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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-26
vICE-PRESIDENT'S PLACE.
Great Occasion Nhsn a President Consulted
With vce-presIdsnt

Former Vice-President Stevenson
used to tell a story which John G.
breckinridge had told him to Illustrate
the traditional relations between the
president and the man whose principal
business IL Is to wait for the possible
death OF the president i'm order that he
may take the presidents chair.
Breckinrdge said that Buchanan
never consulted him about any import
ant matter, although as a Kentuckian,
having the confidence OF most of the
southern leaders. he felt that his ad-
vice might at times have been valuable
to the president. In the early fall of
1860, when Buchanan's term was near
ing an end, amid the gathering clouds
OF war, Vice President Breckenridge
received an urgent summons to the
White House. He responded at once.
thinking that at last the president
wanted his advice on the momentoug
Questions then pending. When he ar
rived he was shown into the presidents
room. and Mr.. Buchanan. who was
alone, called his private secretary and
instructed him 60 see that they We're
not disturbed during the important
-Whieh-AaS- to -fallnm,
When the private secretary had with.
drawn the president unlocked the pri-
Nate drawer in his desk, took out "A
manuscript sat down with great so.
lemnity and said To Vice President
Brecklnridge In his most impressive
manner: Il want TO read you the draft
OF my Thanksgiving day proclamation
and 10 get your opinion OF it,"
The e-president controlled his IA. |
cial muscles, listened respectfully and |
seriously. made some complimentary |
remarks about the important document |
ana, with his customary courtesy, bow |
ed and smiled his way out from the
only interview to which he was ever i'm.
President Buchanan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-26
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK

Coffee at night. II spoiis their sleep
You can drink Graln-O when you please
and sleep like top For Grain q does
not stimulate. u nourishcs. cheers ana
feeds. Yet ~ looks and tastes Ike the
best coffee. For nervous persons. Young
people and children Grain-O is the
perfect drink. Made from pure grains.
Get a package from your grocer today
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-26
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man. The grocer had left groceries at
their apartments. A woman who Kept
a lodging house In another locality said
Mrs. Martin lived in her house with a
man named Holmes and said she liked
Holmes better than Martin. Judge
Rogers granted Mr.. Martins petition
G. Slocum Smith was the petitioners
attorney.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-26
FATHER WAlSHS JUBILEE.


The Children's day celebration in
connection with the silver Jubilee Of
Rev. j. c. Walsh. pastor of the Church
of the Holy Name, held yesterday aft
ernoon was a great success in every
way AS Father Walsh entered the
Sunday school room he was greeted
with loud applause.
Miss May Cosgrove then read an ad.
dress TO the pastor. This address was
printed in silver on porcelain decorated
and handsomely framed. and was car
ried TO Father Walsh by Master Daniel
Clancy. The children sang the hymn.
20 Sacred Heart" Then followed an
interesting allegorical exercise by eight
boys. Joseph Boyle. Leo Walsh. Harry
Burke, George O'Neil, Elmer Green.
Patrick Coleman, Waiter Wilbur and
Edmund O'Connor. Seven OF the bows
carried silver letter. the whole form
ing the words Jubilee" and eaach re-
cited few lines. making prominent a
word Tor which his letter was the ini-
tials-
After several little girls had sung
songs, the presentation OF a silver pi,scs
was made to the pastor. Master John
Fraser making the presentation speech
for the children As the silver was
given the pastor. Miss Mary Coleman
presented him with large bouquet.
Father Walsh's remarks closed the ex-
ercises. He thanked every one for the
Kindness and good VIII they had shown
him, but spoke more particularly TO the
children.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

4 very Interesting refrigeratlng plant
has been Installed In the great market
buildings In Vienna, which. although
there arc other and a. important
plants elsewhere. possesses features
that render II worthy Of notice. As the
plant IS intended merely to maintain
low temperature. withou; reaching
the freezing point. thus providing stor-
age rooms cool enough to insure the
proper preservation Of meats and other
market articles. and at the Same time
avoiding the objections ot too low tenn
perature, the indirect system Is
adopted. cooled air being distributed
through the storage chambers by a
forced circulation. The relrigera,ing
machines used In this especial case op-
crate with carbonlc acid gas. the gas
being compressed 10 llquefaetlon and
producing cold when it Is allowed to
expand
The silver star., 1899-06-09

