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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
Gases in the Air.

When Lord Raleigh announced that
the air contained other gases besides
those which had for long been known
to enter into its composition there was
for the moment gasp of almost in
credulous surprise. If anything were
well known by chemists, surely it was
the composition of the air. One new
constituent suggested. however, the
gas argon. was proved by many Cb-
servations to have a real existence. a
little later other elements, some of
them hitherto unknown, We're found TO
exist in appreciable quantities in the
atmosphere. Among them was the gas
of metal helium. whose presence had
been originally detected in the suns at
mosphere by means of the spectre
scope This metal received its name
from its supposed existence in the sun
alone. as no trace of it had ever been
noted on the earth. yet il was now
found 10 be present in the air we
breathe. Ramsay and Travers have
recently devoted their attention TO five
new gases in the air. These are. be-
sides argon and helium. neon. crypton
and xenon The chemic relations Of
these substances are now being deter
mined. and their atomic weight varies
from that of helium. which is four. up
to that of xenon, which is 12S.-Amer
lean Medicine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
| Farm Topics


During a year an average 10O0-pouno
COW will eat two tons hay and one ton
Of feed. besides pasture. This contains
about sll.S0 worth Of nitrogen. $3.50
Of potash and Sl.66 Of phosphoric acid,
a total OF siS9s. Under the most IA
vorable conditions 1t will not be posi-.
Of this in the excrements. and usually
One-half Is as much as is obtained.
This means a yearly loss 10 the farm
in plant food Of from s4.75 to 50 4s per
cow. or for ten cows S47.50 TO s949O.
If all or much Of the grain is purchased
the loss will be made good.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
scent In Hirds.

Animals follow their noses with un.
errilg instinct A dog ideati1cs his
master 10y smelling him. goat picks
her kid from an inclosurc OF hundreds
with her nose. After a separation
COW is never satisfied with her calf un'
til she has thoroughly smelled IL. The
feathered family are so deficient as to
smell and taste that they 50 anywhere
and eat anything. have seen birds
contel;edly breeding about slaughter
houses and sewer discharges where the
air was so contaminated that my horse
would turn up its nose. draw its lips
back frcm its teeth and groan. and
could hardly secure my material 10y
working with n cloth dipped in dis.
infectant bound over my lips and ncs-
trils. The birds eat unspeakable
things. 1t Is nothing TO hnd them rak.
inc the river banks for worms at the
very mouth Of a sewer discharge. BE.
yond all question the birds have sight
aud the animals scent. but where each
is defective In one of these senses. Il
seems compensated for the greater de.
gree In which II possesses the other
! Outing.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
now Tie Go, Hi. Penny.

over at the Greenpoint Settlement
which is carried on by the students Of
Pratt Institute. they have a penny
provident fund with 200 depositors.
one day the worker in charge asked a
little fellow who was a most regular
depositor how he GOT the penny which
he brought like clockwork every Satur-
lay. The little chap was hashful at
6rst. but finally confessed naively.
MY big brother gives Il 10 me for
sleeping on the inside Of the bed
New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
Birds Are Careless Builders.

Nearly all sea birds are far more
careless in their nesting than their
cousins who live inland. The terms,
the skua, the puffins, the blackthroated
diver and the guillemOt really make
no nests at air. The puffins, however,
usually borrow a rabbit burrow, and
are not particular whether its original
owners have done with or not If they
interfere, or even try TO pass, peck
from the puftin's great parrot-shaped
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
ToBoiI an Egg without Fire.

Open a raw egg a little on both ends
TO allow some OF the white to run out.
Take frst-class alcohol Of high per-
centage and pour 1t in the openings.
Close the two openings with your
fingers as shown In the illustration, or
with little pieces OF wax; shake the
egg well, so the alcohol can penetrate
every particle of it. After three or
four minutes the contents Of the egg
will apparently be hard, so that the
egg can be opened and pressed as hard
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11

4 bottle which was thrown into the
Macklnaw River. near Bloomington
Ill. by William Reoder, Of that place.
has been found in the Pacilc Ocean
OF the coast Of California. The bottle
was east adrlft IL January %. 1900.
ard must have made a i00o0.mile trip
around Cape Tern.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
A Becoming Hat.

