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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
WEIRD TALE OF THE STA.
When Death Mas Cheated by a Ropes
End In a Raging Gale.

| When Death Was Cheated by Ropes
End In a Raging Gale.
Few living men have ever looked
death 30 square In the face as. q Ger.
tain Captain Hodson. who was for
years connected with the customs
service at Honolulu. Before that he
| was shipmaster. and the remarks bic
| adventure OF which he was the hero
occurred while he was In command Of
schooner that traded In the Pacific.
On this occasion the vessel was sew
eral days out from land. In the midst
OF the ocean, when II was overta ken
by severe gale and thick weather.
For time Captain Hodson tried to
keep the schooners head up into the
wind. but the storm became SO violent
that there was nothing for 1t but to
run before the gale. He brought the
vessel about and. pursued by heavy
following sea, scudded 1t under almost
bare poles to the northward.
The captain himself stood by the
wheel to give the helmsman direc-
tions. The rest Of the crew, having
made everything as secure rs possible,
were crouched In the lee of the deck
house.
A 6aw In the wind took the schooner
aback for moment. and In that In
slant tremendous wave that was fol-
lowing close behind mounted over the
bulwarks and swept several feet deep
from stern to bow.
Every one but the captain had some
thing at hand to cling to, although the
wave wrenched the man at the wheel
from his hold ard threw him on his
face. However. he brought up against
the deck house and scrambled to his
feet just I'm time to see the rushing
water carry Captain HOdson over
board.
Hodson's case was as nearly hope
less as 1t could well be. for II was. Of
course. quite impossible to put out q
boat I'm such sea or even to bring the
schooner about to pick him up. But mt
the very momept that the catastrophe
happened the ropes that held the gan
Of the foremast I'm place broke and let
the stick drop to the deck. One end
hung out over the side OF the schoon-
er, and several broken ropes dangled
from 1t. AS Captain Hodson swept ny
these rope ends struck him on the
head. lnstinctlvely he seized one OF
them and clung to 1t with desperation.
The schooner tore on through the |
water. and her master at the end OF |
the dangling rope was drawn In close |
under her bulwarks and dragged along |
through the waves. He could not have |
long withstood this sort Of treatment.
for the sea beat him about 6ercely and |
flung him again and again against the |
side Of the vessel.
But presently gust Of wind lurch-
ed the schooner well over. her lee rail
plunged beneath the water. and Mt the
same instant another wave picked the
captain up and tossed him s. ,wling
On the sloping deck. Batter cd as he
was. he had enough strength lett to
seize the standing rigging and cling to
{. while the water poured back again
nto the sea.
The hemsman had seen Captain
aodson swept away to death, az he
irmly believed. and his establishment
It seeing him back again on deck may
,e imagined. Hodson was not scri-
'usly injured by his experience. and
lis vessel weathered the storm and
,rought her cargo safe into port
louth's Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Marksmen and Rifles.

No marksman ever holds rifle "as
solidly as rock" He may think he
does. but Arms and the Man insists
that the best shot gives merely the
necessary impulse to the trigger
while the rifle is moving in the right
direction"-that Is. when he takes de.
hberate aim. The snap shooter works
apparently by sort of instinct. Fir.
ing successfully at running deeI
through the woods and over broken
ground implies knack like that of
thrusting ones finger toward an idi
Gated object. York Tines.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
THE HANGMAN'S ROBE.
Dennis Didn't Like 1t, So He Sold II to
"Old CainU

SS''ho S'eb 1'Nc OO TIC SOid " W
"Old Cain"
James Berry was not so well paid
for his services as his French con
frere, M. Antoine Deibler, who dra ws
f560 year, while his four assistants
have a similar amount to divide be-
tween them. Sauson, the first execu
toner to WELD the guillotine. was
originally paid fl 90 Il year, but when
executiOners were appointed In each
department this was reduced to $500
Before the revolution the legal tariff
In France was % shillings for q be
heading. 16s. Sd. for burning at the
stake, and the same amount for hang.
Ing. with allowances for the erection
OF scaffold or the provision of fuel.
One OF James Berry's predecessors
for brief period. donned a uniform
when at work. In 1885. according to
a contemporary chronicler, the sheriffs
OF London were $50 pleased with the
excellent mode in which Edward Den.
MS, their hangman, performed his
duties that they presented him with a
very elegant official robe--a khilaut, in
fact, as eastern potentates term simi-
lar garb of honor. Dennis found this
inconvenient when at work on the
scaffod and sold ii to a well known
character of those days, Old CAIN
who, having set up us a fortune teller.
wanted a robe to complete the cos
tune In which he received dupes.'-
London Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
The Gaelic TONGUE,

