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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Real Pooh Isahs In China.

Some idea of the work OF the aver
age Chirese official will bc gathered
from the following statement made
10y an eminent Chinese statesman TO
an interpreter.
The Interpreter states: II once asked
n member OF the Chinese Cabinet,
who was complaining of fatigue and
ovcrwork for an account OF his daily
routine. He replied that he left home
every morning at . o'clock, as he was
on duty AT the palace from g. As
a member OF the privy council lie was
engaged Cn that body from q To ..
From . until IL he was az the War
Department OF which he was presi-
dent, and. being member OF the
board of punishment, he was In at
tendance at the Office OF that body
daily from L. until 2 AZ one Of the
senior ministers OF the foreign Office
he spent every day from TIL or u
in the afternoon there. These were
his regular daily duties, and, In add
tion TO them, he was frequently ap-
pointed to serve on special boards or
commissions, and these he sandwiched
in between the others as he could. He
seldom reached home before In the
evening.
1T should be added. however. that
the Chinese idea of hard work Is not
quite the same as the English Idea.
The Chinese official undoubtedly
spends long hours AT his various
Offices. but this is no safe guide.
Perhaps the busiest department
in the Chinese Government is
the bonrG Of punishment, which re-
views the sentences pronounced by
Chinese judges in all parts OF the en-
plrc. Naturally, therefore, the work
is rather heavy, but in other depart
ments eating and drinking Is the chief
business Of the day."-London Mall.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
the GROWTH OF ANIMALS.
interesting Companions Between Young
aud Adult Of Various Species.

1t Is no; generally known that the
auman baby is smaller az birth In pro-
portion to the size IL ultimately attalns
han most other animals.
The size OF the young of any animal
carries In proportion 10 the size of the
Drain. and is significant in many ways.
The average height OF n baby nj birth
$ about twelve Inches, and rs the av-
srage height OF man Is generally put
down MS five feet ten inches the pro-
portion is rs one 20 5.S3.
The young rhinocerous Is two feet
Tong when he is born. but when he
grows up he is seven feet In length.
Thus the proportion Is one 10 80. The
very same measurements apply In
the young master elephant, though the
pachyderm in question is always
measured by the height OF his back
from the ground. However, the young
one Is about tg5 feet high. and the av-
crage height OF a mature elephant Is
seven feet, so the proportions remain
the same. The same relative meas
urements hold good in the case OF the
young hippopotamus.
In the case OF the deer we find that
the young are two and n half feet
in height. while the ull-grown deer is
no more than four and half feet, or n
proportion OF one 10 Is. The gIraffe's
proportions are those OF one 10 3.3. for
il is one and half feet tall at birth
and six feet when full grown.
\ lion cub at birth is about eight
inches lcng. while the grown-up Leo
measures about five feet, or the enor-
nous proportion OF one 10 I5. The
tigers measurements are about the
same. and SO are those OF Brer Bear.
The rapidity of growth OF animals
also varies greatly.
In general the larger the animal at
maturity the slower its growth. 4
man is not fully grown until he is
twenty-five years, but thereafter slow
ly gains in po er until his fifty year
the mans development being five
times rs slow.
An elephant natures as slowly and
lives as long as a man. There are IA
blcS telling OF the extremely long life
of crows and eagles, but In few cases
nave these heen verified.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Resources Of China.

Ch,na Is essentially an agricultural
country. Horticulture is n favorlte
pursuit and fruit trees are grown In
great variety. Sweet barley, maize
and millet and other cereals. with peas
and beans are chiefly cultivated I'm the
southern provinces. and opium IL n
crop Of considerable Importance. Tea
Is cultivated I'm the west and south
The culture of silk is equal In impor-
tance 10 that of tea. The mulberry
tree grows everywhere. There are cot
ton mills NJ Shanghai and silk is
wound from cocoons I'm Shanghai. Can.
ton and elsewhere. All Of the eighteen
provinces contain coal and China may
hc regarded ms one OF the first coal
countries of the world Iron ores are
abundant, and copper is plentiful In
certain districts. The commercial In.
tercoursc of China is quite considcra.
BILE, trade being carried on with the
principal countries OF the world. in
Guiding the United Kingdom. Germany.
France. Russia and the United States
The great source OF revenue for the
province Is the duty on goods coming
overland from the adjacent provinces.
Scientific American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
lcopo,ny ofthe Japsnese.

