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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-01-01

Success to Robert r. Morton, the
new Principal of Tuskegee Inst. He
is a Virginia Negro and they generally
make good.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-01-01
Brooklyn Smart Sets Crack Splinter.

Brooklyn Smart Sets Crack Splinter.
Harry M. Martin Of the Smart Set
Athletic club of Brooklyn has long
string Of victories to his credit. He
makes high hurdling his speciality and
has won in most of the events In
wlich he has competed. At Washing
ton park, In Brooklyn. he won the 10
yard high and also the low events.
One day he won the 100 yard dash in
10 1-5 seconds and was first In the 30
yard low hurdles. In which he lowered
the record to 90 As seconds. Al the
national juniors in Baltimore In Sep
TENDER he won the low aud came third
in the 40 yard special
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-01-01
jaime. Herring as Landscape Painter

James Herring az Landscape Painter.
The colored race has produced a
number of sculptors and painters who
have attained high rank in their profess
sion. Among the landscape painters
who won prizes during 1915 Is James
Herring. who was awarded first prize
among twenty-five artists exhibiting at
Syracuse. N. Y. Mr.. Herring has re-
ceived many encouraging letters from
artists Of note congratulating him upon
his success.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
PICKED AN ODD NAME.
An Author Had a Long Search and
Then Faced a Surprise.

When Albion w. Tourgee wrote "a
FOOLS Errand" he named one Of his
leading characters Theron Pardee. An
early copy of the book fell into the
hands of the Rev. Luther Pardee, an
Episcopal clergyman Of Chicago, whose
father was named Thereon Pardee.
The name is such an unusual com
bination that in amazement the rector
showed the book to his father, and
they were both puzzled by the coinci-
dence They decided to write Judge
TOurgee and ask him what had led him
TO use the name.
He replied, in equal amazement, that
he had not supposed there was such n
man living as Theron Pardee Then he
stated that he had a prolonged search
for suitable name for the character
OF his story-one that would express
Just what he imagined this character
TO be.
In the course of the hunt an old copy
Of the curriculum OF Union college had
fallen into his hands. 1t was dated
1928, or something as far back, and
among the names Of the students was
one Thereon Pardee.
The judge said ii had impressed him
as being one Of the richest, most solid
and most satisfying names he ever had
heard, SO he decided to adopt 1t for his
character. The curriculum was so old
that he had no hesitation I'm using the
name. and he was astonishcd to learn
that the rightful owner Of it was liv-
ing.
His explanation was accepted, and
the resulting acquaintance was pleas
ing all around.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
TWO DANGEROUS HABITS.
Don't Scratch, Even With Clean Nails,
and Don't Pinch.

Scratching oneself and picking at
pimples or sore spots are dangerous
habits, likely TO result In infections
more or less serious. This Is proved
by examination OF the scrapings Of
nails under the microscope. Even
hands and nails that are kept scrupu-
lously clean by washing and brushing
are not free from the germs Of skin
diseases.
DR.. Albert Schneider OF San Fran
cisco reports to the Journal OF the
American MedScal Association the re-
suits Of the microscopic examination OF
the scrapings OF the nails OF l43 stu
dents in a surgical college. There were
found bacllli, cOcci and spirillae Of
many sorts, especially those that pro
duce pus.
These facts. he points out may be Of
great importance I'm criminal trials.
DR.. Schneider cites one case In which
a man was accused OF killing baby.
In the scrapings Of his nails were
found the "frustules OF fresh water
diatoms and II few filaments Of oscilla-
ria" This led to the suspicion that he
had buried his victims body in a
marsh. Careful search Of the banks of
a marshy stream near by disclosed the
little corpse.
Or. Schneider says such diseases as
lupus, acne boils and carbuncles are
traCeable to scratching. Nail biters
Frequently infect themselves
There Is the case OF the husband"
he writes, "whose neck on the left side
was never long free from one or more
small pimples or bOils, traceable to his
wife's habit OF Nayfully pinching his
neck He ascribed the trouble to
starchcd collars, but several changes in
the laundry brought no relief. During
the prolonged absence Of the wife on a
visit with relatives the trouble disap-
pearcd entirely to reappear again on
her return with a renewal Of the play.
full habits"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
Town of Johnston.
for the First and Second
Class Liquor Licenses