William Henry Preece. chief cleo
trieal engineer Of the British govern
ment, recently read paper before the
London Society Of Arts upon etheric
telegraphy. Referring to the expert
ments conducted by Prof. Marconl,
he said that both the board OF
trade and the poatofice department
had informed the officers Of the Mar
conf company Of readiness to make a
test OF his system between the South
Sand Head llghtshlp and Dover. In
spite OF these offers the Marconi com
pany had preferred to experiment else
where. and to prove what was not
necessary to he proved. to-wit. that It
is possible TO signal across the straits
of Dover. The result Is that two years
after the practicabillty OF such Sig
mailing had been shown not one single
independent circuit exists. The opcr-
atlons Of the Marconi company, added
Mr.. Pyeese. are concentrated more
upon the operations Of the stock ex-
change than upon the establishment OF
useful circuits.
The silver star., 1899-06-09
win Es.re,.s the xll,,,..

Governor Roosevelt Ia going i
the New York stnte militia a nsY
perience this summer Instead
lowing them to remain in csrI
usual he h going to march them }
country from one end of the II
New York TO the other. and the,|
expect to see some very lively
1t will be no boys play. Durip|
late war it was demonstrated M
volunteers knew how to make R
but were very weak on the marcel
Governor Roosevelt proposes 10 n
that defect in the militia OF his sd
The silver star., 1899-06-09

II goes without saying that the call
for popular subscriptions to buy a
Washington residence for Admiral
Dewey win he literally responded to.
A large sum viii be raised, "A hand
some home purchased and the whole
country will rejoice that nothing Is
lacking In the way Of material com
fort and a fitting setting to case the
remaining days Of the hero OF Ma
Mia. But after all Is said and done
the affair will not be quite to the
taste either OF the people or OF the
admiral. IL is the best we can do.
but It IL far from perfect. It is
called an expression OF gratitude on
the part OF the nation. But in fact
emily an inhniteslmal traction OF the
population will Join In the subscrip-
tion, and in spite OF all pretenscs the
AFFAIR Will remain a gratuIty bestowed
by n comparatively few mcn-and that
is n thing that nobody likes Nothing
can take away this flavor. although It
is certain that both the subscribers
and tho recipient wish to regard 1t
otherwise.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

Charges against irresponsible labor
agencies in Chicago for dnping and
swindling innocent applicants for en-
pioymcnt are becoming numerous. A
man or set OF men who by duplicIty
get dollars from those out OF employ
mcnt should be placed In the same
category OF criminals with highway
men. There are reputable labor ngen-
cics In the city, but there arc too many
"shyster" concerns for the public good,
ana the quicker the police close them
UP the more generous Will be the
thanks Of the people.
The silver star., 1899-06-09
vle,orl. Getting Young.

In view OF the queens approal
visit to the continent. EnglishmeI
especially Interested In her leaIt1
is announced that her hearing
grown acute and her cyesight kd
Youthful faculties in old age ID
upon the health. Hostctter's Std
Bitters cures Indigestion. constlp(
biliousness. nervousness, as well d
laria, fever and aguc.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

Wichita. Kan. has adjudged the
street cars Of that city a public nui-
sance and the courts have ordered the
cars 70 cease running. The same rule
might apply 10 some Of the Chicago
lines with beneficial results.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

That senatorial reform conference In
Virginia will never be able to convince
the lobbyists that its purpose to elect
senators BY direct vote Is not based or
rank injustice.
The silver star., 1899-06-09
A Forecast set Aside.

= hOfr0"St rtt EtEfHts
MY wife was sorry when her p
was brought back"
Wasn't she fond of him."
"Yes. but she had told all the 4
bors that she knew she would
see him again"
The silver star., 1899-06-09

The London Globe has evidently for
gotten sampson's magnificent destrue-
tlon OF that Matanzas mule.-Memphis
Appeal.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

No wonder Spain asks for a piece Of
China. She got rocks" OF this coun-
iry without even asking for bread.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

ST Louis man ran piece of wood
an inch long under his finger nail re-
Gently. He mus; have been scratch
Ing his head.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

40 one is astonshed that the east
wants the speakership. and every one
would be surprised TO learn O, some
thing the east didn't want.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

1t might be well while correcting
your disobedlent offspring TO remem-
Der that you did not die young
The silver star., 1899-06-09

As love grows older It becomes less
hopeful and more selfish.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

