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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
A Contrast In Monarchs.

Emperor Napoleon has often been
seen detaching his own cross of the
Legion of Honor to place 1t himself on
the breast OF hero Louis XIV.
would first have asked IL the brave
man was noble. Napoleon asked If
the noble was brave. A sergeant who
In battle had performed prodigies of
valor was brought before Louis XIV.
II grant you a pension of 1900 livres,"
said the king.
"Sire, l should prefer the cross Of
st. Louis"
81 should think so, but you will not
get It."
Napoleon would have embraced the
sergeant. Louis XIV. turned his back
on him. 1t is the decided distinction
which separates the two epochs.-
From "Recollections of an officer OF
Napoleon's Army"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
Tho Qrua Clerk's Caller.

"a man came in yesterday and want
ed something we didn't have. He had
been looking into the window, and he
must have thought this was q book
store just because we were advertising
some novels and stationery and die
tionaries and a lot Of that left over
Junk. Well, anyhow, he came to me
and he says, says he, 4 want Lncoln's
Gettysburg address
"Look for 1t yourself, SIR says /
politely, like we're taught to do.
There's a directory over there In the
corner. But / don't think you'll find
It. These directories only have the
subscribers city addresses
"Well, say, that fellow was so mad
he wouldn't wait. Called me ignorant
and all kinds Of things. But that just
shows you what us drug clerks have
got to put up with."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
TRICKY ELEPHANTS.
The Cunning They Displayed In Pro.
curing a Stolen Meal.


Singular as 1t may seem, elephants
which have associated with men enter
tain the notion that, under special cir
cumstances, they are not responsible II
they utilize another to commit an flle-
gal act. The following Is an instance
OF this elephantine morality.
A man In Rangoon bought three
young elephants to send to England.
They were tame and playful, but cum
ming. Knowing that 1t was wrong to
steal paddy (unhusked rice)-the Idea
had doubtless been impressed upon
them by punishment for stealing-they
would not touch II themselves, but IL
a boy went to see them he would be
seized by one, the little trunk would
be cOiled around his arm, and he would
be led to where the paddy was kept In
bags.
The elephant would make cats paw
Of the boys hand to take up handful
Of paddy. Then, letting go, he would
turn up the end OF his trunk, open 1t
and coaxingly invite the boy to drop In
the paddy.
Should the boy, however put 1t back
In the bag his arm would again be
seized by the trunk, and his hand
would be again inserted into the paddy
bag.
The boy, anxious to be released
would usually drop the paddy into the
trunk, and the elephant would blow
the rice into his mouth. After repeat
Ing the operation several times the
elephant would scamper Off, feeling
that he had got the paddy without
stealing it.-Harper's.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
Bagpipes.

Bagpipes, mentioned in Jeremiah
Xviii, SO. mine heart shall sound for
Moab like pipes, like pipes for the men
OF Kir-heres," and elsewhere In Scrip
ture were used also by the early Egyp-
tians. Both Greeks and Romans knew
the instrument, for coin of Nero
shows upon one side the tibia utricu-
laris, n bag with two reeds and nine
pipes. Procopius also, who wrote
about $50 A. d., asserts that Roman
soldiers sometimes marched to the
sound of the bagpipes, and it is not I'M
possible that they introduced them into
the British islands. The earliest, more
modern reference to them Is In an
Irish Ms. Of 1150, and an Irish illumi-
mated Ms. Of 1890 depicts pig play
ing on the bagpipes. The Scottish
highlanders were the first and only
people to use the great war pipe, as
the highland regiments still do.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
LEGAL NOTICES
TOWN OF JOHNSTON
PROBATE COURT OF THE TOWN
OF JOHNSTON.
February 0, 1919.
Estate of Emily Equi, COrielynne Equi
and Alfred EOui.

