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The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

According to an Italian scientist
who has classified 1000 cases of self
tween the ages of Is and 26 than al
any other period in life.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

Last week "A men were arrested il
Washington for being intoxicated o.
the city's streets. The saloons wer
all closed on Nov. 1st.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

Women of Goldsboro, n c.. have
agreed to discontinue the exchange OF
Christmas presents during the period
Of the war.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

While kneeling in prayer in the
Church of st. Vincent de Paul, New
teous, for several years a daily visitor
to the church, was stricken with heart
trouble and died before aid could
reach her.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

This country imports between 2,OOO,-
900 and 100000 pounds of Roquefort
cheese each year.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

Rev. Arthur Barry O'Neill, poet and
pedestrian of Notre Dame University,
will soon reach his 5O,O0Oth mile post
as walker. He has been walking for
his health and pleasure since 1906,
sometimes giving an entire day to his
hobby and reaching the nearby cities.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

Robert Mathew, freight handler
of Porterville, Cal, was arrested for
beating his wife. He had demanded
a jury trial, but changed his mind and
pleaded guilty when he found he was
to be tried by women.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

Normal artillery and normal patrol
activity, but abnormal mud, expresses
the trench conditions at the "Ameri-
can 'front.'" The Sammies take nightly
excursions into the weedy, muddy bot
toms of No Mans Land. Steady rains
have made everything Shiny and slip
perry. The trenches are veritable
quagmires.
The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

The Hebrews of the United States
have started to raise $1,000,000 for
welfare work for Israelites at canton
ments. 1t is alleged that there are
more than $4,000 Jewish soldiers al
ready in the United States army.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

spiders: "When undISturNed, spiders never bite
anything except insects useful their food, but
when attacked cornered all species open their
jaws and bite II they can. depending on the size
and strength of their jaws. The stories Of death,
insanity and ameness from the bites of spiders
are probably untrue"
The species OF spider are hard to number. The
spiders of North America have been studied by
Hentz. Emerton, Keyserling and Thorell, and no
doubt by number of other men who have spe-
clalzed in insects. and II is estimated thar there
800 species in North America The spider
has heart liver stomach. ntestines. thorax. lungs
and several other interesting organs. ns. for ex-
ample. the spinning glands and spjnnerets
IL IL recorded that good many experiments
have been made to throw light the effect of
spider bites on man. distinguished entomolo-
glst. named Bertkau. allowed various kinds OF
blood. giving sensation like that OF sharp
needle prick The wounds smarted and sweiled
somewhat and itched when rubbed. producing very
much the sensation of mosquito bites. but no per
manent III effects followed. Another entomolo-
glst. named Blackwell. also allowed specimens
of the big spiders TO bite his hand. He reported
that he felt no particular pain and little nfam-
nation followed. and the wounds soon healed.
Still another entomologist. named Doleschall,
ported that he had shut up small birds with the
Mygae, one of the biggest and fercest of the
spider tribe. The birds died after being
bitten. He allowed Of his fingers TO be
bitten by large jumping spider. The pain was
severe and his finger and then his hand and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12
HAD THOUGHT FOR HORSES
Drivers Regard for Faithful Animals
Proved That His Heart Was in
the Right Place.

A man, who was drying a heavy
hauling wagon one morning recently
in New Jersey street, stopped his
horses suddenly and hurried across
the street To Il bakery wagon. His had
been an early breakfast, and now the
pangs Of hunger Increased as he saw
nice. fat sugar-coated doughnuts.
Returning presently with a fve-cent
bag of the dainties, he accosted one
of his horses:
Hey, Bill, have one on me?"
Bill looked lovingly at his owner and
greedily swallowed the food.
And Jerry, the other horse, was not
forgotten. But when the driver with n
"Old pard. have one" offered him one
he smelled it carefully, but mindful of
his weak Indigestion, perchance, re-
fused with gentle shake of his
head. ] w
Bill, still hungry. ate the second
doughnut, while the driver climbed
back on the wagon munching his cake,
wholly unconscious that he had shown
one observer beautiful trait of char
acter.-Indanapolis News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

