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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

attempt TO discriminate as between white
ana black, however far We might go in
any other kind OF discrimination.
In word, here in prosperous, foriu-
nate New England we must get a knowl-
edge that South Carolina's problem OF
civilization is u serious one. She Is not a
rich State and the proportion OF poor and
ignorant, both black and white, in her
population is SO large as TO be constant
menace. What shall she do with themg
Maybe she cannot cope with the prob
lem alone. Maybe she would have TO ask
assistance OF her rich sister states to ed
ucste and cultivate this menacing mass
OF poverty and ignorance. Perhaps the
succ essful fruits OF course OF training
would not be produced for two or three
generations But with wise and far
seeing policy the result would be as
sured IL IL were far distant.
But South Carolina is not disposed to
face her problem, as We sincerely believe
Rhode Island would :ace il 1t To-Day
as we have faith that the broadness of
spirit and liberal Christianity from ROGER
WILLIAMS are still controlling character
istics with US. South Carolina VIC uld at
tempt to throttle its poor and ignorant
population, to cultivate its poverty and
ignorance where it Is black and to en-
courage its power where it is white. But
this is not the right way either from the
standpoint of humanity on political
economy. 1t is not the wise way. II is
not the statesman-like way. Under such
system, like rank weed, will grow
both the power OF the suppressed black
and the cultivated poverty and ignorance
OF the poor "white trash" Her richer
sisters would he glad to help South Caro-
lima grapple with her problem in the
right way. We would send to the poor
people, black as well as white, mission
aries and school teachers and money The
missionaries and school teachers are
spurned today, and we hesitate to seno
our money because, while welcome, we
cannot always be shre that Il will be al
lowed to be put to the purposes designed
for 1t. South Carolina prefers to deal with /
her problem in her own way and that is
the wrong way. We do not believe |
Rhode Islanders would handle il in any |
such way. And South Carolina will some |
day discover that her method will only |
make her problem the more grieyous.
the more difficult of solution--iust as to- !
day it is more grievous than ever before
by reason of South Carolinas methods.
South Carolina will find that the at
tempt to cover up her sore spot will not
heal it. 1t will only grow more virulent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

eat iPSginsarspt q - rulss would ss fs.,
cs~.S s9wsc X ~ .&sf!ss6ao3 r. you are
holds up ~ hssa ohd 6i1S yer u follow him
ssis; -: s;sI; ;.:!: !: ~ :: :s.,s IN
altosethys have spsht IL America never
enos e0w an Aneyoan man or woman who
asred sit ON any other chair than ths !one
! sAas he or she was ordered TO oeeupy. Nay.
! have seen guests timidly wait % The door,
when nobody was thers to take them In
ohsr9s' unnl some oue came ~ order them
ebout In small hotels you cannot hope TO
have the courses brought one after the other
80 50 that each one may be served hot TO You.
Your plate IL placed In front Of you. and the
lady waitress disposss symms stricsily 10 TO Is
little oval dishes around -; Whom ! FIRST
made the acquaintance Of this lady. and she
had dealt the dishes, ! exclaimed. looking at
her: Halo! what's trumpT But there
was no trihing with that lady; she threw at
me glance that made me feel the abornina'
tion OF my conduct.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

