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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Cut Trees by Exploding Dynamite.

Instead of an AK and saw TO remove
the tops of trees that are TO be used
as masts in logging operations, dyna-
mite is used To shoot Off the tops.
After the branches have been removed,
a rigger climbs the tree, with set Of
irons, to the point where II Is neces-
sary 10 cut Off the top. Here the trunk
is usually about II inches in diane
ter. The rigger ties string OF dyna-
mite cartridges, fastened end TO end
like sausages, around the trunk at this
point, inserts a blasting cap with about
20 feet OF fuse in one of these sticks,
lights the end Of the fuse, and de-
scends before the explosion takes
place. The tree top pumps into the
air with the explosion and the trunk
is left ready for attaching the rigging
for dragging in and loading the logs.
Engineering Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
ALI He Saw of Battle.

The bluejacket had been In the bat
tie off Jutland, and in the railway com
partment every one addressed him re-
spectfully. Incidentally he was the
recipient of numerous fine cigars. He
conducted himself with becoming dig
nifty, and when the forelgn-looking gen
tleman who had kept silent went out
at roadside station the audience set
tied down TO hear the yarn. Noddlng
his head toward the dark stranger on
the platform, the bluejacket remarked
with n grin. "'E thinks e as lost some
think ed like to hear, e as. But hall
HI saw Of the bloody battle was coal-
nothing but coal. Him a stoker, you
see, that's what Iii am."-London Mail.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
a Bad Case.

The proud mother was showing on
her son In n ncighbor.
"He grows more like his father
every day" she said.
The neighbor. being n man and one
Of the fathers former pals. did not eX-
pand with appreciation.
Dear me-" he said. And have you
tried everything2"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08

uiate the expenditure OF money IN cleo
lions may seem 10 be less necessary
than the immediate enactment OF the
other measures 10 which l refer: be-
cause al least two years will elapse
before another election in which fed
eral Offices are 10 be filled but IL wousi
greatly relieve the public mind IL this
important matter were dealt with
while the circumstances and the dan
gers 10 the public morals OF the pres
ent method of obtaining and spending
campaign funds stand clear under re-
cent observation and the methods OF
expenditure can be frankly studied In
the light OF present experience: and a
delay would have the further very Sc
rious disadvantage OF posrponing ac-
ton until another election was at hand
and some special object connected with
IL might be thought 10 be In the mind
OF those who urged II. Action can be
taken now with facts for guidance and
without suspicion OF partisan purpose.
] shall not argue at length the desir-
ability OF giving freer hand I'm the
VI AblAAbAlltu anu NpuNtll
fort 10 those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise OF building up our
export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will Immediately assume,
I has indeed already assumed, ma Eni.
tude- unprecedented in our experience.
We have not the necessary instrumen.
talities for its prosecution IL is
deemed 10. be .dSuhtful whether they
could be created hpon'hh- adequate
scale under our present laws. We
Shopld clear away pnylegal obstacles
and create basis OF undoubted law
!. .5eriIswlleh .YiH giye.ireedpm Without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape us
IL we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rico's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments OF the organic law OF Por-
10 Rico is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the island and
regulating the rights and privileges OF
its people are not just. We have Gre
ated expectations OF extended privi-
lege which we have not satisfied.
There is uneasiness among the people
OF the island and even suspicious
doubt with regard To our intentions
concerning them which the adoption OF
the pending measure would happily re-
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do in any essential particular. We
ought To do IL at once.
There are other matters already ad-
vanced TO the stage of conference be
tween the two houses Of which II is
not necessary that | should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be found
and action taken upon them.
Inasmuch as this is. gentlemen, prob
ably the last occasion | shall have 10
address the Sixty-fourth congress, /
hope that you will permit me 10 say
with what genuine pleasure and salts
faction have co-operated with you in
the many measures Of constructive pol
icy with which you have enriched the
legislative annals OF the country. II
has been a pEyilege to labor In such
company. ! take the liberty OF con-
graduating you upon the completion OF
record of rare serviceableness and
distinction.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Appropriate Advice.

