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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
NEW WAY TO MAKE A FARM.
Land Whose Value Was Increased $40
Per Acre.

Land Whose Value Was Increased $40
Per Acre.
Doubtless the largest body OF land
ever held by one individual in Indiana
is the B. +. Clifford tract, which by
recent additions consists OF 32, 900
acres. There have been larger farms,
but they have been held by firms or
men representing the centralized in
terests of others. From the view
point of the large farms of the West
the Clifford iarm is not so notably
large; but in Indiana, where n farmer
who has from eighty to 100 acres, is
considered in good circumstances, the
size of this large holding is enormous,
In one respect the Clifford farm IS a
notable one compared TO any tract.
1t is the largest cultivated swamp
farm in the world. II was only ten
years ago that the section which Mr..
Clifford is now converting into pastures
and vegetable and grain-producing
land, was a series of marshes, pools
and lakes-a part Of the kankakee
swamps. Mr.. Clifford had previously
developed great tract similar TO this
near Champaign, Ill.
When Mr.. Clifford first conceived
the idea of converting portion OF the
Kankakee lands in Indiana TO agri.
cultural purposes he acquired at
nominal price about 10, 200 acres. He
then bought two dredges similar TO
those used by the Government in its
river dredging. The dredges were
put to cutting large ditches, almost
the size of small rivers. This work
has been going on night and day for
years and now there are 5000 acres in
high state of cultivation. Last
year the tallest corn and probably the
bost in Indiana was raised on this
tract Instead Of fences Mr.. Clifford
has waterways between pastures. He
has seventy-five miles Of large bitches
through the farm and has thousands
OF miles of smaller bitches. In ad-
dition TO this he is now putting in
drain tile. The soil taken from the
river and ditch beds has been shoveled
back over the fields, and thus the
fields have been raised little 10y little
as the ditching work went on. The
work is still going on, bat it will take
years to put all the tract into cult
vatioc.
Mr.. Clifford has between 800 and
400 tenement houses on the farm and
the population is probably 2000people.
He has a spur to tho farm from the
nearest railway and ships his products
direct TO the markets. The land,
when in n state Of cultivation, is as
productive "a any in Indiana and is
worth from $50 TO SO an acre. II
cost Mr.. Clifford from al TO 81. 80 an
/ nnra
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

as pale as q ghost. Thank Cod"
be cried when he saw bis wife. Bat
when he saw SAMMY, he dropped on
his knees, shuddering from head TO
foot.
1.-The boy is deadi Oar boy is
deadi" he groaned.
John Lane" cried his wife, "take
hold here. Do as / am doing. II
you love SAMMY, take hold and help.
We've got to get the breath back into
his body"
The horse-tamers galloped down
the road, and stood little way of
with sober faces. They had just
helped 10 drag from the gulch above
the bodies OF the six foolish campers,
who had gone up in the wagon. The
horses and the mountain schooner
had been hung by the food twenty
feet up on the mountsinside.
The farmer whom SAMMY had
warned from his field came in a long
wagon. His wife had sent blankets.
He brought them over the stream in his
arm.
Better let me put him into the
wagon and carry him nome, Mrs.
Lane, said the man, with great pity.
Sanny's mother lifted a grim face.
'If you think you came to carry back
q corpse, go home.
For two hours and ten minutes she
ker. them at work. They thought
her mad. Even John Lane relaxed
his efforts. But she made him work
she made him rub, she made him
| give his own warmth 10 the boys cold
J body And at last SAMMY gasped and
shudTered.
His mother cast a triumphant look
around, and sank down unnerved.
But when the men carried SAMMY 10
the wagon, she clambered in beside
him.
"Ma?" murmured SAMMY, inquir.
ingly.
Hush, SAMMY; it's all right.
You've saved their lives. Ny boy is
a hero.
Sammy made sick grimace. IF
being a hero feels like thisl--"
He was all right week later, and
had to accept much gratitude and
other things.
Seventeen people had perished un-
der that awful flood. Sammy Lane
had saved ten lives at risk Of his own.
The horse, Prince, had been carried
seven miles by the flood, and there
they buried him. The bronco tanners
rolled boulder over the horses
grave, and on it one of the campers
whom SAMMY had saved-he was an
engraver at Denver-caryed the epi-
taph:
Sanford Lanes Horse, Prince
A Real Hero, with brief notice of
the event.
IL wish you'd written, The Real
Hero, " said SAMMY, with a lump in
his throat Youths Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
THE NEWS EPITOMIZEO.



