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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
All tho Land In Great Britain or Calico
to Cover IL?

to Cover IL?
If-and don't forget the "lf"-you
were offered as present either all
the land I'm the United Kingdom or a
piece Of cheap, common calico OF the
same area. which would you choose?
Probably, without moments hesi-
tation. you would say. "The land and
would imagine that you had got very
much the better OF the bargain. From
one point Of view, OF course. this would
be so, for land lasts longer than does
calico On the other hand, however,
you would be choosing very much the
cheaper Of the two offered gifts.
The land OF the United Kingdom. in
Guiding town areas, is estimated to be
worth f2.5OO.OOO.OOO. A piece Of cheap
calico of the same size as the United
Kingdom would cost more than f9,OO0,-
100000.
Difficult to believe, isn't It? Still, the
facts cannot be denied. Average agri-
cultural land may be reckoned as be-
ing worth f20 an acre; building land
say. twenty-five miles from Charing
Cross. FOO an acre: ten miles from
Charing Cross. $500 an acre. Now, a
common calico costs f12l an acre, a
good calico 600. while good quality
linoleum costs f750 and an ordinary
Turkey carpet f3,6O0 an acre.-LondOn
Answers
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23

Germany Is said 10 ibid the record
for societies with extrnOrdinarv Ob.
jects. One OF these is entitled "SOciety
For Promoting Good Manners Among
the Poor" while another unitcs In the
bonds Of fellowship all Germans wear
ing pointed boards. A curious as0nci-
alton Is that OF ex-lunatics. detention
for six months in I'm asylum being the
qualiticati ton for membership. AS IL
Illustrating the craze for associations In
Germany 1t may be mentioned that in
the little town of Wildau. with only
1000 inhabitants. there are twenty-five
societies London Standard
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Ihe Ecnnorriff.

1T isn't by petty and ridiculous
economies that men succeed said
John ID ROrkefnllcr. Jr. "Some peo
pie seem 10 think that to get r,Ch ON,
must economize like BlnnCo. SlanCOt
faithful old dog had turned Sickly and
savage. and 80 Blnnco said To his wife
Oh arriving home from business Satur
day evening:
"Tll shoot Towser tomorrow morn
Ing before church
"Blanco paused. then added sternly:
$50 remember. please. that he won't
need any breakfast. '"-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Dancers In Rare Beefsteak.

You may like your beefsteak rare.
but there Is danger in eating any meat
not well cooked. Measles in COWS leave
boxed up parasites in the bovine flesh.
You do not notice them with the naked
eye. but they are there. and If they are
not killed by thorough cooking they
will cause tnpeworms In the digestive
organization of the human system. and
then follow associated diseases and
discomforts. Farm and Fireside.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
She Would Get Even.

Tired out with an afternoons shop
ping. the mother sat back In her easy
chair to recite in detail the afternoons
experiences to sympathetic home cir
Gle.
"And to cap it all | met that horrid
Annie Green. and she was very impu-
dent to me AZ usual she walled.
THE mean thing" sympathetically
snapped out six-year-old Ella. why
didn't you impudent her right backT"-
New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Opposite Opinions.

If Marie Corelli has large circle of
readers who admire her books. there
Is also number Of people who do not
Two men belonging to the opposing
camps. both well known journalists,
We're discussing her the other day.
what like about Miss Corelli."
said the one who admired the author
ess. ''is that she is $3.50 alivev'
"Yes. that's what object tor re
torted the other.-LondoB Spectator.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
IL Was All Within.

A practical joker carried an onion In
bis pocket to the depot when bidding
farewell to young lady and took n
bite now and-AheD to induce tears Be
fore the train departed he had eaten
the entire onion. The young lady. per
ceiving the situation. remarked. "Ah.
you have swallowed your grief"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Persian 6read.

