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The Bathing Beach.

Mr.. Stevens. Superin tendent of the ba tn
ing beach, addressed the meeting in the
interest Of the bathing beach. He dwelt
upon the difficulties which arose after the
present site of the beach had been selected
That portion of the bank, he said. is
washed by the cleanest water of the river
it being far from the drains and sewerage
outlet. The present condition of the bath
ing beach, Mr.. Stevens says, is far from
perfection. He sketched the plans he has
submitted to the Commissioners for its
improvement. Mr.. Stevens thought that an
appropriation of So, 900 for the beach would
be wise one and asked the cooperation
of the lovers of cleanliness in carrying cut
a scheme which his individual promotion
necessarily cannot bring to success Mr.
Stevens said that in his knowledge there
was no institution where so much good
was done the public with such a spirit Of
happiness and fun.
Mr.. Goodwin. from the committee on pro-
r2Ntion. announced that Monday evening.
March :, there would be a lecture by Prof
{. w. Stiles of the Agricultural Depart
ment on parasites and food; that on the
10th of March Prof. Munroe of Columbian
University would lecture on coloring mat
ter: that later it was expected to have a
talk from Capt. Derby. the assistant en-
gineer commissioner of the District on the
sewer systems of the District and lecture
tuberculosis nv DR. Billings.
Before aiiourning the meeting President
Perry expressed his sympathy with the
general feeling Of regret throughout the
city upon the retirement of Commissioner
Parker, who had been a member OF the
league from the beginning. and congratu-
lated the community upon the appoint
ment of MIR. George Truesdell. who. like
the league, and was a member of its coun-
Gil.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

posed TO be about 0o0.0oo men available for
Immediate service. with 10000 militia. and
these figures could De- multiplied by 10 In case
OF necessity. Nor are the Chinese In them
selves enemies 10 be despised. They
are oil desperate bravery, aud they
have made great progress OF late years
III both military and naval equipment.
Ine advantages OF Japan lie in the higher
civilization that the race has achieved. Its
standards are altogether different from and
noDier than those Of China; and those things
'sii' even In an ago Of g~unpowder and Calling
guns The very spirit which has carried Japan
enthusiastically into this contest will tend to
bring her out OF IL Victorious. The sympathy
OF this country will be, OF course. strongly
with japan. The Chinese and the Anglo
saxon are thoroughly antagonistic. The
Japanese, with their high artistic develop
ment. admirable Individual traits. and keen
appreciation of modern civilization, We ad-
mire and esteem.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
FOR 20 YEARS.

Governor Flower says, "there is one
plank which is going into the Demo-
cratic State platform this fall IL I have
my say, and that is a plank giving the
solemn pledge of the Democratic party
that 1t viii not pass another tariff bill in
20 years." A waste of time, Governor.
1t will be more than 30 years before the
Democratic party ge the chance.
The Governor realizes the damage
Democratic tariff tinkering has already
done the nation, and rightly c~onjectures
that at least 20 years should intervene
between such attempts.
But just what were the workings of
his mind and how he expected such a
plank as that in a State platform to have
binding effect upon the national Demo
cracy is a matter that he does not *
plain. Can 1t be that he regards himself
as a second Cleveland, and imagines that
his own personal views are paramount
to party platforms and declarations of
principles? New York has produced
one such freak, and II is to be hoped
that the nation will be spared q second
crop.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
VALUABLE STATISTICS.

Some very interesting figures are OBJ
tanned from the annual report of the
bureau of statistics of Pennsylvania now
at hand In relation to strikes. Out of
the o. strikes in the State in 1893. twice
as many as were credited to the previous
year, not one was successful. The est.
mated loss in wages is 81, 395, 428, and
the causes were distributed as follows.
For increase of wages. o; against a re-
duction OF wages, "a; for recognition of
LABOR associations, 3; for semi-monthlv
pay, 1; and miscellaneous causes.
.. Nine Of the total number
were among iron and steel workers.
These statistics are impressive and vaIu-
able and If labor organizations would
heed the lessons contained therein. a
distinct advance in the solution of labor
troubles would be made. Not q single
strike was successful in accomplishing
Its object, while on the other hand. the
to the wage earners in one year
alone, is estimated at wei a million and
a third of dollars. Does this not teach
that some other method than the strike.
must be employed2 AS Robert Howard. |
the most famous labor leader among
textile workers, has declared, strikes do
not advance the interests of labor and
ire rarely successful.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
AN RUINED.

