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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-05-09
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The Portsmouth delegation number
ing about 200 will arrive here on C.
n 0. fast train No. 3, which arrives at
the depot at 1913 D. m. The train will
stop at the Park to let the fans of. The
River City Band Of Portsmouth will
accompany the rooters and will dis
course sweet music throughout the af-
ternoon.
THE Maysville trip is coming along
fine. | believe that fully 200 fans will
make II Wednesday," said President
Gableman of the Cobblers at Ports
mouth Monday night. Fans from all
parts Of the city have been calling US
up about II.
Manager T. NJ. Russell announced
this morning that the following prices
will prevail this season nj League
Park:
General admission - TWENTY-FIVE
cents.
Grand stand-Sundays TWENTY-FIVE
cents, week days ten cents.
Box seats for the opening game are
now on sale mt the Whitehall Hotel nj
! fifty cents seat
New Baseball Uniforms at De NuZie
The new base ball uniforms which
will be worn by the locals on the home
grounds arrived Monday from Chicago
and are now on display in the window
of De Nuzie The uniforms are a pure
white win a red letter IN" on the
front OF the shirts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
An Ant That Spins.

The spinning ant is found in India,
In Ceylon, In the Islands of Malacca
and In Australia. This ant weaves its
nest between two leaves of a tree,
preferably the mango. 1t begins to
build or to weave by drawing two
leaves together. To do this 1t runs a
line Of Its working material-material
similar to the spiders thread-the
length Of the leaf and around it. While
at work 1t clings to the leaf with its
nails and at the same time draws on
the leaf nearest to 1t with its mandi-
bles. Sometimes the two leaves suit
able for nest building are too far apart;
then the builder calls in Its fellow
ants, and they help to form a chain.
Each ant clings to the waist Of its
neighbor by its mandibles. Thus en-
chained, they work to build the nest
Of their comrade.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

Certain of the reservation Indians
still cling to the calendar OF their nn
cestors. The Indian methCd was 2,
compute time by sleeps and moons
A sleep Is twenty-four hours. and a
moon is a month. There is also Il
mldmoon, Where the sun is at l.
O'Clock meridian. This hour is indi
Gated by pointing overhead.
When an Indian pointed quarter way
up the sky he meant o'clock; when
he pointed quarter way down he mean;
3 o'clock. Sunrise was the eastern
horizon and sunset the western. -
When there was IA moon the time
was indicated In the same way as by
the sun. Were an Indian asked the
distance to certain place or how far
he had come he would say so many
sleeps, or days travel A sleep, as
describing distance, was about thirty
five miles when walking deliberately
or from fifty to seventy-ave miles II
going I'm haste with message.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Tho First Atlas.

The first modern atlas was the work
Of Abraham Ortelius, a Dutch geogra-
pher, who died 51S years ago. His
monumental treatise, entitled "The-
atrum Orbls Terrarum," was first pub
lished at Antwerp In 1870 and was re-
vised and reissued five times during
the authors lifetime. 1t was q folio
volume containing nearly n husdred
maps, representing the different coun-
tries and continents as they were then
known. Although this atlas was a
momentous achievement, yet bright
schoolboy today could draw maps from
memory with better approximation
to correctness. Even England and
Scotland appear In this pioneer volume
with amazing distortions of coast line
and relative area, and many other
maps I'm the volume bear only q slight
resemblance to those Of today.-New
York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Won by Good Looks.

One man I'm English history owed his
success in life almost wholly to his
good looks. ~ was George Viliers,
first duke of Buckingham. James |.
was wanting n private secretary, and
when young Villiers applied for the po-
sition the king was much impressed
with the beauty of his person and the
gracefulness Of his manners. He gave
him the place, and that was the begin
ming Of great career. From that time
to the end Of James reign the history
Of England was In great part the per
sonal history of George Vllllers, the ad-
venturer-first the cupbearer, I'm a few
weeks knighted, then made gentle
man Of the bedchamber and knight of
the Order of the Garter; then success
sively he was made a baron, Wis
count, an earl, marquis and lord high
admiral of England.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Testina WooIens.

