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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Preparatlon Of Parchment.

Parchment is the skin Of sheep or
other animals prepared In sheets to
render them fit for being written upon.
The heavier parchment, used for drum
heads, is made from the skins Of asses,
older calves. wolves and goats. ALI
these are similarly prepared. The skin.
being freed from the hair, is placed In
q lime pit to cleanse 1t from fat The
pelt is then stretched upon a frame,
care being taken that the surface Is
free from wrinkles. The flesh Is pared
or with circular knife, after which It
is moistened and whiting spread over
It Then the workman, with a large
pumice stone, rubs the skin. He next
goes over 1t with an iron instrument
and rubs 1t carefully with pumice stone
without chalk. Finally the skin Is
gradually dried, tightening being occa.
sionally required.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

II was on cold and gray winters morn,
A man stood at the cross roads most for
lorn.
Life to him had once shown a brighter
side.
Like many, he had drifted with the tide.
But upon the sea of life he foated
Over his strength and brilliant mind
glosted.
Wealth upon his youth was want to smile,
And h,t,ery his early days beguile.
Now with wine and women, wreck was
he.
No longer that once bright eye clear could
see.
With faltering step and vision so dim,
You scarce would know the man was
once in him.
And as he stood, these words he slowly
said:
"This world is fitted only for the dead"
Bitterness now filed his mind so worn,
All pleasure from life for him seemed
shorp.
"This is a fitting place to lay my head.
/ wonder what they'll do when Pm found
deadl
Oft have been refused bite to eat,
Driven long, weary and sore Of feet.
Once could throw the dollars to the boys,
Now they pass me by with jibbing noise.
He is only an old tramp, is what they
say.
Little knowing what they may be some
day..
"For was once so naughty and so proud;
Now can only get beggars shroud.
All men pass me very swiftly by.
I wish my life had made me fit to die."
"Were YOU soldier too. and are not
dead2"
eyes, child, soldier not a warrior bold;
A soldier Of life, now hungry and cold"
"She said: See that white beyond the big
treesp
That is Gods house. Come, there you
cannot freeze.
He feeds the birds, the beasts, and man as
we'll.
Come and hear the stories the parson tells.
And down the road to church, the tramp
she led.
"Tbe most kindly act in long years" He
said.
Once through the door, straight down the
aisle he went,
And at the altar, his knee in suppliance
bent.
The preacher stopped, at the tramps act SC
queer.
The tramps voice said, "Twas child that
led me here"
He prayed as only broken hearts could do
Held mp both hands and said, Farewell
I'm through"
His lips were closed, no more he said.
From this poor tramp, the spark of life
| had fled.
Dead on the floor before the altar lay.
A little child led to the Heavenly way.
LESLIE M. GOODWIN
Providence, r. I.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

An Easy Way to Cultivate Miniature
FIoatIno Gardens.

Floating Gardens.
A novel way Of growing bulbs, such
rs crocuses. has been tried with good
success. After securing the bulbs the
next thing is to get one or tive rather
large corks. Through these holes are
bored and the bulbs fitted into the
openings I'm such q way that the under
side, from which the roots spring, u
near the lower part OF the cork.
Now obtain large shallow bowl and
all this with pure water. Float the
corks, with the bulbs In place, on the
surface and set the whole thing aside
In a rather shady position for two OF
three weeks. At the end Of this time
II will be noticed that the roots are
growing down into the water; thence
forward place In a sunny window
should be selected.
The upper shoots Of the bulbs will
start TO grow rapidly, and at this time
II is a good plan to arrange a little
moss to hide the upper surface Of the
corks, or. II preferred. however. grass
or some other seed. such as cress, may
be sown TO provide n green covering.
There Is nothing to do but to keep
the bowl well supplied with water and
change this now and again. Finally
the flowers emerge. and then the effect
LIS extremely pretty. The bulbs may be
planted In this way any time up to
early January. though naturally the
sooner they are started the earlier they
will blooms. Leonard Bastin In St
Nicholas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
PARAGRAPHS.

