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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25
PURE FOO BILL.
House Committee Votes 10 Report Bill Pre-
pared by r, Hepburn.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.J
WASHINGTON, March -i.-The House
Committee on. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce to-day voted to report the Hep
burn pure-food bill, so-called, to prevent
the adulteration mis-brandIng and lIni-
tation of foods, beverages, candies, drugs,
condiments etc. ana regulating inter
state traffic in such goods. The bill was
framed by the National Pure-Food Con-
,ress and for some time hearings have
been in progress on this and other pure
food measures.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25
NOT AFRAID.
De Windt, Travelling Overland Around the
World, Braves Siberian Winds

LONDON. March 2l.--Letters received
here from Harry De Windt leader of the
expedition which is attempting TO make
its way overland from Paris to New York
and which left the former city Decem-
Der 49, 1902 dated Yakutsk. Siberia. FEB
ruary 16, announced his intention to de-
part on the following day for Sredne-
kolymsk. in East Siberia. The officials
strongly urged Mr. De Windt not to con-
tinue his Journey They said the condi-
tons We're worse this year than ever.
that the cold was more intense and that
epidemics and famine were raging.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25
Nearly flsty Deaths a Day.

(By Associated Press
JEDDA, ARABIA, March 24.-There
have been 470 deaths from Cholera at
Mecca and Medina, during the past ten
days.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

happened 10 them is OF frequent occur
renee, and i'll three cases out of four
might have been prevented by the use
of Stuart'S Catarrh Tablets. These tables
cure all kinds of catarrh. They can be
bought at any drug store for so cents
box.
That Stuart's Catarrh Tablets do effect
ually cure catarrh of the eustach tubes
and the head noises and deafness result
ing therefrom is attested by the follow
ing:
Mrs. Jane Barlow the famous modiste.
says: Il finally had to give up personal
attention to my customers and in conse-
Quence many of them went elsewhere.
was in despair for specialists seemed
powerless to help me. Stuarts Catarrh
Tablets cured me in just a little while
so completely that now / hear as well as
ever
Army Surgeon c. S. Beverly became SO
deaf from catarrh that he was forced to
resign his position and abandon his pro-
| fession. He says: '.Of course my inner
ent professional prejudice was hard to
overcome, but knowing the great benefit
You had received, my dear General
through the use of Stuart's Catarrh Tab
lets. used them. The great and almost
immediate relief I experienced was truly
astonishing / am now entirely cured and
have no fear of the disease returning. I
so back to my old post next month";
DO do it. will do it. Try them and be con-
WINGED. They are for sale at any drug
store at so cents a box 1t will nut YOU
to very little trouble or expense to prove
what they will do for YOU. Send to T. A.
Stuart Co. Marshall, Mich. for their free
book about catarrh. A postal card Will
bring, IL Writa to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

3 WASHINGTON, D. c., March 224.-AEter
announcing a few opinions the United
states Supreme Court to-day took q. recess
until Monday, April q tn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25
RESlnAn,S .n.CAuU ROADS.
Defendants Grant fc.ni to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
BY Associated Press.l

CHICAGO, LII, March z.-With the
consent of the defendants, Judge Cross
the temporary restraining order asked
for by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion against six railroads entering Chi
caso. The order holds good until June
1st or until further orders from the court
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25
URGED DEMOCRATS
II bIjRY DIFFERENCES
Continued from First Page.

ing a summon of CongEess-as was his
dnty-expresses an opinion ADVERSE to
this bill, it is proposed to retire him
from the service. Taken in connection
with some other matters more or less
sinister, these are menaces OF most om-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25
THE ALARM
FAILED TO RING
-. AND -.
YOU OVERSIGHT
YOURSELF

This would not have been the case if you
had one OF our Alarm Clocks, not the chear
75c kind. which possibly you get one out OF a
hundred to keep time.
The name of our Clock is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

ually cure catarrh of the eUStachian tubes
and the head noises and deafness result
ing therefrom is atteSted by the follow
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
Robber Bees.

