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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-14

reasonable pearness To animal which
no Italian woman is ashamed 10 ac-
knowledge. They have often "A certain
masslveness of build which makes .
child look like a young woman. and =
young woman like "a matr)n; but. for
ltalians they are tall. and though one
sees none of the trim Neapolitan waists
it Is but rarely that one sees. even
among the market women bringing in
their baskets on their heads. those
square and lumpish figures which roll
so comfortably through Venice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-14
gIS!ERS&&ss
COMMA HAculus.

In consumption beware OF cough mix
tnres aul Prescriptions that contain
opium Opium paralizes The nerves,
and gives the comma bacillus goou
chance to destroy the lungs. IL -
aiways fatal Brazilian Balm does not
contain a trace Of any opiate. but stimu-
lates the nerves with new life and power,
DESTROYS tn. microbe, and restores all
that j. lcn of tive diseased lungs to a
sound anil healih'>staic which no other
remedy has ever been known 10 accom-
p;ish. eesIs.s 80 '-.s...'..sss.fr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-14

some well-meaning folks" said TN
Gle Eb4n. Is 80 skayt fOh fear dcy
Won't gib DE- debit T. due dat d,y clean
oVuhlooks de- fack dat some Well-be-
haNed human folks has chains 90 az
tention Washington Star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-14

20 dozen Ladies' Shaped Jersey
Vests, square and V necks,'
long. short and sleeveless, silk
crocheted neck and silk rib
bon i'm neck and arm size,
good value az each. ............
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-14

40 dozen Ladies' White Swiss
Ribbed Jersey Vests, good
value at each l0c, now, each.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-14

summer Boarler--T thought YOU
wrote me that you had no mosquitoes.
Joshua Hay-Well. / hain't. There
be more er less of 'em around here. but
don't claim cm.-Ohio stat. Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12

not earn enough to support more thar
themselves. Marriage stops and prosti-
tuition takes its place. Women com
PEELED to make their own living no
longer seek it in marriage, surrounded
by q happy family, but the husband
the home, the family and the social
joys incident to these, have given place
to life Of long hours Of hard work
IN factory, in Office or shop, and the
homes boarding house.
Modern reformers point to these
things and are told they would 20 back
to barbarism. Through all the ages the
grandest In poetry and the sweetest in
song has centered around the home. the
treside, the cottage; and now all these
are rapidly passing to give expansion to
the greed of few.
The Indian buck exacts hard labor
from the one woman, in return for
which he gives her protection and a
home. The modern Captain of Industry
exacts mental service from a thousand
women in factory and shop, in return
or which he gives a wage that compels
ong hours, scant food and a tenement. |
Che F'ireman's Magazine we'll says. |
You can take your choice" E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12

| take the responsibility Of the hardening
times OF the Republicans
so Republican prosperity will11nt in
terfere with the growth Of the lSoIle' s
party. What the Democrats dol Eheir
next national convention will not nl5cossaf-
lily aid or hinder the growth of tliesfeoiiie,s
party II they take such action al will
please the money power. in order to carry
New York and New Jersey, then there will
be great and sudden growth OF the Pe0
pies party. II they conclude to seek VIC
tory by trying to again catch the Portlist
vote. they will be split In two. be without
the ala Ut their usual main prop, the money
power; will be monopoly party without
the AID OF monopoly. The favorable oppor-
tunity which presented itself to the Popu-
lists in 50 will again appear. II the Popu-
lists will stand firm and Independent nom
mate their own candidate. the Democratic
party VII disintegrate and before election
1t may be plain that the Peoples party has
q cnance for victory and whenever that is
the outlook the reform party will have votes
in plenty and to spare. Ass
Our friend, Paul Dixon, is right. All
we need, as a party, is to stand firmly
by our principles. If there is a collapse
In Europe from want of primary money,
to-wit: gold Gall the governments busily |
engaged struggling to get possession Of !
it,, it will disclose the absolute falsity |
and cruel error of the money lords of |
the world, and the reaction will be ire
mendous.
Inc Peoples party should in the
meantime organize in every direction,
nd be prepared to assume the leader
'ilp when plutocracys twins, the two
'sti & 'es, are utterly discounted.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
THE REMEDY.