"They say Doctor Polytick always
adapts his advice To his individual
patients"
IL believe that's true. He told nm
artist who went TO him that ne must
not draw too much on his reserve
strength and an architect that ne
needed building up"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
YOU MAY LOOK YOUNG
BY Keeping Your Complexion Young
With cuticura. Trial Free.

The Soap 10 cleanse and purify, the
Ointment 10 soothe and heal. These
super-creamy emollients do much 10
keep the skin clear. fresh and youthful.
as we'll as 10 keep the hair In n live.
healthy condition and tho hands soft
and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept. l..
Boston, Sold evorywhere.-Adv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08

tiSt eNhorted the
men Of his gene
ration 10 do. or
should Christian
people try 10 save
un s av q IN q n
about them? Sal.
wage Is always
c q IN IN q n dable,
whether OF [ h u
fore st or the
rainfall, game I'm
the water or on
land. or the un-
used powers OF
nature all around
us ; but is not man
worth more than
these?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Not 70 Be Ihounhf OF.

"Now, these fashionable danes don't
mind talking freely about the efforts
they make 10 reduce weight"
That's true"
=. "But they would feel deeply humili-
ated II anybody suspected them Of try.
ing 10 reduce expenses"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
mi. WIN Int.re., Mo,h.r..

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Tor feyerishness, Headache, had stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and destroy worms. They break up
Colds in "a hours. They are - pleasant 10 take
years All Druggists. sSc. sample FREE.
Address, Mother Gray Co, lie Roy, n. y. Adv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Unusual Esperience.

Man. remarked Sandy. Il did
thing last NIGHT what I've no dune this
twenty year. went to ma bed pairr-
fectly sober. but I'm RIGHT thankful TO
say I got up this mornin' none the
Nnurir
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Remain the Same.

Progress is observable in most dl.
rections, but we have the same cheap,
vulgar and disgusting old forms Of
profanity that the English-speaking
peoples always have had.-HoustoD
Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Few Becuars In Panama.

Although the city Of Panama Is
most cosmopolitan place, practically
every race being represented in its co.
600. inhabitants. there are no besgars,
except q few blind men.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Most Fishermen Have Done n,

"Simple Simon went a-fshing In his
mothers pail" "Not so simple, at
that" declared the amateur sportsman.
1--WE spent time and money getting
20 a place where the likelihood Of
catching fish was no whit greater"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Unsatisfactory Remedy.

Heiny-A doctor tells me that n a
man works steadily he never worries
Omar-Pshaw! It's working stead.
lily that gets my goat. o.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
A Certaintv.

There Is nothing certain IN the
world, except that when you start In
saving money for one thing you are
going to spend IL for something else
Fort Worth Star. Telegram.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Nothing New.

81 see some scientific sharp has dis
covered n substitute for bread" "He
needn't think he's so much. Our cook
has been turning that out for
years"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
A Sheep Versus
a Man
BY REV. J. H. RALSToN. ID.
Secretary ot Correspondence Department.
Moody Bible Institute. Chieaso

TENT-How much then Is man OF
more value than n sheep?-Matt. 2:ls.
Is a man worth saving? Should he
try TO save himself as John the Bap-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
All Kinds.

"What liz II. lndyY
IL want some needles"
"Yes'm. Knitting, sewing or graph
ophone?'
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08

To restore 4 normal action 10 liver. kid.
neys, stomach and bowels. take Garfield
Tea, the mild Herb laxatiye All druggists.
Adv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08

The age OF n japanese woman Is
Indicated by the character OF her hair
pins.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08

No harmful drugs in Garfield Tea. I,
Is composed wholly of simple. health -givins
herbs Adv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Gods Estimate OF Man.

