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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

Only siXty-two men went with the
first Walker expedition to Nicaragua.
one OF these was n Ken,uckian named
Anderson. who was elected captain
i'm the OUTFIT. Anderson is probably
stlll alive. for he was heard from re-
Gently. None OF the others survive, as
far as can be learned. Walkers
scheme was 10 take the popular side
i'm a Nicaraguan civil war. At least
this is what he said IL was When the
landing was made Captain Anderson
was sent with man from Illinois
named Baker aud a few more To 4
po'nt near Rcaleio. There ne was
surrounded by n large number OF Nj
caracuans The Kcntuckian and his
men took refuge In an adobe house.
and there stood or the swarming as
sailants There wasn't drop or
water nor a bit OF food in the shack.
and the Americans suffered torture.
Anderson chcered up his men. and to
show his utter contempt FOR the hordes
OF the enemy one Of his favorite
amusemcnts was To run out OF the hut
and shake his fists and make faces.
Then ne would duck back again just
as the pcsiegers let loose the contents
of their antiquated weapons. The
Nicaraguans shot high at first. and
Anderson escaped uninjured. Finally
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Miles of Ribbon Used.

II Is calculated that about $4,000
yards OF ribbon will be issued with
England's South African war medals.
This estimate Is made on the as
sumption that about 100000 men will
secure the medals. there being nine
inches of ribbon served out with each
medal.
No decision has been arrived Mt as
TO whether any of the ribbon will be
sent out to South Africa to the men
who are entitled to It.
The custom has been to distribute
the ribbon on the return Of the troops,
and this Will probably be the course
adopted In the present instance.
Meanwhile these regiments already
back from the war can put In their
claims for the ribbon, and can wear it..
II is about an inch and quarter
wide, and Is made of ribbed silk OF
three colors-red on the edges. dark
blue next and orange In the centre
London News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Meal For n Real Hero.

Secretary Gage in forwarding a gold
lifc-saving medal to w. w. Griesser. Of
the Buffalo Life-Saving Station. re-
counted the story of the heroic deed
that earned it and eulogized the hero.
one of the crew of scow that was
driven from her moorings in an eighty
mile gale on November II last, was
placed in q position o. extreme peril
among some old piles and Griesser
SWAN to him through n raging sea
with a line.
Experienced sailors warned him that
he could not live through II. but with
the remark. Wait until we try; the
man cannot come to us; we must 60
to HIM" he plunged in and saved the
man.
I'm view OF the extremely adverse
circumstances" writes the Secretary
lit would seem incredible. but for In
disputable evidence. that you per
formed the marvellous feat. which was
indeed effected only at the extreme
peril Of your life"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
A Rrnye Schoolmistreas.

NJ. Marchals question on the revolt
of the Arabs at Marguerite, in Al
geria. gave rise to long debate in thsA
Chamber, in the course of which. says
a Paris dispatch in the London Stand
ard. the British missionaries were at
tackled with considerable violence.
Another speaker. NJ Morinaud. de-
scribcd the recent revolt and showed
that the authorities had not sufficient
troops at their disposal. He mad, n
striking point of the heroic conduct of
the schoolmistress Of Marguerite, who
when the rebels presented themselves.
placed herself in the doorway, telling
them II they wished to enter they
would have to pass over her body. She
thus saved her school and the chill
dren under her care NJ. Morinaud was
applauded by the whole Chamber when
he added that he considered the silver
medal OF the second class which had
been awarded the schoolmistreSs by
the Government was an insufficient
recognition of such conduct.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
sun-shadows and Moon.shadows.

