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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
GRANITEVILLE.

w. A. Sweet is improving in health.
The schools here closed on Columbus
Day.
The ID. & M. Co. is to have a gasolene
station.
William Lackey was injured in the mill
on Tuesday.
Repairs are being made to the hall in
the Fire Co.'S Building,
Mrs. George Driscoll Of Providence, is
the guest of Mrs. George Olney.
Albert Foster and family, took three
days trip to Plymouth, Mass, this week.
The supper and social, which was held
In Firemen's Hall on Thursday, was we'll
attended.
workmen are busy getting the Centre
dale Garage Building in shape for its new
occupants.
o. F. Robinson Of this place, has open
ed a wholesale meat and produce store in
Providence.
Warner Turple Of the Pentecostsl Insti-
tute, North Scituate, is conducting the
services on Sunday at the Baptist Church
The Mothers Club held meeting at the
Graniteville school on Monday. Plans for
dance to be held later in the month were
discussed.
The Clocester Town Council at its meet
ing last Saturday, ordered that the name
Putnam Pike be changed to Putnam ave-
nue., making the name Of the highway as
in Johnston and Smitbheld. 1t is now
Putnam avenue from the Railroad Cross
ing at Centredale to Putnam. Councilman
Willis II. Sweets plan finally went
through.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
OLD COIN VALUES.
Only Very Rare Specimens Can Com
nand q Hiqh Price.

mand q High Price.
''The 1904 dollar" said a coin ex-
pert, "is believed by thousands Of per
sons to command an enormous premi-
um. There never was an 1904 dollar
made I'm that year." he continued. 1.-The
1904 dollar was made some time be-
tween 1890 and 1860. The country is
flooded with counterfeit coins Of this
date, many Of which have been made
from 1901 dollars. A large number of
them have fine milling on the edge,
which could have been made only by a
machine which the government did
not begin to use until 1886.
'The Queen Anne farthing Is another
coin which has gained high value In
the public mind, because a collector
once paid high price for several that
had never been In circulation. The
used coins bring as high as $40, but
they are often offered to dealers at ten
times that price. The Jewish shekel,
worth to dealers about 81, Is often held
for as much as $3.50 by enthusiastic
amateurs who are misled by dates and
the strange characters stamped on the
coin.
I'm the public mind coin more than
nifty years old is hoary with age and
% rare as to be almost priceless, but a
silver dollar Of 1895 Is actually worth
no more than 81 to dealers, and then
only II 1t Is In an excellent state Of
preservation. for great many of them
were coined. A half dollar Of 1903 Is
worth as much as 10 cents more than
Its face value, but collectors and
dealers find that there are so many Of
them In circulation that there Is no
profit In buying and selling them. In
fact, a person might have hundred
United States coins Of different de-
nominations and dates, no two alike,
but all more than 100 years old, which
would be worth to dealer not over
$40 above their face value" - New
York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
CORK FORESTS.
Money Making Trees That Grow In tho
Poorest Kind of Soil.

Money Making Trees That Grow In tho
Poorest Kind of Soil.
The cork oak is kind Of jack at all
trades among trees, and its service in
dicates well the kind Of new freedom
that trees may give US by their new
helpfulness II we will just give them
chance. II the garden of Eden story
had been written In Spain or Portugal
/ think the fortunate couple would
have been placed In possession Of a
cork forest II man In either Of
these countries has a forest Of good
cork trees you will find him in Madrid,
Lisbon or Paris. His cork forest works
for him, and he stays In town.
Cork trees grow on the rockiest and
poorest land. The poorer the land the
finer the quality of the cork. Every
eight or ten years the outer bark Is
stripped from the trees to furnish the
ever more highly priced cork Of com
merce. BY dividing the land up into
blocks this decennial harvest will pro-
duce a fairly regular income.
These same oak trees produce acorns,
OFF Ell heavily. which are sold to some
farmer, who drives his herds Of lean
hogs into the forest where they har-
vest the acorns and turn them into
salable meat. A Portuguese hog is ex-
pected to gain two pounds day for
ninety days when acorns are ripe.
More than this, there Is beneath the
oak trees some herbage fit for goats to
eat. Thus the cork forest owner In Lis
bon gets income from three contrac-
tors-the cork stripper, the pork raiser
and the goat raiser. And with care
the forest lasts forever. The individual
cork tree Is good for a hundred years
or more, after which It Is fine big
salable tree, with enough young ones
near It to take its place when 1t Is
gone to market. In Portugal a cork
tree, ready for its third stripping, is
considered worth $25. When in full
bearing an acre Of these oaks will
Yield from one to three tons Of cork
at a stripping, now worth about $40
q ton to the grower. Most Of this is
profit The pork Is profit 1t Is the
common rule that the income from
the pasture pays the small cost of
caring for the forest.-J. Russell Smith
In Country Gentleman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
MANToN.

