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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29
Plaque Of Lizards.

Deer Park. Wis.-This village has a
regular plague of lizards. It was es-
timated that the were not less than
5000 in the colony. which evidently
had been attracted from q pond by
the electric street light.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

$3.50. 900. portion of the estate of his
uncle. Louis Morehouse. formerly OF
Kenosha county. who left here more
than sixty years ago to seek his for
tune in the gold fields of California.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

still able to show her grandchildren
and great-grandchildren some of the
dance steps popular in slavery days.
Lou brought her aged mother home
to Laurel and they are now living
happily together.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29
Optimism.

Optimism.
What you need in this town" said
the genial stranger. rs more Opt
mism"
There's r'enty Of optimism IN
Crimson 1ulch," replied Broncho
Bob. There isn't . man IN the plaee
who isn't an optimist during the nrse
twenty minutes Of . 'Doksr gamA"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29
GROWING Lettuce.

Some growers Of head lettuce main
tain that 1t costs from three to f1ft
times as much to grow head lettuce y
the looseleaf sorts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29
tIse Of Bordeaux Mixture

Remember that bordeaux mixture
Is not intended to kill insects but TO
control fungous diseases.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

the dark yesterday. refusing to leave
the past. and find the brightness OF
the future-that makes them destroy
courage and ruin the life.-Exchange.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

crasshoppers Dislike Bordeaux.
II grasshoppers attack garden and
orchard plants use bordeaux when In
sects appear. They do not like II.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29
Nh, ths Garden Worms.

Do not be afraid to kill "currant
worms" cabbage worms" with paris
green or arsenate OF lead.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29
po,r Mi> Grit With Feed.

Don't mix grit with the feed. Place
Il in boxes or some particular place
where the fowls will have easy access
TO it.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

ing careful to curve each piece the
same. and tack to each strip. Also
cover the barrel hoop ends with card
board Zig. III. Then reinforce the
cardboard with paper pasted length
wise. both inside and out. to conceal
the joints between the pieces OF card
board; also tack padding over the
edges of the barrelhoops. Then cover
the entire roll with cambria lining.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

opening. in the manner shown in FIJI
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
ROYAL THEATRE

The coming week promises to be long
III nagement has offered its patrons.
On Sunday evening, there will be the
first Grand Sunday Concert that has ever
been offered to the people Of is section al
this theatre.
The leading feature will be "The Sweed'
ish Singing Society Verdandi," ma,
chorus of twenty y-eight voices, well known
all over the United States. The entertain
ment will be hi. h class in all respects
Another feature will be Mr.. and Mrs
Mackie, renowned musical entertainers
who have ?layed before many Y. M. {
AS, will render program Of selections
that are fitting to the day upon various
musical instruments. Miss Helen Louise
Fraukel. mezzo soprano, will sing some
classical songs.
On Monday and Tuesday, Ethel Barry
more will appear In five part feature call.
ed "The Final Judgement" taken from the
pen of the author OF "rhe Lure" and "a,
Bay" George Scarbough }
]. Warren Kerrigsn opens in a three
weeks serial story called the "New Advent
ures of Terence O'Rourke" and others
Wednesday and Thursday, Betty Nan
sen will be seen in feature, The Song oi
Hate" william Fox feature in FIVE parts
and others,
Friday and Saturday, "Neal of the
Navy" in two parts, "Mera the Medium y
story of fortune telling in three parts and
wild animal picture called "The Queen OF
the Jungle" and others.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
SHE KNEW COFFEE.
Result Of . Test That Was Made by
Sir Hiram Maxim.