while we are talking about killing the
trusts, why not begin by, smashing the leg.
lsiative trust-for all others stand on this
one. Kill the legislative trust by giying
the people the power to make their o,un
laws oy voting direct upon each one through
tne initiative and referendum.-Appeal to
-~o"oon = 4
we have reached point in this
country where representative govern
ment is fiat failure.
Flutocracy let's us talk and vote as
we please, but it cuts the wires that
connect the ballot box and the statute
DOCK. And II anyone patches the wires
the courts tear the laws favorable to the
people out OF the law books and-the
people can continue to chatter and vote
And the fools are content. ID
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
A LAZY RICK

stand on the streets of any large city in
manufacturing district when the factory
whistles blow for the quitting hour. and
count the proportionate number of male
and female toilers that hurry past vo,,
through the gloom of the gathering dark
ness. Thousands of girls, haggard and
wearied, are elbowing through the crowded
street toward the homes they left in tho
gray light OF the morning. Talk about your
1ndlan buck! He was ignorant and law.
we are shrewd and avaricious. Won Gov
take your choice.-Locomoitye Firemen,s
Magazine.
1t is worthy of serious attention that
our advancing civilization, SO called
Is each year heaping additional burdens
upon women. This is the higher civiliz-
alton that our administration is shoot
ing into the Filipinns. This is our
modern, up-to-date competitive system
lnat crowds down the wage paid labor
g me Point where the young men csn- I
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
RECEIVABILITY.

ood ne ne government can redeem about $780,
100000 of paper money in a year by receivine
II 1or national taxes, and in Is years at this
rate could redeem $4,000, 900, 900, which is
more than all the gold and silver money in
the world. Verify, is receivability a much
stronger and hrmer basis than gold and
silver.-Science of Government.
And who is there would refuse to re-
celye government legal tender green
backs when he knew that he, or anyone
else, could use them to pay taxes which
must be paid?
And who would refuse to accept them
when the law of the land said he must
ana when he knew that everybody he
owed would be compelled also to take
them? IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
so ~ STATE OF THINGS.
I'll q says:

!. NsAie i,ankers say that since eovern
8aefs 9rasiA have become so high and in
&9Fesa g ne bonds SO low, they don't max,
nue. fN borrowing money of the govern.
ment * per cent. 1t is true they have
no such rake off as they used to have. but
suppose the government should loan to the
people at l per cent, wouldn't there no q
great saving to the people?
Thls illustrates the horrible condi-
ton in which the people of the United
States find themselves-if the bankers
cannot make money by issuing their
notes as money they will not issue
them, and the people will be without
money.
mus the prosperity, welfare, happi-
ness OF 75,O00,000 people depend upon
the whim and caprice of few hundred
money lenders.
imagine a state of affairs in which
we could have no government nor nro-
lection unless few hundred men could
make money out of it!
Inc furnishing of money to exchange
the commodities and carry on the busi-
ness OF the world, is a matter which
concerns the governments of the world
and to turn it over to class of usurers.
With power to put their thumb upon
The blood-vessels of the body polite
ana shut off the life at any moment. is
crime against man and nature which
10 words can adequately measure.
The great end of freedom is prosperity
Ind what prosperity can there be when
ne few are able to reduce the manv tn
for their own profit?
l. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12

that he wanted the Lord to put mark
upon him lest anyone who met him
should Stay him. Among the nations of
antiquity they outlawed the offender
and withdrew the protection Of the law
from him, and gave anyone the right to
take his property or his life. These
trusts are greater offenders than the
murderer. for the murderer only kills
one or two victims, while these Williams
Cypress and destroy millions, interfere
with their right to make a living and
retain the fruits of their own industry.
II we take away from the murderer his
life, would we not be justified in taking
from these men their property? And il
the law says it is no larceny to seize
their possessions, those possessions
would disappear like a whiff of smoke.
But the politicians are not in earnest
a. will not resort to any such drastic
1 v ~ A. S. !. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
hut Wasn't L Scared!