Tie State Board Of Agriculture
have forbidden the bringing in o.
cattle or hay from Vermont or New
Hampshire until the disease known
as anthrax has been stamped out IT
those two states. Ii was recently
discovered in cattle at Dalton, N. II
an important milk center. This
dread disease, while common in
Europe and our own Southern
states, has not been seen in Rhode
Island, 20 lar as known, in a grea
many years. The germs OF the
disease are very hard to eradicate
Obser, alton among cattle owners
and the prompt rep rting OF an,
suspicious sickness among cattle
should be reported to the State
Board. We trust that the measures
already taken will keep us free from
it's dangers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
vlCTORIA'S LETTERS.
Royal Secrets That Are Stored Away
In Buckingham Palace.


In Buckingham Palace.
1--WE may wonder II the world will
ever be allowed to see the private cor
respondence amassed by the late Queen
Victoria says writer II is stored
away In a strong room built into the
walls of Buckingham palace, and the
queen shared her confidence with no
one.
So long as she was physically able to
do so she opened and closed the safe
herself and arranged It's contents.
When she was too feeble to do this she
employed an old and trusted secretary,
but even he had to work under the
royal eye. He was never allowed to
keep the keys nor TO read the letters
that he handled.
Queen Victoria was always volumi-
nous letter writer, and she was In con-
stant communication with most OF the
royalties in Europe. Every domestic
secret and privacy Of royalty during
half century is said to be represented
by the contents OF this wonderful safe
and It Is easy to believe that the mod.
ern historian would find his hands full
II he were permitted to browse among
these letters.
But probably he will have to wait q
few hundred years, and then his pop
ular audience will be languid one. II
Is one Of the ironies Of life that we can
never have a thing when we want it.
Pittsburgh Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Silver Sword Of Hawaii.

One Of the most curious plants In
the world and one of the greatest In
terest to all botanists Is the silver
sword This exceedingly rare plant,
with its magnificent silver spines and
handsome crest, may still be found In
profusion I'm the upper part of Kaupo
gap, the southern outlet Of the vast
extinct crater of Haleakala, on the
island of Maui. Ii flowers from July
to October and occurs hardly any.
where else I'm the world. Even stranger
is the variety known as the green
sword. which occurs only in Haleakala
crater and Is unknown to exist else
where. Honolulu Star Bulletin
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

To much emphasis cannot be pu'
upon the subject OF special pre-
cautions against taking any chances
with severe colds and the grippe at
this time. There is more sickness
among us than any time before, and
esp ecial care should be taken by
everyone with even the slightest
symptoms to +" watch out"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Prince Henry the NAVIGATOR.

The kingdom Of Portugal counted In
its royal house one Of the men who
hold first rank In scientific attainment
and practical application. He was the
son OF John I. Of Portugal and Queen
Philippa, who was an English princess.
He spent his life In sending out ships
on voyages Of discovery. and II was
through this Prince Henry, called 1.-The
Navigator" that Columbus got his idea
Of seeking for a new land across the
sea.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
The annual report OF the Inspecto

The annual report OF the Inspector
of Milk, Charles V. Chaplin. shows
an increase in the bacteria per cubic
centimeter Of more than IS pei
cent. ever that of 1914. This does
not mean that all dealers in milk are
selling bad milk, but tn number
of producers are not as careful as
they might be in its handling
Pasteurization is one of the recon.
mendations in the report and this
the inspector thinks, would eliminate
a great part of the danger. Pure
milk Of wholeso lie quality is worth
more and will bring a better pic,
than the other kind. This alone
should be an incentive for every
producer and dealer to give con.
sideration to.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

A good many people who are users Of
four-in-hand ties are more or less both
cred by the ties becoming useless after
Il has been worn a few times.
Take the wide end Of the tie with
seam up and lay 1t fat upon a table.
Then thrust in the finger and seize the
lining. Take the silk cover In the other
hand and pull 1t over the lining. about
half Of It's length A hot iron ID then
run over the lining to straighten IL out
Popular Science Monthly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

"National Preparedness is th'
one large proposition now before
the Congress and the country
President Wilson is shortly to star
on tour of the states to furthe
impress the people with its i'm
portance. Those familiar with on
army and navy have been telling u
for some time what should be done
for our own protection Let us b'
ready for whatever may be in store
for us.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Home Grown Oats Best.