An exceedingly chic and becoming
hat is a broad brimmed sailor with
extremely narrow back. One of this
shape Is Of coarse dark blue straw,
with an edge of light green. A scarf
of green liberty satin is folded softly
around the crown and gathered into
large rosette at the back. A dark blue
feather tip is caught under It, and curls
gracefully over the hair.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11

ing poultry netting chicken-tight is
shown in the cut Two or three laths
are woven into the lower meshes, in
he manner shown, making a barrier
hat small chickens will not pass.-New
England Homestead.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
GNaHa|M hbout
&WWomdnMnD
Fmeralds In High Favor.

Among precious stones. emeraids
are in high favor, especially for three
stone rings. where they are combined
with diamonds.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11
ChIcken-Tight Wire Fence.

The ordinary poultry fencing is ah
right for fowls but will not turn chick
ems until they reach the age Of ten or
moro weeks. A simple device for max.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11

Icr out OF the meadow, scolding as
hard as lie could.
And what do you think the little
mate was doing all this timer She
tilted up and down on a twlg. singing
n low. sweet little song. and watched
the affair with mere ordinary interest.
But very soon back came Master
Dluebir1 With triumph Ia his flight
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11

bodied. II goes without saying that
the egg is not warm, as the alcohol has
only made the white solid The egg
does not taste bad, only strongly of al
cohol.-New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-11

A firm in Germany controls a patent
for extracting fibre from wood. and -
spinning yarn from the material IL
cannot be bleached easily. but Is capa'
bic OF being dyed with good results.
II is asserted that cloth manufactured
from this fibre is suitable for tailors
Innings. bed tickings. curtains. etc. \
factory 10 manufacture such goods will
be established at Bilbao. Spain.
A very curious case OF acetylene
lighting ls reported from Germany, al
Stadtbach, in Augsberg. At this point
there is a large cotton mill, which de-
rives It's power from a waterfall little
over a mile distant. The natural con
clusion would be that electric lighting
would be adopted. but. owing 10 the
liability OF the turbines being stopped
at intervals during winter, owing to
ice, it has been decided 10 employ
acetylene, which can, at least be 81
pended on for continuous service.
One Of the astronomers at the Brus-
sells Observatory has taken several ex.
cellent large-siZe photographs OF the
sun when near its setting that show
very distinctly the oval appearance II
sometimes has at that hour Every
body is familiar with the fact THAI the
sun appears larger when near the hori'
zon, by which the lower edge OF the
sun seems 70 be lifted with reference
TO the upper edge. giving the disk the
appearance Of being compressed. In
one Of the photographs referred TO the
oval shape is very noticeable, the ratio
Of the vertical 10 the horizontal dame
ter being as seventy to eiShty-four.
In the city of Tacoma some scien-
tific sharps have discovered a way 10
do in two days what 1t has heretofre
taken nature 100000 years 10 ac'
complish, according to geologists.
Gypsum is what has been called for
convenience young marble"-that is.
If left 10 itself some thousands or mill.
ions of years 1t would become marble.
These Tacoma sharps are now shaping
their gypsum with lathes and chisels-
II is soft and easily worked-and then
subjectng IL to a secret treatment
which makes it really marble of very
high quality. The gypsum is brought
from mines in Alaska. II is said 10 be
exactly the same substance as goes to
forn marble.
Photographic surveying Is being used
by the United States Government en-
gineers in the work in Southeastern
Alaska Captain Pratt, OF the United
States Coast and Geodet!c Survey in
a recent paper before the Pacific North
west Society of Engineers, called atten.
ton TO the cheapness OF this method.
especially in surveying the mountain
Gus coasts along Bering Sea. In many
cases where ordinary surveys were alb
solutely prohibited by their cost, he
said. the camera could be used for ex-
tensive surveys at very small cost as
compared with other methods. The
Canadian Government has also adopC.
ed Photographic survey methods in
CARRYING out similar extensive work
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
KITCHEN HINTS.

