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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
HeId on 10 the BlIlp.

A prominent minstrel man says that
not long ago an attache OF his chow
was sent out In a certain town to give
some handbills or heralds TO boys for
distribution. The man found only one
boy willing 10 work. He didn't deem
It necessary to explain to the boy that
the bills were TO be distributed about
town. He took 1t for granted that the
boy knew. The youngster took the
printed slips of paper, and the man
gave him a quarter and left Half an
hour later the Snowman chanced 20
pass along the street and saw the Boy
standing on the sidewalk, crying.
whats the matterr asked the man.
The boy gave couple OF final sobs
aud, wiplng his eyes on his sleeve,
said:
"a man list come along an took one
Of my bills."-New York Telegraph.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
ROCkLAND

Frank Capwell and r. K. Pratt Of Olney-
vile, were here on Monday.
Mrs. Laura Briggs, wife Of Henry
Briggs, died at her home here on Sunday.
She was 6s years Of age. The funeral
services were held on Wednesday afer.
noon at the Rockland Church.
The G. A. X. and w. r. c. are to hold
services at Foster Center on Sunday at
to.As. They meet at Clspp's Corner and
march 10 Plains Cemetery to decorate the
soldiers graves there, then to the Town
Hall, where special servi1s will be held.
Boy Scouts. American Mechanics, School
Children, c.. A. X. and w. X. c. will be
in line. On Decoration Day, the Post and
Corps will 20 to RoeklAnd Cemetery and
North Scituate to decorate the soldiers
graves and hold special services in the
church.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
MANY GOING TO CIRCUS
Barnum 4 Bailey Attracting Thousand,
with many New Novelty Features

The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show
on Earth is attracting unusual interest this
season with its wonderful program Of
European novelties, its rebuilt parade, its
complete menagerie, and its recently add
ed $500, 600 wordless spectacle Of "Cleo-
patra," all Of which will be seen in Proyi-
dence on June 9th.
The parade which takes place at 10
O'Clock in the morning, is three miles in
length. In the menagerie will be found the
only baby giraffe on exhibition anywhere
on earth The inaugural spectacle OF
cleopatra" is produced on the biggest
stage ever devoted to an open air amuse-
ment. 1t is erected in the main tent Of
the show. There is cast OF I,7so char
acters, grand opera chorus Of 400 voices,
an orchestra Of 100 musicians, ballet Of
$50 dancing girls, $50 horses, FIVE herds
of elephants, caravans OF camels, and an
entire trainload Of special scenery, COS
tunes and stage effects. This is the great
est spectacular, theatrical and circus event
In the history Of amusements in America.
The Barnum and Bailey circus for more
than fifty years has stood at the head Of
the worlds amusement affairs This year
it is more interesting than ever before, and
twice as big. 1t travels on a train more
than a mile in length, covers fouteen acres
Of ground, and has nearly 1900 employees,
100 horses, nearly two-thirds Of the ele-
plants IN America, ITO cages in the
mensgerie and over 1000 wagons and
other vehicles. The two performances
that will be given in Providence will be
exactly the same as those presented al
Madison Square Garden, New York, where
,he season was opened ia March.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
HARMONY

Mr.. Spaulding is occupying the Steere
Farm.
George Young has been serving on the
jury in Providence.
There will be clam bake at the lIar-
mony Hotel next Sunday.
Ruth Louise Hall was recent graduate
Of the Harmony School.
Laurel Grange held a regular meeting
last Saturday evening. Two degrees were
conferred on several candidates.
Mr.. Vars and family, of Providence,
have moved into the Mary Steere place,
which he has purchased. Mr.. Vars is an
engineer on the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railway a d runs a fast train
between Boston and New Haven.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
Green Scum Of the Nile.

nile green is an Opaque green" said
q traveller. 1T isn't the green Of a
wave breaking I'm the sun It's the
green Of the scum that floats on duck
ponds. Every year about the middle
OF April the Nile becomes covered With
green scam. genuine duck pond
scum. II strikes Khartum about April
20. and Il floats on down to Cairo-a
solid scum that is often 600 miles long
without a break. This scum Is made
OF minute lives. aIgae. II has an Of
fenslye smell. II Is. in fact. as Of
fensive 20 the nose az TO the eye. How
green the Nile Is tbenl Or account %
this scum the expression. Nile green.
arose. But II isn't the waters Of the
Nile that are green. No: they are al.
WAYS muddy. IL Is the scum"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24