The bodies of ninety.slI soldiers who
lied in Cuba were buried at Arlington Ma
tionsi Cemetery.
General Otis, Military General OF the
Philippine Islands. T. expected 10 return 70
the United States on leave OF absence soon
after the arrival OF the Philippine Com
mission. General Macarthur will assume
temporary command Of the military forces
on the islands when General Otis leaves.
The total receipts Of the United states
for the month OF February were st',65i,-
265. and the expenditures s57, I5s .4IZ. leay-
Ing a surplus for the month Of sI,ssz'fV
The House Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, by a vote OFT 10 3, agreed 10 favor
ably report bin for the Reorganization
Of the diplomatic aud consular services
The bill provides for the classification ana
examination OF United States Consals and
their retention In once during good be-
haylor.
Congress has been appealed 10 by the
Navy and Treasury Departments 10 act as
umpire Ia a radical difference OF opinion
regarding the surveys Ol the new lslano
possessions.
Secretary OF War Root made an argument
ia favor OF the Army Reorganization bill
before the House Military Committee.
A report on Pacific cable surveys by
Commander Hodges, OF the Nero, shows
that thoroughly practicable route was
discovered.
The Hon. Lillian Paunceiote, third daugh-
ter OF Sir Julian Paunoefote, British Am
bassador TO the United States, was mar
ried TO Mr. Robert Bromley, Honorary At
tache OF the British Embassy, Ia the pres
ence Of distinguinped company.
General Otis has asked the War Depart.
men. for 1000 pairs OF handouts and 200
pairs OF sbaekles. They are 10 be used
principally 20 restrain insane American
soldiers
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
our Adopted IsinDds.

Ten men OF the Third Cavalry wero am.
Jushed by Filipinos near san Fernando de
Ia Union, and one American was killed.
-Four troops OF the Fifth United States
Cavalry In Porto Rico are nnder orders TO
return 10 the United States. Native troops
are being recruited 10 1il their places.
II Is estimated that there are 2Ss 900
oeggars ont OF population OF 900 600 IN
Porto Rico.
A determined effort IL being made by the
spanish aud American residents at San
Juan, Porto Rico, TO obtain the permanent
establishment OF "A United States or Amer
lean court. which shall be open 10 them II
any party desires 10 invoke It's jurlsdic-
don.
regular carrier pigeon service has been
established netween the different Islands
o. the Hawaiian group.
During the Hawaiian debate In the
United States Senate Mr.. Pettigrew offered
an amendment 10 declare null and void all
contracts for labor made since August IL,
1898. II was adopted.
Lieutenant J. G.. Gilmore, the leader OF
the Yorktown's little band who were held
captive by the Filipinos for 80 many
months, has started on his way home from
Manila on the Solace.
The strike at CIenfuegos, Clba, was de-
clared of on the order OF Mayor Frias,
VINO nhd M along sncOurhgeu tne s'Tlkers.
His action was due 10 pressure brought TO
bear by General Wood.
The frat important strike nmong Porto
Rican laborers began when 500 men who
had been constructing the military road
from Ponce TO Adjputas demanded five
cents an hour. The present rate Of pay IL
three cents IN hour.
There are about GO, 500 soldiers In the
Philippines. Of which about 81 900 are
regular troops and about 81 500 are yolun-
teers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

Six arenen were scalded 10 death by al
explosion on "A British mail packet AZ
Dieppe, France.
Dispatches received In Berlin from Elel
saw that the German battissnip Sachsen.
which stranded OF Bselk, near the hiel
lighthouse during fog, has been re-
floated.
In the British House OF Commons NJ.
Joseph Powell Williams, Financial Secre-
tary TO the War ONCE, announced tha'
General Cronje aud his family would be
taken aboard the flagship Of the British
neat at Cape Town.
Two more white, persons and eight
Sanakas have died from the bubonic
plague In New Caledonia.
Maiekinc endured severe and protract.
'd two days assault. Tue Beers were
irlven OF with a loss ot forty. The Brlt-
sh losses were two KILLED and three
vogndel.
There was big Ere at the Creusot
Votks at lie Creusot, France, whence the
Boers obtained their powerful Long
Tom" The loss IL about s20O, 900. The
gun shops we're saved.
Tue Colonial patrlotic Funi Committee
/ 'orwarded $4,000 TO the London Imperial
| Fund. Rs the arst ins;allment o. Newtolnd-
and's subscription.
The hichcs; Prussian court has decided
/ sNht tNf American Ntlir % f'NhhA Nfa
lot be- used In Prussia without special
| permit from the Goyerameni.
A retired German army oricer charges
| That the army has ueen weakrnei ny the
Kaissr's changes In tue regulations.
The total Roer losses in killed and
wounded sioc. the bsginning OF the var IL
given on the best authority at not over
| 1900, the lists OF names of all the Killed ana
wounded having been puolisheo IN the
official BD-r papcr-. tue ages vntcn we're
given in most cases ranging ron nineteen
years 10 hfty.
France ana sxitrsrlani will hold n tele-
| ohone convention 10, rey ilste tae service
| letween the two conntries.
The Independence cf STAN is satd TO he
ihrestenri w "a proposed Frenea enPed,'
tton 10 s-i1e Hsinsn.
ttal,'. far-ien trade last yesr assreghi-
el s.s- 81. GO and surpassed al records.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
soon Got Rid of Him.

