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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
Carrying a Theory Too Far.

A New York doctor said the other
day that "indi igestion has been respon-
slble for more than one lie, and its
cure has often been followed by a re-
turn 10 truthfuiness."
At the same time, his theory mustn't
be carried too far. 1t will hardly do
at this date to excuse Ananias and
Sapphira on the ground that they were
confirmed dyspeptics.
And is chronic indigestion to explain
the remarkable romancing ability of
the veteran fisherman?
Besides, 1t would be cruel to rob
young George Washington of all credit
as the oy-who-couldn't-
on the score that he was the possessor
of an excellent digestive apparatus.
Perish the thought.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

1t was in the middle Of n square, and
in the very centre was a most beautiful
fountain. Countrywomen from the sur
rounding hills made daily pilgrimages
TO the market place. dressed in gor-
geous colors, to sell the produce Of their
lands-oranges, bananas, vanilla beans
and cocoa. The fishermen We're accus.
toned to lift their boats bodily out OF
the water and convert them into tenn
porary stalls, where were sold the many
hued fish Of the tropic sea.
Back from the city proper n mile or
more by what was n fine road lay the
little village OF Morne Rouge, 1000 feet
up the mountain side. The village
shared the fate of St. Pierre. and it is
believed that no one of its inhabitants
survives. The road to Morne Rouge led
by the wonderful and natural botan-
ical garden known as the Jardin des
Plantes.
The natives of Martinique, especially
the women, have been described by all
travellers as of remarkable beauty and
symmetry OF form and feature. They
mature early and live their lives rap
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

is in the shape of an oval with rough
edges. its greatest width being fifteen
miles. At the lower end of this main
part the old Fort Royal Bay-since the
French Revolution called Fort de
France Bay-cuts in so deep rs to come
within six miles of meeting the inlets
of lie Robert and lie Francais on the
other side.
The whole area of the island, near
400 square miles, is mountainous. Be
sides Mont Pelee, there are farther
south and about midway of the oval
the three crests of Courbet. and all
along the great ridge are the black
and ragged cones OF old volcanoes.
The mountainous interior is torn and
gashed with ancient earthquake up
heavals. and there are perpendicular
cliffs. deep clefts and gorges' black
holes filed with water and swift tor
rents dashing over precipices and fail
ing into caverus-in word. all the fan
tastic savagery OF volcanic scenery
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
KING DROUGHT.

/ drop the whips on the loose-hanked
steers.
burn their necks with the bow;
And the green hide rips and the IRON sears
Where the staggering lean beasts CO.
I lure the swagman out OF the road
To the geam OF a phantom lake;
/ have lain him down, | have taken his
load,
And he sleeps till the dead men wake,
Ny huPrying hoofs in the night go by,
And the great focks bleat their fear,
And follow the curve OF the creek burnt
dry,
And the plains scorched brown and sere.
The worn men start from their sleepless
rest
With faces haggard and drawn;
They cursed the red sun in the west,
And they curse him out OF the dawn.
They have carried my outposts out and
out,
But-blads of my sword for a signal
/ am the Master the dread King Drought,
All the great West Land il mine,
Will II. Ogilvie in Macmillan Magazine
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compact, with narrow streets, and un-
healthy. The upper town was cleaner,
healthier and handsomely laid out.
There was in the upper town n fine
botanical garden and an old Catholic
college, as well as fine hospital.
There were four banks in the city
the Banque de In Martinique, Banque
Transatlantique, Colonial Bank of Lon.
don and the Credit Foncier Colonial.
There were sixteen commission mer-
chants, twelve dry goods stores, TWEEN
ty.two provision dealers, twenty-siX
rum manufacturers, eleven colonial
produce merchants, four brokers and
two hardware dealers.
The Island of Martinique has the
same general characteristics as its
nearest neighbors, with some peculiari
ties of it's own. Its extreme length is
about forty-five miles from northwest
to southeast, and the main part of II
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

