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(RusSlan statesman Who Is to BE Made
: Chancellor.)
services of the empire separately man
aged and in the hands of strong, ex-
perienced and ambitious men-the
young czar has undoubtedly found it al
most impossible to dominate growing
ly discordant administrative system.
M. de Witte is unquestionably the man
above all others to be placed in general
authority. If he had been there sooner,
it is not to be believed that the Kishineff
massacres would have occurred, his own
wife being q Jewess. On the other hand,
if he had been in full authority, the Man
churian question would have been man
aged in a different way, since as it is
now understood that much of Russia's s
apparent inconsistency has been due to
the Independent, action and conflicting
attitude of at least three different de-
=partments having to do with Man
churia, one being the foreign Office, an
other being the war department, and
another the department having charge
Of the railway and financial interests.
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guide leads them up dark alleyways,
through winding Railways where they
cannot see their. hands before their
faces, and finally into little box-likc
rooms where white women and China
men smoke what Is supposed to be OPT
um for their amusement. All converse
tion is carried on in whispers, good
deal is said about the police and other
dangers of the expedition, and the vis-
itors are worked up to a proper state of
excitement.
What the Cinnamon and women
smoke is not opium at ALL Generally a
small piece of wax is cooked over the
lamp and inserted. over the pin-hole Of
the pipe bowl. A convenient cigarette
in the end of the pipes broad stem sup
plies the smoke.
A few puffs and the smoker rolls over
in what appears to be deep slumber.
The guide leads the shivering party out,
and warns all hands to keep the matter
very quiet.
Next he finds a Chinese gambling
den in full operation. Fantan, Chinese
dominoes and games with the long strip
of cardboard covered with Chinese
characters are being played. The table
is covered with money, the banker
hauls his coins from the center of the
table with his sharp-pointed stick and
the players suck away at their gurgling
water pipes. A carefully arranged pro-
test is made when the visitors enter, but
the guide arranges matters and the play
is resumed. This is just as complete a
fake as the opium smoking. The sup
posed gamblers are just play-acting for
the benefit of the visitors, but they do
it very we'll, and the visitors, especially
the women-for there are women in all
of these parties-go away properly
awed. Visits to joss houses, restaurants
and alleged dens are made, fake fights
occur, dramatic scenes are enacted, and
by the time the trip is over the visitors
have seen about all they can stand.
The New York Sun says that for q
long time there was Chinatown wom-
an who used to commit suicide every
night for the benefit Of visitors. She
was a good-looking girl and had room
at the top Of a Doyers street tenement
For long while the fake opium
smoking took place in her room. A ro-
mantle and touching tale of this girls
downfall used to be told conf1dentially
to visitors by the guides, so that she
was an object of special interest. At a
certain stage of the exhibition each
night she would startle the visitors by
tossing her pipe aside, crying out, II am
tired of all this!" and then, taking q
hasty swallow from bottle labeled
''carbolie acid" she would fall groaning
to the floor, and the guide would hustle
the visitors away so they wouldn't be
arrested as witnesses.
The fake suicide was q bowling sue
cess and great money-maker for the
woman who did it. The wardman from,
the Elizabeth street station put the per-
formances under the ban, however, and
the guides had to cut it out of their
repertoire. The programme described is
gone through as many as dozen times
some nights, and the strange thing is
that visitors never seem to detect the
imposition. They swallow it all with
perfect confidence, and pay as much as
IS head sometimes for the evenings
entertainment.
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DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
Consue1o Vanderbilt's Husband Made
Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies.

The announcement that the duke of
Marlborough has been appointed under
secretary of state for the colonies is of
interest in this country, as he is known
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s5yeteran,s Touching Ap,peal.

