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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
How the Beard should he Cut.

Men with long, thin faces should have
round boards, If any. But IL man s face
Is abnormally round and fat he should
wear an imperial" as the narrow, long
variety OF the Vandyke beard is called.
Oddly enough, 1t Is the Americans who
chiefly favor this form, though their faces,
being long and narrow, need 1t less than
any other and would often be improved by
q round, full beard, trimmed rather short.
There is one good argument against the
beard which ought to have some weight.
Itnearly always robs tho head of hair. 1t
Is very seldom that man can maintain a
luxuriant growth of both after the age of
40. Perhaps this may be one reason that
whenever long boards have been worn the
hair has been cut Short and whenever the
head locks have been permitted to be long
the beard has almost entirely disappeared.
1t Is a mistake for short men to wear the
beard too long The fead should DC n ftrrfU
less than one-seventh the length of the
whole body, and tho capillary addition to
Its size throws it quito out of proportion.
On very tall man, inclined to leanness
and angularity, long beard is almost
equally a mistake unless he should happen
TO be so bountifully supplied by nature
that he can have it of width proportionato
to its length and SO thick as to convey an
Idea OF almost superabundant fullness. He
will probably pay for this however, by
being very bald on the top Of his head
London News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
Boston Journal.

Now that President Cleveland has takon oc.
tasion' IN his letter 90 Congressman Cafchincs
70 refer publicly TO the letter which Secretary
Carlisle wrote TO senator Harris, without ex.
pressing any disapproval OF IL, there ought 70
be an end 10 the illnatured attempt OF some Of
The leading Democratic papers 10 make
Carlisle a ascapesoat for the sins Of the Adj
mnisiration.
II was. Of course. annoying TO the psnsdo-
tarin reformers among the Democrats ~ ,ha
moment when they professed 20 be ,rea ,,i,,,
zeal TO strike blow at the Sugar Trps, ~,
putting sugar on the free list. 10 be con fron,sS
with letter from the Secretary of the To-
ury deprccating and rebuking the MT.
taking. But Secretary Carlises letter Vas
the utterance Of the Administrator. 1has-
never was the shadow OF foundation for ,t.
sapposition that the letter was d,.
tasteful TO the President. Thee -.
ON the contrary, every rc,s,n -
suppose that its contents were known in "a
vance TO the President aud approved. n NO,
actually dictated, by h,m. La Lis lett. ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
1t cried change and cut off SEQ, 200, 900

1t cried change and cut off 1900. .00C
IN pensions.
Ii found sugar free aud IL cried
change. IT succeeded in taxing the peo-
pc nearly two cents pound more for
sugar than they paid under the Mckinley
bill.
IL found our foreign trade increasing
under the benehcent provisions Of the
reciprocity treaties and it cried change
and Immediately Spain served notice for
us TO quit the Cuban markets.
There is going to be turn-about this
fall aud the nation will cry change and
the Democratic majority viii walk out
out of the House.
In 1896 the nation will still be. crying
change" and Grover Cleveland and the
Democratic Senate will disappear and
then no one will care whether the "De-
mocracy is mental attitude" or not, IL
is dead duck in the pit as it is.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
Not Biasphemous.

The following story, ascribed to II. C..
barnabee of the Bostonians won second
prize In a contest for the best story sent to
Lies Calendar: A we'll known Congrega.
tionalist clergyman Of Boston went to an
eminent dentist of that city TO have him
self supplied with new set of teeth. Aft
er several pilgrimagcs, the work was com.
pleted. The clergyman, who possessed a
voice pitched In an almost feminine KEY.
stepped from the operating chair, and,
standing before long mirror, began to
grimace, opening his mouth wide so as
TO show his naw set of teeth.s Ho finally
burst out with the exclamation, Jesus
Christp' The dentist, who was religious
man and who did not know that his pa
tient was Clergyman, upon the repeti-
tion two or three times Of the sacred name.
protested most vigorously against what he
considered blasphemy The good cler-
gyman, astonished, turned from the mir
ror and said: MY good friend, I'm not
swearing. It Is 80 years since I've been
able to pronounce the name of my blessed
hedeemer without whistling."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
FILLMORE FOLLOWS CUSTOM.


