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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
A Personal Experiences.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS:
While reading an account of the accept
ance OF the silver delusion by wage
Garner, l was reminded of something that
occurred during the war of the rebellion,
which came to my knowledge. / served
with the Tenth connecticut volunteers.
While at st. Augustine, Fla, in January.
1864, large portion OF the regiment re-
enlisted. AS an inducement to re-enlist
the men were given furiough OF thirty
days. TIE furlough was gwen the Goth OF
February, and OF course IL expired on the
Goth OF March. At thst time the state OF
connecticut held its annual election the
first Monday in April. Ii was presumed
that nearly all of the men on furloug h
were voters, therefore. 1t was considered
shrewd politics 10 extend the mems leave
OF absence until after the election. The
Republicans had re-nominated Governor
William A. Buck ing ham, the well-kuown
''war governor" lhe Democrats nomi.
mated Origen :. Seymour, a rank and
virulent "Copperhead. The State had
en- tcted a law giving each soldi RS wife
during his term OF service in the army s6
per month. They also gave all soldiers
children under sixteen years OF age two
dollars month, provided no soldiers IS
family should draw over Sl2 per month
Mr.. seymour bad opposed this bill, and
i'm the course OF the debate previous to it's
passage had said that no soldier deserved
To te paid any wages whatever. lie was
pledged TO repeal this bill IL his party
should win In that election. The COM
Jeey had 33 men on Furlouch. Every
one OF them that could vote, except one,
voted Tor Governor Buckingham. That
one voted .or Mr.. seymour. lie hnd a
wife and three children, all OF the latter
under sixteen years ot age. lie voted in
effect that his wife did not deserve TO
have the s6 per month; that his children
ought not TO he paid % per month each,
ana fnplly that he himself ought TO be
compelled 10 serve mis- term of enlistment
without any wages.
thought then when / learned these
facts that such an example of idotic,
wooden headed inconsistency, would for
ever remain unparalleled, but a man that
II wiling to receive his wages In 90 cent
dollars must be very closely related to
my friend OF 81 years ago.
During the Gresloy deiusion OF 1872
remem her seeing a cartoon that very well
illustrates the prcscut silver dolusion.
think n WAS picture OF Mf. Greeley
himself trimming trees. He was repre-
sented a. sitting on ito branch of tree
rrctty well up from the ground facing
tne IN G trunk. and engaged in saving
on the very branch on whicn he was sit
ting. OF course he came down with the
branch.
By and by these deluded wage-earnIng,
silver fanatics will De profoundly thank
fuI that they failed To receive that for
which they are now willir- TO vote
Very truly yoars,
VAN BUREN KirNEY.
Providence, H. L., July 81, 1876,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Training a Dog for Shooting.
Harpors Round Table.

Never be too familiar with q young
not necessarily fear OF you but he must
learn to obey. Any intelligent puppy
Will learn his name in a few lessons
Once you have given IL TO him never
change 1t. Mind you this-when he has
once recognized you as being his master,
his one idea is TO please you and to de-
serve a pat on the head and word OF
praise. Never tussle with him with q
stick and never deceive him under any
pretence. More dogs have been spoiled
by their master not playing fair with
them than one could reckon. Be honest
with your dog and he VIII be honest with
you.
IL you possess gun, and your dog Is OF
that kind which has inherited the scent
for game. the first thing to teach him Is
TO fetch and carry-that is, to retr ieve-
and this without chewing or mutilating
tho object which he brings. A way to
break dog Of this is to take an old
glove, put a few tacks in the points ex-
tending outwards, and fill II full OF
cotton. He will find that by picking it
up gently he can carry it without dis
comfort, while II he attempts to worry il
the consequences are not agreeable. This
lesson is much better for him than any
amount of whipping, and he will remem-
ber 1t muoh longer.
III you wish to shoot over your dog,
the next thing is to make him find the
bird. To do this the best way is to pro-
cure live quail, which can easily be had
from any bird-fancier; put 1t in a small
cage aud show IL to the pup, warning
him not TO touch it. Then conceal the
cage 10 copse of fern or grass, and
bring him carefully in that direction.
Never let him nearer than within four or
five feet OF IL, then speak to him en-
couragingly. Under the influence OF
your words he will become all atten tion,
and dog thus properly broken will
never "hush q covey," unless he runs
! nto them by accident CT when he is
carried away by excitement. under which
circumstances he Will show contrition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

IT was worth the cost OF life itself to
have been of an age in 1861 to take
sicei In the great struggle between the
States. In tho years to come the man
who can look back to 1896 and say that
irrespective OF politics, he stood firm
with heart and hand and voted TO save
the country from a debased currency and
national disbonor, will have reason to
feel proud and glad that he was a citi-
zen qualified to register his patriotism
and bis honesty at the ballot box in this
crisis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
DEATH NOTICES
BLOODG0OD-At his residence, at Mar
ragansett Pier, July 81, Horace s.
Bloodgood aged 81 years.