Much the same objection Is made In
the West TO the japanese immigrants
as TO the Chinese. Like the latter.
they are cheap workers and cheap liv-
ers. and have the same disregard OF
sanitary requirements. In Portland,
Ore. for instances. as told by the Ore
gonian, Of that city, the japanese col
ony lives I'm buildings that have been
deserted D. the whites, so economic
ing space that the room that formerly
sheltered two whites now protects
from ten 10 thirty Of the little men
from the Orient. a two-story build
ing is converted into four stories, az
the little workers have no need OF 30
many cubic feet Of air. A system OF
wide shelves, upon which mattresses
and cheap quilts have been placed.
permits Of crowds sleeping together.
These shelves also serve as lounging
places during the day. where smoking
and conversation may bc carried on In
apparent comfort In the little cribs
Of kitchens on the ground floor two or
three cooks prepare meals for the
boarders The diet consists mainly
If rice and vegetables favored with n
very little fat pork. Each Jap II
given his ration on one plate, for
which he pays the landlord twenty
cents yer day. A big wooden tank,
capable o. holding five 10 six Japs at
a time. Is used as bathtub, as econo-
my In the use OF water Is also part
OF Japanose methods.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21

"The saying when the cows come
home means something 10 an Illinois
man know" said citizen OF that
state 20 the writer the other day. III
requires the coming home Of l20,OOt
cows to supply the milk with which hi
makes hi. annual output OF butter
He made and sold 100000 pounds
Of that produce last year and received
s2.JOO.O 900 for H. or course. be didnf
stand aud ngitate the cburn dasheI
that thrashcd all that butter out; bu
the employees OF the 100 creameriei
that he owns and controls managed
90 churn II. He II the largest butte.
producer In the world. and thlrtecr
years ago he started business with oD
~ one small creamery. At the pres
ent time II requires twenty car loads
or more than COZ tons, OF salt 90 sal
the butter that be turns out every
year. and GOO farms 20 support o.
feed the cows that furnish the milk
He H. only a hayseed citizen. but he Is
doing quite well. Washington Star
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
snstohsd Fro,, Death. arms.

This mother risked her life for her
child on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
just below the Bclvidore (N. j. sta
tiOn. She is Mrs. William Meyers.
who lives near the depot, and she
rushed across the track, selling her
wo-year-old daughter just In time TO
save the baby from being crushed to
death under n locomotive. The child
had wandered out OF the yard and was
playing on the railroad track.
A fast passenger train was approach
ing. when the mother suddenly missed
the little one and hurried out 10 search
for her. She took in the situation at
glance and dashed in front of the
train. which was bearing down at a
frightful speed.
AS the mother bore the child Off
the track the pilot Of the engine struck
il lightly. ana Il rolled down the bank.
John Moser. the yard master. picked
up the baby and restored it TO the
mother unharmcd. Mrs. Meyers says
that when she ran in front Of the
train she saw nothing but the baby.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
A Freak Invention.

A device belonging To the class Of
freak inventions has recently been pat
ented In the United States patent office
by German inventor. IL provides "a
way for transporting passengers from
and onto moving ears. This is accom-
plished by providing rotable plat
form upon the car. and having remov-
able cabs arranged upon the ends of
the platform. Suitable station plat
forms are arranged To receive these
cabs at the different stations along the
line. In operating the contrivnnce the
persons who intend To alight from the
train seat themselves within the cab
The platform is then rotated by suit
able mechanism attached 10 the ear
wheels 10 project the cab upon one
side of The car. As the car passes the
station the cab is caught upon suit
able rails arranged upon the station
PLATFORM and II IL then only necessary
for the passengers 20 alight Passen-
gers who wish To embark upon the
train are treated In directly opposite
manner, and seat themselves In the
cab arranged at the station. which. In
turn, IL picked NJ by the platform OF
the moving ear and is swung around
Oh To the same.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Attacked by "a Devil FIsb.

