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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
Chinese Sandwiches.

Patrons of n certain restaurant fire.
lucntly call for Chinese Sandwich"
and the order Is not delayed. The
Chinese sandwich was made of-well.
never mind, IL isn't.
1t doesn't seem quite clear that this
particular sandwich should be tagged
with Mongolian label. In compost.
ton II is more Tcutonlc than Oriental.
In short, 1t consists of two generous
slices of rye bread spread with finely
chopped raw meat.
That there should he demand for
such sandwich is not surprising.
Germans have for long time re-
lishcd raw meat. even without the
bread. Possibly the idea spread from
Great Britain and the continent, where
the hospitals have for years uourished
certain patients with raw beef and
raw mutton. The raw beef sandwich
has also had place in the regimen
of New York hospitals for 4 long time.
The medical mems theory Is that raw
meat is more nourishing ard moro
easily digcstcd. ard is especially
| adapted 10 weak stomacls.
If the taste for raw meat becomes
general II will be curious response
10 the criticism of vegetarans, whC
have constantly declared that he who
slays his brother. the OK, for food
would bc more consistent savage Il
| no dcvourcd thp carcass without cook
| inc is.-\ew York Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

reposing in graduated strata from
ocean TO lofty peak. The inhabitant
has only to step up or down to find the
atmospheric conditions that please
him. Railroads run everywhere with
In reason; the trains, however. are sub
ject to frequent delays, caused by
wash-outs. from foods, slides and ava.
lanches. Outside of towns the only
vehicles possible are railway trains.
The automobile will never be popular
in Peru, but the opportunities for the
coming flying machine Will put in pale
the remainder of civilization.
The discoveries of Professor Bailey
at Carmen Alto are declared by bulle-
tin of the Royal Astronomical Society
to form the most notable advances Of
recent years, opening up deep questions
in cosm!cal physics.
The observatory building, two miles
ont from Arequipa, and 400 feet high
er, cover several acres, including cul-
tivated gardens and lawns. The larg-
est building is the dwelling house Of
the astronomer, his family and assist.
ants. On it's roof is cluster of meteor.
illogical instruments for measuring at
mosphere and wind currents. Ad-
Joining the dwelling house is the labor
atory. or work rooms, in which are de-
veloped the sidereal plates-the work
there is mainly photometric-the celes-
tial maps and calculations. The OBJ
| Scrvatory itself stands in the rear-the
usual slitted. revolving dome, in which
| is the twenty telescope pre-
sented by Miss c. w. Bruce. Further
along is the square observatory, con.
! tanning the thirteen-inch Bachc tele'
scope and the meridian photometer.
Photographic dark room. tool room,
etc. In the rear is the dwelling for as.
, sistants or servants. The entire outfit
is protected on the stream side by q
heavy wall, and there are shelters for
the housing of domestic animals, etc.
The grounds are somewhat self-sup'
porting: otherwise. supplies are of easy
access at Arequipa. Automatism, the
exact servant of the astronomer, leaves
the observer almost a clear field TO in
dulge solely in celestial studies. Pho.
tographs take themselves automatical'
ly. and weather instruments record
the atmosphere and force Of the winds
Thus certain branches of the work are
made comparatively easy, and observ
ers need only climb to the stations on
the side 10000 feet and the top l9,2Oe
feet of FL Misti whenever inclined to
bring down the records automatically
made ere.-Harper's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

Thence IL mounts the hills 10 the desert
pampa OF Islay.
Suddenly the mountains begin in
earnest, and the train passes around
their sides above the steep. mar.
row valley OF the Chile River.
Soon the mountainous aspects cease.
the river valley sprawls out hat. and
Arequipa bursts into view in the midst
Of a great arabic plain. Orchards and
grain fields replace forbidding areas,
and the traveller finds himself in the
most picturesquely beautiful city and
environs in Peru. To the east. a little
way, rises with the regularity OF a co.
lossal coal heap FL MIST. 20 a height
OF 1920 feet. capped with very nearly
perpetual SHOWS. volcano. quiescent
now. but some day 10 speak and de-
stroy.
Peru is a wonderful country. II has
longer and greater aqueducts than any
other nation. so old that on one knows
their builders. Its ruins tell OF civili.
cations thousands Of years prior 20 the
Noahic food II is a country unique
because IL is a mountain range rising
out Of the sea To dizzy heights. its
western face forming the refuge OF n
nation. All the worlds climates and
seasons exist there all the year round.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