thought of plowing her narrow fields
for the spring corn planting. She
noticed that Zeke always taclturn,
said less and less. When she praised
him for his success and sought with
caresses To make amends for the busy,
almost heartless days when she was
we'll enough to work, he would shuttle
out of her gaunt embraces and vouch-
safe no boyish stories of his work along
the river. She guessed that he had
some secret. and for the first time
scnsed the sweet sting of mothers
tender jealousy.
If she had known that since the early
days of her illness her boy had kept NJ
a singular partnership with n bearded
stranger who slept IN the woods like
hunted animal, she would have won
dcred more. For coming down 10 d
trap from which his quarry had in
variably escaped, Zckc one morning
had found a stranger calmly pocketing
the captured rabbit
"Ill give IL To you, kid. II you fctcl
me some bread and coffee, said til,
man. glowering at the scared boy
but don't tell nobody you saw me
IL you do I'll lift every dang hide o
feather you ketch."
The boy only stared. but the mai
smiled at his amazemeut and said:
Tell you what I'll do. kid. III yo,
fetch me some bread and coffee ever.
day. I'll watch them traps o yodr
at night" Aud as the man gentl
held out the rabbit Geek agreed
Thereafter he stole many handsfu
of ground coffee from home. filled hi
pockets with bread and was glad of hi
compact when he saw his traps. rcsC
/. and baitcd at night. yield a doubl
harvest OF fresh meat and peltiies.
T III the secret burdencd his little co,
, science the young trapper bore camel
! 10 his pact. FOR he knew that the tim
/. was come to put in the corn. and tn,
{ 1t would not be put in. Upon his fra
e shoulders depended even the hope ,
/ providing flour and bacon and med
Q cine for his mother. What must ha
e pen when the rent came due. was 9
c ominous problem which even the wol
!. mother dreaded to confront. II the
8 only had few neighbors. some pls
il might be contrived for planting a Gro
l. but the nearest house was In the OF
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

fallen trees and through shallow pools
that blocked the unused forest road,
she came upon the squalid hut, the
abandoned fields and the utter desola
tion of her new "home." Her son
Zeke was n scrawny lad of twelve,
dressed in threadbare jeans. weazen
from hardship. silent and alert. Her
daughter Maria, puny even for ten
years, was prettier, but her flimsy cal
leo and faded shawl seemed already
too slight covering against the cold
breeze which moaned through the leaf.
less trees and blew the fog of the river
into her peaked face.
1t was cherries house-warmlng
they had that first frosty night but
by dlnt of heroic lifting, dragging,
chopping and sweeping the one-horse
wagon was unloaded OF its burden of
old household goods, the pallets were
stretched on the moldy floors. the
old horse was stabbed and fed and the
coffee pot was steaming on the rusty
stove. Then began the oft-repeated
struggle to establish n home for her.
self and her little ones. IL was toe
late to put in a crop, and the best the
widow could do was to stock hel
shanty with piles of fire wood for the
coming winter. Zeze. keen with the
woodsman's inbred instincts. left tile
tree telling and the housekeeping e
Maria and his mother His father''
heavy rife a rusty axe and a SCARED
Barlow knife. became his implements
and never a day passed that he diC
not bring home few rabbits or SOUR
rels. Before the first snow few he ha,
whitfield some rude figure fours." an,
at last. creeping down to one of hi
traps by the river. he found an impris
oned otter.
That settled Zeke in his choice G
activities. FOR he worked far into a.
night. long after his tired mother an
sister had gone TO sleep. hewing. hacl
ing ard whiting at the rude flat bos
which he hoped 10 make from III
worm-eaten planks OF dlsmantlc
chicken house. In the morning
dragged the results OF his labor to a
rivers brink. and there for days I
toiled like an inspired elf till the clur
sy vessel seemed ft for launching. III
mother. well aware Of the practic
value Of his bent. and little Maria. q
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

idly, as is the case in all tropical
islands, but the women of Martinique
seem TO be pre-eminent in physical
perfection. Cornilliac ascribes this
wonderful beauty, which is the rule
rather than the exception in Marti-
nique, to the mixture of Carib blood
with Caucasian and Negro. One
writer says
Both men and women are often so
perfect anatomically that the artist
wishing TO create a Mercury or a
Venus need only 10 take a cast of the
body of one of these natives without
making one modification from neck to
heel"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