The Maine agricultural experiment
station has by its wide studies Of In.
heritance In oats proved the idea cur
rent among farmers that foreign grown
seed h better than home grown to have
little basis. As the Journal Of Hered-
~ notes, q variety frequently behaves
much better after IL has been scciims.
tied for q year q two
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Value Of an Inch Of Rain.

Every inch Of rainfall above four
inches In the Dakotas, California,
Washington. Kansas and Nebraska In
May and June means an increase Of
S15,OOO.OOO In the wheat crop Every
inch Of rainfall above three inches In
July in Indiana. Illinois. Kansas, Iowa.
Ohio and Nebraska increases the value
Of the corn crop by slGO,OOO.O00. These
figures are compiled by r. j. Cragoe
for the Journal Of Geography.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Holiow ehafta.

BY careful experiments II has been
proved that a solid column subject to
bending strains Is no stronger than a
hollow one. Consequently all iron
shafts are made hollow, and the steel
shafts which drive the screws Of steam
ships have a hole bored down the cen.
ter so that the weight may be reduced.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

Until 1645 marriage feasts, known as
penny weddings" were held In Scot
land. Each guest paid penny or a
small sum OF money to defray the ex-
penses Of the feast. II any money was
left over II went toward the furnishing
Of the new homc.-Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Carrots.

Carrots were first introduced into
England by Flemish gardeners In the
time OF Elizabeth. and in the reign Of
James l. they were still so uncommon
that ladies wore lunches OF them on
their hats and on their sleeves instead
Of feathers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Much Entertained.

Said Cholly-I have Just been look.
ing over a volume OF revised statutes
Quoth Algy-Wellf
Cholly-I had no idea there were so
many interesting ways Of breaking the
law.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
Steam Power.

The power of steam was known to
the ancients, a mechanical contrivance
In which It was used being noted by
Hero Of Alexandria about 100 B. G.,
but nothing came Of 1t, and 1t was
not till the seventeenth century that
It's power was again recognized.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

The lessons Of life are lost IL they do
not impress us with the necessity OF
making ample allowances for the i'm.
mature conclusions Of others.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
LEGAL NOTICES
TOWN OF JOHNSTON
Administration Notice.

Johnston, r. J., Jan. 2S, 1916
The undersigned eNecutrix OF the last will
and testament. of Thomas Craig, late of
the town of Johnston, deceased, which Will
bate Court OF the town OF Johnston, hereby
gives notice that she has accepted said trust
and has given bond according to law.
Al persons having claims against said es.
tate are hereby notified to file the same in
the office OF the clerk OF said court within
six monihs from the date of the first adver-
tisement hereof
ian asst MARY A CRAIG
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28

Idleness wastes fortune In half the
time that industry makes it-Samuel
Apiles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-01-28
A Dead Ono.

'He is a dead one" is not slang. 1t
occurs in Longfellow's spanish Stu
dent" The clewn Chispa says, "I have
A father. too. but he is a dead one."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
GEORGE STOVALL DIDN'T MIND PUTTING BROTHER
 OUT OF BIG LEAGUES

The refusal recently of Harry Cov- a1eskie to pitch against his younger brother because he did not want to have a hand in beating the boy in his first start of the season, recalls the case of Jess and George Stovall, in which there was no such brotherIy af- lection shown Jess was pitching for Detroit and was not going any too we'll, as the story goes. George had just come into the American league with Cleveland and was trying to make good.
 Brother Jess was ll the box for Detroit and Brother George was on the Cleveland bench. Cleveland got a couple of men on the bases and George was sent in as a pinch hitter
 Come on, you busher," was the way Jess greeted George as he came to the plate. .I'H fan you out of the big league"
 But Brother George made a hit that cleaned the bases. It broke Jess all up, and after that season he went back to the minors, while George stayed on for ten years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
BRIDGEPORT GAELICS
 GET TIE IN ELM CITY