out n piece of wood, hard wood pre-
fcrred, a plunger to go into this quill,
leaving on one end OF this plunger a
chunk Of the wood from which you
whitfield 1t. TO serve as a handle and 10
make the shoulder so that the plunger
would go into the quid only just 50
FAR. .,,.,.ss,..--~. -.'...s...-
THE plunger you made long enough
TO go almost through the quid, but
not quite, and It was whitfield down
small enough to go into the quill free
ly. but still not so small that 1t would
wObble around in it. The quill and
the plunger constituted the gun, the
ammunition was potato.
You took potato and cut OFF a
slice across 1t and then by pressing the
larger end Of the quill down through
that slice you cut out of 1t little
cylindrical wad OF potato, which, as
you pressed the quill down, was, OF
course, pressed up into that end of the
quill Then, with the plunger, you
pressed that potato wad along through
the quill from that end to the other.
which might be described as the muZ-
zle Of the gun. Then you pushed the
bigger or butt end of the quill down
through the slice of potato again, the
quill Of course cutting out as IL was
pressed down through the potato, an
other wad Of 1t. as at first. SO now
there was potato wad in each end of
the quill; the gun was loaded; now to
Gre II.
You simply put the end of the
olunger against the wad in the butt end
Of the quill and pressed it forward in
the quill toward the other"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
UTILIZING PRAIRIE SUNSHINE.
An Irrigation Experiment to- BE Made on
Kansas Farm.

An interesting experiment will be
made early next month on farm near
Great Bend. Kan, to test the available
lty Of using the prairie sunshine in .rri-
cation operations. A drawback in To-
cal attempts Mt irrigation has been the
expense of lifting the water from wells.
The vast sheet of water lying from ten
to thirty feet below the surface over
the Arkansas Valley offers an mex
haustibl2 source of moisture, provided
the pumps can be run at n sufficient
speed and with economy.
A solar motor will be set at work
pumping from wells that have not
been lowered by flow of 500 gallons
per minute. An umbrella-like frame,
thirty-three feet In diameter. lined
with hundreds of small mirrors on the
under side, which Is faced toward the
direct rays Of the sun. and kept so
throughout the day by clock-work ma
Chlnery. focuses the heat of the suns
rays on n boiler, the steam generated
being used I'm pumping the water. 4
lifting power of 100 gallons minute
Is promised.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

that since his loss he had been much
| worried
The next day / went 10 the President
| Of the Dexter National Bank. and after
swearing 10 keep the secret, learned
| that the semi-annual count OF the
banks money made by the directors on
the day after Kaufman's murder dis
closed a shortage How much was
itY I asked him. Three thousand dol
lars said he. I may get IL back for
you. | told him. only asking that he
maintain the same secrecy he had re-
auired Of me Meanwhile the papers
and the people Of Cedar Grove were
roasting the police In general and me
In particular for not catching the
burglar and murderer. | got the keys
Of the Kaufman house and lived there
alone, searching IL for three days before
got a clew. And what do you suppose
il was?
II simply found lot Of chewed-up
greenbacks IN the empty dOghOuse in
the back yard Then I knew that
the fox terrier was the burglar. /
sifted the old straw. waited until the
snow was gone, and raked over every
inch Of that yard, looking for pieces
Of the money. / found nearly a hatful
Of faded. tattered shreds. You can
guess the rest. ! took the old pistol
found beside poor Kaufman and
showed IL 10 every pawnbrOker in
town. / wanted 10 find out who bought
II. for I knew that Kaufman never kept
n pistol in the house and never carried
one. At last I landed In an old junk
shop on the West Side and showed the
pistol The owner recognized it at once.
He knew me and made straight story
Of IT. He had sold the gun - n fine
looking old man who wore side whls-
kcrs and was very nervous. lie told
me he wanted 10 kill a vicious dog nit
it, explained the dealer. But | knew
all I wanted TO know.
"'But you haven't explained every
thingT objected the lookup man, who
was dull.
YOU'RE n fat-hoadcd Denny
sneered the Captain, Can't you see the
dog carried off the money? Well, when
the old man couldn't find it and re-
membered that next day was count
day at the bank he just bought the pis
tOl, took shot at ueckburg's house
as blind, and then killed himself
with the burglars pistol. And 1t was
slick game. too. for it's no disgrace
to be killed by burglar. but an en-
bezzler! Why, the very hint Of it
would have ruined the social prospects
Of the Kaufman ladies forever, and the
poor old cashier was all wrapped up in
his family.
"And what did you get, Cap'n% mar
vcled the lookup.
"Oh, | got 500 from the bank for
turning in the scraps and keeping STILL
and from everybody else | got
roasted. To this day the newspapers
keep talking about how 'the Kaufman
murder was never avenged John H.
Raftery, in the Chicago Record Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