The Persian native brend today II
very little different from that used a
Thousand years nGn Thr Persian oven
Is built ot Smuuth unSunry work ~
the ground ana Is uSuHly ahout ~,
size of n barrpL ManN ~ them nav
beasn used for u century The dough L.
formed INTO thin sheets about Il fnot
long and two feet wide aud slapped
against the side ot the oven. IL bake
In a few minutes
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
No One to Lean On.

"What's the matter, Tommy"
"Oh. I'm tired of school. Id like to
go 10 bed for n week"
"Why. how's thatT"
well. you see. I'm In very awk-
ward position. was next to the boy
at the bottom Of the class he's
left. Manchester Guardian.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Just Like the Automobile.

Sportsman Ito enthusiastic motorist
whom he had mounted for fox hunt
and who is unhOrSed,-- Hello. What's
wrong: Friend Couldn throttle her
down. steering gear wouldn't work.
missed one of the pedals. and then |
fell out. London Punch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
A HALLWAY Mark.

Close to the main road connecting
the towns OF Eastport and Calais. Me-.
stands unique little monument erect
ed to mark most interesting geo
graphical point. for Il Is exactly half
way between the equator and north
pole
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Ne Eoroed.

Trotter- When young Biffkins left
college few years ago, he declared he
was going to forge his way to the
front. Did he make good? Homer
As forger-yes. He's now occupying
front row cell in the penitentiary.-
Chicago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Did Ae2

Yeast-Have any trouble getting I'm
the house last night when you went
home from the club? Crimsonbeak--
Did I? Say. do you remember how
rusty that night key was last night?
Well. look how bright 1t is now
Yonkers Statesman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Cause For Complaint.

"The manager. YOU say, gave your
part In the piece to another member
Of the company. Admitted. But you
can't sue him tor that"
cant !: He took my character
away. didn't heI" London Answers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Aid 10 Ganius.

Our idea is that there ought to he mt
least three children In every family. so
that II one of them should become a
genius the other two could support
him. II Galveston News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23

Gsbe-smth brags that he keeps all
Of his promises. | wonder how he
manages to do II? Steve-He never
makes any, Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Dramatic PROGRESS.

What became Ot that play yo,
wrote five wears ago.
THE managers decided il was 10,
daring to prnduce.
"Send II on again
Il did rhey say it's too tame now
Pittsburgh Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23
Bound to Have the Lace.

In Evigtuk. Greenland. the women
and men dress alike. and the only way
10 tell a female from a male Is by the
lace decorations which the members Of
the weaker sex wear on their collars
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23

Life is full Of changes. One day we
have an Office cat and no catnip. and
the next day we have plenty Of catnip
and no cat.-Toledo Blade
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23

The honor we receive from those
who stand In fear Of us Is not true
honor. Montaigne.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-23

wouldst thcd subject all things to
thyself? Subject thyself to reason.--
Seneca.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
Richmond Knows What She Wants

CTRONGLI expressed preference by Rich
~ mond banking institutions, by the Cham
Der OF Commerce, Business Mems Club and
other organizations, for the purchase by the
government OF the property adjoining the
Federal Building, rather than for the acquisi-
ton Of Il site at Eighth and Main Streets and
the erection there OF separate post office
structure, should have weight with Treasury
officials. To say the least OF it, Richmond
business men are competent as post office
inspectors to determine what will best ad-
vance the city's interests and most facilitate
the transaction of government business here
The rimesD Dispatch, which has no interest
In the matter save that Of the ordinary citi-
zen, believes the government owes il to the
syndicate which controls the Eleventh and
Main Streets site, and to Richmond as we'll
to make q substantial effort to acquire that
property at price within the appropriation
1t was withheld from development at the re-
quest OF the government and of Richmond
organizations interested in seeing erected
here convenient and monumental Federal
Building. which would be supplied by con-
templated additions to the existing structure
If the price fixed is too high, the government
can determine that fact by condemnation pro-
ceedings. If then it shall appear that the
property cannot be acquired within the
limits OF the S45000O appropriation, it will
be time to think of another site.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
War News Fifty Years Ago


