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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
SOLDIERS BURDENS.
Loads They Have to Carry on the
March and In Action.

While the rifle OF the infantrymen
OF the worlds armies has steadily
lessened in weight during the last fifty
years. and while constant attempts
have been made I'm other ways to
tighten the soldiers burden on march,
II Is nevertheless a fact that the uni
formed fighter OF today carries very
little if any less than he did genera
ton or two ago. His gun and bayo-
net and some other details OF equip
ment that had an exact counterpart
In the old armies may be lighter. but
modern military necessities have add
ed to his carrying requirements.
He must now face this marching
load: Magazine rife, bayonet. scab-
bard, rife cartridge belt and fasten-
ers, rife cartridge belt suspenders. first
aid packet. canteen. canteen strap. set
Of blankets, roll straps. haversack.
meat can used as a frying PAM, cup.
knife, fork. spoon, one shelter tent
(salf, FIVE shelter tent pins, one pom
cho (rubter blanket, one pair shoes.
one housewife needle and threadD, one
overcoat, one intrenching tool
These marching loads have varied
from 40 to 100 pounds In the past
and weigh about the same now.
OF course, in going into action much
Of this load Is discarded, some Of II
never TO be possessed by the owner
again. even though he escapes the bat
tie peril In the old days knapsacks
were always cast of by seasoned
troops, who grew calloused as to the
boarding up OF little trinkets and
mementos that 80 appeal to the
amateur soldier.
After battle these discarded KNAPP
sacks might be recovered, but 1t was
not likely. At any rate, while another
knapsack might be issued. II would not
be the one possessed by the soldier be-
fore the battle.
Whenever new levy OF troops was
mustered In and arrived in a camp
where veterans were stationed the
newcomers were greeted with mock
praise for their spick and span sol
dierly appearance, with special en-
phasis on "How nice those knapsacks
lookw This time honored receptacle
of everything a soldier desired or hop
ed to keep ever near him is no longer
reckoned In the latter day, universal
fighting equipment While troops on
going into battle discard everything
not absolutely necessary to them for
the fight and are thus lightened up
some, they have to take on some
weight in the place Of that relinquished
In the shape Of an extra number OF
artridges--C Plain Dealer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
DEEP SEA FISHES.
some That Get Along With Only One
Meal or So Year.

some That Get Along With Only One
Meal or So Year.
There are more than $4,000, 900 square
miles covered by depth Of three miles
Of sea, but even at this great depth
where the pressure OF the water above
would instantly crush mans body to
pulp-there Is great world Of life.
Many OF the fish and other creatures
Of the deep are blind.
They are, however. able to see by
means Of the lights which they carry
themselves.
The "lamps" are little organs dotted
over the body. and with the light from
them. which Is made In much the same
marvellous way as the glow worms.
they can use their bulging eyes to see
what Is going on about them.
But even with the ready made light
ing apparatus and telescope eyes II Is
a difficult business finding dinner. so
the fish have jaws with an enormous
cape and stomach SO elastic that
they can accommodate larger fish
than these voracious eaters themselves.
When they have made such a cap
ture they retire for something like a
years meditation to digest the meal,
two or three Of which are sufficient to
last an average lifetime.-London An
swers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
First Straw kate.

Tho first hat Of straw to be worn In
he CnseH States appeared In $500
Straw had been used before to thatch
houses. but not the heads Of civilized
citizens. 1t made comfortable bedding
for cattle and was stuffed In sacks to
increase the softness Of the pine boards
used by men and women to sleep on.
But straw for the head? Never! 1t
might do for the tropical savages, but
not for the Inhabitants Of the great
zone In which the progressive nations
lived.
Previous to 1900 men had worn felt
and cloth hats. And 1t was not till
the time Of Elizabeth that men began
to wear hats at all. In distinction from
caps and bonnets. The biossoming OF
literature In the EliZabethan period
was contemporary with the building
Of brims on head coverings and their
transmogrification into hats.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
PARAGRAPHS.