Schools in Manton were closed or
Columbus Day.
Joseph Dolan has purchased the mill
business of John Newman.
On November 27nd, q harvest supper
will be served at the Baptist Church.
Quite number from here attended the
world series game in Boston on Monday
j.. Hughes and Daniel Rigney were
among the Manton people in Boston OF
Monday.
A. T. Remington has returned to hi
place Of business, after a three months
vacation.
Miss Abbie Smith and Miss Mary Cor
coran spent Tuesday with friends in
Glocester.
The Manton w. G. T. u. met on Tues.
day evening with Rev. and Mrs. Alva e
Carpenter.
On Friday evening, Alpha Theta Chap
ter Of st. Peters Church, held successful
social in the Parish House.
Earl Livingston has entered the employ
of S. b. Winsor. Mr.. Livingston for
many years has been employed by J. J.
Dolan.
The truck ride of Johnston Hose Com
pany No. 8, to Conimicut on Saturday
evening was largely attended and proved
most successful.
The young ladies of the Manton w. c.
T. U. have formed large and fourishing
society. They expect to present drama
In the near future.
Marcus Thompson Of Woonasquatucket ct
avenue, is at st. Joseph's Hospital, where
he Is undergoing treatment for a fractured
hip. Master Thompson was hurt the first
of the summer, when he fell from a merry.
go.round.
On Monday evening, a reception was
held at the Thornton school in honor Of
I. Lesion Nickerson, superintendent Of the
Johnston Schools. The Johnston teachers
have long appreciated the untiring efforts
of Mr.. Nickerson during his three years
service and this meeting was q mark OF
their esteem. Mr.. Nckerson was presen'
ed with a purse Of money. The school
room was tastefully decorated with autumn
leaves and boughs. An enjoyable evening
was spent by all.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
GIBSON, THE DWARF.
This Seventeenth Century Midget Won
Fame as an Artist.

This Seventeenth Century Midget Won
Fame as an Artist.
Purveyors Of side show amusements
are agreed, 1t is said, that dwarfs no
longer may be counted upon to draw
audiences, no matter how gifted these
Liliputians may be. In Charl@s STRAIT
ton, known the world over by MS pseu-
donim of Tom Thumb, this country
furnished the most attractive dwarf
ments and who, as stated by his spon-
sor In what was considered the most
stunning" advertising of the day, was
''the delight of all the crowned heads
Of Europe" as well as Of the uncrown-
ed sovereigns of America.
Great as Tom Thumb was in his
time, there were dyarfs pesceding him
that made most enviable regulations.
Among these were Richard Gibson,
age seventy-five at his death, July %,
1890, and his widow, whe died nine
teen years Later at the advanced age
of eighty-nine. Gibson was a ninia-
ture painter-miniature In every sense
of the phrase-as well as court dwarf
to Charles |. of England, and his wife,
Ann Shepherd, was court dwarf to
Queen Henrietta Maria. Her majesty
prompted marriage between these
two clever but diminutlve persons, and
the marriage proved happy one. The
little couple had nine children, five Of
whom lived to years Of maturity and
were of ordinary stature.
Gibson's works were valued, and one
of them was the innocent cause of a
tragical event. This painting repre-
sented the parable of the lost sheep
and was highly priced by the king,
who gave it in charge of Vandervoort,
the keeper of the royal pictures. One
day the king asked for this picture.
Afraid or ashamed to say that he mis-
laid il. Vandervoort committed suicide
by hanging. A few days after his
death the picture was found in the spot
where he had placed 1t. Gibson and
his wife have, however, been excelled
i'm brevity of stature, as the united
height of the two was about seven
feet.-Indianapolis News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15