The Rev. Eric F. Toll olticiated at
Trinity Church last Sunday and brought
with him a choir Of twelve from the Church
of the Holy Nativity, Thornton, to render
the musical part of the service. His SER
mon and the music were greatly appreci.
ated. Service every Sunday afternoon at
3.I5. The Rev. George S. Pine will
preach this Sunday.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
PASSING OF BILLIONS.
The Yardstick For Measuring Space 10
One Light Year.

10 aTuotfSN TWVaohtH'S SPssS -
One Light Year.
IL you were asked the distance from
San Francisco TO London you would
not say so many inches, but would give
It In miles. IL asked the distance from
the earth TO the sun the answer would
be In millions of miles. IL asked the
distance TO the nearest star the answer
would not be In millions or billions,
but trllions Of miles Even this reply
would be too long. Twenty-Five mil
are too many words, SO II Is shortened
to light years. The yardstick for
space Is not billions or trillions. but
one light year.
This Is the difference traversed In
one sidereal year. 81 1.55S, 149 seconds,
by light moving with its sets and fixed
specific speed of 1S6.3S3 miles per sec
ond. Distances traversed by space
energy, given by time as In minutes,
hours or days, would soon run into
cumbersome trillions, so that the time
interval used In physics, mathematics,
electricity, ETC., is always one second.
Say one second Then while you are
speaking radiant energy has traversed
a distance nearly equal to line long
enough to reach around the equator Of
the earth eight times.
Twenty-Five thousand billions, the
distance Of the nearest known star, Is
condensed in 4.26 light years. This is
the passing Of miles. for the mile In
space is about equal to the one-mil
lonth part Of the thickness OF spid-
er's thread In comparison with the
length Of the room you are In.
Draw scale with the distance I'm be
tween the earth and sun equal to three
inches, then the distance OF the near.
est star would be thirteen miles. Space
traversed by miles per minute would
be almost without meaning. for TO 20
out TO the nearest star sun at one mile
per minute would require 47,52S, 900
years, not days.-Edgar Lucien Larkin
In New York American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
SPEED or SHIPS.
Influence OF the Depth OF Water and
the Dragging From Below.

ate S'cSS"fS S~'S"s
On 6rst thought the seas depth
seems OF small Importance II the ship
finds depth enough TO give her an easy
draught. If she can run free appar'
emily IL makes little difference whether
she has six feet or COO feet between
her keel and the bottom. Such an In
ference is erroneous, however. for the
depth exercises an important influence
The British cruisers Blake and Blen-
helm were expected to run twenty-one
knots. but actually ran two knots less
In shallow water. They ran again
under the same power. but the depth
was between l35 and l65 feet and
their speed was twenty-five knots-one
knot over the maximum calculation.
The difference In speed is attributed
lation" displaced by the ship as she
moves forward. which acts as a brake
The nearer the ships keel 10 che bot
tom the stronger the friction. A ship
drawing twenty-seven feet of water
(say ship Of 1900 tonnage) feels
ludt ONet u utBtu Va -SV aSSe
According to some calculations. the
dragging influence ceases 10 be felt at
a depth equal to ten and one-half times
the draft If the ship stands high out OF
the water.
A curious feature OF the matter Is
that the speed Of the ship is as i'm
portant an element as the depth Of the
water-that is to say, the influence OF
the depth on the ships speed Is more
or less powerful In proportion as the
speed Is great ship increases her
speed more easily over deep water;
but, on the other hand. the faster q
ship runs the more depth Of water she
needs to prevent the hindrance caused
by the dragging influence Of the fric-
ton which is always felt when the
ships keel senses bottom. Running
ten knots an hour. a ship must have
between twenty-six and twenty seven
feet of depth or she is dragged from
below. If running twenty knots she
needs a depth Of 104 to 105 feet, and
when running thirty knots she feels
the drag over depth Of nearly 324
feet.-Harper's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
NORTH SCITUATE