For lame duck, Defender made great
showing. We think we folk, generally,
would be glad TO see the Englishmen win
a heat or two, partly TO make things more
exciting and partly because the American
spirit OF fair play likes TO see the other
fellow "haye a show, ~ which meaps,
usually, that he should have rather more
OF a chance than his talents would win.
We all feel that the sportsmanlike Dun
RAVEN and his associates might well be
allowed a heat or two as reward for
contributing 80 much to the entertain
ment of the people OF two continents and
especially OF our own, where the theater
OF the splendid spectacle is located. BY
the word "allow" we do not, of course,
mean to imply that any race ought to be
given vslkyrie. That. would not be sat
isfying to either party, But the word,
II seems to us, expresses the tenn per OF
'HN %N'OAAN"H PoOpio thati a. Wy hny
chance or duke, Vslkyrie could win no
body would feel very bad and we would
be even grstified II, under some condi-
tions or other, she should find favor
enough TO win on her merits, although
II is good deal 10 be proud of that the
American boat has always shown superb
ority at every point and under all con-
ditions. But, after yesterdays test, it is
pretty plain that this years contest for
the cup is to be no exception to the uni
verssl rule of the eight contests that have
preceded
AS We have recently pointed out, the
only cup challenger to take even single
heat was the schooner Livonia, which, in
1871 won a race by reason Of the defend
ing yacht breaking her steering gearl
There is, accordingly, no precedent for
the victory Of cup challenger and we
fear to use the word advisedly, imbued
as we are with the generous, sentimental
spirit of Americanism, that the year 90
will not see the establishing of such
precedent, for 1t ~ probable that with the
exception OF the Volunteer that so thor
oughly defeated the Thistle, WATSON
boat built expressly to capture the cup,
no defending boat has been SO markedly
superior TO challenger as will prove to
be Defender over the WATSON boat Val
kyrie III.
And, leaving all sentiment aside, in our
more sober moments we have no doubt
hat even we liberal Americans would in
he end choose to see the American boat
wax" everything in creation on every
'oint. That's business. And we expect
% see Defender do Just that.
Let the eagle scream right ont loud
md the yaller dog wag his tail till he
Ways IL of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
Cuillotlned at Home.
Now York Press.

Conrad EoerDstein was not murdered.
neither did he commit suicide. He was SIT
ting in "a straight backed chair with his face
toward the center or the room. Immediately
behind him was mangitcent pier glass. His
wife. always playful. ran in and threw Ter
arms around bis neck To kiss him. The sud-
denness OF her embrace tilted the chair over
backward ana the mirror was broken. The
lower part was shattered but long slanting
crack, running up at an angle of a. degrees,
saved the upper two.thirds. This, being
without support, slipped downward and out.
ward at the same time, and the razor-like
edge. catching Boernstein full on the throat
guillotined him. IL was one OF the most re-
markable accidents i ever heard of.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

THERE seems to have been no question
about which newspaper gave the earliest
ane most accurate bulletins of the prog
ress of yesterdays race. THE NEWS, with
loop in It's Weybosset street office from
the special wire in its editorial rooms.
was easily ahead. AS to second in this
interesting newspaper race We suppose
We shall Rave to award the prize to The
Telyram, inasmuch as the reporters of
our naughty boy neighbor had a clear
view across the hole vacated by the Gros.
vernon Palace Of the bulletins in The
NEWS window from the Ere escape on
their building from which point of van.
isge, by iheaid OF field glasses, they were
able 10 secure and transmit to their own
window, the latest returns within very
few minutes after THE NEW posted
them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
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The Late DIR. Marion A. Cheek.
Nsw.York Tribune.


The contrast betwoen the career of DIR.
Marion A. Check. whose doath In siam has
just been announced, and the career or some
OF the unhappy missionaries in China is
great. indeed. Dr. Cheek went to siam in
is1t AS a missionary. Fortunately for him he
had studied medicine in this country and his
knowledge soon brought him into prominence.
The native physioisns were unable TO con-
tend with the insidious diseases OF the country
and the doctors fame as successful physi'
clan soon spread abroad. The wife of the
chief of the Laws fell III, and the natives tried
In, vain 10 heal her She was taken to the
white magician. who cured her, andtm-
mediately became man Of great influence in
the country. Among his patients were soon
numbered members Of the royal family and
prominent men OF Siam. few years ago the
Borneo Company found IL necessary to carry
on Its negotiations with the people OF North
siam through DIR. Cheek, az his influence was
creator than that OF any white man in the
cohntry. Honors of all kinds were showered
hpon him, but he never accentod an official
place under the crown. althengh be had the
refusal OF many. His death Is sincerely re-
gretted Mrs. Cheek has been in California
for some time. IL was there she received the
word OF her huIband's death.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

AFTER yesterdays race even The Journ-
al finds reason to expect the ultimate vic
tory OF Defender, although it cannot
explain to its own satisfaction how it is
Possible for something produced right at
home that il knew all about TO be su-
pcrior TO an article turned out three thou
sand mikes away from home that it knew
nothing about.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
WHAT WOULD RHODE IsLAND DO!