arm became lame but the soreness soon passed
away.
The Mygale Is one the hest-known Of the large
and heavy spiders. II is a native Of tropical and
subtropical America. II is said that II catches
then sucks the blood Of Its victims The body
OF this spider Is pitch black and Is covered with
long reddish-brown hair. II has eight eyes placed
close together In the front Of its head. II is n
close kinsman To the so-caIed bird spider Of
Surnam.
The official name Of that American spider called
the tarantula is Cteniza California;. and II Is
of the trnpdoor spiders. II Is common In New
Mexico. Arizona. and California. According to
John Sterling Kingsley this spider digs its hole
in a fine soil which when dry Is nearly as hard as
brick. These spider hoiessare sometimes nearly
an inch In diameter and vary in depth from two
and three inches to nearly a foot. The mouth OF
the hole is enlarged and then closed by thick
cover which fits II tightly. That cover fits into
the mouth Of the hole very much as n cork does
I'm the neck OF bottle. The cover is made OF dirt
fastened together with threads and like the hole
is lined with silk and is fastened by thick hinge
made OF spiders silk When the cover n closed
it looks exactly like the ground around II.
This like many other species Of spider. In
nocturnal in its habits. raising its trapdoor Mt
night and sayihg forth in search of food Its
chief food being insects. .i
There Is 80 much diversity OF opinion as 20 the
effect Of the bite Of these spiders that In living
where they are n man should practice safety hrst
and take no chances with them.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

these rural organizations and some active busi-
men from the city of jamestown. The pro-
portion at this time, and far possible in
every succeeding step up to the big banquet which
closed the festival finally and successfully held,
just "fifty-ffty"; half city people, half farm
people every committee and I'm every confer
ence.
This conference. held i'm August. decided TO hold
a Farm and City festival, real get-together, In
November. "Not a county fair, but better than a
county fair with the vaudeville fentures omitted"
the way il expressed At the initial meet
ing 1t was decided to carry out this get-together
idea by making the exhibits Of educational
character far possible In every instance.
To do this and to finance II several committees
were named. A street was closed and covered
with tents. Other tents were put up on vacant
lots, and the state armory used. All sorts Of
exhibits-prize livestock poultry dairy products.
grains. fruit. vegetables, etc.-were shown and
prizes awarded State experts in all phases of
farming in domestic science. in child welfare, in
detetics. etc. delivered lectures To the city and
country people. railroad traffic expert dis
cussed plans for helping producer the farm to
get his products directly and expedtiously to con-
sumer i'm the city. The government sent good
roads exhibit, and motion pictures We're used 10
make many Of the lectures more graphically inter
esting
And then there was great closing dinner Five
hundred persons representing every part Of the
county and city attended this affair. There was
fine music. for one thng-orchestral and choral
work. led by Cornell university music instructors,
and soos-nnd Gov Charles s. Whitman who was
in the city a campaign trip. left politics behind
and he and Mrs. Whitman attended the banquet.
Cooperation" and 'get acquainted" were the
wntchwords of the occasion Two weeks after
ward the committees met and decided unanimous
ly To hold another "Farm and City Get-Together
Festival" next year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

