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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
HE KNEW THE TURK.
SO He Boldly Proceeded to Take thz
Law Into His Own Hands.

In his book. Forty Years In Con.
stantinople," Sir Edwin Pears tells the
following story to illustrate the Turks
attitude toward foreigners:
l knew the Englishman of whom the
story was told, and | persuaded him
one day TO give me his own version
He sued a man in the chief Turkish
court that has jurisdiction over cases
between Europeans and Turkish sub
jects. When the Turkish defendant
came to tell his tale he spoke of the
Englishman as giaour, or infidel. The
Englishman objected Although the
judges knew perfectly well that it is
contrary to Turkish law to use such
an Apithet, they did not interfere.
whereupcn the EngliShman said. IF
you call me giaour again | shall take
the law into my own hands"
The Turk at once replied, "Well, you
are "A giaour."
The Engishman stepped across the
floor three or four PAGES and gave the
Turk a blow on the nose that startled
him and the court. As the blood flow.
ed freely, there was "A great hubbub
and orders were given TO arrest the
Englishman. He was "A big. powerful
fellow, and instantly he smashed the
stool on which he was seated and
cried out that he would brain the first
man who laid hands upon him.
Alischan, the dragoman who first
told me the story. said tnat every one
hesitated To attack the EngliShman,
and he. Alischan, was asked by the
president To tell the aggreSsor that If
he would apologize there would be an
end OF the matter.
"Apologize!" said the Enghshman.
Not a bit Of &C. He insuted me, and
I let him have Il.
Allschan went back To the president
and said. This Is the kind Of an Eng
lishman who won't stand an insult,
and | can do nothing with him"
Thereupon the court ordered the pro-
ceedings To - on as IL nothing had
happened
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
FRUIT HILL

Mrs. G.. w. Parrot and Mrs. ]. V. Daw-
lev represented the Fruit Hill Woman
Club At the State Federation meeting a.
the Churchill House on Tuesday.
Mrs Robert w Hay, Mrs. G.. w. Par
rott, Mrs, Merrill Johnston and Mrs. w.
n. Dumican attended the Federation Ban
que, at the Turks Head Club on Tuesday
evening. All enjoyed the affair very much.
The Guild meeting that was postponed
on Wednesday Of last week, was held on
Friday at the home of Mrs. ]. V. Dawley,
There was a good attendance Plans were
made for the annual Easter Sale.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. w. Parrott entertained
a party of friends on Saturday evening
Bridge was PLAYED, after which suppe'
was served The prize winners of the
Bridge were Mrs. Irving Howes and Mrs
l.. A. Thornton.
"Aunt" Lucy Irons as she is known by
her many friends, celebrated her Sand
birthday on Wednesday at the home o'
her cousin, Mrs. Walter Seamens. Many
neighbors and acquaInauces called or
her during the celebration with gifts and
good wishes. Light refreshments wer,
served.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
MANTON.

Miss Della Conroy is i'll with the grippe
H. Keighley has recovered from a severe
attack Of the grippe.
The Mantou Avenue School closed on
Tuesday for a three days recess
The Alpha Theta Fraternity held very
successful dance in the st Peters Church
Parish House on Tuesday evening Nearly
one hundred people were present Taylors
Orchestra furnished very acceptable music
During the evening a supper was served
Doris Evelyn, the five year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick +, Mann, died
at her home on Saturday. She was an
amiable child and loved by all in the
neiehborhood. She is survived by three
brothers and a sister, Eva +. Mann. The
funeral service, which was held on Sunday,
was conducted by Rev. A. +. Carpenter.
Burial was at Chepachet.
The Mems Club Of St. Peters Parish
House, Manton, will have a special meet
ing Tuesday evening, January goth, when
Prof. p. II. Mitchell, PHI. ID. OF Brown
University, will address the men on sour
New knowledge About Diet" AT the last
meeting, January 10th, Mr.. William N.
Hughes, president of the club, spoke on
"Digestion."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
CENTREDALE.

