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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

Dutch Church. In fact, this is the es
tablished church Of the State. Even
the tiniest village has its devout con
gregation, and the Government con.
tributes each year $4,000 for the
support OF its Dutch religious insti-
tutions.
The climate Of the Orange Free
State is perhaps the most heslthful in
all South Africa. II is both drier and
colder than that Of the neighbo-ing
colonies, due 10 the fact that the yeldt
OF the Free Staters is 80 high above
the sea level.
The constitution OF the Orange
Free State is founded upon that Of
the United States. This constitution
was adopted on April 10, 1854, and gave
TO everyone living in the country be-
fore the date Of its adoption the right
to vote for q president and members
Of the new legislature. The COM
mando law is unique. This law. which
was put into successful operation at
the opening Of the campaign for the
raising Of Orange Free State troops,
regulates the calling out of burghers at
all times OF danger. Every male in
Labitant Of the State between sixteen
and sixty years OF age is, under this
law, subject 10 the call OF the field
cornet. Tho number that were found
available for the last oall 10 arms is
said 70 have been $4,000.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
Cultivation of the Carnation.

Carnations can be started from seeds
or small plants. III by seeds, buy a
packet OF some reliable scotsman and
plant in light sandy soil in March.
This can be done in a cool but sunny
room, in boxes. quite without the aid
OF q cold frame. Transplant TO the
garden in May, setting the plants ten
inches apart. Pinch off the first buds
and let the plant gain strength before
beginning TO make blooms. Water
not too freely but sprinkle often, keep
from heavy winds and the bed will
bloom from early August to the time
of heavy frosts. A slight frost will
not trouble carnations at any stage OF
their existence. The same plants will
bloom O second summer il they are
covered through the winter, after
which they are no good, the carnation
being biennial.
III wanted for winter blooming. keep
back the flowers by culling oil the
buds as fast as they show themselves
pot early in the fall, keep in the shade
awhile, then give plenty of sun aud
water. Provide an inch OF broken
pottery in the bottom OF the pots, to
ensure perfect drainage. The secret
of successful cultivation OF carnations
is light watering and perfect drain
age. They will not thrive where water
is allowed to stand because all plants
take in and trauspire water through
their leaves. Carnations possess mar
row. rigid leaves, presenting small
surface for evaporation and limited
capacity in parts of the roots for suck
ing IN water.
The csrnation likes dry, well
drained soil and moist, cool atmos
phere. The ground should be en-
riched now and then with liquid man
ure: the plants should be often sprayeC
to keep them from insects. IoGn,
plants. already started. can be bough
Of florists, all ready for transplantiug
at from one TO fve dollars a dozen
according 20 the variety.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
Forest Trees From Seed.

The propagation of forest trees
either for decorative plants, wind
breaks or forests is a comparatively
slow process, according to Bulletin 3S
OF the Virginia experiment station.
The horticulturists OF that station
have been making extended tests
along these lines and find that the
seeds Of such trees as the silver maple
and other species which ripen seed
early should be gathered aud sown at
once. They can be planted in the
same manner and grow as rapidly as
peas. Seeds which ripen late in the
fall should be sown in autumn and
then taken up and planted in spring.
Nuts like walnuts can be planted sew
eral bushels in heap and then taken
up and planted in rows in srring with
perfect success. II is usually prac-
tical to plant nut seeds where the
trees are TO stand if nothing inter
seres with their growth thereafter.
On rich soil they grow with great
rapidity.
All forest tree seedlings should be
grown on a mellow soil, so as to en-
courage the development of strong
root systems. They should be trans
planted into nursery rows at the end
OF the first or second year. Slow
growing plants like oaks should re-
main two years in the Seeding beds,
while the more rapid growing varie-
ties SHOULD be planted when only one
year old. Most forest trees do best
when set out from five to eight feet
tall. The tulip poplar tree does very
we'll if not permitted to stand in the
nursery too long. At the end of th,
first year it should be transplauted tc
its permanent location. The follow
ing list of trees can be grown with
comparative ease from seed: Blacb
walnut, bur oak. blackberry, honey 10
Gust, box elder, green ash and pecan.
National Nurseryman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
Iii. First I;hinoceros.