While attending their shrimp nets
of California City. Cal, All Lee,
Quong Yah and Jim sing, Chinese
fishermen, were attacked by an octo-
pas, which blttled fiercely until over
fifteen feet OF it's tentacles had been
hacked TO pieces by the fishcrmen's
knives. When the creature had dis
appeared beneath the waters it was
found that Quong Wah had sustained
fractured arm and several crushed
ribs as the result OF the fight, while
his companions had no more serious
injuries than painful cuts and bruises
While the men were arranging the
nets a long. curling arm came over
the side and seized the body OF the
Chinaman. Wah. grasping the thvarts
)f the boat. vainly attempted To- ioosen
the grasp OF the monster. His com
panions, raralyzed with horror. were
helpless TO I'D him. until. curling over
the boat, another serpentine arm
glided toward them. Drawing their
knives. they slashed desperately at
the tentacle that had wrapped itself
around one OF the seats and threat
ened 10 capsIze the boat. In n few
moments the sharp knives had done
their work. and the arms OF the octo-
pus squlrmed helplessly IN the bottom
Of the boat. anl the devil fish disap-
pcnred. This is the second time fish
ermen have been attac, ed by devil
fsh In the bay.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Lost His Nerve.

ITS funny" said the doctor A
clcan-cut. well-knit specimen OF fine
physical manhood whose clear gray
eyes and square jaw betokened plenty
OF grit; Its funny how your first
grizzly takes the nerve out of you.
Two or three years ago went hunt
4Ang with =. friend in Colorado. l had
killed sor-, big game myself. and l
knew that he had killed plenty OF IL.
But neither OF us had killed n grizzly.
and we were each eager for the first
chance.
"One day. when I happened To be
ont alone. as l came through n clump
OF quaking-asp what should l run
plump up against but big grizzly
busily employed in roofing around in
the dirt after food.
HE hadn't winded me. and there |
stood. just screened 10y tie quaking
asp almost near enough 10 touch him
with my gun, while he went on root
ing, utterly unconscious OF my pres.
ence.
"'Now or never l thought. as I
brought my gun 10 my shoulder and
carefully sighted 1or his head Then
the sights began 10 wobble and an
ague seemed 10 seize the gun. | stead
led myself, looked around for n conve-
nieut tree, and tried again. this time
for the shoulder. Again the gun wob.
bled and ground my teeth in rage.
The bear lifted his head. seemed 10
smell something up the wind and
started of at a good gait away from
me. Well. old boy l thought. III l
can't hit you standing can't running
SO let him go.
II felt pretty glum when I came
into camp that night, but | didn't say
anything. My friend was cooking
supper and he seemed pretty quiet. too.
After surDcr we lighted our pipes and
sat by the fire thinking.
whats the matter, old mani
What are you so still aboutY finally
he asked.
80, nothing said, trying to seem
cheerful
Ibid you see a bearT he persisted.
"'Yes, hang it, l did | answered,
doGgcdly.
well so did l., he said, and the
incident was closco.
1--WE each got our bear aftcrward,
however, so the disease didn't prove
fatal"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Woman's Thrilling Feat,

Nome advices say that Mrs. Hewitt,
wife Of DR.. Hewitt. a Chicago physi-
elan, alone foated down the myste.
$50 miles, on an improvised log raft.
Two years ago she left Chicago 10
join her husband in Nome AT Daw-
son she met DR. Carothers. of Pitts.
burg, n friend of her husband. and
with him arranged to go down the
river on the ice. When they reached
Fort Hamilton they heard of rich pla-
Ger strikes at the head of the Koyukuk
River. They with their party ar
ranged TO strike across hundreds OF
miles Of barren wilderness.
After thirty days Of travelling they
reached the Koyukuk, but found the
ice still fast. Mrs. Hewitt started
out with a dog team for a short trip
up the branch of the river. but in
making the turns to the main river
she got lost.
For hours ana hours she urged the
dogs on. until they were exhausted.
IN expert shot with a rife, she man
aged TO Kill moose. Freezing n big
piece she started down the river, but
again got on the wrong branch Luck
ily, she managed TO reach n sort OF
shelter, a deserted Indian lcan-to.
Until pearly the first Of June last
year she remained alone in the wilder
ness OF snow and ice. When the June
sun succeeded in breaking up the
river she made raft out Of pieces Of
logs With a stock OF moose meat she
started down the river on n 150-milc
trip. Once the rat struck n sand bar
and she was thrown into the water.
After twenty-slx days Of peril and
suffering she reached the Yukon
River. When she was picked up by
the steamer Hanna, which sighted
her on the day after she reached the
Yukon womanllke, she tainted. The
meeting at Nome between wife and
husband was patlptip
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Good Heus.