SAN Francisco, Aug. 20. Superinten-
dent F. J. Fillmore OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, has modified his atti-
tude toward those engaged In the recent
strike. Just after the strike he was
quoted as saying that none OF the leading
strikers would ever obtain work in Cali
fornia, II he could help 1t, and II any se-
cured positions he would try and have
them discharged.
These threats caused President C. p.
Huntington to write sharp reprimand
to him from New York. Mr.. Fillmore
now makes supplementary statement,
In which he denies that he said that he
would hunt down tho ex-strikers.
81 am not interfering with any
one" explained Mr.. Fillmore. "The
men who destroyed our property.
stole our trains and killed our employees
are on the black list. This list goes TO
other roads. 1t is custom which has
been in vogue for years."
A second letter has been received from
Mr.. Huntington, In which he again re-
ferred to Mr.. Filmore's threats, saying:
III cannot believe any one would say any,
thing SO malicious and idiotic."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
TIMES ARE CHANGED.
An Old woman's Reflections on the Virtues
Of Long Ago.


Of Long Ago.
LAW" said one of the wealthicst old
ladies of Clark county, Ind, tho other
day, "girls are not what they used to be.
This Is the first time that have been in
town for 80 years, and had no idea that
there were such carryings on. Why, there
Is man who works for a living at SO
much per week, and his family has a car
riagc, and they spend nearly everything he
makes. The dinners they have at their
houses are nicer than have, and their
children are dressed finer than any ever
saw before. reared 10 children myself.
but none Of them ever had such clothes as
those children of this man have Still ali
Of mine now have good farms and bank
accounts and go to church and try to be
Christians.
when was married, my husband had
horse and owned COW. They were
all that we had. We rented place, and
now we not only own that place, but sew
eral more in that neighborhood, besides
some business property in louisville
have never worked hard and have enjoyed
myself In quiet way These people who
are spending everything they get and
would be in bad fix If tho husband were
thrown out of work can hardly
DO having better time than am, be-
cause they must DO continually worrying
as to how long they can keep it up am
alarmed when think of IL N.Y.
'elf These are the kind of people that fiji
The almshouses. Everybody can save un-
ess there Is sickness in the family. -
Louisville Commercial.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
THEY WERE NOT FORGOTTEN.

Mr.. Cleveland said in his letter 70 Mr..
Catchings; ''The trusts and combina \.
tions-the communism of pelf-should
not be forgotten" 1t seems as though we
have heard this cry before. 1t was sounded
by Mr.. Carlisle when he wrote ont
the sugar schedule which eventually be.
came a law. The trust was not forgot-
ten. 1t was re-echoed in the Senate
which also refused to forget the Trust.
1t was again sounded by Mr.. Cleveland
when he approached the delicate" sub-
ject IN his letter to Mr.. Wilson. and en-
deavored also to aid another Communism
OF pelf in the shape of the Nova Scotia
coal syndicate.
1t was sounded once more in the
House when they passed the Trnst.
dictated bill arranged in the Senate and
1t was again repeated when Cleveland
refused TO kill the bill which
was almost wholly drawn nm
by the various trusts, and 20
show that forgetfulness was not
written i'm the Cleveland vocabulary ba
extended the time in which
the Sugar and the Whiskey Trusts copId
add 10 their millions at the EXPENSE of |
the nation.
The trusts and combinations have not
worried. They knew the Democracy
Jared not forget them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

Erery true Democrat and crcry 81,
ee'e fdri6 reformer knoWs that this biH in
IT'S present form and as Il toiu be submit.
Tea 10 the conference, falls far short Of
.ne oonsrmmation for rhich zoe hare Iona
'aooredj for which zoe hare suffered de.
Jeof scithout encouragement; which in
"s onfsc,potsons gope us a rollyino crv
IN our day Of triumph, and which in ;ts
promise Of accomplishment is so inter
poOen 'o'fh Democratic pledges and Dem
'erof'c successes that our obandonmeu,
g the cause or the principles upon ,chich
i" rests seems party perfdy and party dis.
Ao"or."-lCLEvELASD TO WILSON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
RENOUNCING DEMOCRACY.