Marietta Burgess has been suffering from
an sbscess.
Mrs. Frank Freeman is i'll at Provi-
dence Hospital.
Carl Tyring was the recipient of fine
May Basket on Saturday evening.
DIR. c. E. c. Arnold has just finished
giving a course of lectures at a medical
college in Boston,
Catherine b. Kenyon died at her home
here on Monday. The funeral services
were held OH Wedneday.
The next meeting of North Scituate
Grange will be held on Wednesday, June
5th. 1t will be "Young Peoples Night"
Queen of Sheba Chapter, No. 10, Order
of the Eastern Star, held well attended
meeting in Masonic Hall last Saturday
evening.
Ernest NJ. Reynolds has returned home
from trip through the North Western
Canada and California, covering a period
of three years.
A number of candidates for membership
in the Peutecostal Church will be baptised
at the Lake some Sunday in June by Rev
Harry Jones of Keene, n. ii.
Rev. J. T. Meehan will speak Sunday
afternoon at the Advent Church on "Self.
Examination" In the evening he will
give a chalk talk on great "Bible Words"
Mrs. Mary Esten, formerly of New York,
is having "lea cabin" erected OH the
south shore of Lake Moswsnsicut and ex-
poets to serve lunches there during the
coming summer. She will be assisted in
the enterprise by Miss Bessie Olney.
Rev. Edward F. Walker, d. d, of
California, general superintendent Of the
Pentecostal Church of the Nazerine of this
country, preached at the Petecostal SER
vices here Sunday morning and evening
The services were held in the Congrega
tional Church.
North Scituate Grange, No 80, at its
last meeting, voted to purchase a piano.
One new application was received for
membership. Some or different per-
sons have requested application blanks OF
late. Worthy Master Atwood, being alb
sent, the chair was filled by Past Master
Smith. The success of last years fair has
greatly inspired those interested in per-
manent fair association, which will be
organized in the near future,
NJ. T. Reynolds, who has been the local
representative for G. l.. & II. J. Gross of
Providence, looking after their Interests in
Western Rhode Island, has been appoint
ed agent for the h. A. Strout Co. the larg.
est farm agency in the world. Mr.. Rey'
nolds will succeed f. o. Card, who has
been their representative for several years,
The Strout Co. have a large business i'll
this state. Mr. Reynolds is being con-
graduated by his many friends over his
anDointment
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
HIS Honor at Stake.

Young man. how do you expect to
marry my daughter II you are In
!pbtT"
why. sir. in my opinion it's the only
square thing to do. The longer ! am
sngaged TO her the worse off will be-"
I jfp
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-05-24
The Servant Problem,

IL, sir" said the demonstrative can
didate. 'am servant of the people"
"Gosh! replied Farmer Corntossel.
Amt this servant problem gettin' to
he awful T'-W Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
FOUND INDIAN VILLAGE
IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY
Exposition Dredger Discovered an Old
Settlement Under Its
Waters

San Francisco, Nov. ll.-Beneath the
waters of the bay, close to where the
buildings OF the Panama Pacific EXPOSE
tion soon will be erected. scientists of
the anthropological department of the
university OF California have discovered
traces of an Indian village that existed
between 500 and 200 years ago.
Ihe discovery was made when the
iredgers of the exposition company UNI
covered what appears to be a three
foot LAYER of she'll and bone that had
been dropped by human hands The
dredgers were stopped long enough to
p, rmit the scientists 20 make a cursOry
Prof A. l.. kroeber. head Of the de-
partmeat Of anthropology at the univer-
sity. Al nounced the discovery Of the
ancient ilsge.
The settlement was probably that Of
{ he sea hon hunters Of the peninsula
The finds have been incorporated in the
eLthropologieal museum az
the affiliated colleges. where they viii
b. Of considerable interest in 1915. One
point in connection with the
report 81 Prof. kroeber j. that san
Francisco has sunk into the ocean twcn-
,v-siN intbcs sinre the early Indian
hunters fresuenfed this distinct.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
THE BELT IS NOW
VERY IMPORTANT
It Forms a Conspicuous Fea-
ture Of the DireCtOlre Costume.

