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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

Cranberries are selling for three cents
a quart less than they were year ago.
AS this is the only known article OF food
that has gone down in price, we would
say, "Pass the cranberries this way"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02
spubbipo Science.

81 hear old Smudge's doctors have
given him up"
"Yes; be- Is getting well In the hat
usl wly."-BEAwurs A@lEacsa
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02
Not Identified.

Teacher-When did Horatius hold
the bridge? Pupil-Nobody of that
name has given any bridge parties in
our neighborhood for several years.
puck
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

The New Hampshire Senate turned
down woman's suffrage bill the other
day by a vote of l6 to 7. That is better
for the ladies than 10 to |.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

March made its debut on Thursday
It was neither lion nor lamb, but
just trying hard to be neutral, like the
United States.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

1t does not look as though the Rhode
Island Assembly would have to work
overtime this session
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

That Mexican Campaign was too
much for poor Funston. He was not
built for that kind of warfare.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

The first month of the General As
sembly cost slO,0906o 1t might have
been worth CO.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

1t is necessary to dig deeper now
for potatoes than it was in the harvest
time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

The General Assembly seems to be the
avenue that leads TO the state Offices
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

George Washington should not worry
about his laurel wreath.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02
Estate of GiuseDpe MerIsxzo

FstHIe OF Ufuseppt NftTiHzzO
An instrument In writing, purportiug To be
the last " III and Testament of Giuseppe
Merluzzo late of said Johnston, deceased, is
presented tor probate. and the same Is re-
ceived and referred To the thirteenth day
OF March A. ID lgl7. at 2 O'Clock, =. NJ. Mt the
Probate Court Room, In said Johnston for
conside deration; ;andiit IL ordered that notice
thereof be published for fourteen days, once
n week, In the olneyyille Times.
3. X. LUTHER,
fb q, at Clerk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02

PROBATE COURT OF THE TOWN OF
JOHNSTON
Febr,iarv o3rd 1917
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-02
RETA|LMERCHANTS
AID TO PROGRESS
Community Depends on Store
keepers PrOgreSSlYonesS.
CLOSE TEAMWORK NEEDED

Cities and Towns Are Central Places
For the Distribution Of Merchandise,
Therefore There 10 q Close Relation
Between tho Retail Merchant and the
Success Of His City.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
FOUND THE PRISONER GUILTY
But Jury's Verdict Had Nothing to Do
With Charge on Which Defendant
Was Tried.

A barrister with long experience
of queer juries in the mining regions
of Pennsylvania tells the following
amusing story as illustrating their &C.
centricities:
A man was charged with committing
a murderous assault upon another as
result of some political differences.
The assault having been committed
at night, there appeared to be some
difficulty in identifying the assailant,
and, as a matter of fact, the counsel
for the defense made out an excellent
case for the prisoner, calling witnesses
to testify that he was nowhere near
the spot where the assault took place
on the night in question.
Everybody concerned fully expected
that the jury would bring in a verdict
of acquittal, yet, to the general aston
ishment, the foreman announced that
the prisoner had been found guilty.
But" he added, observing the gen
eral CONSERVATION created by his state
ment, mot guilty of this assault, yer
honor. This is the spalpeen who stole
Biddy McCarthy's pig last year, and we
found him guilty of that"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
MAKING WATCH TELL TRUTH
Traveller Hits Upon Plan to Make Il
Unnecessary to Turn His Time
piece Forward or Back.

