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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
THE AGRICULTURAL STANDPOINT
Mr., Brigham Gives Testimony Before
the Industrial Commission.

Mr., Brigham Gives Testimony Before
the Industrial Commission.
Washington. March IA. A. Brig
ham. assistant secretary of agriculture.
was before the industrial commission
yesterday lie furnished the commits
sion much data concerning the condi-
tion OF agriculture i'm the Ohio and upper
Mississippi valleys. lie spoke as a rep
resentatiNc OK the Patrons OF Husbandry.
or which order he was the national mas
ter for many years.
Mr. Brigham manifested disposition
TO discourage immigration. saying that
II had forced the settlement and aeri-
cultural development Of the west be-
yond the demands OF the country. He
would not shut the doors OF the United
States against desirable foreigners. but
he would place such restrictions upon
immigration os 10 shut out uneducated
people or those who were possessed OF
no property. Upon the whole. he con-
s!dered IL "a mistake TO have urged for
cigncrs TO come go the United States.
and thought % would have been better
If the west had boon settled FAR more
largely hy Americans. lie attributed
Tho large influx TO the railroad and
steamship companies. the former having
lands % SELL aud both desiring 10 make
business
Mr. Brigham expressed the opinion
that IL would De Wcll to teach the rudi-
mcntary elements 90 agriculture in tho
rural publ. schools. bat he did not adj
vocato such teaching iu any ~ the coll
loges except tlc AGRICULTURAL institu-
tions De thought general education
OF farmers. sons iu l-3ucnfs bearing
upon thc FuhI.c, OF agriculture would
have "a tendency to reuCrr tnc young men
of the coultrt lttirr fstisned with lhe
life of "a farue. ana not SO anxious 10
yet intp the professions tpon The
whole Mr. Brigham said there had been
an Improvement Ga the condition of tie
farmer in toe past f9 years When be
was young mon ho worked from ..
~. until after dark for az pci month
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
SHOCKED THE HOTEL CLERK.

Gracious. man! DO you want this
hotel TO burn down." said an indignant
clerk TO a careless lounger at "A local
hostelry last night The lounger had
completed his evening task Of examfn-
ing the signatures of recent arrivals by
closing the register as he might ap-
propriately have done a dictionary or
city directory. But never close hotel
register unless YOU desire the everlast-
ing enmity of the house.
II don't know where the superstition
comes from" said the hotel clerk,
when he had cooled off sufficiently To
discuss the accident. for To a hotel man
the closing of a register is serious
one; but no worse luck can befall a
house than to have some fool come
along and close the register. Why, 1
won't be able to sleep for nine DAYS.
which is the length Of time that we
will be under the spell. If we can get
along for nine days without burning the
house down or blowing up the steam
boiler. or having "A case Of smallpox,
we will be reasonably safe again.
mine times out of ten something
happens when "A register is closed
There isn't hotel clerk I'm the country
that will allow that book to be shut
not. at least. until IL is filled and ready
TO be filed away with other old regis
ters, merely TO serve as record OF our
business. But when in active use a ho-
tel man would as soon think OF drop
ping match in can OF oil as TO close
the book.
They say that the night before the
Baldwin burned in Frisco some smarty
played a trick on the night clerk and
closed the book and | know for n fact
that il was only three days before the
Gumry. in Denver. blew up that the
register was found closed. The boilers
of that house went straight up i'm the
air ani carried souls with them. The
clerk who was on when the register was
closed escaped, but he quit the hotel
business. Washington star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

pretty busy explaining away the army
beef scandal but IA New York State
one OF the big houses Is TO be sued TO
recover penalties amounting 10 mill
lion and a quarter of dollars FOR SELL
ing oleomargarine In the State unmark-
ed as such and so passing for real but
ter The firm tried TO compromise by
paying $4,000 90 the State and prom
ising never 10 do it again but Governor
Roosevelt demands that the State le-
gal machinery be set In motion 70 re-
cover the fines as would be done il the
fraud was committed by a less con-
splcuous concern.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
DARK STREETS OF GIBRALTAR.

