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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
A THRILLING CAREER.

After costing the Italian Government
the sum of 100000, and the services
OF five regiments for nearly two years.
Musolino has at last ,been caught and
Gagged. But, great as has been the
terror inspired by this famous bandit,
his actual power was small compared
with that of several uncrowned kings
whose names are far less known 10
the public At the age of fourteen,
Boris Sarafoff, n young Bulgarian, at
tackled single handed the prison in
which his father and grandfather We're
lying in chains. after cruel torture at
the hands Of the Turks. He was seized
and flogged almost TO death.
The boy swore TO devote his life 10
revenge. He entered the Bulgarian
army and gained n name as a magnn-
cent cavalry leader. His bravery and
open-handed generosity made him the
idol of the people. In 1S95 he left the
regular army and raised an irregular
corps, with whom he retired into the
Businesses Of the mountains. Since
that time he has headed no fewer than
3Si raids into Turkish territory. once
he captured the Turkish town of Mel
mex with no more than forty men,
driving before him 300 Turkish troops.
The terror Of his name has penetrated
TO the Sultan's palace. and his secret
agents are said 10 be found in Con.
stantnople itself. His aim is to or.
ganize an immense rebellion in which
all the Balkan States shall join. as
we'll as Greece, seize Constantinople
and proclaim Christian kingdom OF
the East Not only Turkey. but Aus.
tria, Russia and Britain know that this
man holds in his hands the peace of
Europe.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
SKINNING THE SNAKE.

4 game which is peculiarly Chinese
is "Skinning the Snake" thus de
sCribcd in The Dclincator. The boys
stand face to back in a straight line.
All bend forward. each putting his
right hand through between his legs
and taking the left hand Of the boy
behind him. They are thus all bent
over and bound together. They then
begin backing; the one at the rear of
the line lies down; and the rest all
back over him. each lying down as
soon as he backs over the one behind
him and all still holding hands Sc.
curely. They now form n straight
line. each with his head between his
ne!ghbor's legs and holding n hand
of the one behind him. Then the one
that lay down last gets up and "strad-
dies over the entire line, each pulling
up the one next To him until all are
standing erect and face about This
finishes the game.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
CHEROKEE NAMES.

The Cherokees were the only tribe
OF Indians who had written Ian.
guage, says the Knoxville Sentinel II
was invented by Tahlequah or George
Guess, half-breed native, who lived at
Ross's Landing. The Cherokee tongue
is a beautiful one, with soft vowel
sounds. Tennessee inherits from il
some euphoniOus geographical names,
including that of the State itself What
we have lost by the substitution OF
English names may be seen from a
comparison. The Tennessee River was
the Kallamuchce up TO the mouth Of
the Little Tennessee From this point
10 the mouth Of the French Broad il
was called Cootcla. and from thence
TO the mouth Watauga. and perhaps
to its source in Virginia the Holston
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
Circumstantial Evidence.

Il is a rule. TO which good lawyers
usually adhere. never 10 tell more than
one knows. a newspaper tells a funny
story OF a lawyer who carried the rule
to the extreme.
One OF the agents in a Midland Re
vision Court in England objected 10 a
person whose name was on the register
on the ground that he was dead The
revising barriSteC declined TO accept the
assurance. however. and demanded
conclusive testimony on the point.
The agent on the other side rose and
gave corroborative evidence as to the
decease OF the gentleman in question.
But. sir. how do you know the mans
deidy demanded the barrister.
Well" was the reply. Il don't know.
It's very difficult 10 prove
"As l suspected" returned the bar
rister. You don't know whether he's
dead or not"
The barrisier glanced triumphantly
round the court. but bis expression
gradually underwent a change as the
witness coOlly continued:
Il was saying. sir. that don't know
whether he Is dead or not. but do
know this: They buried him about q
month ago on Suspicion
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

was known to the Indians IA HoCo.
hecgce The French Broad was Agi.
qua. and received the Swannanoah and
Nonichuhch. The present "harharous
Clnch' had the more euphonious name
PeliSsippi. Little River was the Canot,
Little Tennessee was the Tannassee,
and it's continent. Tellico, has been
changed from PtSaliko, or SalikO. Hia-
wassce was pronounced Euphassee;
Cumberland was called 10y the Indians,
Warioto. "LouShatchec, Hatchee, Se-
quatchec. Ocoee. Conasauga and Wa
tauga have happily" Ramsay says.
escaped the vandal mutilation or cor
ruption which the unfortunate Holston,
French Broad. Clinch and Forked Deer
have suffered"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
ESCAPE OF THE SNAILS.

