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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

fish, meat, cakes, hot soup, berries,
kvass and kumyss, all of which are
sold at astonishing low prices. Then
they return to the train to prepare
their meals and at their leisure eat
and drink.
Emigrants from provinces not tribu-
tary to tho Volga River are carried on
special trains or in emigrant cars at
tached to the slower regular trains, at
rates but little higher than those of
the steamers and very much less than
the regular third-class rates. For
1000 versts, for instance, the third
class fare is eight rubles and forty
or approximately $i,35, for
665 miles. The emigrant rate for the
same distance is only three rubles, or
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
Something About Fur.

How little the majority of people
know about .furl The long, silver
tipped black lynx is more in favor in
American than in England, where
white furs for boas and tippets carry
off the palm. Many tails characterize
the boa of the season, as we'll as the
animal, which points after barbaric
fashion. Women who would fly be-
fore the fur.bearing animal were it
alive do not hesitate to encircle their
necks and shoulders within its EN-.
brace. Russian and Chinese sables 40
blended are considerably cheaper and
of less value than the Hudson Bay and
are distinguished by a lack of the red
tone occasionally displaying white
hairs. Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
but the farmers OF the region round

but the farmers OF the region round
about.
Life in these villages OF Siberia is
rude enough, with none OF the quail.
ties we consider necessary 10 comfort.
The lands are fertile, yielding ample
crops Of grain even with the crude
methods Of cultivation in effect. The
blowing is shallow because the plows
are poor. There is little cultivation
after planting. The grain IL harvested
with hand sickles and scythes. 1t is
thrashed by horses in the open field,
the grain trampled out OF the straw
by three or four Siberian ponies trot.
ting around in n small circle. II is
winnowed by hand and ground IN
wndmills. With all the crudity Of
the processes, the yield Of wheat, for
instance, is from twenty TO thirty fold,
and as high as twenty-five and even
thirty bushels to the acre.
Some of the landed proprietors have
begun TO introduce modern methods
Of viniculture, but the peasants are
slow TO adopt them. The grapes are
robbed of their juices in the simplest
of presses, and the wine is still carted
and stored in bullock hides. A wine
cellar is strange sight, with it's rows
Of distorted skins, bulging with the
liquors.
The barbaric style Of architecture
such as the Tartars were fond of is
frequently seen in the larger Siberian
towns. Omsk has many mosques oi
this kind. One of the accompanying
large pictures shows a business street
in Omsk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

But that he was a Thoroughbred
scoundrel who gave information to
the Beers at the same time he was
selling forage to the British Govern
ment and eggs to the correspondents
at equally exorbitant rates, l have
not the slightest doubt. A few days
after the battle of Magersfontein four
Beers were seen riding away from his
farm in the morning, and yet he is
still at large; aud he is only one among
many who could easily procure infor-
nation in camp and retail ito General
Cronie. And as though Nature might
weep TO cover our advance, we GER
tainly took no mean advantage of the
Boer by concealing our movements
in other ways.-H. j. Whigham, in
Scribner's
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
Cut Feed For Working Horses.

While the horse is kept during win.
ter mostly in the stable whole oats are
probably better feed for him than
meal. The hulls OF the oats, as the
farmers say, tickle his insides" and
increase the activity Of his digestion.
Some oats may pass through undi-
gested, but unless the horse is old
and has lost his teeth this loss may be
overlooked. Any way the fowls will
digest them. After eight years of age
hovses should be fed cut hay moist
ened, and with meal on it. But any
horse that is hard at work every day
should have his grain in meal on cut
hay. The meal is chewed with the
cut hay, just as the oats would be. II
IS we'll mixed with saliva when il enters
the horses small stomach and passes
into the intestines. So it does the
greatest good possible.for the nutrition
it contains. All old farmers say that
horses will stand hard work better on
cut feed than on either whole grain or
meal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
PORTABLE SCHOOL HOUSE.
How the Educational Demands Are Met
Ia IT. Louie.

ih 1ts
st. Louis is cOngratnlating itself
just now upon having successfully
solved a difficult problem, and upon
the carrying out ola unique and inter
esting idea. In fact, she has wrought
out a new version Of the old story OF
Nahomet and the mountain and new
application. Like the mountain, ID
has been found necessary that when
SCHOLARS will not come 10 the school,
the school must, OF a necessity, go 20
the scholars. This, on the face OF
1t, might seem a matter Of extreme
difficulty. As it il, however, the
problem has been solved.
St. Louislhas found much difficulty
in providing room for all it's school
children. Rented rooms were expert
mented with in many parts OF the
city with more or less success, but the
general result would hardly be called
a satisfactory one Ia districts where
the population was scattered the plan
seemed scarcely applicable. After
much consideration and many expert
ments, it was suggested that a school
house or schoohouses Of such a nature
that they could be readily moved from
place TO place, set up wherever re-
quired, aud when no longer needed,
taken down and removed TO some
other field OF action, would fill the
bill. Therefore, a consultation OF
local carpenters was called and
school building, such as desired, was
the result.
These buildings have been CON
structed in such manner that when
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