bones,
And strewn with the blind white sand,
Beside me suffering dumb world means,
On the breast OF lonely land.
On the rim of the world the lightnings
play,
The heat-waves quver and dance,
And the breath OF the wind is a sword to
slay,
And the sunbeams each lance
have withered the grass where my hot
hoofs tread,
i have whitened the sapless trees,
i have driven the faint-heart rains ahead,
To hide in their soft green seas;
have bound the plains with an iron band,
/ have stricken the slow streams dumb
To the charge OF my vanguards who shall
stand!
Who stay when my cohorts come?
The dust storms follow and wrap me
round,
The hot winds ride as a guard;
Before me the fret OF the swamps is bound,
And the way of the wild fowl barred.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

cry Il was believed that all the grave
stones of the pilgrims had long since
vanished into dust. The stone In ques-
ton. the only Msyhower gravestone in
existence. rests over the grave of Cap
tain Richard Moore, Sr., who came 10
Plymouth in the Mayfower as a boy
In Elder William Brewster's family,
and finally settled in Salem. where he
died at the age OF elghty-four in some
where about 159J-the date is not given
on the tombstone.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
Beautiful St. Pierre.
10 THE @ @
l O MODERN
10 @ O ROMRElI

and 10000 blacks OF all shades from
ebony 10 light octoroon.
Martinique had two interesting
claims TO distinction in that the EN-
press Josephine was born there, as was
Nine. De MaintenOn, the latter passing
her glrlhood on the island as FRANCHISE
d'Abigne. At Fort de France there is
a marble statue Of the Empress Jo-
sephine.
Martinique became an interesting
point In this country during the recent
war with Spain. The first news Of the
arrival OF the Spanish feet Of Admiral
Cervera came from st. Pierre. At $50
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

\ good story IS told OF an Irishman.
more patriotic than clever, who enlist
ed In one OF the smart cavalry regi-
mcnts. The fencing instructor had
experienced rather a difficult Job in the
matter OF explaining 20 him the vari-
Gus ways OF usinr the sword. Now
he said. "how would you use the sword
IL your opponent feintedT "Bedad. y
said Pat. with cleaning eyes. I'D
Just tickle him with the point TO see
II ne was shamming st James's
Gazette.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

ment with rule or compass viii show
that all three are OF exactly the same
length.
The eve IS deceived by the inclined
lines. which represent the top and bot
tom OF the wall. so In the upper dia'
gram the short inclined lines deceive
the eye and make the two equal hori.
zontal lines appear unequal The de
ceptlon in the case Of the posts. says
the New York Herald. Is chiefly an ef
feet Of perspective.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

TT was late in the autumn when
Mrs. Kinch, raw-boned, tall, an
gular woman, came with her two
children to the neglected log house
that had once been the home of Her
NIT Peters. She had rented the eighty
acres from him. paid for six months
In advance and meant to 'work it,
because her twenty years Of woman
iood in the backwoods had made OF her
4 better farmer than most men. But
even her dull hopes and worn-out
fancy suffered a temporary shock
when after driving five hours from
the little river town of Hornng over
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

vera was on this side of the ocean was
established.
The city of st. Pierre had an ap-
pearance of great solidity. 1t looked
as If 1t had been hewn out of the solid
rock OF the mountains. The two-story
dwellings were uniformly of stone,
with walls three feet thick. In the
upper city there We're many fountains
carrying excellent drinking water from
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

o'clock in the morning of May Il, 1898,
the cruiser Harvard arrived at St
Pierre. and at 6 o'clock the same even.
ing n correspondent at Fort de France
communicated to the Harvard's com
mander the fact that the Spanish tor
pedo boat destroyer Furor had put into
Fort de France. The destroyer turned
out to be the Terror instead Of the
Furor, but the important fact that Ger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
Description
of Mar
tinique's
Destroyed
Metropolis.