John l.. Sullivan, who was some
thing of fighter before he grew too
stout for the ring, evidently resents
General Nelson Miles, refusal to ap
pear on the same platform at an
Atlantic City convention. He says
OF the General. "An arrogant, pre-
JUDGED, self-centred, strutting old
peacock, now in his dotage." Ex.
Champion Sullivan seems to have a
fairly good command OF expressive
language
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
The London Bobby's Helmet.

The policeman's dignity Is largely CEN
tered In his helmet The late Sir John
Ashley testifes to this In bis auto
biography. Speaking from the expert
ence of his youth, he says: "If you
get into a row with the police don't at
tempt to hit a policeman. or you Will
get the worst of 1t, but knock his helmet
of. He Will instinctively stoop down
to pick It up, for a policeman without
a helmet Is impossible. Meanwhile
you run away" 1t is perhaps advis-
able 10 add that Sir John was the
champion sprinter Of the army, as
well as being first class boxer.-Lon-
don Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
SinouIav Gender.

"Some days ago." relates the wife of
a well known attorney, II accompanied
my husband on a business trip to
Cleveland AS we ate our luncheon
chanced to overhear severnl travelling
men jesttng with the eolored waiter.
~George.' ttraveiing men always say
George TO a colored waiteF-this bip
OF fare has an item, chicken giblets
with biscuit We would like to have
some OF that, but we want to know
whether there Is more than one bis
cult
George examined the menu card
scratched his poll. and finally an
swered:
"'No, suh-yo' dom git only one. DE
wo'd biscuit" Is singular gender, as
de good book teaches. So yo' all don't
get but one '"-Columbus Dispatch
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
PROBATE COURT OF THE TOWN or
JOHNSTON.



Charles K. Tourtellot, al administrator os the
Johnston, deceese ed. presents his petition
representing that the personal estate OF sal 4
deceased Is not sufficient To pay the debts
which said deceased owed. the expenses Of
his funeral. and OF supporting his famil.
and settling his estate according TO law
that said deceased at the time OF his death.
was seized and possessed of one thirty nftl
the buildings and improvements thereon,
situated at the southeasterly corner OF
Broadway and darkness Street, in the Git z
OF Providence, Rhode Island II being tn ,
same estate and property fully described IL
deed from Asa Tourtellot now deceased To
Abby Frances Tourtellot and Others bearing z
date February u, 1887. recorded In deed BOOK
for said city. which deed Is hereby referred
To and made part hereof for further AMI
detailed description of said property.
And further representing, that, by a sale OF
only 80 much of said real estate as Is abso
lutely needed, the residue thereof would be
so much injured as To render the sale Of Tn 3
whole estate more advantageous TO those
interested therein.
And praying that he may be authorized to
sell the whole Of said estate, or so much
thereof as may be necessary TO make up the
deficiency of the personal estate, for the
purpose aforesaid, with incidental charges |;
the thirteenth day of July. A. ID. l9lh, at
o'clock p. m. al the Probate CoDrt Room II
said Johnston, L.. J. for consider alton; AMI
IL is ordered that notice thereof be publish.
ed fer fourteen days. once a week In the
Olneyville Times.
9. X. LUTHER.
Jun 3t Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
CASTLE OF DEsPoND.
\ O. ~ Dismal Name From q Tragedy
Born Of Love.