Tho town OF Gibraltar. which pos
ees the world-renowed fort that COM
MINDS the entrance 90 the Medterran-
can. has been lighted by electricity,
says the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
Both the harbor and the principal
roads are equipped with incandescent
lamps For this use of iucandescent
lights instead of arcs. which has been
adversely commented on 10y many rest
dcnts who compare the meagcr illumi-
nation ~ their streets with the brilliant
arc lighting OF Malta, a singular cx-
PLANTATION be- given.
IN is said that while tho military au-
thorities have no esthctic objection To
the brilliant illumination Of the town.
thcv think that ~ might be inconve-
niently attractive to hostile fire i'm case
of war In case Of attack the electric
light works are we'll protected under
heavy ramparts The government has
taken in hand the whole OF the street
lighting.
white making this installation. the
electrical engineer has also made pro
vision for overcoming the dlffculty
which exists az Gibraltar at an sea.
SONS Of the year OF obtaining fresh
water Soms of the barracks quarters
have been covered with enormous rain
tHuss and arrangements have been
mudc by which at - pinch epu water
can Doc condensed f0r ~ " desired.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
MOUNTAIN RAILROADS SAFEST.


There has been no state I'm the Union
as fortunate I'm the matter Of accidents
as Colorado as far as her passenger
traffic is concerned. This is something
marvellous. too. when one takes into
consideration the fact that there are
more crooked, winding roads in the
state than in any other I'm the Union.
There are more up-grades and down
grades and tapping over than ON all the
rest OF the lines of the country COM
bined says the Denver Times.
Away back i'm the past. when the
projectors and promoters Of the Union
Pacific suggested TO Congress that IL
would be possible 10 climb over the
mountains and band the continent with
rails 80 steel, the members of Congress
laughed and told in long speeches OF
the folly of such an undertaking. Not
very far back in the history OF Colo
rado. when the Rio Grande proposed TO
pierce the mountain Businesses many
of the citizens derided the idea and
suggested that others could ride in "A
train up over mountains If they wished
to. but not me-"
But the Union Pacific found it's way
safely through the mountains and so
did the Rio Grande, and SO have sew
eral other roads They carry the traf-
hc across the backbone of the conti-
nent, and do not report as large n per
cent. of loss of life as the air lines on
the broad prairies. The secret of the
safety OF mountain roads lies i'm the
fact that the best equipment Is used,
and the greatest care exercised i'm the
running of trains, two facts which
guarantee safety.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

We quote the following admonitary
Information from the esteemed Journal;
Let us not forget that while the world
IS talking about the fate OF China Rus
sia is strengthening her hold upon Man
churia." we will surely try not TO for
get 1t although we might be disposed
to, occasionally ana remember the
Maine instead. We hope the world won't
forget it, either. Plainly the world Will
miss something 20 its advantage II st
does. Russa is strengthening her hold
upon Manchuria, is she? sho! And the
world is so busy talking about the fate
OF China that it is blind TO the
strengthening process. SO much the
worse for the world, we should say
Better quit gabbing about China and
get on to Russia, strengthening her
hold on MISUNDERSTANDING is the
stun and the journals warning remind
tt NbAAfN ltOAAt lhR ENblAs " CIV
minded Of the remark OF one Of our
standing upon the curb
stone upon the occasion OF the display
OF a bulletin in the Journals front
window calling attention in startling
blue ink to the doings of the Cubans
and the Spaniards in the days before
Uncle Sam took a hand in the scrap
and most OF us were less familiar With
Cuban geography than we now are.
What's that?" inquiries one of the
curbstone populace whose spelling ed-
ucation had been confined to an even
ing school course. "Great-battle-in-Pi-
says one, reading the
blue ink with much impressiveness.
Where in n is Pinar del Rio?."., says |
he first. And none of us could make |
answer,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
DIE D..