An affecting letter was lately received
from an old oldter, by Pension Com
missioner Ware. It appears that while
Yaliantin war. the veteran lives in dread.
of his wife. and his complaint and In.
sstructions closed thus: got blood
poison by beinge hitt with q hens eg wen
8 sIScam bak from the frunt. The eg was.
mot good wen you send my penshun Z
want the Deed mad sos my wife cant
ket none of iitt-she throde the egy. :,
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to Americans as the young English peer
who married Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt,
a daughter of William X. Vanderbilt.
The wedding took place in New York
city in 1895. The duke seems to be a
quiet, unassuming young Englishman
without any special political ability, al
though he has been chancellor of the
Primrose league and paymaster general
The occupant of the latter Office is not in
the cabinet, however, and, indeed, the
position is little more than honorary.
Even the subordinate position of junior
under secretary of state for the colonies
will be an advancement. The duke is
80 years old and succeeded his father as
ninth duke of Marlborough in 1892. The
first duke of Marlborough was the victor
of Blenheim.
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Bell Tolled By Electric1,~ :. 5.

At the Church of the Sac1ed Heart
in Paris 22-ton bell is, tolled BY elec-
tricity. a choir boy does the work
which formerly required the services 5of
five men. sss55s.ss.
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A City of Vast Terraces.
Simla, India, is built on the side of a
steep hill, and the roof of one house is
often on a level with the foundation of
one on the next terrace. :*zssES, 81.
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(25k. LOUIS lelOCmer VINO is a president
Possibility
exposition, figures in the list of possibil-
tiles; but Hon. Joseph w. Folk, also of
St. Louis, bids fair to become more vi
gorously doomed than Mr.. Francis =. 1t
is Mro Folk who has made soibrilliant a
record in the prosecution Of municipal
rascality in St. Louis. He has now un-
earthed certain long suspected facts re-
garding bribery on colossal scale in the
Missouri legislature that authorized the
present street railway monopoly Of St..
Louis. For man of such courage and
strength there ought assuredly to be a
large political future. If he should win
the governorship of Missouri, Mr. Folk
might aspire to the democratic nomina-
tion for the presidency on new issues
that would reunite his party. Among
the men Mr.. Bryan has been naming as
available presidential timber is to be
mentioned Chief Justice Walter Clark,
of North Carolina, man of undoubted
force and ability 1t is understood that
Mr.. Bryan would readily enough consent
to the nomination of Mr.. Edward M.
Shepard, of New York, who would also
be entirely acceptable to the friends of
ex-President Cleveland and Mr.. Olney.
Mr.. Shepard has of late made several
important addresses in the south, where
he gained host of friends. Among the
very ablest of the younger leaders of the
democratic party is Gov. A. J. Montague,
oF Vir0fnio xrh0 h0r0~o1 ~
university several weeks ago with the
decree of doctor of laws, where, also, he
made commencement address. Gov.
Montague returned from his northern
visit to find it necessary to call out the
militia to keep order during stubborn
street railway strike in Richmond. A
new name for the democratic nomina-
lion brought out is that of Judge Gray,
Of Delaware, whose availability and
strength are supposed to have been much
enhanced by his services as a member
of President Roosevelt's anthracite ar
bitration board. And so the list grows
from month to month. - ~
Feeble Youth Lives Century.
An interesting case of the longevity
of feeble youth was revealed in a
Paris police court the other day. Aman
called to complain Of burglary in his
apartment, said his name was Duyal,
and his age 100 years. The story was
confirmed by his papers. Duval was
born July 4, 1903, and as youth was
refused as conscript. He has lived
IN one house 80 Years. and has GROWN
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r.ss. g. IL
tually teach for time. She was after
ward a nurse, and some years ago was
drawn into reform work of various
kinds, in which field she has made a
splendid success. She is an author 81
considerable power, and has even pub
lished volume of poems She has sew
eral times visited America: i III. = W
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:: They Give and Take.

AS People who borrow trouble are al
ways willing to lend it, we've noticed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

Here ia very pretty experiment IL
lustrating the principle of air pressure,
which may he tried by any boy or girl.
ard which may be made quite enter
tanning at n gathering OF little ones, IL
will interest even the older folks IL
any are present
Take two tumblcrs Of the same size.
BE careful that they ut closely when
one is placed on top OF The other.
Light piece OF wax candle and place
IL within the tumblcr on the table.
Place on top OF II u piece of rather
thick paper saturated with water.
Then place upon IL the other tumbler,
as In illustration. The tumblers viii
then he found TO adhere closely. The
candle will he cxtinguished. but while
burning IL has dilated the air contained
in the lower tumblcr. and the air has
,hercforr become rnriicd The eyte'
rior pressure OF the atmosphere Will
Gx the tumblcrs ms closely together as
the classical Madgcburg hemisphercs
are united. II IL possible 10 raise the
undcrmost tumbler by picking up the
upper one The paper may he scorchcd
on the under side, but the success or
tho experiment Is not thereby imper'
FED.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
THE ORIGIN OF PUMPKIN PIE.

