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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
GIRLS BRAVE ACTION.

Laughing. chatting. swinging their
skates as they breasted the sharp wind
that whistled through the trees at
Washington Park, Chicago. sixteen
year-old May stead and her escort,
Harry Howe. were hurrying toward
home late ole afternoon recently
As they passed near a corner Of the
pagk POND, rlrdy incioscd by hedge,
thoy beard cry for help. Without
waiting TO Gl3 q patA they p.uugnI
through the bushes 4 short distance
from shore was a bog about ten years
old struggling 70 keep his head above
the surface His small white hands
rir.chrd az the ica for support bu, !.
was TOO tlin To- Lold him up aud broa"
as often o. 90 tried to drag himself out.
"Cuta. held ne" shouted Mac.
throwing herself. without hesitation 81
full length on tho zee aud grasp,ug the
drowning boy. hands.
Brac,ug him e,f yOung Howe seized
the girls c.ota.1z lrd pulled Der ami
he log O. shore The boy was -
frightened that He fed Tor hpm. wi,L-
out trli..- ..s 1.m'N
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
METAL ENVELOPE 10 PROTECT TIE ECO

egg envelope. This thing consists OF
two sections or members Joined, which
constitute the transverse centre, one
portion overlapping the other, and a
means of locking the parts, which IS
known as the bayOnct-lOint. The egg
envelope Is preferably made Of some
malicable metal. although celluIoid or
other suitable material may bc made
rsc of In It's construction. The parts
aro perforated as shown.
The object OF this invention Is 10
protect the fragile egg from. damage
during the hdtcEing period or to save
Oh egg which has already been slightly
tlmaged. 4 large number Of eggs are
LOST by being broken by the hen while
getting o. them. and where the stock
+ fine aad the eggs expensive this Is
IN item Of considerable importance.
Eggs which are protected by such n
,eyirc rs is shown herewith cannot be
trokcn or damaged, and the case does
rot interfere at all with the operation
Of hatching. The pcrfOratOns are for
The purpose OF enabling the necessary
circulation OF air 10 take place around
the eggs and sOr the animal heat OF
thr hen to reach them When IT ap.
proachas tine for the appearance OF
the little chicks the envelopes are re-
moved. so as not 20 Interfere with
their entrance into the wOrid.-PEiia
dclphia Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
Pleasures OF Real Old Ago.

Free from the distractions OF life, the
aged are at leisure to observe and ad-
miro. II never knew" said Cornaro,
that the world was beautiful until |
reached old age" This period was FIRE.
Guently declared Ivy him To be the most
beautiful OF his life. writing at the
age of ninciy-one, he said he felt 1t
his duty TO make known to the world
that man could attain 10 an earthly
paradise after the age Of eighty; but
only be means of the two virtues, self.
restraint ana temperance. AZ that time
he was writing eight hours - day,
walking ana singing many otlrrr hours,
enjoying the beauties Of nature, ana
abundant In lnbOrs for the good OF
mankind Boston Traveller.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
DANGERS OF sNOWsLIDEs.

Snowsldes are most frequent on
steep mountains that have heavy
snowfall. With a bilIowy train or
snow dust boiling out behind and over
turning or crushing almost everything
before they MAKE an awful and mag
nificent spectacle Their speed is some
times so great that trees alongside are
overturned by the swamping force Of
the air. which the slide has violently
disturbed.
There are many wcll-authenticated
instances where miners have been
caught on the surface Of a slide ami by
Gextcrous use Of their skis have kept
on top OF the engulfng surface OF thc
slide. and come odt uHinjured. john
Muir once rode down frcm the high
Sierra on a snOwsiidc He was swiShed
back down in q minute over distanc"
that lad taken all day to climb. He
saws Of this ride: This fight In a
milky way OF sn)wlowers was the
most spiritual OF my travels; and. after
many years, the mere tlought Of it is
still an exhilara ion"
One day while climbing up steep
snowy SLOPE a slide started beneath
me, and for 4 time | was on the sur
face OF It's upper edge, where the snow
was about two feet deer. Wadiug Il
torrent VIII give some idea Of the
sweep OF the coastinG snow. The snow
dust steamed and boiled up around me.
and each time struggled 10 my feet
the rushing snow simply jerked my
feet from beneath me. At last, smoth'
cred. | was dropped of ,he back end
r9on bare ground.-EnOs A. Mills, in
TIo-uar's Wepkiy
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
Consumption Among Halr-Breeds.