Nor was the grocer a robber. He had trade
which required certain standards and the stuff
offered him did not conform to those standards.
All wrong, almost from the start
Just the foregoing illustration makes plain
the problem than pages OF generalitics.
the experience OF jamestown In its first Farm and
City festival will show how the effort to get to-
gether succeeds better than more pages of plati-
tudes.
First Of all jamestown had live board OF
commerce. and secretary with vision not
bounded by the factory chimneys OF the city nor
its city limits. Secretary Fred Clayton Butler
had been studying some United States
covered that most of the rural towns Of the county
and all Its rural villages, but two three that
had lot Of factories, had decreased i'm population
in the last three decades He did not need to
he told about the Increase I'm cost of living. That
was self-evident.
In surveying the field he found that there was
active apple growers association I'm Chautau-
qua county also milk producers association. n
farm bureau lot of big oranges and n number
of farmers clubs. The manager of the farm
bureau Hawley r. Rogers, and Mr.. Rogers
was called into conference with Mr.. Butler.
"You do not need to tell me anything about de-
creaslng rural populations" interrupted Rogers.
when Butlex started In his pet paragraph. II
knew all about that before you city people awak-
ened. But what do about itT'
Right here the city man had the farm bureau
man beaten. 1--WE can get together and find out"
was his reply. II know that the city people have
double stake at issue: the cost of what they
must have tn eat. and the market for large part
of their goods. think your people have some
thing at stake also. You want good roads. and
good schools and good markets Perhaps
get together"
out of this conference grew n bigger conference.
present at which were representatives Of most OF
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

The famous tarantula, reported 10 he one of the
terrors Of the arid parts Of the Southwestern
states and northern Mexico. and which bulks so
large in the Imagination and the fears of those
persons who have friends the border Is really
not the tarantula of history and Of fable.
One Of the numerous students of spders-and
the tarantula Is n spder-says OF that terrifying
insect chat It is the Lycosa tarantula. kind OF
spider found in some of the warmer parts Of Italy
and Spain When full grown 1t is about the size
Of a chestnut and OF brown color. "Its bite
at one time supposed to be dangerous" says this
authority, "and to cause n kind OF dancing dis
ease but 1t is now known not to be worse than
the sting Of common wasp"
1t Is very likely that when the early Spanish
explorers came upon the great spider OF the South
west. and seeing good deal Of resemblance To
the tarantuia OF the old world-those explorers
not having been scientific entomoogists-they
called the new spider a tarantula. and the name
has stuck.
There is no doubt that the big spider of Ari-
zona. New Mexico. California. old Mexico and
of Spain and Italy, and I'm color disposition and In
the matter Of his hairy legs a layman might easily
mistake him for the tarantula But perhaps there
Is not much in a name far spiders go. and
IL Is just well to avoid II possible that partcu-
lar spider which many Americans call the e'taran-
tula, though it is quite certain that the
OF his disposition has been exaggerated.
J. H. Emerton. one of the spider experts Of the
world writes. after years OF intimate study of
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

plant dlstrust and contempt with fellowship and
cooperation. And 1t works-Ladies and gentle
men. 1t works beautifully!
The enterprising citizens of jamestown, n. Y,
and the farm people who live In the counties sur
rounding the city (Which have population of
about 10000 joined heads hearts and hands this
last autumn In great 'Farm and City Celtic
gether Festival" and the affair was such n huge
success that permanent organization was
formed and the festival will be held annually here
after.
Here is an illustration of how misunderstanding
Is bred and why 1t persists sometimes:
James Mason a city dry-goods merchant, drove
out In the country one pleasant Sunday afternoon
I'm October, and astOnished at the number
of apples he saw on the ground in orchards along
the roadside. 'I cannot buy good apples at the
grocery next my store" he complained, "unless
pay Alaska prices for them, cents each. Yet
here they are rotting on the ground"
Mason jumped to the conclusion that the farm
ers did not try to the apples, to help the
city and his family get food. "rhey are
both selfish and lazy" he asserted when he told
of the experience.
Simon Newcomb lived farm near where
Mason drove that Sunday He had been in town
Saturday afternoon with n load of apples. The
grOceryman looked them over, and offered New
comb 80 cents bushe. Newcomb had read in
his farm paper that apples were scarce, and he
thought he ought to have dollar q bushel
But your apples not sorted. There are sew
eral kinds In the crate. and many of them
areoinferior I'm size. and some badly worm eaten"
objected the grocer. You leave them with me
for so cents a bushel else take them some
where else"
Newcomb looked at hts watch and saw II
nearly chore time, and he sold them. But when
he got home he told his wife the grocer took ad-
vantage OF him and was little better than rob
ber.
But both men wrong. The orchard owner
not lazy selfish. He had other problems
worse to handle and necessary To him than
picking up and saving few bushels Of apples.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF,
:. HAIR STOPS FALLING
Save your Hsirl Get rs, cent bottle
Of Danderine right now--Also
stops itching scalp =,

