during another Hague Conference, and persuade the nations of the. world to relinquish att tempts. to perfect aerial warfare which they are very liable to do be- ly''-weH shortly have an end to this monstrous folly-Warfare.
 When pallid Death steals through the misty spaces and deals his grim favors in brain-spattering confuse ment, when. from the undefendable sky the grisley Spectre dashes his ir- resistibIe hail of destruction, and his iron fingers tear at the vitals and rend asunder the tissues of his victims, when it is made gruesomely manifest that indulgence in this wholesale mur- der-sanctioned of all nations, and re- warded with monuments and high hon. ors-means annihilation, wars will cease. AND NOT BEF'ORE.
 All good wishes to those grimy en- gineers, who guide the huge dragons to their prey. May they become ver- ftable devils in expertness. May their helPs brew of iron hail make of war a pastime so terrible, an amusement so drought with fatality, that nc na- tion will DARE engage in it. Kings will seek some gentler recreation, some humaner method of aggrandizement. some SAFER sport.
 As an additional factor in bringing this about, we would suggest that an effective monument to a 'ewar-hero'' be constructed which would represent
 e his head shot away, his brains oozing from the remnant of skull, his lower jaw agape in a hideous grin at a flock of buzzards preparing to feast upon his dragging entrails. Craven below in the enduring granite would be carv-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
ROOSEVELT SURE
 HE'LL BE NOMINEE

Greenville, O.. May 16-Reiterating his confident claim that he will be made the Republican presidential nom- inee on the first ballot at Chicago, Col. Theodore Roosevelt made his first speech of today here before sev- eral thousand persons.
 At Dayton last night the Colonel declared that of the national conven- tion delegates already selected by va- rious states he has more than 800, not counting those to be contested. Nomination requires 539. "Of the delegates yet to be selected" said Roosevelt. "I will receive enough to insure my nomination on the first ballot"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16
 DIED.

= ' Naval Hospital, Puget So64d. May sth.. Will uaSf ~, son of Mary Weldon and the late Dennis w. Dolan. aged -e1 years, 4 moliths. days. [
 -Frfends are invited to attend the funeral at the residence of his mother, IFS Atlantic street, on Fri day, May IT, al 2:3D p. sm.. and from Sacred Heart church at 3:00 D. m.
 Burial in St. Michael's ceme tery.
 "A high mass of requiem will be celebrated at o'clock Saturday morniHgs.s $ a$p PERRYss1n sNoroton. Conn.,, we'd nesday. May 18th, 1912, Joseph H. Perry. ST.. aged TO years. months, fl days
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. John J. Coffey. 34 Autumn street, on Saturday, May 18th, at S:3O a. m., and from St. Charles church at g o'clock.
 -Interment at St. Michaers cemetery. R Is b.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-16

The will of Eunice l.. Clark, widow of Horace Clark, and for some time an inmate of the Burroughs home un to the time of her death, was filed in Probate court today and specifics Judge Morris B. Beardsley as execu- tor. The will leaves the entire es- tate to be divided into equal parts, to niece, Alice B. Case of Chicago. and daughter of that niece, Calissa Boyd of Oak Park, H., another niece. Eva Stauffer of Ohio, and a daugh- ter of that niece. Clarissa Stauffer of Ohio. The executor is exempt from bonds.