The strongest bees are put on duty
for guards. 1t is these guard bees that
dart out ut you. With the Italian bee
or the mildcr Cyprian, If you do not
notice them they Will merely buzz near
your face n moment ana leave you.
But often the cross black bees Will
come at you with the intention OF
stlnging you, especially If there is rain
brewing, or they are short of resin in
the hive. or your clothes are pcrfumcd
with some scent they dislike. tobacco,
for instance On account Of these
guard bees and the keen scent they
employ to single out enemies AS they
know every bee Of their own house 10y
this scent as well as sight-it is almost
impossible for strC nge bees To pass
them into the hive, But the rObbrr
bees do not come single handed, they
come when the worker bees are far
/ atield. and killing the guard and nurses
barring their way, they buzz In and
clean out the hive. Sometimes the
worker bees stay at home to resist the
| attacks and the strongest side is victor,
but 1t usually ends i'm the demolition
of the colony and the tighting. robbing
spirit spreads to other colonies. 1t is
strange about bees In this line; IL they
| lind Il starving bee they will feed and
care for IL tCndcrly. but in case "a Il
weak colony they are almost sure TO
sneak in and steal their small store.
They are very much like nations OF
human kind in this respect.
! Ants and those fly bees which look
so much like bee that even bees
are sometimes deceived 10y them. they
usually rid themselves Of But the bee
keeper must keep a close watch. Ants
| are bad in this country. and most bee
stands are made with taperng legs and
! set In cans or crooks OF water Last
winter | saw a fine stand of bees
| brought To starvation because the
owner neglected setting the stand legs
| In water In every hive the bees
starved before half the wintc: was
over. and all on account Of the fall in.
roads of ants.
AS the bee must go into over 100
blossoms 20 get just one load Of honey.
IL would be natural for a big Drained
thing like bee, 10 get il some easier
way II IL could. and often in the height
OF the honey season the smell Of the
honey In other hives than their own
tempts them to thrcpc little from
them. The bCckeCpcr IN taking honey
from the hives sometimes leaves
enough dripping around 10 set them
wild To follow the ;rail on into ,hC
hive. About the only way you can
break them OF the rohbing habit Is to
put screens over the entrance ways
of the robbed hives 50 that not NOR,
than one bee can 20 out or come IL
at time'l. $. In The Eptom.sL
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
Juseph chamberlain.
Ah!sst British
statesman
q. Il Il Z; l.,t .zs n ]

Mr.. Joseph Chambcr!aiu, the British
Colonial Secretary, was born In Lon
don, but early removed TO Birming-
ham, where he started life as a mem
Der OF the irm Of Ncttlefold X Cham
berlaln, screw makers. His business
capacity was SO great that the firm
became paramount in the trade, ana
in eighteen years his fortune was 50
considerable that he retired from busi.
ness 10 devote himself 10 municipal
affairs. lie has had three wives. Each
Of his marriages were tingcd with 70.
nance. His closest friend was VIII
liam Kenrck, and William had n beau
tiful sister. Chamberlain also had a
beautiful sister. Harriet Kenrick and
Mary Chamberlain were rs devoted
as their brothers and the upshot of
this general affection was that joe
Chamberlain married Harriet and vii.
liam Kcnrick married Mary.
The first Mrs. Chamberlain died In
two years, ana "Brummagcm Joe" took
for a second wife her cousin. Florence
Kcnrck, who left him widOwer after
seven years Of uXorial devotion. There
being no more Kenricks available just
then, our Colonial Secretary remained
alone for thirteen long years, welded
only 10 his political dogmas. In 1897,
while visiting the United States as
chairman of the Fisheries Commission
(Bering Sea-, he met the daughter OF
Mr.. Cicvelnnds Secretary of War.
Judge EndiCOtt, fell in love at first
sight, and. Notwithstanding his fifty
two years, induced her 10 become his
third wife. Mr.. Chamberlain never
takes exercise, wherein Euglshmen
cannot understand him. His fad is
| orchids. At Moor Green, his palatial
home in Birmingham he cultlvatcS the
monoCotylcdones on large scale. Two
things he Is never without.-h his mon.
ocle, and rare bloom i'm his button
hole. Chamberlain is the ablCst states
man in England, and the most fearless
| because he is houcSt-Ncw York Press
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15

at Newport at which the guests ap.
pcarcd in the costumes of French peas
ants of century or two ago, and in.
dulged in such huColic sports as hunt
ing eggs in the hay lofts and milking
the cows in The stalls. II was Mrs.
Fish. too, that introduced the "reversi-
ble" dance, where all clothes were
worn hind side before, and the back
of each head was covered with mask.
Whatever difference Of opinion may
exist as 10 the dignity Of such a per-
formancc As this, there is no question
concerning Mrs FiSh's clcverneSs. Her
friends and her foes agree that she is
fertile in conception and adroit in exc.
cution. She is quick-wittcd and far
sighted, and though her tongue may be
sharp sometimes to cruelty, her OBJ.
servations invariably possess a keen
ness ana a point that command atten-
ton. She is Il very wealthy woman
and her husband is President of the
Illinois Central Railroad.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
WISE WORDS.