A good story is told Of one of the
chiefs of the civil service department,
who had two aflllctions-au ohliging
and easy doorkeeper and q pernacious
Office seeker who was distant rela-
tive of the chief. Scarcely o week
passed but the latter called, and the
former was much too polite to shut
him out.
The chief at last. after one of the
usual interviews. resolved TO stand
the nuisance no longer, so. summon.
ing the doorkeeper when the visitor
had departed. he said; "X---, do
you know what that man comes
afterp"
mo, sir" replied the functionary.
"well. then. 1 may as well tell you.
He wants your place.
The bore was admitted no more. -
Tit-Bi
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
oVERPRooUcTIoN FEARED.
The High Prices For Cotton Likely TO In
crease This Years Crop.

NEW YoRK CITY (SpeclaD In the weekly
review OF trade conditions and prospects
Bradstreets says; There is welldeaned
fear ia the South that this years proGuo-
ton OF cotton will be overdone, and, with
anything like seasonabe weather cond-
tions, an immense yield Is looked for.
Leading southern journals are pointing out
the fact that a great production this year
will preclude a continuance OF the high
prices which have been Instrumental in
bringing about this production. There is
.hls TO be said, however, that IL present IS
Inmates OF cotton yield prove correct the
outlook is for a close cleaning up OF old
supplies OF cotton, aud Ii may be that In
cotton, as In wheat two years ago. the ex-
haustion OF OLD supplies will allow OF the
placing OF larger than expected yield
without causing an abrupt decline IN
values.
In any event. statistics OF acreage the
coming season will possess peculiar inter
ost to the cotton trade and the South gen
orally. II is to be- hoped, from the stand
point o! statistical accuracy, that special
care will be taken In the collection OF the
census figures o; acreage AID production
This year"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

The honey supply is light. but the market
,utet and vaiuee are little more than nomi-
nal
It's estimated that thirty new cotton
mills will be bull: In North Carolina this
yenr.
Consul Canada reports from Vera Crus
that the corn crop there is short and the
shipments from America may be prohis-
BILE.
Asa result of q secret meeting OF the
woodenvare Association. at Cleveland.
Ohio. ~ ts said there 4 likely 20 be another
advance In prices OF small Yoodenvzre
articles. The last mee;ine of the assoefs-
,ion held q feu month. .ro uss fniiav~8
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
Fish Trusts New Move.

The Fish Trust, organized q year ago by
'ixty-ave ash dealing concerns otthe coun-
try, is engaged in cutting. The move Is
looked upon in Cleveland, Ohio, as an at
tempt TO get absolute control OF the fish
market OF the country. In localities where
the trust has absolute control IL is said an
advance OF about forty per cent. has been
made. while in territory " independent
companies prices have been cut.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

The bark OF trees can be easily
loosened around the roots to prevent
binding by using a new grabbing
hook, which has a triangular support,
the side Of which rests on the ground.
with lever mounted in the apex OF
the triangle. which has iron hooks 70
grub the bark as the lever is de.
pressed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

The British steamer Crewe sails from
Philadelphia for Russia with the largest
shipment OF agricultural implements ever
made from this country. The cargo Is
valued az nearly Si 600 ,009. aud includes
thousands OF rcapers, mowers, thrashers
aud various other kinds OF harvesting ma
chlnery. This IL the first instance where
an entire cago OF this kind ever LETT Amer
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

SThe latehstrIne's on the outslde"-that's An {
what they used 10 say, -
An we never Knocked IN winter, nor the MAKE
rosy time o. May, u
the day 10 be;
An then thor wus no latchstrlnS on the But Z
outside door fer mel
iknowed wuznt anythipg-all that had An !
wuzjest w,.,
rhe sweet upiftin' knowledge that her win
dear heart loved me besti
rhat sometime for her life an mine some 'Cept
happiness thGr'd be;
An then thar wuz no latchstring on the Thar
outside door fer me!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
Sewer Pin. work. Combined.