Pure woOlens are adulterated even
more than silk because they. are In
greater demand and also because they
are quite easy to initiate. Many
yard OF cloth sold as pure wool" con-
tains from 80 TO 60 per cent cotton.
Blankets sold as "balf WOOL have fire.
quently BEEN found TO contain only 10
per cent of pure wool. There are ma
chimes today which cleverly wrap
wool around cotton threads, and the
finished product has every appearance
Of being "all wool" Another method
Of adulterating Is by taking cotton
cloth and "felting" short wooden
threads upon It's surface by means Of
heat, moisture and pressure.
A purchaser may be fully convinced
from the appearance and feeling Of
cloth that It Is all wool, but the only
Bafo method is to take home the sam
pie and make tests. Immerse the sam
pie Of so called wool In oil Of yitrio for
about two minutes. This will destroy
the cotton, but the wool will not be
Affected. Another test Is to moisten
sample with 80 per cent nitric acid.
This will turn the wool yellow, but the
totton will retain its color.-Washlng-
ION Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
TIMELETS

The present Mexican entangl lement
would make Zackery Taylor and Winfield
Scott smile broadly.
The rising generation is perfectly will
ing that infantile paralysis postpones the
school reopening a couple of weeks.
The following might come under the
head of political nursery
A good Republican was born
And in that faith was reared,
Now l am Hughes man
And mean to grow beard.
Some of the sport skirts might be class
ed as brass band apparel.
There is none of the gum shoe politician
about Candidate Hughes.
II Boston takes two base ball pennants,
it will be the very embarrassment OF
honors.
Strange as it may seem, the trainmen
brotherhoods have walking delegates.
September In Rhode Island means that
the clam retires gracefully and makes room
for the oyster,
Field Marshal Won Huidenberg is big
man with very large job on his hands.
What do think, what do you say, to
eight hours work for ten hours pay.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
6nubbed the Composer.

Gustav Mailer had queer expert.
ence In Munich one day for which his
name was partly responsible. His new
symphony was being rehearsed, and he
took advantage of an hours intermis-
sion to get some fresh air. "On return.
Ing to the building" says Munich pa.
per, 'he lost his way and tried to
reach the hall through corridor In
which plasterers were ut work. You
cannot pass through here he was told
But am Mailer (Iahler Is the Ger.
man for painter.) You look It. was
the unsympathetic reply Of the man
who blocked his way. We are not
ready for the painters yet, so run on.
And the composer. realizing that argu-
ment would be useless, plunged into
the labyrinth and finally reached his
destination
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
That Indefinite ArtloIa.

The rule dealing with the indefinite
article preceding words commencing
with "u" (when pronounced "yu') does
not appear TO be an adamantine one.
Like Macaulay, with his fondness for
an university, many Of our best
writer's and speakers prefer to ignore
the rule and back their fancy In this
little question Of euphony. As for the
man I'm the street, the matter has long
ago been settled I'm favor of "a" I'm all
cases where the initial "u" has the
"yu' sound, partly no doubt because
such phrases as ian united people" do
not come trippingly off the tongue and
have an old fashioned, pedantic flavor
And there are sensitive ears that will
prefer "a unique to the more studied
IAN unique. London Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Harvest From One Ad.

Do you know what was the largest
harvest ever reaped from an adver-
tisement?
It was the settlement In Pennsylva-
MIA OF 100000 German colonists at
Germantown, which was the first Ger
man settlement In America. We also
know that I'm fifty years double that
many thousand Germans came to VIII
liam Penn's colony.
Furthermore, history tells us that
wars and religious prosecutions In
Germany caused this then unparal-
leled exodus Of men and women.
But what brought them to Pennsyl-
vania and so made OF this the Ger
man commonwealth? An advertise
ment written by William Penn him
self and distributed among the Ger
mans along he Rhine, who had been
stricken by the Thirty Years war;
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
STATE COLLEGE EXHIBITION AND
VAUDEVILLE AT KINGSTON FAIR.