Supposing in this State OF ours. a ma
iority of our population were poor, igno
ant-bIackf
What would Rhode Island do with
them in this day and generation?
II we look back into our history ant
Judge by that we might be led to believe
| that Rhode Island might 10 with them
Just what South Carolina proposes to dc
with such a population poor, ignorant
and black. South Carolina is now hold
ing constitutional convention, the first
IA a quarter OF century. One OF the
If objects OF the convention is to
iualify the suffrage - that is, in more
liberal language, 10 disfrancbise as many
negroes as possible without disfrapchis-
ing single white man except for crime
The negroes have majority of 40, 900 votes
in that State, and various schemes will
be u0mitted to the convention to over
co c them and to give the whites a safe
majority. The plan most likely to be
adopted is the Mississippi plan OF educa.
tional requirements with some amend
ments. Senator'S TILLMAN and IRBY, Gov.
EVANS and other leaders favor this plan.
II is opposed by tho conservatives, gen
orally, who regard II as fraudulent
n scheme TO prevent negro Office hold
ing will be laid before the convention.
II Is intended to make one OF the qualih-
cations for holding office that the holder
be white. The supporters Of this idea are
convinced that such requirement is not
violatlve OF any clause of the Constitu-
tion o. the United states or of any of the
amendments. The Fifteenth Amendment
forbids discrimination for the exercise OF
suffrage because OF race, color or previous
condition, but u docs not forbid discrim.
ination ia the matter of regulating the
eligibility OF holding Office. Neither, it
- Niethttf An INV fibhN W hoiu blhCt III
herent In the citizen.
From the present indications the negro
will not get much consideration in the
convention. Not only is his right to vote
to be restricted, his right to hold Office
destroyed, but ne will be left to supply
his own school, as IT is probable that
each taxpayer will have the right to
designate tie school to which his school
taxes shall go. The whites will educate
their children, and the negroes will be
left to do the same.
Rhode Islanders, now living, partici-
psted In public affairs at a time when this
was ''lsndholders' " state The poor
aud ignorant population was not in the
majority, but It was dsiranchisod. The
problem OF the black man did not enter
into II and We think we are safe in o..
suming that today, with our progress and
enlightenment, We certainly should not
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

THERE were some $50 Democrats at the
State Central ComsAittee's clambake yes
terday, which, II we recall correctly, the
returns OF the election last spring, rep
resents just about the full strength of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

THE enthusiasm OF the Ohio Republican
Convention indicates pretty clearly that
the Democratic party will disappear on
election day like walking into CO 4 ole
in the sidewalk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

Max o'Ron In North American Review for
soptembsr.
You leave the train and arrive In the hotel.
Prom the Z, nder msrcies of the railway con.
ductor you arc handed over 10 the hotel clerk
and. IN small towns, To- the lady wnitress.
Not a smile ON that clerk face. He IL placia.
solemn aud monosyllabic. Your name entered
ON the registry, your sentence IL pronounced.
You are no longer Mr.. -O-and.so; you are
No. 2l9. The colorod gentleman IL choso by
90 carry ont the sentence. He bids vou fol
lew him. Yours is not 10 ssk questions.
yours j. To follow and obey The rules OF the
penitcntiary are printed In your bed room.
You shall be hungry from 90 10 a. M, from
! 10 . a. M. and from 10 y. IN, Tba slight.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

YOU can't judge of the sailing o. De
fender yesterday merely on basis OF
short sail Her accident made her tender
and even under short sail she had TO be
sailed easily in the brisk clubtopsail
breeze and not iammed into he wind to
get top speed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
Killed With An Axn.

HUDSON, Mass, Sept lizard Taylor,
q wood cutter, aged about "a years, and
living about Q mile from the Berlin post
Office, KILLED his wife with an axe early
this morning. Taylor y believed to be
insane
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
THE PLOT DISCOVERED.
Twenty Persons Arrested Upon the
Charge of Complicttv

BucHAREsr, Sept. i1.--A plot sssinst
the life Of Prince Ferd nand of Bulgaria
has been discovered at Rusticbuk.
Twenty persons have been arrested upon
the charge of completely In the conspiracy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
MAI.QlTl1rRS
SAYING
John 1. Davenport.