j. s. Fay, a prominent Connecticut
Democrat, has published an open letter
in the Waterbury Republican renounc-
ing Democracy and announcing his
featy to the Republican party.
His letter:
! To the Editor of The Republican:
| WI. you kindly insert, allow or have the
following communication printed in the next
issue Of your paperg First, that |, the under
signed do hereby and for obvious reasons
! known 10 myself and friends sever my con-
nections with the Democratic party. / do
this after careful. thorough and serious delib-
Grafton on nay part, and take this method OF
making the same known 10 the Demo-
cratic party and more especially 20 my friends
IN the same, In order that may not be mis-
understood or my meaning misconstrued.
want TO say frankly that intend 10 enter a
heid OF politics new TO me in a certain sense,
but one that has been thoroughly tried and
tested, namely, the Republican party. make
this statement in order that the Democrats of
Waterbury and vicinity may know how stand
in the fall campaign and therefore avoid
fauit-hnding ara disputes. You will therefore
in the future find me working as hard and
party as have done for the past IL years in
the interest OF Democracy. do this because
think the Republican party is the marty M
the people, aud for the best Interest of the
Masses and think there are a great many
in Waterbury that will bear me out in my
statement
Yours respectfully submitted,
j. S. FAY.
There are thousands of Democrats
who Will follow Mr.. Fay's example this
fall, and who will hereafter be found in
the ranks of the Republican party,
They were Democrats because they
believed that the Democracy meant
When they found
out that it consisted, as the Bos-
ton Herald announces of merely a
mental attitude" that it was incompe-
tent to govern they could no longer re-
main within the party lines.
Mr.. Cleveland truly voiced the
entiments of these thousands when
lie declared to Chairman Wilson. -
There Is no ercuse for nlistakinq or
nisapprehending the feeling and temper
y the rank and file of Democracy. They
IRE dopncdst under the assertion that
heir party fails in ability TO manage the
joDernment and they are apprehensire d
hat efforts to bring about tariff reform, +
nay fail; but they are much more doton- c
dst and apprehensire in their fear that o
Democratic principles may be surrend-
They repudiate the party which has :
rought disaster on the nation; they will :,
ave nothing to do with the party y
hich las sold itself to trusts and be- al
aged the workingmen of the nation. N
Aud they are right. W
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

The News has discovered man who
is Democrat, and is proud Of the fact.
lie was proud of Cleveland's letter to
Chairman Wilson; he was tickled when
the House accepted the Gormau bill, and
delighted at Cieveland's letter to Mr..
Catchings. He is an ardent free trader,
does not try to reconcile facts with the
ories, doesn't give rap if the manufac-
turers are made, as he elegantly termed
1t, ito sweat for awhile and says it is
all nonsense to believe that the tariff
has any effect on wages. He reads the
New York World, and is perfectly
happy. IL he isn't gobbled UP by some
dime museum manager as a freak, it
VIII be because lunatics are barred.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

10 not this day enough for all our powsrL
II Its exactions were but fairly met
IL not one unpaid debt
Were left TO haunt the peace of futurs hour,
And sting US with regretS
Unbounded blessing lieth In today.
IL we but seek we find Il hidden there.
II is the golden stair,
Leading. IL may be. by an unknown wav
To all we hope or dare.
From sun TO sun let us this lesson learn,
Upon today oar fairest chances Wait
And. whether soon or late.
Our destiny rSon ifs hinge may turn
Today. sweet friends, Is fate.
-Annie l.. Muzzey In Youths COMPANION.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
BASIL WAS SENT UP.
His Story Was Ingenious, but 1t Had De-
flciencies.

His Story Was Ingenious, but It Had Do.
nciencies.
I'VE run up against some queer charao-
ters In our business, /" said Postoffice In
spector William Conard. 1T Is almost Inn
possible to realize what transparent stories
offenders against the postoffice department
will make up and endeavor to shield them
selves with from the consequences OF their
faults. arrested n negro mail carrier re-
Gently In North Carolina for stealing a reg
istered letter, and ! think the defense he
fashioned and stuck TO Is worth telling.
His name was Basil Young, and in work
ing up the case / discovered that he had
purchased suit of clothes and n gold
watch with portion of the stolen money
When j arrested him. he denied his crime,
and asked him to explain where he got
the money to buy the clothes and the
watch.
"'Oh, didn't buy de watch he said
with much earnestness; hit war my twin
brudder He went into do sto', and he got
dc watch
The jeweler had taken the name of
the watch purchaser and I asked him
what his twin brothers name was. and he
said that his name was Basil Young too
He said that this mysterious relative of
his was way down ip South Carolina.
Well, when the case came to trial the man
was arraigned, and when the prosecuting
attorney called upon him for his story the
prisoner religiously stuck to his tale about
his twin brother. The prosecutor asked
him II there was anybody in Greensboro
who knew his twin brother, when, much
to my amazement and surprise Basil
pointed over toward me and said that
knew all about him. The district attor-
ney, OF course, was nonplused DO you
mean to say, he asked, that Mr. Conard !
knows anything of your twin brotherS'
Oh, yes, sir, replied the man, conf |
IDENTIFY. He knows all about hit, bocauss
done told him all about it,
After the all round smile had subsided |
tho government lawyer asked Basil IL he
was still sure that he had a twin brother
md IL tho twin brothers name was tho
'ame as his own. The prisoner raised his
hand solcmnly and reiterated that such
vas the fact.
well, Basil. said tho lawyer, when
'ou and your twin brother were both lit
10 boys, playing around home, and your
nanny wanted you for something or the
'ther, what did she call your
She called me Basil, said the pris-
ner.
Well, when she wanted your twin
.rother, what did she call hims continued
he lawyer.
Oh, said the prisoner, with an air Of
well known information, she
one called him Lucas
Notwithstanding his twin brother"
onciuded Mr.. Conard, Basil was sent
p tor two years s"-Washington Star
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