November 10 1916
Applications for First and Second Cass
Liquor Licenses, to sell pure, spurious
malt and Intoxicating liquors, have been
made by the following named persons:
FIRST CLASS
John H. CoyIe and John w. Wallace, Rail-
read Building, Putnam Avenue.
Foster h Gibson, Latraverse Building, Put
mum Avenue.
SECOND CLASS
Aitchison, william, Aitchison building
Thornton.
Fellows, Rufus j., sunnyside Inn. Killingly
street.
Fcrri. Giovanni. Burrows Building. Thornton
Foster Il ellison, | Railroad Building. Put.
nam Avenue.
Jacovone, Nincenzo, Jacovone Building, cor.
Atwood and Scituat, Avenues.
MtCurdv, James f., junction House, Plain
field ueot
Muflitt, John H., Manton House. Manton.
Read, Frederick H., Hillside Avenue.
Taylor. Frederick NJ 5s5 Killingly Street.
Thornley,, Albert, Moswansicut Hotel.
Toomey, John r., New Casino, Building
PRintield Street
Allpersons interested are notified to appear
before the Town Council OF the Town OF
Johnston. Friday, November, -, 1916, at 8
Thornton and be heard thereon.
s. X. LUTHER.
nov lost Council Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
Emptyins a Bottle.

To empty bottle especially large
one. quickly il should be held inverted
over the receptacle into which the con-
tents are to be turned. Then while the
neck is held in "A steady position the
bottom of the bottle should be given IA
rotary motion. This will form small
whirlpool that will admit air to the
space vacated 10y the liquid and cause
t TO run freely from the bottle.-Ex-
,hnnCp
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
TIMELETS

Il isa wonder that the Standard Oh Co.
does not get a grip on the N'rth fo'e'
where the nights are six months long
Arizona might vote for license and still
be very dry state.
When speaking Of localities in Sci'ua'e,
!, seems very proper that Ashland Is not
far from Burn Hill.
A lawyers brief is quite likely to be a
MISSIONER. -
p,ec,ion is over and we have truly much
reason for Thanksgiving
A correspondent wants to know II fear o'
the yellow peril is likely to bring or
jaundiee.
II food stufs continue to go up IN price
rice will become too expensive to throw a
brides.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
PARAGRAPHS.

1t would seem that the Ameri-
cans as a race are growing more
strong and rugged. We read that
a Des MONIES man was run over by
a steam tram last week and escaped
without INJURY. Recently there ap-
peared an item i'll the papers 10 the
effect that d young man III PlttsDur9
broke his neck playing football III
October, 1915, and dld not discover
the tact until June OF this year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
One Letter You Never Wrote.

My Dear Wife-Slnce you've been
away visiting your mother have been
having the time Of my life-in fact,
haven't known what 1t was TO live be
fore since we were married. fired all
the servants the morning after you
left so | could be free. | get my meals
anywhere. The house looks as If a tor
nado had struck It, But. oh. what a
lovely time I'm having! Don't come
home until send for you. Cordially
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

1t is seldom the weather man gets any
credit, when he makes a correct prediction
The defeated candidate is busy, explain
ing how it happened.
In these times of high cost OF living,
even the days are getting short.
The submarine is the lowest boat on the
high seas.
Hope is not always dope.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
Famous Sentences.