BAD grass does not make good hay
italian proyerb.
The tree Is not 90 be judged by Its
bark.-Itallan proverb.
Better to fall from the window than
the roof. Italian proyerb.
Fools and the perverse fill the law
yer's purse. Spanish provcrb.
1t is better to irritate a dog than an
old womau.-Ita provcrb.
BE ignorance thy choice where
knowledge leads to woe.-Bcattic
The fault Is great In proportion to
him who commits it.--Frcnch proverb.
Poverty does not destroy virtue, nor
does wealth bestow it-Spanish pro
verb
Deep swimmers and high climbers
seldom die in their beds.-Dutch pro
verb.
Land mortgagcd may return. but
honesty once pawncd is ne'cr redeemed
Middleton.
To succeed one must sometimes bt
very bold and sometimes very pru
dent.-Napolcon
Where there Is no want OF Will then,
will. Ie no want of opportunity
Spanish proycrb.
Hares are caught with hounds, fool:
with praise and women with money 10.
German proverb.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
A SIIrht Misunderstanding.

A young man. whose gallantry was
largely In excess of his pccuniary
means. sought TO remedy this defect
and to save the money required fot
the purchase of expensive flowers Ivy
arranging with a gardener TO lee him
have bouquet from time to time in
return for his cast of clothes. Go il
happened that one day he received n
bunch OF the most beautiful roses,
which he at once dispatched to his
lady love. In sure anticipation OF q
friendly welcome. he called az the
house Of the young woman the same
evening. and was not a little surprised
at a frosty reception.
After a pause the young woman re-
marked in the most frigid tones: You
sent me a note today"
"a note-IT
Certainly, along with the flowers"
"To be sure. sent you flowers
but"
"And this note was with the bouquet
DO you mean TO deny itT'
And the young man read Don't for
get the old trousers you promised N,
the other day."-New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15

where he found II. and the troubled
matron went on losing weight ever,
day and feeling sure whenever hel
| telephone bell rang that some ghos
was on the wires. Then a friend moveC
into her suburb and put herself into
telephone communication with thu
outside world. At an early date Mrs
Blanke called up Central and asked
for her friends number
Fourteen hundred and ninety-two,'
| came the answer. II stirred strang'
memories I'm Mrs. Blanke's mind. Sh'
called IL up with an indefinite feellnl
that she had heard II fin some former
life. A weird voice responded.
WHO Is tbisf" she asked, cautiously
columbus"
columbus whO?"
"Why, Christopher Columbus. / dis
covered America in 1892. Say, wha
do you want? P'raps you'd like to tall
to Ferd or Isabella. Hurry up. / cam
stand here whole century. I'm
tired"
Mrs. Blanke recognized that voice
II was that Of her own hopeful Thco
dOre, who was visiting the small sor
OF her friend. Both boys were In m,
early period OF the American history
and had struck the coincidence OF In,
telephone number as an aid to mem
ory.
Mrs. r. gave her hopeful snubbinl
for his .precocity and was permitted
to talk with her friend. So one OF hei
telephone ghosts has been laid. but she
still persists that she Is likely at any
time 10 be placed In direct communlca
tlon with the unseen powers Of the ali
as medium Of expressIon.-Mr NJ
l.. Rayne, In the Chicago Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
Octnnles IelegrRphv.

Experiments have been made by the
general telegraph department Of Ger.
many TO test the octupleX system oi
topographic telegraphy invented by the
late Professor Rowland. of Johns Hop
kins University. The apparatus TO h.
regularly used between Hamburg and
Frankfort will shortly be Installed. IL
is claimed that the octupleX system
will permit $1,000 words per hour to be
sent over a single wire by twenty
operators by the Hughes system now
In use IN Berlin only 22O0 words per
hour can bc despatched. The sending
instrument resembles typewriter. and
any letter can be telegraphed by de-
pressing its corresponding key. The
receiving instrument prints the mes
sage on n sheet OF paper. not on a
taI,e. in convenient form for delivery
by mail or otherwise -ChiCag Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
:CUsTER'S
!: LAST BATTLE
A Sham Fighi on the Tragic Field
OF Littl. Big Horn.