William n. Brown, author OF "On
the South African Frontier, had es-
tablished his camp near the cayerns
of Sinoia, in Mashonaland, for six
weeks of hunting. At dawn on the
third morning his black boys ran to
his tent exclaiming, in eager, subdued
tones: 'InyamaZona, inyamazona!
meaning, "Game, game"
looked across the fiat in front of
our camp, and saw huge rhinoceros
walking leisurely along. / threw on
my clothes, saatched my rifle, and ran
up the river to head him Off Slipping
cautiously around to the place l ex-
pected him to pass, peered over the
rise and down the fiat. There was no
rhinoceros in sight.
Turning about, / was astonished to
see him staring at me not two hundred
yards away. 70 my excited eyes he
looked as large as an elephant.
| took cover behind mounds Of
earth, and finally reached an ant.heap
within hundred yards of the great
beast As he was walking toward me
| took aim at his right shoulder, but
did not pull as quickly as / should
have done, aud the bullet entered his
side.
To my astonishment that mountain
of flesh jumped up aud down like a
buckiDg horse, and then ran in a cir
Gle "a if chasing his tail.
As soon as he began these antics my
natives bolted for the timber, where
they could climb trees. The rhiLoceros
now came on, putting like a steam
engine. expected him to run by me,
and lay quiet, intending to give him a
shot as he went past, but the first thing
/ knew he was coming straight for me.
| gave him shot in the chest, ,.and
had barely time to jump to one side
before he was upon the mound, tram
pling the very spot where l had been
lying.
He swung around to charge upon
me at short range, and as he turned L
shot him through the lungs at four
PAGES. He rushed straight forward
for hundred yards, then wheeled and
once more started toward ms..He had
advanced but few steps, however,
when he fell dead.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
A Gallant Colonial.

A royal marine in the British naval
brigade at Modder River, writing to
his mother at Rochdale, says:
Our SCOUTS report that the Boers
have got their wives with them, and
that they hold prayer meetings every
night. We saw piece of work the
other day by one of the Colonial scouts
which was the most daring thing I've
seen yet. This scout rode right along,
parallel 20 the Boer trenches, at about
500 yards. at the gallop, just to draw
the Boer fre and find their position
He swan the river on his horse. anc
rode right into an ambush OF them
bat. on drawing his sword, the,
"nipped" for their lives. SO he keP'
on for three hours, the Beers stripping
at him all the time. You could SEE
dust flying all around his horse, ba,
he lay along his horses back, an"
never got scratch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
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A NnIneIeaA IIerO.

Ore Of the finest deeds that oc
Cured on July 3, year and a half
ago, has attracted comparatively little
attention, and yet it adds so much
lustre to the already bright record of
the men of our navy, that 1T seems as
if an effort should be made to discover
the name of it's author.
AS all know, there is IA mucn rea.
son TO be proud of the courage dis
played after the battle of Santiago as
of that displayed during the ffr>t it
self. Our officers and men, holding
boats beside the blazing Spanish ships
full Of powder and explosives, risked
their lives in the service Of their enc
mics as freely as they could have
done for their nearest and dearest.
As boat from the Indiana was
..bout to shove away from the Maria
Teresa with her load of rescued, an
American seaman, uttering a sharp
exclamation, suddenly sprang for a
rope hanging over the vessels side,
made his way up, and disappeared In
the smoke.
his huNibAs, WV NhoN
their noble work had been accom-
plished, to pull away from the dan
gerous vicinity of the Spaniard, looked
at one another in dismsy, and per-
haps with some doubt of their ship
mates sanity.
His object, however, was soon ap-
parent Pressed close to the side of
the Teresa, their eyes dilated and
wild with terror, the crnel hames
hemming them closely from the rear,
stood group of wretched cattle.
Their fate, in the hurry OF saving
more precious lives, had been over
looked, but the dumb appeal of their
helplessness had spoken louder than
words TO the heart of this brave sailor.
He could not rescue them, but look
ing death in the face every moment,
he drew his revolver, and with care
ful aim, put each one of the unfor'
tunate creatures to a painless end.
Then. swinging down the rope, he
reioined his comrades, apparently un-
conscious of having done more than
his duty 10 the helpless.
In the excitement of such Gay,
many details are lost. andso Chaplain
Cassard. Of the Indiana, in speaking
of this incident, said, "The name ol
that hero is known only to God and
, TO the man himself.
Yet it would seem "a il inquiries
made through Captain Taylor, who
commanded the Indiana ut Santiago,
might result in giving to the public
the name OF man whose heroism may
we'll recall those fine lines of BayarC
Taylor.
The bravest are the tenieres,,
The loving are the darlnc.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