IHE announcement Of Howard Gould
tnat II there Is a challenge for the
Americas cup nerf year that the gonlds
viii orie--s new cup defender. confirms
'ne previous report cabIed by The Asso-
ciatsd Press that the G5uIds had ordered
anew boat Of the Hsrreshoffs, provided
there was any necessity for one. in Other
words, II challenge was made. The
people Of Rhode Tsland. proud as thew
are OF the yigilant, are confident tba,
the Bristol boat builders can improve on
~, and turn out bolt that can defea,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

DR.. Richardson OF London NOTICING
that all diseases occurring below the dia,
phragm are attended by depression OF spir.
It's, ana that diseases of tho thoracic cavity
are not thus attended, the result Of his OBJ
servations Is expressed In the discovery, ~
ciaincd, that the seat Of the trouble is the
solar picxus-that Is. there Is an obstruct.
ell how OF blood to the solar plcxus and n
consequent imperfect nourishment of this
sAnsiion.-st Louis Post Dispatch
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

HE cabinet officers are deserting
Washington as rapidly as possible. The
gossip mongers are wondering if when
sney again come together there will be
any changes in its personnel. Mr..
Cleveland's latest fling at Carlisle would
drive the ordinary high spirited Ameri-
can to retire from the cabinet of a man
who uses him first as tool and then as
. scapegoat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

TO give slight idea of the popularity
OF csrd playing in this country, it may
be stated that at one point, Cincinnati.
yesterday, application was made for
100000 revenue stamps for cards. THE
NEWS recently demonstrated that nearly
1000 packs per day were used in Provi-
dence alone, making an enormous total
Tor the year, and this is only one form
Of amusement.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
ARGUED WITH THE JUDGE.
But 1t was No Use, Mclaughlin was
Common Drunkard When IL Ended.


James Mclaughlin, pompous looking
individual, was In the Sixth District Court
this morning charged with being COM
mon drunkard. At first he pleaded not
guilty, when halt in the proceed
ings was made and Chief Child left the
court room, but soon returned with evil
deLce In black and white that McLauph-
lin has been drunk three times
In less than six months. Nc
Laughlin wanted to argue the
case with Judge Cook. but the
Judge told him in very fatherly way
That he was q common drunkard, and
that was all there was to it.
Well, then," said Mclaughlin, cas-
long as can't pay fine suppose must
plead guilty." which he did, and six
months was the sentence. Mclaughlin
wanted to go to work today, so he ap-
pealed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

The present Democratic administra-
tion, having economical at the expense
OF the veterans to the tune of SEQ
600, 900. proposes to still further econo.
mize at their expense by stopping the
pay OF the navy yard employees who at
tend the G. A. r. encampment.
It can give millions to the Sugar Trust
ana Whiskey Trust, but it has nothing
for the old soldiers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

Mr. CLEvELAND's snub of Speaker
Crisp in addressing his letter to Mr..
Catchings meets the approval of the
cuckoo organs, but Crisp is still speaker
and he may quite seriously disarrange
some OF the future plans of the Great /
Am.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

Mr. CLEVELAND is on his way to GRAY
Gables. 1t was hardly necessary for
him to leave it in order to write his
weak whine to Catchings.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
WHAT THE DEMOCRACyIs