A Sheridan (WyoJ correspondent
writes 10 the 81. Louis Republic. Here
near the spot where CustG.. fell twen.
ty-six years after the heroic Seventh
Cavalry was by a ferOciOus AMI over.
powerlng force OF yelling Indians an
initiated. was enacted a mimic but
lifelike Imitation OF that massacre
About 1900 Crows and Cheyeunes. hid.
eous and menacing in their war paint.
swooped down upon and surrounded
260 men from Fort Mckenzie in the
presence OF thousands OF spectators,
who thus saw the first genuine repro
duction Of the slaughter OF Custer and
his men.
The fight OF twenty-six years ago
was without witnesses and after the
last yell was heard and the last scalp
had been lifted there was no one OF
the gallant band OF troopers left 10 tell
the tale. The scene OF carnage has
been described only in the unwilling
speech Of the Indian conquerors and
the Imagination Of the writer.
Two hundred and sixty soldiers lie
buried on the rolling plains Of Mon.
tana, and so 2GO blue coated men from
Fort Mckenzie met the yelling horde
OF Crows recently.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
WAsTsFULNEss IN MEAT.
Weight For weight Vegetables More Ma.
ritiOus Than Ilcsh.

or the many arguments put forth IN
favor of vegetation diet, especially
I'm warm weather and i'm seasons when
the Beef Trust is In the ascendant
none Is more effective than that Of
economy. Nor Is the economy under
stood at first glance. II 1t IS true that
weight for weight, cereals ana vcge
tables. eggs ana cheese are more nu
trltious than meat, it Is still TO be con
sldcred how little meat one has for
his money The person who buys u
pound OF mutton chops at twenty-foui
cents a pound, or a pound Of beef for
roasting at thirty cents does not buy
pure nourlshment, by any means IN
less he can eat fat. which not many
people relish he will not extract from
his pound Of chops more than thlrd
of a pound OF meat This brings his
crop up to rate of seycnty-two cents
pound. The beef is perhaps more
generous, yet when the tendon, the
fat and the bone for which he has paid
full price, have been extracted, the
tNlbit lNibH VI ihA 'h''' ''' f'''
ably lost half; hence he has paid for
beef Mt the rate Of sixty cents "A pound
Vegetables are almost wholly food
The skin of the potato Is nothing to
its substances; there Is no waste to the
turnlp. beet, radish, parsnip, carrot
dandelion. lettuce. spinach, cabbage
egg plant, cucumber, tomato. onion,
caulilower. at least none that amounts
to anything; peas and beans lose their
shell and corn its cob, yet the waste is
less than In meat; there Is not as much
substance in asparagus and artichokc.
hence they may be regarded more ms
luxurles; but In nearly all fruits S'its
and grains we have nutriment in con
centrated form. The amount of water
Is hardly to be considered as waste,
or, II It Is, meat Is equally n waste fol
the same reason. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15
Prime Minister BaIfour's Career.

The Right Hon. Arthur James Bal.
four who becomes Prime Minister in
succession to the Marquis of Salisbury.
is the son of Lord Salisbury's sister and
is fifty-four years of age.
lie was educated at Eton and Trim.
ity College. Cambridge, and was
elected to Parliament in 1874. lie
Joined Lord Randolph Churchll's
Fourth Party" In 1885 Lord Sails.
bury took him into the Ministry. and
into the Cabinet next year as Secre.
tary for Scotand' 1t was az the end
of 1887 that he made his mark. when
as Chief Secretary for Ireland, he used
what force he could control TO crush
opposition in Ireland, and cynically
sneered at the Home Rule members Ia
Parliament He led in the prepara.
tion Of the Conservative Home Rule
legislation.
In 1891 he was chosen Conservative
leader in the Commons and took the,
place of First Lord of the Treasury
in the Cabinet, which he holds in this
Cabinet, too. He has written books onV
philosophy and theology, on bimet-l
allsm and on golf. He Is unmarried.
Though his first appointment was
regarded as a gross piece Of nepotism
Mr.. Balfour more than justified it by
the ability and executive grasp he la;
shown.
The selection Of Mr.. Balfour mean
probably. that there are to be no SET
Gus changes in the Ministry for
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15