A great many people who fatter
themselves that they are judges OF cof
fee or other beverages may learn les
son OF caution from the experiments
carried on by Sir Hiram Maxim wher
he was trying to find palatable prepa.
ration Of wheat and coffee.
1t occurred to me, says Sir Hiram IL
my Life" that very few people knew
much about coffee. One Sunday
brought out from the Maxim Lamp
works about thirty young men and wo.
men. My stenographer was also pres.
ent. She was one Of those young ladies
that know 1t all-from whose decisions
there is no appeal
had cleared of long bench and ar.
ranged on It a large number Of cups,
milk, sugar, cream, much coffee and
plenty of apparatus for making coffee
/ got from the army and navy stores
various kinds Of coffee that were sup
posed to be the very best In the world
such as Mocha, Java and so forth, and
also got from dealer In coffee some
Of the sweepings and siftings of his
shOp-small, imperfect and broken ker.
nels. These l freed from dust and
dirt, roasted and ground and mixed
with three times their weight of chic
ory. was ready for the test.
My shorthand writer came In, tasted
the Mocha, the Java, the Costa Rica,
and pronounced them all very bad. She
then tried some Of my wheat coffee and
some Of what was half wheat and hall
coffee, which, she said, were also bad
but not so bad as the others. But when
she reached the mixture of siftings and
chicory she was delighted. THAT is
coffee!" she said, with an air of finality'
''That's It! That's the right stuff"
In all probability the young lady had
never tasted cup Of genuine coffee ir
her life until that Sunday morning.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
WONDERS OF THE ALPS.
Changes Nature Wrought to UpIiH
Their Towering Peaks.

Nothing In the worlds history Is more
impressive than tAe story Of the Alps.
Ten or twelve million years ago, pos
sibly far more a long unseen line Of
weakness, crack of fissure in the
earth's crust, stretched away from
France eastward hundreds Of miles. On
this tine followed huge volcanic out.
bursts.
Next ensued vast slow subsistence,
which went on through geologic epochs
until where Mont Blanc now rears its
summit 1870 feet was sea fringiny
an old continent. Large rivers emptied
into 1t. Deposits of mud, sand, gravel
were laid one on another as the sink
ing went on until the layers became
10000 feet, nearly ten miles, thick.
Then at last commenced a great up
lifting: the struggling subterranean
forces raised huge load. For ages
this went on until the rocks, crumbled.
crushed. contorted rose above the wa
ters and continued to rise, forming lines
Uf mountain chains and making Swift
zerland a tableland.
Every hour since then rain and snow,
river, glacier and avalanche have been
scupturing into peaks and carving into
lakes and valleys that vast platforms
with its recent sedimentary covering
and primeva' granite core.
The result Is land OF unequaled
grandeur London Telegraph.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03

Tax Collector VIM. Ii. Mathewson visited
this place on Monday.
The Grauiteville Fire Company have
planned whist and social for the latter
part of the month.
The X. /. Commercial School basket
ball team will play the Foxboro High team
at Fireman's Hall this evening.
George Harrington and his own company
opened at the Globe Theatre in Providence
on Monday with a very successful lmusical
and dramatic revue.
Mr.. Alex smith and Miss Carrie Homos
were married at their future residence on
Angel avenue last Saturday afternoon.
After the ceremony they left for Boston.
A collision in which two persons were
hurt, a buggy destroyed and an automobile
overturned occurred last Sunday night a.
II O'Clock on Putnam avenue in this village
Miss Louise Newcomb of Harmony was
the most seriously hurt Miss Newcomb
was returning to her boarding place in
Providence after spending the week end
with her parents. Alfred Steere, also o.
Harmony and with whom Miss Newcome
was riding, heard an automobile approach.
ing and d. owe on to the car tracks at The
extreme right of the road to give it plenty
of room. The machine struck the buggy,
threw both occupants out and then crashed
into a Telegraph pole and turned turtle
machine and said that his son was driving
it at the time of the accident and that the
buggy did not carry light. This was de-
MED by Mr.. Steere, Miss Newcomb and
other witnesses. The accident occurred
directly beneath one of the 100 candle
power tungsten lamps by which Putnam
avenue is lighted.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
GREENVILLE.