Aguinaldo's movable capitals are
feature admirably adapted to eineusi-
ographe pictures.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

The only trust alleged to be falling is
Thomas Platt's trust in Theodore
Roosevelt.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

Clothes do not make the man, yet
man may owe good deal to his tai
lor.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

The Indians never use smokeless
powder in thei- pipes Of peace.
The silver star., 1899-06-09

The Aur0re OF 1'nrls repubiIsllcs To-
lns famous letter which brought ON
his trial nnd which was the stnrting
point Of tho Drcyfus revision. Itcnd IN
the light Of fncts now known. II IL cx-
tri,ortiinnry how correct was the novel
husband will return 10 Paris I'M soon
M the court renders liz Judgment.
which will probably be Saturday.
Nine. ZOln IN In very low spirits over
the wny her husband lins been 0strn-
cIxed. hut mnny Frenchmcn predict
TINT the dny In not distant when XOln
will Ike the hero Of the hour.
Dewey will sail from Hong Kong
June 9th.
The record-union., 1899-09-19
Mrs. Bradish, of Detroit, Wrote
Mrs. Pinkham and Tells the Result.
: [LHrrER TO MRS. rINKHAs NO. sa,s1o

[LErTER TO MRS. rrEKHAs NO. sa,3ro1
"About two years ago began to run
down and soon became almost wreck.
l lost my appetite and began to lose
flesh; my blood was impoverished and
I had to leave our store.
The doctors gave me little tonic,
but steadily grew worse and consulted
another doctor. He helped me in some
ways, but my headaches continued, and
i began to have night sweats and my
rest was SO disturbed that would have
hysteria and would cry and worry over
business matters and my poor health.
Finally, husband took me South, but
with no benefit. This was a year ago; !;
no one can ever know what winter of
misery spent. Would bloat after
eating and was troubled with palpita-
ton of heart and whites. Having read
by happy chance of your medicine,
bought it and wrote for your advice,
and before having finished the first
bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, the Mysteries nearly stopped
and slept soundly.
81 used seven or eight bottles with
such benefit that am as healthy as /
can ever remember of being. / shall
never cease to sound your praises
Mrs. E. M. BRAD1sH, 179 DIX AVE,
DETROIT, MICH.
Mrs. Pinkham's advice is at the free
disposal of every ailing woman who
wishes hrlr Her Address ia vnn Mass
Every case is sacredly confidential.
The record-union., 1899-09-19

Der mills of the State are starting for
the first time since hope went CIT with
the Cleveland panic in 1893. He can tell
of the demand for labor in the hop
fields, the orchards, the mines and the
vineyards-that men have found work
who hunted for it in vain till the Viii
son bill was repealed and the menace
of cheap money went down with Bryan
ism in 1896. He can relate that the
tramp is banished from California, that
all the factories are hummhg, that the
commerce of our ports was never so
active, that mining developments in all
sections is most remarkable.
ONE COMMON TASK.
Portland Oregonian: The purposes
of modern government have changed.
because of a. change in its nature. No
longer the instrument of royalty 1t is
now the exponent and the vehicle OF
popular development. The rise of the
common people has so metamorphosed
society that whereas government once
nerved itself to resist them, it is now
content if it can accurately express and
realize their ambitions. The struggle
of the subject against the monarch has
passed into a struggle of masters
lords and rulers in all lands to protect
and advance the productive effort OF
the particular body of humanity OF
which they are the respective over
SeerS.
The separate collections of humanity
we call nations to-day are engaged in
a strenuous competition in Industrial
achievement. Their aim is to build
homes and do business. What we stig-
Matte as land grabbing and dispute
over under the name of expansion is an
inevitable manifestation of this indus
trial instinct, which will not be denied;
which pays no attention to the specu-
lations of friendly or displeased philos~
ophy, which employs war with aselittle
hesitation as it employs diplomacy. The
advance of the productive nations over
the abodes of the unproductive is a
process of nature to be resisted with
no more reason or result than attended
the stand made by the terrible dino
saurS of the ancient world against the
weaker but cooperating mammals.
FOR CONGRESS TO DECIDE.
Los Angeles Times: The whole ques-
tion of retaining or relinquishing the
Philippines is question for Congress
to determine. and the President has no
power to decide it. It is the Presi.
dents duty to- enforce the Acts of Con-
gress, and that is precisely what he is
doing in the Philippines. Sovereignty
over the islands came to us by treaty.
which the Senate ratified, and which
the House of Representatives indorsed.
by appropriating the money necessary
to give it effect. The President is
bound to maintain our sovereignty in
the islands until. Congress determines
what their status shall be, and those
who criticise him for the course he is
pursuing and has pursued, criticise him
for performing his plain and imperative
duty.
The record-union., 1899-09-19