The belt is an accessory that for the
past few seasons has received but lit
tie attention. Today the important
place 1t occupies cannot be overesti-
mated 1t has even invaded the realm
of tailor mades.
The directoire coat is supplemented
with Robespierre sash that is fasten
ed on the left side. Then there Is the
cheyenne belt. This is quite narrow
and. II ribbon. the lower edge is finished
with barrel fringe and is fastened with
silken cords. AS general rule below
the belt is seen a narrow frill OF the
same material as the blouse or corsage
The Swiss belt. that Is particularly
becoming, Is making a bid for favor.
the newest idea being TO have 1t made
of a lowered silk. tho design picked
out with stimuli gems.
Patent leather belts are to be en-.
everywhere. The one and
half inch widths are the most popular.
They are so useful In Introducing the
color note.
For instance. navy blue skirt. ac-
by blue and white strip
ed shirt. is seen to great advantage
with cerise patent leather belt and a
bow Of the same shade.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
Small Boys freed by Rhinoceros.

In the November American Magazine
Stewart Edward White tells all about
rhinoceroses. He has recently returned
from, a years hunt in Africa and fol-
lowing is one of his stories about rhi-
noceros and group of safari boys.
Usually their refugees are thorn trees,
armed. even on the main trunk. with
long sharp spikes. There is no difficulty
in going up; but the gingerIy coming
down, after all the excitement has died.
is a matter of deliberation and of voices
uplifted in woe. Cunninghame tells of
an adequate slender and springy-but
solitary sapling into which swarmed
half his safari on the advent of ram
bunctious rhino. The tree swayed and
bent and cracked. At each crack the
boys yelled. This attracted the rhinoc.
eros. which Immediately charged the tree
full tilt. He hit square; the tree shiv-
cred and creaked; the boys wound their
arms and legs around the slender sun
port and yelled frantically. Again and
again the rhinoceros drew back TO re-
peat his butting of that tree. BY the
time Cunninghame reached the spot. the
tree. with its despairing burden OF black
birds. was clinging to the soil by its
last remaining roots"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
Serge Dresses.

Serge dresses in practical designs are
now staple merchandise. says the Dry
Goods Economist
Navy blue is far in the lead. with
black close second Dark brown
models have been included in the or
ders. and there are strong indications
of this color coming to the front as the
season advances.
In some of the smartest models pin
stripes and small checks are used with
plain materials. These combination
models show the waist in solid color
with a plated skirt developed in shep-
herd check. usually showing dark col
ors.
For instance. a dress with brown
waist will have a brown and black
checked skirt. or the black waist will
have the black and blue. black and
green or black and white check
Models huttoned down the center or
side front. with Robespierre collar.
fancy jabot. long sleeves and bright
colorsd girdle. belt or sash are the big.
gest sellers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
ON THE STAND AZ DAYS.
Dakota Dan" Gets $3.50 a Day and
Must Be Back in Court To-day

Boston, Nov ll.-After grillng on
the witness stand which has extended
over ~ days. Dakota Dan" Russell,
claimant of the fortune of the late Dan
el Russell OF Melrose, Saturday at
tempted to take short vacation, but
no sooner had he left the witness stand
than he was served with summons to
attend court ON the succeeding days of
the hearing.
After rest of barely one day and
half, Dakota Dan" must therefore APP
pear this morning, when the second lap
of the seemingly interminable trial be-
gins.
As compensation for the nerve rack
ing grilling which he has undergone and
must still undergo. Dakota Dan" re-
ceives fee of $3.50 day for each day
that he is in court.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
WINS A RACE TO
KEEP A DATE
Yet This Skipper Had Four Thousand
Tons of Dates He Didn't Want
to Keep.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE steamship
Turkistan, Port Said to New York, with
100000 pounds of Persian dates in her
hold, was sighted off the Jersey coast
Saturday, churning towards New York
at l01a knot gait, her safety valves
popping and her captain as anxious Il
mariner as ever brought a ship to port.
What he did not know then and what
concerned him most was whether he had
won his race with the steamer Stan
hope, also from Port Said and loaded
to the gunwales with 100000 pounds
of dates.
The Turkistan won, and she brought
her cargo first to market; she made
bonus of $500 for her crew and $780,
600 for her consignees. BY the time the
Stanhope reaches New York. dealers will
be well supplied and the price will have
fallen from Az cents to 3% cents per
pound.
The Turkistan left Port Said on Oct
ls, two days behind the Stanhope. The
latter, however, is I0-knot ship, while
the Turkistan can make half q knot
more. The autumn mistral which blows
down from the Alps over the Mediter-
ranean, caught both vessels before they
sighted Gibraltar, and retarded them for
two days. but gave the Turkistan her
chance for victory.
The vessel made her winning trip
despite fire in the bunkers that lasted
IL days Ii burned slowly, but con-
stunned 100 tons of coal before it was
under control.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
APPRENTICES in
GERMAN FoUNDRIES