Next Tuesday, September II, will be
the opening day of the Kingston Fair
Secretary John A. Allen announces that
everything is III readiness and indica
tions are that this years exhibition will
far surpass those of previous years.
Agricultural and allied demonstrations
will be made for the benefit of the
farmers and the public in general under
the auspices of the Rhode Island State
College. The program of the demon
stration is as follows: Tuesday, Sept.
IL, 10 a. m, soil testing and legume
incubation, by NJ. A. Hawkins, agrono-
my demonstrators. Farmers are invited
to bring samples of soil from their
farms, and these will be tested for
acidity and lime requirements without
charge. At 2 p. M, ID. j. Lambert,
poultry Inspector in the extension de-
partment, will deliver a talk on how TO
select poultry for utility purposes. At
3 d. m, Horticultural Instructor Il. j..
Godin will read paper on "How to
Grade, Pack and Ship Vegetables TO the
Market"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
KEITH'S THEATRE

The regular season of world-famous
Keith Vaudeville will begin at Keith's
Theatre Providence, on Monday, Sept.
II, with performances thereafter every
day at AS and Z AS p NJ. One of the
biggest seasons in the history of that
popular playhouse is anticipated, for the
books are Just filled TO overflowing with
important headliners and novelties. Two
very interesting announcements for the
new season will be series of Cut-Rate
Matinees for limited number of weeks.
These Cut-Rate Matinees provide seats
in the entire first balcony at fifteen
cents, at every afternoon except Satur-
day, holidays and special occasions. All
second balcony seats will be ten cents !;
orchestra seats will be twenty-five
cents, with few at thirty-hve; and all
box and stall seats will be fifty cents.
The second innovation will be a
Credit System whereby anyone who
wishes to telephone for seats may do so
and have them held until he or she ar
rives at the theatre to see the perform
ance and pay for the seats. Heretofore,
Keths Theatre has reserved the right
to refuse telephone orders, but here
after, by getting ones name on the
Credit List, he may telephone for them
any time the box office of the theatre is
open Details of this ne~ system may
be secured upon application at the box
Office, or circular explaining it will be
mailed to any one. 1t promises to be an
especially pleasing innovation and con-
venience to out-of-town Keith patrons.
The first week of the new vaudeville
season will have an especially strong
bill Chief among them will be "a
Breath of Old Virginia" a delightful
romance Of yesterday with Genevieve
Cliffe, the former Albee Stock Company
favorite in the stellar role. "A Breath
of Old Virginia is one of the gems Of
vaudeville-playing with tremendous
success all through the West last season.
1t tells story of the South, after and
before the Civil War. Tango Shoes" is
the name of another special feature of
the bill-a great laughing novelty, direct
from three-weeks engagement at the
Palace Theatre, New York. Tango
Shoes are a pair of magical shoes
which make of the wearer a dancer
some graceful, some very funny. A
dancing contest is held during the act,
with members Of the Tango Shoes"
company and any one in the audience
who cares to go upon the stage, COM
peting for the prize. Billy Halligan and
Dana Sykes, the clever musical comedy
couple, late of Ziegfeld's Follies," will
appear in Somewhere in Jersey" With
such a bill, the Vaudeville season at
Keith's is likely to start with tremend-
Gus houses.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Dangers Of Bad Teeth.

+ A bad tooth should never be :,
+ tolerated, and the danger of can 1
+ Ger Is only one more good reason 1
v for having IL attended to. Can :,
T. Ger of the tongue may occur at :!
4 any age, but IL Is most common 1
T. between forty and sixty. AS one 1
+ third Of all cases investigated :!
+ have been shown TO he definitely :!
+ associated with jagged or decay :!
i ed teeth or imperfect plates, IL :!
i would seem that here Is one :!
i method of preventing cancer. 1
+ IL is probable that other condi- :!
y tions occurring I'm combination 4
+ with bad teeth increase the like :!
+ lihood Of cancer Of the tongue :.
= as n result, but the removal OF I
4 this form Of irritation Is so SIM 4
+ pie matter that deaths I'm cases I
+ of this kind must be charged TO 4
+ pure negligence. II the removal I
T. or treatment OF the tooth does 4
+ not relieve the situation and the 1
+ ulcer continues, prompt operation 4
+ Is necessary. for this form Of 4
+ cancer Is quickly fatal. 4
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Matter of Taste,