The Bridgeport Gaelic athletic as- sociations. opened it's season in New Haven Sunday by playing a, tie game with the Mitchell Gaelic Athletic as- sociation team of New Haven by a score of to. g. Owing to the fa.ctr that it being the first regular gam played by the boys this season, they played carefully. Manager Devine's s boys kept the ball in AIitche11s terri tory most, of the time and nothing but first class goal tending kept them from scoring more points.
 Quite a delegation went up from Bridgeport and were well paid for their trip.
 The next game will be played in Springfield, Mass. on Decoration Day with the fast Springfeld team, which comprises the best Gaelic players in their line outside of New York. The Bridgeport Gaelic Athletic association will send I T players Up and about 200 rooters will make the trip, for this game will be well worth seeing. The Bridgeport team is going to try hard to carry home the laurels.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
BALL LEADING IN
 LONG SWAPS AND
 STOLEN BAGS, TOO

Manager Neal Ball is showing the way to the other Bridgeport players in many departments of the game. rif1ce hits, and extra base cIouts. Ball has pilfered nine bases, made five tri- pies and two doubles. He has also de- livered three sacrifices. Al Oden has made a couple of doubles and so has First Basennan Bo Thompson. -- Y,
 The official records of other players including Sundays game are:
 Three base hits, Ball 5; Moshier 1. Two base hits, Gaudette 4, Ball 2, -OdelI 2, Thompson 2, Deininger 1, Boultes 1, Smith 1, Crook 1, Moshier 1.
 Stolen bases, Ball g, Moshier 3, Gau- dette 2, Ode1l ?, Smith 2, Boultes 1, Walsh i, Thompson l.
 Moshier 1, Thompson 1, Smith 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
Local and Outside
AL M'COY IN . ... LIVELY DRAW
 WITH AL ROSS

New Haven May 23-Al Ross and the new Al Mccoy went twenty rounds to a draw at the Arena. last night before the New Haven A. c. Ross had the advantage in the early rounds of the bout but Mccoy came back strong late in the fight and earn ed a draw.
 The event was devoid of action for the opening half. The men induIged to a great extent in cltnching with Ross having a slight advantage through his superior work at hitting the cleaner blows
 Signs of slugging were in evidence in the fifth and sixth when the box CTS mixed matters. Ross pushed with rights to body, and hit frequently at close range.
 Ross also blocked well. Mccoy was forced to take the defensive in the tenth when Ross used a, left up percut well. Ross retained his lead until the fifteenth when an uninten- tjonal low blow caused Mccoy to re- tire to his corner. The injured man quickly regained his energy and pluck fly resumed fighting. displaying better form and was decisiveIy in possession of the honors in the eighteenth and nineteenth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
EAST END FOLKS EXPECT FINE TIME
 AT BIG CARNIVAL

The East End folks are bound to have some excitement next week when the big carnival under the auspices of the Twelfth District club starts. The Dorman & Krause shows have been engaged to furnish the entertainment for the carnival and they agree to provide something novel.
 One of the features which will sure ly please the customers is ''The Whip" which is a combination of all the thrillers that are popular at Coney Island. The Whip is a sort of shoot-the-chutes, roller coaster, spin ming wheel and scenic railway com bined in one apparatus. They say that after finishing a ride on this af- fair the patrons don't know whether they are coming or going.
 Lovers of aquatics will derive pleas ure from watching Bill Kline, the fa- nous diver, who will daily ascend a large tank. Another display of swim ming will be given by Miss Ray God frey and Benjamin H. SchIomberg. They will show some daring feats of life saving Miss Godfrey has made a special study of this work while ,Sch1omberg has. saved many lives dur ing his long career. There are many other good attractions arranged for the carnival.
 The club has made arran gements to hold the carnival at Newfe1d park, in the lot across the street from the ball grounds. It begins next Monday and continues one week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
CLEVELAND IS TRYING TO BUY
 JOHNSON NOW