There VIII be Indians in the can
adam Northwest when there are no
halt-brecdS." These were the words
OF veteran trader just In from the
far North-llcury \. Cahlcr, stall
wart Natty Bumpo in corduroys. Con
sumption, this observant leather stock
lng says. is the blight which Is fast
wiping the half-brecd out OF exist
eucC. Nine out OF ten haif-hrecds die
of consumption" he continued. 80
swift are the ravages of this disease
among these people that the lire IN
the cemetery is always kept burning
TO thaw out the ground that the graves
may be dug. The Indian does not
seem TO suffer AXE his halt-brother.
After watching thcSes people for a
number OF years II seems TO me that
they are born with the disease In them.
Then their careless, slovenly life helps
IL along st. Paul Dispatch
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
Ills LIFE 4 SACRIFICE.

4 farmer To- North Carolina oacr
d.u.c with two LigL.re,tle3 horses into
town. stopping IA front OF one ot
:Ae stores. ne was about 20 el'cr when
bis horses tooE fright IL spr5ng in
front ~ them, and horOi"aily seized
the rplus. M5dGeard by strange
noises. the horses dashed down the
street tie man still cl.ug.ng 90 tho
brides. Ou they rushed. Until 90"
horses. Wild with frenzy. rose on 'hc.r
Launches. and !aspl- upon tie man
al came vlth "a crash 20 TIC ea5tl..
when people arrived aud rescued tie
bleeding body Of the mar. ard fornd
bin % deaths last agony. a friend
bending tenderly over him, asked.
Why did yog sacrifice yoar life for
so-sas snd wagon - lie gsspcd with
his breath. as his spirit departed. 60
aud look az the wagon They turned.
and there. asleep iu tLc straw, :ay h.s
lttia boy. IS they isid The nsn2ied
form of -, hero in bis grave. No ore
.afI. The sacrlGce is too great
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
NzRvE-RACKGNG MOMENTS.

GRN I.-RACNlNG NON EN =.
A miss may be as good IA q mile in
some cases. n others the agony Of sus-
pense which pccccdcs a narrow escape
is almost disastrous 10 the nerves as
If the result bore ont the apprgIan-
sion. An incident cf tho nprve-rackirE
kind is related 10y young man who
w1s employed by n large c.1-a arM.
One OF his duties was % super.Utrnl
the putting Up of s.eep.c- ana tDTer-
clocks
3D. There isn't much chance Tor aiyen-
ture in the placing of q clock. II is
prosaic bus ness although It does take
oIe 10 a. tho heights. bGt now and
then some hltie thing will occur which
shows one how near tie line Of every
day Twins lies 90 that Of tragedy.
/ was in one cf the large Western
cities. seeing 10 the construction Of q
clock which was being placed in the
tower OF the city Loll. TIE iob Wa
nearly done when. one afternoon. I
was standing on the roof beside the
tower. inspecting the great d,2. face
above nc.
have become accustomed 20 height,
which z tcw years ago would have
made mo ill TO think or auj 1 stepped
near the slightly guarded edge OF the
Building " thout any more thought
than IL I hll been r. the Sidewalk
Far beiDw mo were the brick pave
maut and tic busy people Of the street
was holding IN ny hand l screw.
driver. poGierous instrument used
in adjusting sone Of the larger pOr.
tons CO the ci.ck. aud Is I stepped
near tho cJrnlce rail IN some way
se' the heavy thing fall from ny hand
II struck on the rail and then bounced
ori 81 sight The sickenlng thought
az the pas. s-by flashed over me aud
7 gr1sp.I thr rail with both hands
ard leaned Cos over IN ms attempt 20
follow with uy eyes the fai' ~ the iL-
piament.
= YOU'RE .ady wes passing .a front o.
TIE buiidl-e jus in line v th TIE fsii
su- screw-drivrr. 7 held rs bre1tt in
a. agony OF suspense. T. seem j Eours
instead or seconds before the screw
,rivcr feil OH the bricks only few
slchss behind ths girl, va wss 80 un-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17

