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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

We quote from The Century an an.
ecdote related as one OF "a Woman's
Experiences During the Siege OF Yicks-
burg"
Speaking OF fuses, the rector told us
one day very funny thing that he
had seen during one OF his trips to
town. Every day, as long as the siege
continued, he crossed that hospital
ridge and passed over the most expos
ed streets on his way TO the church,
always carrying with him his pocket
communion service, apparently stand
Ing an even chance of burying the
dead, comforting the dying or being
himself brought home malmed or cold
In death. Ills leaving was n daily
anguish 10 those who watched him
vanish over the brow Of the hill. one
evening coming back I'm the dusk, lac
saw n burly wagOncr slip Off his horse
aud get under 1t I'm n hurry. His head
appeared, bobbng out first from one
side, then from the other. Above him
I'm the air, bobblng. too, and with n
quick, uneasy motion, was a luminous
spark. After full minute spent In
vigorous dodging the man came out to
prospect. The supposed fuse was still
there burning brilliantly. Darn the
thing" he grunted, "why don't II
bust" He had been playing hide and
seek for 60 seconds with a fine spccl-
men Of our southern lightning bug. OF
FREELY!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31
ceorpe yyasbIngton.. Lottery

1t is not generally known that tho
great Father Of His Country was on
at least one occasion the originator Of
n lottery, the like Of which at the pres
ent day would be forbidden TO send its
tickets through the mails. That George
Washington was interested I'm such n
scheme is proved by number of tick
cts still i'm existence which bear his
august name. 1t was the Mountain
Road lottery of which George was the
promoter, and 1t Is, of course. unnec-
cssary to state that Washington him
self did not financially profit from II.
All the funds raised by the lottery
were spent In building the road
through Cumberland gap, near Fred
ericksburg, Va. Originally the lottery
tickets which Washington signed We're
worth 81 each. Now, because they bear
his signature, they are easily sold for
$50 apiece, though II Is certain that
not one of them will ever draw prize
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31
THE FOOD WE EAT.
EXCELLENT DYES EXTRACTED FROM
FOOD PRODUCTS.

Uncle sam VIII show Specimens OF
white SIX Dyed with These Ex-
trncts at the Pnn-Americnn-Chem
icaIs ard Good Ronds.
A few years ngo the adultcration OF
food became so general as to cause
wide alarm, and crusade was insti-
tuted against the practice which Inn
periled the health Of the nation. Leg
lslatures were npprsed Of the dangers,
and stringent laws for the suppression
of food adulteration were passed.
Great good was accomplished, but the
evil has not yet been entirely wiped
out and the agitation must continue.
There must be wider spread OF
knowledge regarding the food we eat
before the beginning OF the end Of the
practice OF adulteration comes I'm sight.
The importance OF the exhibit to be
made I'm the Division Of Chemistry or
the Department OF Agriculture Of the
United States Government ~ the Pan
American Exposition can hardly be es-
tlmated. In this exhibit will be shown
pure foods and food adulterants.
There will be displayed In an attract
I've form the principal typical manufac'
tured foods In state Of purity. Each
OF the exhibits will be accompanied by
analytical data showing the compost
tion and nutrltiye value Of the sample.
In connection with these Will be Illus
trated the principal adulterated forms
OF these foods, accompanied with n
statement showing the nature of the
adultcrant and the amount thereof CON
talned I'm given quantity OF food.
The principal adultcrants employed
VIII also be illustrated In bulk with
| statements showing their properties
and the dangers OF their indlscrimlnate
| use.
The principal adulterants Illustrated
| will be prescrvativcs and coloring mat
tcrs, and In connection with coloring
matters skclns OF white silk VIII he
shown colorcd with the dyes extracted
from food products. This exhibit VIII
not only be typical of manufactured
and aduternted foods, but Will also he
educational I'm showing the character
! OF these foods and their value rs nutri-
ents.
An Illustration Of the beet sugar In
dustry of the United States will he
given. A large map viii show by shnd
| cd areas the parts of the country best
suited TO the growth of sugar bcgts
with high content OF sugar. This
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31
wnste, Rest md Exercise.