Most persons, perhaps. If asked 10
answer off-hand. would say that a
sun-shadow is darker than n moon
shadow. and would give as a reason
the superior brightness OF sunlight
AS a matter OF fact. however, a moon
shadow is the darker. and 1t is the su-
perior brightness of the sun that
makes il so.
The light Of the sun is so strong that
its rays are freely dispersed in every
direction. and even If you cut it off by
placing an opaque object so as 10 in
tercept its rays, some of the dispersed
rays will reflect light into the shadow
cast by the object. The light of the
moon, on the contrary, is not strong
enough 10 disperse and reflect its rays
into the shadows that it makes.
Look into this for yourselves by
comparing daylight shadows with full
moon shadows Philadelphia Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

life. the illteracy, Is not to be unchar-
itably charged against the guaJiro to
his dlscredlt.
Americas special interest In this
group at the present time is. or should
be, In It's place In that political future
OF the island i'm which America Is so
deeply concerned. and for which she
has assumed such important RESPONSE
blllty. TO some extent the guajlro
took part In the Cuban insurrectlOn.
Yet It Is doubtful If anything more
than n small percentage took any ac-
tive part in the operations. The great
majority of the original followers OF
the instlgators OF the revolt Of 1896,
like those who supported the earlier
Ten Years War were II less RESPONSE
BILE element, consisting of plantation
field hands. The raids of Gomez and
Maceo, westward from the home of
the lnsurrcctiOn in Santiago province,
demorallzed and, I'm large measure,
destroyed the productive activities OF
the central and western provinces.
Some OF the small peasant farmers,
reused by the enthusiasm of the move
ment, Joined the flying raiders and be.
came Its most effective fighters. Many
remained passive, and constituted the
class known as the pacillcos, the
peaceful, the non-combatants. Some
of these materially aided the insur-
gents with such as they had to give,
though unwilling to take active part.
There were few, whether they were
active or passive. who did not lose
their little all. Insurgents and Span
iards seized their crops, their cattle
and their poultry for "thc needs Of
the army" often their homes were
burned sometimes in wanton destruc-
ton, sometimes In alleged punishment
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
A DOIl-party.

A "sick party" | called it, because 1t
happened when | was sick. l had
fever. and when you have a fever 1t
takes long time TO get well.
First / could sit up against my pill
lows. and then / could have the bed
made, and have on the beautiful blue
dressing-gown my aunty made me Tor
a birthday present After that L had
to lie down again. but could have the
pillows up high. and have my pictures,
papers and books to look over for
while.
l always have a party on my birth
day, but you can't have parties when
you are sick, only sick parties. But
they are very nice when you can't
have a real one.
1t was such surprise! / was sitting
there with my dear old Fluff cuddled
up beside me. l had smelled of the
cologne, touched the lovely flowers
in the vase, and had some nice jelly,
but 1t was lonesome.
was missing my real party, when
my sick party began.
Mamma came in with Dell Aliens
new doll. Dell had sent it over TO
spend the afternoon with me-her new
doll! Wasn't she good? Then nurse
brought in Freda Wallace's baby doll,
in its long white dress and the sweet
est blue knitted sack and cap. Freda
had lent her to me for the afternoon.
too. When aunty brought in Jenny
Mayo's doll. just squealed.
ITS a doll party she said. 1--WE
couldn't have the little girls, because
they would laugh and talk and tire you
too much. But they said they would
send their dolls, and so you could have
a quiet party
Mamma and aunty kept bringing in
more dolls. At last they brought in
Freddy Bonds new horse. fine, big,
half-covered one. Freddy hadn't
doll. OF course. so he asked If he might
send his horse 10 spend the afternoon
with me. Didn't | laugh?
Horses don't usually go to parties,
except to take people there, but this
horse was as quiet and nice as the
dolls.
Mamma and aunty said the best
hing a doll-party was that you didn't
nave to give them real things to eat,
and so II couldn't hurt me. But we
had supper just the same. We had
the cutting-table spread with a big
towel and my new dishes.
And aunty made the things 10 eat
right there. 1t was great fun watch
ing her. for she made me guess them.
They were mostly tlssue-paper things.
Yellow pieces crumpled into little balls
were oranges. and white pieces rolled
into sticks. the ends shipped Ike
wings. were celery. Green paper made
lettuce FOR the salad. and little ships of
red scattered on them was lobster.
The dolls seemed to like them. and
when could see the girls I told them
70 had been a beautiful party. Freddy
Bonds horse and all.-lOuth's Com
uaniOn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Habit i'm Insects.