The only accounts that have OF the opera
tions in front of Nashville come to us through
seen proper to make any report, at least any
that the War Department is willing make
course accepted with caution, but they seem 10
be In the main correct. There be doubt
nkin-gaining it through the valor of his
troops and in spite OF the most reckless general
at ail-Hood has now sustained most stunning
defeat before Nashville. where he had bust
ness to
On the right Of the Confederate lines. beyond
the AppomattoX River. yesterday the enemy
fired shotted salute OF thrty-four guns De-
report that the firing was in honor of the Vic
tory of Thomas over Hood at Nashville. The
salute was not continued on the Richmond and
Chesterfield lines as on similar previous occas-
sions
From Southwest Virginia comes the informa-
Wytheville, and that they still trying to
make their way to III" Virginia salt works, with
tho view OF destroying the same. On the way
il is said that they destroyed three engines of
the Virginia and Tennessee Railway.
Tho news comes that the enemy with their
tunhoats destroyed Il Confederate blockade ship
on the Savannah River and captured another
The report lacks confirmation
The reports from Petersburg without spc-
cial interest There was some firing Of artillery
on the left Yesterday afternoon. which was re-
soon died out, and it Is said that the casualties
were not worth reporting.
There is an impression all along the lines
both In front of Petersburg and Richmond that
the private soldiers, the who do the real
lighting. have the Christmas holiday idea in
their minds and are rather slow to obey the
orders of officers The edict has been silently
issued that there shall be but little, if any. fight
Ing this year. Heaven only knows what the
New Year will bring to pass.
abraham IIincoln's emancipation proclamation
and Grants operations. to the contrary notwith-
standing, negro slaves selling high on the
Richmond market Auction sales that took
place yesterday prove this to be fact.
Richmond children being told that Santa
Claus has been arrested" by the Lincoln govern
ment, and will not be allowed to cross tho line
Nevertheless. stockings will be hung up in the
chimney corners as in the old times.
The theatres are taking advantage of the
Yuletidc time, and all Of them will be in full
blast all Of this week, and probably all of the
next week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
Giving the Railroads a Chance

n LTlIOuGH the announcement had been
discounted literally, and was expected
with confidence, the Interstate Commerce
Commissions grant Of the per cent rate in
crease asked by the Eastern railroads is of
overshadowing Importance to this country.
Second only to the inauguration of the Fed
eral reserve banking system, it is the most
valuable single contribution to the nations
return TO soltl prosperity.
There can be no real and permanent pros
pority for the United States unless tho rail
roads are permitted to share in it, An in
dustry with capital stock and bonded debt
of approximately S20.O0O,00O,O0O gross earn
ings OF $4,000, 100000, with something like
1,15O.000 employees in normal times, and with
its securities owned by tens OF thousands of
persons. cannot suffer without extending its
unhappy influence throughout the land.
When railroad operation ceases to be profit
able, shareholders have their incomes de-
creased, necessary retrenchments result in
vast additions TO the army Of the unemployed,
locomotive and car manufacturing plants shut
down or reduce their output. Few of us are
either too rich or too poor to escape this par
ticular depressons blightng hand
The railroads have not been prosperous,
despite the wholesale economies they have
practiced and the thousands of men they have
cut from the payrols. Everything they have
had to buy, including labor has increased in
price while rates have remained stationary
or been reduced. Gross income has not in
deed, could not, save in a country wide CON
dition of tremendous prosperity, keep pace
with these demands on the railroad purse
Membership on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has not been necessary for observ-
ance OF or proper deductions from these
patent facts
AT last, at any rate, the increase has been
allowed, in substantial accordance with the
sufferers plea. To Richmond, as The Times
Dispatch said the other day, it should mean
much, i'll reviving industry and reduced un-
employment Orders for locomotives and
other equipment, which the roads soon will
be in position to give, should result in the
reopening OF the city's greatest manufacture
ing plant. Business has a new and substan-
tial reason for holding up it's head and look
ing the world in the face.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
Barber Surgeons Of Egypt