made in several pieces, or be made up
Of spiral springs, so that all parts are
Independent of one another, and the
springs at the center are stronger than
those at the head and foot, because
they have more weight to support. In
this way it becomes possible for the
tired man or woman to obtain the
greatest possible amount of benefit
from the hours devoted to sleep. II
they will use moderately hard mat
tress, Of cotton or hair, never of feath-
ers, and not too high a pillow, seeing
that when they are in bed the body is
not all curled up in knot by the poor
springs and that the feet and back are
in almost q straight line, the repose
gained while lying either on the right
Or left side will prove refreshing and
aealthful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

no longer required at one site they
can quickly be taken apart and, if
need be, moved to another. They are
twenty-four by thirty-six feet, inside
measurement. The floors are con-
structed in eight sections, the sides in
six sections, the ends in four sections
and the roof in sixteen sections. Each
section is strongly put together on
frames, and these are bolted in such
manner as to make a perfectly tight
and secure room. The joints between
the sections are covered both inside
and out by movable pieces, which are
held in place by screws. The heating
and ventilating are furnished by an
indirect furnace with double casing.
The fresh air is taken directly from
the outside, and the supply cannot, in
any manner, be cut of or reduced be-
yond proper limit.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
B FARM TOPICS
The 6eneraI-Purposs Cow.

fhe farmer, or any other man who
can keep but one or two cows, wants
the general-purpose COW, that will
furnish good milk for those who like
it as a beverage. good cream for his
coffee, aud whose surplus cream will
supply, under proper care, butter nice
enough for table use or for sale, II
there is more than is needed at home,
and that, when she has reached a good
old age, can be made into beef that is
wholesome and nutritious, il not as
tender and toothsome as the quickly
fa,tened baby beef of some approved
breed. can scarcely go amiss il he gets
a good Jersey or Jersey grade OF
good breeding. We have seen and
owned such cows Of other breeds, but
we like the little Jersey because OF
her docility, her easy keeping, and
the ease with which her cream can be
converted into butter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

quered the country; exiles, political
aud criminal; dissenters from the
Greek church, who were either ban
ished to Siberia or went there of their
own accord. That is to say, the orig
inal Russian population of Siberia
consists Of men and women who were
in some way intellectually or physi-
cally more active or more earnest than
their fellow country men and women
who remained in European Russia.
The result is that to-day the average
Siberian is a more vigorous and intel
ligent man than the average Russian.
He picks up thing more quickly;
his life is richer, brighter"
" The Siberian born citizens of the
country do not fail torealize these diff
ferences. Already,I have learned that
they want to be called Siberians rath-
er than Russians, and to them the
latter name seems no more correct
than to call the descendants of Eng.
lish colonists in the United States
Englishmen instead Of Americans.
Already evidences have appeared that
"Siberia for the Siberians" is not an
unknown sentiment.
Provision for the sustenance OF the
immigrants on their railway journey
through Siberia lis simple but ade-
quate. Most of the peasants. bring
with them as much food as possible
of the sort they relish, in order to
avoid the necessity Of buying on the
way. Ponderous loaves OF black
bread, slabs Of died fish and q supply
Of tea are the chief essentials in this
commissary department. Each fam
lily carries a teapot in addition to cups
and simple dishes, and the individual
traveller must do likewise il he wishes
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
An odd Tree From Madagascar.

From Vick's Magazine we get this
picture Of the travellers tree, an odd
looking growth indigenous in NADIA
gascar. Botanically it is known as
the Ravenala Madagarcarenis, but its
popular name has been given it from
the belief that water from rain aud dew
collects in its leaf stems in sufficient
quantity to quench travellers thirst.
The water does collect as stated, but
as the plant grows beside water
courses it can hardly be of special
benefit to the traveller, who could
slack his thirst much easier at tn,
adjacent stream.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

rapidly when they come. Near this
house IS an open shed facing the track
which shelters rough counter and
some shelves. This is at the service
of the peasant women of the village,
who bring all sorts of eatables TO this
primitive buffet at train time.
When the train arrives there is n
hasty exodus from the cars. Onerep-
resentative of each family or travelling
party hprries TO the house where the
hot water is waiting and draws from
the tank into his teapot as much as he
likes of the essential liquid. Others
rush TO the buffet shed, to find bread,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
SIBERIA'S AWAKENING.
What Russia is Doing to Develop
Her Vast ASiatiC Possession.
CHARACTERISTIC SCENES TOWN AND COUNTRY.


provides for the nece ssity in excellent
fashion. At every station Of the first
class, which means about every seven.
ty-fve or eighty miles, there is erected
at one end OF the platform a little
house of logs, which is arranged
solely for the convenience Of the
people who want water. A big tank,
holding two or three barrels OF water,
is arranged with o charcoal furnace TO
keep it's contents at the boiling point.
In another corner of the house is a
tank Of cold water. Each Of these is
fitted with several faucets so that the
passengers may serve themselves
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
Vinegar Drinkers In Kansas.