ANrES--In this City, 12th inst, George
B. Ames, aged 81 years.
CALLAHAN--In this city, 18th inst.
Nellie r. Leonard. wife 'of Albert A.
Callahan.
COCKROFT--In this city, 11th inst,
Rosie. the beloved wife OF the late
Edwin Cockrcft aged 3S years, q
months.
DEANE-In this city, 18th inst. I.llis
Aurora. daughter OF the late Thom-
as j. sad Lillis q. Deane, aged IL
years.
EDDY-tn Cranston. 18th inst, James
NJ. Eddy. aged 72 years.
GRONES-Tn this city. 18th inst. Anne
liza A.. wife OF John 8. Groves. at
her late residence, 1914 Eddy street.
GARDINER-In this city. 18th inst,
Maria, wife VI the late Capt. Beriah
Gardiner. aged 20 years.
MOYE-l2th inst. at 81. Nincent's In
FAINT Asylum. Sister Jean Martin
Moye. aged p years.
PERKINS--In this city, i2th inst. Re.
becca. daughter 81 the late Jacob
and Elizabeth Perkins. aged &c
years.
VICTORIA East Providence. lgth
inst. Annie F.Nictor. aged a. Years.
YOrNG-ln this city. isth inst. Mary
L. II. widow ~ sheldon Young
aged ~ years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
ONE OF EARTh'S TALE LANDS.

California is emphatically one OF
''earths male lands" to accept Brown
ing's classification The first Saxon set
tiers were men, and in their rude civil
ization women had no part For years
women in California were objects OF
curiosity or of chivalry, disturbing.
rather than cementing, influences in
society. Even yet California is essen
TALLY mans State according TO a
writer in the Atlantic Monthly. 1t is
common to say that public opinion does
not exist there; but such a statement
is not wholly correct. 1t does
exist, but ii Is an out-of door public
opinion-a mans view of men. There
is, for example, a strong public opin-
ion against hypocrisy In California, as
more than one clerical renegade has
found TO his discontinue. The pretense
10 virtue is the one vice that is not for
given. IL a man be not a Liar, few ques-
tions are asked least OF all the delicate
one as 10 the name he went by in the
States"
What We commonly call public opin-
ion the cut-and-dried decision on So
cial and civic questions-is made up in
the house. 1t is essentially feminine in
as to how men should behave. In Cali
fornia there is httle which correspond
ents 10 the social atmosphere pervad-
ing the snug. white-painted green
blinded New England villages, and this
little exists chiefly in communities OF
people transported thither in block
traditions, conventionalities. prejudices
and all. There is, in general. no merit
attached to conformity. and one may
take a wide range OF rope without nee
essarily arousing distrust. Speaking
broadly, in California the virtues OF
life spring from within. and are not
prescribed from without. The young
man who is decent only because he
thinks that some one is looking would
do well 10 stay away. The stern law OF
individual responsibility turns the fool
over TO the fool-killer without pre-
liminary trial. No finer type OF man
can be found in the world than the So
Der Californian: and yet, no coast is
strewn with wrecks more pitiful.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
sLIGHTING ArlERIcAN HISTORY.


The American school history has been
the main bar to friendliness with Eng
land, by reason of it's comments on
the wars OF our independence and o.
1872. IL was very curious when | first
visited England, i'm 1889, TO see how the
Revolutionary War was treated in
English school histories, but the only
history | found i'm a little village school
that L visited dismissed the matter
with mere statement that In GER
tain year we separated from the mother
country and set up republican form
OF government says a writer In Har-
per's Magazine The Biographies paid
scarcely more attention 10 our country
and 1 came away with the impression
so many Americans have, that the Eng
lish schoolboy Is taught far less about
our country than its importance should
warrant.
Within a month 7 have come across
a school History OF England for boys
of what we would call high school
age. and have been more than astonish-
ed at the manner i'm which the writer,
Cunningham Geikie, treats the sub
poets which have so long remained
open sores with us. largely because we
have supposed that the EnglCh were
either willfully ignorant of the wrongs
we suffered at their hands or at least
We're unrepentant. found that this
history, one of well known series Of
school books, condemns the policies OF
England's governments. at the times OF
our ruptures with them, more severely
and in harsher language than remem-
ber ever to have seen in an American
school book. After enumerating the
burdens, just and unjust which Gren-
vile forced upon us, the historian goes
on TO declare the insanity of the King.
and the illness of Pitt at a later date
0766). He says that the members of
the government were i'll fitted To take
Pitts place. and one especially. Charles
Townshend Chancellor of the Ex-
cheauer. wanting in prudence and self
restraint, was destined to be the evil
genius OF England at this crisis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