Foster & ellison have a new autocar
truck.
Charles McCotmick is confined to his
home by illness.
New machinery is being installed at the
Alendale Mills.
Rev. T., {. Bennett attended wedding
in Harmony on Tuesday.
The North Providence School Committee
held regular meeting last evening.
Superintendent of Schools, Roscoe f.,
Frame has a new Maxwell touring car.
A six team bowling tournament began
at Sweets new alleys on Monday evening
James +. REILLY, who has been Ill foi
the past ten days, is able to be out again.
Batchelder Brothers sold some fine bred
cockerels this week to parties in Readvile
Mass.
The Two Orphans will hold social
in Broley's Hall on he evening of Febru'
ary 9th.
The Hot Water Bottle Club held meet.
ing az the Boy Scout Hall on Tuesday. A
dozen sat down to good dinner and en-
joyed good time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
ORIENTAL COURTESY.
An tmeer's Nice Choice of Words In
Speaking Of a Fall.

A good hOrseman may be thrown
from his horse, under some clrcum-
stances, with little OF no reflection
upon his si;s The accident may have
been excusable, even inevitable, when
all the details are known; but as cas-
ually related the excuses frequently
disappear, and the fall, with its ig-
nOmniOus suggestion of incompetency,
alone remains. Lady st. Heller, in
telling Of the deep admiration and re-
gard entertained by the Ameer Of AT
ghanistan for Lord Kitchener, gives
little aneCdOte of the Orientars instant
perception and avoidance Of the pos
sibility OF any humiliating implication
for his friend.
Lord Kitchener had suffered severe
accident that resulted in q leg so bad
ly broken as TO necessitate several
weeks complete rest at the time, and
later, two months furlough in Eng
land, and resetting Of the bone. One
Of Kitchener's staff gave the news OF
his misfortune 10 the ameer during
great tiger hunt at Gwalior.
81 told him." the officer wrote Lady
st. Heller, that the chief had a nasty
fall at Poona, his horse tumbling down
an embaukment. He Immediately ask
ed for a piece Of paper and wrote
telegram Of sympathy I'm Persian. He
handed it TO Sir Henry Mcmahon and
asked him to send 1t off Immediately.
Sir Henry wrote it down in English,
Al 20
hear of your fall from your horse the
ameer instantly corrected him, saying:
"'No, no! Not from your horse
with your horse; in Afghanlstan-bi
differencev"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
BLACK FRIDAYS.
First Of These Financial Terrors Came
In London In 1745.

First Of These Financial Terrors Came
In London In 1745.
Several of the great financial panlcs
Of the past have commenced on Fri
day, and this has given rise to one OF
the pet superstitions OF the stock ex-
changes and bOurses of the world
that the sixth day OF the week Is
fraught with Ill omen for those en-
gagged In financial operations.
The original BLACK Friday" occurred
Dec. ., 17i5. in London. On that date
tidngs reached the metropolis that the
pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, had
reached Derby with his forces. Lon
doners Immediately made preparations
to fly from the city, and n panic pre-
vailed. 1t was on that occasion that
the Bank OF England had It's closest
call In It's long history. The citizens
were anxious to take their money with
them, and the Bank OF England was
besieged by IN army of depositors.
The bank escaped bankruptcy only by
the eXpedient of placing dummies in
the line to impede genuine deposifors
and by paying bona flde dcpositors In
small coins, thus consuming much
time.
The first BLACK Friday" OF latter
lay financial history was I'm 1866 and
was due to the failure of one Of Lon
lon's largest banking houses. Three
years later Wall street had "BlacJ
Friday" due to an attempt to engineer
a corner In gold. The worst of ell
BLACK Fridays" was that Of 1878,
when on Friday, Sept. IL, 1t seemed
that the whole financial structure OF
the new world had crumbled into ruins.
Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
GREENVILLR.