A naturalist saw one of the wasp
like flies called the sphex. dragging a
grasshopper to its nest, and knowing
its habit of entering before 1t carried
in it's prey he determined 10 make an
experiment with 1t. The nest of sphex
is under ground and the entrance is a
little hole When it had gone into the
hole, leaving the grasshopper just out
side, the observer moved the latter five
or six inches away. Finding its prey
gone when it came out the sphex ran
around hunting for 1t, and having
found it, dragged it back to the hole.
going in itself on its preliminary visit.
as before. This was repeated three
times, but the fifth times 1t dragged
the grasshopper into the hole without
stopping. The same thing was tried
on several successive days, with the
same result. which shows that the
conservative little insect had at least
TO throw aside it's instinct and depend
on its reason.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

ant, the farmer, el hljo del cam
po tthe son of the country, as distinct
from the man of the city and town.
He Is the man who Is locally known as
the guajiro (wah-hee-ro). Taken
broadly, this class will include white,
black and mulatto. though the great.
or numDer are white. In Cuba the
term "white" has latitude which Is
not recognized in the Anglo-Saxon
race. The swarthy Spaniard may
owe the darkness of his skin to some
old drops of brownlsh blood from the
long years of Moorish occupation of
the peninsula.
Numerically the guajlros constitute
probably some sixty or seventy per
cent of the people ot Cuba. At the
present time an exact classification is
impossible. The processes OF war de-
Etroyed the homes of many of the
class, and they have been forced to
seek such employment rs might be
open to them. This they have done
with a patient and submissive cndur-
ance which is one of their chief char.
acteristcs. Gradually, as best they
can, they seek to pick up the threads
of the old life, to return to the spot
of the old home to build anew the sim
pie structure and to resume the old
occupations.
The type of dwelling occupied by
the guajiro is misleading to those who
are unfamiliar with the worlds peas
ant and pioneer life. 1t impresses
such as n hovel which can only be the
home of poverty, unthrift and social
degradation. So does the rock and
mud hut of the South African veldt,
tralia, the nipa hut of the Filipino, the
tlugout of the Western pioneer, and
the log cabin Of the mountaineer. Yet
each uses for his dwelling that mate
rial. whether IL be earth. stone, brick.
wood, bamboo. or palm. which Is most
readily and economically available for
his purpose. The nipa hut of the Fill
ipino and the log cabin of the noun
taineer may be and often are quaint
and picturesque The cabin of the
Cuban guajiro seldom suggests any
thing other than the crude and the
primitive Yet, like the corresponding
homes Of other lands. the roof thatch
may shelter very worthy man, a
good husband and father. hospitablc
host according to his means. The
rudeness OF these houses Is no true In
dex OF poverty. Wealth the Cuban
peasant does not have. yet his little
industry viii and does give him as
large n percentage OF what he wants
and needs as that which falls TO tn,
lot OF many who would be disposed e
pity him. A hut. n few acres Of land
few farming tools and an OK maxi
him well to do Two oxen and I
horse will number him among the af
fluent.
The guajiro is usually a small farm
er. He cultiyates for his own need
with such surplus as he can for sal
or exchange to crafty such desire
or ambitions as be may have for him
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Apanrcrou. Balloon Trip.

\ few weeks ago four officers of the
military aeronautiC institute Of Vienna
left the Austrian capital in a balloon.
The ascent was made az I.i5 q. m. The
balloon ascendcd NJ n speed OF forty
miles an hour. After while the speed
attained SevenU-fve miles. When the
travellers came into the ncighborhood
~ the village Of Preran. formidable
storm set In. and the balloon. at a
speed Of more than 200 miles per hour.
was soon carried to n height Of 1900
feet The officers then decided To de
sccnd. which was slowly done. and
everything went all right until the bal
loon was hurled against the top of the
church tower on PrS'an one Of the
officers was thrown out Of the Condola.
hut not seriously hurt. The balloon IL
self and the instruments were not
damaged AZ all.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Mortraglng the BAD Loans.