\ 0na ~ Dismal Name From q Tragedy
Born Of Love.
One Of the finest French renaissance
buildings In France Is the Castle OF
Despond, famous In the legendary lore
Of the Toulousian country in which It
stands Over the window Of one q
the inner courtyards Is sculptured In
the stone a head above the motto.
"Plus d'Espoir." These were the last
words Of Rose dc Martial, whose story
has been sung by the poets Of Tou-
louise.
Rose de Martial was the daughter Of
the house of Martial. to whom the cas-
lie belonged, and she was courted by
the lord Of Castelnat, whose manor she
could see from her window. But, al
though she was beautiful and tender
hearted, the lord tilted her. and she
fell into a melancholy. She sat every
day by the window. whence she could
see the tickle lord Of Castelnat's manor.
One morning he passed by In the
valley below. She sang to him. but
be never looked up. "Plus d'Espoir!"
she cried and threw herself out Of the
window on to the flags below, where
she was killed. The manor Of Martial
was known thenceforward as the Cas-
tie OF Despond.
The fine building was falling to ruins
when NJ. Fenaille bought II. and he
had 1t completely and sklllfully restor-
ed before making a gift Of 1t to the ma
ton.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Mrs. Cynthia Bishop, who lives on Ian.
tern Hill and makes a specially Of sum
mer boarders, thinks the following line
sounds pretty well, Sesides having
''pull." We told her you might object /,
printing it on the ground that it sounds
like an ad., but she says 'try EN-, so her,
goes.
Vacationers come to our green hill,
Seven per week will pay the bill.
OF country grub you get your I'll,
which beats to death the city grill"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
BY Inference.

Pater and his small boy were pass
ing St Paurs churchyard when the IA.
ther pointed out some Of the larger
monuments about
The boy asked why they were erect.
ed. His father explained that they
were In memory OF good men and wo-
men. Soon the boy noticed some stones
which are laid fat He pointed to
these and asked:
'Do they put those that way to keep
the bad ones down New York Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Graduates from the dental colleges
are supposed to have their "eye
teeth cut" which old expression is
supposed to indicate that the person
knows his business.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Henry l.. Morse, retired farmer, living
near this place was awakened Sunday eve
n,ng by the sounds OF commotion in his
poultry yards. Without waiting to put on
a collar and tie, he hastened to the scene
armed with shot gun. He is the opinion
that one OF the fleeing miscreants has since
extracted number Of bird shot from his
legs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
Curio,Is BuIIets.

Rarities In warfare are bullets made
Of precious stones. but during the fight
ing on the Kashmir frontier. when the
British troops defeated the rebellious
Hunzas, the natives used bullets OF
pure garnets enclosed I'm lead. Many
Of the troops preserved these as curiosi-
tjes.-Iondon Mail.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
start Of His Finish.

"well, old man, how's tricksT
"Mlss Wallaby accepted me last
night"
II suppose you are around today ac-
cepting congratulations"
"No: I'm around today trying to bor-
row 500 20 buy the ring."-Louisville
Courier-Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Charlie Brigham has just purchased an
Oldtown canoe. This addition to the
pleasure feet on Leatherstocking Lake is
said to be Of much interest to the young
ladies of the village.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
Confirming n wlfe,s Rlqht.

Confirming q WIfe's Right.
"At least he was original In his pro-
posal."
Ibid he claim that you were the only
girl be ever lovedT
"No. He asked me II I'd accept the
right nightly TO demand Of him where
he had been till this hour."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
SASSAFRAS FOUR CORNERS
NEWS ITEMS

Rev. Perkins {. Anderson, pastor Of the
Baptist Church, was presented with a
handsome travelling bag the other evening
by some of his parishioners. As it is hint.
ed that his resignation might be acceptable
to some, the gift is regarded as significant,
TO say the least.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

There has been a falling off OF
June brides this year, i. is said.
When you come to think OF it, 1915
is not an ordinary year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

The time Of "Old Home Days"
will soon be with us again. Foster,
Scituate, Glocester and Burrillville
have selected dates Tor these happy
occasions.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

If the Germans are thinking seri
ously of an invasion of Russia, this
is the season of the year in which it
should be done.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

After the war dance in Europe is
over, the fiddler will have 10 be
paid.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
The SYMPTOMS.