I'm Fig. the part above the dotted
line is added 10 complete the roof. 4
combination door and window is also
added. and any covering placed upon
the outside that may be desired,
Zig . shows two piano boxes placed
together, and the roof completed. Two
combined doors and windows arc
placed in The cud 10 give sufficient
light The walls and roof may be GOV.
cred with roofing fclt.--Farm Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17

conscious OF her danger. The noise oc
the fan caused her O. jump and look
about her. but she never knew what
had caused the mysterious sound, nor
how near she had come 10 death. for
the instrument bounded on the bricks
and landed Larmles,iy on the green
swari that hogderet he pavement. NO
damage had been done. save 60 my own
nerves. but never shall ! forget tie
horror OF those seconds e. suspense.
HOW CEOCODILES ARE CAUGHT.
shooting crccodilcS is ma sport; you
,it in the bow Of canoe, ride az hand.
while two men paddle silently forward
until you sight dark. olive green log
like thing in the mud. The thing
is not 80 inaminate at il looks. Per
hans YOU have uomeutary sight OF
vellowish patch. the under side Of It's
throat a. il moves OF. ana then You
fire and paddle with all speed tO where
the creature was; was. | repeat. for
nine times our Of ten a few spots OF
blood TO indicate you hav, scored. hut
rarely is a crocodile killed instantly,
,r,.1 s.,ar,,,iso b ~ socyrad No mat.
80, 49, hn,,. .,r,ra,v y,orrdaI II finds its
- ,,,... ,t, -. o., al. and sink or
e.r 80, e., otbor crocodilos a.,
- -, 7 ,ro,,r.,a1 ~ tho death
,arr,1 o,iy ono opB .hat because |
was able to approach within ten yards.
and. with my .ead-po;nted hall muSh-
,,,,,;n,, d-,i,od tba dis.,,,s.,pc reotile
.i,.,,,,t OIL ,rrous,b
,rha ,,aIar. bsa a marc oartaip way
- s,o,,-irr. ,,,, quarry Tbair means
,,as homhoo ar two and q half
r,ot s,uaro which carrf,l mn upr.rlt
t,.o.f,rt no,a evsnc a small bit of rag.
~ tho nd s;le M tbo raft yr9s gt-
t,.hoJ ohort 6rtean Ia tyartv wards
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
SITS ON A INITIAL EGd.
An Enyciope TO Protect the
Delicate Shell.

At nyst tush one might think that
an envelope Tor an esq would be some
aow faudangled scheme for the deilV-
ary cg the National breakfast food di-
'ect from The hennery by the morning
mall, but the inventor had another
dea in view when hc devised the metal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
CATTLE TEEnING TEST.

The Texas Experiment Station re.
ports In It's last bulletin some cOmpara'
tive tests OF cattle feeding with rice
hulls and CollOn-sced meal which
showed a cost for one pound OF gain
Of 40 cents. But the steers fed nj.
falfl and corn aud cob meal ate daily
per head II pounds OF corn and cob
meal and iGD pounds Of alfalfa and
gained 253 pounds. with the ,srhl
and cob meal at iOc. per bushcl and
the alfalfa at - per ton. the feed cost
of one pound OF gain was IL cents.
Il will b. seen from this that the
cost OF fattcniug steers under the very
best circumstances FOR securing thc
most economical rat!ons Is very SINH
lar.
MOlassos dddcd to ration consist.
ing of Cotlou.sood meal and hulls re-.
from those steers receiving 1t az they
gained 2l1 pounds per head daily
while those not receiving it gained
25o pounds
Ycaring steers In comparison with
two-y -ycar.old steers on rnlions Of cotton.
seed meal and hulls made about the
same gaia at little cheaper cost.
The two ycarold steers gained 2.5D
pounds PER head daily aud the year
iings 22l pounds
In feeding steers on pasture IL was
found that a corn AMI cotton seed
ration gave better returns than corn
alone The Substitution Of 301J pounds
Of cOtton-sccd meal for 313S pounds of
corn gave au increased gain OF S3l
pounds on TIE lot Of nineteen head.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17

Among the names Of new streets IN
Berlin approved by the Kaiser are Car
men. sylvia, pastcur. Turk. Dane and
FlOtOw.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
NATE HORSES PROPERLY.

MATTE HOkSlN FtttEhlh,
ltis a matter ot economy. as well
as mercy. a. properly mate horses that
have Go work side 10y side through the
siege 0t hard work during the year.
While two horses may hc about the
same sac aud appearance in ,hcr gen
cral makeup. one may not bc able 10
do near the amount ot work without
injury that the other can DO with ease.
Every farmer should know enough
about his horses TO learn how 20 avoid
tuis trouble, it possible. by placing
horses OF equal endurance In the same
team. or by cqUaiinS their labor IN
some way in which they are 60 draw.
This may De done 10y giving the weaker
horse the advantage OF the long ends
ot the double tree. or some other way
that may hr devised by those having
tie matter iu charge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
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FARM TOPICS.
USE \ WHEEL HOE