THE ORIGIN OF PUMPKIN PIE.
Once upon timc--a long while ago,
children there lived wise old man
who was always trying 10 see what he
could discover
Having made several perpetual mo-
tion machines ana one or two airships
he was walking through the fields 60
avoid his creditors. when he came up.
on a pumpkin
This" he said 90 himself, bending
down and feeling Of The yellow orb.
lis vegetable growth; but ! firmly
believe that IL acquires it's hue from
small Particles OF gold which it cY
tracts from the earth"
SO he took the pumpkin on his shoul'
der and took IL home telling all anx'
ious inquIrers that he was going 20
discover how to extract gold from 1t.
At home in spite of all his wife said
he cut the pumpkin up and put It in
a pot and boiled it--only he argued
that he was melting IT,
When 1T last 10 WIS PUPPY mass
he poured IL out of the pot and right
q, top Of 4 pan Of dough that his wife
had rolled out FOR the purpose OF
making a dried apple pie.
Now. you know the Kind of wife he
had do you not2 a woman who will
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
a STUDY OF WEED SEEDS.

The experiment station has exam.
ined hundreds of samples OF grain In
,hc last few years which was designed
for seed. The vast majority Of this
grain contained too much foul weed
seed 10 make IL economical 10 SOW. In
many cases the farmer was ignorant
or this condition lie did not know
foul weed seeds were present, and even
if he had. he would not have known
thc kinds. TO enable the farmer to
become acquainted with the different
kinds OF weed seed. the Botanical De.
partment has prepared weed seed
collection. consisting OF twcnty-six
kinds Of the worst weed seeds OF North
Dakota. These seeds are In cork
stopped glass Walls. labelled and On
Closed IN neat pnrtltioned box made
IN order for this purpose. This collec.
ton. In the hands OF an intelligent
farmer, can easily pay for itself many
times over In the course OF one yenr.
There IL no profit on these. they are
sold at cost You are urged TO buy a
collection simply because II In 10 your
advantage. North Dakota Experiment
SUntion Bulletin
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
WHY irish Linen IL Best.

whether ireland is the finest country
in the world for growing tiax. IL Is be-.
yOnd dispute the finest In the world for
ll.9chinp lincn-an operation which re-
quirps from six 10 eight weeks. accord
ins % the nature and weight OF the
fabric Nowhere else can the snow
white finished fabric be turned out to
rival the Irish bleach France. Bel
GUM. Germany and America have al!
entered into competition with the I'm.
crald Isle. and retired unsuccessfuliy.
AZ the present time n large quantity
Of foreign linen. principally Belgian. IL
being bleached and finished on various
greens near Belfast The quality or
the water. the climate and the inner.
tied experience OF the Irish bleachers
must all contribute TO the result, which
has had abundant practical demonstra.
ton. that Ireland now occupics, and
has occupied. the first place IN the
whole world for bleaching aud hnish'
ing linen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
HAISE pEARS

IN the farmers orchard for family
usr az well as In commercial orchards
;hnre are fewer pears than most any
other fruit There are pee eh trees.
lots Of them, but where are the
peaches? Winter killed, or the lato
frost robbed us Of this fruit. and very
severe winter weather robbed us OF
many trees There are n few pear
trees over the country. and they do not
winter Kill. nor do late frosts get them
often-no oftener than the apple. which
they excel in quality. How much finer
would be the farmers supply Of fruit
II he would invest in pears more OF
the money that he invests In the un-
certain peach? AS rule pears are
Just as good. whether as fresh fruit,
canned. evaporated or preserved. are
a surer cropper and longer lived trees.
Then. too, they can be had from tho
middle OF July till late spring-nenrly
l, long Keeping period as apples. and
are In many instances as abundant
hearers. Who wants tree 60 bear
better as 10 quantity. than the Kief.
FER. or a better quality than that stand.
ard OF excellence. the Bartlettp Sc
lect succession OF pears. 80 that they
may be- had in some form the year
round. a few summer, greater por-
tion Of autumn, and some winter pears
of both standard and dwarf. should be
planted Dwarf pears bear earlier.
but standards are more abundant
benrcrs and longer lived. Pears. prop
crly handled. are one OF the most pro-
ntablc fruit crops in many localities
observer. In The Epitomist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