mers, Charles Mason and jeremiah
Dixon, made the survey and ran the
line which established the boundary
between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The work cost $l7l 900, but it settled
ali trouble from that time to this.
The line runs along the southern
border of Franklin County, and for
1872 miles every five miles is, or was.
planted stone bearing On the Penn
sylyania side the arms of Thomas
and Richard Penn carved thereon, and
on the Maryland side the arms of Lord
Baltimore. The intermediate miles
were marked by stones, upon which
were cut the letters "P" on the north
side and IN" upon the southern
side.
A very few of these old milestones
are now standing. The one shown in
the cut il now at it's old position
Highfield, along the Western Mar.
land Railroad. Most of them have
been destroyed, aud even stolen. A
farmer in Washington County, Mary
land, has two of them in use as door
steps at his house.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

A novel cure for insomnia is to try
to picture another person asleep. IL
is claimed that the more clearly the
other persons sleep is pictured the
stronger becomes the subjective feel
ing of drowsiness.
Give up trying to sleep. Nine times
out of ten the blessing strived for In
vain will come unsought, and that al
most Immediately, so that in looking
back the next morning the last thing
you remember will be your determin
atior to lie awake. Directly you cease
10 strive for sleep-to wish ardently fof
1.-THE strain will be taken of the
brain, the body will rest, because
the mind is no longer prevent
ing it, and sleep will be the happy re-
suit.
1t is the anxiety for sleep aud the
worrying about its absence, far more
than the sleeplessness itself, that
cause the feeling of prostration which
follows sleepless night.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Even the most successful bakers ara
often in kneedy circumstances.
Says an Irishman: Its a great
comfort to be alone-especially when
your sweetheart is with you. Chi.
cago News.
'I don't see why you call Jonesby
vain. He never talks about himself.
That isn't modesty; that's just plain
wisdom. indianapolis Press.
Youngpop-'I'm very much afraid
my little girl is spoiled. Oldbach-
"Oh, don't say that. On the con-
trary, I think she's quite fresh"
A woman whistled at n car,
IL stopped with sudden jerk:
Her whistle was a failure-but
Her face got in its work.
Chicago News.
Hogan-"Do you behave in dreams
Nike" Dugan-"Fa an / dol
Lasht night dremt was awake, an
in the mornin me dream KEN thrue.
Princeton Tiger.
Miles-'I wonder how a composer
feels when he encounters a man with
q hand-organ grinding his tunes?"
Giles Probably like any other man
who has to meet his own notes -
Chicago News.
She-"You hesitated when / asked
you if / were the only girl you had
ever lovedr He-"Yes; / couldn't
tell from your expression whether you
wanted me to say no or yes. -
Indianapolis Journal.
Reporter-"Mr Greatman refuses
to give his views" Editor-"TLeu
write two-column article attributing
YOUR own views to him. We will then
get his views when he ropudiates your
article. Town Topics.
"Yes," said the Spanish statesman;
1--WE must re-establish our navy. "
"True," replied the other; "but what
have we to begin with?" "Well,
thank goodness we still have plenty
of water. .'-Philadelphia Record.
s'I never thought the time would
come when should be delighted to
hear that piano going, remarked
Fogg, as the instrument in the next
house was being carried down to the
furniture wagon. Transcript.
"You are a pharmacist, are YOU"
"I am." "Been in the business
uumber Of years. Il have" Reg
istered?" Eyes, sir" That is your
diploma hanging over therc"' 1T
-" "Well, you may give me pound
! If borax Harlem Life.
Teacher-"If one servant girl could
clean two rooms IN two hours, how
,ong would it take two servant girls to
10 it?" Little Girl--"Four hours.
Teacher-''Wrong. 1t would only
take one hour" Little Girl-"Oh, L
1idn't know you were talking about
servant girls that wasn't on speaking
| Terms"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
Attacked by Elack Panther.

