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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26
HOW GRANT MET DEATH.
Ills Phys clan Thlnit Him the Bravest
Man lie Ever saw.

Ills PlyH q an IhlukA ttin tie
Man lie Ever saw.
"The bravest person i'm the face 81
death | have ever seen was General
Grant" said DR.. Shrady in recent
interview. General Grant in his last
illness was an example Of "a man who
could face death without fear. Grant
was Il man who had faced death many
a time and had schoolcd himself to ex.
pect il.
"lIe was prepared in every way for
IL, and | think that every thing that
has been said about his bravery and
his firm determination TO be u hero TO
tho very last has not been exaggerated
at all. TO one who saw him during
his trial-and it was one OF the most
severe trials any one could haye-ho
appeared to be the typical hero.
"lle was the type OF thoroughly
well educated man, who, like all cdu-
Gated mon, did not expect impossible
things to occur, and knowing that he
had to die, he faced it bravely. lie
said to me one day:
al havo been thinking OF taking
this journey all my life, and now that
the time has come am ready to start
This was the only reference | ever
heard him make 20 his approaching
end.
Ills great idea was TO be free from
pain il possible, and ho asked me il it
could be guaranteed, thus showing that
his mind was fully made up to the in
evitable character Of the disease and
the end that was to come. ! assured
him that it was quito possible. and we
kept our promise
"IIc died without pain, which was
his reward. He faced the music like
tic grand old soldier that he was.
''llo was no doubt buoycd up by the
sympathy OF his friends. He would sit
and look off in the distance in sad
and dreamy sort of way, which inn
pressed those about him with the fact
that his thoughts were beyond the linz
OF time.
40 sum up, he was a type TO all tho
world OF how q man can meet death
with calmnoss and bravcry."-N. L.
Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26

roads II may be remembered that a
few years ago n railway about eight
miles In length was laid down between
Shanghai and Woo-Sung, near the
mouth OF tho Yang-tse-Kiang. II sue
ceeded extremely well so well, in
fact, that the provincial authorities be-
came alarmed lest the SUCCESS might be
usod as a precedent and an argument
for further construction. and IL was
bought from the British house which
had constructed II; and then, % the
horror Of the foreign community, tho
rails were torn up and shipped % For
mosa, on the shores Of which they lie
rusting at the present moment This
railway was carried through one OF tho
most densely-cofined districts came
across In China, but tho "Fcngshui'
opposition was easily overcome. Be-
sides, 4 Is not impossible that the ver-
million pencil Itself may be called into
requisition In tho form Of an cdict deal
ing In n summary manner with the
question OF ancestor compensation. -
Blac6wOOd' Magazine
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26
CULTIVATION or TEA.
The Methods Employed By the Farmers OF
China ana Japan.

The Methods Employed iSy the Farmers OF
China and Japan.
There arc several different varieties
Of the oa-plant, but the various kinds
Of the leaf known TO commerce are
mainly influenced by soil in which the
plant Is produced and tho different
manner in which tho leaf is prepared.
In China the tea-plaut blossoms in No
vcmbor, and by tho next autumn tho
seeds arc ripc. These are then kept
In sand until the following spring,
whom they are planted. When about
eighteen inches high, tho top shoots
of the plant arc pinchcd of TO mako
them grow in bushy form. When tho
plants are three years old they yield
their first picking OF leaves. They
attain their maximum yield when
about ten years old, and then detori-
orato, giving way to young plants.
Naturally the plant would grow TO tho
height of n tree, but for the convent
epce OF picking It Is kept pruned down
to five feet. The earliest picking Of
tho tea leaves Is made the first Of
April. This consists OF the buds and
the very youngest leaves, and though
the smallest picking of the year, Is
tho most valuable, because of the fine
flavor of the young leaf Tho largest
crop of the year is picked about the
first of May, and there is q picking
of inferior quality in July, and in
some localities one of old and poor
leaves even lator. Tho leaves when
picked. are first exposed to tho sun
and air In shallow baskets; then they
are stirred in heated pans, and then
arc spread upon table, whore work
mon take them in small handfuls and
rub them TO roll them into the form
which they finally retain. For fine
teas there are repeated Eoatings aud
airings, and, before packing. they arc
spread upon u table. and the impcr-
fcctly rolled leaves are removed, and
the dust and zine fragments siftcd out
II the process of drying is completed
Ns rapidly rs possible after picking.
the tea remains green. but for black
tea the process is prolonged. Tho
very bright green teas arc said TO be
dried in copper pans, and sometimes.
It Is said, n small quantity Of Prussian
blue is rubbed with thcm while drying
TO produce The brilliant color. Tho
Chinese districts IN which tea Is cX-
tcnsively raised lie between latitude
% and 81 degrees north. Tea Is also
extensively cultivated in Japan. in In
dia. and on the Island OF Java also to
some extent on some OF the South
Sea islands. Somc successful expert
ments have been made in raising tea
in this country, both in the Southern
States and in California. The cost of
labor here is the great difficulty. ne
there Is much slow and tedious work
necessary In cultivating the plant and
preparing the leaves for commercial
use. Chicago lntcr-Ocean.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26
FOR conscIsnCE's SAKE.
Refuse to Countenanco Public or rriyate
Frauds and Suisanccs.