The Gaelic language was once spo
ken by considerable number Of the
human race In the British isles. the
Isle OF Man, northern France and
Spain. There is evidence that the Gae-
lie branch Of the Celtic breed was
widespread. For instance. II Is main
tanned by some excellent authorities
tnat the Cimbri. who threatened mt one
time to overwhelm Rome and who
were stopped by Marius. were of Gaze
lie speech The ancient language Is
found today in the Isle of Man. Wales.
the highlands Of Scotland. western Ire
land and In Brittany. northern France.
New York American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Great In Little Ihinas.

George Washington's surveying done
$50 years ago with the comparatively
simple instruments OF the day has
been checked up by government sur
veyors of today and found perfect
Experts i'm other lines might check up
other works and qualities of his-his
patriotism. his common sense. his fore
sight his persistence-and find pretty
nearly the same degree Of excellence.
Washington was only nineteen years
old when he ran his lines through the
forests and over the hills Of Lord Fair
fax's estate in Virginia. But the youth
was father to the Baltimore
Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Concrete Bells.

The peculiar vibratory or nonvibrs
tory properties OF concrete are strik
ingly shown In bells made OF this ma.
terial. A bell east IN concrete vii.
ring almost like metal bell but 9
slight touch OF the hand serves imme
dlately to stop vibration and the ~
sulting sound This Is due to the lacL
OF homogeneity from the standpoint o,
sound transmission. - London stand
ard
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Natural Inference.

A schoolteacher was reading story
TO class of very smell folks and
paused at the words LAY brother" to
explain their meaning. Does any one
know what lay brother means?" she
asked.
For moment row of perpIexed 1T
tie faces looked up at her. Then one
face frightened suddenly. aud small
voice piped. "Yes. ma'am. it's a roost-
srl--Youth'a Companion
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
PERILOUS HUGGlNG.
The Embrace Of Kangaroo Does Not
Leave Pleasant Memories.


Notwithstanding the kangaroos pop
ular reputation for speed. he Is easily
svertaken I'm the bush by n good horse
tthey sayl within half mile. A ca
pable kangaroo dog-a lean. swift
beast, n cross between greyhound
and mastiff. bred 10 course and kill
soon runs him to bay. Without dogs
II Is the custom to kill with cudgel
This Is often accomplished by the
sportsman from the back Of his horse
Dismounted. however with the kanga.
roo waiting alertly for attack. ii Is
sometimes Il perilous venture to come
to close quaftprs. a slip. and the
sportsman finds himself at once In a
desperate situation.
One of the lumberjacks with whom
we rested I'm the shade of the blackbutt
showed us the scars of IN encounter
He had ridden the kangaroo down.
said he. and. being In haste to make
an end of the sport. he had caught up
the first likely stick his eye could Dis
cover and he had stepped quickly and
confidently In, and he had struck hard
and accurately. And the next Instant
caught Off the ground. he was strlIg-
CLING breast to breast In the hug Of
the creature. frightfully aware that he
must escape before Me deadly hind
foot had devastated him.
my club broke" he exclaimed. "and
the boomer got me"'
There were long scars on his back
and shoulders. the which we were not
very sorry to see, for We could not
make out why any man should wish to
kill kangaroo for sport.-Norman
Duncan In Harper's.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Gjuantic Neptupe.