BLOODG0OD-At his residence, at Mar
ragansett Pier, July 81, Horace s.
Bloodgood aged 81 years.
Funeral from st. Johns Church, Prov
ioonce, Monday, August 3, at II 80 q. m.
BALL-At Ocean View Hotel, Block
Island, Jury 81, Nicholas Ball, aged
67 years and 2 months.
Funeral from his late residence, at
Block Island, Monday, August 8, at 2
p. m. Steamer Mt. Hope leaves Provi-
dence at a. M, Newport at IL a. M;
arrives at the island at 1890 p. m, and
returns at 3:l6 p. m. Relatives and
friends ore invited to attend without
further notice.
GREENE-At Carbondale, Pa, August i,
suddenly, Amy Katherine Kenyon
Greene, widow Of Duty Greene, aged
II years.
Funeral at her late residence, 1865
Atwells avenue, Tuesday, August A, at I
p. IN. Burial ct convenience OF family.
HENRY-In this city, July 1, Elizabeth,
widow OF William Henry, aged 81
years. n a.
Funeral from 70 Ocean street, Monday,
ahSGok ps III. htidklNCS uhd
friends invited to attend.
MAGUIRE-In this city, July 81, Mary,
wife OF the late David Mcguire, aged
60 years and 2 months.
Funeral from her late residence, 115
Cnalkstone avenue, Monday, August 3, at
$3.50 a. IN. Relatives and friends are in
vited TO attend.
MoRENNA-In this city, August 2. Mary
Teehan, wife of Francis McKenna,
aged 2S years, IL months.
Funeral from her mot her in laws resi-
dence, rear of BOG Gladstone avenue,
Tuesday, August 4, at $3.50 a. m. Kela-
tives and friends invited to attend.
MoWRY-In this city, August 1, Earl
Maxwell, youngest child OF Tristan
and Elizabeth M. Mowry, aged IL
years, o months and 16 days.
Funral from his parents residence, n
~Qover street, Tuesday, August 4, at 2
p. m. Relatives ana friends invited to
attend.
SMiTH-In Pawtucket, August 2, Phebe
A., daughter of the late Daniel q.
and Caroline Smith, formerly of Bur-
rillville, X. 1.
Funeral at the residence OF her brother,
Benjamin +. Smith, 1s3 Cottage street,
Pawtucket, Wednesday, August 3, at IL
a. m. Burial at Pascoag Cemetery, at
p. m. Relatives and friends invited to
attend without further notice.
TRIMBLE-In this city. July 20, Gibson
Trimhle, aged 45 years.
Funeral from the undertaking rooms OF
Thomas Quinn. 20 Orms street, on Sun
day, August q, at 2;3O p. m.
wESr-in Aughnaclov county, Tyrone,
Ireland, July II, George j. West, aged
A years.
Funeral services, Monday, August 3,
10:30 q. M, at Cathedral. Relatives and
friends are invited TO attend. Seats re-
served for X. /. bar and other organiza-
tions.
WOOD-In Pawtucket, August I, Roby
A., widow of Thomas Wood, aged SO
years.
Funeral from her late residence, 141
North Bend street, Monday, August 3,
at 2 p. m. Relatives and friends are In
vited TO attend.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
As TO CALAMITY.

The ever cheerful Boston Globe Is SAN
guine that nothing can destroy this
great and glorious country. Tue belief
is based on facts. We have lived through
panics, a civil war OF unparalleled pro-
portions, and we are surviving the
wilson-G -Gormsn bill. We can live
through free silver, too, IL we have to.
But.while we may survive calamity and
mnyhap rise ten times the stronger, like
ANTAEUs Of old, from every knock over,
that is no reason why we should invite
disaster or tempt misfortune. To see
how much you can stand and live
through Is not good policy for individ-
uals or for nations. Chicago rose like
another Phoenix from her fire-but un-
written misery resulted just the same,
and though the memory OF disaster from
which there will never be a recovery is
lost in the general regeneration, there
was such disaster, plenty OF it. The
country and thousands of its citizens
are still suffering from the War of the
Rebellion. though that was generation
ago, and we are needless of the fact In
the overwhelming rejuvenation OF q
mighty people. 1t will be years before
the country recovors from the disas-
trcus effect OF the Wilson German tariff,
and to many have come disaster during
the past three years from which there
will be no recovery.
Don't fool with the buzz saw!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
THE METEORS.
Real Facts About a Bit OF Fascinating
Astronomy.
10 THE EDITOR OF The NEWS:

To THE EDITOR OF The NEWS:
would like to correct several mistakes
which appeared In your paper In the
article on many meteors July 81. The
representative OF your paper, who called
on me at the observatory several days
ago, evidently got three meteor streams
confused.
The August meteors, known as the
Perseids, travel around the sun In an
elongated ellipse. Their perihelion dis
tance, Is a little inside OF the earth's or
bit, but at Aphelion are far beyond Nep-
tunes orbit. This meteor stream Is
undou btedly connected with the sec
ond comet OF 1862. The elements of the
two orbits are nearly the same. Tne
reason these meteors are only visible
from about August 1 (maximum August
10) to August 20, is that the earth at
these times is crossing their track and
passing through the stream. The earth
Is in the middle of the stream on
August 10. sThese meteors radiate from
the constellation Perseus aud are yellow
in color The Novemb Der meteors, known
as the Leonids, also revolve around the
sun In an elongated eliipse, with a
perihelion distance little inside OF the
earth's orbit, but with an aphelion
distance little outside oi the
ton Of these meteors Is little over
thirty-three (3S). Every SO years the
earth encounters an unusually rich por-
tion of the stream. The years, 1892 1888
and 1858 gave very rich displays. The
year 1899 (Novem Der 14) should give us a
grand display. The third meteor stream,
known as the Andromcdcs has its origin
with Biela's comet. This most remark
a bls comet was discovered by man named
Biela In 1926 Its orbit was computed and
its period was found to be six years and
nine months. 1t returned regularly in
1888, 1889 and 1s45. In 1s45 the comet, IN
stead OF being single comet, consisted
of two, moving through space side by
side. The two comets were again observ'
ed in 1852, but were farther apart, the
smaller one apparently moving much
slower than the larger The return in
1864 was looked forward TO with great
interest, but the comet did not return
and has never been seen since. Ii should
have appeared in 1859, 1865 and 1872. On
the night of Novem ber 81, 1872, while the
earth was crossing the track of the last
comet q great meteoric shower took place.
Showers ..also occurred in 1879, 1885 and
1892 U witnessed the 1892 shower my
solf.) While the earth was crossing the
track of this comet some great commo-
tion which caused this comet TO split in
two in 1Si5 has evidently occurred since
and now instead of a single comet or two
comets, we have millions of small me-
teorites revoIving around the sun in an
orbit with period of about six (6e.75)
years and nine months. This stream
should give us a great shower In 1899,
about November 24-2S.
+. T.. SEAoRAvE.
Providence, Aug. 2, 1895.
(On behalf of its readers, IHE NEWS
thanks Mr.. Seagraye for this interesting
paper.-Ed.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Wanted to Kin Police Chief

Lowell, Mass, Aug. 3.-William Kans
was arrested here yesterday for at
tempted assassination OF Dr. William S.
Eaton, on the road between Lowell and
Collinsville He ambushed him, and
fred a shotgun, one shot entering the
doctors body. The wound is not danger
Gus. Kane was near-sighted, and mis-
took Dr. Eaton for Chief of Police Scott
of Dracut, against whom no had a
grudge. He expressed sorrow after his
CAPTURE that he shot the doctor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

IHE newest Office building now going
up on Park Row in New York city is
to be 30 stories high, to contain thousand
Offices, to house three or four thousand
souls. 1t will be 3s6 feet tall. from curb
TO cornice, frontage OF Ios feet. and the
weight OF It's constructive materials Will
be hundred million pounds. 1t Is to bo
the taIlost building in the world, and
will cost spoye . million doIlsrA.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

GIVE Judge &. X. ScoTT OF Omaha,
Neb., plenty Of room and rope. In a
speech to his Populistic following the
other day he classed MCKINLEY with
Anarchist MosT, and declared that he had
sent better men than President CLEvE-
LAND to the penitentiary. That sort of
stuff will make Republican votes in any
community not gone clean daft.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