Refuse to Countenanco Public or Private
Frauds and SulsanceN
One Of tho conyenicnccs Of London
life is the penny bus. and Of It's dis
advantages is tho pirate bus" which,
advertising no rate OF fare double that
Of tho legitimate vehicle, and 50 be-
comos n trap for tho unwary Mr..
Gladstone one day entered an omnibus
for n short trip, and took tho precau-
tion OF asking the fare.
'Twopence and distance" replied
the pirate driver, and tho great states
man quietly left tho vehicle. He would
not patronizo nm institution which was
accustomed TO make money under false
pr.tonses. II was not tho payment Of
the extra penny TO which Mr.. Glad
stone objected; no simply refused to
throw the weight OF that penny into
tho scale OF fraud.
A principle OF conduct, which has
boon formulated by Goethe, states that
wo shall always aim at doing that
whic. would benefit the world, II all
mankind did IL likewise. Too common
an excuse for remaining In some old
rut OF expcdloncy Is that the sample OF
one person will make no difference.
somebody will do it if do not" we
object, when conscience urges US to
1.-Two up TO somo conviction by refusing
to follow tho crowd in perpetuating an
evil. That may bo true; yet the man
who forsakos his colors even though
no DO accompanied by n multitude Of
othor descrtcrs. must expect to DO
branded as coward and traitor.
"Why do you not employ your old
boot-makcr?' asked n gentleman OF an
acquaintance whom he saw limping. IL
thought he suited you exactly"
$50 no did for ten years, but at the end
OF that timo | found ho was overcharg-
ing me, because no thought | couldn't
get along without him. | told him /
could afford to pny twelve dollars for
boots for which ho a'sod othor people
ton, but that | could not afford to pat
ronize n man who would do business in
that way. SO, for tho present / limp"
A lady who disapprovos OF we'll
known firm because Of its cruelty in
sufficient payment OF its salcswomen,
refuses to enter its doors, although
many an article for which she longs may
DO found within. Others boast thoy,get
bargains from its counters, but sho
prefers to keep her soul unsmirchod
and her fingers clean from unholy traf-
Gc.
Refuse TO countcnanco fraud or nui-
sancc, no matter how old tho institu-
tion, or how Indifferent to it others may
be. Tho action OF tho minority has
nothing whatever to do with individual
responsibility. Youths Companion
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26
Consump,,on surely Cured

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that ] have positive remedy or the above
named disease. By im tiEely use thousands Of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
shall BE- glad % send Two bottles ~ my remedy
FeEE a. any Of your rcadcrs who have cOnsuU D.
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i. A. sLOCUM. -. c.. lsl Pearl st.. New York.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26
Pitcairn ISLANDERS.
[hs staIwart Descendants Of "a Gang II
MutInous sailors

When the clipper ship J.. Schepp
Sas beating down in the trade winds
In the dreary waste Of the South Pacific
ocean, on her way from San Francisco
20 Philadelphia. Captain Gates was
much surprised 10 find, on coming on
deck one morning. a boat-load Of stall
wart men approaching his vessel An
islaud was seen short distance of the
starbOard bow, and on the boat getting
within hailing distance an aged and
dccropit man in the bOw shouted: 81
am Thursday October Christian, Gov
eruOr Of Pitcairn Island"
10 said that tl.o population Of Pit
earn consisted Oi ilj mon, women and
children. Captain Gates ordered the
yards aback, aEd in fsw minutes
eighteen men were on tho ships deck,
all Of whom bore evidence OF En-
glish ancestry. They were cEtrcmely
religious, and held exclusively the
teachings OF the Soyenth-day Advent
i5ts, the result OF the wOr; OF - mis-.
sionary who was wrcc:cd thcre years
dsD VI hl4c DDNFh iIDih ptI i dlIIotb
to China
The Governor stated that be was the
grandson OF one Of the mut'gocr5 who,
in 1889, set adrift ila officers Of the
English war ship Bounty, and then
bore awuy for tie i.ilnd Of Otahcite,
and had lived for years there before
being discovered. Tncy wero after.
ward arrested and sent 10 England for
trial The Governor said that the use
Of tobacco and liquors was entirely un-
known among the people OF Pitcairn,
aud that the lit.lc colony were in npc<
Of dress goOCa, particularly for tho
women, as ncar.y ah OF the latter were
dressed in mems clothes. secured from
passing vessels. A supply Of clothing
was given, and an abundance OF fruit
and provisions was sent on board the
ship ir exchange. Philadelphia Let
ter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26

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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26
GREAT MARBLEnEAD, MAS, FIRE.