William NJ. Evarts was n marvel OF
intellectual vitality to an advanced
age, and he used 10 explain ii by say
ing that he slept late I'm the morning
and never took any exercise. There
is no advantage I'm getting up early In
the morning If you need the sleep.
Many n man Is burning the candle at
both ends by getting up at an early
hour simply because his housekeeping
is adjusted TO that programme. AS to
physical exercise. Mr.. Eyarts had dis
covered for himself what our physiolo-
gists are now beginning TO teach
namely. that If n man consumes tissue
I'm hard intellectual work the way to
repair the loss Is by resting and not
by consuming more tissue In physical
exercise. TO the majority OF brain
workers oXygenization of the blood Is
far more important than physical excr-
else. and there are two very good ways
10 secure that: Sleep with your bed
room window wide open In summer
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

map Will also show the locations Of ex'
listing sugar factories as well as the To-
cations Of those which are In process OF
building or projected.
The exhibit will consist OF samples OF
products from the various factories or
the United States. showing all products
from the perfect beet 70 refined sugar.
An Illustration Will also be given Of
the byproducts used for cattle food and
the various forms ia which the refuse
of the beet factories Is employed for
that purpose.
In conjunction with this exhibit Will
be a complete representation OF all the
apparatus employed for the analysis
OF beets for determining their richness
I'm sugar and for the control OF the fac
tory operations.
This exhibit will be 10 certain ex-
tent retrospective, showing the differ
ent forms OF apparatus which have
been employed from time 10 time IL
viii also contain, however. all the lht-
est improvements In forms OF iabora-
tory apparatus and appliances for the
study OF the sugar beet.
Statistics I'm convenient tabular
form will also be shown representing
the possibilities OF the Industry and its
present magnitude. Photographs OF all
the lending beet sugar factories VIII
be exhibited Illustrating the methods
of construction, field operations ana
factory progress.
There are at the present time 40 beet
supar factories I'm the United States,
representing $1j,00OOOO OF capital, ana
the output Of sugar annually Is about
1OO. 900 tons, worth $lO,OOO,OOO.
The third section Of the exhibit OF
the Chemistry Division will be Illus
tratlvc Of the physical and chemical
constitution Of the materials used In
the construction Of roads. The impOr-
tance Of good roads TO the progress OF
agriculture Is universally admitted, and
the Secretary OF Agriculture has lately
established In the Division Of Chemis-
try Road Material Laboratory.
The object Of this work is to deter
mine by careful chemical and physical
tests the composition Of the materials
best suited to the manufacture of good
roads. The exhibit will consist Of the
road materials en- bloc, together with
the results artificial attritlOn. The
fine dust obt, ined by this process IL
nodded into cubes under great pressure
and then subjected to the blows OF n
small hammer until dlsintegrated. The
cubes Of these materials will be exhlb-
tied, together with the fragments OBJ
tanned by their disaggrcgation under
blows OF given magnitude. The chem
ical composition OF these materials Is
also carefully studied and will be
shown I'm appropriate tables.
From all these experiments the co.
efficient Of wear is calculated thus
showing the utility Of the material IN
question for the construction Of an.
rable road.
II II believed that this exhibit will
be unique I'm character and not only OF
great interest to those who believe In
good roads, but also attractive and In
structiye to the public at large.
ELnERT l.. LEWIS.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31
A whist story.

When Lord Thanet was imprisoned
In the Tower OF London for the O'COn
nor riot. three OF bis friends. the Duke
OF Bedford. the Duke OF Laval and
Captain Smith. were admitted 10 play
whist with him and remain till the
lock up hour or 4. Early In the sit
ting Captain Smith fell back In a III
OF apoplexy. and one OF the party rose
10 call for help. "Stopr' cried another
"We shall be turned out II you make
a noise. Let our friend alone until H.
We can play dummy. and hell be non,
the worse. for | can read death In bis
face"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31
I'm In the Ar.

what sort of fellow is Swelldup"
"Well. he's one Of those fellows that
you can never convince that there's
plenty Of room ut the top"
"pessimistic. ehg"
"Not ut all. but he thinks he's there
already, and that he occupies all the
space. philadelphia Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31
An Easy Matter.

'"Tbe reason some men don't get
along happily" said Mr.. MeektOn. 'ts
that they don't know how TO manage a
wife"
You know thls?" was the skeptical
query.
Certainly. II Is the simplest thing
I'm the world. All you have 10 do Is TO
say yes whenever she wants any
thing and always let her have her own
way Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

It is said that King Edward was
the indirect cause Of the Shamrock's
lis misfortune It is hoped that
English Ship Of State will never
suffer from his association with it.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

IF Mark Hanna does run for the
presidency it will be very hard to
find any mean thing to say about
him, that has not been used masy
times before.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

The TIMES has not been asked to
print an original poem for two
months. The world is certainly inn
proving.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE discovery Of 1000 game
birds in a new York cold storage
establishment will perhaps prevent
them from becoming hot birds along
side cold bottles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

Ex-SENAToR German of Mary
land used to be ball player, possib y
this explains why his friends have to
whitewash his political record so
often.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

EDISON has received notice that
his son is to be kidnapped. 1t is
getting dangerous for rich men to
own boys.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE Albany car strike was bad
enough, but the Albany car collision
was awful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

the early bird, 4" it might as well be
this way, as to be dug up for fish
bait"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