was glad to see all the Washington daily
newspapers, except The Times, omit refer
ences TO the recent smbarrassmcnts into
which tJohn j. Davenport has fallen. and IL
was generally proper of course (as The Times
Is the friend of the down-trodden and the OPP
pressed, that II and IL alone, should jump on
Mr.. Davenport at the very time when 10 sud
denly became impossible for him 10 extricate
himself from his troubles all st once. here
~ man respectable, able, upright. soldier
In the late war. who won the affection 8s
well as the respect of General Butler, for
mer editor of the New York Tribune, Re-
publican who has fought harder for honest
elections In Now York city than Tom Byrnes
ever did, and as hard as Theodore Roosevelt
ever Will. But Inisfortunes overlook BAN.
suppose his law practice may have fattcned
out; perhaps his clients would not pay for
what be did: Perhaps some Of his family sick
ened and died; perhaps, as some one thing
and then some other thing went wrong,
everything went wrong But what of that
Was John Davenport any the less worthy he
cause he could not ward off the inevitable
should any of us assume to know what EN-
bafassmeDts beset another And 10 we do
Know, or II we suspect IL very strongly and
laugh and congratulate ourselves that We are
not so hapless. should We then 60 away and
parade the woes of another in newspaper
articles columns Ions And should we lie
should We palpnbly lie, in these articles
FOR John Davenport was never accused of
being an idiot at anyrs;e; and II he lad bad
sixty Thousand dollars worth OF f.rniturc in
his house, would he not have sold il 20 paw his
biIlst And u he could not pay some biil may
not soiJe body else have lied 70 him And
maynt The blame, anyway. have lain IN soine
OTHER direction entirely The poor pn ortun-
ate who cannot recover bimsels IN ne trips
tand who must be yelped az by the jackals of
totally depraved iourualiSui4 cal.Iat- -er. cut
and explain; he must keep qniet. But isn't
" almost certain that others, or surely that
circumstances beyond the poor DEVILS control
are equally 10 blame? Men talk and women
talk. too, about Christian charity. They
never have II II they cause the actions or the
motives of an, one 10 be impugncd Try TO
pnt yourself in the place or the under dog
Perhaps YOU have been there. IL not, YOU are
liable 10 get there any time. There isn't any
better or sweeter rule Of Il % than To do as
YOU would be done by.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

Wong Now was arrested in Spokane. WASH,
recently, and. As he produced NO certificate,
was ordered to be deported TO China. After
the vessel on which he was had sailed IL wns
discovered that Wong Now had the certificate
all right, but that he had failed 10 produce 10
because he wanted to return % China. and at
the expense OF the United States Government.
II also transpired that this willy Chinaman
rested on tho charge for which he was de-
ported
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

The gold reserve is all right so long as
business men are in charge Of it, rather
than Democratic politicians.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
Two Good Newspapers.
woonsocket Reporter.

Tho Providence NEWS shares with The Re.
porter the credit of printing a correct man
Of the yacht coarse on the day OF tho first cup
race.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

WooHsocKET has heard from her census,
figures and is happy in her growth and
her "a, 46s population.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
The Markets Of the World. .

No. 3.
Export of Wheat -four for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894 (McKin-
ley tariff :. 16,536,091 Barrels.
Export of Wheat -four for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1895 (Gor-
man tariff. 14.042,647 Barrels.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11

THE ysllcr dog still wags his tail good.
humoredly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-11
OMEN NO 161

OMEN NO 153.
II is considered unlocky to sit with
closed fingers.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
Butternuts for Profit.

1t does not take long TO bring a seed
ling butternut to bearing. About six
teen years ago, says the Vermont Farm
Advocate. we planted d few butternuts
in the rows with apple seed planted to
grow stock for grating, and these trees
have been bearing very fine nuts for
several years. There is 4 great deal Of
difference in the size Of nuts on differ
ent trees, and the larger ones can read
lily be grated upon trees bearing infe-
rior ones The whole business is very
simple. and we believe that growing
buttcrnuts will pay. at least. as we'll as
growing apples. At any rate, we do
not find any difficulty In getting a dollar
and fifty cents per bushel at the stores
for what nuts we can spare. The whole
subject is worthy of more attention
than it has yet received.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
Muskrats as Household Pets.