Mrs. Charles DAILY. The funeral was held
on Thursday, Rev. w. w. Deckard offlciat
ing.
Mrs. Mary e. Lawton is visiting hel
daughter, Mrs. William S. Maddocks
West Somerville, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Bosworth and Miss
Mildred Bosworth spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. c. w. Bosworth and family Of
Southbridge, Mass
A business meeting Of Georgiaville
Literary and Social Society was held Wed
nesday evening in the vestry of the church
A sociable time was enjoyed by all.
The Bernon Social and Athletic Club
held a whist at Bernon Hall last Friday
evening. Mrs Thomas Duxbury won the
first prize for ladies and Charles McDer.
mott the first gentleman's prize.
The Bernon Mills awarded the following
prizes among its employees for the best
flower beds, Ephriam Desosia, Ist prize
Si5 90, Mrs. Fostain, and prize $40. 90,
Ralph Lavigue, 3rd prize $500. A mum
Der of smaller awards were made.
The fire fighting apparatus for this
village, which has been ordered from the
Combination Ladder Co, of Providence, is
exr ected to be delivered in a short time.
Every piece has been made TO order. The
chemical engine and the hook and ladder
will be housed in building used as a
store house and owned by the Manville Co.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15

CENTREDALE.

The Benn's Mohair Cricket Team play
the Woonsockets on Saturday.
Alton Buxton has discontinued his bar
ber shop in the Railroad Building.
N. f. Reiner's new store in Turks Head
Building, Providence, opened on Saturda,
last.
The Ashton football team defeated the
Greystones here on Saturday by score ol
3to2.
Arthur Winkelman, who has again been
confined to his home by illness, is able tc
be out.
The last ball game Of the season was
played here on Saturday between the
Centredale Woolen Co.'S team and the
Metal Products. Only six innings were
played. The score standing to o in favor
of the Metal Products.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
Glass Razor Strop.

"The best razor strop ever had was
as he sharpened the razor with a pull
In It, "An old barber gave it TO me,
and l tell you 1t worked fine. Un-
fortunately let 1t fall and broke 1t,
and have never been able TO get one
like it. There's some kink in the
grinding which | can't seem to figure
out In these days good razor strop
Is mighty hard thing TO find, and
would give a good deal If | could only
get that piece OF ground glass back
again. 1t sure did put a cutting edge
on the razor. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
His Criticism.

One Of the wittiest Of clergymen, ad-
vocating the habit Of preaching extern
pore sermons instead Of reading writ
ten ones, said he had heard Of Scot.
tish minister who always relied upon
his manuscript. At Last his sorrowful
congregation sent deputation to com,
plain that he did not speak, but always
read, his sermons.
"Ah, my good friends" said he, IL
have n bad memory. l should forget
what had to say"
"Weel, minister" was the >scathine
answer, III ye Gamma remember your
ain discoorses ye Gamma blame US IL we
forget them. London Answers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15

A gun club Is to be formed by some Of
the young men Of this place.
Schools we're closed Tuesday. It was
the celebration of Columbus Day.
Joseph Minsrd returned last week from
Canada where he spent a month with his
parents.
Charles II. Belden, private In Co. A..
9th Regiment Of Connecticut Volunteer
Infantry, died at the home Of his daughter,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
Graduation of Golf.

1--WE card Of Nero a-playing on IL
fiddle, sir, when is 'ome was a-burn.
ing" said the landlady, putting down
the local paper, "but this ere game
Of golf must be the most faskluat ting
'obby I'm the world. I've been reading
about the fire up at the golf ground last
Friday. and 1t says, The fire brigades
promptly responded to the call, and
when darkness closed In they werestill
playing upon the ruins Of the club
house,"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
La MaacottA

The mascot came to us from the
French. The word Is French slang,and
was popularized by Audran's comic
opera, LA Macotte." In 1880. though
before that Its use had long been COM
mon among French gamblers, And. as
In England. the mascot could be any
thing from dog to q doughnut-Lcn-
don Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
Great DiHerenes-

Some say that marriage is lottery
with u.s."
That's a step above the south sea
islanders. where they marry girl to
the man who can offer tife most cocoa
nuts. There It's raffie."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
BADLY Expnaaaad.