The education of apprentices in Ger
man foundries is described by DIR. Otto
Brandt in dissertation that is attract
! ing considerable attention in this coun-
! try according to reports received at the
United States Bureau of Education.
| Various methods of instruction pre-
vail. Frequently the apprentice is as
! signed to a skilled workman who in
structs the boy and in return gets the
larger pay resulting from the efforts
of both. Ii the boy makes such good
progress that the teacher workman
earnings increase rapidly, the boy is
paid part OF the proceeds. The pay is
very small, however, from the American
point of view. In large machine shops
the foundry apprentices are formed into
special classes for instruction in foundry
work. ii there are not enough boys
for a special class, they receive general
instruction in the industrial continue
tion school
With some concerns all the appren-
tees are instructed together the first
year, and specialize during the follow
ing three years There is no uniformi-
ty with regard to subjects and time al
loted them; the schools range all the
way from one class with four hours a
week of instruction to complete three
class system with a preparatory depart
ment and II hours OF teaching. Some
of the schools give merely technical sub
jects. while others offer the customary
school branches.
Industrial training of this sort is
practically compulsory, it must be re-
membered The employer is compelled
to send all employees under Is years
of age to a continuation school, for
prescribed number of hours per week. He
is at liberty to maintain school OF his
own, but it must conform to government |
standards.
A typical school program includes;
German, hours a week, with letter
writing business forms, bills, receipts, |
etc, materials, hours. comprising a /
study of ore processes, blast furnaces, I
Bessemer, open-hearth furnace, etc. and /
woods, their kinds, properties, and dis
vases; arithmetic, 2 hours week, par
ticularly business arithmytic--cost of /
and freight charges. etc; i
lrawing, O hours week. During the
after part of the course business law,
ivics, and industrial history are intro
luced. Some. of the schools have ses-
ions from Z to 9 a. m. Others 5 to
J. m. or at any convenient time; and
ew hold sessions for an hour and a half
II two hours on Sunday, though Sunday
chool work is no longer as frequent as
used TO be, either in municipal indus
rial schools or shop schools.
American foundrymen are interested
a DR.. Brandt's description of German
Dundry- school conditions because OF the
ght it may throw on the similar prob
Ems in this country; and they are es-
ecially impressed with his summary of
he purpose of the continuation school. ,
5 quoted from the Prussian minister of /,
ommeree and industry: THE compul- !
Dry industrial continuation school !
hould aim at the vocational education ,
the young people between IA and /,
years OF age to promote that educa- I,
on. and to train them to become val !
able citizons and respected men,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
s4,sss, 1868, i6s FOR PENSIONS.
Commissioner Shows Cost Since Found
ing of Rerublic.

Washington, Nov. ll.-C Commissioner of
Pensions Davenport has issued state
ment showing that war pensions have
cost the government S4,3s3, 1865. l63 since
the founding of the republic and of this
sum all but little more than $780,
100000 has been paid as the result of the
Civil war
According to the figures of the com
missioner, the pension roll has been
showing steady and consistent de-
crease. due to the death of veterans
and their dependents. During the past
year 33,S9l survivors of the war died.
There were s80204 pensioners on the
roll on June 80, of whom 23s were wild
ows of soldiers Of the war of 1872. The
last actual survivor OF this war was
Hiram Cronk of 0va, n. Y, who died
in 1905 at the age Of l05
The last pensioner of the revolution
was Mrs. Esther S. Damon of Plymouth
Union, VT, who died November II, 1906,
at the age OF ~, widow of a soldier.
The last actual survivor of the Revo-
luton was Daniel L. Brakeman of Free
dom. n Y. who died in 1869 at the age
Of 100 years.