Thirty daysl
pronounce you husband and Wife"
You'll not stir n boot outside this
house tonight!
Johnny Doe. you'll stay after school
and write "obey" 800 tmes!-st Louis
Post, Dispuah.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

A horse becoming frightened at
an empty dinner pail Oh Stlllman
street, last Friday afternoon, ran
away and caused bad smash up.
The empty dinner pail has III times
gone by frightened many human
beings.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

The result of the first senatorial
contest in Rhode Island goes to
verify the prediction that the popu-
lar election OF United States oena-
tors is not going to improve the
intellectual scope OF the Senate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

TAX
COLLECT IRIS
NOTICE
1916.

The undersigned, Collector of Taxes for
the Town of Johnston for A. d. 1916, viii
be at the Fire station in Man,on from 9 50
OIL \ NJ. each Monday in November; At
the Town Clerks . fee in Thornton, from
/, NJ. to , 2. NJ. each Monday in Novem'
Der; at Fire Station in Granitevi,le, Mon.
day, November I, and II, from to Q
\. NJ. Olher days the Collector will be
found at his residence, S44 Greenvllle Ave-
nue., Sundays and legal holidays excepted,
for the purpose of receiving the Town
Taxes on Real and Personal Estate, School
District No. I4, also Poll Tax.
All taxes that remain unpaid on Deeem-
ber Isi 1916, will b. charged interest from
November Ist, 1916, to the date OF pay
ment, at the rate Of s per cent. per anuum
And all taxes unpaid on July ist, 1910.
will be collected in the manner prescribed
by law.
Al. inquiries by mail (or telephone Cen
tredale IoI-w) in regard 10 taxes, will re-
ceiye prompt attention.
WILLIAM ii. MArHEwsON,
Collector OF Taxes
SS4 Greenville Avenue, Johnston, r. !,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
Mandy's Compliment.

The morning after the coming out
party Mandy, the cook, thus greeted
the young girl for whom It was given:
Miss Annie, yo' sho' did look sweet
las night! My. hardly knowed yo'l
Dey wasn't thing erbout yo' dat look
ed natchel"-Youth's Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

William J. Bryan proposes to
lend his influence and eloquencc to
the cause OF National Prohibition.
1t would seem that the ProhlDltlon-
lists have their troubles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

If the high cost Of paper should
cut down the size OF the average
Sunday newspaper, it will not have
lived i'll vain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

California has been i'll the spot
light this week, even more than
when the Fairs were going on last
year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
SOUTH SCITUATE.

Trinity Guild met with Mrs. Frank
Waterman Of Rockland. Wednesday after
noon. All the members were present and
a fine time was enjoyed. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Knight.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

The plan Of an earlier Thanks
giving is surely good one. lhe
present date brings the holiday too
near to Christmas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

This presidential election delay
must be considerably nerve racking
to the man who put up much OF a
wager.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

This week has been gay round
of reading the newspapers by day
and gazing at the bulletin boards at
night.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

Pride will always be used more
or less as a winter garment.
The independent voter generally
comes up to the scratch
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

The objection to the election re
turns of Minnesota and California
are that they are SO slow in coming
back.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

1t must have looked like opposl-
ton when the political spellbmder
got to work i'll the natural gas re
gions of the West.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

The election III this country IS
creating such an interest Ill Eng
land, 1t is SAID, that the war tor a
moment is lost sight OF.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
Diplomacy.

PA. what Is diplomacy"
Diplomacy, my boy. is the art Of be-
NC disagreeable pleasantly."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

These elections with a codlcll are
not particularly popular, to say the
least.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

The repaving of Olneyville
square will probably be postponed
until after the war.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10
A UC 10 n
SALE
or
Household Furniture
Belonging to the estate of
SUSAN e. PECkHAM
NORTH SClTUATE, X. I.
Saturday, Nov. ID, 1916
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
Consisting Of

Consisting of
cook stoves, ? parlor stoves, blue
flame stove, I refrigerator, dining room
table and chairs, rocking and kitchen
chairs, 1 folding bed, bed steads, mat
tresses, feather beds and bedding, cot
bed, quilts, comforters, etc, tables, stands,
carpets, hnoeums, old fashioned bureaus
and stands, kitchen utensils, crockery,
chests, kitchen mats, lamps, meal chest,
desks, brass kettle, etc etc.
JOHN II. PECKHAM,
Executor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

Col. Theodore Roosevelt reached
the fullness Of his fame previous to
1912.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-10

Cleanse the fountain II you wuuld
purity tho stfeams.-AlStt
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Getting Spliced.