\ wheel hoe is an excellent lmplc'
mont for garden use. aS 10 saves labor
and does the work we'll Some of them
are usually accompanied with knives.
markers rokcS and CutlvatorS, each
detachable. thereby enabling hand Ia
bor 90 Dee applied with the assistance
OF courIyaucc> tar superior TO mauy
Ot tGc Qll methods.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17

Drders have been issued thst soldiers
IN Oh BsiiE. srny 1Is, Est Egce.g-
rate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17

The FUiau fossil coral is The best
building stone in tie world.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17

bNNIsHlp o. Fbfi isitffA affs
IN the earliest examples We possess
or ancient literature "" are not al.
lowed even % glimpse of the Individual
ties Df their authors The works
Themselves. Or they bad been priced
because " The wit. ingenuity. fertile
fancy. brilliant eyure.l ,- any other
Individual peculiarly mental or TEN
peT9mentsl-Of the men who produced
them. wouid not have been preserved
ln some cases, as in that of the Had
and Odyssey The reputci authorship
Gas been oJsiinateiy questioned. IN The
very earliest literature the Individual
vas ~ no account in the matter %
authorship. be was only the collector
or editor Jf spontaneous and unwrl'ten
f1il. song aud legend. OF. u be gave
these their final shape. was only JOINT
author with bis rec" II. VI. hlen, Ia
m. aoar'. Nsgsyins
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-17
WHAT FITTY ACRES CAN DO.

WHAT FIFTY ACRES CAN DO.
a plain farmer named Griswoid.
near West Sa,pu,. Nis. owns lust iirty
acres Of good lond. lIn makes that
I'tile farm carry dairy Of twenty
grade Guernsey cows. aud they earned
bim about one hundred dollars apiece
Ia the production Of cream alone last
year There arc plenty OF fnrmers
with three hundred acres Of land and
herds Of Gfly cows that did not 10 az
well. Mr. Griswold invests. say, 5000
IN land rpr lan1 - not high about
Wrst Salem aul makes IT. rrru more
than come other uou wiih Six times
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

correct, but certainly now and then we
do find some Keiffer pears that are
very good for eating raw. The princi-
pal growers of Keiffers say that they
do not consider it as a dessert pear,
but as cooking pear; but for cook
ing pear we need as high a flavor as
for any other purpose. If there is
any fiavOrS in the Keiffer pear that
ordinary treatment does not bring out,
it should be secured through a better
treatment.
When large orchards of Keiffer
pears are planted, they should in no
case be planted by themselves. Some
other pear that blooms at the same
time should be planted with them
The CARRIER is regarded as the best
for this purpose. The Keiffer pear,
more than any other of which we
know, requires to be cross-pOllenized.
When left to the polarization with its
own pollen, it is a very uncertain bear
er, and more than one great orchard
has been cut down because the owner
did not know what to do to insure
fruitfulness. Where an orchard of
Keiffer pears has been brought to bear
ing age and no trees for cross pollen
izing it have been planted, years of
time will be saved by grating the
branches with the varieties that should
have been used for polarization.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27
Hogs Built to Root.

Does the hog need to root? This
question is answered in the negative
in an article i'm the DeFuniak Stock
man, which is as follows:
We have heard some advocates of
the roofing hog maintain that the
hog was built to root, is a natural
roOter, and should be allowed and en-
cOuraged to root This is well enough
for the wild hog, for the Open-range
hog, but the plan does not square with
present conditions. We might as well
claim that IL cows horns were made
to hook; as mules heels were made
to kick with, we might as well claim
the mule should be encouraged to
Kick. These weapons of defense were
needful in wild state.
Now we are breeding the horns off
the cow because she does not need
them and i'm thousands of cases, the
horns are fOrcibly removed with saw
or gOuge. We breed the kicking pro-
pensities out of the mules by selecting
mares for dams having a dash of
coach or draft blood. We have de-
parted so far from the natural or
wild conditions, that the dairy COW
no longer suckles her young. More
than this, artificial impregnation is
fast becoming the rule among pro-
greSsive breeders.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27
The KeiHer Pear.