Cleveland. O.. May 2s-The rumor was in circulation yesterday and was ! not denied that the Cleveland Ameri- can League club-1is in the market for Walter Johnson, pitcher for the Washington club.
 COT course we would buy Johnson, nnSd Dunn. However. we wouldn't t go stark. raving mad in the price we would paysa We are willing to pay big rnonevz but the price must be fair.
 The reasons advanced by baseball men here as to conditions that would make Washington willing to consider an offer for Johnson include the fact that Washington fans do not patron l4ze the club in as large numbers as fin many other big league towns, that sJohnson is drawing a very large war airne',' salary, that the pitcher is at an tage when he may deteriorate. and
 could not be marketed as prohtab1y later as now.
 With the Iris Speaker deal fresh { in their minds, the fans here are agog with excitement over the even remote possibility of Johnson being secured
 for the Indians
 washington May 2S-C1ark Grif- filth. manager of the Washington club. said the runaor of Walter Johnson's gale to the Cleveland club was absurd. He dehfed Eemphatica11y that any ne xotiations were on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
REMARKS CLEAN
 UP REDWOOD BOYS

s.6Sene Gaffney, who at one time LOOK fxreat delight in clouting safely for A+he Redwoods, was one of the big fac &4ors in the defeat of that team by the kRen1ington-Arrns Company of Bridge kDort at Hanover Sunday afternoon. E Czanney poled thep eIlet for a .50e av- s craze and his sensational fielding was Eat numerous stages of the game the delight of the 800 fans who attended
 The game was the second overtime affair of the RedWoods in as many weeks Git going Il innings) and until Ethe last ball was pitched it looked ike a victory for the Meriden club. Err {rors were frequent on both teams but the real cause of defeat was a b1owup on the part of the Redwoods in the eleventh. Thompson started things in that session with a clean two-bagger,
 Gustafsen dropped a fly to help mat ters and three singles in succession made things look serious when the smoke cleared
 Tn the last half of the inning, the Redwoods went out to get the game and before a single out was registered placed a man on each bundle of can vas They didn't come through how ever for Krum, who batted for Nash, forced BoIdt out at home and West fort, batting for Elliott, popped up an 1nfaeId fly With three men still on and GiIIooley batting, the fans still hoped, but that -f1ent- took healthy clout which didn't get past the infield and the game was over. The score:
 E2o-.air,o-fr,T,. a V.r1nz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
YALE HOPING TO GET 2ND PLACE IN
 INTERCOLLEGIATES

New Haven, May 23-AIth ough Yale is not regarded on the home campus favorite in prediction winners of the ir1terco1legiates this year, there is a feeling that the team will stand high CT than for eight seasons. That it will capture second place it is believed a, live possibility. Yale has already won the Princeton and Harvard dual track games by a handsome margin, scoring more than 60 points against each university to only about 40 to each of it's chief dual meet rivals. Yale men regret that their track team has no chance to meet Cornell, as they believe it would defeat the Ithacans in a direct team meet, although they think that Cornell will defeat them in the intercollegiate, because Cornell has an abundance of stars, who always count heavily in the intercollegiate meet.
 YaIe,s team strength is in her win ners of minor points in the dual meets, who are invariably crowded out at he interco11egiates.
 Yale expects to capture three frsts at the Interco1Iegiates, the mile run with Jimmy Overton, the high jump. with Captain Wesley O1er, and the shot put with Jim Braden, the for 1rner washington and Jefferson star who won the event at both he Yale dual meets against Princeton and liar yard, scoring nearly A feet in his winning heaves against the Crimson and the Tigers.
 Captain Oler has not been pushed to his limit this year in the high jump but is believed good for 6 feet 4 inches.
 In the broad jump he and Hampton are both good for better than 23 feet and should register some seven points for Yale in this event.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
FORMER CAPTAIN CLICK
 OF PRINCETON HIRED TO COACH MERCERSBURG

Princeton, May 23.-F'rank Click, captain of the Tiger eleven last fall, will have full control of football at Mercersburg Academy this fall. The Pennsylvania institution has been anxious to secure Click for some time, and just recently induced him to sign a one-year contract.
 Click will be in charge of football at Mercersburg only one year, as he intends to enter bushes in New York city this winter. At @ meeting of the Tiger football candidates here last night it was definitely decided to open practice next year on September 12. Speedy Rush, Captain Hogg and Trainer Fitzpatrick addressed the prospective candidates.