~ believes that her telephone
~ Is haunted, and some Of hei
neighbors agree with her
and now the theory Is being discussed
with suggestion that the instrument
Is proper medium for ghosts, and
answer the telephone bell lest some
uncanny disclosure greet them.
No doubt when science has perfected
the telephone we will find ourselves
In long distance communication with
Mars or other planets which have Of
fered us nelghborly overtures TO which
we could not respond. If the explor-
ers OF air will lend all their faculties
to the development OF vibrations. con
densiDg them to focus for human
intelligence, a world Of wonder may
open to our listening ears. and the
sixth sense aid us to a knowledge Of
the gods. Then Tesla might gather In
the telephone cup the power now lying
dormant In the air shaft waiting for
liberator The theory antedates the
use OF telephones. Many years ago
Chicago young woman wrote a re-
markable book called THE Automaton
Ear" 1t told the story Of a man who
was possessed with the idea that all
the harmonies of earth. since the morn.
Ing stars sung together for JOY, were
still centred in the air and could be
reproduced If an ear could be invented
to gather and retain them. So he in
vented an autOmatOn ear which was n
success, but the inventor had over
looked one condition. With the sounds
Of JOY and the songs Of harmony came
the groans Of discord and the walls
of sorrow, and these so prcdomnatcd
that he went mad and died OF dsap-
polntmcnt.
When the busiest and most ncccs-
sary official on the circuit In Oak Park
was asked to come up TO a certain mum
Der and find out what was wrong with
the telephone, he sent n sub, who re
ported that It acted crazy" and would
not ring true"
SO David Campbell went there him
self and found distressed matron,
who said mysterlously:
II sent for you because I'm having
trouble with my telephone"
$50 | understand" he answered,
"wlres caught somewhere by the high
winds most likely. will soon find out
the trouble, Mrs. Blanke. | am used
to those difficulties"
II don't think you are" respN6nded
Mrs. Blanke, land / am afraid that
all your skill and experience will not
help In this case. The truth is, my
telephone is haunted"
"Hauntedw the electrician gave
start; his Scotch ancestors had believed
In second sight. but "A spook In n
telephone, his business sense refused
to harbor the idea. impossible! My
dear madam, who ever heard of a
ghost in telephone"
II hear voices and am rung unnAA
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-15

take strange communications persist
ed Mrs. b. Take down that receiver
and listen moment"
He did So and heard the usual Mum
ber. please" much to his satisfaction,
and then rung off and turned cheer
fully to Mrs. Il.
"You see. 1t is all right. What led
you to think otherwise?"
Several unusual experiences, but
you will only laugh at them. The other
night when the high wind blew l was
out spending the evening with friends,
when | was called TO the telephone.
distinctly heard the voice of my little
son Theodore, whom had left ut home
in bed. He said TO me: please come
home. mamma, I'm awfully afraid of
the storm | told him to go in and
sleep with his brother. and | would
soon he home. He said. "All right,
mamma, goodby, and rung off. When
went home he was sleeping where
I had left bin. had not been awake
and did not even know II was storm.
ing. Yet IL was my boys voice and no
other"
Mr.. Campbell looked politely incred.
ulous, and suggested that the boy
might have telephoned in his sleep
but he could not convince the mother
Mrs. Blankc had another experience IN
reserve.
IL was thinking Of friend at a dis
tance and wanting TO hear from her
went to the telephone TO call her up
AS soon as l put the receiver TO my
ear I heard some one speaking. ant
asked who il was. and my friend an
swered. without being called. Now q
that telepathy or what Is it?"
IL think" said the electrician. gent
ly. that the telephone has got on YOU
nerves. Let some other member Q. th
family answer for n while. You TAX,
these incidents too seriously. and evei
IL you cannot account for them. the!
do not mean anything. 1t Is a commoI
event for telephone bells to ring mys
teriously. but a crossing OF the wires o
a mistake in tl',Snumber might easil
be the cause. Might venture to sug
gest that some roguish member OF you
family may be playing tricksT"
But Mrs. Il. would not admit thi
for a moment. so the bafIled electrical
was obliged TO leave the myster