What Is Gods estimate Of man7 Did
he not create him I'm his own Image
and likeness? Someone has said man
is the paragon Of creation. God did
not do so with sheep. II is true that
everything In creation was good, but
no creature was In the likeness Of God
except man. God made full provision
for the preservation Of his own like
ness, making mans environment most
cOngenial TO such preservation, and
when man demanded liberty Of moral
choice, God presented the strongest
possible plea for obedience. When man
fell, God still held before him laws OF
easy performance and connected with
them the fairest promises Of blessing.
As man demanded moral freedom I'm
the garden of Eden, so today every
man Is responsible 90 God for his
standing before him. He Is his own
keeper, In sense, but as man looks
on himself and recognizes that II IL
utterly impossible to be perfectly
moral. and is thus rendered hopeless,
there Is only one thing 20 do, and that
Is TO recognize Gods gracious proyl-
sion for him In presenting the saliva
ton OF Jesus Christ before him for
his acceptance. To accept that saliva
ton is 10 show that a man estimates
himself above a sheep. Many recog-
nIze the value OF this acceptance Of
Jesus Christ in their own experience,
but are there not many Of these who
are quite Indifferent 20 those who are
about them, who have not so accepted
Jesus Christ as shepherdl TO save
n sheep out Of a ditch f. a commend
able thing. but 10 save the soul Of n
man is something a thousand times
more commendable, and Is worthy OF
The most laboriOus and persistent ef-
forts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08

In recent religious periodical there
was picture of drove of animals
being driven through passage in Il
stock yard. In connection with the pie
ture was n verse of poetry. describing
these as going to the slaughter with
out n care, without dream of death,
without quickened breath, all un-
knowing, and tie last words of the
verse were these: "And these are
sheep" There was another picture OF
young men marching along city
street. They were in civilian clothes,
but each carried a bundle rs IL going
on some very uncertain journey. They
were described as smiling 10 cover
hearts that faltered. They knew their
fate; they were touched with fear and
hate. They were recruits going To the
slaughter, too, and the last words Of
the verse We're: And these are men"
No, not only in the days Of our Lord,
but In these days the question may
be asked, rs man better than Il
SheepI"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Mans Estimate OF Himself.

But what seems TO be mans esti-
mate of himself as compared with a
sheep? To preserve a sheep Is TO pre-
serve perishable property or material
interests. To preserve himself, his
whole being, Is to preserve his spirit
ual and immortal interests. How Is q
man acting at that pointf Is he not
giving more time, thought and labor
10 the things that perish than TO the
things that endure2 Does the Bible
get as deep interest as the morning
paper? Is the house Of worship or
prayer attended as enthusiastically as
place of amusement? Is the thought
Of making the world better as inslstent
as that OF pleasing himself?
Man seems 10 be quite enthusiastic
In the propagation of sheep, spending
money without stint and giving thought
and time To the subject, but how
rarely does he consider the propnga-
tlon of the right kind Of men. Pos
sibly in this day propagation Of men
for the slaughter in war would be par
allel to the propagation Of sheep for
the food market.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-08
Popular Estimate.

A man is worth more. than n sheep
I'm dollars and cents. In the days Of
slavery In this country strong negro
man would fetch more in the market
than a sheep. Today IL man is killed
by a public conveyance, more can be
recovered on his life than on the life
OF sheep. The higher valuation is
largely because intellectually man is
far above sheep. Whatever may be
the intellectual power of IA horse or
"A dog, certainly a sheep is considered
the least intellectual of all animals.
Man has moral nature OF which the
sheep is apparently absolutely devoid !;
his spiritual nature puts him far above
any animal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
lc. 5. Anderson. colorado stations