Gustave Jahn and family spent Thanks
giving in Norwich, Conn.
Mr.. Bert Smith and family of TarkliD,
spent Sunday at Fred Angell's.
The election of officers will be held at
Greenvile Grange, December I4th.
The Greenville w. c. +. u. met at the
home of the president, Mrs. J. II Roberts
on Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. Richmond, Mrs. Abbie
Place and Miss Annie Place of Chepachet,
we're Sunday guests at Richard Clemence's
Mrs. Henry Smith and daughter
Ethelyn, are to spend the winter with Mrs,
Smiths parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. A.
Tobey.
The All Around Light Bearers of the
Baptist Church, will hold a sale and enter
tainment in the Baptist Church Vestry,
Friday evening.
A Christian Endeavor Social was held at
the Baptist parsonage on Friday evening,
q large number being present. Games
and music were enjoyed by all, and refresh
ments we're served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Winsor entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Winsor, Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Windsor, Mrs. S. S. Windsor,
DIR. Sadie Windsor and Mrs. George Hall
over Thanksgiving.
The Crawford Club met Wednesday
afternoon at Parish Hall. There was a
good attendance. Miss Mabel Woodard
gave an interesting talk on Art. Miss
Woodard has recently visited Italy and
Sicily.
The Rev. James DeWolf Perry, Bishop
of the Diocese, will ofiiciate at the S:4S a.
M. Communion and Conservation service
at ST. Thomas Church next Sunday,
December sth, this being the first service
to be held in the church, after undergoing
decorations and electric wiring The
second service will be held at 3:4S p. m.
when special music will he rendered by
the Vested Choir under the direction OF
Samuel A Cooper, Mrs Harry G. James,
soprano soloist Of St, Paul's Church, Paw
tucket and MIR. Wendell Luce, organist, OF
Boston, Mass, will assist at this service.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
AMIABLE JOSEFFY.
His Genial Courtesy and a RebIH He
Once Received.

Once Received.
Rafael JOseffy was among the most
famous and also the most finished
pianofOrte players generation ago
and one Of the most charming players
Of ChOpin's music. fancy, that ever
lived. One OF his most amiable traits
was his want Of artistic jealousy and
his unfailing kindness and courtesy to
ward his colleagues. This no less when
he was In the heydey Of his popularity
as a vtrtuoso than after he had retired
from the platform to the regret and
wonderment Of his admirers, who were
as numerous as the lovers Of plane.
forte music.
During the decade from 1880 to 1890
he really had no rival among the plan
lists who gave concerts In New York.
His popularity burned with steady
and lambent flame no matter how
much enthusiasm blazed up for these
newcomers. All these Joseffy met In u
spirit Of unselfish sympathy. He took
Conrad Ansorge under his wing, meta =
phorically speaking. and always treat
q peer II not a better. He acclaimed
Rosenthal and always fastened to the
artists room with his fluctuations
whenever new candidate for public
favor presented himself.
His conduct was not always appreci-
ated or reciprocated, as an anecdote
frequently repeated by his friends indi-
Gates. When De Pachmann gave his
FIRST recital In New York Joseffy was
as usual among the first to offer his
congratulations.
Herr PachmanD." he said, "you
played like a little godv'
who's the big godT' was the ungra.
cious retort. you, perhaps?'
But Joseffy expressed no resentment
at the rebuff; he kept on admiring the
admirable things I'm De Pachmanns
playing just the same and also express
ing it-New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
GLYCERIN IS PECULIAR.
From a Chemical Standpoint Il Has
Many Curious Qualities.

One of the great advantages OF glyc.
erin I'm Its chemical employment Is the
fact that It will neither freeze nor
evaporate under any ordinary tempera.
ture.
No perceptible loss by evaporation
has been detected ut temperature less
than 200 degrees f.. but If heated in
tensely it dccomposes with smell that
few persons find themselves able to en-
dure. 1t burns with pale flame, simi
lar to that from alcohol, IL heated to
about 800 degrees and then ignited. It's
nonevaporative qualities make the com,
pound of much use as n vehicle for
holding pigments and colors, as in
stamping and typewriter ribbons, car.
bon papers and the like
If the pure glycerin be exposed for a
long time To n freezing temperature II
crystallizes with the appearance Of sug.
ar candy; but. these crystals being once
melted. II is almost an impossibility Ia
get them again into the CONCEALED state
IL little water he added to the glyc.
erin no crystallization will take place
though under a sufficient degree Of cold
the water will separate and form crys'
tails, amid which the glycerin will re
main I'm it's natural state of fiuidity.
If suddenly subjected to intense cold
pure glycerin will form gummy mass
which cannot be entirely hardened or
crystallized Altogether IL Is quite a
peculiar substance
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
FIFTH WHEELS.
They Are Of Many Varieties, and Some
of Them Are Human.