In consequence OF the abandonment
OF lands in the arid region there is
now a deserted belt. on which are sit
uated empty towns and vacant home
stcads. New England. which has lent
most OF the money for the building
OF The West. lost enormous sums 10y
the desertion OF these farms. The
shrewd New Englandcrs had for 50
long a period found excellent security
and high-iniercst paying investments
In Western farm mortgages. that.
being ignorant Of arid land conditions.
they readily offered their cash to help
the settlers OF the plains. In many
cases clever swindlcrs. realizing what
was sure 70 happen. took up home
steads merely FOR the purpose Of put
ting mortgages on them. after which
they abandoned them. - Philadelphia
taturday Evening Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
an important consideration I'm all Gu.

an important consideration in all Gu.
ban affairs. Without them. our sugar
would be costly article. and none can
say what Cuba would be. Yet equally
II not more carefully to be considered
In Cuba's political future. is Cuba's
sturdy and peaceable peasantry. The
gIIatiro Is a peaceable man. tractable,
easily governed. asking nothing save
justice and fair taxation from his
rulers. He Is no dlscontentea mis-
chief maker. His greatest desire Is TO
live in quiet, cultivatIng his little
farm. chatting with his neighbors.
disturbing none and desiring that none
disturb him. His is no strenuous
llfe," and advocates OF that sort OF
thing may regard his life as contemp-
tlble, yet II is the life OF the majority
OF the worlds population.
In the politics OF the time this man
has little place and his voice IL little
heard. He Is probably the man who.
In days TO come, will de mine what
fashion OF government Cuba shall
have. but he is not yet ready for such
definite determination. and he figures
but little II at all In the plans and OPP
cratlons OF political leaders. He now
has no political organization, though
such OF his type as cast their votes In
the recent election doubtless voted
with the Cuban National party.
He Is the backbone OF Cuba, and
Americans. In their consideration Of
the island and It's political and social
needs, should give due place TO the
guaJlro, the sturdy, patient, tractable.
peaceable, plodding majority. New
York Independent.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
NOVEL MILK PREVENTATIVE.

ment, it is asserted. will preserve milk
n. "A sweetened condition for seventy
five hours in all climates. In applying
the principle for household use the
charcoal is suspended in the bowls or
pitchers used after the manner illus
trated. The holder consists of fine
wire gauze receptacle, with thin metal
arms attached for its suspension.
New charcoal has to be used on each
occasion. AS applied to the dairy
mans needs, the charcoal is contained
in two perforated metal cases, one in
the bottom of the churn. or can, and
one attached to the inside of the lid.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
A school Teachers Application

A Kansas school board received the
following letter the other day from
one of the teachers: IL would like to
have the refusal Of the school SO long
as you are willing to hold 1t for me.
though | can't say positively that I
will not teach. nor positively that 1
win. If | am married. rs | think l
will be, of course l will not want the
school. But you know the old story
about many slip, and l would hate
TO be out of a job us well rs the other"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

ago by the famous comparative anatO-
mist. DR.. Joseph Leidy. The study of
fossil and recent horses is one of the
most interesting and convincing OF
evolutionary theories. In EOcene times
the ancestor of the modern horse had
four toes, so he could run over the
marshes. Later, in Miocene times he
lost one toe from disuse. Pliocene
times saw only the central toe predom-
mating, when in the modern horse the
extra toes do not penetrate the skin,
and are only recognized anatomically
as the splint Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
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III or his family. His life calls for

self or his family. His life calls for
very little. He needs no store OF fuel
for bitter winter; he needs no over
coats. no shoes for his children. no
buggy In which 10 drive TO town: he
needs no barns OF hay and grain TO
feed his cattle through long winter.
Cotton and calico will clothe the fam
fly. and the women OF the household
will braid n straw hat that Is best
suited for the climate. Carpets would
be a nuisance and a home for deas
In all that, the life Is primitive In the
extreme.
As a rule. the guajlro Is illiterate,
and satisfied TO be so. The outside
world interests him little and troubles
him less. School facilities have not
been abundant under the Spanish
regime. and there is some question OF
his enthusiasm over the Introduction
OF school systems under the American
control OF Cuban affairs. Newspapers
reach his vicinity. and there is always
some one who can and does read aloud
for the edlficatloR Of the community.
All this, the rude home. the narrow
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