The Keiffer pear has been grown 10
some extent in this state, but never
en- the extensive scale that the lie
Conte has been planted. As marketed
i'm Florida it is very good pear LOT
cooking but is never a fruit to eat
out of hand. AS described by the
Practical Fruit Grower it is, when
properly ripened is a good table fruit.
Try the experiment next season.
The Keiffer pear is the most proml-
nent pear being grown east of the
Rocky Mountains While it is not so
highly recommended as the Bartlett,
vet it is today more widely grown
than even that famous pear. Ihe
Keiffer occupies the place among pears
that the Ben Davis does among apples.
Like the Ben Davis, its quality is
fair to poor, yet the tree is such a
heavy bearer and can be so depended
upOn to produce a crop, that we find
OrchardiSts planting it more extensive
Iy than any of the other pears. 1t
may be that its poor quality comes
largely from our ignorance OF how 1t
should be handled. An OrchardiSt tells
the writer that the Keiffer is very
good pear if allowed to hang, on the
tree until fully matured and then laid
away in a dark place to mellow. In
such place it should be kept for
six weeks, and when taken out will
have good flavor and proper tex
ture for eating. He says that usually
they are picked while immature, al
though apparently of good size, and
that that accounts for the very pro
nOunceable lack of flavor in this pear.
| am not at all sure that his opinion is
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27
For

away or becoming more shiftless. For
a time, under this system, farm values
declined. because farm work could
not be profitably done under the old
system without hand labor. Within
the past few years this has been
changed, and farm values are increas-
ing quite rapidly. The negroes are
still going away, and farm labor is
scarce, but the farmers are using more
improved machinery. With this a
farmer and his boys will be nearly or
quite Independent of the old farm
hands, since the mules do most of the
work. This use of better machinery
is gaining in the South, and is an
excellent change because it doubles
the power of the farmer and his
family to take care of the farm.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

it belongs to good farming to make
and apply fertilizers as well as to
cultivate.
Ensi1age Yields Rich Fertilizer
There is a subject in this that | have
never heard mentioned; that any plant
cut at the best time for making good
feed is also the best time to make good
fertilizer, and that corn stalks lett
standing until they are dead and
weather-beaten have nearly no fert1l-
izing quality in them and other vege-
tation the same way | can not tell
where it GOES to, only | don't think
if is of anv benefit to land. That makes
me think corn put in silos makes more
valuable fertilizer than dried stuff and
frosted and weather-beaten vegeta-
ton. l think silos are sure to come
into general use, although the farmers
who only aim to raise beef are very
slow to turn to them. 1t seems too
costly to build silos and buy cutting
machines, etc, but that will be
changed. l look for this way of max
ing artificial rock out of sand and
gravel and cement will be the ma
terial for building. Such will be air
and water tight and that is the essen
tia1 in silo. The machinery will
soon be gotten by those who. run
threshing outfits The machine is on
wheels and can be set up and taken
down quicker than a threshing ma
chine.
Some experiment station published
finding As per cent of the food value
of corn was in the stalk, leaves, husk
and tassel. That is nearly as much
as the corn, and when put in s1los at
the right time it will all be eaten and
be good food, and l don't know any
way to handle corn so it will be eat
en- SO well. So, | think it good policy
to work the corn crop into the s1lo,
and those who don't do that allow
themselves to suffer big loss that
could well be prevented.
Necessity for Good Cows can
hardly stop till | say something about
the necessity of good cows, as almost
all farmers will fool away valuable
time and feed with what they call
all purpose" cows, thinking they
must have a sort that will bring steer
calf that the feeder and butcher Will
have. Try to get cows that will pro.
duce a good quality and quantity OF
milk. Never mind the steer calves
if YOU aim to make dairy products.
IF YOU feed them well, you can make
them good to butcher when month
to II months old, even if they are
Jersey steers, and the heifers should
he raised for cows. If you get h-,1fer
calves from Improbable cows, use
them the same as the steer calves
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

The Rural New Yorker says:
In a typical county of Virginia it
was found that year by year the color
ed farm hands were either drifting
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

Catalog includes Guide to Their Successful
Culture" Also Fruits, Roses, Ornamentals.
Send for it now GAINESVILLE MUIR
SERIES. Gainesville, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

WANTED.-Lady or gentleman of fair educa-
ton travel for firm of $25O,0OO capital;
salary $1,072 per year, payable weekly; ex-
penses advanced. Address, GEO. G.
CLOVIS, DeLand, Fla. 1221-O5-3t.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

CUT-AWAY HARROWS and repairs. E. s
Hubbard. Agent. Federal Point, Fla
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

SALT SICK CURED for $1.OO. or money re
funded. w. H. MANN, Interlachen, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

WANTED, A FARMER-s40 per month and
comfortable house station. Highest
recommendations to character, industry and
ability to follow orders intelligently required.
Permanent position. Give fullest particulars.
Grove work. SAMUEL w. GREENE.
Mcco, Indian River, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-27

FOR SALE-Several hundred very fine grape
fruit buds, two years old. Address, Box
271, Orlando, Fla