N. S. Winsor is filing his ice houses
Town Clerk, Oscar A. Tobey is some
what better.
The annual business meeting OF the Bap-
tst Church was held Monday evening.
For job printing at reasonable prices, try
the TINES office, Olneyville Square.
Miss r M Mowry is confined to her
home with an attack of acute indigestion
Rev. G. A. Burgess spoke on Sunday at
the Knightsville Congregational Church
Walter Brown and wife, Of Providence,
were visitors at Richard Cemence's on
Friday
Mrs Dunbar Of Wood street, Providence,
was the guest of Miss Lillian Penney on
Tuesday
AS Wiusor received a box Of Grape
Fruit from the orchard Of John NJ Dean in
Florida on Monday.
The many friends Of Town Clerk Oscar
A Tobey are pleased to hear he is improv-
ing and expects to be in his office soon
Miss Beatrice Angel and Earl Farrar
graduated from the Normal Grammar
School Tuesday morning and will enter
Technical High School
Greenville Grange held its regular meet
ing in the Baptist Vestry on Tuesday eve
ming The lecturers hour was open and was
attended by many who were not members
of the Grange Ex-Governor Charles ID
Kimball and James Littlefeld Esq, ad-
dressed the meeting The subject of their
talk was "Objects Of the League to Enforce
Peace
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
Secret of tho Baked Potato.

Occasionally restaurant or q sys-
tenn of railroad dining cars becomes
famous for fits baked potatoes. At the
San Francisco exposition several col
lege girls operated an establishment
at which the baked potato was the
piece de resistance and cost 80 cents.
All these successes have been based
on simple little trick.
A potato should be larded before be-
ing baked, so as to fill up the porous
skin and retain the full flavor. 1t Is
necessary to cover only the skin with a
little lard, bacon grease or butter to
accomplish the end.
A potato so treated and baked just
the proper length OF time, usually
three-quarters of an hour. will surpass
q potato cooked In any other way. Il
must always be broken open immedi-
ately unon being taken from the oven,
so that the steam may escape.-New
York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
SOUTH FOSTER.

They have begun cutting ice on the mill
pond;
Andrew Shippee lost a valuable dog last
week.
Miss Mary L. Tucker spent Sunday in
this town.
Mrs Fred Simmons spent Thursday in
Providence.
MRS. John Curtis is visiting her parents
In Attleboro.
The Ladies' Aid Society is very busy
making bed quilts aud comforters.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert +. Manchester
spent the weekend at their camp.
Marcus Simmons spent Sunday with his
mother. Mrs. Frederick Simmons.
Miss Pearl Smith spent the week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Smith.
The c 5 c. Of this town, met on Sat
urday afternoon with Miss Thelms Hop
kins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester p. Simmons en-.
ter,ained party of ten on Sunday. A
chicken dinner was served.
MIR. and Mrs. Herbert Robarge and
M,s. Sparks of Providence, we're the
quests of Mr.. aud Mrs. Henry Aldtich the
weekend,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
FIERY DRAGONS.
They Spst Out Fury From Tongues
Barbed With Flame.

Dragons were important animals In
ancient and medieval natural history.
Until comparatively recent time no sci
enlist ever thought Of questioning the
existence Of this most formidable Of
beasts The annals OF Winchester for
1177 gravely state that 'in this year
dragons were seen Of many In Eng
land" Gesncr, professor OF natural
history at Zurich, gave detailed de-
scription OF the dragon, while Aldro
vandus In his History Of Serpents
and Dragons" published In 1910, de
voted fifty pages to the monster.
A good specimen of n dragon would
seem to have been a beast about the
size OF sheep, incased In a coat OF
scales which shOne like silver. Its
back was serrated like a saw. 1t pos
sessed "A long tail, pair Of batlike
wings, four heavily clawed feet and
wolnsh head, the jaws Of which
We're armed with very formidable
teeth. The tongue was barbed with
fire, and fury issued from the mon
ster's mouth, and the head bore n
crest. Dragons were the most wicked
and vlndictlve Of creatures. They
seem always to have been In a tow
ering rage and spent the greater por-
tion OF their time In rushing up and
down the earth destroying everything
that came In their path.
The origin of dragons was disputed
point among medieval naturalists.
Some maintained that these animals
were generated by the heat OF India.
Others were Of opinion that the volca-
noes OF Ethiopia used to belch forth
the monsters. One scientist, John Leo
by name, declared the dragon to be a
hybrid, a cross between an eagle and
n wolf
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
FEMININE FASHIONS.
Men Are Always Helpless In Their
Efforts to Control Them.