The water in which rice has been
boiled should be saved for starching
muslins.
Use boiling water as soon as it boils,
or the gases escape and the wster be-
comes fiat.
If the skin of beetroot has got
broken scar the part with a red-hot
iron before cooking it. This will pre-
vent the beet from bleeding.
To prevent cakes from burning dust
a little bran at the bottom of the tin.
The juice of an ordinary lemon is
about a tablespoonful. A breakfast
cupful of breadcrumbs well pressed in
equals about four ounces. Very finely
chopped suet slightly heaped up
weighs the same. A heaped breakfast
cnpful of brown sugar represents halt
a pound, and stoned saisins well
pressed in weigh about the same.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
pewet an Agreeable Foe.

A British officer in South Africa,
SAYS the London Chronicle, sends an
account of General DewetS passing at
his own request through the English
blockhouse lines in the neighborhood
of Lindley, on his way to confer with
a commando. He came to the officers
mess to afternoon tea, drank coffee
and ate cake He was In the best of
spirits, this leader, who is often spo-
ken Of as moody even to madness. So.
too. he was when, week later. he re-
passed in the English lines, drank
more coffee, and in more senses than
one took cake. For all the British
who saw him were delighted by his
simpleand gay bearing. by the interest
he took in an officer down with fever
at whose bedstead he sat, and by the
cordiality of his promise to extend ar
equal hospitality to his hosts should
the fortunes OF war, as he put Il. eve
bring them within his own lines"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
HOW kHAENzLE,w WON BRIDE
Jumped Into Her Good Graces With
Record Leap of "a II. 8 1-2 In.

Jumped into Her Good Graces With
Record Leap of "a II. 3 ~ In.
Kraenzlein, king of the murders,
has frequently ere now threatened to
retire from the amateur field OF
athletics, says the New York Journal.
But each time he has been tempted
to return.
After his wonderful victories at rhe
Paris exposition he announced that he
must devote himself to business. His
friends pleaded with him and he was
induced back to the ranks to uphold
the glory of American athletics IN
England.
He upheld it nobly, SO nobly that he
has won English, American, Canadian,
intercollegiate, metropolitan and
worlds championships.
Nevertheless, once again the famous
record-breaker has declared that he
will retire.
This time he announces also his
marriage.
This time it looks as if he nad
turned his back forever upon the
glories of hurdle racing and the
recognition Of cups and medals.
Yet it was a medal that first won
him the heart of Claudine Gilman, the
girl whom he led to the altar last
week.
Claudine Gilman was among those
who crowded Franklin field when
Alvin C. Kraenzlein, a Pennsylvania
university student made the longest
Jump ever made by a human being.
On that day Kraenzlein created
new worlds record for the running
broad jump.
The wonderful Pennsylvania athlete,
holder of five worlds records, leaped
"a feet 31a inches, more than four
times his own height.
Among the great assembly that
packed the Philadelphia field for the
intercollegiate relay races three ago
was a little Pennsylvania girl who
had come with her class from Drexel
Institution to see the sports.
Some men whom she knew rushed
up to greet her.
Bring that magnificent creature
up here she cried. please let me
know him"
And so the beginning of the gre II
| athletes romance came to pass.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17

quakes. When we have news from tee
inaccessible interior of Central Ameri-
ca, it will probably be learned that
some of the numerous volcanic sum
mits of th--t region have exploded.
What Happened.
What happened at Mont Pelee is not
definitely known. IL was probably a
gigantic explosion of steam and gas,
accompanied by a shower of red-hot
cinders, which fell on the homes and
shipping, burning them, and partly
buried the ruins. No one yet knows
what killed so many thousand people.
Many died no doubt from the shock OF
the explosion. Others were almost GEL
tainly asphyxiated by the gas which
settled down on the earth.
Many more died from the excessive
heat. But we shall be able to talk with
more confidence when we have detes-
mined as near as we can the nature OF
. the volcanic gas.
These volcanoes Of the Carbid re
gion do not resemble the type with
which the popular mind is most ia
miliar. Volcanoes of the latter class
nearly always have warnings in tn;
form of rumblings and eruptions OF
smoke, and then emit fiery streams 81
lava. These in the West Indies, on
the contrary, explode with terrific sud
denness when least expected, and theil
eruptions consist of hot water, cinders
and mud. 1t is singular fact that
both the Central American volcanic
chain and that of the Caribbean Isl
/ ands belong to this latter class"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
THOUGHT HE WAS IN HE'LL.
Story of a Negroes Conversion to be q
Consistent Christian.