height and overlooks the bay, from
which II is easily visible A great white
Virgin" surmounts the Nome d'Orange
TO the south of the city. Behind the
city was the cemetery.
The market place Of st. Pierre was
one OF the most picturesque features
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

ready precOcious little housewife,
helped him TO shove the boat into the
deep and sullen current Of Black River.
His little sister cheered as he pushed
out into the stream, and proudly tested
the efficiency OF his heroic handlwork.
But the mother, Ill shod and poorly
clad, went back 10 woodchopplng and
tolled till her body turned hot with the
fever, and the axe fell from her hand.
Then she went into the loghOuse quak-
Ing with the ague, and TO bed helpless
and almost dellrious with the malady
OF the lowlands.
From that day Maria, big eyed like a
gnome baked aud washed. made coffee,
scrubbed and slaved that her mother
might thrive and that Zeke might ply
his lonely trade from the gray dawn
until the night fOgs rose from the
dark. mourning river. But though
the girl waXed Trailer and sadder and
the boy brought home many pclts Of
squirrels, otter and even few mink,
the wasted mother felt the first breeZes
OF spring waiting in at her open win
dow and was not able 10 face even the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
BAD LITTLE loBsTERs.
Pugnaeious Youngsters That Long con-
tinualy For q Fight.

Perpetual motion is the only saliva
ton Of the baby lobster. says the New
York Journal That much has been
thoroughly demonstrated by a series
OF very interesting experiments con.
Quoted by the United States Fish Com.
mission at the Wexford Or. L. lobster
culture station.
The explanation is exceedingly sim.
pie. Lobsterlings, as the young lob
sters are called. are naturally born
fighters and cannibals. They fight 10
the death. and even eat their own little
brothers and sisters II they get a
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
which IL the Longer

Who can help believing that the left
hand post--or the most distant one if
we regard the picture as a perspective
drawiug-is much the longest, and the
right-hand. or nearest. post is much the
shortest. OF the three? Yet measure
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

driven wells. The main thoroughtare
of the city was the Rue Victor Hugo.
The aristocratic quarter extended in
n long line OF villas and country seats
through a luxuriant growth of tropical
foliage TO the mountain village OF
Morne Rogue, five miles away. Rue
Victor Hugo was the Broadway of St
Pierre. In this narrow and sinuous
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

....ss...... ......... s...s.. s'...ss
II was Zeke's mysterious partner.
The boy stealthily tore down the plac.
ard. stuffed IL into his pocket and
trotted hOmeward with q new light
morning before daylight he was at his
deadfall In the Moccasln bend. His
partner. bending over trap was dis
cntanglng "A fat raccopn Morning.
Zeie," he grOwled. without looking up.
"Mornln'," said the boy. tttering like
little mannilIin as he deived into
his jacket pocket for the placard.
"Is Marshal Topping dead| gaspcd
the man, his face gray and his eyes
lcerlng with ugly venom at the lad.
Nope"
eyer goin' to give away on me, air
your
Nope"
"Sure you amt, Zeekie," whined the
man, doubtingly. Topping hit me
first. didn't mean to"
II amt a-goin' to peach on you!
What d'you take me forE" The boys
sallow face grew red with anger. Then
he grlnned. and. laying his small,
brown talons on Manning's sleeve.
said:
"Do suthin' for me, Mr.. Manning?"
you bet your life, kid I'll do any
thing you say. Spit her out,'
"Come up and put in the corn fur
nanny"
us that all? With all them corn
cakes thrOwcd in? Why, Zekc, it's Il
puddin'"-John H. Raftery. in the
Chicago Record. Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

street. with its blocks Of square stone
buildings. were the leading shops.
St Pierre had many images and sta
tues. One Of the statues. the figure OF
a gigantic Christ" which stands on q
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
AMaytiower Tom bstone.