Lord Kitchener, IL seems, during his
rui" IN Egypt, rcintroduccd the some
Whit anci"h; custom Of having BARRIERS
serve as useful aujuncts to the medical
profession. For this he Is mildly taken
to task by American Medicine. whose
c'l!'or declares that the present grade
ot BARRIERS cannot fullii the order. The
writer argues. however. that the pros
poet OF acting as ucar-surgcons might
attract Il higher class Of workers He
writes:
Lord Kitchener has inauguratcd the
plan Of using the BARRIERS Of Egypt asi
Eaccinaiors. sanitary inspectors. rel
p"rtcrs Of infectious Diseases, and alsol
10 render first aid and TO treat simpleI
complaints. That is rather large or
der, and assumes higher grade Of
education and intelligence than tho
barber possesses in any part OF tho
world. especially among the stupid.
peaSautry of Africa.
in medieval times. wien the bar.
her did all tn" surgery. he went.
through long apprenticeship. and as
FAR rs we know hc was man OF moro.
than usual ability. At present the bar
Der is able TO perform his work after.
q very short Apprenticeship. and needs
no education whatever. He seems to
get rs large wage as an educated
man. so what Is the use of the three
RS 10 him? The resalt Is that we
have a body of artisans who. with
some exceptions, are not capable OF
being trained to do these various other
things.
still. II Kitchener succeeds with his
peasants Europeans also should. There
is really no reason why tho barber
should not add to his income by taking
up side lines except surgery, and they
are dealing with too many skin infec-
tons TO be trusted as vaccinators 1t
would attract higher grade of men
to the call!nf. and perhaps we would
contract fewer infections in barber
shops. Nor can we see any public ne
cessity for utilizing either BARRIERS In
surgery or pharmacists in medicine,
and the drift of the evolution of civ
ilization seems to be leaving them the
practice of their limited specialties and
nothing more.
IN spite of this drift there are not
few physicians who have advocated
third profession somewhat similar to
the chemists OF Europe. who occupy Il
decidedly higher position than the drug
sellers, who are not permitted to COM
pound prescriptions, and can be trusted
in minor illnesses. If we really need
SUCH an adjunct profession the coll
leges can supply the men and after n
limited degree Us they already do to
doctors Of public health. We can at
least give instructions to BARRIERS to
avoid infection even il they never can
do phlebotomy (blood-letting) again."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
GERMAN BOGY SCARES CANADA

jail at Wclland and will be tried a
the spring assi2cs.
bccause V. o. Ryckmann, formerly @!
Mount Vernon. ~ Y. but now genera
manager or the Dominion Chain Com
rany at Niagara Falls Ontario. wa
most ut dinner given to his cmploveI
ana attempted TO iHtcrccdc for one o.
MS employees. who had been arrested To-
singing German song at Il dinner h,
found himself a prisoner of war las
saturday night Ryckmanr is one o.
the prominent citizens of Niagara Falls
He and his guest who sang the Gcrma,
song were held three days and thet
released
Just At present the Canadian governl
m"nt IL holding AN investigation In an
attempt to hnd out who is responsible,
for III" nine bogus Syrian priests get
ting hacN into Canada after they had
been ordered out by the military au-
tnor!tics. The nine were arrested In
Toronto. Since Turkey has joined tn,
war, military authorities decided tina,
the hes, thing 10 do would be to shi,
them out %: the country They wer,
taken 10 the Canadian border AZ Bridge.
burg and sent over the international
bridge to buffalo.
III" United States Immigration an.
tho'it!cs refused TO allow tho men C
enter, ana they Went back into Canada
again. The fact that they were no,
stopped by tho immigration authorities
and arrcstcd when they reached the
Canadian side OF the river is what has
caused the Investigation. The military
authorities age having tho whole PENN.
sula secured for them, but with no ap.
parent results.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
Urges Constellation Of orphnnae..