Neptune. owing to its remoteness.
shines as an eighth magnitude star.
lis diameter is $4,000 miles. or a little
more than Oranns Its mean distance
from the sun is 2.7t6,OOO.OO0 miles. Il
has one satellite. which revolves at n
distance at 22O.OO0 miles or about the
same distance as our moon However.
Of the planet itself we know very little
but II seems probable that II is little
more than n globe at very heavy gas
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
LEGAL NOTICES
TOWN OF JOHNSTON
PROBATE COURT OF THE TOWN OF
JOHNSTON.
Estate of Richard H. Bar,lam.

Mary Bartlam hxecutrix of the Will OF
County OF Middlesex, in State OF New Jersey
which VIII was proved and allowed by the
Court OF Probate within and for said County
OF Niddlesex, presents copy OF said last
Will and Testament and of the Probate the re.
OF, under the seal OF said Court OF Probate
and In writing requests that the same be
filed and recorded In the registry OF this
testamentury be granted thereon; said de.
ceased leaving estate In the State of Rhode
Island and In said Town OF Johnston where.
and request are received and referred to the
twenty seventh day of January, A. ID. 1914, at
2o'clock p. IN. at the Probate Court Room In
said Johnston for consideration; and IL Is
ordered that notice thereof be published for
fourteen days. once IA week I'm the Olney.
Vile Times.
g. X. LUTHER.
Jan-9N Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Unfair.

Office Seeker-ls there anything else
In the Job you speak OF beshies the
salary? Political Ross There's n lit
tie work on the side. Office Seeker
Ah. knew there was some string to
.t!-Kansas City Star
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
On the Go.

"My husband Is not home two nights
n month"
'You should get the minister to see
him"
He Is the minister-always being
called away TO see people p" Kansas
City journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
The Paragon.

"fiBve y0u my employee who
doesn't talk baseball horse racing and
prlzriightine all the time. to the ex.
clusion Of bnsiness?"
'les
Where did you get him?"
III isn't u him; it's her Pitts.
burgh Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Hence His Sadness.

"fou are going To the wedding. Jean
Pierre. and you look so sad"
II should think SO. II Is my own
marriage Paris Rire.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16

When you don't need any help II l.
wonderful how many people are eager
to come TO your assistance phIladei
phia Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16
Was ri?

81 gave Walter n beautiful necktie
VI my own make for "A birthday pres
ent." said Mabel.
WAS he pleased"
"Oh. yes: he said Its beauty shall be
for no other eyes than his own. Wasn't
that lovely of him" Iippincott's
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16

The highest culture Is to speak no m.
Robert Browning
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-01-16

Friendship is love without his wings.
Byron.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28
HEAD |TCHED
AND BURNED
Dandruff Could Be Seen Plainly in
Hair and on Coat Collar. Lots of
Hair Fell Out. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment Cured in Four Weeks.

713 Dudley ST.. Dorchester. Mass. -
my trouble began with dandruT. 1t
caused me much trouble and after while
my hair began falling out. The dandruff
could be seen very plainly In my hair and
also on my coat collar. 1t caused my head
TO get itchy, The itching and burning
caused scratching and left sores on my
head. lost much sleep through the night.
Every time combed my hair lots of hair
would fall out.
81 tried - and two other remedies
without success. | suffered almost two
years until l used Cuticura Soap and 0int-
ment. Then / got a sample of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and l was relieved a
little bit. Then l got fiill-sized cake OF
Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticlira ONT
ment and in four weeks ] was all cured.
(Signed) James Mahoney, May l, 1913.
For pimples and blackheads the following
Is most effective and economical treatment:
Gently smear the affected parts with Cuti-
cura Ointment. on the end of the finger, but
do not rub. Wash off the Cuticura Ointment
In Ave minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot
water and continue bathing for some min
utes. This treatment is best on rising and
retiring. At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath. to assist In pre-
venting inflammation, irritation and clog
ging Of the pores. Cuticura Soap (25c.) and
Cuticura Ointment (50c.) are sold through
out the world. Liberal sample of each mailed
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston"
ATMen who shave and shampoo with Gu
ticura Soap will find it best for skin and scalp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28