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair Is mute evidence OF a neglected
scalp; OF dandruff-that awful scurf.
* There Is nothing sd destructive TO
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
Of Its lustre, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp, which
IL not remedied causes the hair roots
TO shrink, loosen and dle-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight-now-any .time-will surely
save your hair.
,.,. Get % cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store. You
surely can have beautiful haIr.and lots
Of it If you will just try little DAN
derine. Save your hair Try it!-Adv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12
10 CENT "CASCARETSv
! FOR LIVER AND BOWELS
Cure Sick Headache, Constipation
Biliousness, Sour Stomach, Bad
Breath-Candy Cathartic.

No odds how bad your liver, stom-
ach or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable you are from
constipation, Indigestion. biliousness
and sluggish bowels-you always get
relief with Cascarets. They imme-
diately cleanse and regulate the stom-
ach, remove the sour. fermentlng food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry off the con-
stipated waste. matter and poison
from the intestines and bowels. A
10-cent box from your druggist will
keep your liver and bowels clean !;
stomach sweet and head clear for
months. They work while you sleep
Adv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12
What About the EGGS?

until the proprietor was made to see
the point, bore this sign designed to
catch the eye of the farmer bound
Muncieward with his produce: IF you
want to trade your eggs and butter for
something good, come in here."-lndi-
annapolis News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12
This is an article about
the Farm and City Get
Together FesfipaI at
Jamesfosvn, N. ", s~bere
some enferprisinS dream
ers turned their talents
TO practical purposes :
purposes l.: 4:

n TOO many cases country peo-,
people and town and city people
misunderstand one another, and
both lose. AS consequence
urban dwellers buy Oregon APP
pies and California grapes, and
rural folk buy their furniture,
farm machinery and supplies
from Chicago mail-order houses.
Here and there, however, some
of the more far-sighted men and
women Of both groups are max
ing determined efforts to sup
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

The steel mast on an Atlantic City oil
barge is used as smokestack from the
galley.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-12

Pure blood is essential to Good Health.
Garfield Tea dispels impurities. cleanses
the system and eradicates disease.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17

what they get Is in way q contripu-
tion-thelr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
needs OF the government which they
as loyal citizens are glad to serve.
Probably nobody bought the bonds
with a conscious thought Of rendering
service In this particular way. and 1t
could not be claimed that the money
they lose goes into the national treasury.
But the government had already been
helped, and by them. Had they not
made their purchases the sale would
not have been the success 1t was, or. ut
any rate, not the same kind OF sue
cess, and with that thought in mind
they will find pleasure in what. were
any other bond concerned, would be
source Of grief proportional to the
amount OF loss incurred.
The comfort thus to be derived may
not be particularly warm, but It should
be real, and, with little stretching.
it will even cover like losses on the
Anglo French loan. Meanwhile. 1t
should never be forgotten that in both
cases the bonds are good" There IS
no question at all that the interest on
them will be regularly paid and the
principal returned at maturity.
Only the Germans deny that, and
they know that the denials are made
for home not foreign effect.-N. y.
Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17
Tho Rrlaht.r sid. 81 Russi..

It must be remembered that Kale-
dimes is no military adventurer and
no upstart Napoleon. He Is the Het-
man Of the Cossacks. That he repre-
sents them lie shown by the fact that
when Kerensky called upon them to
arrest him for supporting Korniloff.
they replied politely that Kaledtnes
was engaged in attending to his Off
cial duties as Hetman, and that 1t
was therefore impossible to execute
the governments order. He seems to
have allied the Cossacks with infiuen-
tial elements among the peasants and
with the Horces of order everywhere,
and to have made no move until he
was sure Of his ground. He 10 allied,
surely, with the Knights OF st. George,
who represent peasant landholders to
the extent Of so.o0o,ooQ acres. Alto
gether. the careful way in which no
has moved and the apparent thorough
ness Of his preparations arc promis-
Ing for his success. unless Russia has
fallen irredeemably.
It Is to be hoped that the allies are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17