The best sugar interests which were
prospecting under the b~eneficent provi-
sions of the Mckinley bill will Of course
be destroyed by the proposed new sugar
schedules under the Democratic tariff.
Without entering into the question of
injustice toward those who invested
their money in this new enterprise re-
lying on the good faith of the govern
ment to keep its pledges as to the con-
tinuance of the bounty system, the pro-
posed tariff bill is against the best
interests Of the country in that
IL throttles new industry
which promised 10 much not only to the
farmers but to every user of sugar.
The rapid growth of the beet sugar in
dustry under the Mckinley tariff dem
onstrates the future possibilities, were
the bounty system to be continued. as
the following figures show:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

IT was astonished to learn the other day
that the axes Of my eyes are ut variance
In their position" remarked L. M. Met
calf, q Philadelphia drummer. IT had
been thinking for q long while that there
was something wrong with my optics,
as when I blinked them I discovered that
for a moment afterward everything look.
ed jumbled. / went to an eminent oculist.
and as soon as he had examined my eyes
no told me that tho Axis Of the right was
horizontal In position, while that of tho
left was perpendicular, and that I was
born with the internal mechanism of my
peppers In that peculiar condition. I was
not o little distressed until be consoled me
with the assurance that at least q third
Of the men and ome of our race were
similarly affected, though the discovery of
1t Is comparatively new to the science of
ophthalmoiogy. No medicine will cure
the afiiction, nor will the surgeons keen
blade.
1.-The only way to correct this contari.
ness OF vision is by the use Of glasses spe-
cially and delicately made to ft each par.
ticular case. st. Louis Republic.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

The value OF encouraging the beet
sugar industry, lies In the fact that Of
all the sugar consumed in the United
States today. We produce only about
one-tenth Of 1t. In 40 years we have
sent nearly 2 IA billions of dollars
abroad In payment of sugar alone. As
President Henry I. Oxnard of the
American Beet Sugar Association, in bis
plea before the ways and means com.
mittee OF the Fifty-third Congress. said
"This is an exhaustive and an un-
necessary drain upon our people for
an agricultural article, the raw
material for which We have both
the soil and the climate 10 mise
While we are dependent upon foreign
countries for u sugar supply, we are
likely to be subjected Mt any time 20
unnecessary and fictitious advances IN
price For example, during the cholera
invasion OF two years ago, when the i'm
portation from Hamburg was shut of.
sugar jumped In price nearly I Of q cent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

a pound. Cuban producers took advan-
tage OF this, put an extra price on their
sugar and we paid the bills. Thus in 80
days we paid $4,000. 900 more for
sugar than was necessary because
Of our dependence upon foreign pro-
ducers. The sugar bounty law untaxed
nine-tenths of the sugar we consumed
and was a great relief to taxpayers,
while promising great financial saving
and agricultural gain TO the nation.
Under the proposed law all sugar is
taxed, this growing industry is throttled,
pledges of the government broken
we will continue dependent on
nations for our sugar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
Commerce and Politics.


Inc area OF Corea Is aCout twice that OF
pennsylvania and its population Is estimated
at about eight million. 1t is a mountainous,
well-watered country. with a fertile soil. and
aciimate milder perhaps than that Of parts of
Europe In the same latitude. Trade Is In the
hands OF the Japanese. who have large inter
ests In the country. The effort to protect
japanese traders resident in Corea has brought
about the present conflict with China. The
King Of Corea has been for centuries the &C.
knowledged vassal of the Emperor Of China.
1overnment In Corea is about as bad rs it can
well be. The people are burdened with taxa
tion' which maintains an inefficient and cor
rupt civil service similar to that of the Chinese.
Plots and counterplots abound and rebellions
are frequent There Is An Eastern question
between the Russian and British empires
along the whole southern boarder of the
Cars dominion from Constantinople cast
ward to the Pacific. Commerce and politics
go hand In hand to determine the leanings Of
all the parties TO the Corean question.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
THE PROPOSED PONAGANSET
RAILROAD.

