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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
Orchards Not Well Fertiiired.

The orchards are often not sufficient
ly well fertilized. They quote from
Professor Roberts, of New York. who
says that with thirty-6ve trees 10 the
acre and a yield Of fifteen bushels per
tree, there would be removed in twen-
~ crops OF fruit and leaves 1887
pounds OF nitrogen, 80 pounds Of
phOsphoric acid and 1895 pounds Of
potash. This compared with the
amount used by twenty wheat crops
OF fifteen bushels Of grain and thirty
five pounds OF straw, shows the apples
10 take practically three times as much
potash, twice as much nitrogen and
half as much again phosphoric acid.
When crops are grown in the orchard
and removed, the soil exhaustion Is
much greater.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
upon Miss Bassett's large pet eat and 1

upon Miss Bassett's large pet cat and
In an Instant had broken its neck az
IN would kill a rat. This seemed 10 In
furiate the beast. and IL then sprang
savagely az Eldridge. Man and cat
were soon flying around the room
the animal tearing Eldridge's clothes
and flesh and he striking il blow after
blow with his club. For half an hour
the fight went on. shifting from the
sitting room 10 the parlor and back
again, until finally ROllO Keeling,
train dispatcher. went 20 Eldridgc's
aid. The two meE finally cornered
the animal and ended its life. Eldridge
and Keeling were badly scratched and
torn on the face and hands. and Ed
ridge required medical assistance. The
cat weighed twenty-four pounds and is
the first wildcat killed in the vicinity
In several years.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
KILLED n wildcat In n House

At the home Of Miss Ella Bassett in
Derby. Conn. ii took two able-bodicd
men. armed with clubs. nearly an hour
10 kin a wildcat which had invaded
the premises. and so exhausted was
one OF the men that he tainted after
the animal had been dispatched. While
chatting with a woman caller. Miss
Bassett was surprised by the entrae,
% the cat, which leaped in through the
open window from the yeranda. The
Intruder Immediately assumed an ag-
sressive attitude and spit az the women
so angrily they hastily retrcated up
stairs. where they called Tor help
Sanford Eldr!dgc a neighbor re-
spondcd and entering the room started
tor .he beast M once. With a savage
sr1rl the ari@Gl had just p0unccd
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
wAsNINGTON ITEMS.

OIL as fuel for ships. instead OF coal,
as tried out In special trip, IS recon-
mended by United States naval Off.
Ger.
Commander McCrea, OF the United
States Navy. has reported the steps
which he took 10 protect commerce az
Haiti.
Many messages OF congratulation ON
President ROOsevelts escape from
death were received at the State De-
partment.
Evidence continues 10 accumulate at
the War Department that the aboli-
tion OF the canteen has caused deser-
tions.
A new treaty soon 10 be signed by
British and Chinese representatives
will serve as pattern for one between
the United States and China.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

Tine at +, and bore an inch hole in the
runner on each side in a straight line
with the groove; then whittle out eight
pins an inch through and stick them in
the holes in the runners and up along
the grooves. Then take two boards
six inches wide for raves, and bore inch
holes in it and put this on top of the
pins, which are left sticking up an
inch; this board should be long enough
10 reach out on the end Of the runner,
where it should be fastened Now put
a shallow box on it, then box about n
foot high, with strips nailed up and
down to keep it from falling off. This
outfit is handy for hauling manure
from the stable.-G. f. burst, in The
Epitomist,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
Brave Girl In "a Bucket.

As the result of a dare by ]. c. Fen
nell. purchasing agent OF the Kansas
City Armour packing plant, in whose
office she was employed, Miss Dorothy
Bassett, a pretty girl of twenty, was
hoisted in a bucket TO the top Of the
plants new 2G5-foot brick chimney.
1t is the tallest chimney west of New
York. The young woman placed an
American flag on top. sang the Star
Spangled Banner" and named the
stack Dorothy" She was safely low
cred to the ground Five thousand
people watched the ceremony.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
The Gentle Art.