Marbchcad Mass, Dec. %, 1SsS.
MCssrs T.. G.. Morris v CO., Boston, Mass.
Gculcmcn: This Is to certify that have been
using 80. T.. &. Morris a. CO. safe In my ore
and that in tie most terrible fire this town has
ever known on the night of the 18th inst. the
safe was subjected 10 very intense heat or 80
hours and upon iis being opened, 10 my surprise,
| found It's contents In perfect condition with the
exception Of the leather Jn one book which was
against the v all Of tie safe, while the writing on
every Leaf was as clear aud legible as wncn II was
Put la. also found the machine twist, needles,
papers etc., ia a good clear condition. In case
rebuild shall feel that can do no better than 10
use again what has served me well in this IRE In
our fire Of ls17 had "A safe of another make, the
cCn,cut. of W ich came out In very good shape,
but not us well as this one. You are at liberty 10
use thi, testimonial as you see tt, AMI | should
take pleasure in showing the books. etc, TO any
one who would like 90 see them.
Respectfully yours,
lSgucdl HENEY .. SYMONDs.
T.. 3 Dee. 2S have this day purchased an.
other of the same size, having been satisfied with
the other.
Boston, Mass Jan. :, 1889.
MCsSrs. T.. G. Morris * CO., Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen. Ou August 9, 1857, we had one Of
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Gentlemen: Ou opening our safe which we
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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-07-26

No. 80, Antique Oak Finished s}3
No. 800, Natural Mahogany Finished s1i
No. 800, Black Walnut Finished, sB
No. 26l Dark Mahogany Finished, 30
No. 26l Natural Ash, $50
No. 2Gl, Cherry Finished, S3j
No. S02, Antique Oak Finished, $40
No. 302, Natural Mahogany FINISHED, $40
No. 302 Black Walnut Finished $40
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
Our Railroads.

The United States now possesses nearly
half the railway mileage of the world.
At the end Of 1888 we had 156, ,O82 miles
Of railroad. The only pity about it is
that these miles are not all paying as
they ought to. Too many parallel roads
have been built for the purpose of ex-
acting blackmal from rival, for that
is what the construction of one road
parallel to another too often means.
Our railroads, directly and indirectly,
give suStenance to one-eighth of the
whole population of the country. For
sixty years the average increase in lines
built has been 1900 miles year. Last
year the net earnings of the roads fell
off 10 per cent. The showing will be
better this year. Finally, here are the
biggest figures of all: The funded debt
of all our railway lines is 81, 1876, ,943, ,116.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
The Great London Strike.

A month ago the laborers on the Lon
don docks knocked off work and refused
to resume it unless they were paid
twelve cents an hour. They had been
working for ten cents an hour at the
hardest labor men could take hold of.
The movement of the dock men re-
suited in the greatest labor strike of
modern times. Other workingmen of
kindred trades joined the dock men, in
London and elsewhere, till there were
altogether 10000 laborers idle. This
involved the going hungry of at least
half million people, unless they had
outside aid. This they had for weeks
from trades organizations and friends,
and it cost $4,000 day to feed them.
The lot of the laborers was so hard,
and the strike was kept within bounds
of law and order to such degree, that
the sympathies of everybody except the
dock owners were with the men. Their
good behavior was owing to their own
common sense and the consummate wis
dom and power of their leader, John
Burns. He is So years old, a man of
magnificent physique and strength, an
engineer by trade, and born leader of
men, as he has shown. It is to be noted
that the first blood in the great strike
was shed by policemen themselves. They
fired Oh and mortally wounded striker
who, with his mates, was preventing out
siders from taking up their work.
The London docks are the largest and
most famous in the world 1t is said
that 500. 900 have been expended on
.shem. The oldest dates back to 1906.
There are some eight or ten of the prin-
cinal ones, the largest being the immense
yRoy AL Albert dock. It has three miles
Z water way and solid mile of iron
wsrelkouses. To build it required the
labSs Spf 5000 men from 1876 till the
sun1faeF of 1880, when the dock was
formally opened with splendid cere-
monies. Railway cars pass over it and
load and unload at the steamers, sides.
The influence of the great strike was
felt everywhere. 1t affected all coun-
tries. Commerce was paralyzed, looms
were stopped for lack Of cotton, and
shops shut down, for want of coal. The
price of sugar, coal and many other
eommodities at once advanced. Six
thousand tons of meat and millions Of
pounds of fruit lay rotting in the Thames
at one time. So intimately are mankind
,und together that 81 200 men can thus
It the whole world.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
Monument to Isabella,