ized, and the instruments removed
from Mount Harvard. and later placed
in the new observatory. which is visi-
BILE for miles. The conquest of FL
Misti, the great volcano. was also the
remarkable achievement of Professor
Bailey. Hundreds had tried to reach
the lofty peak. Many of them had
died of exhaustion and sickness, many
were killed by falling over precipices,
and few had ever succeeded in reach
ing the top. He persisted, finally con-
structing a winding path from the base
to the top, erecting thereon the highest
meteorological observatory in the
world, 1920 feet above the sea. Dur
ing this marvellous work the sufferings
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

barrel adapted to carry a cartridge,
the tube proper being inserted in a
larger wooden case for weight and pro-
lection. \ breech-block is mounted on
one side of the barrel, and an opening
Is made through the case for the in
sertion Of a cartridge in its chamber.
The firing pin is mounted in the end Of
the breech-blOck, and is actuated by
"A coiled spring. At the muzzle Of the
gun will be seen a bait fixed on a
curved hook attached a sliding rod,
the latter connecting with a trip-lever
which releases the firing pin and dis
charges the gun. To put the weapon
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

from NAL de mer of himself. his mules
and the work were something fright
full. All the natives tried to dissuade
him from the task, and predicted
frightful disasters If he succeeded. n
feat which all regarded as impossible.
Arequipa is a city of white stone
called sillar, OF the appearance of mar
Bile, contrasting pleasantly with the
surrounding green fields. It is vol
canic deposit, found in vast proper
tions, soft and readily worked. 1t is
cut with an adZe as If ii were ice.
Owing To an entire absence of native
lumber. sillar forms a cheap substitute.
One-story houses are the rule. The in
habitants have a wholesome respect
for earthquakes. Ruined walls and
debris are eloquent testimonials of the
great shake of 1868. The earthquake
of that year destroyed all two-story
buildings.
Mollendo is n railway terminus OF
500 population. 1t lies above the sea
on barren sand and rock. Its sole
water supply is 100 miles distant In
the River Chile. The water is con
veyed TO It in pipes along the railway
1t is fed by rail and boat. Land IN
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

Il lantern anl stationed the coach
man at the front gate to keep newcom-
crs from tracking up the snow.
"Onc OF the first things | did after
making sure that Kaufman was dead
was 10 examine his pockets. His watch,
a good gold one. was In his vest, which
was unbottoned as II n might have
He was fully dressed even to the lac.
ing Of his shoes | remembered about
the $4,000 which he was IN the habit
OF carrying IN his inside vest pocket
and looked for IL. 1t was gone. The
pistol ball had entered his forehead,
was powder bu' ned looked for
tracks In the snow and found only
the single trail of the coachman as
! he came from the stable and tnosc of
fox terrier. Kaufnan'S, which was
now following me about in the yard.
AS most OF the snowfall had comC
since midnight began to be mystiicd
about the burglar-how he had coIC
and how he had gone. Then | looked
about for signs of the single discharge
Of the shotgun. and found the shot
had imbedded itself in the side oi
Hcckburg's house, just across the lawr
from Kaufman's porch.
"Well. the town authorities soon ar
rived. and the coroner ard all of then
made a thorough examination of th'
whole premises. They decided tha
Kaufman had frightened the bIrst7
away before the latter had n chanC
10 rob him. The neighbors began to tel
J yarns about suspicious looking tramps
having been seen. and Of course tn
next days papers played IL for mys
J terious murder. which was battling th
! whole police department -ot charg
of the case and was still working %
D II when the Kaufman family move
. away 10 town. All found from ther
, was that poor papa had been late tha
: night searching the house for som
o paper he had lost two days before. an
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
yIuintuipd birds.