How do you know that Blinks has
had raise I'm salaryT
"He argues that the world Is getting
better; that the danger from monopo-
lies has been greatly magnified. and
that human nature isn't SO bad after
all."-Philadelphla Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Buffalo Bill has purchased an auto
mobile, and probably Rain in-the
Face, if he were living would be rid
ing a sulky plow.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

tate, requesting the Court 70 approve said
choice, and the same is received and referee a
r. NJ, at the Probate Court Room, In sad
Johnston. for consideration; and IL Is order
ed that notice thereof be published for four
teen days. once a week In the olneyvine
Times.
8. X. LUTHER.
tune25 81. Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Governor Walsh of Massachusetts,
has gone the San Francisco Expo
sition and will doubtless have an en-
joyable time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

American Intervention in Mexico
has practically been of the absent
treatment sort.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

The present cost of living resem-
bles the airship more than the sub
marine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Some scientist has just discovered
that the canals in Mars are only
trenches. More than likely.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

1t is cool and comfortable in
churches at this season and not at all
crowded.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
Estate Of Mary Angel

Estate Of Mary Anaell
REQUEST In writing Is made by Dora E.
Smith. that Nicholas 8. Winsor of Smithneld,
r. l., or some other suitable person, may be
appointed Administrator of the estate OF said
deceased and said request Is received and
referred To the twenty seventh day of July,
A. ID. 1915, at 2 o'clock y. m, at the Probate
Court Room In said Johnston, Tor consider
alton. andht.ls s.ordered that notice thereof be
published for fourteen days, once a week I'm
the Olneyville Times.
S. X. LUTHER.
July st Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

Most people would succeed In small
things If they were not troubled with
great ambitions.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

All ratable and personal estate will
be taxed to the persons, co-partner.
ships or bodies corporate who own or
hold the same at ten o'clock A. NJ. on
the seventeenth day Of July, A. d. 1915
Blanks for the purpose OF maxim. !
statements may be had at the Town
Clerks Office, Thornton.
WILLIAM n. MATHEWSoN,
LOUIS o. WlNSOR,
HERBERT BALDWIN,
Board Of Assessors.
Johnston, X. l.. June 18th, 1915.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

In Providence, nearly everyone buy
their clothing at Barnaby's.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

There has been more weather than
summer, thus for this season.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

That load becomes light which n
eheerfully borne.-Ovid
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09

General Laws Of Rhode Island, Chap
ter So, Section 7. Every person
bringing in any such account shall
make oath before some one of the as
SCISSORS that the account by him ex-
hibited contains to the best of his
knowledge and belief, true and full
account and valuation Of all his rata
BILE estate; and whoever neglects or
refuses to bring in such account, II
overtaxed, shall have no remedy there
for"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
LEGAL NOTICES
TOWN OF JOHNSTON

PROBATE COURT OF THE TOWN OF
JOHNSTON.
u,1x, O tot
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
TOWN OF JOHNSTON
1918.
TAX ASSESSORS
NOTICE.

WHEREAS, The qualified electors
Of the Town of Johnston at a town
meeting held on the tenth day of
April. A. d. 1915, did order the levy
and assessment of tax on the real
estate and tangible personal property,
of One Dollar and Fifty Cents on
each One Hundred Dollars of the value
thereof and on the intangible personal
property Of Forty Cents on each One
Hundred Dollars of the value thereof,
to be assessed and apportioned on
the seventeenth day of July. A. D
1915.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-07-09
Now, Therefore, Notice is Here
by Given.