Some girls have fellows, a dozen or so
! Before being caught for wife;
While l never had but Just ono little
In all my maidenly life.
|, somehow, was always afraid of the
boys,
Tho I really don't know what 7
feared;
And when he first limited of love and its
joys,
Oh, Mamma, but wasn't / scared.
We sat in the parlor, one Saturday
night,
The sofa seemed terribly sman,
He turned down the lamp ill its flick
ering light
would scarce make shadow at ALL
Then softly and timidly taking NV
hand,
He squeezed 1t hard as he dared.
| knew he was going to say something.
Oh, mamma, but wasn't l scared.
In tenderest accents he called me his
dear,
The sweetest young creature on earth.
never before felt so nervous and
queer,
AS then since the day of my birth.
he drew me up close to his quiyering |
breast,
l struggled, and asked how he dared. |
Ana when on my lips his warm kisses
he pressed
Oh, mamma, but wasn't I scared
The day Of our wedding each maiden1v
chum
Said things that thought were
not nice;
ana every old dame in the neighbor-
hood came
10 oner mo words OF advice.
Nnen asked i I'd love and cherish
through life.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12

land-on which the people are to make
their homes! Such q proposition Il
simply atrocious.
The poor at present are writhing un-
der their burdens, and now they them
selves are asked to shoulder the bur-
dens Of the rich, as condition OF dwell
ling on the planet.
IN heavens name, what excuse can be
given for relieving the Goulds and
AstoIs and Vanderbilts from taxation?
The theory is, that if you tax the land
at q tremendous rate, the rich will be
unable to pay the taxes, and will have
TO step of and let the poor take pos
session. But how can the poor pay the
taxes that would have ruined the rich?
But plutocracy, perceiving the extra
ordinary gullibility of the multitude
may have started on new movement,
to get the many to assume the burdens
OF the few and are sending out paid
agents over the land to work up the
labor force of the country to bring
about such change in our laws.
Will anybody pretend that home |
cares cannot be procured for the poor
without relieving corporate and all |
other wealth from taxation?
The nation may provide that when
ever any man comes of age he shall
nave a home and be given 20 years to
pay for it.
We have one homestead law now that |
nas worked wonders; let us have an
other and broader one.
NO citizen should be without a home |
But usury and heavy taxation have
EFT millions without shelter. Don't
ry to correct this condition by piling ,
III the taxes on one class,
The proposition is damnable. ID.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
THE UNIVERSAL PROSPERITY.
(FrOm the Minneapolis Tribune

(From the Minneapolis Tribune.)
Inc remains of John B. Keller lie at the
morgue, a victim of Keelers suicidal mania
lie stepped in front of a switch engine
on the Milwaukee railroad at the Fourteenth
avenue crossing Friday afternoon. The
wheels passed over him, and his right leg
was mangled above the knee. The limb was
amputated near the thigh at the city hos
pitai as the only means of saving his life.
although his condition was considered very
critical In any event. He died last even
ing.
Keller was about so years of age He had
mad domestic troubles which preyed upon
ms mind and this, together with FAIL
URE TO SECURE WORK, MADE HIM DE-
SPONDENT. He had threatened suicide
number OF times and tried to kill himself
with bullet Sunday, Sept 4. The ball
entered his scalp, but did not fulfill Keelers
purpose.
Nine-tenths of the suicides reported
are the results of being out of employ
ment, and this is Mckinley prosperity!
The advance agent is now touring the
West viewing the human wreckage.
e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12