The average commercial traveller
who journeys about the United Stntes
has to keep a close watch on his time.
piece to see that it is telling the truth.
| There is an hours difference in time
when you enter and leave some cities,
and it's an important matter that you
! do not forget to set your watch back
or forward an hour, according to which
/ way you are travelling. If you over
| look it you may miss a train.
An express official who travels al
most all the time and is so busy that
he sometimes forgets to change his
watch at Detroit, Mich, for instance,
or at Dodge City, Ia, has frequently
had an experience Of this kind. Some
times he has arrived an hour ahead Of
time, or perhaps an hour after a train
has left, giving him time enough for
reflection.
Recently he conceived the idea Of
making his watch tell all four diff
ferent times-Eastern, Central Noun
tain and Pacific. He went to jeweler
and had extra hour hands put on his
timepiece-each of a different color,
so that he can recognize 1t at glance,
on the face of his watch. For In
stance, the ordinary hour-hand, set
at Eastern time, is silver; blue hand,
set an hour back, represents Central
time; red hand, for Mountain time,
is set two hours back, and a green
hour-hand three hours back, represents
Pacific time.
You can do this to your own watch.
The jeweler will make set Of hands
of these colors and alter your watch
for consideration of a few dollars.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
SOME MARKS OF BRIGHTNESS
intelligent Boy and Girl Declared to
Be Conscientious, Moderately Ro-
bust, Athletic and Popular.

In summing up his conclusions on
the relationship of intelligence to the
size and shape of the head, Karl Pear
son is quoted in the Journal of Heredi-
ty as making these statements about
the intelligence of children:
ITO sum up, then: While no charac-
tiers in schOolchildren so far dealt with
show very high correlation with intel
ligence, we may yet say that the in
telligent boy is markedly conscientious,
is moderately robust, athletic and pop
ular; he tends rather to quick than 10
sullen temper. He is more self-con-
scious and quieter than the dull boy !;
ne has a slightly bigger head, and pos
sibly lighter fermentation than those
of more mediocre intelligence. His
hair has larger percentage of curli-
ness.
1.-THE intelligent girl is also markedly
conscientious, moderately robust, ath-
letic, and popular. She, too, tends to
quick and rather sullen temper. She
is less self-cOnscious than the dull girl,
and noisier than the girl of mediocre
intelligence. tvs - slow girl who is
quiet and shy. THE intelligent girl has
a slightly bigger head than the dull
girl, and her hair is more likely to be
wavy and much less likely to be curly.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Founded on a RELIGION.

Twelve hundred and eighty-five
years ago the founder of the Moham-
medan religion died in Medina, Arabia,
and the career of Mohammed is now
recognized as one of the nine or ten
great careers in history. A son of the
desert, born with q keen poetic and
sensuous nature, his early life was
passed in dreams, visions and medita-
lions. Gradually there dawned upon
him the conception of the unity of God.
In his fortieth year his work of pros
elyting began. Prosecuted by the older
religions, he barely escaped with his
life, and fled from Mecca to the city of
Medina. Rapidly the new faith gained
adherents; the forces of Mecca were
defeated, and by the time of his death
the whole of Arabia had been subdued
and an army was setting forth to as
sail the Roman empire of the East.
Exactly 100 years after he died his
standards had been planted by his dis
ciples across the Pyrenees and on the
plains of India.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
speed of Waterfowl Measured.

The speed of waterfowl has often
been measured with great accuracy.
Two men take positions on a duck
pass a measured distance apart. The
first man carries stop-watch and a
gun, and the second gun only. AS
the fowls pass the first blind the timer
shoots in order to brighten the birds
into full speed, and starts his watch.
AS the ducks pass the second blind the
man there fires u shot, and the timer
stops his watch. The usual length of
the course is quarter Of a mile, al
though a mile track" is sometimes
uaed.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
EACH NEW SWORD is BLESSED
Japanese, Past Masters in Art of Max
Ing Weapons, Offer Them When
Completed to Goddess.