Now comes learned man, a doctor
who says there is no reason on earth
why people should not eat bugs. Well
this Is n free country, doc, and just
to show you that our heart Is right
we hereby notify you that you are
welcome to our share Of potato bugs
and buffalo moths IL the per capita sup.
ply does not satisfy your appetite
Z. S.-Would you advise eating them
with sugar and cream or salt and vine
gar?-Ohio State Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Calendars Of the Axtecs,

Calendars are probably the oldest
form Of literature In the world. The
cards which appear by the millions In
all civilized countries nowadays have
their counterpart among the most an
cient known races. The Aztecs, for ex-
ample, were well supplied with calen-
dars, and several Of them have been
preserved to this day. They were pub.
lished In stone and set up In public
places.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Back to Her Tender Years.

Boarder-This beef Is very tough.
It is evidently from an old COW. Mrs.
Hashleigh-Let me tell you, sir, that
the tenderest beef ever ate was from
a COW fifteen or twenty years old.
Boarder-That's easily explained The
cow was so old she was childish.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
PARAGRAPHS.

Franklin Pierce and Millard
Fillmore, two Presidents of the
Unites States now well-nigh for
gotten, had the good fortune to be-
come chief executives i'll very un-
eventful periods of our country's
history. 1t is unfortunate that
Woodrow Wilson was not equally
lucky.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
a Woman and q Trunk,

Griggs-Weren't you surprised that
the customs inspector didn't find those
things you smuggled In? Brlggs-Oh,
no. My wife slowed them away, you
see. She can pack things I'm trunk
where she can't even find them her
self.--Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Probably.

"Hoplins says he owes everything he
has to his wife,"
II suppose that is why he put his
property In his wife's name before he
failed" ."-Boston Globe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
To Help Him Out.

"You are lying so clumsily," said the
observant judge to litigant who was
making dubious statement of his
case, that | would advise you to get
a lawyer."-Browning's Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Much Needed.

What do you think Of the Don't
Worry clubf"
as all right. Only wish some one
would start Don't Worry Other Peo.
pie club. boston Transcript.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

Congress is liable to adjourn al
most any time now. Its members
are anxious to get home to look
after their fence repairs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

They are making history very
rapidly in Greece just now; in fact,
there is nothing very slow about
Europe in general.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

The sooner the tariff question
gets into the hands of a well-bal-
anced, non-partisan commission the
better it will be for this country.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

The recreation season is on the
wane, though we are coming to the
best vacation months Of the year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

We are now on the threshold OF
the agricultural fair season. Let us
hope the sun will beam on all these
farmers festivals.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

According to all reports from
Europe, the Allies seem to be get
ting somewhat the better Of the ar
gurnent.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

Truth Is torch. but ono or enormous
size, so that we stink past II I'm rather
q blinking fashion for fear II should
burn us.--Goethe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08
Limited Lime.

"Does the landlady give you your
meals on timer" Sadly "Yes, but
I fear she won't trust me much long
er."-Dallas News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

The statue of Lafayette at Fall
River may seem a tritle tardy, but
it is none the less deserved.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

The adjournment of Congress is
never made an occasion for ma
tional tears and Grape.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

1t is generally believed that the
railroad controversy is far from be-
ing settled. 1t is simply postponed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-08

All eyes that are at all interested
in politics are now centered on
Maine.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-31
AGAIN TEST RIGHT TO
TAX LEASE SITE OF r. r.