Over n thousand mummy birds have
been sent by NJ, Maspero. director or
the Egyptian service of antiquities. 10
the Museum Of Lyons. They belong
to two overwhelmingly the ibis ana
birds of prey-and come from SAX
karah. Roda, Kom Ombo and Glzeh.
Those from Kom Ombo are OF Roman
and those from Gizeh Of Ptolmaic age,
4 large number of them, according TO
NM. Lortet and Gaillard, have nT
hitherto been found among mummied
birds. and IL Is remarkable that the
white ibis is a larger bird than the ex-
listing white ibis of Nubia and the
Soudan. Another fact brought out Is
that the black ibis OF Greek historians
was. rs surmlscd by Savisny. the ih!s
falclnclla. called "el-hereis' by the
Arabs and "leharas" by the ancie
Egyptians.-London Globe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

I know that he had so much cash OF his
own, but | didn't think much about II
till a few days later, when, as | said
got my first big case e--r
"Of course | didn't live in the swell
part OF Cedar Grove. but at that my
room wasn't more than six or seven
blocks from Kaufman's. II was about
three o'clock one winter morning, just
before Christmas, when | was routed
out Of bed by Kaufman's cOachman.
lit the gas and let him In, and while
was dressing he told me that the
old man had just been murdered.
"Taint mOre'n three days ago he told
me If anything ever happened TO call
you, and so / came here first |
thanked my stars that | was TO have
the first chance, and In five minutes
we were trudging through the snow TO
the Kaufman house. From the coach
mans talk | learned that the first in
dlcatiOn OF trouble had come about a
half-hour before when he and the
family were awakened by the report Of
n shotgun. followed almost immediate
ly by a pistol shot.
"Hc slept in Il room over the barn,
but had run over to The house and
reached the side porch before anyone
in the house had appeared. He found
old Kaufman lying face down, dying,
on the porch floor. His shotgun lay
beside him, and, further away, n pis-
tol. which he supposed must have
been dropped by the burglar. When I
got to the house II was all lighted up,
the women were upstairs screaming
and going on, and two or three neigh
bors. attracted by the shots, were
just arriving. The poor old banker
was yet where he had fallen. and
nobody seemed TO have the nerve to
take even n second look ut him. /
made everybody stay in the house, got
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

+" PEAKING of police stupid
ity and queer crimes"
: said the captain muslngly,
reminds me OF my first
big case, how cutely worked it and
what failure it turned out 10 be from
the public point of view. | was a
green hand, but | had risen 10 the
degree of plain clothes, and was be-
ginning to get a reputation with the
department and the newspapers when
the Kaufman case came up and put
me to the bad for keeps, especially
with the police reporters.
"Old man Kaufman was cashier OF
the Dexter National Bank and lived
I'm Cedar Grove, a suburb chiefly noted
for exclusive society Half the popul-
alton kept poor trying to cut n wide
social swath, and the other half lived
In misery from envying their neigh
bors. Nobody was very rich, and
nobody was very poor, and II was one
Of those places where the people are
always talking about our first famil-
ies,' pulling off functions and plying
the plain people Or course L dldn
class up very well. being a detective,
but old man Kaufman overlooked that
and was the best, perhaps the only
friend had among the swells.
"He had big family, about seven
children-all grown young women Of
the 'high-society' kind-and they did
mt do thing to the old mans finances.
What with summer tours and winter
gayeties, pink teas, soirees, theatre
parties and all that sort of dolngs.
they kept the old fellows nose to the
grindstone for true. He didn't have
a thing In the world but his home and
his salary, and 1 don't think that was
over three or four thousand. l used
to sit with him in the train pretty Of
ten, and as hs was stuck on talking
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