When the Revue ScicntitQue says n
thing IL must be believed. Ii records a
snail story that deserves place along
with the hest snake yarns.
The prologue is all right. 1t tells Of
a snail cultivator on large scale. who
provides the market with these dclica-
cies. He usually has 10000 Of them
feeding in a vast park, which is sur
rounded by n wall about two feet six
Inches high. In consequence OF the es-
cape OF many giddy snailS a sort OF
ledge was put on the top. projecting an
inch or two on the inside. So that the
snail crawling up the straight wall
would meet with an obstacle. Still the
slim creatures managed TO get away,
and were found securing the open
country with all the joyous abandon Of
acquired freedom.
After patient research. declares the
Revue Scientihque. and this is the part
OF the story which Is TO De most un-
feignedly believed. II was found that
one accommodating snail would blot
himself like swallows nest under
the ledge. while all those who were De.
sirors OF escaping crawled over his
shell. and thus reached the edge OF the
lcdse-aud liberty, There is a sad note
about the poor snail who devoted him
self and allowed his back TO he used as
n bridge having been left behind. but
IL was necessary for the scientific jour.
nal to emphasize this in order TO round
NJ its story.
Never mini. This accommodating
SNAIL may be- sure OF his reward. one
day. deep sunkcn in his shell. with his
ksce klasiA-Sl with strong smelling
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
A WOMAN's HEROISNf.

The Siberia that the Russian convict
knows is, II half the reports about it
are true, a place where life is worse
than death. Yet IL is not an uncom-
mon thing for the wives Of Russian
convicts TO follow their husbands into
exile in that dreadful land Of hard
ships. :
Quite recently there set out for the
mines OF Siberia lonely woman with
n baby in her arms. She will trudge
the whole distance. IL her strength
holds out, alone. begging her food
where she can. Her sole object is 10
join her husband who Is a convict.
He was one Of the Russian troops
who, some months back. refused 10
fire on a mob that was demonstrating
against the iron hand OF bureaucracy.
He was court.martialed and sentenced
10 the mines for life. He was less
lucky than certain others. who were
merely shot. Without delay he was
dragged 10 the penal settlement, and
not for days did his wife learn what
had become Of him.
AS soon as she knew she sought per-
mission TO join him. 1t was only by
chance that she got within hearing
distance Of an official powerful enough
10 grant or deny her permission, but
he did neither; he merely said that the
road TO the mines was an open road,
and IL she could walk the distance no
obstacle would be put in her way.
So she set out. :
If she falls by the roadside and dies
Of exhaustion or starvation. with her
babe on her bosom, the world viii
never know. But the world is richer
for her effort and her love
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

Some interest is being aroused In
Madras AT present by the exhibition Of
TWO dwarfs who are alleged 10 be over
Nifty years OF age. and are brother and
sister. These beings are not only
small, but distorted. 1t il believed that
dwarfs are manufactured in India.
There is a practice cxtant in the Pun.
jab of elongating Infants heads so as
10 render them out OF all proportion
10 the body. The effect Of compression
on the brain renders the victims
idiotic.
They are sent around TO beg and in
their peregrinations visit the Madras
and Bombay presidencies. An instinct
akin 10 that Of an animal, however,
still lives in the distorted beings
and invariably brings them back 10
their masters. They are known as
Shah Shuja's mice" from the name
OF the temple where they are manu-.
factured. The children, il is stated,
are vowed 10 the temple by fanatical
women.-London Express.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
BRAVERY OF THE MATABELE