A movement has been inaugurated by
the women of Illinois which is so alto
gether praiseworthy that the wonder is
somebody did not propose it long ago.
Catharine V. Waite, DR.. Julia Holmes
Smith and DR.. Fanny Dickinson are a
committee incorporated to procure sub
scriptions and superintend the construc-
ton of monument to Isabella, the pious
and clever queen who sold her jewels to
fit out the ships in which Columbus
sailed to discover America. Dux foe
nina facti! A woman was the only
person in all Europe who had brains
enough to appreciate the value of Co.
lumbus' ideas, they say. Therefore,
good Queen Isabella of Spain shall have
in this country, which is so kind to wo-
men, beautiful monument to be un-
yelled in 1892. 1t seems peculiarly
graceful and fitting that women should
build the statue. Let the movement be
made a national one and take in all the
women of America
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
Lincoin's Southern Policy.

The Magazine of American History
publishes a very interesting paper by
Robert Stiles, on President Lincoln's
plan for the restoration to the Union of
the southern states at the close of the
war. Mr.. Stiles first corrects some errors
that have crept into Admiral Porter's
picturesque incidents of the Civil War.
Admiral Porter is nothing if not pictur-
esque.
President Lincoln's idea of the restora-
ton policy to be pursued towards the
southern states is to be gathered from
what he said and did with reference to
Virginia. April 4, after the capture of
Richmond, Lincoln went up the James
river to that city on the gunboat NAL
vern. On board the steamer Judge j.
A. Campbell, 4 distinguished citizen of
Virginia, visited him to see what terms
could be obtained for his state. In a
long and friendly conversation, the
president save Judge Campbell u paper,
whereon he had noted the indispensable
conditions on which he thought the
states might be readmitted to the Union
without fuss or delay. The conditions
we're:
As to peace, have said before, and now repeat,
three things are Indispensable: The restoration
of the national authority throughout all the states
No receding by the executive of the United
States on the slavery question from the position
assumed thereon in the late annual message to
congress, and in preceding documents.
No cessation Of hoStilities short of an end of
hoSiltieS and the disbandiug of all forces hostile
TO the government.
Then he told Judge Campbell he had
been meditating Il practical plan. 1t
was for the Confederate legislature of
Virginia to come together and vote to
restore Virginia to the Union and dis
band her Confederate soldiers. The
idea pleased his kindly soul. He said:
Il want the very legislature that has
been sitting up yonder." He remarked
of Governor Extra Billy" Smith, head
of the defunct Confederate state govern
ment: II want that old game cock back
here"
Lincoln's plan was only too gladly
agreed to by Judge Campbell. Gen.
Weitzel was present during the conver-
sation. Campbell returned to Richmond
and Lincoln to City Point and Washing
ton. Campbell issued call to the leg
islature, which was published in The
Richmond Wing April 70 and IS. But
in Washington Secretary Stanton disap-
proved utterly Of Lincoln's easy way of
restoring the Union. It would never do,
he and others said, to restore the govern
ment through the medium of rebel a.
ganizations. The terms for the return
to the Union should be dictated by the
Federal government alone, when and
how it pleased.
At length the president was forced to.
recede from his favorite policy. April
13 Gen. Ord, then commanding the
Union force at Richmond, issued an
order prohibiting the assembling of the
legislature according to the call.
April Il lincoln was assassinated, and
the late Confederate States were there
after reconstructed instead of being re-
stored.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
Russian Tree Planting

Members of the Forestry association
and others interested in re-clothing our
treeless regions with green may take a
lesson from the Russians in Central Asia.
There district once world famous for
its fertility is now a tract of shifting
sands. Through this tract the Russian
engineers are building the Transcaspian
railway, and along the track they con-
struct they are planting trees. One
growth, heavy, knotty brierwood, the
saxaul, grows in these deserts, and its
heavy roots hold the sand. Great plan
tations of this are being set out, with the
expectation that at length it's growth
will gather soil which will support other
and finer vegetation. Saxaul furnishes
the chief fuel of the cousltry, but the ma
tives are now being induced to use pc
troleum refuse and let the trees stand.
In time it is expected this desert will be
again rich and well timbered soil. -
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

The we'll known oil tank car has been
copied III an ocean steamship. This
:ank steamer Is $50 feet long and 10
feet wide The hull is divided into four
teen ta,ks that carry $4,000 barrels
Of oil The vessel is named the Russian
Prince, and was built at Newcastle, Eng
and, \ healthy fire the petroleum
would make if ignited. and the Russian
Prince, being made entirely of steel,
would quickly go to the bottom.