A London restaurant has this notice
displayed in various parts Of It's din
Ing room: ANY incivilfty or inatten-
ton on the part Of any Of the-.employ-
ees Of this establishment will be con-
sidered favor II reported promptly
to the proprietor"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
Definitions.

Miser. n man who kills two birds
with enc stone ap' then wants the
stone back.
Tact. the art OF saying nothing when
there II nothing 10 be said.
Epigram. an artistic way Of saying
something that is not e.-woman's
Home Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
Delirious.

The wife-Oh, doctor. think Henry
Is much better this morning. He took
my hand Just minute ago and called
me his own little tootsy wootsy.' The
Doctor-,rhe case Is more serious than
thought. It's very bad sign when a
patisst becomes delirious.-New York
Woel1
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15
Disnsraoso,eox

hope you never talk about your
neighbors," said the exacting friend.
Il never do" replied the frivolous
wcman. They're an awfully uninter-
estins lot"-washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-10-15

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-19
STOMACH MISERY i
GAS. INDIGESTION
GPape'S Diapepsin" fixes sick
sour, gaSsy stOmaehs in
five minutes.

= Time it, In five minutes all stomacb
distress will go. No indigestion, heart
burn, sourness or belching Of gas, acid
or quotations of undigested food, Ne
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for IT'D
speed in regulating upset stomachA
1t is the surest, quickest and most GER
tain Indigestion remedy in the whole
world, and besides it Is harmless.
Please for your sake, get a large
ffty-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any store and put your stomach
right. Don't keep on being miserable
life is too short-you are not here
long, so make your stay agreeable.
Eat what you like and digest it; en-
Joy it without dread Of rebellion In
the stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should n Of the fam
fly eat something which don't agree
with them, or in case of an attack Of
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach arrangement at daytime on
during the night, it is handy to givs
the quickest relief known. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-19
IS CHILD CROSS, .
FEvER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue ID
coated, give "CaIifornia
Syrup of Fiqs."

Children love this fruit laxative
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result 10
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish. stomach
sc,,-s then your little one"Sc""mes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally bSeakhsds' bad.
system full of cold, has sore throat.
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen.
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give q teaspoonful Of "CaliforniA
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile an0
undigested food passes out Of the sys'
tenn, and you have q we'll child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it Is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new.
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-19
TO RELAX FIGHT
IN THE SENATE
FIGHT OVER ADMINISTRATION
SHIP BILL UNDERGoES COM.
PLETE CHANGE.
RESULT OF CONFERENCES
Senator Cores Substitute For the
Bill May Be introduced in
the House as an Amend
ment.

Washington The situation In the
fyrhi over the administration ship bill
has undergone a complete change. as
The result Of conferences between
President Wilson and congress lead
erg II Waq determined TO relax the
firbt In tho senate. thus sugpending
the historic Nibustcr. while the i'm
nortaDt approprIatiou bills are passed.
Meanwhile Senator Cores substi-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-19
F~ss~fk
no APPREclAHLE PROGRESS
In None OF the Various Battles In Eu'
ropean Fields Has Progress
Been Made.