Estate OF Emily Equi, COrieIynne Equi
and Alfred Equi.
Peter Equi, guardian OF the persons and
estates OF Emily Equi. Corielynne Equi and
writing, representing that said minors are
seized anG possessed OF certain real estate,
situate In said Johnston and in the city OF
Providence, being an undivided interest in
the following described parcels of land, viz:
That lot ofland with all buildings and all
other improvements thereon, situated In
WhIpple street and laid out as lot number
thirteen (l3l on the Henry r. Payton plat by
Gushing and Farnum, August 1850, recorded
In The Office OF the Recorder OF Deeds In
Providence, on plat card No.TU5.
Also that certain lot OF land situated In
the city OF Providence, with the improve
ments thereon; laid out and described as
lot number one hundred and twenty.seven
(l27) on a plat entitled, "a plat OF the south
erly portion of Mount Pleasant" as plated
April 1880 by Charles X. Paine, which plat Is
on record In the office OF the Recorder OF
Deeds In said city of Providence on plat
card number 3l3.
Also a certain lot or parcel of land with
all the improvements thereon, situate on
city OF Providence and Is laid out and desig
mated as lot number thirteen C3) on n plat
of land called,"P Plat OF building lots between
Long Pond and Cranston street." belonging
| to John Stokes, Providence, June 20, 1854, by
n. Is. Schubarth Il Co.
Also that certain lot OF land situate q In
the city and county of Providence, laid out
and described ms lot number one hundred
| and thirty [l30l on plat entitled, "a plat
of the southerly portion OF Mount Pleasant"
| as plated April 1860 by Charles K. Paine,
which plat Is on record In the office OF the
Recorder OF Deeds In said city of Provi
J dence In plat card number 3l3, together with
all the improvements on said lot.
Also those two certain lots OF land with
| the improvements thereon, situate in the
| town of Johnston, once laid out and describ.
| ed as lots numbered one hundred and
twenty five l25l and one hundred and
| twenty six (l2ol on the "Replat of Dyerville
| and Manton Village Plat OF Building Lots"
| In Johnston x. l., belonging to Samuel He'd
ley, resurveyed Il plated by R.A. Woodbury..
| e. e., Septe mbcr 1888, said plat being record
| ed In the Town Clerks Office In said John
| ston. and praying for reasons therein stated
| that he may be authorized and empo powered
| to sell said minors interests In said real
| estate for the purpose of paying the debts
| of said minors for the support OF said
| minors and for the purpose of making a
| better and more advantag sous Investment
| of the proceeds of such sale, and ssid peti
ton Is received and referred To- the twenty
| seventh day OF February, A. ID. 1872, at
| O'Clock z. Nj, Mt the Probate Court Room I'm
| said Johnston for consideration. and IT is
| ordered that notice thereof be published for
| fourteen days, once week In the Olneyville
| Times.
| S. X. LUTHER.
| feb-9 3t. Clerk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
MIXED RELATIONS.


A lawyer received call from a new
client, man bent upon recovering a
sum OF money advanced upSn a note
and not repaid.
"Who Is the debtorT asked the law
yer.
"Oh, she's relative Of NINE"
How nearly relatedi"
every nearly"
"But, my dear sir" persisted the law
yer, "you must be more explicit"
"Well, she may be my mother In
law"
MAY be? Then you are likc'y to
marry her daughter"
1--WE already married the daughter"
"Then, of course, the defendant is
your mother-in-law."
Perhaps you'd better hear the
whole story" returned the client.
"You see, a year ago we lived togeth-
err my son and l. Across the way
lived the Widow Foster and her
daughter Mary. / married Mary, and
MY son married the widow. Now
perhaps you can tell me whether my
sons wife Is my mother-in-law or my
daughter-in-law."
The lawyer did not answer. The
problem was unfamiliar. He was not
ready.
II don't think l can take your case"
he said. ut presents too many COM
plicatlons."
every WELL" returned the man, TAX
ing his hat despondently. But there's
one thing l forgot. Since our double
wedding child has been born to each
OF us. What relation are those two
children to each otherf"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
An Eccentric Vicar.