portation Of coolle labor brought the
Chinese.
The color line Is far less definite
than II Is In the United States. The
census Of 1890 gives the following de-
termination: White Cubans, 010,209;
white aliens, including Spanish
French, English, German and Amcrl-
can, 142, ,19S; negroes. 234, ,63S; mulat-
toes, 270,S05; Chinese, 1857. Com
pared with earlier census returns the
negro and the Chinaman show n
marked reduction. The returns OF
1862 give: Negroes. $4,000; Chinese,
$4,000.
Somewhere in this somewhat hetero-
geneous lot there Is the type which
may be rightly called the Real Cuban,
the Cuban race type. | place this
type. and l believe with entire cor
rectness. on the soil. lie Is the peas
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

they got onto the fact thar they were
punching holes In the sky. and shot
low. Anderson had just hurled few
choice Kentucky phrases at them and
had twlddled his fingers with his
thumb at his nose tip. One OF the bull
lets that answered this insult tore OF
the greater part OF the captains right
foot. The wounded member was
bound up. but the Kentuckian could
not walk a step.
The Americans were nearly dead
from thirst Notwithstanding the null
titude OF the enemy IL was resolved
10 charge the line at the centre and
brr way through or die. Captain
Anderson said II am In command OF
this outfit. and I am going to lead this
charge. foot or no foot" He picked
out the two biggest men OF the party
and had them lift him 10 their shoul-
ders He grasped a rife and said: II
am going al the head. Come on. Shoot
straight and yei; like the mischief"
Out they went like a storm. The
captain borne on the shoulders OF two
stalwarts. taking his place at the front
and centre, and pottlng away with his
rife as soon as his head cleared the
doorway. The Nicaraguans may have
been brave. but the sight OF a lot OF
bowling. straight-shootlng Americans.
led by a man riding on top of two 9th
ers and yelling like a demon. was too
much for them. They emptied their
guns once and then cut for 1t.
Baker. Of Chicago. met Anderson. OF
Kentucky, not long ago and exchanged
greetings. Anderson still walked with
n limp and made face at every stride.
-Chicago Record Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

OF Sabine Pass. 1t is known as the
'oil pool" and the surface of the
water there is perpetually smooth from
petroleum which floats up from the
bottom.
The proposition now is TO sink pipes
from the surface, which, after pene-
trating the bottom. will be sunk far
enough to tap the oil supposed to ex-
list in large quantities in subterranean
caves far beneath the surface of tho
Gulf
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

A Strange Mouse.
As in the nursery Mrs. Puss
Was looking out for mice,
She threw a glance upon the shelf,
And there saw something nice.
A little mouse among the toys
Was standing very still,
"Pl catch that mouse said Mrs. Puss,
Most certainly will"
Then crouching down before the shelf
Her instinct 20 obey,
She made a sudden upward spring,
And pounced upon her prey.
But what was this' In sudden fear
Her claws let 90 their hold
At coming in contact with
A substance hard and cold.
Then frightened Mrs. Puss turned tail.
And fled from out the house,
While still her prey remained unmoved-
He was a ciockwork mouse,
-Cassells Little Folks.
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for their attitude. From this class
there came the large percentage Of the
unfortunate rcconcentrados Upon
this class the burdens Of destructive
warfare have fallen most heavily.
Ruined planters may be numbered by
scores. Ruined guajiros count up into
the hundreds of thousands.
The few hundred of great planters
in Cuba are an essential feature In the
islands development. They are the
employers of thousands of laborcrs.
Their rights and their privileges are
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Preserving Milk by Charcoal.

A rather unusual melnod of pre-
serving milk has recently been brought
to public attention in England, the
chief feature OF which Is the use Of
charcoal. 1t Is asserted that charcoal,
IL immersed in milk. will absorb all
the impurities resulting from the
chemical changes which are constant
ly taking place. This simple treat
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12

"Tt seems 20 me worthy Of note
commented the thoughtful man. that
the fellow who is sure the old pistol
i not loaded j. seldom 50 sure OF u
that ne points II az himself when he
pulls the trigger. II he did there
would be- little cause Tor complaint
Chicago Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Evolution of the Horse.

DR.. Gidley, of the American Museum
of Natural History, of New York
City, recently spent some time in this
city studying the type specimens OF
fossil horses preserved in the museum
OF the Academy OF Natural Sciences.
These specimens were described years