Erorts 10 OontroI mem.
1t is interesting to note that, while
men have always rallied, and rallied IN
vain, against the eXcesses Of fashion,
they take swift alarm when women
portion OF their own sensible vpd sani-
tary clothSlg.
The spreading hoops OF our sainted
grandmothers were TO our unregener-
ate grandfathers a source OF measure
less annoyance. The general effect
produced by a crinoline was an alb
sence of space for anything but itself
and an absence Of concern for any
body but It's wearer.
Engulfed by their wives tempestu
Gus petticoats, men lost their last yes
tige OF supereminence. They remon
strated In fear and wrath. They ex.
hausted themselves In ridicule, not un.
derstanding that women can never be
laughed out OF a folly. They appealed
to art, they appealed to economies
they appealed to reason. They would
gladly have appealed to religion had
IL been or any use.
The hoopslllrt, having reached the
greatest possible magnitude compati
bic with human intercourse, went
slowly out of fashion. 1t died liter
ally by inches, growing smaller and
smaller every season and refusing to
be hurried In It's decline by the impor-
tunities OF men.
But the bloomer, the comfortable,
economical, symbolic bloomer, lived It's
brief life in vain, blighted-not by the
uneasy prejudlces OF men. but by the
contemptuous disregard Of women,
who In the supreme matter Of dress
have never permitted any appeal from
their own court. The failure OF sump-
tuary laws In all countries and in all
ages proves the perpetual impotence Of
men.-Agnes Repplier In Harper's Mag.
azine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
CAPRI. A TWIN BUMPED CAMEL
Island Richly lowered For Artist, His
torian and Geologst.

Capri, Il great twin bumped camel of
an island, kneels in the blue just Off
the SOrrentine peninsula. From the
sway backed hudde Of white, pink,
blue, cream and drab houses along the
large harbOr up the breakneck road To
the fascinating town nesting among
the hills, white rooted and Moorish,
and on. still higher, by the winding
road or up the nearly perpendicula,
lights of rock stairs which furrow the
frowning crag with their sharp, zigzag
outlines TO Anacapri, 500 feet or SO
above. every step of the way breathes
the pride and splendor and degradation
Of the islands greater days.
Here a cyClopean mass Of shattered
masonry i'm the warm emerald water
tells of a Roman emperor's bath, yOn
der on chimney-like cliff the sinister
ruins of stout castle keep whispers
of ancient garrisons and pirates not
armed wilh automatic rifles or high
powered artillery, and here, overlook
ing the sea, the vast ruins of villa re
call chat hairy Old goat Tiberius and
his wastral voluptuousness that turned
fair Capri into satyrdom.
Capri today is richly lowered for
sightseer, artist, historian, antiquary
and geologist on every hand are shad-
ed walks and sequestered bowers in
the thick groves of orange and lemon,
laurel and myrtle. wild backgrounds Of
tur,lta1 rooly tito pfo rifts fn tho aoogt
into which the sea has thrust long, in.
sidious blue tingers.-%ational Geo
graphic Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
A Statue That Never Was eullt.

Mount Athos, in Turkey, was the spot
contemplated by a sculptor for the most
imposing monument that man had ever
had. The sculptor Dinocrates offered
to cut the huge mountain mass into
the form Of a statue OF Alexander
which should hold city In the left
hand and In the right a basin to re-
ceive all the waters that flowed from
the mountain.
Alexander was much taken by the
plan, but rejected It for the practical
reason that there was not food enough
in the district to feed the inhabitants
OF the proposed town. So the canal cut
by Xerxes to enable the ships to es-
cape sailing round the mountain re-
mained the greatest enterprise ever
achieved thsrA
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
Curious Forms of Tea.

There are some score or more differ
ent forms OF compressed teas available,
from button sized tablets in vest pock-
ct containers to bars Of delectable fra
grance and from granite-like slabs OF
two or five Kilograms (still in use as
money I'm the interior of China) to the
more lightly compressed disks and OBJ
longs I'm split rattan baskets. The
method Of preparation Of these last is
curious. The leaves, in state Of wilt,
are compacted by the bare feet Of
Chinese girls. These teas are esteem
ed by the orientals for their earthly
favors.--L Lodian in Scientific Amer
lean.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
An American Golf Club Of t7s4.