Paris.-Comparative quiet reigns In
France and Flanders, while the hun
dreds VI thousands constituting the
fighting forces in Russian Poland,
the Carpathians and East Prussia are
still ~deadlocked In a series Of desper.
ate engagements that have resulted
In great losses.
London.-The British parliament
has been asked by the British govern
ment to give 1t a blank check for
army purposes. 1t Is expected that
the Parliament will vote a nominal
sum under each of the Is groups Of
expenditures, and II 1t does this 1t
will have voted supplies without limit
for an army of 5000, 900 men, to be
accounted for when the war is over.
Premier AsQuith, in a statement be-
fore the House Of Commons, announc.
ed that the British casualties, includ-
ing killed, wounded and missing, up
to Feb. T. numbered 1O4, 900.
An Indication that Italy Is pursuing
her policy of waiting is found in a
royal decree Just issued which orders
that soldiers of the second category
classes OF 1898 and 1894 shall be re-
tanned under the colors until May 81
next. Second category recruits are re-
garded as belonging to the permanent
army for the first eight years of serv-
ice. They then pass to the mobile
militia and afterwards to the terri
torial militia, This term of military
service is supposed to be finished at
the age of 80 years.
Berlin.-The naval measures OF
Germany against British commerce
are in no sense a blockade; no hos
tile action against neutral shipping is
contemplated, and Germany's war
ships will endeavor to avoid sinking
American or neutral ships, taking ev.
ey precaution to that end Is an
nounced.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-19
SERIES OF MINES BLOWN UP
French Use Mines-Occupy Excava.
tons Made When the Mines
Are Exploded.

Paris.-The following official COM
munication was issued by the wal Of
flee:
During the night OF Feb. $40 we
blew up at La Boisselle three series Of
mines and succeeded in occupying the
excavations thus made, notwithstand-
Ing a counter-attack, which was re-
pulsed with the bayonet.
I'm the Argonne there has been ar
tillery firing and the throwing Of
bombs or all sides, particularly In the
region of Bolante and Bagatelle. Ac.
cording to the latest advices 1t is re-
ported that the Germans have deliy.
cred a very violent but fruitless at.
tack on the fertilization Of Marie The.
reese.
"ln Lorraine at La Lisiere, east of
the forest of Parroy, and to the north
OF that forest, our advance posts have
easily repulsed an attack OF the en-
envy.
THE minor action reported in the
communication issued at 3 o'clock to
the northeast of Manonviller ended in
the pursuit of the Germans by our
hussars.
"ln the Vosges, at La Fontenelle
(Ban-De-Sapt) an attack by the enemy
has been checked"
Earlier In the day the following con-.
munication was issued:
THE day of Feb. 9 saw virtually
only artillery engagements along the
front. At some places this fighting
was fairly spirited, particularly on the
Aisne and in Champagne. Only one
infantry engagement. and this of lit
tie Importance. has been reported. 1t
occurred in Lorraine. to the northeast
Of Manonvillier, where one of our de-
tachments drove back some outposts
Of the enemy on to the town of Lein.
trey"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-19
ReadIustment Of Rates.

HedoJuStmen OF HdteS.
The subject of readjustment Of
rates on coal from Alabama, Tennes-
see, Kentucky and Illinois into Mis-.
sissippi territory has caused consider
able discussion and study among mem
bers Of the state railroad commission.
in conference with Rate Clerk M. c.
Moore. Mr.. Moore, in discussing this
matter, states that the interstate COM
merce commission has started its in.
quiry and investigators preliminary
to a general readjustment of these
rates for both the long and short haul
from the mines to the centers of dis
tribution.
Just which way the revision will
work, whether upward or downward,
remains TO be seen, but it Is certain
that an advance In the coal rates to
junction points in Mississippi would
add to the burden Of an already bur
dened people.
The commission, however, Is in re-
coipt OF Information that the interstate
commerce commission will give a Sc
ries of public hearings at New Or
leans, and possibly also at Birming-
ham, some time during the present
month.
: Peuding this hearing, the interstate
rates under the present classification
havo hnan sucnr3HSad
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-19
Raine In Atlanta.

Atlanta, CA am coming back
said G.. Hunter Ralne, former presi
dent of the wrecked Mercantile Bank
and Trust Company Of Memphis, as he
entered the door Of the Atlanta fed
eraI penitentiary to begin serving a
five year term.
Raino smiled IA he made the re-
mark, and waved his hand to a news
paper man, but there was an evident
tightening Of the muscles Of his jaws
as II he were bracing himself for the
ordeal that awaited him inside
prison walls.
Barely had e5raE fs,ro ,r,or
Raine's iipe eAoD the prBos doors
clanked to and the former banker YES
lost TO the world.
II is reported Raine VIII he assignee
to u clerical poauou in tbs prlsoa