CONSISTENT Christian.
Back in the seventies" said a man
from Arkansas, 81 attended a negro
revival in one of the counties lying III
the st. Francis basin, and the church
was within stones throw of the st.
Francis river, a beautifully clear
stream which gurgles out of The
earth somewhere above the sunk
lands, and sweeps along the eastern
edge of Crowley's Ridge, emptying
into the Mississippi about ten miles
above Helena. The spirit of religion
had been stirred up to fever heat, and
the negroes were fearfully wrought up
They made the hills ring for miles
around the place where the meeting
was being held. There were many
converts, many men and women Who
had gone up to the mourners' bench &c
be prayed for. The white people OF
the surrounding country would oc
casionally go to the church just TO
watch the proceedings, hear the
strange, weird music of the singers
and to see the negroes shout Negroes
are great shouters in the back-woods.
and they tell the most amusing and
marvellous tales imaginable when they
are giving in their experiences
Mahomet's description of his visit
through the seven upper regions is no.
marker in comparison. One night :.
bad negro was suddenly converted.
He told of his experience with the
redeeming spirit. At the end of his
miraculous story he was overcome by
his feelings and began to shout, ana
the shouting wound up in a swoon.
He was carried out of the church and
laid on the side of a hill in a bed of
leaves. Leaves were plentiful, as II
was in the fall of the year, and the
negro convert was almost buried in
these dry and fallen vestments of the
trees. The negro did not remain in
his swoon very long. There was
y crowd of mischievous boys in the
nelghborhood. One of them stuck
match to the dry leaves and in shor.
While the negro was almost enveloped
IN flames. He came to, jumped up
and made desperate dash down the
side of the hill. He never knew-the
cause of the fire, and the next day he
was telling the Kost marvellous stories
III the world about the dream he hac
going to hell, and he always believed
the devil had something to do With
setting the leaves afire. 1t made
consistent Christian out of him"
New Orleans s-Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
Woman With a Horn.

One of the greatest living human
freaks in the country is to be seen in
Caswell county, North Carolina, which
is in Representative w w. Kitchin's
district
The other day Mr.. Kitchin rec eived
in mis- mail letter from the chairman
OF the Caswell county commissioners
requesting him to go see some
dime museum manager and make ar
engagements for exhibiting the freak,
which is woman with horn grow
ing from the back of her head.
The horn is six inches long, and very
hard. 1t strongly resembles the horn
Of a goat
Mr.. Kitchin saw the woman some
time ago in a museum in North Caro-
Ira. The member from the tar heel
state, however, has not yet made up
his mind whether or not he will EN-
brace this opportunity and embark in
the dime museum business as a side
issue.-Washingto Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
Two views of the Water Cure.

Il tell you, subj said Col. Bugsnort
er, this watah cure, sub, they are
puhpetratin' in tn Philippines, sub, is
atrocious, subj"
ooh, it is not so bad, Cunnel," ven.
tured Major Rockenrigh.
Bad? Why, sub, it is infuhnal,
The idea of comlellin' those po, be
nighted heather to swallow large
quantities of watah, Why-why-
it's
But, Cunnel," interrupted the ma
jor, surely yo' wouldn't waste good
whisky or even beer in guidin' those
pagans into the glorious path of free
DOM
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
Amateur VS.. Professional.

With what furious energy all
earnestness the undergraduate ath-
letes play ball and strive for honors
in rowing, while the professional nInes
and crews seem to care for little else
than the drawing of their salaries!
The contrast was never more striking
than it is now.-New York Tribune.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
Stroke Of Genius.

Il have asked you the old, old ques-
ton, Miss Ardhart, and you have
ansered no." said the rejected sutton,
picking up his hat and gloves, "but
call your particular attention to the
fact that have not asked you the still
older one, whether or not you could
learn to love mel"
Whereupon she impulsively called
him back
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17

Uglicus-That new hat of yours
looks like real Panama
Measlicus-Panaman nothing, It's a
Nicaragua.-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
Thoughts for Farmers.
THE WASTE OF FERTILIZERS.