dered the sergeant and fled into the
wilderness. Colonel Rondon's dog,
running ahead of him while hunting,
was shot by two Indians; by his death
he in all probability saved the life of
his master.
We have put on the map a river
about 1900 kilometers in length run
ming from just south of the 18th de-
gree to north of the 9Th degree and
the biggest affiuent of the Madeira.
Until now its upper course has been
utterly unknown to every one, and
its lower course although known for
years to the rubber men utterly I'M
known to all photographers. Its
source is between the 18th and 18th
parallels of latitude south, and be-
tween longitude So degrees and longi-
tude so degrees west from Greenwich.
We embarked on it about at latitude
IL degrees l minute south and longi-
tude so degrees Is west. After that its
entire course was between the Goth
and 61st degree of longitude approach
ing the latter most closely about in
latitude degrees Is minutes. The
first rapids were at Navarite in II
degrees A minutes and after that they
were continuous and very difficult and
dangerous until the rapids named aft
er the murdered sergeant Peishan in
II degrees II minutes. At IL degrees
% minutes it received the Rio Ker-
NIT from the left. AT II degrees %
minutes the Marcian Avila entered it
from the right. AT II degrees Is min
utes the Taunay entered from the left
At 10 degrees IS minutes the Cardoza
entered from the right. At 10 degrees
"a minutes we encountered the first
rubber men. The Rio Branco entered
from the left at degrees 3S minutes.
We camped at degrees 40 minutes
or approximately the boundary line
between the Matte Crosse and ANA
zonas. The confluence with the Ari-
puana, which entered from the left
was in degrees "a minutes. The
mouth where it entered the Madeira
was in 8 degrees 30 minutes. The
stream we have followed down is that
which rises farthest away from the
mouth and it's general course is al
most due north.
My dear sir, / thank you from my
heart for the chance to take part in
this great work of exploration.
With high regard and respect, be-
lieve me
Very sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28
COURT OF CONvICTS
AT SING SING FIND
PRISONER GUILTY

New York, May 27.-By a court of
his fellow prisoners, a convict in Sing
Sing prison yesterday was found gull
ty Of having stolen six pounds of cook
ed meat from the mess room. and War
den Clancy, acting upon the recon-
mendations of the judges, fined the
thief $50 marks, which means that he
must serve four months in addition
to his minimum sentence. This is the
first time in many years, it is said,
that a convict court has been calico
together at Sing Sing.
For sometime there have been COM
plants among the prisoners against
what they term the severity of the
punishments prescribed by the warden
for attractions of prison rules. Re-
calling these criticisms. Mr.. Clancy
called the court to decide the case.
When the accused prisoner said he
had been framed the court ordered
him to put on his coat with the meat
in 1t after it had been weighed.
do you mean to tell this court that
you did not know you had six and
a half pounds of meat under your
ccat? the presiding Judge asked.
II certainly did not"
The court retired to another room
and in a few minutes returned with
verdict Of guilty and asked the war
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28
RESTORING THE FLAG WHICH
INSPIRED KEY To WRITE THE
STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Washington, May 27.-Work on the
restoration of the original Star Span
gled Banner which fioated from the
Flagstaff at Fort McHenry when Key
wrote the national anthem, was be-
gun last week at the Smithsonian In
stitution. The work will be in charge
of Mrs. Fowler of Boston, who had
charge of the restoration of the 175
trophy flags of the War of 1872. now
at the Naval Academy, for which on
gress appropriated $4,000. A. B. Bib
bins, executive chairman of the Star
Spangled Banner" centennial commits
sion, has had a conference with the
institution authorities, who say that
the flag can be well restored.
The flag measures 90 by So feet,
the stars being feet across from point
to point, and the stripes feet wide.
and. according to the officials of the
institution, it Is the largest flag they
know ever to have been in action. 1t
was deposited in the Smithsonian by
Eben Appleton, the grandson Of Col.
George Armistead. who was command
ant of Fort McHenry at the time.
The bill for the restoration of the
frigate Conteellation. the oldest ship in
the United States navy, which Is to
be lowed to Baltimore from Newport.
r. l., has passed the House, and Is
now before the Senate.
In the office of the architect of the
war department maps of Fort McHen-
ry. dating back as far as 1903 and 1919.
have been found. They Will be used
by Frederick Law Olmstead in laying
out the plans OF the fort for park.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28

ing good health now and owe it all 70
your remedies. take pleasure In tell
ing my friends and neighbofs about
them. Mrs. MATTE HALEY, 50l Col
uuhone Street, Danville, Va.
No woman suffering from any form
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This famous remedy, the medicinal
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vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held In strict confidence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28
l46 Commencement
OF BrOWnU University