Those unfortunate Filipinos. who are
at the front lighting with misguided
fealty for they know not what. have re-
ceived another sound thrashing at the
hands of Gen. Wheaton's flying coll
umn which ended as usual with the
flight OF the victims. Well trained SOL
dIers in front of them and few ma
chine guns mounted on a river boat
demoralized them without too great
difficulty and with practically no loss
on our side. Still il was not easy work
for our soldiers since the heat was ter
rible and the field OF battle was rather
more rough than the ordinary parade
ground.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

1t is often been noted, though as a
matter of curious interest rather than
necessarily a disability, that mothers
congresses mothers clubs" and the
like have among their most conspicu-
Gus members. ladies OF much thought
fuIness whose title is quite as often
Miss" as Mrs" The latest organiza
zion OF allied purposes with many that
have gone before is the Women's Home
Improvement Club OF New York city.
According 10 articles Of incorporation
the object OF the club is "the education
and instruction OF married women i'm
the art of making their homes comfort
able and happy. to the end that they.
the said homes may be attractive to
their husbands and conducive to the
health and future prospects OF their
children" And il seems interesting to
note in connection with this admirable
declaration of principles that the dl-
rectors for the first year are Miss Hous-
ton. Miss Reinhardt Miss Murphy. Miss
Welsh and Miss Lauterborn.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

1t Is, of course, not an inconsistency
that none OF the members OF the new
Hundred Year club is a hundred years
old. Perhaps none OF them really ex-
poets TO reach the century mark on
earth. But the purpose Of the club Is TO
cultivate longevity. TO make a study Of
the requirements therefor and spread
the knowledge thus acquired broadcast
in the Interest OF humanity. The devel-
opments OF the Individual from n sell
entific standpoint is always fetching
subject. In this life OF trolley ears and
war and grip and sand bags one may
yet hope according to the Hundred
Year CLUB men TO live longer than the
familiar life Insurance expectancy and
retain suficiency Of mental and
physical faculties TO make the added
years worth the living. Tho Hundred
Year Club expects to become nucleus
for national and even an information
al movement looking TO the greater
health of mankind and thereby longer
life. The club Is to have its nrst gener-
~ meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria
where perhaps the plain substantial
victuals said 60 be dispensed at that
bostelry VIII b. served 70 illustrate an
essential Of enjoyable living which. az
al OF Us viii agree. ls the kind that
tcnds 70 long living.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

Gen. Otis plan of campaign is now
clear even tn the unmilitary mind. He
Is on his way 10 Malolos the headquar-
ters of the insurgents and the capital
of their so-called republic The capture
Of this place effected. even though
Aguinaldo and his chieftains may not be
taken. It is expected that the organized
resistance TO American authority Will
be overcome. 1t is unfortunate for all
concerned that our Filipino fellow-citi-
zens cannot more readily understand
the language of the olive branch. but
have to be talked to with the magazine
rifle and the machine gun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
AGUINALDo ASKS TOO MUCH.

Madrid. March 1.-THE condition of
the Spanish prisoners in the Philippine
Islands. IL is announced here. is ques-
tion which must remain in allegiance as
the ransom demanded by Aguinaldo IL
SO enormous that the government can
not come to a decision.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
PICQUART CHANGES PRISONS.

Paris. March N.--Colonel Picauart, in
accordance with the decision of the
criminal section OF the court OF cassa-
tion, has been handed over for trial 10
the civil authorities and has been trans
ferred from the Cherche Midi military
prison 20 the civil prison of La Santo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN-O! I!

Ask your Grocer today To show you a
package of GRAIN-O. the new food
drink that takes the place OF coffee.
The children may drink IL without In
jury as well as the adult All who try
IL, like IL. GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown Of Mocha or Java. but II Is made
from pure grains.and the most delicate
stomach receives IL without distress. a
the price OF coffee. l5c. and 25cts. per
package. Sold by all grocers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
UNKNOWN STEAMER FouNDEREp

Aberdeen, March 1.-THE steamer
Gannet has been towed here in sinking
condition, having been In collision with
an unknown vessel which Is believed 10
have fourdered
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

Ball costume and cloa'; by Felix.
The skirt of mauve silk is covered by
a redingote of yellow gupure.
The bodice OF guipure over mauve
silk has a drapery of cream colored
mousseline gathered in front by a bow
of chnchilla.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