That the japanese are past masters
In the art Of swordmaking is proved by
the splendid weapons, equal to those
of Toledo and Damascus, which they
turn out. The actual method of sword
making in Japan is jealousy guarded,
an extraordinary feature of the indus
try being the religious ceremony which
accompanies every process of their
manufacture. The walls of every
swordmaking shop in Japan will be
found to be covered with allegorical
representations of the swordmakers
and the chief goddess of the Shintos.
Even the final processes of polishing
and sharpening are characterized by
certain religious ceremonies, and final
ly the weapons are offered, one by one,
to the sword god to be blessed, says
London Tit-Bits. This ceremony con-
sists in placing the swords in front Of
the goddess of the Shintos on the wall,
with an offering of sake, rice and
sweetmeats, after which prayer scrolls
are read and blessing upon the work is
invoked.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Hot Stuff,

A clergyman was very fond of par
ticularly hot brand of pickles ana.
finding great difficulty in procuring the
same sort at hotels when travelling, al
ways carried bottle with him.
One day, when dining at a restaurant
with his pickles in front Of him. 4
stranger sat down at the same table
and pretty soon asked the minister to
pass the pickles. The divine. who en-
toyed joke, politely passed the
pickles and in Il few seconds had the
satisfaction of seeing the stranger
watering at the eyes and gasping for
breath.
Il see by your Dress said the man
when he had recovered, that you are
a parson."
81 am. sir
~ suppose you preach"
Yes; about twice a week. usually"
do you ever preach about hell fire?-
inquired the stranger.
why, yes. Sometimes 1 deem it my
duty to remind my congregation of
eternal punishment"
Il thought So" said the stranger,
but you are the first of your class l
ever met who carried samples
per's Magazine.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Charcoal Made In Dominica,

Charcoal is much used In Dominica,
probably because there is plenty of
cheap labor to burn II. Most of 1t is
made far up the rivers and brought
down then in heavy native dugout ca
noes. The charcoal is first packed In
little bark baskets about the size Of 4
strawberry basket. Several hundred
of these are then loaded upon the boat
and tied down with some sort Of fiber {;
man takes his place in the stern and
the craft starts on long journey at
the rate of perhaps a mile an hour.
To an American it looks as though it
must have taken q week to pile up the
load, while a breath of wind might
knock it all in the water, but the car
goes always seem to arrive safely In
port.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
The Right Road.

Young man, you are a locomotive;
goI are a thing that goes by power
inside of you; you are made to go. In
fact. considered as a machine. you are
very far superior to locomotive The
make" Of locomotive is nan; yoTF
.aa..yr is mans Maker You are aS
.iarrcnt from Hprap or All OK or q
camel as locomotive is different from
wheelbarrow or cart or a coach
Now, do you suppose that the being
who made you-manufactured your
machine and put into it the motive
powcr-diG not make a special road
for you TO run upon? Ny idea of re
ligion is that it is a railroad for hu.
man locomotive and that just as sure
as it undertakes 10 run upon a road
adapted only to animal power it will
bury its wheels in the sand. dash itself
among rocks and come to Inevitable
wreck.-J. e. Holland.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
For Indigestion.

For severe attack of indigestion
there is nothing better than hot water
and soda. A cupful of hot water with
teaspoonful of soda in it should be
taken as hot as can be swallowed.
The remedy can be made even more
effective by adding few drops Of es-
sence Of peppermint to the hot water
and soda. This makes a very power
ful soda mint tablet" indeed. II the
Indigestion is accompanied by slight
nausea, aromatic spirits of ammonia
often gives relief. Put half teaspoon
full in third of glass Of water. This
can De repeated at the end Of half an
hour if necessary. Sometimes the dose
is more efficacious If given in half
cupful of hot water, instead of the
smaller amount of cold.-E1change
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Wonderful Cave Found,

A wonderful cave has been discov-
cred at the lime quarries about 10
miles from Potgietersrust, Cape Colony.
A workman, using his pick, came to a
large hole, and this proved to lead to
a wonderful cave containing the most
beautiful stalactites-a really wonder
full sight. These pendant cones Of
carbonate of lime, attached like icicles
to the roof of the cave and formed by
the dripping of the water charged with
the carbonate from the rock above"
are in various and IN some cases most
intricate designs, ana should be of
great interest to biologists. The cave
is about so yards long and 80 wide, and
no one ever dreamed of its existence.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Teaching for Future Endeavor.