Glenbrook Whisky, Blauth.
The record-union., 1899-09-19

The apologists for Mr. Bryan are kept
busy explaining his State Fair speech
about men and hogs and well they
no State in the Union, no place on the
globe, where there is more thought
given to the development of men than
in California; no place where so large a
sum is expended per capita for educa-
ton; no place where the charities and
institutions for the truly and justifiabIy
dependent are so numerous or so lib
orally supported. There are no COM
munities which exceed those Of Califor-
MIA In their interest in man and the
welfare Of the race. It is true, prob
ably, that men are wandering from
place to place in the State. But so
they always have been and will be,
preferring a "hand-me-out" from the
kitchen door. to honest labor and a
fair wage. AS we write there comes a
wall from Fresno that at exceptionally
good wages men cannot be had suffi-
cient to harvest the grape crop, while
and tireless tramps beseeching house
wives at the back doors for food, and
insultingly replying if told where good
wages and food and lodging can be
had in return for honest labor. The
wilfully dependent we may expect to
have with us always, but because that
is true it does not follow that in Cali
fornia we are not giving such attention
to, man as becomes us. The larger
question as to what share of the results
of labor shall go to the laborer. is one
that probably as much engages the
thought of the Californians as that Of
any other civilized community, Mr..
Bryan doubling to the contrary. Fact
is, California has nothing to reproach
herself with in this matter of concern
The record-union., 1899-09-19
A RIDICULOUS FILIPINO.

"A Filipino who withholds his
name for, as he alleges diplomatic rea-
sons, writes in. the North American
Review fearful Indictment against
the United States--that is, If he wrote
the paper and is to be credited with
all its harsh, untruthful and coarse
assaults upon the American Govern
ment. 1t is fair to suspect that in
the drawing Of the counts of the in
dictment he had assistance from some
of the tribe of Atkinson.
However, let that be as it may, his
paper teens with falsehoods and mis-
conceptions The chief are that we
have not kept faith with the insurgent
Aguinaldo, though he is careful not to
the rebel leader by our Government or
its authorized representatives. That
has been left for American citizens to
repeat, though the falsity of the charge
has been frequently exposed.
He asserts that England prompted Us
to- make war upon the Filipinos, and
that but for the British Governments
influence in our affairs we would not
to-day be in arms against Aguinaldo.
A sample of this charge is presented
in the following extract:
Perfidious Albion is the prime mover
In this dastardly business-she at one
side of the lever, America at the other,
and the fulcrum in the Philippines
England has set her heart on the
Anglo-American alliance. She is using
America as a cats-paw. What she
cannot obtain by force, she intends to
secure by stratagem. Unknown to the
great majority of the American people,
she has taken the American Government
into her confidence, and shown it 1.-The
glorious possibilities of the East. - The
temptation has proved too strong. Now,
in this, England is playing double
game on the principle of heads / win
tails you lose" If America should win
all is we'll; England has her ally safely
installed in the East, ready at her beck
and call to oppose, hand in hand with
her, the other Powers in the dismem-
berment of the Orient If America
loses, she will be all the more solicitous
to join in the Anglo-American alliance
Such allegations injure the cause
they are supposed to aid, We in Amer
lea smile at the credulity Of the anony-
NOUS Filipino who assumes that it is
undeniable truth that our policy to-
wards the Philippines is the result OF
the cunning and secret Vaccinations
of Great Britain. Aguinaldo cannot do
better for the American cause than by
permitting others among his staff to
write similar articles for the American
press.
Intelligences which are SO ignorant
of the motives and sentiment of the
American people; who SO little under,
stand us and the promptings which
fortify our activities, are harmless for
evil when they address the citizens OF
the United States. The North Amer
lean Review" is really to be thanked
for lending itself as a medium for "A
Filipino a member of the staff of
Aguinaldo, through which he may voice
the insurgent idea of American prompt
ing, thought and motive.
The record-union., 1899-09-19
/ REPRESENTATIVE PEssIMIsT