IF the weather of the last two
months is kept up, almost any old
place can be a watering place during
the summer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE print of the moccasln on
the sands of time is becoming very
blurred and indistinct.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE rainy season is liable to last
until September according to the
weather prophets.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE Beers are still at it" in a
humble way, that keeps 10000
British soldiers fairly busy.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE Queen of Madagascar goes
barefooted it is said. Her 90 loot is
on her native HEARTH" sure.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE palmist and the stockbroker
are alike when they deal in futures
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

SPELLING used to be considered an
accomplishment. Now 1t is scarcely
considered at all.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THEY want Brown graduates for
the Philippines. No wonder, the
color is SO appropriate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THE burglar, who called his lit
tie boy Jimmy, had fine sense OF
the fitness of things.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

MARY Ellen Lease has gone into
bankruptcy. Wonder is she fig
ures her tongue among her assets
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

"Well," said the worm, philoso-
phically, as he was discovered by
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

THERE are individuals whose idea
of Decoration Day IS, that it is time
to paint the town red.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31
A fleeting show-the horseparade

THE rainy day skirt has had show
this spring.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

and winter. and. if you can afford II.
keep a horse and drive In the open air.
Boston Watchman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

"SToRM coats and umbrellas are
becoming a very familiar sign.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
THF PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO..

THF PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO.
of America has registered nothing but
success year after year, and it's reputa-
tion for liberality in all of it's life insur-
ance contracts, together with the prompt
payment of claims have gained for it an
enviable place among the great life in
surance companies of America. During
1900 this company wrote business to the
amount Of over $249, 900, 900. The in
surance now in force in the Prudential
amounts to the vast sum of over $604,-
100000. 1t is not the amount of in
surance in force alone that entities the
Prudential to special congratulation,
for during 1900 the company paid to
policyholders over $7,OOO,OOO which
makes total of payments to bene-
ficiaries since the company's organiza-
ton of more than $49,000,000. The
company's assets are over $40, 900 900,
it's income during 1900 more than $24,-
600, 900, while at the present time it has
in force over 100000 policies. This
record not only reflects credit upon the
Prudential Life Insurance company and
it's splendid management, but inspires
confidence in the great life insuring
public at large.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
PIONEER "REMINISCENCES.

With increasing years we are disposed
to be more interested in "reminiscences
and I assure you have read those in
The CONSERVATIVE with much pleasure
for I was one of the pioneers of the
Missouri valley myself. In November,
1866, came from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
to Fort Dodge, Iowa, by stage. From
there to "Fort'' Des Moines and Council
Bluffs (about $50 miles,, also by stage.
I arrived in Council Bluffs in December,
1856, being 81 years old that month, and
was there about ten days, visiting
Omaha, etc. Of course you know what
both towns were then and also remem-
Der the deep snow and cold weather of
that season. Again I took stage for
Sioux City and after ride of two days
reached my destination on December
26, 1866, and found town of eight log
cabins. need not remind you that
that winter and the following ones of
1866 and 1857 were terribly severe. But
we were all young and didn't get cold or
mind the privations.
GEO. WEARE.
Sioux City, Ia, Feb. 8, 1901.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
Congressma an
ALWAYS "NEXT." Lentz of Ohio, in

PRODUCING the per-
petual populist presidential candidate at
a recent banquet, said:
"The last time I had the pleasure of
introducing Mr.. Bryan to you intro
duced him as the uen president of the
United States. I again introduce him
to you as I did then"
1t is not often that The CONSERVATIVE
is able to commend, without violence to
it's conscience, the oral deliverances of
populist orators. The speech of Mr..
Lentz is however an exception. A large
majority of the citizens of this republic
will join The CONSERVATIVE in indorsing
the sentiment of this introduction and
will joyously and generously accord to
the peerless" in perpetuity the posi-
tion of nert president.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE.

Mr.. Louis r. Enrich, of Colorado
Springs, who is well-known to the read
ers of The CONSERVATIVE, will, in the
near future, contribute an article on
political Independence"
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
THE DEATH-soNG OF THE HEMLoCK.