'"aa iHL DEmOIhA(l IN
S The Boston Herald did not mean 70 h,
sarcastic, for it tenderly loves the Dem
ocratic party, but its definition of the
Democracy could not have been more
causiic had the writer sat up o. nights
trying to conceive some fling. The
Herald says:
1T Is always difficult to saw with CON
hdence what is or is not Democratic. be-
cause Democracy is rather more of n
mental attitude toward political oues-
lions shan 1t is well defined body of
political principles"
The Herald is right. 1t is, indeed.
difiicult to say with or without conf
dence what is Democratic, especially
In the light of recent events. A partv
platform is generally looked to as yoic-
ing party principles. 1t has thus been
considered ever since the Republic came
into existence, and yet Mr.. Cleveland. in
his letter of acceptance, calmly ignores
the platform of his own party. and Gre
ated one of his own. The Democratic
House. taking its cue from Mr.
Cleveland, made bluff at trying
to redeem party pledges, while
violating them, and virtually
created new platform for itself. The |
Senate went to work, and also created |
new platform in which protection 10
trusts was the most conspicuous plank.
Mr.. Cleveland jumped in and tried TO
shift the planks round to suit himself
once more.
The House then abjectly rejected its
own platform and adopted that of the
Senate, and Cleveland meekly followed
suit by allowing it to become a law.
But he could not refrain from trying
to shape new planks for a new platform
to be erected when Congress again as
sembles.
The man who can follow these light
ning changes of the Democracy and
come out with a clear understanding of
what constitutes Democratic PRINCIPLES
or policy has not made his appearance
NO one in the ranks of the Democracy
IAN tell where he is at.
II 1t has policy it must be a .'mentaI
attitude" and kept so deeply hidden in
ne Democratic mind that it dares not ',
how its head for fear Of losing it.
There is no Democratic policy. The .
'arty has no principles for il has be- u
rayed them, It's tariff bill is a thing Of
hreds and patches, monstrosi,v "
which, as has been well said, was denied u
respectable parentage and left ON the
oorstep Of it's uncle.
The only consistency the party b,s
hown has been manifested in It's reck
'ss desire to change existing con- ca
itions regardless Of the interests of the =, ~
eople. =,
IL found a nation prosperous ond IL be
ned Change, and financial and indus- ID
.ial disaster followed. "a
IL found American industries thriving
ages high and help contented. II cried ta
laDge, and mills shut down and wages m'
'ased or were cut down. he'
H. found revenue sufficient 70 meet wi
ie expenses of government. IL cried ur
range, and Immediately the receipts tal
'opped oil aud it had to borrow s5s, r~' oa
q, 200. - ne
IL found that the men who had de- tas
nded the government through the dark on
'ys OF the sixties were receiving the as @ -,
stance the government p~op'sed them. &C,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

The Breckinridge campaign of filth
and mudslinging is quite likely to have
dramatic ending before the nominat-
ing convention is held. Words and
epithets are being banded between the
believers in Colonel Breckenridge and
his opponents which generally result in
street duels in Kentucky.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

RUDY'S PILE SUPposIToRY sioausrn
.eed 10 cure Piles and Constipation, or money
ltIunded. ~ cents per box. send sfamp for
ff,,nu,ar fa,,.,.. and Free sample TO MARTIN RUDY.
Lancaster, la. For sale by ALI first -class
nn,r,uxgi~ts. CHAMBERS. CALDER n CO
"holessle DrusSists. PEayidence. n L ~"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
SIGNIFICANT

IT Is an interesting and significant
fact that THE NEWS has attained
above Its esteemed contemporar-
les of the Providence press:
The largest circulation I'm the Demo-
cratic North End of the city.
THE largest circulation among the
farmers of western Rhode Island
and eastern Connecticut.
The largest circulation among the
people of Newport city = thirty
miles away.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

suppose that you do
not wish it yourself,
what "a treat il will
be for some cult
waited person, who
perhaps cannot af-
ford TO spend even
81 for pleasure. If
you would send ~
copy.
IL would he priced
beyond money ia
such "a homc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

The South Sea islands arc the homo OF n
worm which e,ncrgcs from its hiding place
only ono day Of certain change OF tho
moon Ina October.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

anything England OF Scotland has vet
produced. The cup is on this side to
stay.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29

FROM all accounts, the Democratic
Congress didn't adjourn. 1t just died.