Peoples party with-aa the results 81
1893 show-no' beneflt to Democracy..s
What are we to do? Every Populist
must help to make it distinctly plain
that we are not Democrats nor Republic
cans; that the Peoples party is alive
and is not going to die; that the causes
which led to its establishment in 1891
and 1892 continuesto exist with undt-
minished force.
He who stands firm draws other men
to him. A shifty, changeable, uncer-
tain character demoralizes everything
that comes in contact with it.
We cannot tell what is in the womb Of
time, yet to be delivered; we must hope
for the best and never give up the ship.
Washington had his, Valley orge, and
Lincoln his Bull Run. Courage is the
one thing needed, ,apd next to this the
that nen must not lead
our party who are e determined to destroy
II. II - =. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
HOW THEY MAKE MONEY!

| we want our farmer friends to study
the figures in the following extract:
~, samuel M Nickerson, president OF the
| FIRST National Bank. has arranged to sol, ~
a syndicate the larger part of his stocL ~
the institution and will retire from the
management at the coming annual meetinc
soon after the first of the year, In all nroh7
aoliity MS successor as head of the hank will
We James 3. Forgan, the first vice president
erson's holdings, which are 800 shares On.
OF the banks total of 30 900, but 1t is under
stood that about 5000 shares were lat o.
II mat De the case he will still retain 5OO
snares. With these and the 1000 shares
Heiq Dy mrs. Nickerson and the 400 owned
ny nolano q. Nickerson, the family will still
De the largest holder of the stock of the
bank. eA " ene
Whle the terms OF the sale are not an
nounced 1t Is understood that the stock
Ircusht Between S3OO and 1910 a shar, Tho
latter Price has been paid for the stock in
other recent transactions and the same
amount is bid for more At that price M
Nlckerson's $500 shares are worth 81 325 oOo
ana the $500 shares owned in the Nickerson
family are worth $2,759, OOO If the amount
OF MS stock now sold is 200 shares as sun
posed, Mr. Nickerson will realize from II
ABOUT $l'ooo, oO0.-Chicago Times Herald.
Inc probabilities are that w, Nick
erson started into the banking business
80 years ago with much less actual CAPT
tai than Gen. T. H. Barrett invested in
farm land in Grant and Stevens coun-
tles' Mimi, but he has made $1,000
profit where Gen. Barrett has made 81.
Why? The laws of the United States
nave been made by the money lenders
IN the interest of the money lenders.
ana not by the farmers in the interest
o1 the farmers. And yet the farmers
nave been the basis of the greatness
u the country, while the bankers have
never added dollar to the wealth of
ne world. They have simply concen-
rated it in their own hands when made
~ Others
And now they rule the world, and
lothlng but tremendous revolution
an ever loosen their grip. I'D. II
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
POPULIsTs BECOME REPUnI1caxs

MILLER, S. D., Oct. Sc. j. Miller, one
oI the founders OF this town and a promi
nent Popul1st since 1888, took part in . Pc.
publican caucus yesterday and says he will
WorK with the party hereafter County
commissioner Coqullette elected as a pom.
uilst has also Joined the Republicans.
This is just what might have been
expected. 1t has been going on for
some time
Inc great majority of Populists came
from the Republican party, and held
lnveterate prejudices against Demo-
cracy and it's leaders. When they saw
the determined effort that was made in
every direction to convert the Populists
into Democrats, they became indignant
and enraged, and the result has been
that more of them have gone back into
the Republican party than have Joined
the Democrats.
The fusionist leaders in the PEOPLES
party were mostly Democrats, and thew
could not realize the profound prejudice
that exists among large part of our
people against the Democratic organic
alton. They looked upon the PEOPLES
party as simply an opportunity to bring
the followers Of Buchanan and Cleve-
land back into power; they were simply
tools that did not appreciate and could
not understand the situation. Thew
nave done incalculabie injury to the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
ON THE BRINK.
TREAT Strfngency of the Money Mar
ket Throughout All Eurone