The marriage microbe is a bird that S hard to understand; The short man always asks the tall sky scraper for her hand. The man who's six feet. ill his socks will wed for good and all Some maiden who is passing fair, but only four feet tall The brilliant girl who takes the prize and outshines all the school Is more than apt to cast her fate i'll marriage with some fool. The learned man who knows his books and has a sober mind Most likely weds the dizziest young damsel he can find. The prettiest of all the girls will wed some crossed. eyed gink Who doesn't look as though he knew enough to even think. The homely girl most likely hooks the handsome millionaire. The frivolous maiden weds man who's loaded down with care. The pious girl is apt to draw some old night prowlin' skate Who doesn't think that 8 o'clock is anywhere near late. The pastor of the church may draw a social butterfly Who thinks more of her new fall hat than mansions up on high. The more you try to solve the thing, the less you really know. Philosophers all gave it up some cen- turies ago. The mystery is fathomless, as much now as of yore It's only human nature. pure and simple, nothing more.
 Bridgeport Post.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
What the Other Fellows Say

Sing Sing as just as-good substitute for home is beginning to he appre- ciated. Lately the police had 70 he calle to arrest a man who was trying with knife to force his way violently into the insti.ution - TOrringtOn Register.
 Those red hot talks in Congress- reflect the temper of the country over the submarine outrages repeated over and over again.-Bridgeport Post.
 The question is asked, what can be done for a boy who is a conscienceless and unmitigated liar? Apparently if he could get job as a writer of official bulletins for the warning powers he has the qualifications for complete success.-Meriden Journal.
 X New York woman wants divorce because her husband threw an egg at her. If it was fresh egg. she deserves it, because he was extravagant; if it wasn't, ditto, because he was brute. New Haven Union.
 There were seven cities that claimed Homer dead and now two cities, Bos- ton and Baltimore, are claiming the distinction of being the birthplace of Edgar Allen Poe. But both these cities confine their recognition of the distinguished honor to fighting over it through their newspapers. rs.-Pitts- field Eagle.
 At least we ought to practice pre- paredness suffi ciently to protect our manufacturing institutions from being blown up and burned down.-Hartford Times.
 A decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court holds that cities have the right to enact ordinances banning smoke nuisauces. Here in Hartford we are not concerned over the making of such law. but of finding someone to enforce it-Hart. ford Post.
 An anti -militariSm committee has added itself to the list. It dates itself frou Washington. Almost the first thing it accomplished was to change its own name to anti preparedness con- mittee Either name will suit. The United States does not want too much militarism or too much preparedness. At first guess we should say that it needs less than Germany's supply, more than Belgium's and just about as much as Switzerland s.-Waterbury Republican.
 The education of the Yale students is threatened. They are to be shut out of the tango restaurants. Whats the world coming to ?-New Haven Jour- nal Courier.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Mark This Man.