Surely conversation deserves the cpl.
thet gentle almost more than any other
art. Is there one that is susceptible
of more delicate and subtle handling,
one that yields such beautiful and de.
sirable results? All of us could afford
To take q lesson in the art from Ras
Makonnen of Abyssinia who is at
present in Paris. \ French interview
er asked him which stood the higher
in his favor. France or England. is
your respected mother still alive? May
she teach you discretion" came the
answer. so battling and so conclusive.
To another who sought his opinion Of
London ana LondoncrS the Ras re-
piled. MAY God have you in His
sacred keeping" There are great ad-
vantagos in belonging to a civilization
that is too ancient TO be impolite. and
too wise TO habhlc indiSCretions. Ii
would be an interesting experiment TO
arrange a meeting between the repre-
sentativcs OF two ancient races. say
AbysSinia and China. and study their
attempts To get information from one
another From such a spectacle the
diplomacy OF all Europe could learn
much.-Pall Mall Gazette
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The case against Santiago Igleslas
was dropped in the Porto Rican courts.
AS result of the war rinderpest
among the cattle and the epidemic OF
cholera, agriculture is at present Sc
riously depressed throughout the Phil
ippine Islands. Many districts are
badly impoverished
Governor Taft told the Manila
Chamber OF Commerce that the Phil
lppine Islands must ultimately rely
on Filipino labor, and that the Civil
Commission would again ask Congress
to establish a gold standard currency.
Cholera is spreading throughout the
Philippines.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
DOMESTIC.

~. tIINIlbI, ASrlsldul IslDTds
rian of the Brooklyn Library, was
stricken blind over his books.
The cruiser Brooklyn went aground,
her plates being badly damaged, at the
entrance 10 New Bedford HarbOr.
Major William s. Bracket, OF Peo-
ria, H.. was found dead in bed with a
bullet hole through his head. 1t Is sup
posed he killed himself because of de-
spondency over family troubles.
In the war game Newport and Mar
ragansett Pier, X. l.. were theoretically
reduced TO ruins during an attack by
the fleet.
United States Consul Ayme, OF
Guadeloupe, who Is in Chicago, eX-
pressed fear thet Mont Pelee's cap
will blow out and cause awful de-
struction.
Frosts were reported in Northwest
ern Nebraska, Western Iowa and parts
of South Dakota.
Murder in the second degree is the
verdict against Bessie Hickland who
killed Allen Bailey, twelve year old, at
Olathe, Kan.
Because they could not get work Mr..
and Mrs. James +. Taylor. of Des
Moines, Iowa. killed themselves with
gas.
Nebraska Socialists nominated a
State ticket, headed by George L. Bige-
low, of Lincoln, for Governor.
Confessing assault upon white
woman, Hog" Wilson, colored, was
hanged by mob at Stephens, Ark.
A lah ha ri
mouth, y. H., while digging struck a
stick of dynamite, killing one and in
juring three others.
Railway shareholders in Great Bri-
tain are frightened over the continued
drop in British railways.
A magazine in Fort Winthrop on
Governors Island. Boston. in which
were stored 1900 pounds of NAM
moth black powder, exploded. shaking
the city TO its foundations. One man,
Barney Cotton, was killed, another is
believed 10 have been blown to bits.
two young Hebrew boys cannot be
found and five men were injured. The
cause of the explosion is not known.
President Roosevelt galloped over the
battlefield of Chickamauga so rapidly
tAidi ~ libopNlS VI hlS tSIOll, lllt
Seventh Cavalry. were unhorsed and
the ambulance corps had TO be called
into action.
In an affray over money at San
Francisco, Cal, one japanese was
killed, two injured and Policeman
Akers badly shot.
Hestating a moment before plung-
ing from BroOklyn Bridge Albert III.
Johnson. Of Boston. Mass, was caught
by policeman and arrested.
1nfuriated at being elected from the
grounds, Jerry and Dangerfield Ware,
colored, emptied their revolvers into
crowd of dancers at Hopkinsville, Ky,
killing one man and fatally injuring
two, after which they escaped.
Murdered by robbers. the bodies OF
Mr. and Mrs. Britton Lewis were
found in their home at Gainesville.
Fla
Much needed rains. the first in three
years, have saved Lower California
from becoming a barren waste.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
Unity in Marriage Laws.