The farmers OF Bureau County, III,
are engaged in collecting cyclone
curios They gather them from their
own fields. for The twistcrs that have
prevailed In this section OF the state
this summer have cut some queer
antics.
The FIRST violent blast was at Men.
dota. where a wide swath was cut
through the town. blowing down
houses, pulling trees by the roots, or
breaking the trunks as II they had
been pipe stems. and killing five people.
Later anotfhr disturbance OF the eie.
ments blew down a circus tent and
Killed one of the pioneer scouts who
had followed Fremont across the com.
try in his historic expedition
The articles that have been picked
up in the fields form n curious collec.
lion. and when The finds Of all the
collectors are put together they form a
verltable museum. one man has n
wedding skirt that Is known 10 have
belonged TO a woman In the south end
Of the county. Another has the limb
OF tree that was broken off n tall
oak ten miles distant. Another man
has half Of q door frame and lot of
new lumber. the owner of which can.
not be located inside the county.
Another man picked up a bundle OF
checks and notes that had been blown
from the nelgbborhoOd Of Princeton.
There are a great variety OF other
articles that are known to Have tray.
ersed The entire length % Tho county
in a swift eight In the air.-Cbic1go
Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

feed her husband on dried apple pie
deserves 10 be- married 10 two or three
inventors, doesn't shct
And so he pGt tnp pumpkin and the
dough into the oven, asserting that
ha would harden II with the heat and
produce n solid sheet OF gold. and be
so rich that BE- could run for Office.
But bless you. when the pumpkin
and the dough came out of the oven
II was not solid sheet OF gold at all.
but rich. golden. tantaliziDg section
OF goodness.
And the poor inventor was hungry.
- he bit into ~
A few moment later several or h
creditors broke into the house aLi
came upon him saying Look here
where Is all that gold you were going
10 get for rs"
"And he never even looked np NJ therl.
but kept right On eating. saying who
cares for goidi Men. I have Giscoy.
cred pumpkiI pie
And the creditors sat down also md
ate. and they. 100. were happy ever az
ter.
SO, now. whea you eat pumpkin pic
you should D. glad that the poor IN
yentor did not succeed in making gold
of the pumpkin For II he had the
pumpkin might never have gone fur.
ther than 20 hIl your cth.--Judge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
THE MAIDENHAIR FERN

There is no fern more beautiful than
our wild maidenhair fern. that grows
so freely IN waste woodland places. but
IL is rather impatient OF indoor cultiva.
ton. A fern lover who has succeeded
in growing IL in her window as we'll
as In her garden. attributes her sue
cess 10 the fact that In both cases she
shields her ferns from the wird. an
those IN The house from direct sun
light. The ferns are never left before
an open window TO he swept Ivy a
draught aud in consequence Gourish
well.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

THE fly.
A Ay
10 my eve,
l. wonderful thing
lie buyEes ABOUT all the day on his wing
A goSsImer. ilibberty, glbberty thing
You wouldu surm,se
A thing OF his size
Had strength for all OF the tasks that hc
tries
For instance. to-day
was reading away
Ot fares and gnomes and the pcsnks that
they play,
When ly
Came by.
And then he began
On horrible plan
OF worrying,
Flurryinc.
Scurryng IN,
And lck,ns ,he ends OF my nose aad my
chm.
Until Id
Like TO died
With wrath AID chagr,n.
Now I'm big thing
The iiy he was small
He'd flop and he'd fling.
He'd buzz and he'd sing.
While | would 90 nothing at all
But whack at that fly
Each time he came by,
Deep wrath IN my eve,
never could hit HIM however Id try
whacked tor two hour.
With all OF my powers
And when it was done
! sat weary
And tcaiy--
While he was as fresh as when hc had be.
John Kendrick Bangs, in st. Nicholas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