a man is considered brave, and right
ly So who walks up to tiger on foot,
armed with an express rife: but this
reputation for courage palcs before the
Matabele who. armed only with a
spear and ox-hide shield, attacks
lion.
Their tactics are described by +. G.
Selous. in the Sports Of the World.
A lion having killed an OK. band Of
Matabele warriors would track him
and surround his lair. When the king
of beasts was ringed the warriors
closed in on him. Finding retreat cut
off on all sides, the lion stood at bay.
facing first toward one of his naked
assailants, then toward another. growl-
ing hoarsely all the while. A chosen
man then rushed the lion. shaking his
shield and shouting out words of con-
Tempt and abuse.
Almost invariably the lion accepted
the challenge. and charged down upon
the intrepid savage. As the lion
charged. its challenger. after making
one stab at it with his asseCai, was
dashed 10 the ground. but endeavored
to fall beneath the cover Of his great
oX-hde shield.
At the same moment his companions
rushed in from all sides. and the lion
was soon stabbed to death. In these
encounters many men were killed or
more or less seriously mauled; but a
single lion, when once surrounded and
brought to bay seldom escaped
When. as often happens. a party OF
lions were attacked. one or two were
usually killed. and the rest broke
through the oordon.-London Express.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
ALFRFD,s 7 -.FAsrEE.

"Oh. Alfred" said has uncle. what an
awful lot OF noise
You are indeed the nosiest OF an the
noisy boys
just put that sauce pan lid away and 81
not. | implorr.
Keep stamping. ,ramplug up and down,
50 near ghc study door.
And stop ihA, p,rrcing whistle O, but
tel nc. Ai'yri, now.
To gam h..ic pleasure, must you kick
up saeh a rvw
| don'i nlnl VIA, YOU play at, ! have
told ysa 50 tctorv,
But cAnaos s.trA ,his rumpus when its
near sAt s.4ty door
Then Alfred irevrri his little chin upon
his l.gls gtesg.
And fro@ ~ sgayii OF his play depar rd
al 10 zrss
"Wha, Ai,s wa said ms uncle, "ior you
look 3S'r.a' boy
20, well y9a krcs said Alfred, cts the
rumpus / sa!ey
Chicago Record Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

cougars blazing eyes. for as soon az
the bottle broke he let go his hold
and ran of. piunging into the bushes.
from which he did not again emerge.
Meanwhile the unhurt children took
the wounded boy into a farmhouse.
The wounds Were all flesh wounds. and
when they were dressed the little fel.
low grew quite animated in his account
Of the adventure. which was soon the
talk Of the neighborhood.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
MUSIC FOR RAINY DAYS.

A child who wants 10 possess home
made musical toy which will help 10
relieve the mono,ony OF rainy days can
do so by securing a piece OF wood
about an inch thick. On the top Of II,
lengthw.se through the centre, draw
straight line as "A guide. Along the
line hammer common white pins grad
mated in size. placing the largest at
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
dH1lttttttIIIL[IIIIIN


enc end and the smallest at the other
Csee illustration. II pins of one size
only can be gotten, graduate their
height by sinking some deeper in the
wood than others. To do so without
danger of bending the pins, first make
shallow holes with large strong pin
by screwing 1t into the wood; "A hat
pin will answer for the purpose Should
a pair If heavy nippers be handy, the
pins may be all Of the same height
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
A Course Dinner For Ten Cents