The perpleXity caused by contrar,
marriage laws and customs has caused
the continental nations TO try to sim
plify them on n single basis.
The plenipoteutiarics of Holland.
Germany. Austria-Hungary, Belgium,
France Italy. Luxembourg. Portugal.
Sweden and Switzerland have signed
NJ The Hague conventions regulating
the conflicting laws in the matter OF
marriage, divorce, marriage settle
ments and the guardianship Of private
minors, prepared by the Conference Of
International Law held at The Hague
in 1900
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
Arsenic IN BODY,

one result OF recent outbreaks of ar
senical poisoning has been the discov-
cry OF arsenic in small but appreciable
quantities in many unexpected places.
says the Hospital. Ii would seem. in.
deed. that a certain quantity Of arsenic
Is TO be regarded as normal to the tbs
sues of the human body IL appears
that the metal is rot generally diffused
throughout the body. hut Is practically
concentrated in the thyroid gland A
very small quantity also occurs in the
thymus. while traces are found in the
skin. hair aud nails. and also in the
zones and brain
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
A Manure Sled.

A good and simple device for hauling
manure is to take some old sled run.
plank, which will need shoes, or if they
can be bent as in A, they will not need
shoes. Next take plank three inches
thick and cut out two pieces the shape
of the ones in Il, and set them on the
runners, as shown. in figure C; then cut
grooves near the ends on each side of
these pieces an inch and a half from
the end which is shown by q dotted
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
The Great Nile Dam.

The great Nile dam at Assouan.
which was begun four years ago. is
nearing completion. The reservoir
formed by the dam will cost $4,000
600. but IL will greatly increase the
agricultural prosperity Of Egypt by
bringing waste districts under cultiva.
ton aud enabling farmers to make two
crops a year on wide tracts OF land.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
All In the Family.

They were discussing the factors
which make fot success in the world,
when the knowing young man said:
There's nothing like force OF char.
acter. old man. Now there's Jones.
Su,c to make his way in the world.
Has n will of his own. you know A"
But Brown has something better in
his favor"
What's thatT'
"A will Of his uucle's"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

In New Zealand red slower could not
be successfully grown until humble
bees were imported and acclimated.
Those insects by fertlllzing the flowers
through moving from one 10 another
have changed the island from an an
nual importer Of red clover seed 10 a
large and increasing producer and
exporter, thus opening a new ana val
uablc source Of wealth 20 the colony.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
Farm Topics


White clover will germinate and
make headway where certain grasses
will not thrive. II is easily crowded
out. but will give excellent service as
food for sheep for awhile.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

when all that is worldly turns to
dross around us, books only retain
their steady value. Whcnfriends grow
cold. and the converse OF intimates
langushes into vapid civility and com.
monplace. these only continue the un.
altered countenance of happier days
and cheer us wit hthat true friendship
which never deceived hope nor desert
ed sorrow Washington Irving, sketch
Book.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

At Westfeld, Chautauqua County,
New York, the remains OF a great mas
todOn wt,e unearthed. Various bones
among which are the following. were
found Shoulder blade, With artlcula-
tion Of foreleg; hip bone, section Of
spinal column containing four vertc-
brae, sections Of both eXtremities Of
spinal column, knee cap, nine ribs and
some other bones. The ribs are four
feet three inches long and four inches
thick
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

Peers were FIRST created in Japan in
1881 There are already as. including
n Princes. % Marpulscs. - Counts
and JOS Niscounts
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

Dover's (England) municipal elec.
tric trauways made clear proft Of
$500 aid carried cvc. 100000 pas
sengers during he rast working wear
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

No book is worth anything which is
not worth much; nor is IL sIrviccahle
until II has been read and rc-read, ana
loved and loved again, and marked SO
that you can refer to the passages you
want in II, as a soldier can seize the
weapon he needs in an armory Rus
kin, OF Kings Treasures.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