Elsewhere in our columns today will
be found an extended review of the pro-
posed Providence, Ponaganset e.
Springfield Railroad, the country
through which it will pass. the reasons
for its existence and the industries that
will be benefited by it's construction.
The road as surveyed passes through the
centre OF a belt 20 miles wide north and
south, taking in almost the
entire width of the State, through a
section not touched by any rail-
road, through towns and villages
with prosperous manufacturing enter.
prises, valuable natural deposits and
quarries OF great worth, and a farming
section of much importance. The
length of the road beginning at Provi-
dence and ending at Springfield is 81
miles, with, it is said, almost no engin-
eering difficulties to be overcome. 1t
runs through North Scituate, Ashland,
Richmond and R~ockland, each with its
mills and factories whose raw material
and product now has to be teamed from
and to some railroad center;
through Ponaganset with its valuable,
but unused water privileges; Foster
with stone quarries and a magnificent
fire clay deposit; East Killingley, Ballou-
vile and Dayville with more mills. to
Danielsonville and thence to Spring field.
At Dayville it first comes into contact
with another railroad, the New Eng
land, but, while it might cut into that |
road In some particulars, it would more
than compensate it by acting as a feeder
to Il.
The projected enterprise would un-
doubleday lend a stimulus to business
enterprises along its route, open up new
valuable territory, and contribute
much to the prosperity of the State from
the new enterprises bound to spring no
along side its tracks. The railroad is
not a new idea, its charter, which by the
way, Is very broad and liberal, having
been granted 30 years ago. The road is
backed by local men of means aud
Scituate and Foster have voted
% exempt the road from taxation for
i've years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

delight by the Chinese nation, who
would be happy to restore the throne
to their own countrymen. There have
been revolutions in the past that have
made the Tartar conquerors tremble,
and IL in addition TO the war with Jap
an, another outbreak against the Tartar
dynasty should occur, ms is by no means
an imposslbility, he would find his hands
more than full.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
A|RFOR CHILDREN
Chip in for the Fairgrounds.
1t Doesn't Cost Much.

The committee on pIayprounds for
children, appointed by the Union for
Erectieal Prsgrsss. In conjunction with
TIE Free kindergarten Association. and
the Work growing in their hands To- pro-
portions far ~excceding their expectations.
The grounds on Smith street and At
Wells avenue are crow ded beyond their
capacity, and still the children come,
sCther dfstricts are waiting. and their need
NY obtained. Who Will helm put thcss
children into trained hands and helpful
surroundings for the weeks of summer,
which must otherwise be spent among the
squaild surroundings and depressing in
nuences OF the worst streets OF our cityf
These children are to be our citizens and
voters. The great philosopher Plato y
The plays OF tho children have the
mightiest influence upon the mainten-
apce or non maintenance OF laws"
We want money enough to maintain
the fairgrounds throughout the season.
a lew days would merely form Q pleasant
diversion for the children. Six weeks
Will make . lasting impression upon them.
The whole expense of . playground OF $50
children for six weeks II less than ei25.
Contributions may be sent to the treas
urer OF Union for Practical Progress,
Mr.. William p. Goodwin, 20 Market
square, or win be received and 40.
knowledged by THE NEWS.
JOHN f. KENDRIcK.
MRS. ALFRED STONE.
SIDNEY A. SHERMAN.
Subscriptions received by The News
Tor Childrsn's Playground Fund;
a. 4. 81 90
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
NOT CONFIRMED.
Story That the Japanese Captured
Three Men.of-War 10 Doubted.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 6.-The rumor current
TO the effect that the Japanese feet had
captured three men-of-war has not been
confirmed. It's believed here that the re-
port IL possibly a rehash of the reports Of
the prior engagements Of the fleet.
As yet there has been no disordey IN
Shanghai growing out Of the wal beyond
o rev trifiing encounters between Japauese
and Chinese rowdies. The munic,paI
council has appointed a rendezvous for the
volunteers In the event of an emerrencv
Arising that will require their services. but
no anxiety ID felt ~ to the safety OF
Europeans.
The japanese association. which In.
cludes among its members the LEADING Tan.
anese Of Shanghai and vicinity. has a.
sued . warning to the Japansse raj.
dents that they must behave them.
selves and avoid any act that would tend
TO precipitate a conflict with the Chinese
They are particularly warned 20 keep
away from the Chinese quarters Of the
city Altar dusk, and 70 remain A far Az
possible within the confines Of thsir own
settlement.
Dispatches received % the FOREIGN ofaoe
from Shanghai confirm The Tfmss' Ala
patch - to the tcstimony given By Celoasl
Won HAnnekin. The ofhcial advicss ahcv
hat some Of the Hritish officers Of -
kow 6hins jumped overheard from -
vessel and we've rescued BY boaSs nom Shs
japanese wsrships.
Inc governments has rcosivsd no con-
nrmation OF the report that the Enperor
OF China has deprived vissruy "A Hum
ohens Of the yellow riding jacksA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

NOT n cheer broke from an English
throat, not a whistle blew in honor of
The Vigilant's victory over the Britannia
on Saturday, The land Of "fair play"
which would have yelled itself hoarse If
royaity's yacht had won, had nothing
but silence to accord to the victory of
he American sloop. 1t looks as though
a English cousins were a trife insin-
cere. 1t Is but natural 4 desire the
success ofone's own flag, but pluck and
success are entitled to praise and the
rewards of victory under the flag Of n
nation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

THE Emperor Of China may find the
task of ~"rooting these pestilential Jap
anese from their lairs" more difficult
than ne imagines, and If he really has
disgraced and cut away from the advice
Of IA Hung Chang, whom General Grant
pronounced n Of the greatest men he
ever met, he has made a bad beginning.
He should not forget that. Emperor Of
China ~ he Is, he is a sovereign MOI
welcomed, and that the overthrow OF
We Tartar dynasty would be hailed with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
Japanese Opportunity.
New York Herald.