Professor Gunton in his last caustic
essay takes a decided fall out of the
class Of people who are at all times
pessinistic, and take real enjoyment
in predicting dire results for every
progressive movement of the age The
accomplished essayist styles them a
class of people who occupy the whole
of fair weather periods in prophesyiD-
storms. When there is nothing really
serious. he adds, to alarm anybody the
chronic pessimists give US scare crows
of their own creation:
Whenever the country is enjoying a
period of business prosperity they are
sure to be heard laying down the law
of the periodicity of panics, and pre-
dieting one of unusual severity within
a year or two. If crops are good for
two or three successive seasons. lest
we should become over confident some
body prepares an elaborate magazine
article proving that the worlds wheat
producing capacity has been reached,
and that from now on population is GO
ing to outrun the means Of subsistence.
until we shall have to look to wars and
pestilences for relief. and Nautilus will
be vindicated. When this idea is ex-
ploded, or it's repetition becomes too
monotonous for anybody to read the
habitual alarmist takes the reverse
tack and proves by statistics of de-
creasing birth rates in this or that
country that the race is degenerating
and will become extinct at no very dis
tant period. Finally, if nothing else
sufficiently gloomy suggests itself, they
figure out the rate at which the earth
| is cooling, and how soon we shall all
be frozen up, or proceed to unfold some
mathematical calculation to the effect
that in a hundred years or two this
planet will be hit by a comet and
broken into fragments.
Can it be that Gunton had in mind
our amiable prophet of i'll, w. ]. Bryan,
who, having said. while protesting
that he wished every one to be happy,
that If his ideas are not incorporated
into our governmental system, the
whole country will go to the dogs, and
who refuses to see in the teeming pros
prity Of the country any failure of his
dismal prophesies?
Certainly Mr.. Bryan still insists that
we give less attention to men than to
hogs, forgetting that men are inds-
pendent and free will agents, and not
to be considered as needing watchful
concern, though in no other time has
there been so much of endeavor to up-
lift and forward the cause of humanity.
nor so much Of success attained in that
direction. 1t is necessary to conserve
the good of the hog because it is valu-
able for its weight in pork measured
by dollars and cents. Men are not
complimented by the Bryanesque COM
parison, therefore.
Unless we read his expressions with
out understanding. and are incapable
of comprehending his forecasts of Ill
for the country if the Republican pol
icy of administering affairs is not
thrown out utterly. Mr.. Bryan is pre-
cisely within the definition of Professor
Gunton, and IS one Of those people who
fill UP the fair weather hours mourn
ing over the foul weather they declare
Viii soon settle down ever all the lard.
The record-union., 1899-09-19

for humanity. In that regard she
stands upon a level with the best
thought most humane spirit and the
highest forms of charity.
The record-union., 1899-09-19
Nailed Here.

Stubb--What does it say on that sign
wilkins is mailing over his store door?
Penn--It says Honest Dealings
Here
Stubb-Hm! Another lie nailed. Chi
cago News.
The record-union., 1899-09-19

He who can take advice, is some
times superior to him who can give 1t.
Won Knebel
The record-union., 1899-09-19

determined IN this matter as they have
ever been in any proceeding of our
national life.
WHAT BRYAN SAW.
Stockton Independent: Mr. Bryan
came to a State in which the conditions
are unfavorable to his doctrine of hard
times. California courtesy prompts a
respectful ear, even to discredited poll
cies, and California courtesy will be at
| tracted to the same old circus, even if
! it comes again and again. But Mr..
Bryan mistook his field and his topics
when he came to California TO talk
against the conditions of the people un-
der Republican policies.
lie came in the harvest time and, il
his eye is observant of anything be-
sides listeners, he can return to his Ne
braska home and tell Of the wonderful
yield of grain that he saw here and of
! the cheer in the heart of the farmer be-
cause Of the abundant harvests and the
| fair prices. He can tell them Of the
high prices of wool and OF beef that
have made the wool growers and stock
raisers contented and happy. He can
tell them of the unprecede nred demand
for California fruit that has given the
| fruit grower the best profits for years.
lie can tell of the high prices offered
for wine grapes, and that vineyardists
refused seven-year contracts at S14 a
ton-something that never did happen
and never could happen under a. Demo-
cratic administration. And let Mr.
Bryan explain that this Offer rleant S14
in good, hard gold, of standard fine
ness
He should also mention that the iun,-