If the teacher knew what field of
endeavor each pupil would seek In Ia
ter life, he would be greatly helped in
making school plans. In the case of
boys he can rarely know, for the en-
Payments of men are many and unlike
and unforeseen circumstances often
determine what their vocation is to be.
In the case of girls, however, the diff
Guilty is not so great, for Of a hundred
girls more than eighty will become
homemakers; they constitute so large
a group with a common life business
that special studies and methods
adapted to their needs may fairly be
required Of all.-Youth's Companion.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
WeIconinu the Actor,

A well-knOwn society performer vol
unteered TO entertain a rOomful of
patients of a lunatic asylum, and
made up a very successful little mono
logue show, entirely humorous. The
audience in the main gave symptoms
of being slightly bored, but one high
ly intelligent maniac saw the whole
thing in proper light and, clapping the
talented actor on the shoulder, said:
"Glad you've come, old fellow. You
and 1 will get along fine. The other
dlppies here are so dashed digniied.
What 1 say is If a man is mad he
needn't put on airs about it!"-Lon-
don Opinion.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Rebuked the JUDGE.

or all the returts made by barristers
on unjust judges that recorded by
Charles Phillips, the famous pleader
Of the central criminal court, London,
Is perhaps best remembered. Phil.
ilpps. addressing jury in defense of
man on trial for murder was much EN-.
barrassed by the repeated interposi-
tons of the Judge, Baron Quincy. dis
t!nGuished as one of the old fashioned
hanging" school of British jurists.
Phillips. keeping his Irish temper
well under control to the end, got
home" with this passage in the perora-
ton of bis address. looking full at
Quincy the while:
There are those on the bench who
have the reputation of being convict
ing judges. | neither envy them their
reputation in this world nor their fate
In the next London Globe.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Sert. %, Oct. IS.

1913 acre farm, a good 6 room dwell
ing, large farm barn, up-to-date dairy
barn, all out buildings, all under
good fence, 100 acres in cultivation,
good orchard all under irrigation, pro
duced 200 tons of hay besides about
500 bushels of grain, all kinds of
fruits and vegetables. This snap
can be had if taken at once with
the 200 tons of hay and 40 head of
cattle, mostly steers for the sum
of $4,000. We will give time ON part
of the consideration.-Alm Motley,
Hallway, Oregon. 3S-t4,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
OUR CLUBBING OFFER.

We wish TO announce to our sub
scribers that We have made arrang
ments with the IDAHO FARMER to
send to each and every one, who
will pay all back subscriptions and
one year in advance the IDAHO
FARMER and the Payette Enter
prise at one dollar for both papers
until October LIST. After that date
the price will be s1.50 This offer
is for new subscribers as well ~
old ones-
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
NOTICE. 10 CREDITORS.

Estate OF Howard Duncan, Deceased
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned NJ. E. Wood, Administers
tor of the Estate Of Howard Dun
can deceased, to the creditors OF
and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, with,
in four months after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice, to the said
NJ. E. Wood, Administrator, at his
office at the Wood and Spaulding
Hardware Firm, at Payette, County
o. Payette, State of Tdaao, this be
ms the place fixeG for the transac-
;ion of the business of said estate
Dated September oath, 1917.
M. E. WOOD,
Administrator.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Its Merit.

"You call this portrait Of your wife
a beautiful work of art2 l must say
1t is not speaking likeness Of her."
THAT'S the beaHty q it"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11

We urge those who are owing US
c. subscription to make early settle
ment of tn same. There are a num-
Der who are in arrears more than
2 year. We need the money
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
Naturally.

Motorists never have a good word
to say for pedestrians"
"Of course not. 1t is the nature Of
things for them to be continually run
ming pedestrians down."
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11
EoESES WANTED.

Ceilings. L. hands and up, 5 to 8
years cid; weight $50 to 1900.
Also niules IA IL hands and up. ALI
stock must be full age Call or write
A McWiljams. Ontario. Ore.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-11

Office over Stanton Bros. store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-05
A NEWSPAPER AND THE OFFICIAL
BULLETIN.