Bismarck, Aug. 24.-Whether the
state can tax lease site to property on
railway right of way will be tested
again in the courts at Grand Forks
next Monday.
Nash Brothers, Swift & Co. and the
Great Northern railway have brought
an action before District Judge Coo
ley to have the taxes levied set aside.
Over $15O,000 in taxes is involved.
The supreme court in April upheld
the right of the state to tax this class
of property in an action brought by
the Northern Pacific railroad against
Morton county.
The new action attacks the consti-
tutionaliey Of the act on the grounds
that it deprives the plaintiff of prop
erty without due process of law. The
other action decided in favor of the
state was brought by the lessor Of
the land, the railroad company. This
action is brought by the lessees.
The taxes are declared to be H.
legal, double taxation and unfair. A
new point is brought out in the COM
plant which cites that in putting this
property on for taxes in 1908 to 1911
the law was made retroactive and is
therefore unconstitutional, as the law
allowing escaped property to be put on
for back taxes for six years was not
passed until 1911.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-31
WILL BUILD SIX MILES
OF IMPROVED ROADS

Darlington, Aug. 24.-Word has been
received that T. R. Atkinson, former
state engineer, will be at Darlington
next week to go over the Sykeston
road in Wyard township with the idea
of improving it under scientific work
so that there would be stretch of
six miles OF as good road as is in the
state.
Wyard's new blade grader is here
and Workmen are now putting it to-
gether. The commercial club will
work in connection with Wyard town.
ships supervisors on the Improvement
For long time the boosters have
wished to demonstrate in Foster coun.
ty the kind of roads that Mr.. Atkinson
and other have been building in other
counties OF the state. The enthusiasts
have believed that if Foster county
people once used such roads they
would no longer be content to have
roads handled as in the past. Now
such road is to be built. AS much
as possible will be accomplished this
winter and the balance left over until
spring. The Sykeston road is yery
much used highway, but has been in a
oeplorable condition for years.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-31
FRANK TROEH WINS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Grand Forks, Aug. 24.-Frank Troeh.
son OF J. H. Troeh of II South Third
street, won the national American am.
ateur championship yesterday at the
81: Louis tournament. Word was re-.
celved here by the father that he had
oroken SO out of 100 targets shot at
IN the meeting Of the state champions
winch opened the Grand American
Handicap tournament. '''
Mr.. Troeh is champion of I. Wash.
lngton, and he lives at Vancouver. that
stale where he conducts sporting
Soous mousse. His remarkable shoot,
Ing, both in the state tournament and
In the national, is occasioning mich
comment 4A1uou
ne will take part in the preliminary
handicap event today. His handican
WIN be the longest Of any of the en-.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-31
WILSON SAYS NE WILL VETO BILL

Washington, Aug. "a. - President
Wilson let it be known today he would
veto the immigration bill If it came be-
fore him again with the literacy test,
and with that the senate defeated the
motion to take up the measure and re-
turned to consideration of the revenue
bill.
On the presidents word that he
would veto the bill, five revolving DEM
ocrats turned about and voted against
the motion to take 1t up. They are
Senators Beckham, Chamberlain, Cul.
bertson, Lane and Overman. They
made the vote 80 to %.
Senators Ashurst, Hardwick, Mey.
ers, Smith of South Carolina and Var
daman, all Democrats, however, stuck
to their votes to take it up.
The senator's action means that eff.
forts to consider the bill at this ses.
sion probably will be dropped.
Without the revised articles of war,
to portions of which President Wilson
and the war department objected, the
house repassed the army appropria-
ton bill.
The senate is expected to insert an
acceptable revision, and the, house is
expected later to accept it. President
Wilson vetoed the bill because of por.
tons Of the revision.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-31
BUSINESS is ABOUT NORMAL

Washington, Aug. 24.-How the war
has affected the worlds business is de-.
tailed i 7 statement compiled by the
department of commerce for Chairman
Simmons, of the senate finance COM
mittee. The following general con-
illusions are given:
Business activities were fairly nor
NAL in the various countries of the
world during the two years preceding
the outbreak of the war.
In every country, including the
United States, there was decided de-
cline in business activity after July,
1914.
"The period of business depression
following the outbreak of the war last.
ed from four to six months in most of
the neutral countries. In the belliger-
ent countries the upward trend did not
begin until the last few months in
1915"