oI HSfIl tNTc
/ am what Is known as fifth wheel
"a useless piece of paraphernalia car
ried along as necessary impedimenta
on other peoples journeys.
There are lots of fifth wheels I'm the
world. Some are old and rusty and ont
Of repair. and down in their inmost
hubs they long to roll off into the gut.
ter and lie there quiet and undisturbed.
These are the old people, silver haired
self effacing, who go upstairs to bed
early when guests are invited for din.
ner.
Some are emergency fifth wheels,
such as are carried on motorcars, al.
ways ready to take their place on the
road If one of the regular wheels
breaks down and needs to be sent
away for repairs. These are the mid.
die aged unmarried annts and cousins
stanch, reliable-who are sent for to
take care Of the children while mother
runs over to Europe for n holiday.
And some are fifth wheels like my
sel-nelther old nor self effacing, nei-
ther middle aged nor useful. but simply
expensive to keep painted and very
hungry for the road. 1t may be only a
matter Of time. however. when / shall
be middle aged and useful and later old
and self effacing: when | shall stay
and take care of the children and 80
upstairs early when young people are
having n party.-Olive Higgins Prouty
in American Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
CnItQrcn.

What are children? Flowers!> They
are flowers of the invisible world. in
destructible. each with n multitude ot
angels aud evil spirits underneath It's
leaves. toiling and wrestling for domin.
ion over IT, blossoms! They are the
blossoms of another world whose fruit
age Is angels and archangels. OR dew
drops! They are dewdrops that have
their source not I'm the chambers of the
earth nor among the vapors of the sky
which the next breath of wind or thc
next flash of sunshine NAV dry up for
ever. but among the everlasting foun
tains and inexlaustible reservoirs OF
mercy and love.-John Neal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
Providence Opera House.

The Treasure Chest, which is to be pro-
duced the week of December 9th, in the
Providence Opera House for six perform
auces and Saturday matinee, is a
spectacular musical extravaganza in two
cts, to be given for the benefit OF the
Federal Hill House Association. This
production is the work OF local people
entirely. Mr.. Marshall Martin has COM
posed the music, Miss Grace Sherwood has
written the lyrics and Mr.. Clarke Mays,
with Miss Sherwood and Mr.. Martin, has
built the book and directed the general
scheme OF using many choruses until the
cast approximates in number nearly six
hundred people. The story OF "The
Treasure Chest" is founded upon tn p
legend Of Captain Kidd's buried treasure
chest. and it is fitting that Captain Kidd
should figure largely IN the plot. He aud
his terrible three are source OF great
trouble to the principals, and it is sur
rrising twist that permits the Sea Serpent
to act as life saver after the shipwreck
There are gobolins and ghosts. and frogs
and elves to add an element of unreality
and there are summer girls and summer
boys. with Quakers, gypsies and the black
and white frolic to give touch OF
modernism. Tuesday evening is to be
designated "Governor's Night, and His
Excellency, with members Of his staff, will
occupy boxes. Monday Night, December
9th, will be society night, when the house
is said to be sold out.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
SAVAGE ATHLETICS.
Canary Islanders Who Would Have
Made Star Ball Players.

The Canary islands came into sub
lection to Spain about the time Colum-
bus discovered America. The conquest
European weapons and not to better
skill and prowess. Native soldiers were
trained athletes developed under a sys-
tenn that held athletic sports to be an
important business, like military drill.
Spanish chronicles have left accounts
Of sports Of the islanders From baby.
hood they were trained to be brisk in
self defense. AS soon Us they could
toddle the children were pelted with
mud balls that they might learn how
to protect themselves. When they were
boys stones and wooden darts were
substituted for bits of clay.
In this rough school they acquired
bled them during their wlrs to catch in
their hands the arrows shot from their
enemies crosSbows.
After the conquest of the Canaries a
native of the islands was seen at Sc
vile who for silver piece let a man
throw at him rs many stones as he
pleased from distance of eight PAGES
Without moving his left foot he avoid
ed every stone.
Another native used to defy any one
to hurl an orange at him with 30 great
rapidity that he could not catch it.
Three men tried this, each with doz
Ell oranges. and the islander caught
every orange. AS further test he lit
his antagonists with each Of the or
angeS
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
SWAMPED WITH PROFITS.
Story Of the Patent on the Screw With
the Gimlet Point.