Breathes there man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, My trade of late is getting bad; I'll try another muslin ad. ?" If such there be, go mark him we'll; For him no bank account shall swell, No angels watch the golden stair To weclome home a millionaire. The man who never asks for trade In local papers, oft displayed, Cares more for rest than worldly gain And patronage but gives him pain. Tread lightly, friends; let no rude
 sound
 Disturb his solitude profound. Here let him live in calm repose Unsought except by men he owes. And when he dies go plant him deep That naught may break his dreamless
 sleep,
 Where no rude elamor may dispel The quiet that he loves so we'll. And that the world may know its loss Place on his grave a wreath of moss And on a stone above, "Here lies A chump who wouldn't advertise. From Rate Card of Davie County
 Record, Mocksville, N. c.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
The Wurra Wurra Club

With the exception of the absentees, almost all the members were present, including a number who have moved away and were unable to come, hut ar rived in time to send their regrets. The president, MT. Seneca Busyman l Strong, took the chair and banged the pulpit with the stove poker to get the attention of all who were among those present, and declared the meeting open for the transaction of one thing and another. The secretary, George Hardenbergh, called the roll. and after the applause had subsided. recIted the Gettysburg speech as an encove. The minutes of the next meeting were read by F. A. Creevey, from the records of the Business Mems Association, and the Opening Ode was sung by J. | Clinton RorabacK, who asked for the privilege, just to show that he could have gotten into the 1916 chorus of the Canaan Choral Snciety if he'd wanted to. He was accompanied by the billy cop on his abduction, Then the chair called for business.
 Clint Roraback called for the report of the committee on moral character on the nomination Of MT. Wilson H. Lee, for honorary membership. Judge Ford chairman of the committee, reported progress, but stated that this commit tee were noj ready to make final re. port, as it had been urged that nasty action was inadvisable in the matter of admitting to honorary membership a candidate who own up that he gets IS cents quart for milk from his dairy, and produces LOO quarts day.
 Whats the matter 7" inquired Watson Hardenhergh. "Doesn't the committee think he gets IS cents?"
 "It isn't that," replied the Judge. Eff the committee thought he didn't get it they wouldn't hesitate to ell. dorse his nomination right off the bat. And they don't really care if he does get IS cents down in New Haven. What they are baking at is, his com. ing up here to the brotherhood supper to talk about agriculture, and putting such notions into the heads of our local farmers aud our milkmen who were present, and who have been satisfied to get s cents a quart. Who knows what they'll do to us, now that they have been given such tip. Our milkmen are good, keen business men"
 "Well, if they are keen business men, they are keen enough to avoid putting themselves out of business by trying to reap benefits like MT. Lees without laying a foundation for them in the way Mir. Lee did, " said Watson. "And that foundation is made of greenbacks.
 Gentlemen, there is no motion be- fore the house." proclaimed the chair.
 "Then move we adj jJurn, said MT. Holsapple.
 "I object" shouted MT. Farnum, but he was unable to stop the stam- pede.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Automobile Fatalities !.

Frederick E. Norton, of Hartford, is the only newspaper man in the state who keeps a complete and accurate record of automobile fatalities and ac. cidents, and is one of the very few who has the courage to tell the truth and give the facts about them. In the last issue of the Shore Line Times he de voted his attention to this seriously im- portant subject as follows:
 Last year an article in this column called attention to the fact that there had been during 1914, eighty-nine fatal automobile accidents in the state, the largest number of any year to date. This year the number has reached three figures and deaths being IA. The estimate is conservative, inasmuch as some of those injured may have died in hospitals several weeks after the ac. cident occurred and thus have escaped the notice of the writer but the mum. Der of dead is conservative at least. The list started early, for one fatal ac. cidenG occurred on the second day of the year and no month passed without at least on9 fatality, though only one occurred in the month of February, that month not being especially cal. culated for motoring. March came along with two and with that number increased for April had ten while August went up to fifteen and Septem- Der to twenty. From that point the number decreased until the month just closed showed but five.
 It must be said in behalf of the Leg islature that it undoubtedly conserved human life by providing that automo- bilists must stop their cars before ap- preaching a trolley car which is un- loading or taking on passengers. Had it not been for this the death list wo1ld undoubtedly have been larger because the advent of the jitney has greatly in creased the number of cars in operation and yet the increase in the number of fatal accidents is but little over u score. Against this feature it may be said that, us yet there is nothing which makes it especially unpleasant for a drunken driver to operate car, When