The manufacturers OF sewer pipes from
sarious parts Of the country have met in
New York City. and have formc : combi-
nation, taking in the majority OF the firms
In the United States. The Capitalization
OF the new organization II ei0. 900 900.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

} THE REAL HERO. i
---- 81
5 By Mary Brewster Downs. 8
-Pbv the gate San.
M

P by the gate San =
ny's b orse was
dancing aroun d
the hitching-p
tugging impatient
ly at his halter,
while Sammy was
lolling in the ham
mock on th o porch.
After a while he
was going to ride
around the noun.
tain 10 the lower
pasture, to see the
fellows break in
broncog.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

Western leaf is quiet, but ofrerinc' are
moderate and holders generally are i(rm.
Domestic seed leaf is quiet, but very .Cir
business continues 10 be put through a..1
prices remain steady. Sales have betN
made OF 325 cases 1898 Pennsylvania. at II
"a l3c; l40 cases 1897 Pennsylvania, Havana
seed, at 12Jsc, and 25 cases 1895 New Eng
land. Havana seed, at 30Gj0c. Foreign
leaf is fairly active and prices remain firm.
Sales were reported OF 400 bales Havana, at
5o0s5c. in bond. and 80 bales Sumatra at
6Ocd 81 60 In bond
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
NO LATcHsTRINc ON THE OUTSIDE.

he winter went, an spripgtlme, with
the birds, an blossoms sweet
} the violets like a carpet fer the fallin
OF her feet;
3 wuz light an thar wuz beauty on the
Ian an on the sea,
iever any latchstring on the outside
door fer mel
know the worl's n good worl'. With It's
medders green an' wide.
It's thorns an with its roses-wlth It's
love, an all beside,
this: Ter all the good things that air
past, or goin' 20 be,
8 never any latchstrlng on the outside
door fer me!
Prank l.. Stanton.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
Mexican Ca,,i. Going to cobs.

American cattle buyers have contracted
FOR 80 900 head OF beef cattle IN Mexico for
shipment 90 Clba. They areto be shippe'
"a lots Of 1000 bead \ week.
, 1900-02-01

The match industry in America has
never experienced such prosperity as
It enjoys at the present time. Greater
production and larger earning capac-
ity are the result Of progressive and
enterprising management. The quail
ity of the goods manufactured has been
improved to such an extent that no.
where is such perfection found as in
the American product. The style Of
marketing the matches has also been
subjected to many beneficial changes,
and the results of these efforts on the
part of the American match manufac-
turers is beginning to be recognized.
The establishment of plants, by an
American concern In South America,
and those now being constructed in
Germany, Switzerland and South Al
RIGA. prove without doubt the popular
fty of our home production. One Liv-
erpool factory, which is controlled by
American capital, produces daily 49,
600 gross, and this amount, 1t is ex-
pected. will be materially increased
during the coming year.
, 1900-02-01
THE DARK AND BLOODY GROUND.

Kentucky maintains its ancient in
dian tradition that it is the dark and
bloody ground. AS much as n other
it is the state Of beautiful women and
splendid, chivalrous, fine looking men.
The chiefs of both the north and the
south in the civfl war were born there.
But after the last word has been said
by Kentucky's best friend, the fact re-
mains that She fosters a false senti-
ment of chivalry that cheapens human
life and weakens the supremacy of law
II it be conceded for the sake of argu-
ment that Goebel, with a democratic
legislature as a packed jury, intended
to seize a governorship to which he was
not elected, it is appalling to reflect
that assassination was the only rem
edy. Admitting, however, that the al
tentative presented to the republicans
was assassination or submission to US
urpation, it would have been better for
them, better for their party and better
for the cause Of civilization to acquiesce
in the legal wrong and then to appeal
to public opinion. This is certainly
what would have been done in Maine or
Minnesota. When the electoral COM
mission decided the presidency Of
Hayes, although Tilden got a quarter
Of a million more votes, it is to the
credit Of the democrats that they sub
mitted.
Political ass~assinations in the south
have almost always been the other way.
Republicans have been the victims OF
the assassin's bullet. But In Kentucky.
the republican politicians have ever
been noted for their personal fighting
qualities. They are quite as chivalrous
as the democrats and eve when their
party was in a hopeless minority in the
state they went about with chips on
their shoulders. Inasmuch as they pre-
sumably represented the northern idea
OF personal honor, this tendency has
been regarded as a reproach to them.
Most of them are descendants Of the
old wing followers Of Henry Clay and
while good republicans on the tariff and
other questions, they have from fami-
ly tradition always been ready to ac-
cept the southern view of the effective
ness Of the pistol as a political argu-
ment.-Denver Republican.
, 1900-02-01
'DooLEY" ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Women Know Who's President "On'y
Whin tn President GIFTS Married"