"PRIcEs will go up' the silverites say.
"There Will, OF course, be a panic," the
silverites admit. The first effect OF the
silverites policy put In practice will thus
avowedly and admittedly be that while
prices viii go up, business will stop or
cut down until the upheaval settles. A
re-adjrstment oil along the line win be
necessary before the business, trade and
commerce Of the country can proceed on
the new and fiuctuating money basis.
Meanwhile, however. prices will be up.
Wages will be down or there will be no
wages. Some day, the silverites promise
wages will go up In a hot chase after
prices, When will this happen2 The
date is not announced. Maybe 1t will
never happen. There 10 only silverite
oratory IL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Ex-CONGREsSMAN COCKRANS
IDEA

The Hon. BoURKE COCHRAN, a Demo
crat OF the Democrats, ex membe of Con-
gress, Tammapy Hall magnate and OF
large influence among his party members
OF every stripe, was interviewed by q
sun reporter on his return from Europe
Saturday. The Sun, because of the i'm
portance at this time OF the utterances OF
a Democrat OF Mr.. CooKRAN's standing,
gavo copy OF the interview to it's con-
temporaries for simultaneous pu blication.
Mr.. COCHRAN is known to his admirers
as "silver-tongued, For our part we
have aways regarded him as the kind Of
an orator who IL pleasant to listen to, but
who does not always say much OF import
ance. Our silver-tongued orators are
mostly lacking In respect to what they
say, their charm and power lying in the
way they say 1t. Perhaps that is partly
due to the fact that they are often called
upon to speak when there really is not
much to talk about.
In this interview, however, Mr.. CocR-
RAN gives the bit to his silver tongue
and there is moreover, something In II
besides fine diction. Referring to the
fact that Tammany Hall. unlike the
Rhode Island Democratic central commit
tee, which swallowed candidates, plat
form:and all, hook line and sinker, had
dorsing the platform on which the ticket
stands, Mr.. COCHRAN declared that there
was only one way to defeat the platform,
and that was to vote against the ticket.
"The movement launched at Chicago" :"
he declared, "is an attempt to paralyze
industry by using all the powers Of gov
ernment to take property from the hands
OF those who created IT ana place 1t in
the hands Of those who covet it," And
he said further, "In a contest for the cx-
istonce OF civilization no man can remain
neutral. Whoever does not support the
forces OF order aids the forces of dis
order"
This latter declaration, II strikes us.
ought to be watchword for the cam
paign. There should be no neutrals at
such a crisis. Whoever does not vote
against BRYAN cannot claim not to be
against the Chicago platform. 1t is no
part OF courage or sincerity to be a neu-
tral at such a crisis any more than It was
in 81. Mr.. COCHRAN offers suggestion
for the relief OF those sound money Dem
ocrats who cannot bring themselves to
vote for MCKINLEY on the st. Louis
platform. The suggestion is to get to-
gether, put their views in a platform
and then vote for McKINLEY-or at least
stay at home. lilo does not believe in
the honesty or exped Iency of voting for a
third candidate that by no possibility can
be supported with any hope OF eleeting
him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Lit,lo one Crushed to Death. {,

Boston, Aug. S.-The police, last night.
discovered the dead body of a 3-months-
old infant in bed, on the third floor Of
South Cove tenement The police be-
Heve that the mother, in sleeping off a
debauch, crushed out the little ones life,
by rolling over on her Offspring.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Fatal Railway sma.bup.

Clinton. Ills, Aug. "A disastrous
wreck occurred on the Illinois Central
here. Both engines were completely
wrecked. one mall car was shattered
into splinters and the other car and
baggage cass were badly damaged
Engineer Burchnaugh and Mail Agent
Baker were killed. Ten trainmen were
Injured. but the passengers escaped un-
hurt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

The "honest farmer" who favors free
silver for the reason that no hopes to
Iiquidate his Indebtedness at the rate OF
90 cents on the dollar is a close relation
to the. one who goes over TO York to buy
a thousand dollars worth OF counterfeit
rsney ''as good as the genuine" for
hsndred dollars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
oovernor viii rn,.c a Hand.

Denver. Aug. 3.--Governor. Mcintyre
has promised a committee Of the Lead
Vile Miners union to investigate the
matters at issue between the miners
and mine owners, and endeavor 20 bring
about settlement OF the strike that has
thrown out Of employment several thou
sand men and crippled the industry Of
Leadvlle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

WITH reference to the youth Of billy
BRYAN, his supporters sro fond OF point
ing out that ALEXANDER the Great was
only 80 when he died. Bot IT is TO be
said that ALEXANDER had done some
thing besides talk to. distinguish him ss
"Ibe GresLn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