II is reported in one of the smaller
sites not far from Kansas City that a
good many of the people there are be-
coming vinegar fends. They began
~ taking the vinegar as a preventive
ot smallpox, drinking it three times a
lay. The system soon seemed to de-
nand land the doses were increased,
Until the victims imagined they re-
luired the vinegar. One woman who
las become addicted to the habit
drinks pint of vinegar a day. Kan
,as City Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
Boy Non-pIu..d the ConJurer.

At country fair a coniurer was
performing the old trick OF producing
eggs from hat. when he remarked TO
little boy: "Your mother can't get
eggs without hens, can she?' 'Of
course she cam replied the lad.
"Why, how is that?" asked the con.
iurer. "She keeps ducks" replied
the boy, amid roars of laughter. Tit
Rite
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

fhe Victoria Cross, the intrinsic
value Of which is one penny and one
farthing, or two and half cents, can.
not be accepted as a pledge by a
pawnbroker anywhere in Great Britain
under penalty OF heavy fine. The
cross is made from cannon captured
from the enemy. aud weighs just
three and half grains less than one
ounce.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

abinsk to Kurgan, Immigration has
been flowing into the country in a
constantly increasing stream. Now
that the great rivers and steppes are
crossed by through trains all the way
from Moscow to Irkutsk, the move.
ment is even more rapid, and already
tho vast areas of Siberia are less lone
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

ger that other animals may go in from
the outside. Such gates will never
be in the way, for they can be hinged
so as to fold back against wall on
one side or the other Where doors
open directly upon sheep and other
pens, such gates are specially valuable
to give ventilation and sunshine wneu
it is not desirable to turn animals out.
American Agriculturist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

German military authorities have
been training dogs for some time past
10 take on active part in modern war.
fare. The Eighth German Army
Corps have a number Of splendid ami
mails. who are trained TO assist the re-
lief parties in discovering the where
abouts Of wounded in battle. Several
other commands also own packs OF
war dogs. who are drilled to assist IL
ambulance work.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
A TypIcaI Eoer Spy,

One man in particular, a German
called Muller, lived out beyond the
Guards camp on the way to Jacobs.
dal. He was very useful person,
because he supplied US each morning
with milk and eggs, and %" should
have been very sorry to l.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
A. the sher,n Would Run II.

Next week we will begin running
this paper as Captain Kidd woule
have run.it. Delinquent subscribers
may expect q call from us with their
accounts stuck in the muzzle Of a six
shooter. Otherwise this paper will b,
running as the Sheritl.would run II. p
-Bowersville Clarion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

as near as possible to the land they
are cultivating. Each village, then,
is cluster Of houses, in which live
not villagers in the usual sense, as
townspeople in a small settlement,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
For Stable Doors.

All stable doors should have an
inner gate of picket, so that the doors
can be left open when necessary for
the comfort of animals without dan
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
EMARKABLE as the

= NJ 1hhhhDLL Hb IIIb
8 tat e m ent IN ay
seem, ever since the
day when the first
section of the Sibe-
rian railway W as
opened, from Cheli.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27
pr.vbach. OF R.ao.m.p,.

Between dyspepsia and table man.
ners, there is no fun in eating any
more. Detroit Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

The most characteristic feature OF
Siberian farm life is that the farmers
live not scattered all over the country,
remote from neighbors, but in villages
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-27

10 be sure Of comfort. As every one
knows, tea is the staple article among
the Russians and is consumed in
great Quantities The Government
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
ELEPHANT HUNTING.
Pursued in Siam for Royal Amuss-
ment and to RestOck the
Stables.

The elephant hunt in Siam dates
from time immemorial, and seems to
have been designed for restocking the
royal stables, and contributing, at the
same time, to royal amusement. The
present kraal at Ayuthia, says Corn
hill, was built during the last century,
by Phya Dark. Previous to that, one
with mud and stone walls was in use
at Noburi. The elephants selected were
mostly young animals, that will work
with others after six months training.
The calves, however, become docile in
about month. The collars in which
they are secured often chafe their
necks, and the application of soothing
remedies is found a useful factor in
tanning these intelligent beasts, which,
having once become accustomed to the
presence of man, allow themselves to
be handled; many of them being so at
tached to their keepers that they are
noisy and impatient during their alb
sence. An anecdote is recorded by OAR
win of DR.. Hooker, who was riding an
elephant that became so deeply
begged that he remained stuck fast
until the next day, when he was extri-
Gated by men with ropes. Under such
circumstances elephants will seize with
their trunks any object, dead or alive,
to place under their knees to prevent
their sinking deeper in the mud: and
the driver was dreadfully afraid lest
the animal should have seized DIR.
Hooker and crushed him to death. But
the driver himself, as DR.. Hooker was
assured, ran no risk. This forbearance
under an emergency so dreadful for
heavy animal is a wonderful proof OK
noble fidelity"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
The Judicial Amendment to the Con-
Stitution.
To the voters of Phillips county:


To the voters of Phillips county:
A very important question will be
passed upon by the voters of this
state at the coming election, that of
deciding whether or no the judges of
the supreme court of this state shall
be increased from three, as it now
stands, to seven, and as some of the
voters may not understand the nature
of this amendment, or it's Importance,
We have thought to give brief ex-
plsnation of the same.
Several years ago, in order to as
sist the supreme court in disposlng
of large number of cases pending
before it at that time, the Kansas
Court of Appeals Was created, with
SIX judges, six clerks. six stenograph-
ers, bsiliffs and numerous other Off
GERS. This Court of Appeals expires
by Limitation, January 1 next. and
unless the amendment passes, a new
court will have to be created in it's
place. The total annual costs and
expenses of the Court of Appeals is
nearly the sum of $4,000, while the
costs and expenses of the additional
judges of the supreme court as pro-
vided by the amendment proposed,
will be only thu sum of about $18, 900,
therefore, as a matter of economy, if
the amendment is carried, it will be
a saving over the present system, to
the state, of about $4,000 The sys-
tenn of the procedure before the Court
of Appeals is very cumbersome, un-
satisfactory and expensive, besides,
in many of the cases tried before it,
litigants are virtually barred from
having their rights determined by the
supreme court-the court of last re-
sort.
If the amendment and its impor-
tance was fully understood by the
voters, there would be no doubt what
ever bat it would carry by almost a
unanimous vote, but the danger will
come from the fact that a large per
cent of the voters may not under
stand it, and therefore, will either
vote against 1t or not vote at all.
This amendment is favored and sup
ported by al the leading lawyers and
judges of the state, regardless of
their respective political belief, and
this being SO, each party avoided
placing the same in their platform
that it might not, by mistake, meet
with partisan opposition.
No more important matter, go far
as this state is concerned, is before
the people at the coming election,
aud all should vote in the sffi rmative
of the ssme W. 81. PRATT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
THE PASSING OF THE BoERs.
MOurnfuI Ending of q Brave PeO-
PIE That Struggled Hard for
Existence.

For more than go years the existence
of the Beers has been the epic of con-
tinuous and immense adventure, in
which nothing has been so amazing a
the last struggle and the final defeat.
There is no such example of hard and
stubborn people, dimly led by destiny,
in their flight from civilization, to re-
volve in circle which brought them
back at last face to face with the most
overwh Ginning environment of all the
shape of the British empire, says the
London Telegraph.
When the Dutch farmers resolved
upon their exodus from the Cape Col
ony and plunged with their long teams
of numbering oxen and creaking wag-
ons into the wilderness of the north,
wandering over veldt and mountain,
through bush and river, seeking from
decade todecade for some further home
and abiding rest from their pilgrim
ages, and fighting their steady path
as handful against hordes through a
thousand miles of savage environment,
the Beers commenced a story of hero
ism not to be equa1ed out of Exodus.
1t will never be adequately described,
if not by the pen of some second De
Quincy in pages of such supreme sIo-
quence and power az those which i'm
mortalized the fight of the Tartars.
The very names of the TrensvaaI
towns record the travel or sorrow and
death in which they were founded:
Weenen," the place of weeping;
'Rustenburg," the place of rest; "Ly-
denburg," the place of suffering.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
Obituary.

Mrs. Jane 81. Ferrett died Oct. q,
1900, at her home IN Logan after a
lingering illness of six months, aged
55 years, 6 months and Is days. The
funeral occurred Oct % and was
largely attended.
Mrs. Ferrett was born IN Cornwall II,
England, and came 10 this country i .
her infancy. Her maiden name was
Jane II. Pesrdon. The family came
to Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where
they lived number OF years Mr..
and Mrs. Ferett came to Logsn over
twenty years ago and settled on a
claim in Towande township where
they made their home till their re-
moval to Logan where they engaged
ID the hotel business III which they
became we'll and favorably known.
Mrs. Ferrett was a woman of admir-
able character and was much beloved
by a large circle of relatives and
friends. Her sickn est5 was borne
with fortitude and res ignation and
she died in full hope Of the truth
of the bible. Her funeral sermon
was preached by Elder T, Godfrey
from Cor Is Chap. % Is verses.
She leaves husband and six broth
ers and sisters and numel Gus rela-
tives to mourn her loss. FRI.