Providence, r. l., May 27-Presi-
dent Emeritus Charles w. Eliot of
Harvard is to be the chief after din
ner speaker at the 146th Commence
ment dinner of Brown University on
June II, at the end of $50 years of its
history. The other speakers of the
day will include Pres. Faunce, the
Governor of Rhode Island. Prof, V. P.
Squires of the University of North
Dakota, and Rev. Thomas D. Anderson
of Brookline.
The incorporation of the alumni OF
Brown University, the establishment
of a loyalty fund of pledged annual
contributions, and a new agreement
for the nomination of trustees, viii be
presented for approval at the annual
business meeting of the alumni on
June 16. according to the program for
Commencement Issued today
The exercises of the week begin
with the business meeting of the
Alumnae Association of the Women s
College on June IS, and include a
Baccalaureate sermon by President
Faunce on the 18th. Glass day with the
usual addresses on the 18th, the Ivy
Day exercises OF the Women's College,
and alumni class reunions on the 10th,
the graduation exercises on the 18th,
and a meeting of the corporation on
the 18th.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28
Col. RO0Sevelt'S
Letter About Trip
And New River

The following letter was read py
Col. Roosevelt Tuesday evening dur
ing his lecture before the National
Geographic Society in Washington:
To His Excellency.
The Minister OF Foreign Affairs.
Rio de Janeiro.
My dear General Lauro Muller:
I wish first to express my profound
acknowledgements to you personally
and to the other members of the Brazil
ian Government whose generous cour-
tesy alone rendered possible the Elk
pedicae Scientifica Observation-Disclosures
wish also to express my high admira-
ton and regard for Colonel Rondon
and his associates who have been my
colleagues in this work of explora-
ton. In the third place ] wish TO
point ont that what we have Just done
was rendered possible only by the
hard and perilous labor Of the Bra
LILLIAN Telegraphic Commission In the
UNEMPLOYED western wilderness OF
Matte Crosse during the last seven
years. We have merely put the cap
on the pyramid of which they had
previously laid deep and broad the
foundations.
We have had a hard and somewhat
dangerous but very successful trip,
No less than six weeks were spent IN
slowly and with peril and exhausting
labor forcing our way down there
what seemed a literally endless sue
cession Of rapids and cataracts. For
forty eight days we saw no human be-
ing. In passing these rapids we lost
five of the seven canoes with which
we started and had to build others.
One of our best men lost his life In
the rapids. Under the strain one OF
the men went completely bad, shirked
all his work. stole his comrades food
and when punished by the sergeant
he with cold blooded elaboration muR-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-28
Daily Reading of
Bible in School

Chicago, May 27.-Efforts to have
the Bible read daily in the public
schools of the United States will be
pressed strongly by the alliance of re-
formed churches in America holding
the Presbyterian system, according to
resolutions offered today for. accept
ance by the Presbyterian General AS
sembly in session here.
Religious training in our public
schools, so planned as to avoid the
violation in any way of our cherished
principle Of the separation of church
and state. should be systematic and
constant" declared the preamble.
This council calls upon the church
authorities to investigate the subject
fully with view to devising some
method of averting the sad results OF
present inefficiency in moral and re-
ligious training"
The resolution reads:
THE Word of God is the charter
of the spiritual and civil rights OF
man, as abundantly illustrated in the
history and institutions of this coun-
try. Persistent efforts are being made
to exclude the Bible from use In the
public schools. 1t Is ordered that use
be made of every proper means in
maintaining the Word of God as an
essential element In the education and
training Of the youth Of the eand."