To the Editor of The Times bis patch:
Sir,---ln communication from South Rich
mond. of this date. entitled, Orphans Home
Asks Help request for help to support the
orphanagc is made. Such request is not I'M
usual. and is frequently heard in every COM
munity in which an orphanagc is located. There
does not seem to be amy definite fund upon
which the managers rely for the support
OF the orphans ntrusted to their care, and they
must appeal to the public from time to time
pleased to hear from others who might be inter-
ested. and that is. consolidation of the orphan
ages throughout the State. thus bringing to-
gcther Il larger number under management
Combining their income and efforts would prob
ably enable employment of competent instruct tors
in the manufacture of simple furniture and
shoes, commercial printing and other crafts and
titp girls could be taught domestic and bust
ness sciences. by which both boys and girls
would be equipped to earn livelihood on leay-
ing the orphanaEc, and also n considerable in
come might be derived for the institution by n
sale of articles made by the orphans.
1t is possible that the State would make an
appropriation under certain conditions, provided
that consolidated orphanage would care for
the orphans for whom the State Is Responsible
interested in this matter to give an expression
through your columns and shall take pleasure
in cooperating to carry out the scheme. as yet
not fully developed. when the plans shall have
been carefully and thouEhtfuly made.
]. e. PERKINSON.
Danville, Va. December H. 1914.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19

profit He kept on doing it. He also kept
on policing. He let liquor and cards and
racing strictly alone, and kept out of the
political rings. When his work was finished
he gave some Of his time to his real estate
business and the rest to his family.
Accepting McGuire's story Of his rise, it is
safe ten-to-one bet that the inquiry, GLOW
did he get it?" started among people who
hadn't succeeded in getting any for them
selves. because they spent their spare time
wasting their wages, instead of saving up and
trying TO better their condition. Always
there are plenty to ask whore the other
fellow got it, and, as a rule, these solicitous
inquirers are pushing another stack into the
centre of the poker table as they ask the
question. Any man can get little, and get
ii honestly, if he makes it his business to go
about getting it,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
The Ricllest Corper OF Thein All

r. EW T0TK'S richest policeman, William
McGnire mas retired, and will spend
me %iHleF IN Florida on The earnings of his
The fact that some time ago, when a story
was published Of his wealth paragra piers
all over the country rushed TO inquire where
he got it, Mcclure explains that he started
getting 1t as follows:
Having been appointed policeman. he
spent his time policing, making splendid
record From his small wages he set aside
certain sum Tor future investment, until he
iihn enough to buy piece OF property that
stood in the path of development. This he
sold Tor ten times what lie paid for 1t, and tho
money he refnvested in other property, which
he turned over in the same way, at a nice
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-19
Street Chr u,rnnsfers.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir-l would like TO suggest to the Nirg inia
Railway and Power Company, now giving
ccllent service to the Richmond public, that 1t
look to the matter of transfers.
How many transfers are given for fare?
| have understood two or three. For instance a
passenger on going on Broad street
wishes to go to the 400 block on Main Street
East or West Main--can lie transfer from Broad
TO Laurel Street and again from Laurel TO East
Main. thus receiving two transfers for his nickel
or ticket? OF course, II would be smplincd by
his walking south to Main Street taking a
Laurel street car on Broad Street and rttng
his transfer to East Main but If he is on Broad
street and does not care to take the walk to
Main he boards n Broad Street car. can he have
one or two or three transfers for his fare?
When 4 passenger pays his fare and asks for
4 transfer, must he not use II in the next five
minutes, or soon as the next passes going
in the desired direction? That is my under
standing. There persons 1 know Of who
from msapprchcnsion or design. hold a transfer
one more hours TO make call while away
the time
I would not fcer honest to do anything
but take the transfer and il on the next
car going my way. There are others who think
differently. A. w A.
Richmond. December IT. 1914.