Ye say am old--I am old-and ye threaten to
hew me down,
Lest the roof Of your puny dwelling should be
crushed by my heavy crown
Ye measure my spreading branches, ye mock
me with idle fears
Ye pygmies that creep at my footstool, what
know ye Of age or years?
reckon ye all as shadowsl Ye are but as clouds
that pass
Over the face of the mountains and over the
meadow grass
Your generations are phantoms; like wraiths
they come and go,
Leaving no trace behind them in the paths they
used to know!
But II For six hundred rolling years have
stood like watchtower, II
I have counted the slow procession of Centuries
circling byl
Ihave looked at the sun unblenching, have
numbered the midnight stars,
Nor quailed when the fiery serpent leaped from
it's cloudy bars!
Or ever ye were a nation, or your Common
wealth was born,
stood on this breezy hilltop, fronting the
hills of morn;
In the strength of my prime uplifting my head
above meaner things,
Till only the strong winds reached it, or the
wild birds sweeping wingsl
1t was mine to know when the white man
ventured the unknown seas,
And silence fed before him, and the forest
mysteries;
unfathomed sky,
And hia nrO,1d dOrnea darkened he Heavena-
but above them all scared II
He bulded his towns and cities, and his man
sions fine and fair
And slowly his fertile meadows grew wide in
the tranquil air;
He stretched his iron pathways from the
mountains to the sea-
But little cared for his handiworkl Twas
the One Great God made mel
The Earth and the Sun and the mighty Winds
and the Great God over all,
These bade me stand like sentinel on the hill
top grand and tall.
Know ye that a hundred years ago men called
Yet here I tower above their graves, and laugh
them all to scorn!
For what are threescore years and ten, ye
creatures of dayp
Ye are to me like the flying notes that in the
sunshine play!
Shall tremble because ye threaten, and whis-
per that am old!
Twill die Of my own free, lordly will, ere the
year has shed it's gold!
But till then, as stood or ever the land of your
love was born,
will stand erect on my hilltop, fronting the
hills Of morn;
In the pride Of mine age uplifting my head
above meaner things,
Till only the strong winds reach it, or the wild
birds sweeping wings!
Julia G. r. Dorr, in Bazaar.
POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
Che Conservative.
PIPESTONE.

FlfES IUNE.
In the interesting historical article by
Mr.. Blackman in No. 81 of THE Con-
SENTATIVE, mention is made of frag
ment of red pipestone, which the writer
says must have come from the Minnesota
quarry, "as it is found in no other place."
It does not interfere with Mr.. Black
mans argument to point out that the
Indians had other sources of this COM
modify besides the one mentioned, SO
long as these were in the same general
direction from the point where the
object in question was found.
Alexander Mackenzie, who produced
book on the fur trade of the northwest
in 1901, speaks of bay of Rainy Lake,
or Lac de la Pluie, as he calls it., which
he says ''is remarkable for furnishing
the natives with kind of soft, red
stone, of which they make their pipes"
Rainy Lake is on the northeastern boun-
dairy Of Minnesota, while the famous
pipestone quarry is near the southwest
ern corner Of the state.
In the singular work, some thirty
years old, called ''The White Chief" to
which the name of George P. Belden is
attached, the statement is made that the
red soapstone. used by the Indians for
making their pipes is found in nearly
every part of the American continent.
The author speaks particularly of de-
posit on the Iowa bank of the Missouri,
which, he says, ''makes beautiful pipes" {"
Mr.. Blackman's impression that the
quarry in Pipestone county, Minnesota,
was the only place where this material
was obtained, is, however, that which
generally prevails. Dealers in Indian
curiosities with whom have talked,
and who usually have few specimens
of this ware in their stock, obtaining it
from the manufacturers in Sioux Falls,
all seem to believe that there was no
other source for it. Catlin, the painter,
who went to the famous quarry some
time in the 3O's, is very positive also.
"No tribe of Indians that have yet
visited" he says, "have ever apprized
me Of any other source than this" And
again, 81 challenge the world toproduce
anything like it, except it be from the
same locality" H..
And yet Mackenzie's evidence seems
conclusive, whatever may be thought of
Belden's; for Mackenzie was great
and notable explorer, and the first man
to reach either the Arctic or the Pacific
ocean by land. A. T. r.
The 18th bien-
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
The 18th bien-
nial report of the
X sas Stat g
KANSAS.

Board Of Agriculture is useful and in
structive literature from the facile pen
of F. D. Coburn who is a cogent and
interesting writer He is the master of
facts and figures and he makes them
slaves to tell the wondrous crops of
cereals, cattle, hogs, and sheep that the
farms of Kansas are putting on the mar
kets.
Mohave County miner., 1901-02-02

The richest man in the United States
at the latter end of the Eighteenth
Century was George Washington who
was worth nearly a million dollars.
Probably the richest today is John d.
Rockefeller, whose wealth is reckoned
at 300,0O0O00S. Mr.. Carnegie is sup
posed to be worth 2OO,OOO,OO0s, while
w. K. Vanderbilt and William Waldorf
Astor probably come next, with over
l00,O000O0S apiece. These great mill
ionaires cannot estimate their owD
riches within margin of millions.