The manager of a downtown restau-
rant. where several hundred persons
eat every day. has discovered that
some Of his customers have solved the
problem OF fariug sumptuously on n
dime. apd the head walters are on the
lookout FOR these clever beats. The
restaurant ramhlcs through several
rooms aud has entrances on two
streets. The man who has discovered
how to make ten cents satisfy his
hunger goes into one OF the side rooms
and orders soup. receiving a check
calling for the payment Of ten cents.
This course properly disposed Of. he
goes out into the main dining room as
if looking FOR seat and finding n
place to his liking he orders meat.
vegetables. desert and coffee. and roll
ing the check up into little ball. he
drops IL under the table. Going out
Ivy the entrance most remote from
where he has eaten last the man pre-
sents the first check he received and
escapes with the payment OF ten
cents.-New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

hut their tops can be pnched or, caus-
ing the row TO slant from one end to
the other. All being ready. touch the
pins lightly with quill toothpick,
running the scale first up, then down,
the entire length Of the pin row. After
few trials the child will be able to
play some simple air on the pin notes.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
SMASHED BOTTLE on COUGAR.

S-h-NSA1L' Lpl L LIE oN NO0hA lN.
Four children OF Mr.. Rodenbcrs.
whose home is at Big Skookum. go 10
school at a public school house n long
way of. one Wednesday during the
last OF June these children. being on
the road homeward. were struggling
along at some distance from one an.
other. when a cougar sprang out OF an
ambush and seized the little boy who
brought up the rear. This little fellow
was the youngest OF the party. being
only six years old. and least likely 10
resist the beast. as that watchful crea-
lure seems 10 have known when IL saw
the school children going by. single
file. The cougar seized the lad by the
head and sat upon him. snarling az the
other boy OF the party. an eight-year.
old youngstcr. who came running with
might and main TO save his brother.
The brave boy had IN his right hand n
milk bottle OF heavy glass. lie took
hold OF one OF the cougars ears. and
with the bottle began 10 beat the
snarling beast over the head. At the
third or fourth blow the bottle broke.
and hundred fragments Of glass were
scattered about. IL is possible that
some OF the fragments entered the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09
WHERE DWARFs ARE MADE.

garlic ana butter. he will lie on a plate
lt the table OF a Partisan.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

A late British investigation has
shown that thirteen per cent of man.
GaGcsc makes iron practically non-mag-
netc. Alloys more magnetic than
commercial iron may be produced with
nickel, silicon and aluminium.
The Journal de L'Elcctrolysc. Paris.
contains an article describing the kci-
lcr system of manufacturing steel
directly from ore Two furnaces are
employed: I'm the first the ore Is re-
duced the molten cast-irou collecting
on tnc hearth of the furnace. When
sufficient quantity has thus collected.
Il is run into n second furnace. and
here subjected 10 heavy current
which reduces the caSt-iron TO steel.
The Board Of Naval Engineers APP
pointed to examine into the merits OF
oils rs fuel instead of coal have az.
rived at the determination that 1t can
not compete with coal Cor naval uses.
Fourteen different devices presented Ivy
American inventors for tests were
Nlltus uul, III - NtlN' AudN huA WV VI
them would burn oil under n naval
boiler In competition with coal. even
with the oil at cost o. 81 per barrel.
The first large vapor motor applied TO
navigation is TO he placed on the fish
ing boat Of NJ. Emile Altazin. row
being built at Boulogne. The vessel.
which is ninety feet long and is de-
signed 10 carry three hundred tons.
will bc provided with a zoo horse
power motor. together with sails. and
will also have n twenty-five horse
power motor for operating nets. The
motors will use either gasoline or al
oohol. Of which the tanks will contain
5000 gallons.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

Pardon me- said the Fox to the
Rooster quite Unexpectedly, but may
| borrow your comb? have a brush"
New York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

There are 1900 statutes in British
statute law. Thirty volumes are year.
~ added to the Law Reports.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15
BY AUTHORITY.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTION TO COUNTY
OFFICES.
Territory Of Hawsii,
Secretary's Office,