According TO tho.preiminary report OF
the internal Revenue bureau, 67,039, 9l0
gallons OF spirits, exclusive orliquids dis
titled from fruit, were handled for con-
sumption for the year closed in June.
This was decrease OF 7,4l3, l29 gallons
as compared with the preceding year.
Cigarettes to the number of 4,042, 1891, Gao
were put in the market, which was 71a,-
gs7, $50 more than were consumed rhe year
before. The cigar and cheroot consump-
tion amounted to 4, 237, 755.e43, an increase
OF 70, 7s3. 500, and there was an increase In
chewing and smoking tobacco with
drawn, also, the amount being 253. 667, 1877
pounds and the increase b,397, 400 pounds.
These are tremendous figures, and may
well furnish a text for the advocates OF
temperance or prohibition in the use OF
liquor and tobacco. The internal revenue
derived from these and other sources
wines, oleomargerine, snuff. playing
cards, retail liquor taxes and miscellaneous
amounted for the year to sl46, $50, 6l5,
which seems small enough in proportion
to the consumption. There was gen.
eral increase all along the line, playing
cards and oleomargerine and liquor deal
ers' taxes, however, showing a dminu-
tion. The largest increase was in the
revenue from cigarettes, which amounted
to s2,O21, 1876. or 1857, as3 more than in
the preceding year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

"Boys will be boys" but you can't
afford 10 Lose any Of them. BE ready for
the green apple season by having DeWitts
Collie and Cholcrs Cure In the house.
Johnston's Pharmacy, Se3 Westminster
street Metgzefs Pharmacy, go North
Main street; Alfreds Pharmacy. sll Eddy
street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Tronhle brewing.

Lynn. Mass. Aug. 3.-Forty non-union
men are expected here today from
Auburn, Me, for the Plant company.
while six Armenians arrived yesterday.
1t Is Anticipated that there Will be
trouble when these men go to work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
r,,reme,v severe Penalties

South McAleester, Aug. 3.-The In
dian court. sitting at Wetumpka, has
sentenced two men to death for cattle
stealingand others to undergo the whip
ping post for having committed similar
offenses. There are about dozen
others on the docket, and IL is probable
murderer OF Strange OF Taunton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

THE latest Oklahoma court decision,
after hearing suit and counter-suit grants
a divorce TO the wife and another to the
husband. This would appear to be a
clincher in the way OF q separation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Children's Playground Fund.
Amcsbury Firms Lose.

Amesbury. Mass, Aug s.-Seven
Amesbury carriage builders are credit
ors to the amount OF $4,000 of j. j.
Cooper, carriage dealer OF Providence,
whose failure has been announced. p.
II. Connor of Amesbury was appointed
assignee. The Columbus (O) Buggy
company. reported as assigned. has sew
eral creditors among the manufacture
era here
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
Drowned While Fighting.

New York. Aug. 3.-James Murphy, a5
years old, and stephen Garvey, so years
old. fought on pier 25, North river. Dur
Ing the struggle both men tumbled into
the river and were drowned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

OLD Ocean likes to be misc hievous with
the big linors once in awhile. A sea that
climbs over the bows Of ship like the
Paris or the Etruria, mounts the bridge
and goes bowling aft tumbiing like a
cataract over the stern, comes quite near
to fulfilling the "mountain high" icos.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

THAT was a gallant cnap, after all,
who, when a New York Judge fined him
S. for kissing girl against her Will, as
alleged, remarked: "Wcll II was worth
a. .,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03
AMERICAN MECHANICS.

State Council Secretary, Charles W. Littsn
1888 Westminster street.
ELMwooD-Elmw " ood and Pottsrs avenue.
CoLUhBfA-3eo We-tmisster street
PRovIDENcR--90 Westminster street.
MOUNT VERsoN-Almy's Hail. second and
fourth Monday evenings.
DKfESDER-odd Fellows Hall. Academy ave.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

WE take II that a goodly proportion OF
the b. and s. clubs really prefer hard
cider and red pepper for "regular."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-03

Amy person desiring THE NEWS left
mt his residence In any part of the city.
can send his address without remittance)
TO this ONCE and it will be given To tho
newsdeaier who serves papers in tho
distrtct
Persons leaving town can have THE
NEWS mailed to them, postpaid, for 25
cents per month, the address being
changed as often as desired.
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KNIGHTS OF pYTHIas

Grand Keeper Of Records and Seal, william
A. Wilson. Room 545 Butler Exchange.
Telephone 1856.
WHAT CBEER-Whst Cheer Hall. 81 South
Main street.
RHODE JsLANp--27 Westminster street.
bMiTHosIAs - Smitkopian Hall Gladstone
avenue.