That In accordance with said order
and in conformity with the law in re-
lation 20 the assessment OF t2xes,
every person, co-rartnership and
bodies corporate liable to taxation are
required to bring In to the assessors a
true and exact account Of all his or
their ratable estate, describing and
specifying the value Of every parcel
Of his or their real and personal es-
tate. All persons who are required to
return accounts to the assessors In
order to be entitled to exemption from
taxation wholly or in part under the
law, including soldiers and sailors Of
the War Of the Rebellion and their
wives and widows, are required to
render annually to the assessors said
account In orGer to be entitled to the
exemption prescribed by law.
For the purpose Of receiving such
accounts the Board Of Assessors will
be in session at the Town Clerks Of
fce, Thornton, In said Town OF John
ston, from one o'clock p. m. to -four
o'clock D. m. on the twentieth, twenty
FIRST, and twenty-second days Of July,
A. ID. 1915.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-08
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positions under fue Pho attackers however were Gen Yon Nluks yot-0 erons 8ho, aitor the famous deeh onI Paris the battle of tho Marne and tho retrement to lho Aisne hQd been remanlng here in comparative inac- tlvclty since ,he middle ol Soptem- Der
 Swept Across Plaieu
 They succeeded somehow in sweep ing across ihe plateau first in tho center end ,hon on Jauuary l3, on the left or eastern flank, carrying the successive reuchessin gn unlnterrupt- ed and Irresistible attack. By nighdallI of January ls they had driven the ene.I my from inc plateau. On che follow ing day they cleared Che French from the valley below and drove them clear across the river The victory was completed by an advance through the valley on Che same day.
 sassonold a Graveyard
 The correspondent rcached the but. defield over turnpike leading rom Solssons. approaching by outomobile as for as the village of Crouy a scant mile from ,he French outposts which were che scene Of three days earlier of desperate combats. The road ls cut into lhe side Of the hin between tho plateau and the valley The mar TOW margin of roadside on one hand before Che drop into Che valley had be- come one long cemetery
 The Germans had iutoued there the dead of past months in Ions rows of ! graves. each surmounted by stone or wooden cross telling sometimes of one. oftener of twenty or thirty or more comrades lying at rest beneath. lon tine opposite side of Che road were entrances to numerous tunnel stone euarrles driven several hundred feet Into the hillside Within the Quarries had been lodged German troops, the number in each cavern varying rom a company to a regiment
 A Familiar Picture.
 The village of Grouy itseli present. ed the familiar picture of shell-wrought destruction with which the cores. pondent has become SO well acquaint- ed after five months of travel through the war zone.
 The promenade alone Che exposed side of tho plateau in sight of Soissons and the bank of the Aisne held in force by the French, gave rather un- canny feeling of insecurity However 1t was less dangerous than it seemed, as slight haze rendered the little group In German field gray invisible to the French artillery on the heights lon the opposite side of the valley and the infantry in the valley itself al- though nearer was too far below to- direct an effective fire
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-08


 Negotiations now ID progress be- tween the federal authorities and rail- way representatives indicate that the government is likely to acquire ex- isting railroads. with termini at both Cordova and Seward. in addition to constructing other short lines that may tap the coast, including the Ship Creek road to the Matanuska coal fields by the way of Cook Inlet. The report of the Alaska Engineering com. mission is due about the first of the coming month, and selection of Che routes by the President and the See retary of the Interior will follow soon after Authoritative statement win be followed by grand rushes on the part Of the enthusiastic pioneers who sense Q great business awakening once the termini are selected.
 The stumbling block to early dispo. sition of the railway route questions Is the negotiation with the Alaska Northern railway bondholders, who nore indicated dispo5.loh 10 oilfe shrewd bargain.
 Ample terminal facilities on the Central Alaska coast and plenty of them will meet Seattle views and tcnd Co strengthen the commerce and rapid buldine up ot the regions that will be tapped There is ample ton mage in sight in the great mineral belt back of the coast. and the more terminals there are the greater Will be the development it is safe to say that tonnage could be supplied to 2 half dozen terminal points to keep the railroads and steamships busy indeii- nitely In the future-(Seattle Post Inteiligencer)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-08
other Accountg.

The Scotsman, which is published in Edinburgh, also prints other ac- counts of the battle, as gathered rom men engaged in it. They describe 1t as one of the greatest struggles in na- val history. and thrilling in eyory re- spect
 From the position of the German fleet when 1t was first encountered the mon assumed that 1t is virtually certain that It's objective was New Castle. The strength of the raiding squadron was quickly ascertoined. and as the entire raiding force sheered of immediately after 1t was discovered the chase was long one before the guns began their work.
 For forty miles thc two fleets rae ed over the shortest route for Heligo- land before the guns did any real dam ago. Then the Lion, which was lead ing oyerhauled the slow Bluecher' and in passing, gave her broadslde, caus- ing trightful damage. The Lion did not wait. however but continued in