Great stringency of the Money Mar
ket Throughout All Europe.
LONDON, Oct. THE condition of the
money market excites attention still
nigner bank rate is regarded as not improb
able should war break out France - =.
reported declines to sell more gold to Amer
lca Inc stringency is felt throughout
almost all Europe Russia is suffering from
a rather severe financial crisis The reserve
OF the imperial bank is now very low: and
STOCKS OF all kinds have fallen considerably
lnls' presumably, Is due to over speculation
ana TO gigantic fotation of Industrial com
panles. In word, Russia has been irving
10 go too fast in the endeavor to become 3
great manufacturing nation
money also was very tight in Germany.
Ihe Statist again comments upon the string
ency In America and says:
We fear that the period of ease cus+o-
mary in October may this year he altoeetbor
absent, and that a strong demand for gold
Will arise In November to move the corn
and cotton crops. Altogether there is every
prospect of higher instead of lower rates
since no gold is available now from the
Transvaal." 'Ao
Inc English capitalists perceive the
danger of the situation. If thew COM
mence war upon the followers of Dom
Paul, they may precipitate a condition
Oh universal collapse; they have re-
duced the metallic money of the world
and nothing but metallic
money will carry on a war at the ex-
'remlty of the African continent.
IN this country, by keeping the print
ng presses busy in the treasury de-
lprtment making bank notes. thew arc
striving to tide over the inevitable.
'hallow-headed politicians, like McKin-
ey, can sail along well enough in calm
weather., but if the smash-up comes in
europe their little expediences will be
I no use. Sooner or later the great
wrong involved in the demonstration
I a metal that has been used as the
asis of money for 5000 years must
ONE, and all the usurious bankers in
ne world cannot stop it.
Creatures, whose sole idea of life is tn
DO fellow being of his property are
OF the men to govern world. I'D
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
A LABOR "HERO."
"ohn Swinton Says He'll Turn Tn
When Labor Is Ready for u;u

John Swinton Says He'll Turn ~,
When Labor Is Ready for Him.
| "Wanted-A Hero" is the title Of nov
book. 1t seems that some Of tho uor, ne"
people want him. They want a great cham.
! plon and leader. They would like to have .
| man OF power, gifted with eloouence and
practical ability, who would lead and direct
successfully, who would unite all the wab-
oling factions sway the perplexed multi
; .uues, give new pluck to labor, put energy
lnto the cause, sweep onward like whirl
Wlnd and carry the flag of the people to a
victory worth winning
1t would be great thing.
NOW, l must say that I have not vet
caught sight OF hero of this kind
But will l follow him II he turns un7 7
cant promise for sure. Wait till he makes
MS appearance, and then I'll tell.
am told by typesetter who has long
sioaheo Tor a hero that the hero who is
wanted must not only possess the uualifica-
o LIONS ALREADY spoken of, but must be unset
.sh' unsectar1an, fearless, incorruptible. free
from vanity and ready for martyrdom. and
ne must be workingman
Good again! There are men who can no
thus described 49, oo
Inc hero seeker best known to me saws.
we must have him. Think of what Lin
com ala IN America, and Golden in Eng
iano' and Parnell In Ireland, and Garibaldi
IN Italy, and Gambetta In France, and Car
r1son against slavery. Every great cause
mas mad great leader from the time Of
Peter the Hermit to our own day."
Indeed, my friend! You speak WELL But
don't overlook one thing. All these cham
Eions or heroes had mighty forces behind
them, supporting them and rallying around
them. Think of the force which swept Lin
coin onward, and of that which gave Strength
to Golden, and of that which held I'D Par
nell, and OF that which bore upon the other
leaders here named!
Nov. can We believe that if hero Of
laoor were to turn up among us he would |
lind things ripe for him in our country. az |
things were ripe for the other men here |
namel?
Would the millions rally around his flag I
rs lney have rallied around less worthy flags
and stand faithfully or unitedly by the cause I
through all the trials that they might have
10 suffer?
myself am full of hope. When hero Of
me toilers is needed and they are ready for
lin1 they will see him waiting for them nm
he ramparts!-John Swinton in New York
World.
John Swinton is a great and noble
mana heroic manila martyr to the
ause of suffering mankind.
He has thrown away golden oppor-
unities to help thexenslaved people.
IL I. D.