A NEWSPAPER AND THE OFFICIAL
BULLETIN.
The government at Washington draws
distinction between a newspaper and
daily publication of official doings, and
it wishes to make known to the public
that the daily publication, called the
Official Bulletin, published in behalf OF
the government, is not intended for the
public unless subscription of five dol
lars a year is forwarded; and even at
that price the government is not anxious
to secure subscribers. The Official Bull
letin, let it be understood, therefore, is
not newspaper in the commonly ac-
cepted meaning of the term but it is
merely a daily publication intended to
acquaint officials and semi public organ
izations throughout the United States
with the doings of the government.
Incidentally, the price of five dollars a
year reveals to the public something of
tue NdluubiVH pi"Ntu W viz SpfN'h
on a daily publication. 1t shows that the
publishers of small newspapers in many
parts of the country are not getting
what they should for their paper mas
much as the Official Bulletin is merely a
small eight-page circular considerably
less than half the size of The Times,
for instance, and containing merely the
verbatim wording of official orders and
acts, the gist of which is published by
the newspapers along with a mass OF
other information. For this little circu
lar the government charges five dollars a
year Many daily newspapers are still
only three dollars per year and
giving their readers incomparably more
on general matters than this
governmental organ, and that, too, in |
the face Of largely increased cost of ma
terials. However, ii becomes evident /
that if the cost of materials continues to
rise it will not be possible for the smaller
dailies to continue at the same rate OF
for it would mean bank
ruptey for them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-05

matter since the first formal call of the
executive, and the lack of publicity has
resulted in some confusion in the minds
of the public. Perhaps a public state
ment from the governors office or from
some person in the states military de-
partment would serve to clarity matters
a great deal and stimulate interest in
the formation of the new regiment. 1t
goes without saying that a great deal of
work will be necessary to get the regi-
ment into shape for service by the time
the lst Vermont infantry is called out
side of the borders of the state and it
would seem to be time that start was
made in working up public interest. The
call of the governor is for regiment OF
500 men; and those men can be recruited
only after considerable time and labor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-05

One might hope for more suspicious
opening of Norwich university next fall
than the closing of the institution on
June 3 The lack of commencement exer-
cises and defamation of the corps OF 200
cadets to 46 men of the three lower
classes must have made more or less
gloomy time for those remaining. How
ever, the prospects for a good sized fresh
man class, with perhaps a reasonable re.
turn of the members Of the present jun
Tor. sophomore and freshman classes,
tighten the gloom to certain extent al
though the contemplation of the possible
eyentualities for those who have enlist
ed for war service may cause some fore
boding.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-05
PLATINUM SUPPLY.
Total for the World Is About 5,ooo,ooo
Ounces


The known supply of metals Of the
platinum group in the world is possibly
100000 ounces. Estimates based on
the official figures of production from
Russia since 1913, which are taken as
% per cent too low, and on the assump-
ton that Russia has supplied 95 per
cent of the worlds output, indicate that
the total quantity of crude placer plati-
mum produced in the world since Is43 has
been less than 4,632,000 troy ounces, or
about $50 short tons.
Crude platinum is not pure, as it con-
tains, besides iron, small amounts of
one or all of the metals iridium, palla-
dunn, osmium, rhodium, and ruthenium.
II is difficult to estimate the quantity
of platinum in the world. but it is per-
haps within reason TO say that the plati-
mum in the worlds stock of metals of
the platinum group amounts to 4,000,-
900 ounces.
From the most reliable information in
the hands of the United States geological
survey, department of the interior, it is
estimated that the total quantity of
platinum in the United States is about
100000 ounces, besides which there is
over 100000 ounces of other metals OF
ladium, iridium. and rhodium.
In 1916 the crude platinum mined in
Colombia, estimated at $4,000 ounces,
was refined in the United States, and
reports received from domestic refners
show that 2S,0ss ounces of metals of
the platinum group was recovered by
them from all sources, foreign and do
nestle, of which 24,5ls ounces was plati-
mum.