washington. d. c., Dec. -7.-(Spec-
iaL)-To the American, troops now
fighting in France has been assigned
that sector of the front in which his
tory was made in 1914 and also that
sector which affords the best chance
for the allies troops to bring the war
right into the heart OF Germany who
has really been viewing the struggle
from her balcony.
The section opposite Lorraine and
around Verdun is the site Of the Sam
mics front line trenches, according to
numerous recent stories which the CEN
sors have permitted to come thru and
Pershing's men have already had sew.
eral tastes of real war in trench raids,
artillery duels and visitations from the
Fritz Of the air.
The Lorraine front along the region
of the Marine canal is the historic bat.
tleground where General Castelnau and
his loyal French soldiers drove back
the VIGOROUSLY onrushing Teutons in
one of the earliest battles Of the war,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17
Top s1. % f e :h,s Dame s %

the invulnerable verdu on the north
west and the French p, sltions in the
Alsatian vosges on the AatheAst. lie
the bodies OF 10000 German the flow
er Of the army Of the Grown ?rtnce OF
Bavaria. where for twenty-et,I days
in August and September. IL Ave
French army corps under Cas,,au
fought seven under the crown prince
Castelnau Saves Joffrs.
While Castelnau and the Crown
Prince Of Bavaria were battling 1t
out in this sector the great battle OF
the Marine was being fought farther
west and the eyes of the world were
on the Marine. For that reason the
limelight never showed. with full brill
liancy on CastelnAu and his valiant
men. but had they been defeated BY
the Germans the battle OF the Marine
might have had far different con-
clusfbn.
Il was the plan Of the Bavarian to
outflank the Joffre army at the Marne.
II he could get past Castelnau.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17
Anti.cerm.n. In Argentine.

Three thousand marines from all
parts OF the republic have been mobil-
lied in Buenos Aires The official ex-
PLANTATION of this move ds that 1t is
precaution against the threatened
general strike set for Jan. I. It Is gen
orally believed in political circles there
however, that the chief reason for tho
mobilization was to. obtain support Tor
the president during the period OF the
special session Of Congress- which wAi
ba opened on Friday
Congress insists upon taking up the
international program, the case OF the
dismissed German Minister. Count Won
Llxburg, who advised his government
70 sink Argentine steamships without
trace" and other matters not In
clnded in the presidents call. Those
who thus interpret the action OF the
government say that the mobilization
has been confined to the marines. who
are known to be more loyal than the
army.
There are evidences, Of discomfort on
the part Of the public at the policy
which has permitted Count Won Lux
burg to remain in this country two
months after he was ordered to depart
Striking farmhands In the province
of Cordoba are already burning the
standing crops.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-17
Indian. Fight For Canada.

Canadian Indians, outnumbered three
to one by the Indian population in the
United States. are enlisted and are now
lighting for their mother country IN
vastly greater numbers than character
lie the participation Of our own red
men in this, their couptrys greatest
war and most perilous time.
Out of an Indian population of 1O0,-
900 it is estimated that the Canadian
Indians have about 5000 men with the
British colors. Virtually all Of them
are at the front in France. The great
Iroquois and Algonquin nations, long
hereditary enemies, are there fighting
without tribal distinction. The old AMI
mus has ben changed into friendship
There is not an official announcement
Of casualtfes.of Canadian troops that
does not contain its quota Of Indians
who. fell ON the field Of honor with their
ipaleface brothers.
In Canada, stoo, the indians were for
q while excluded from the military
forces by official decree; but they made
such manly protest against the UNI
fair segregation that they were finally
admitted into the army as partners IN
the struggle coequal with the Cana
dian English and French. There are
many entire Canadian Indian regiments
fighting ably for the allied cause.