One wonders what London thought
Of Robert Stephen Hawker, the vicar
Of Morwenstow, when he visited Lon.
don (for the second time in his life) In
1864. Lord Exmouth, invited TO lunch
with him at the Great Western hotc'
Paddington. found him dressed pre-
cisely as he used to dress I'm his Cor
nish ge-fshcrman's knitted jcr
sey, long purple coat and wadiug boots
Lord Exmouth, bubbling with laugh
ter, said. 81 am not surprised the wait.
er should say there was no clergyman
here" To which Hawker replied: "No
doubt you would rather see me dressed
like waiter. with black coat and
white choker! I've felt obliged to say
Sir to him twice already."-London
Express.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
CRY OF THE GIRAFFE.
II Is a Peculiar Sound Something Like
a Sleeps Bleat.

II Is a Peculiar Sound Something Like
a Sleeps Bleat.
Those who read the accounts OF the
giraffe I'm the textbooks and the de
scriptions given by travellers may
have noticed that no mention Is made
OF its voice. Sportsmen, In fact, al
Jude to It's apparent voicelessness.
Nor 80 far as the records go has II
ever been heard In captivity. Up to
the present II appears that no one
could say whether the cry of a giraffe
was a groan, below, bleat or u
neigh; hence the record OF the recent
experience OF naturalist In east Afri-
ca, who has actually heard its voice
Is Of special interest.
Blaney Percival, the naturalist IN
question, spent the day in concealment
over a waterhole where the wild anl
mails came TO drink. He had at times
seen giraffe and zebra drinking with
in thirty feet of him. While thus
watching he had the good fortune e
hear the giraffe.
It was making a bleating noise, bu
Mr.. Percival says Il is quite impossi
BILE to describe the sound In writing
"The nearest can get to It." he says
'is 'warre rather drawn out, not jus
a baa,' like sheep, but more pro
lonKsd, and the softenine at the enc
nsiS noHceablS. S.-L6nd0n Tisld
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
GAMBLED IN SECRET.
The Romance Of Mark Lemons Most
Successful Drama.

The Romance Of Mark Lemons Most
Successful Drama.
There IL singular story connected
with the play Hearts Are Trumps,"
which Mark Lemon, the famous Punch
editor, wrote many years ago. When
Mark Lemon was visiting friends
house one day he found there an elder
ly gentleman with long white hair
and q worn, sad face. He was very
seedily clad, and there was something
In his appearance which excited Lem
on's curiosity. When the visitor had
gone Mark inquired who he was.
"a rich man once" replied his
friend. Lost everything Mt the gam
ing table. But the strangest part OF
the story Is that no one, not even the
members OF his own family, suspected
him Of gambling until the crash came.
He had kept 1t secret from all who
knew him. He Is now little better
than beggar. He comes to me some
times and / give him good meal for
the sake OF auld lang syne."
The tale haunted Mark, says Thor
mandy In "The Spice Of Life" He
imagined n daughter waiting at home
night after night for the gambling ia
ther, ignorant Of his secret vice until
the day Of ruin revealed the cause of
all those mysterious absences. He
worked the idea into play which he
called Hearts Are Trumps," the most
successful Of all his seventy dramas.
On the first night 1t was produced,
glancing into the pit, he saw seated
among the audience the very man
whose career had suggested the plot.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
PRINTING IN CHINA.
Often No Presses Are Used, . Pair oi
Brushes DOING the Work.

OFTEN No Presses Arc USED, q b'aNf OF
Brushes Doing the Work.
The Chinese assert that the art Of
printing was discovered In China about
fifty years before the Christian era.
Until the discovery Of the art Of pa
permaklng, A. ID. %. they printed on
silk or cloth cut in the form Of leaves.
The method employed to this day by
many native Chinese printers Is as
follows:
No printing press Is used. The dell
rate nature OF the Chinese paper would
not admit Of 1t. When the blocks are
engraved, the paper cut and the ink
ready one man with his brush will
print q large number Of sheets In q
day.
The block to be printed must be plac-
ed perfectly level and secured firmly.
The printer has two brushes, one of
them sitter than the other, which he
can hold in his hand and use at either
end.
He dips 1t into the ink and rubs the
block with 1t, taking care not to mois-
ten 1t too much or leave II too dry. IL
1t were wetted too much the characters
would be blurred; II too little, they
would not print. When once the block
is got into the proper condition he can
print three or four Impressions with
out dipping his brush into the ink
again.
The second brush is used to rub over
the paper with a small degree Of pres
sure, that 1t may take the impression.
This 1t does easily, for, not being sized
with alum, 1t receives the ink the in
stant 1t comes In contact with 1t. 1t
Is only necessary that the brush should
be passed over every part Of the sheet
with a greater or smaller degree Of
pressure and repeated In proportion
as the printer finds there is more or
less ink upon the block.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
Supply on the Way.