Mrs. Sarah Howard. Of Houlton, has
two queer pets-a couple Of muskrats
that come up the drain into her cellar
and thence even into the kitchen. They
have now got so tame that they eat out
of the cats saucer and show no fear
of that individual, who on her part does.
not deign to notice them, though her
kittens sometimes cuff the rats. One
day they got straw and pieces Of tho
broom and made a nest under the cup
board. They will come close to ones
chair and smell ones hand when reach
ed down to them. When eating milk,
they sit beside the saucer, thrust both
paws into the milk. and then lap 1t
from their paws. sometimes taking .
half hour to consume a small saucer Of
milk.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

VIII become dry. Notably among these il
lake kampeska. heretofore a fine body Of
water neal the city of W~atertown. A sis
ter lake to kampeska. known as Pelican
lake, mas already become entirely dry
ana hainpeska is at Il lower stare than
ever before. Should this lake be oyertaken
ny 'ne same fate which has befallcn scores
oi otier lakes in the state the watersupply
ol WATERFOWL would be shut off. and
where to find a substitute would he a.
problem not easily solved. What has been
'he most beautiful and healthy pleasnra
resort IN the state would be a thing of the
past. Commencing two or three wears
AFTER what is known as the big snow" of
the winter of lSS0-Sl the numerous fine
iakes OF the state have been gradually
dryiiig up. Charles Mix county had a fine
Dod! OF water known as Red Lake. cover
ing between 1000 and 5000 acres Of land;
pul MS and scores OF other lakes in the
state are now entirely dry and the beds
are pelhg used Tor agriculture. A heavy
iail OF snow the coming winter would re-
sore many OF these lakes to their normal
Stage. Besides snow there is no relief. AS
ram dOes not tail in sufficient Quantities
to be OF any benefit.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
Family Arithmetic.

The strange lanes bestowed upon
helpless children by their parents have
formed the subject Of many amusing
stories. In Il Connecticut town, some
years ago. there lived Il peculiar couple
who selected the names of their chill
dren apparently with Il view to educa-
tiOnal exercises. There were fourteen
children in the family. and they were
named for the numerals in regular or
der. beginning with "One."
The father was locally famous as a
mathematician and during the early
years of his children they had a daily
tuition which seemed extraordinary to
their playmates. who were provided
with everyday names
"Three and -Four. go out to the wood
box and get your mother some kill
dlings." the mathematical father would
say. appearing before a group Of his
numerical offsprings.
Three and Four would keep on play
ing ball, OF whatever game happened to
be engrossing their attention, but u
diminutive person who commonly an
swered to the name of Seven was
sure to drop his play. and start for the
wood bOX.
One member of this family. who re-
ioiced in the cOgnOmen 1.-TWO" lived to
attain considerable distinction. and tho
record of some of his achievements
and successes is preserved in the town
history, together with a short account
of the various sums in addition, sub
traction, multiplication and division
which his father devised from the ma
terial afforded by his children. and in
which the youthful 1.-TWO" played an
imDOrtant Oart.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
Range Weather Signal.

Observer Fitzgerald of the::Pierre weather
bureau has written the bureau at Wash
intOn in regard to the methods iof warn
ing stOckmen on the range of the ap-
prOach of severe storms during the winter
months. Thousands of dollars worth OF
cattle range on the extensive prairies west
of Pierre and q few hours warning of the
approach of a severe storm will be OF in
calculable benefit to their owners. Mr..
Fitzgerald's plan consists OF large kites OF
different colOrs which could be sent up to
the height of 1000 feet or more, and which
would be visible over a large scope OF
the range country. These could be sent
up at stated hours during the day, which
hours could be made known TO the ranch
men that they might know when to look
for them. At night colored lights could
be attached to the kites which could also
be seen over a large scope of country. Ii
the kites are not considered practicable
colOred balloons held captive by a light
cable is also suggested by him. The in
terests sought to be protected are so great
that the government could well afford to
incur the slight extra expense attached to
such warnings, as far larger sums are ex-
pended in the protection of other property
which is not nearly so valuable as are the
stock interests on the range which would
receive the benefit Of the service he sug-
gestS.