A young married lady who moved
into the country from city home con-
sidered the keeping Of hens as n pleas
ant and profitable duty. AS she be-
came more absorbed I'm the pursuit.
her enthusiasm increased, and hens
and their care were the favorite sub
ject Of her thoughts and conversation.
During one OF her animated descrip-
Are your hens good hensw
"oh. yes" she replied In a delighted
tone. "rhey haven't laid bad egg
Netr'-Ruffalo Courier.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Twentieth Century Happenings.

The twentieth century will have
twentyfour leap years, the greatest
possible number. February will have
five Sundays three times-l920. 19iS
and 1875. The earliest possible date
on which Easter can occur is March
II. The last time II occurred on that
date was 1878. The latest date that
Easter can occur is April % II viii
occur but one time in the coming cen.
tury on that date-l9i3. The middle
day OF the century will he January /,
1851. There will be $50 eclipses dur.
ing the coming century.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21

Pekin is much like all Chinese cities
-picturesquely confusing and terribly
dirty. Streets run In the most bizarre
10 worse. fringed on both sides by
novels and palaces in confusion. Dogs
and pigs meander about with beggars
and unkemp, children and weird odors
overwhelm the traveller. or course.
in the outlying hills the rich manda-
palaces with every comfort. Idyllic
gardens surround these homes and the
landscape gardener is given FULL scope.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Til. Importance Of yIsdiyo.tok.

The Importance OF the city OF FladL
vostok as n commercial centre In the
Far East is best shown by the fact
that the turn over OF one single firm
amounted last year 10 more than
100000 roubles. Since the construc-
tion Of the great Siberian railway the
trade OF Vladivostok has made steady
progress. The city Is now TO be lighted
by electricity. and an electric railway
system j. also 10 be installed In the
near future. The municipality has
also approprlIteG large amount for
the construction Of extensive water
works and for the building Of new
roads.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
TALES OF PLUCK
AND ADVENTURE


y ETTERS received from mis-
r. sionaries in Hongkong, China,
dated early in July. tell OF
the marvellous escape ot.
Father Fridella from the Boxers.
Father Fridella's charge was In
Hen Sien Flu, In Southern Human. Be
fore he escaped the Italian Bishop,
three priests, 200 native converts. in
Guiding women and children. had
been fiendishly tortured and murdered.
To resident OF Gun Flu. whose son
he had treated when critically III.
Father Frldella owes his life. The
Chinaman visited and fed him while
he was in hiding in the hill north OF
the town. When the excitement had
subsidized somewhat the Chinaman as
sisted Father Frdella 10 the river and
hid him aboard junk. Strategy was
needed 10 effect the escape.
Father Fridella was hidden in n
Chinese coffin. Holes were bored in
the side 10 give him air Food was
stored in the coffin for his use. The
coffin was placed on deck
third day Father Fridella overheard
the sailors discuss proposition TO
break open the coffin In the hope that
valuables might he buried with the
body. Father Fridella, although bad
~ frightened. made no outcry That
night the coffin was broken open. The
Chinese sailors were at first as badly
frightened as the priest. At first they
wanted 10 kill him because he was
foreigner. but through an offer of n
reward his life was spared and Father
Fridella returned TO his coffin.
AS the junk fioated down the river
he heard the Boxers on the bank call
Ing Death 10 the foreign devils"
Thus he travelled for seventeen days
down the Slang Kiang and the WI
Ling Kiang TO the West River. For
hours on the journey Father Fridclla
was unconscious; all hope failed him,
and he was really indifferent to his
fate. First he had avoided sleep
later he knew not whether he was
asleep or awake, whether the half-clad
Orientals about him were men or
merely figments of his disordered i'm
agination, while through il all terri
bic pains racked his body.
At last the junk reached IIongkong,
and more dead than alive Father Fri
della was released.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Attack ell fn q Boat bv n Turtle.