Notice is hereby given that, w here.
as it is required by law that csndi-
dates for election to county offices on
the Island OF Oahu shall file their
nominations with the Secretary of
the Territory not less than Ten Days
before the Special Election for
County Oicers, it will be necessary
that said nomiD stiopa be filed in this
office not later than Five O'Clock on
the afternoon of Friday, October
23rd, A. d. 1908.
No person shall be eligible TO a
County or District Office unless of
the age OF twepty-one yesrs,a citizen
OF the Territory, and an cleo or Of
the County or District 10 which The
duties of the Office are to be exercis-
ed, end resident therein for three
years Immediately preceding such
election and no person shall here
after be eligible to the Office II Dis.
trict Attorney who shall not hsYe
been admitted to prsctica in the Su-
preme Court OF the Territry OF
Hawaii
Each nomination must be accom-
panied by deposit Of Twenty five
Dollars, and be sigoed by not less
than Twenty-Five duly qualified
Electors OF the County foi which
such election is to be held.
G. r. CARTER,
Secretary Of the Territory.
c. X. BUCKLAND,
Electoral Registrar.
Capitol, Honolulu, October lat 1908.
2623-Oct l, 5, 8, II, Is, l9, 81
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15
THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 1903.
TRULY a FOOLS ERRAND.

The tender of Edward Pollitz & Com
pany, of San Francisco, for the full
issue of the Territorial bonds shows
with what ease the bonds could have
been placed and the money obtained
almost anywhere in the United States.
In San Francisco money is always
higher than in the large eastern cen
ters, and, yet, that city, at the very first
rattle out of the box, offers to take the
whole issue at par, the bonds to bear
per cent as prescribed by law. Had
it been known in San Francisco that
the interest would be only Az, the en-
tire issue would, perhaps, have been
as readily snapped up. Politics first
letter is as follows:
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15

up work in the fields. The invitation
to laborers to come has been repeat
edly given, yes; but they are expected
to work for nothing when they get
here.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15

In another part of the correspond
ence POLITE intimates that Carter kept
out of his way at San Francisco. OF
Course the broker was not in position
to decipher the reason, but more is
known here. Before Carter's eyes was
the goal of the grand-stand play he
afterward made at Washington. Under
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15
E0R SALE.
Fox RENT OR LEASE

The residence and premises OF the
undersigned at Kslihi. For terms,
apply to him personally at the Htc
waiian Hardware Cos store.
ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15

The Advertiser excepts to the state
ment of Labor Leader Rosenburg to
the effect that the planters of the ISL
ands are not in favor of American la
Dor in the cane fields. The question
is one upon which opinions will differ
We would like to ask, however, what
the planters have done and what they
are doing to encourage better class
of laborers to take up work in the
cane fields? They are flooding the
Islands with coolies from Japan and
Korea, which they can employ at very
low wages, We do not know of one
instance of plantation offering such
wages as would be an inducement to
either native or white man to take
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15
WANTED

A bright, neat, painstakiug young
lady desir0us OF learning practical,
expert shorthand, typewriter and
Office work. Must bave CON ploted
studies equal 10 grammar school
course Must have accurate kuowl-
edge of elementary shorthand, but
no epeed or previous experience re-
quired. Excellent opportunity for
tnorouRh.going, ambitious student
10 become expert within year. Ad-
ress &c. t. Bnsiuess
1888 .tf
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15

In his letter today Ahuimaia draws
attention to the number of men run
ming for county Office who are tied up
to corporations and are under the in
huence OF corporations, We had re-
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15

1--WE herewith make a bid for any
part of the issue of Hawaiian Terri
torial Bonds under Act AZ at the upset
price of par less per cent commission.
We have notified the Honorable Secre-
tary under date of September g. 1903,
that we are prepared to take the whole
issue and we have been in communica-
tion with him since he has been on
his way to Washington and New
York"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15

IOllOWSs
After writing to you under date Of
the 2Sth ult. per China we have given
the matter of the issue of the five per
cent Territorial bonds still further at
tention and come to the conclusion that
the right to dispose of the bonds is
firmly vested in you, subject to the
approval of the Governor, the laudable
efforts of the Honorable Secretary not
withstanding
This correspondence shows conclu-
sively that the loan bonds could have
been easily disposed of by a simple
advertisement of them at Az per cent
in San Francisco, and that the big ex-
penditure of Territorial money for
Carters junketing tour was entirely
unnecessary.