&c. S. Anderson. Colorado station.1
Now is the time to mate UP the
breeding pens for Matching eggs. Make
the final culling retaining only the
strongest. thriftiest individuals.
Sec that these layers are receiving n
good laying ration, supplying plenty of
protein. green feed and oyster shell.
This is the time to feed the surplus
vegetables that are stored away in the
cellar \ cabbage head suspended by
strings Il couple of feet from the floor
will be .relished by the hens. BE sure
you are giving theri plenty of exercise.
Whole grain shoald be fed in ten
inch litter. ssg
+ Clean MP the incubator and get it IN
running order 1t might be advisable
to run Il trial hatch before the season
opens
There Is always SOME new equipment
such as breeders and feed hoppers, and
this is the time to order all such sup
plies. AAH5
Have you considered any addition to
your poultry yard? A small trial with
bucks. geese. turkeys, capons or pi-
icons may prove profitable.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
~ fhHNfHf o-if5 -sffB .HlfrH .7IUH q
VILLAGE PLAYGH0UNDS iio q
Il A MODERN NEED.
They May Be Rrouahs About BY iptelli,,
gent and Efficient Planning.


A contributor to The Philadelphia
Public Ledger deplores the lack OF
Fairgrounds in our small towns and
villages and gives the following sug.
gestions for starting movement to
secure such playground IN a small
community:
How shall the work be started?
Convince few just persons of the
Importance of the work. Then ask
the trysting place be on neutral
ground, where local jealouSies cannot
creep in. Try first to convince your
citizens as individuals before they
meet as n committee. Always ask the
opinion of those whose opposition you
fear. Remember Benjamin oFranklin's
advice, "Never try to convince by ar.
gument, but invite them to help, and
they will rarely fail you The, com
rnittee should pass n resolution in fa
vor of the plan and recommending
their action to the municipal authori.
ties. Do not write to them, but let tlia
prime mover of the scheme. with all
the influential citizens, go directly to
the village fathers and in loud, clear
tones say, I'VE must have Il play
ground for our town.
Do not ask for just a ball ground.
This is good, but not good enough.
You want not only field for big boys,
but also II playground for your chill
dren, both girls and boys, and a little
park, a pleasant place with trees and
seats, where tired mothers with their
babies and the old grandparents can
sit and rest while they watch their
children play a shelter in case of
showers and where the village band
can give its concerts. There should
be apparatus, such as swings and giant
strides, a-seesaw and quoits and, above
all, a teacher or superintendent as no
playground succeeds without supewi-
sion.
TO acquire this money is needed. If
possible secure nucleus, a gift from
some well to do citizen. but do not de-
pend upon it. Ask all those of moder-
ate means TO help, and. above ALL do
not forget to ask the MD Of the poor
and humble, as they are the most gen
crous of all. Last, the town or village
authorities must give to the fund. a
very good way Is to start II playground
on Il small scale as proof to the skep-
ties that YOU are right. The methods
Of raising money vary, according to
the locality. Subscriptions, public
school entertainments, flower days,
fairs-every means can be used. Re-
member, IL faith will remove noun
Trims it will also move politicians. All
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
lE, f. McKune, Colorado station.I


In order to keep our lawns beautiful
they must have constant care. Too
often the lawn is cared for only dur
ing the growing season, when In real
ity it should be cared for during the
whole year i
Whenever the lawn needs fertilizins
put on very fine, well rotted manure
soon after the ground becomes frozen
in the fall. Let it lie on the lawn oil
winter and rake it off in the spring
ms soon as active growth takes place.
Be sure and use well rotted manure,
because fresh manure is apt to heat
and kill the grass roots.
During an open winter the grass is
subject to drying out process, which
tends TO kill the roots. This can be,
helped by sprinkling the lawn several
times during the winter.
Weeds. dandelions, etc. infest the
lawn wherever the grass has become
thin These thin places can be rene
lied a great deal by sowing grass seed
very early in the spring and raking it
IN well. Young grass win start grow
Ing very early and I'm this way 1t will
get ancad Of the weeds,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
NOT AN ISOLATED CASE
Many Similar Cases in Bennington
and Vicinity.