An anyhow, womenll niver vote"
said Mr.. Dooley, interrupting Mr..
Donahue's discourse on Woman Stuff
rage. in tn first place, tn men won't
lave thin do it. They have tn monop-
oily now, an they're far from foolish
enough to let 20 iv amy iv it. Thin
no cares f'r politics. Down in
her heart she hates an ~despises it, an
wonders what it's all about. An l
don't blame her. Not till they start
a political column in Buttrick's Pat
therns will We liver be able FIR to must
her a corp'ral's guard iv women at tn
polls. | b'lieve if We was to take tn
strongest women sufferejest in tn
country al sarch her ye'd find she
didn't care whether Willum ]. O'Brein
was Alderman or Congressman. Tn
on'y time tn likes iv thin knows
who's president is whin tn president
gets married. He has their devotion
in his wife's name"
We'll, l dinnaw about that" said
Mr.. Donahue. "'Tis lookin' danger
GUS whin Mrs. Donahue begins to think
iv votin'. In times past she never
knew twas iliction day till she saw tn
pathrol wagon go by.'-February La
dies Home Journal.
, 1900-02-01
She BEAT THE BAND.
woman's Wild Ride Down = Hid saa
Runaway Piano.


Runaway Plano. o.
Scores OF residents of Germantown
avenue, on the hill above Wayne juno
ton, on Saturday, witnessed the spec
tacle of a woman suspended In the air
from the handles OF a street piano
while the instrument was rushing
down the street car track at . high
rate Of speed. Antonio Annelh ana
his wife of S46 South Eighth street.
were providing people in the lower
end of Germantown with a brand of
music frequently heard, when a band
advertising a downtown clothing
store came along. The noise made
the piano, and SO Disguised were An
nelli and his wife that they started for
fresh fields. pulling the instrument to
the middle of the steep street. The
band made an effort to get ahead OF
them. Husband and wife had won the
contest, but unfortunately. the hus-
band left his wife to pull the piano.
Almost Immediately the handles of
the plano shot upward, lifting the
woman into the air. Her weight was
sufacient to keep the instrument or
box from dragging on the street as it
dashed down the hill. She chung to
the handles for fear that II she let 70
she would be injured. She beat the
band down the hill, a distance OF two
squares. Persons along the street NV
the woman's perilous ~predicament. but
the speed at which the instrument wa
pounding its way down hill preclud-
ed every possibility of an attempt at
rescue. At the foot of the hill the
piano swung abruptly into Berkeley
street and Mrs. Annelh was thrown
to the pavement. Band members
picked her up.-Philadelphta North
American.
, 1900-02-01
FUNCTIONS.
the ~subconscious Mind Dsss Its
. Duty.

How the subconscious Mi.a Dsss Its
Duty.
Did O ever think how often you
eat and never stick your fork in your
eye? You always stick your fork In
your mouth. II you ate In the dark II
would be the same thing. You would
never put out your eye by putting yuur
fork in 1t. Why? Because your sub
conscious mind is doing its automatic
duty ana knows very we'll that you eat
with y, IT mouth and not with your
eye, say ) the New York Herald. Many
other { ions are automatic. For in
stance. twenty people have gathered on
a street corner to board a passing CT.
The very fact that they are there
means that the car will stop. The Arse
has already signaled the motornaA.
So do the other nineteen. And the aae
thing happens II ten people =gathsr to
descend in an elevator. The first con-
er rings the bell. So do the other nina
purely automatically, The sign says
ring" SO each 4 takes this sign
to himself and rings. A shoemaker
once had a shop IN the basement At .
large building downtown. The ashss-
maker worked with his back to ~.
door. Every time the door opened Tie
shoemaker turned his head to the Lett
to Q who entered. For ten years The
shoemaker worked and turned his head
almost every hour tn the day. Bsfsrs
many yean had spassed the shoseAsk@
er's head turned aptoma&icallS; aaA
now that man has sssat every 81 nf
money he has ever msds trying 10 ~
cured of this automatic habit. But his
head still jerks, 70 that he looks over
his left shoulder constantly.