These are troublesome days Tor the
Chicsgo packers Not only are they
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-30


drove away together. Failing within a
day or two to hear of their daughter,
the parents began making inquiries
and they discovered that there was no
such farm as described by the stran-
ger, and that he had driven in an OPP
posite direction, abandoning the horse
and buggy at Illion, in Marshall Coun-
ty, after which the girl and man both
disappeared.
Last evening a man supposed to be
the abductor was seen in the timber
eight miles from this city by some
berry pickers. A girl was with hlIn
and evidently made an effort to escape
to the women. The man used such
violent language that they were fright
ened away. By daylight this morning
800 men were patrolling the road sur
rounding the timber, which is 4OO acres
in extent along the banks of the Tippe-
canoe River. Bloodhounds have been
secured, and careful search is belns
made. There is talk of lynchlng.
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VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

San Jose Mercury: Ex-Secretary
Hocus-Pocus Smith has bobbed UP
again. Hoke, being a good Democrat
and free trader, is feminist the Admin
istration and he proposes to be agin
it to the bitter end. Hocus has signed
the roll of the Aguinaldo-A Atkinson COM
bine, and he will never rest till the
Stars and Stripes are trun down in the
Philippines and the glorious banner OF
Aggie and his American allies flutters
| triumphantly in the Oriental breeze.
BOIES AND BIMETALISM.
| Alameda Argus: Ex-Governor Boies
of Iowa weeps for the Filipinos and
! thinks that bimetalism is one of the
things the Democratic party must fight
| for. AS to the first, not only Boies but
| the whole Democracy must take to
| shedding great sheets of tears very
| soon to get the country doleful enough
over the Philippines to make any pollt-
| ical capital. There are a good many
who are not inclined to pity the in
surgents to the extent of making 1t
Presidential issue. Then, again, there
! is a discouraging Indifference as to BIZ
metalism. The money question is pref
| ty well settling itself. The parity
! is being maintained with no effort
| whatever, because of the enormous
gold output, and the old bugaboo that
| there is not money enough to do the
business of the country no longer con-
| lures So also have the glib sayings
about the Rothchilds the money kings
of Europe and the cormorants OF Wall
street lost force. The balance of trade
| is so tremendously in favor OF this
country that all the sweet old saws or
| the Bryan age are without force or
| meaning.
| KEEPING HIS TONGUE STILL.
| Oakland ENQUIRER: No trait of Ad-
miral Dewey's character has given his
| countrymen more genuine satisfaction
than his ability to hold his tongue. He
refuses to talk either politics or bum
combe. Leading newspapers have sent
correspondents all the way to the Phil
| ippines to interview Dewey regarding
| his willingness to run for President,
| but not a word on the subject could
| they extract from the Admiral. Now
that he is on his way home attempts
! to interview him on various subjects
| are being made, but he maintains his
usual reticence. Somebody asked him
Yesterday what he thought of England,
and this man whose discretion is
equal to his valor replied, Il have not
thought anything yet" 1t is pity
that when Dewey comes home he can
not be appointed the head of school
for the teaching of discretion in speech
and have all the army and navy Off
GERS and half of our public officials
assigned to him as pupils.
FOLLY OF BRUTE FORCE.
| Los Angeles Herald: 1t begins to
look like gimmering of common
sense when the Central Federated un-
ionists of New York discountenance re-
sorts to violence and begin the organ
| ization of a party to redress their
grievances. Not that it may be pos
sible for these people to organize on
short notice cult which will be able
/ to straighten out the difficulty, but the
mere fact that they are looking to po-
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like stretch of gray matter to picture
a sensible, level-headed man like the
ex-Secretary of the Navy making such
a ridiculous proposition to a man of
Dewey's caliber. The Admiral. in the
first place, is a Republican, both by
inheritance and conviction. On top of
this he has repeatedly and emphatically
declared that under no circumstances
would he enter politics or accept NOM
ination at the hands of any party for
any office. And to cap the climax he
publicly said on reaching Trieste the
other day that he sincerely hoped Will
liam Mckinley would be renominated
and reelected.
So it would appear in view of
Dewey's positive expressions that any
emissary who would deliberately offer
him political honors, forlorn or other
wise, would be gratuitously assuming
that he did not know his own mind and
lacked force of character enough to per-
NIT himself to be used as a cats paw
by political manipulators.