In the old Charter Street Cemetery
Of Salem. Mass, is a tombstone recent
ly identified as marking the grave OF
one of the passengers In the his-
toric Mayflower. Prior 10 this discoY-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

but the whole covered with the rich
verdure OF the tropics.
The total population Of the island is
reckoned at i75.0oo. of whom lo.co
are whites $4,000 OF Asiatio orisin
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

Greater London covers TO1 square
m.es: but the area supplied by the
London water companies Is not 50
great. being go square miles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

SHE'S now bury ST.
Pierre, Martinique,
the modern Pom
peii. II was the
largest town and
the commercial
C entire OF the
French West In
dies, being well
built and prosper
Gus. Its popula-
ton was about %
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

900. The city was divided into two
parts, known as the upper and the
lower towns. The lower town was
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

The greatest oil-spouter of the Rus
sian petroleum district was struck
few months ago. about three miles
southwest of Baku. The well was
bored to Il depth of 1900 feet before oil
was reached. Then. for nearly three
days, IT sent out oil at the rate OF $780,
600 barrels day, and continued there
after to flow at a diminishing rate un'
til il had produced over 100000 bar
res. The owners lost money, for the
well could not be controlled much
adjacent property being damaged by
the oil that escaped.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30
sleeper. on Japanese Railways.

Terra-cotta sleepers are In Use on
Japanese railways. The increased cost
Is compensated for by the greater re-
sistance Of decay.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

The use of alcohol as a fuel is n sub
iect that Is attracting much study and
attention in Europe. especially in
France. where the annual production
is enormous. The French Minister or
Agriculture has offered prizes for me-
chanical inventions in which this kind
of fuel may be used Among the ma
chimes that inventors are asked to fur
nish are stationary motors TO be used
on farms, motors for pumps, and auto
mobiles, and apparatus for lighting and
heating purposes. Alcohol is already
the chief illuminant for parks and
other public places in Germany.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

In the tine OF James l. there were
no fewer than sixty royal forests in
Great Britain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

skirts OF Horning. and for twenty miles
upstream there were no dwellers but
isolated trappers and lumbermen.
1t was late in March when Zeke.
mounted on the scraggy horse. with bis
pile OF pelts behind him, set out Tor
town. He drove a famous bargain
with the furrler. traded some hides for
qulnine. provisions. powder and ball.
and a pair OF shoes for little Maria.
aud was about TO set out for home with
nearly $ll in his pocket. when in the
wagon yard where he had left his
horse, he saw placard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

An innovation in mining lamps mas
been introduced at the Pennsylvania
colllery at Mount Carmel. A number
of portable electric lights have been
placed in the interior of the mines.
The lamps are about ten inches high
and are run by storage battery.
These lamps are to be used on the
turn-outs at the bottom of the slopes.
in the pump houses and as lights for
the lead mules of the inside teams.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

There are 10000 coins and medals in
ths British Mussum-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

: Twenty-Five Dollars Reward
: for Information Leading 10
: the Arrest OF Jason Man
: ming. Lumberman, Who MUIR
/. derously Assaulted Marshal
. Topping Last December. De-
scrlptiOn: Tall, dark. full
: beard, etc.
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HOW THE ERUPTION WAS CAUSED.

HOW THE ERUPTION WAS CAUSED
water from the ocean flowed in and met
the molten mass in the mountains lnte-
rior The steam generated thereby, FOL
lowing the line of least resistance, blew
off the top of the volcano.)
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

The Island of Samar resembles n
miniature Africa, with dense jungles
occupying the central portion, So inn
passable is this dense forest jungle
that the natives have hardly. If ever.
attempted to traverse it. The Amer
lean Army engineers. however, have
reccntly completed map on which
six possible trails across the island
have been sketChed. These routes
were surveyed by Lieutenant w, ;.
Martin. The accomplishment of Ma
jor Waller. of the Marine Corps, in
crossing the southwestern section OF
the island is n minor achievement
compared to the exploration work pre-.
viously carried out in the interior OF
the island.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-30

A powerful fan. fortyeight inches in
diameter, displacing 10000 cubic feet
of air minute. and electrically driven,
has been placed in the "tupenny tube
tunnels In London to improve the ven
tllation.