1t may come as a surprise ~ golf
players TO know how long ago. almost
"A century and a quarter, the royal
game was enjoyed by CharlestoI iaus.
In making research through the lies
of the South Carolina Gazette recently
l came upon the following notice,
which | send as a contribution to our
golflng records:
City Gazette and Daily Advertiser.
Saturday, November Il, 17A
Golf Club
This being the anniversary OF the South
Carolina Golf club. the members are re-
quested to attend at Williamss Coffee
House. IN lieu Of Harleston's Green. on ac-
count of tie bad weather.
Dinner on table at 3 o'clock
BY order OF the president
EDWIN GARDNER. Secretary.
Charleston News and Courier.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
GREYSTONE.

A small fire broke out in the Whitehall
Building on Sunday. Little damage was
done.
The Imperial Mandolin Orchestra will
hold a social in Greystone Social Club Hall
on the evening Of February 18TH.
Alfred Mansfield, a machnist at the
Benn Mills, died on Thursday. He was
about 50 years of age and had been i'll for
some time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
A FAMILY ORCHESTRA.
Has Your Home One, and, II II hss,
Does This Just fit lt7

Has Your Home One, and, " II Hss,
Does This Just fit III
When two people conduct an orches-
ira there is plot material. If the tv
are knit by marriage ties the plot thitS
ems. Endlcott and l conduct family
orchestra, he at the piano, / playing
second violin. | know more about mu-
sic than does End,cott; he Is more mu-
steal than l. l keep the time; he has
the temperament. Temperament Is
more noble than time, but time, | shall
always insist, has Its place. perhaps
nowhere more appropriately than In an
orchestra. He at the piano can domi-
nate the situation more neatly than l.
In my position among the strings, how
ever, l can more readily organize a
strike.
The rest of the pieces are presided
over 10y our children, young people of
in1cXible spirit and chromatic moods
Sometimes we doubt whether we have
our troupe under The rigid control which
as parents we might expect to com
mand. The conductivity of an orches-
ira, says our son Geoffrey. varies with
the distance OF the blood relationship
between artists and conductor. When
the children were little we held the
pleasant theory that n family orchestra
would draw us all close together, stand
ing always as symbol OF our perfect
harmony. That would be all right If
the harmony would only so to suit us
all equally at the same time. AS II Is
our little band, in which observers find
so touching picture Of hearthside uni
ty, suggests sometimes all the elements
Of guerrilla warfare. Monthly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
Critical Ignorance.

Alfred Noyes, the English poet, COM
planned rather bitterly at bohemian
luncheon about certain adverse criti-
cisms of his poetry.
al attribute these criticisms to igno-
rance" he said. These critics are like
the chap who was asked by his little
son what heXameters were.
"'Why,' the man said reproachfully
surely you're I'D enough, Willie, to
know that hexameter is n public au-
tomobile' philadelphia Bulletin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
Indispensable Men.

In "Things | Remember" Sidney
Whitman tells among his recolections
how on one occasion James Gordon
Bennett c4tled from Paris to New
York ordering the discharge of a mem
Der Of the staff. The manager replied
asking him to reconsider the matter
as the employee in question was indis-
pensable. Discharge every indispen-
sable man on the paper" was Mr.. Ben
nett's reply. Il myself am not indis-
pensable."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26

well. Pour little OF the liquid out
over with it, using an old linen cloth.
Let it stand for ten or fifteen minutes
and rub off dry with a buckskin. The
silver will look like new.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
To Polish Silver.

To make a good silver polish mix to-
gether one-half ounce of fine salt, one
half ounce Of powdered alum aud one
half ounce OF common cream Of tartar.
Put them In a large porcelain pitcher
and pour on two quarts OF water and
stir until entirely dissolved. Now
transfer the mixture to clean bottles
and cwk tighny. psfuyv uiRS. .0sks
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26
Named In q Suit.

Hes been named i'm a suit"
what! | thought him to be most
exemplary person."
"He is; he's bought some expensive
clothes, and his tailor sewed the name
inside the coat pocket."-Buffalo Ex-
press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26

"Onc OF tie astronomers claims that
he has ~ Il c'.oJn new worlds"
"By George. it's rcmarkable"'
Not so very when You consider the
fact that he has the use of the largest
telescope In the world"
II wasn't thinking of that What
consider strange Is that with so many
other worlds in existence the lady who
Is acting as stepmother for my chill
tiren had TO light OH this one."-Cht
csSo UsrA.d