Fred Emerson, OF Bolivia, Allegheny
County, n. Y. while hunting squirrels
in the woods back Of his home, came
across the tracks of a strange animal.
Following them up he came to dark,
shallow cave out of which peered Q
pair of cleaning eyes. Without stop
ping to take aiG the thoroughly
frightened hunter raised his gun aud
fired the contents, q charge of small
shot used for squirrels, into the
cavern. A snarl, followed by the
sudden appearance of wounded
black panther, came from the cave as
the result, and while the hunter en-
deavored to reload his gun the animal
attacked him. In less than two min
utes his dog was killed. being literally
torn to pieces, and the hunter was
obliged to defend himself with hi:
dubbed gun. Emerson struck the
beast again and again with his gun,
nearly shattering the weapon ~ pieces
He finally dispatched the beast, but
not uutil he was badly cut up aud per
haps fatally injured by the SHARP
claws OF the panther.
The animal measured nine feet from
the tip of the nose to the tip OF the
tail. He was full-grown male speci
men of the black panther, and 1t Il
believed escaped from circus trai'
that was wrecked in that vicinity las
summer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
SISTERS BEST FElLER."

Ny sisters hes, tsller' is most sir-toot-
three,
And handsome and stroag as teller can
be
And sls. shs. 50 .lt;.s and sler der and
small
ion never would think she could boss him
at all.
But. my lingl
She don't DO a thing
But make him jump rourd like be worked
with string;
Il Just makes me 'shansd OF him soma.
times. you know.
To think thai he'll le, a girl bully him sc,
he goes 10 walk WITH her and carries her
muf
And coat. and umbrellas. aaa that kind o.
stuS,
she loads bin With thlngs that muss
weigh most a ton;
And, honest, he likes IL, as II Il was fun.
And. oh, say,
When they go 10 play
He'll sit In the parlor aud hdget away.
And she won't come down till It's quarter
past eight,
And then she'll scold bin cause they ges
there so late.
ge spends heaps o, money a-buyin' her
Like candy and flowers and presents and
Cut oil he's got i5r ems handkerchisi
case,
iussed-up concern made Of ribbons ana
lace,
But my land
He thinks It's Just grand,
Cause she made IL. he says, with hss
own little hand.
He calls her an angel heard him-ane
saint,
And "beautiiullest bsia on earth;"-bus
she Amt.
Fore 20 an errand for her any time
just make her coax me and give me- .
dine;
But that great, big siily-why. honest aaS
truei
He'd run forty miles &; she wanted him to.
Oh, gee-whiz
tell you what Z is
Just think it's aw!gl-those actions ~
his.
won't fail In love when I'm grown-nG-
Stree.
Ny sisters 'bes, teller" 3 warnin' -
me,
Joe Lincoln, Ia Puck.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

mountain ranges in the State are the
Stall Mountains, which lac in the east
ern portion of the republic. Practi-
cally all of the plains are we'll adapted
for pastoral purposes. On the Basu-
toiand border there is a golden strip
OF land, thirty miles broad and 100
miles long, which is considered 90 be
the best bit of grain producing soil in
the world.
Think of land that, without irriga-
ton, and with scarcely any cultiva-
ton, will raise seventy TO eighty
bushels Of grain to the acrel Wheat,
oats, maize, barley aud Kafiir corn
can all be grown, while herds of cat
tie, horses, Angora goats, ostriches
and sheep can live aud flourish on the
| veldt
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16
TALES OF PLUCK
and ADVENTURE.
A Gunner at Coiebso.
DMRARnIER Stanhengoy