Many Similar Cases in Bennington
and Vicinity.
This Bennington mans story given
here is not an isolated case by any
means; week after week, year after
year, our neighbors are telling SINH
lar good news.
James p. Toomey, South e. Elm
Sts., Bennington, says: Il have new
err had any very serious case of kid.
ney trouble, but for some time Ifwas
bothered by dull pains across my
mack, Ny work aggravated the
trouble. had seen Doan's Kidney
Pills so highly recommended by Ben
nington citizens that | sent to Coles
Drug Store and got box They
helped from the start and soon drove
the pains from my back and made me
feel better and stronger"
AFTER A LAPSE OF FIVE
YEARS, Mr.. Toomey said: at is a
pleasure for me to once again Ell.
dorse Doan's Kidney Pills. They did
me so much good that kidney trouble
and are now strangers
Price soc, at alldealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Toomey has twice publicly recon
mended. FosterMilburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
S1CO Reward. SlOO

/, The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is ut least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages. and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternslly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: i. J. CHENEY &c Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halo Family Pills for constipation,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
A permanent fertilization

is what our life annuity is when you
face the siege of old age Safe-per-
manent-efficient. Send for parti-
culars, stating date of birth. National
Life ms. Co.. of VT (Mutual,)
Earle S. Kinsley, General Agent, Mead
Building, Rutland, VT. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
.asye1snL nsss 10 49, .anne {

l. 10 r4NalaC J. M aTEttielAU00
this work can be aone ana nas peep
done in the township q, Lover, rM Ysf
Montgomery county. y Par where the
writer of this. With. the help Of mapy,
| both high and Low, has seen her dreams
more than realized, as soon FIVE parks
and Fairgrounds will enrich her town.
ship. IT only takes 81 little leaven to
lcaven the whole ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-26
FRANK E HOWE, Editor and Pub.
Saturday, February rs, 1916.

The death of James H. Livingston
removes the last Of trio Of well
known Bennington editors of the past
thirty years-Henry l.. Stillson,
Charles A. Pierce and James II. Liv-
ingston. The death Of Mr.. Livingston
closely follows that of Mr.. Pierce
while Mr.. Stillson, the youngest of the
three, was first called.
Theodore Z. Burton of Ohio has an
nounced his candidacy for the Repub-
lican nomination for president He
will probably have the support of his
own state and not much else. Sena-
tor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa is also
officially announced. He is superior
to Burton in every respect but hardly
of presidential calibre. wa
Pope Benedict is right in urging the
stopping of air raids, against unarmed
towns where few or no troops are
gathered. Bomb throwing from an
airship it is proved cannot be done
with accuracy and because OF this
failure, women and children are the
worst sufferers. The French started
this unfortunate phase OF the war by
attacking Freiburg almost the very
day that war was declared and France
might we'll make the first move to-
ward ending this fruitless horror.
To an ordinary every day unregen.
crate it is passing strange that Presi-
dent Wilson should be so strong on
safeguarding the lives of Americans
on armed ships and on ships carrying
munitions of war and at the same
time so careless about the lives OF
Americans who have fallen victims of
the anarchy in Mexico The theory
that American passengers have a right
to,embroil this countryf''by travelling
on armed ships and on ships carrying
guns and explosives for nation at
war under International law agreed
on in 1856 is not tenable today with
the conditions of sea warfare SO
changed. President Wilson's bluff $50
far has not been called SIMPLY because
Germany has; been so shhrd pressed in
Europe. hi the long run it is sure to
bring us into conflict in the end. Hon.
Victor Murdoch Of Kansas has just re-
sturnedsfroaa long Ssfas ssbNT lEngland
and France and says that the United
States-is,k Violently hated in both these
countries. That similar condition
prevails in Germany and Austria there
can be no doubt. The reason is that
the American government failed at the
outset to take a righteous, Position
and maintain it, Nfr. &,Mnrdbek de-
clares that this country will have to
face the victors in the. European war
within few years, whichever side
wins The prospect is not pleasant
one for this country, particularly in
view of the humiliation inflicted on
the United States by half civilized
Mexico.