For the last two or three weeks there has
been u rush 10 put fertilizers In The ground.
The lot and stable manure has been hauled
out In hurry and distributed In rough un.
prepared condition. The waste Of the food
elemenl u In these mRnurrs runs from ID To 80
per cent. II comes about In this way: The
com merciAl fertilizers which are In fine con.
ditiou aud ready 10 be taken up by the plants
at once 20 TO the production of grass. IL IL
very usual To- nee q grassy cotton or corn fieid
about May 18th or June 10th. The roots OF
corn and cotton do not reach out far and they
are not greedy feeders at the start. The con.
sequence is that the grass gets ahead OF them.
and before the farmer knows IL about half IN Q
value Of his fertilizer hns gone Tn grass" In
The case Of lot manure and compost about
one-iourfh Is usually wasted by exposure 10
rnins and winda You may visit the lots OF
twenty nrishbDring farmers In the Stale ana
you will find the manure going iO waste on
hail the farms. Then stable manure In as Of.
ten applied In "A lumpy condition. A chunk
IN thrown out and LETT on top OF the ground Ia
waste. Even the compost heaps ARE not re-
duced 10 hne condition. The average iarH-
er losea about hall the manure from the lots.
pig pen and fowl houses.
HUGS.
Clean and frequent cultivation Is necessary
for a good garden. snap beans should be
planted NO IN 10 have "a succession from the
lime they come In til frost. Sow cabbage
seed abou, the firsi OF June Tor u TALL crop. 4
few coilnrds come In handy for winter. they
are tenderrr aud more digesiible than headed
cabbage You may notice that the tomato
crop often faiIs about the middle OF S+ptem-
Der. After the nrsL crop natures new
growth comes on. but the fruit IN generally
too late To mature. Plant tomato seed about
the middl. To last Of May, and set plants out
about the frst OF July. They will make II fine
late crop. The potato bugs are with u.s. W.
rious things have been suggested as sure
death To them. Paris green H. the best thing
IL settles them at once. II dissolved u may
he applied with n sprayer or sprinklins pot.
but very convenient way In to mix u fourth
slnked lime Keep il IN dry place. THIS can
br applied with the hand. wbiten the leaves
with IL and The bugs will move out nj once.
The first Rpplicn Ion should be- mHde IN noon
as you have u stand of potatoes. Thsn every
time the bugs begin to deposit eggs apply
again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
$4,000 PEOPLE DEAD.
nssssvess Urges aaick Relief Fs.d

Booo9Vosb Ut80o QUICK Reties fooo.
washington. May ls.-Ths president today
eens The following message 20 congress:
10 the Senate and House OF Represents.
Cns Of The greatest calsmities IN history
Nartipou0. Tho consul Of the United States
et 0usdslups has telegrsphcd from Fort De
France under date Of yesterday. that the
Disaster 10 complete; that tho city OF ~.
P,orro has ceased TO exist, and that the
Amadenn consul aud his family have perish.
"a. Ho 10 informed that thirty thousand
people have lcss their lives and that my
there 10 urgent need OF all kinds OF provisions
and That tho visit of vessels for the work OF
supply and rescue is imperatiyely required.
The government OF France. while
expressing their thanks for the marks OF
sympsthy which have reached them from rom
abe entire isiaod Of Martinique arc still threat
sood. They therefore request that for the
purpose Of reocuipg the people who are In
suoa deadly peril and threatened with star
vhtion. tho government OF tho United states
may seod % soon an possible the means OF
TRANSPORTING them from the stricken Island.
Tbs Island of St. Vincent, and perhaps others
the cs,smlty which has taken SO appalling u
form % Martinique.
have directed tho departments ofthe treas
ury, oswne and ofthe navy TO take such
messures for the relief Of these stricken peo-
pie o. lies within the executive discretion.
ampied disaster ~ the generous consideration
q Shs congress. For this parpose / recon:
mend tnat an appropriation Of nve hundred
thousand dollaTa be made, 10 be imm cd lately
available. THEODORE ROoSEVELT.
white House. Washington. May II 1907