and l wasn't, l came 10 know n good
deal about his affairs. | don't think he
was very strong ut the society game
himself, but he was all wrapped up
In his family and let them work him TO
the limit.
''The black sheep Of Cedar Grove
owned the house next coor to Kauf-
mans, and the chief ambition OF the
cashier was 10 buy out his objection
able neighbor. His name was Heck
burg; he was q professional gambler
and his wife was what the suburban
ties call vulgar Once about every
month the Hcckburgs would have
what they called house party but
nobody ever came TO it except lot
OF fash looking guys from town. That
made the Kaufman ladies wild. and MS
Hcckburg's was n dingy sort of "A cot
tage, built right up against Kaufman
lot. the old fellow. his wife and his
bigh-toncd daughters had their hearts
set on buying ii.
"It amt worth more IN. n $4,000.
Kaufman explained to m ? one night. 'ant
could have had T.. for $500 last sum
mer when Heck,urg went broke o;
the races. I'll get him in the same fil
again, / hope. lie won't sell now
Never will sell so long as he's flush
but the first time he goes broke ii
get the place. Last time didn't hav
the cash. and, gamhlcr-like. he wantc'
Il right cff-wouldn't wait q day. Tr
ready FOR him now. though
"And Kaufman tapped his breast an
whispered. Il got $4,000 in my insld
pocket. Carry Ii there all the tim,
ready for Heckburg TO go broke
told the old man that he was FOOLS
to carry so much cash around wit
him. but be said Heckburg was one q
those men that couldn't be induced I
let GO for anything but ready none!
4 carry II in my inside vest pocke
and nobody knows IT but you and me
be said. was little surprised
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

once upon n time very mean man
employed musician to play sweet
music FOR him.
After some time the player asked
his employer for compensation for his
services. and was PIT of with fair
promise. Again. after a time. he
asked again. with a similar result.
Then n third time he asked. and insist
ed on receiving his pay.
Did you not lear me promise to
pay youg" asked the man.
Yes" answered the player. Il did
hear you. but cannot play 10y ear
alone"
Mort.-A good musician must have
his notes. New York Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
A Bsitsd Gun FOR wolves.

As many wild anira.s prowl ar n,snt
and remain In their lalrs all day. many
schemes are devised by the hunter and
trapper 10 slay them or capture them
with automatic traps, which have only
10 be set In their path 10 tempt them
with the bait and take them unawares.
Below Will be fourd a new cOntrly-
ance for this work. designed especially
for the killing OF wolves and other
large game AS will be seen. the i'm
ploment Is sort Of gun, designed 10
be suspended FROM the limb OF a tree
or other convenient support II has a
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

The house is old-its windows racked;
Its doors are falling down;
Where once the dainty tintings were
Is now faded brown.
The steps are rotting; in the porch
Great gaping holes are seen;
The roof-tree's broken; with thick mold
The boards are fairly green
The yard is filed with weeds and trash;
The walk is crumbling fast;
The trees and shrubs are broken-all
Their beauty-days are past.
The sagging rails tug at their posts
As though they fain would drop.
Aye, all is drear and desolate
From floor to chimney top.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
The Pop-Guns Of
Our Grandfathers.

'The gun barrel Of the pOpgun we
used when | was a boy" said jolly
old grandfather. was made from sec
tion Of goose quill which we used 70
cut as long as we could and yet have
1t or pretty nearly uniform diameter
from end to end. Then you whitfield
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
THE HOUSE AND THE VINE.

And vet about the crazy door
And round the tottering stOop
Chambers and clings a teudriled vine
ln many a verdant loop;
And on that vine bright blossoms glow
And smile through all the day;
From every dainty hOw'r the bees
Sweet burdens bear away
The broken house-a ruined man
With blighted life and fame;
Soul-windows dimmed, a tarnished coat
A more than tarnished name.
The clnging vine, woman's love
Perchance a mem'ry dear
Whose fragrant blossoms bless the world
Through all the changing years.
S. w. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

in operation cartridge is inserted and
the firing pin drawn back, when the
gun is suspended from overhead at Il
height which compels the animal 10
strain its head upward to reach it, thus
bringing its head in line with the di-
rection of the bullet. Oliver J. De
Roshcy is the inventor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
A Will on tho Sole OF Shoe.

"Where there's a will there's a way"
according to the proverb, though 1t
may not have meant the kind of will
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton. The picture tells almost the
whole story. 4 fisherman in n New
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28
RrnIn. Of Man ard Ape.

Roughly speaking. the brain OF 4
man weighs three times as much as
that of the anthropold ape. and the
latter has less and more simple wind
ings ia comparison with the complex
conyolutious in the human brain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-28

Peru rich enough to produce things is
too rich 20 plant towns upon.
The railway from Mollendo to Are
qulpa pains the entire rise OF 500
feet with numberless curves and loops
For fifteen miles it follows the ocean
southeasterly. then runs due east
through the fertile valley OF Tambo.