II is chiefly through books that We
enjoy intercourse with superior minds,
and these invaluable means of com
munication are in the reach of all. In
the best books great men talk to us,
give us their most precious thoughts
and pour their souls into ours.-Chan-
ming, on Sclf-CulturC.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

Society is n strong solution of books.
Ii draws the virtue out of what is best
worth reading, as hot water draws the
strength out OF tea leaves.-llolmos,
"AutoCrat of the Breakfast Table"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

Chief Engineer Melville, Of the Navy
Department, is greatly pleased at the
successful use Of oil as a fuel on the
steamship Mariposa.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

have ever gained the most profit,
and the most pleasure also from the
books which have made me think the
most; and, when the difficulties have
once been overcome. these are the
books which have struck the deepest
root, not only IN my memory and un.
dorStanding, but likewise in my aftec.
tions.-Iarc. Gucsses NJ Truth
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

heard the story OF the difficulties OF the
run. he remarked that the railroad Off
cials should pass vote OF thanks 70
me upon the success Of the record trip
Of the road. youths Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
The Value of Books.

or all the needs n book has, the
chief need is that it be readablc.-An-
thony Trollope autobiography, chap
ter xix.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

The latest scientific theory as 10 mos
quitoes Is that they are attracted by
certain colOrs and repealed by others.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
sc|Ei(E'Afl4Av|cs

BriqUettes made of coal dust sell in
France for S5.21 10 S6.17 per ton.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

There Is an impression that the San
tos- s-Dumont alrship rises because the
hydrogen-flled balloon 10 which IL Is
attached makes it lighter than air. but
In recent description Of the device he
shows that this Is an error. As mat.
ter Of fact. the machine Is so ballastcd
that the total weight Is heavier by
some pounds than the air 1t displaccs
just the reverse Of the principle Of
water navigation. 1t cannot, therefore
loon. The vOyager is able TO shift the
centre Of gravity, and when he wishes
TO rise he cants the forward end up
ward and sets the propeller in motion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
AN INVOCATION.

;. LESTER.
Where the wee, hushed ripples Groom
To the stars their wizard rune,
While, from out the purple ocean,
Nenus-wise, with languOrous motion
Trembles up the golden moon
Der the magic summer sea-
Take me thither, Memory.
Where betimes, the straining ear
Phantom-like, may family hear
Od-time voices melt and mlngle
With the surge upon the shinge,
And the night-wind Vailing drear,
To the sea, the sea. the seal
Take me thither, Memory,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

An improved system Of electric light
ing for railway trains has just been
adopted in Prussia. 1t was found that
the dynamo driven by the axle Dor-
rowed too much power from the loco
motive and that the storage battery
system was undesirable for various
reasons The plan devised is to place
on the locomotive steam-driven dyna-
mo, which supplies a current to a
small regulating battery in each car.
Thus every car in the train has sep
aratc lighting system, fed from its own
accumulation, though the general sup
comotive. The cars are furnished with
both ceiling and reading lamps.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

Electricity has been employed sue
cessfully as an anesthetic in dentistry
In the Charity Hospital At Paris. The
cxperimenters have been NJ Regner
and NJ. Dydsbury, and the method they
employ is described in an article trans
lated from La Nature which appears
in Public Opinion. The method is as
follows: BY means of n simple conduc-
tor they place an arrangement Of NJ.
Gaiffc I'm connection with an clcctrode
applied TO the region to be ancsthetlscd,
the clectrodc being fashioned Of Il
moldlng in clay rendered perfect
conductor by an interior covering Of
metallic powder and thin sheet Of tin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12

Where the ruddy sunbeams blaze
Through the drowsy morning haze;
Where. with shifting sheen and simmer
Winking whitecaps CLEAN and glmmer
And the wooing south wind plays
With the laughing summer sea-
Take me thither, Memory.
Where the breakers comb and crawl
Underneath their gaunt sea-wall,
While their winnowed spray IS lavins
Sedges in lone crannies waving,
And the gray gills dip and call
BY the sleepy summer sea-
Take me thither, Memory.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
21PIsS4s;k5. Ps4;5.ss.o..
Daring ON the st. Lawrence