30 arranged that they may be used for
handles, and the legs, which are two
10 the side pieces so they will swing.
In using the table swing the legs TO the
side and lay the table fiat on 10 the
ground. Push the shock OF corn over
On the table, have man take hold OF
either end by the handles. and the legs
viii drop down and the shock Is easily
raised and in position where II may
bP easily handled The cost OF the
table Is small and It's use will save both
time and strength
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

brood of chickens O'Brien's stable
was on fire. with the hen Setting" in
a barrel inside the building.
The upper part Of the structure was
soon n mass Of flames. but "Blddy"
refused 20 move. The top Of the bar
rel next took fire. and burned half
way down. but the faithful hen stuck
10 the nest a stream OF water acci-
dentally hit the blazing barrel, extin-
gushing the flames In IT and deiuged
the her. but she held her post. In the
morning eight peeps" came forth and
then sho left The barrel.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
QUITTING ASPARAGUS.

Opinions differ as to the cutting OF
asparagus tops Some think they
should be cut before the seed natures.
others think later in the year as we'll
or preferable. while there are some
who think 1t unnecessary TO cut them
At all. arguing that the tops furnish a
projection and u mulch for the plants
below. La any event the bed should
he well cnriched IN the fall and lib
cral supply of salt in the spring IL
highly recommended
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

presents according 10 their station.
The birthday Of the emperor. or
Ten-o. as he Is more properly styled,
is also a general holiday for the ia
panese everywhere. The houses are
all decorated with flags. and in the
evening the streets are gay with the
lights OF innumerable colored lanterns.
In the morning the highest authorities
90 to tho palace and ofler their con
ratulations in person and the lower
degrees offer them vicariously TO their
superiOrs All the japanese world.
somehow or other. congratulate their
monarch on having added another year
10 bis age Chicago Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

With the exception OF the emperor
there are 10 Individual birthdays In
delightfully."- Interesting Japan. The
people. however. make NJ for this neg
lect by having a sort OF general birth
day Of everybody in common. which
is celebrated with great rejoicing
There are two OF these general holi-
days. one for each sex. The male birth
day. which is known as the "celebra-
liOn Of the boys" occurs on the Cd
day OF the third month and the girls
on the 9th day OF the Gfth month.
These days are generally put ASIDE and
boys and girls respectively receive
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
HOMEMADE HUsKING TABLE.

HOMEMADE HUSKING TABLE.
II is not an easy task 10 handle
shock OF corn and get II into n position
where the corn may be husked readi.
ly and with the least expense OF labor.
The illustration shows table which
may be readily made OF cheap lumber.
ana which viii materially tighten tho
labor OF corn husklng. The table may
be made of material an inch thick
and three inches wide.
The Top Of the table IL ten feet lonc
and three feet wide. End pieces are
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
lightning Change. in Names.

n an article on The New York schools
IN The Worlds Work. Adele Marie
shaw says: Esther oberrheln in the
entering class changes to Esther
O'Brlen In the next grade Down in
Marion street n dark-eyed son or Ma
pies. who came last spring as Guiseppi
vagnottl. appeared in September as
Mike Jones"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18
5HoRTICUITURES
$50 g =! q
u R&&;7;;~S
PROTECTING REDS

Protect the violet and pansy beds
With few inches Of compost after
the ground freezes. Make the same
application TO the bulb beds. This Is
not So much for protection from frost
~ from alternate freezing and thaw.
lng. which does The damage.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

During the middle ages gunpowder.
clocks telescopes. parchment. paper.
and the mariners compass were in.,
vented or adopted.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

There are many forged notes In the
museum. their value aggregating many
millions Of dollars, and there are also
some notes which were recovered by
divers from the sunken wreck Of the
British warship Eurydicc.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

The average age of death of work
ingmen in East London II about twen
ty-rlne. whereas in the well-io-dO Gls
tric;s Of West London the average age
is about ffty Eve.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

Life insurance 20 the amount OF 81.
700 900 is carried by John wanamake.
OF Paiia aaelphla.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

THIS lItN WAS FAITHFUL.
A hen owned 10y John j. O'Brien. n
liveryman. Of Norfolk. Conn, passed
through ilrc. smoke and water to hatch
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-12-18

Russia takes nearly half the asri.
cultural machinery that the United
states exports.