Rufus Grogan is one OF the man
ayers Of the biggest store In his town.
The slogan of the store Is, "We Sell
Everything"
When Rufus Is asked for anything
the store doesn't happen to have on
hand he always says, "We are out OF
that Just now, but We have carload
coming" And 4Rufus' carload" is a
local joke.
Rufus" asked customer one day
do you know where 1 can get hired
girlf"
"well," said Rufus, Eve haven't any
now. but we have carload coming
Saturday Evening Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
Dyaks Fond Of Monkey Meat.

The Dyaks Of southwestern Borneo
hunt nearly all the game in the vicini.
ty Of their settlements with spears ex-
cept In the case OF the orang outang,
which IL hunted with guns. 1t seems
that these wild people are very fond
Of the meat Of the orang outang and
consequently those animals are very
scarce in the neighborhood Of Dyak
camps.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

On account Of a mix-up in the Jail
keys, Huntington, L. l., prisoners
are now kept in the box stalls OF a
stable. Suggestive Of their wild
oats l-Boston Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
.Iustlx lmnatient.

In q Newark factory two workmen
were shouting at each other up and
down an elevator shaft.
"Haud on" cried one. "Can ye ma
understand tn English language2 I'm
tellin' ye to haud on. ye loonr'-New.
ark News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

Banker Charles Morse's quick
recovery since he was released by
President Taft's pardon, goes to
prove that prisons may not be very
healthful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

President Taft's attacks on the in
surgents at this stage of the game
does not show keen political Judg-
ment on his part. But then he frank
ly and truthfully Says he is not a
good politician.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

A new banking law is proposed
that will make 4" high finance " ar
impossibility. Let us have it, by
all means.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
gone on tour of inspection to the
Canal Zone. He is not good man
to have at public dinners in these
ante. nomination days.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

General Baden-Powell, who is
visiting Col. Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay, is a strong adherent OF peace.
He and his host can hardly agree on
some points.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

A Kansas scientist announces that
he can make all sorts of good things
to eat out Of petroleum wa'te.-Ex-
change.
We doubt IT. After the Standard
Oil Co. gets through with a thing
there can't be much left.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
Not Acquainted.

"Are you at all familiar with PlatoT'
asked Mrs. Oldcastle.
"No; that's one thing Josiah always
blames me for. He says I never make
real friends with anybody"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

The Brown University million
fund is not growing so rapidly but
that it can be counted these last few
days.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
Welcome.

'T s'pose look like tramp, Cath
crime Ann. but I'm your cousin. Cy
Barker, back from the Klondike with
$4,000 In gold. Gee, don't smother
msw-Chicag6 Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

The headwaiters in New York
hotels wish to be termed dining room
superintendents Next the bellboys
will want to be called special ENJOYS.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

John d. Rockefeller and Frank
Rockefeller have not spoken to each
other in twelve years. Brotherly
love does not prevail in their case.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

Z If William Jennings Bryan is a
delegate to the Baltimore convention
he will probably do all in his power
to make the meetings lively.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16
Noth;no Wasted.