~ HE Canadian vOyageurs are
| described in ST. Nicholas. IN
the fourth Of Cleveland MOf
fetts Dapers on Careers OF
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-09-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
@ HIS S"WILDCAT"T TRAIN.
A8 How Engineer Powers, I'm Honduras, Ran 91
& the Jaguar Special ~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TRANCE affairs happen
w upon the solitary railroad
= of Spanish Honduras. Hold
- ms collisions and runa-
The Dolores star., 1902-02-07
A LIE NAILED.

THE DENVER REAL ESTATE Exchange by lis presi-
dent John Flower sends folder protes ting against
the Buckn bill in which he presumes quote the Ian
guage of the bi and either wiully gnoranty, mis-
quotes it, The language OF Section Nine quoted by
the Denver shark says:
Sec. 8. Once in four years but not oftener the vot
any county in the my by any general
election exempt refuse to exempt from all taxation for
county city town. school, road and other local purposes,
any all personal property and improvements neither
the whole any part of the full cash value of any right
Of way franchises in public ways land exclusive of
the improvements thereon shall be exempted provd
ed however that such question be submitted the
by virtue OF petition therefor signed and by
not less than ten resident taxpayers OF such county and
filed with the county clerk and recorder, less than
thirty than ninety days before the day oeection
Now the reads THAT such question be submitted
to the voters by virtue of petition therefor signed and
to by less than ONE HUNDRED resident tax
payers OF such county see 50 Session Laws 1901
The man. rather creature, who will sign his
document misquotng bill is good proposition turn
down. The Buckn bill has far excited only the
tagonism of Shylocks and Sharks. Flower
fair sample of the gang who oppose the Bucklin act
Durango Democrat.
The Dolores star., 1902-02-07
sus,soo for a Prescription.

The largest sum ever paid for pre-
scription changed hands In San Fran
cisco, Aug. 80, 1901. The transfer in
volved in coin and stock $ll2, 500. 90 and
was paid by u party OF business men for
q specific for Bright's Disease and Dia-
betes, hitherto incurable diseases.
They commenced the serious investi-
CATION of the specific Nov. Is, 1900.
They interviewed scores of the cured
and tried ii out on its merits by putting
over three dozen eases on the treatment
and watching them. They also got ply
sicians to name chronic, incurable cases,
and administered II with the physicians
for Judges. Up to Aug. %, eight-seven
per cent. of the test eases We're either
well or progressing favorably
There being but thirteen per cent. Of
failures, the parties Were satisfied and
closed the transaction. The proceedings
of the investigating committee and the
clinical reports of the test eases were
published and will be mailed free on
application. Address JOHN j. FUTON
COMPANY, 40 Montgomery st. San
Francisco, Cal.
The Dolores star., 1902-02-07

AFTER THAT has been said about taxes, the fact
yet remains that there many who will pay vau=
alton that is excessive in proportion Others because
they listed their property AT what they conseientouy
considered actual cash value while Others listed theirs
much less than cash value. THE STAR has no desire
srticise any unusty; but il that the County
Commissioners the could and should have
raised many of the valuations given by property
lowered Others until their least ebance
Of equality. No should complain of paying JUST
tax but it is the knowledge that neighbor other
property escaping his portion of the burden that
cuts to the quick.
The Dolores star., 1902-02-07

NUMEROUS PEOPLE in Dolores have received circulars
this week from the Denver Real Estate Exchange
ing them TO write TO their representative in the egs-
demanding that he for the repeal of the Bucklin
Land Tax Bi-only they substitute the word single
for the word Land. As representative jefferson
Davis adams has already declared himself for the repeal
and positively refused off the pnaceupon which
he has placed himself il waste of postage and time
write him about the matter. If any outfit earth,
cept like the Denver Real Estate Exchange advocat
ed the repenl there MIGHT be cause for alarm.