John Fisher, OF Romney. w. Va.
while following his outline In the
south branch of the Potomac. landed
two turtles, the larger weighing about
forty pounds. In lifting the latter tur-
tie into the boat the hook broke and
the turtle at once began an attack OH
Fisher. chasing him from one end OF
the boat TO the other. He had nothing
10 defend himself with except pad
die. The battle lasted ten minutes. the
turtle kissing and showing great vic
lousness. IL finally got back into the
water. Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
The Cause of Brain Tag.

Much attention has been devoted by
medical unn to the discovery OF the
real cause and significance Of brain
fag, that curse which appears TO at
tend Western civilization only. 1t
cannot be simply the result of close
application and so-callcd oyerwork,
for we have not cqualled the Chinese
in either-and still brain fag is un-
known TO them.
The IA. Gus Turin psychologist, Au-
gelo Masso. who has devoted much
attention TO this subject, has given
the results OF his observations lately.
There is, he declares, but one kind
OF fag-the nervous. Therefore 1t so
often happens that people Of an ex-
citable temperament suffer from fag
when they have done nothing and arc
not even tired.
Good and bad dispositions, good and
bad humors-Of which we hear so
much-are not organic caprices at all,
but simply like good and bad weather,
which. however. have a very marked
effect on physical condition.
Those who are not in the stress OF
life, have. Masso declares, one great
adyantage-they are not in such n
sensitive condition as to be Influenced
by trifes; In other words, they are
not hysterical subjects.
The discomfort caused by working
too much IL. says Masso, a safety
valye and until that discOmfOrt makes
itself felt one may safely work. Tn
fortunatel-' this apparatus does not
work well In all cases. Where there is
great nervousness this warning ma
chinery Is out OF gear. The nervous
individual. therefore. il likely to con
tinue working after the alarm bell has
tried 10 ring. but could not.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21

The question Of domestic service In
China IN by far an easier problem
than In many other countries In
China n rich man gets as many serv-
ants az he wants, and yet he pays
them no wages, while the common
people have TO pay them well. Even
then they are hard to get. for the rca-
son that the cmployc Of the rich man
can make more than triple the ordi.
GARY wages in pcrquistcs
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed tobe
incurable For great many years doctors
pronounced IL "A local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing 90
cure with local treatment pronounced 10 in
durable. Science has proven catarrh 20 be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. j. Cheney X Co. Toledo,
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops TO "A teaspoonful. IL acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
IL fails TO cure. Send for circulars and testi-
nonials. Address FL. CHEsEY& Co., Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21
Transporting . Big Army.

A summary OF the official report
made 10y the British admiralty, show
ing the name. tonnage and speed OF
every vessel employed 10 convey
troops. horses and mules 10 the Trans
vaal between July /. lS9S, and March
81, 1900. shows that the various trans
ports made 2l5 voyages from England
and the Mediterranean. I'm which they
carried 6663 officers. 1Io.lS men and
30. lol horses. or the horses lSi3 were
lost In transit. In forty-nine voyages
from India the transports carried All
officers. 1882 men, 2SS2 followers,
73ii horses and 1856 mules: OF the
latter ninety-eight horses and three
mules were lost on the voyage. The
colonial contingent was taken 10 the
Cape In transports. making twenty
nine voyages and carrying iS6 officers.
S630 men and 1892 horses. In addi-
ton 10 the above, thirty-thrce voyages
were made 10y vessels employed solely
in taking mules 10 South Africa. These
ships conveyed 81, ,503 mules, of which
only 6Tl were lost en- voyage, and other
vessels made twenty-four voyages I'm
conveying horses and cobs from Aus
tralia and Argentina. These carried
l3. .S96 animals. OF which only las were
lost
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-21

and fireman. and took the train
through 20 Tien Tsin. when we
passed the Autiag station. thirty miles
from Pekin. we found IL aflame. with
the station agent and some OF the
guard lying dead upon the ground.
We saw the slain plainly as we passed.
They had been killed by Boxers, who
had burned the woodwork from un.
der the water tank and had attempted
10 fire the ridge over which we had
10 pass. A train that followed US 10y
half an hour found the bridge nearly
burned down. and was obliged 20 pull
back 10 Pekin."