~ OMBARDIER Stephenson, Of
x the Sixty-sixth Battery, has
sent TO his relatives at Man
chester an account OF the at
tempt 10 save the guns at Colenso.
The following are extracts when |
tell you was the only man Of a gun
detachment and three drivers (making
twolye men altogether) TO return safe
out OF that hell FIRE, you will wonder
why and how got through IT.
The range was twelve hundred yards,
and our gunners and officers worked
at those guns as il on parade. Then
the enemy's artillery opened fire. ]
was the lead driver Of No. 8 gun, and
we were right in the centre OF the two
batteries, and there we stood facing
the guns, exposed 10 all that fire for
nearly three hours. II was after we
had lost half OF our drivers and horses
thousand yards from the enemy's
position we unlocked the horses we
had left, and every man, az cool as n
cucumber, walked his horse into this
Tonga. We had 20 leave several
lorses on the bank, and they were
instantly shot dead. It was while
1oing this that / nearly lost my life.
while we were in this donga,
General Butler galoped up aud told
Is 10 try to save the guns at all costs.
lie was as cool as ever. 1t was just
At that moment my centre driver got
shot in the head. When one got shot
3 left myself and the wheel driver
with six horses, and we had TO go and
face death TO try TO capture our gun.
1 unlocked the centre horses, and we
started off at mad gallop with four
horses in the timber; and, just as we
were about sixty yards from the guns.
both OF my horses were shot dead
under me, and the wheel driver was
shot in the leg. / crawled
from under my rider and considered
what / should do / wanted to get to
the gun, as had got 40 far, but / had
two dead horses and they were
hooked to Tho other two. While /
lay trying to get the horses unlocked
/ became aware that my wheel driver
was shot.
"Then, concludes the gallant gun
ner, 81 cut the harness away from the
dead horses and freed the other two.
Just IA l was going to mount these
other horses the rider got shot. /
had one live horse left, which was
hooked to timber, and it was behind
those horses and timber lay for three
and half hours. Another team OF
four horses started off at mad gallop
to try to reach the guns; but the
horses ran straight into my dead
horses and would not move an inch.
/ told the two drivers to crawl up
against me for more protection. Up
comes trumpeter with two horses to
try to reach the Major, but he was
shot in the ankle, and fell from his
saddle. He also crawled mp TO where
/ lay; that made three of us uniniured
and two wounded. The wheel driver,
who came up with me and was shot in
the leg, got shot again through the
left cheek and died Immediately. "
At last these heroes made a run for it.
after many escapes safely reached
amp.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

A thoughtless contemporary having
assailed the letter &c. " Editor Ha.sey,
Of the Tallshomian, in Tennessee.
somes to the rescue as follows: IAN
exchange says e is the most unfor-
tuna,e letter in the English alphabet.
because IL is never in cash. always in
iebt and never out OF danger. /, for
yets that the aforesaid letter is never
war. bu, always in peace. II Is
he beginning Of existence. the CON.
nencement OF ease and the end OF
rouble. without il there would bs
10 water. no bread, no meat, no life,
10 gospel, no Jesus. no father, nc
mother. brother. sister. home o.
.eaveu. A. q. L. W. Messenger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

from the south into the town and again
starting north. Unlike Kimberley and
johannesburg, the visitor gets no i'm
preston of mushroom growth from
Bloemfontein, for the city il rich in
statuary and public monuments and
possesses national museum and n
we'll stocked public library. The
Bloemfontein raadzsal, or council
chamber of the legislature, is hand
some edifce, designed in the Greek
style and costing almost quarter Of
a million dollars. The buildings in
the city are substantial and prepossess-
ing, for near by are great beds of free
stone, admirable for building pur-
poses. The presidency, where Presi-
dent Steyn resides, is also a very pa
latial building.
The Orange Free State Is not for
est country, for, like the Transvaal, it
is very sparsely wooded. The only
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

thing had become as dry as possible.
and on this particular afternoon the
wind was strong from the east. Shortly
after the lager was formed and the
cattle turned out % Craze. the sentries
reported several small columns OF
smoke about two or three miles 10
windward. At the first glance, there
did not seem 10 be anything very pecu-
liar in all this, but as / watched | saw
other fires springing mp.
II was evident that the fats were
being fred on purpose to destroy my
column. IL was also plain that there
were many hands at this devils work
For what at first were only a few
columns OF smoke soon increased into
a dense black cloud, nearly three
miles long and growing every second.
The sight was appalling, and fright
ened me more than anything l had
ever seen before. Not moment was
10 lie lost The grass all over the
fats vas at least three feet nigh and
as dry as matchwood, while the stiff
breeze ,Vas blowing the fire down on
US at a great pace.
The bugles at once sounded the
alarm" and horses H." The men
were equal tc the emergency, and
rushed out 10 get branches OF trees.
4 circle OF fire about hundred yards
out from the laager was started, and
kept in check on the inner side.
In less than a quarter Of an hour a
good big band had been burned round
the lager. This was not accomplished
a moment too soon, for roaring mass
OF flames, three miles long, twenty
yards broad aud full thirty feet high,
swept past our position with a noise
like that OF a river IN flood.
Had the lager been enveloped in
that fame, not thing could have been
saved. As the fire storm passed., the
faces of the men expressed their feel
ings beyond any doubt. The horses
huddled together in terror. Yet
luckily all the harm the enemy did by
their diaboical attempt was to rob our
poor cattle Of good feed.