The Customer-Aren't you wasting a
good deal Of that steak In trimming IL
The Butcher-No. ma'am. weighed II
first.-London Sketch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

The habit OF doing little hard things
promptly and bravely IA the best prep.
irAtion FOR the crises Of life
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

II is said that women's hats are to
be smaller this season. Small favors
thankfully received.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

Now that China has become re.
public, what will become of the
mandarins? A democratic mandarin
does not seem just the thing.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-02-16

Mr.. Shuster, late oi Persia, ought
to make an excellent president Of
some big life insurance company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

disappointment was largely due to
the undivided efforts of George P.
Hambrecht in his behalf with the
President.
| The Juvenile Bostonian Co. oc-
cupied the boards at Days Theatre
Saturday and Sunday nights. They
played to good houses and gave ex-
| cellent satisfaction Their singing
and character sketches were all good
and lovers Of that kind of entertain
ment speak in high terms of these
entertainments
The many friends Of John Coul-
thart will be sorry to learn that he
was stricken with paralysis, Sunday
night, and it is reported at this time
that he is a very sick man. It will
be remembered that some time ago
he had a sinking spell while out do
ing the chores. But from this he
rallied and was able to come to the
city on business the past week. His
many old time friends viii be an
xious to learn of his recovery.
Clay Lamberton, principal of the
public schools at Port Edwards, re-
signed his position last Friday to
accept better one, as first assis-
tant in the County Normal school at
Vernon, Green Lake county. His
resignation was consented to and
he expects to leave Monday, March
IS, to assume the new work. He ex-
poets to move his family to his new
location the coming week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lamberton will be missed at
Port Edwards and at Grand Rapids
where they have many friends, who
will be pleased to know of the Prof.
! essor's advancement. We extend con
gratulations.
A. J. Hasbrouck returned Satur-
day evening from a business trip to
Chicago
George L. Williams returned Mon
day morning from Okmulgee, Okla
homa, where he has been for the last
several days on business.
Al Nelson, the local pitcher, who
has signed with the GAINESVILLE, O.,
team started his spring training Sun
day by taking a cross country run of
two miles and a half. AL covered
the distance in 81 minutes
Leo and Joseph zabawa left Sat
urday evening for Winnipeg, Cana
da, where they will join a dredging
crew.
Mrs. Lacy Horton has returned
from a visit with friends and rela-
tives at Appleton.
Harold LeWald OF Chicago left
Monday for his home after spending
several days in the city visiting
| friends
Mrs. L Baruch is confined to her
home on account of a lame foot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

Mary Jones and Helen Taylor. went
TO Wausau Friday to cheer the bas-
ket ball team TO victory
Mrs. James Granger of the town OF
Sigel, who is now in Webster. 5. D.,
visiting her daughter. Mrs Emmett
Forbes, met with an accident by slip
ping and broke both bones of her
right arm. This accident is certain
" unfortunate as Mrs. Granger is
well advanced in years.
Mrs. I. ]. Waggoner has returned
from a. weeks visit with friends and
relatives at GAINESVILLE
At the Lincoln High school Friday
morning sixteen students entered a
declamatory contest and three OF
the high school teachers acted as
judges. At the close of the contest
the judges decided that the follow
ing named persons were selected as
the best out Of sixteen. They were,
Harold Babcock, William Merriam
Ruth Richer, Mary Jones, Dorothy
Brundage, Marie Looze and Esther
Gill. These seven named persons will
prepare for another contest to be
held in the near future in which
first and second will be chosen among
the boys and first and second among
the girls. These will then take part
in a district contest to be held later
in this high school district.
The funeral service of Henry
Knuth will take place at 1870 o'clock
from the house and o'clock from
the German Lutheran church, east
side, on Sunday afternoon, Rev. H.
Mack officiating. Burial will take
place in Forest Hill cemetery.
We are informed that there are
three hundred tons of hay at the
Mather station on the C. NJ. & st.
Paul railway waiting for cars in which
to ship this product 1t has been
baled and piled up along the track.
One half of this hay is the property
of John McDirr, Jr.
Twelve lady friends and neighbors
of Mrs. Charles Podawiltz gave her
a pleasant surprise Friday afternoon
and had delightful social time. De
lIcious refreshments We're served and
an enjoyable afternoon is reported
by all those present. Mrs. Podawiltz
expects to leave for Milwaukee for
an extended visit with relatives in
that city
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tomske ex-
pect to leave the coming week for
Sartell, Mimi, where Mr.. Tomske
will have charge of the machine
room in the paper mill in that city.
The little year and a half old child
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil SchueIer died
Saturday morning at their home on