Perhaps the shortest patent applica-
ton extant is the one on file I'm the
patent office at Washington, which
reads, 81 claim a patent on q screw
with gimlst point"
Previous to that all screws used In
varie,J, and the carpenter had to care
fully boro q hole with n gimlet or au-
ger before inserting his screw and
forcing 1t home. The advent Of the
screw with a gimlet point which would
bore itself In revolutionized this.
This patent was held by the Ameri-
can Screw company Of Providence, II.
l., and before the patent ran out and
It was impossible for others to manu-
facture 1t without damage suits this
The demand for the gimlet pointed
screw was, OF course, immense, and
the company did not know what to do
with its profits.
All Of its dray horses were carefully
selected blacks, and tremendous prices
were paid for good stock. The harness
was OF patent leather trimmed with
red. while the wagons plying back and
forth between the factory and the
docks or the railroad had red under.
gear to match the harness trimmings
and the wheels were decorated with
gold leaf, II carat fine. But this is all
past. Today the pointed screw can be
purchased at any corner store for q
fsw cents q packase.-wall Street
yournal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
A WOMAN'S OPINION.
IL Went on Record as a Decision Of the
Supreme Court.

IL Went on Record as a Decision Of the
Supreme Court.
"All the justices of the supreme
court wear gowns of black silk" says
Francis L. Leupp in Walks About
Washington" "John Jay, the first
chief justice, relieved the somber mo-
notony Of his by adding collar bound
with scarlet, but the precedent was not
followed. The court has sometimes
tribunal in the world, and doubtless 1t
deserves the compliment.
THE arguments made before it are
confined to calm, Unconditional reason
Ing. The pleaders do not raise their
voices or forget their manners or In
dulge in personalities or oratory while
debating, and the opinions of the court
are recited with quietness almost
conversational. These opinions are
very carefully guarded up to the mo-
ment they are read from the bench. but
now and then. after n decision has be-
come history, there leaks out an enter
tanning story Of how it came to be rem
dered.
"Such I'M instance was I'm the case of
an imported delicacy which might have
been classed either as preparation Of
fish or as flavoring sauce. The GUS
toms officers had levied duty on II as
a sauce and an importer had appealed
The justices, when they came to COM
pare notes. confessed themselves sore
ly puzzled. and one of them suggested
that since the technical arguments
were so well balanced it might be wise
TO fall back upon common sense. That
evening he carried sample of the dis
puted substance home TO his wife, who
was an expert in culinary matters.
"'There, my dear said he. is sauce
for you TO try
with one look at the contents of
the package. which she evidently rec
ogniZed. she exclaimed: 'Pshaw!
That's no sauce; that's fish. Didn't you
know it?'
'The next day the court met again
for consultation and on the following
Monday handed down decision over
ruling the customs officers and sustain
Ing the importers appeal"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
First Seal of the Uni.sd States.

The first great seal of the United
States was cut for Uncle Sam In 1882
and the first document to bear its i'm.
print is dated September, 1882. 1t Il
parchment commission granting Gen.
eral Washington full power to arrange
with the British for an exchange of
prisoners Of war. The document Is
signed by John Hancock, president OF
congress, and countersigned by Charles
Thomas, secretary. The seal was i'm
pressed upon the parchment over a
white wafer festooned with red In the
upper left hand corner-Magazine OF
American History.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
Charm Cures.

Belief In charm cures is not quite ex.
tinct even today. Only short while
ago a child I'm East Anglia went to o
chemist with a request from her moth.
er for spider In a nutshell TO hang
round baby's neck 10 cure his whoop
Ing cough. In the west country some
still pin faith i'm the cure of whoopina
cough by administering cooked dor.
mouse or by plucking hair from the
sick child's neck, hiding II In piece OF
meat and giving It TO dog. No child
will ever have the malady. others af'
nrm. II It has ridden on the back Of q
bear!-London Telegraph.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
Friday Weddines.

Friday Is a day of which about to
wed couples are extremely nervoua II
IL matter Of record In most cities that
fewer licenses are issued on that day
than on the other Eve Of the working
week. In the divorce court no such
hesitancy II manifest.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03
Culcknsss Of Mind.

ouicknees Is among the least of the
minds properties and belongs to he'
I'm almost her lowest state. Nay, II
doth not abandon her when she is driv
en- from her home, when she is wan
dering and insane. The mad often re
tain Il. the liar has II. the cheat has II
education does pot give 1t, and rehec
eiSn takes away from it--Landor.