Attempts are being made by some of the
European powers to bring about arbitration
between japan and China In the Corean quar-.
rel Japan would be extremely foolish to
listen TO such such suggestions, which are en-
treiy IN the interest Of China. The time has
come Tor Japan to show herself worthy of her
civiization and of her ambitions. She Is In
Corea today for the benefit of the whole
world and her retirement therefrom would
be tantamount TO allowing tn Hermit KIM
dom to sink back to Chinese barbarism. She
has the sympathies of Russia, Of France, of
and the United States In her fight
for western civilization aud commerce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
UNwISE INTERFERENCE.

The Boston Herald says: The
President has put in a good word fol
Sunday rest. He has RENTED the SEN
tence of a court martial passed upon a
private soldier of the department Of the
Platte for disobedience of orders in re-
fusing to engage in target practice on
the ground that the practice was ordered
for Sunday. The President lays down
the very sensible rule that no soldier
should be required to practice on "a tar
get ON Sunday-excepting when the tar
get is a public enemy"
This hardly seems to us to be the point
at issue. Needless work on Sunday is
one thing, and d~isobedience of orders is
another. There are plenty of ways of
securing immunity from the first with
u encouraging the latter. The value
OF trained soldiery lies in perfect disci-
pine and obedience to orders, regard
less of the day of the week. A soldier
who questions the orders of his superior
and carries that policy to the extent of
willful and deliberate d~isobedience,
merits punishment rather than approval.
That the order he refused to obey
might have been unnecessary does not
enter into the question. Having re-
ceived an order it was his duty to carry
that order out, and his refusal to do SO
was a revolt from lawfully constituted
authority and q violation of his oath Of
allegiance.
The soldier was tried by army au-
thorities and sentenced. The President
interfered with a pardon, and thus noti-
lies the soldiers in the United States
army that d~isobedience of orders, when
those orders appear unnecessary, will DO
overlooked and forgiven. In no branch
OF service is there greater necessity for
the strictest discipline and the most
prompt obedience to orders than in the
army, and in a time like the present
when, as We have lately seen,
the army may hastily be called upon
to protect life and property it strikes us
as unwise to encourage disobedience. To
do evil that good may come is not a rule
that finds commentator among think
ing men. The soldier had other rome
dies than disobedience. No officer, no
official is so high in this free land that
he can force unnecessary and unjust
work upon those under him. A COM
plant to the war department would
have brought about a revocation of the
without violating in any way
discipline 80 absolutely essential
In the army. No one honors
more than The NEWS fidelity to con-
and principles, but it cannot
zee that in disobedience lies the true
for relief from Sunday work.
a time Of war the soldier would have
been shot. In a time of peace he received
/ comparatively light sentence for
i~isobedience. Suppose, instead Of one
nan, a company or a regiment had re-
used to obey orders? In short, instead
IT one man refusing a whole regiment
lad gone on q strike. Would that have
'een a case for the exercise OF the
'ardoning power. or would the Presi-
ent have allowed the matter to be
ettled by army regulations? Hereafter
ny order given on Sunday will be
by the soldiers, and If they
onsider the order unnecessary. who can
them If. backed by the President
T the United States, they refuse to {
bey
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

WHATS the matter with Providence
rs a summer resort? Those of us fortu-
nate enough TO be able to live at home
are enjoying delightful weather with
charming surroundings aud the COM
forts of home.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06

ANY one in want of whitewash may
apply to the Senate sugar scandal inves-
tigating committee at Washington.
which has a large amount of leftover
material to be sold at reduced rates.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
A Tribute to Japan.
N. Y. Tribune

A more important factor than more num-
bers or position lie that touched upon by an In
t~elligent Chinamnn long resident In this coun-
try, when he said: "The Japanese are the
real Chinese. They represent the best ele-
ments of the Mongol race" His words were
entirely true. Not only are the Japanese the
best OF the Mongols, but they are close rivals
OF the best of the caucasions.