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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-03
SITUATIONS wANTso-FEMALe.
BUSINESS CHANCES.

GOOD GROCERY STORE. ALL NEW
goods. Must sell on account Of Ill health.
Call 14S Cranston street je3-st
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

number Of young men who enter college. in pro-
portion to the total population. is steadily grow
ing. and second. the life in college is more
complicated and expensive. II used to be the
general opinion that only the OF the wealthy.
or at least OF the well-to-do could go - college
Now we are getting nearer to the sounder and
more democratic view that any young man who
has the right stuff in him can compass an edu-
cation at any university in the country.
The officers of the colleges have done an ex-
ceent work in establishing bureaus Of employ
ment. or of information. for the benefit of self
supporting students. Through their efforts the
field has been extended and special employments
have been made Ihore lucrative.
To great many hundred young men-and
young women. too-the long summer vacation
Just coming on will be only a period of hard
work; but IL it be different work from that OF
the rest of the year it will do physical harm
Those who spend the summer in this way may
be sure that they have the approval and good
wishes Of every right-minded man. and that
they Will take back to college something which
their less fortunate classmates will miss
Youths Companion.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
Cat and Chickens.

Joseph Conklin. who lives in the upper part of
Frankford. placed fourteen eggs under one of
his setting hens some time ago, and not a single
egg Matched out On the day the hen was re-
moved from the nest a cat, also owned by Mr.
Conklin. gave birth to litter of kittens. The
hen became aware of this fact, and the disap-
pointment attending her own unsuccessful efforts
to raise family prompted her to adopt the kit
tens. After ferceiy waged battle. in which
the mother cat came of second best. the hen
found herself in possession of the kittens. which
she covered over with her generous wings. In
stinct however. seems to have told her that her
charges could only take nourishment from their
natural mother, and at intervals she renquished
possession TO the cat. Then follows another
pitched battle. and the hen is always victorious.
This state OF affairs has now lasted for over
week. and the cats face is a of scars from
the sharp pecks Of the hens bill. The kittens
display very little interest in the novel conflict
of authority until they become hungry when
their cries always result in a renewal OF attack
the part of the mother cat.-Philadelphia
Record
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
SILk.MAkING.

The report that an effort is being made
to interest Indianapolis capital in a plan
to secure the removal of a large Eastern
silk factory to this city is interesting.
Most American silk-weaving establish
ments are In New Jersey. but there is no
reason for a confinement of their territory.
Raw silk is imported. much of it coming
from China and Japan. and the manufac-
ture into a marketable product can be as
we'll done in one region as another. 1t
might be desirable to have such factory
in this city and IL might not One reason
given for the removal is the desire of the
manufacturers to get away from the an
archistic influences that prevail in the New
Jersey silk district, but as many Of these
Anarchists are workers in the silk mills
and were brought TO this country from
Italy and elsewhere because of their skill
as weavers. it would not necessarily benefit
the manufacturers to change their location
class OF employees. Nor would the a6di-
tion Of such an alien element into Indian
apolis labor circles be a desirable thing
Before the Commercial Club takes any
definite steps in this matter 1t should sat
isfy itself that the benefits would Offset the
been free from the lawless and dangerous
class OF immigrant laborers who have
nothing in common with Americanism. and
should do nothing TO encourage their COM
ing.
1t is something of a coincidence that this
movement on the part of silk men comes
just as the United States Agricultural De-
partment is endeavoring TO arouse interest
in the growing of silk worms in this coun-
try 1t is hardly probable that much will
be done in this industry until it is under
stood that IL should be carried on as a
small and incidental part of farm labor or
as means by which village residents may
earn few dollars annually, rather than as
a business from which livelihood can be
derived. Disappointment has invariably
come to those who experimental in this
line because of the smallness of the profits
After caring for large and active colony
of the worms for the weeks necessary to
the cocoon-growing process. n promising
quantity OF cocoons Is ready for the un-
winding of the thread and the hopes of the
experimenter are high. But when ii is
unwound the quantity has dwindled to
small skeins which sold by weight,
and the returns seem not worth while
Some time in the future the industry Will
become more general. perhaps. but not un-
I'll small profits are looked. at nv An~rs-
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

The Office of Vice President is rarely. except by
accident. stepping stone TO higher things.
When the Vice President has served. and waited,
through the term for which he elected. he
has usually retired to obscurity. Very often. in
deed, he was taken from obscurity, but there
have been some Vice Presidents who brought in
dividual distinction TO the Office and maintained
their distinction afterward. Levi p. Morton is
Of these and it proper that the New
York papers Of yesterday paid particular trib-
this eminent citizen on the occasion OF his
eightieth birthday. Leaving Mr.. Roosevelt apart
IL is a curious fact that only one man who has
held the Office of President. and bur two who
have held that of Vice President are now living
II after his term Vice President that
Mr.. Morton was elected Governor OF New York
and gave to the State an exceptionally able ad-
ministration. thus completing a long career of
pubic usefulness. marked always by dignity and
upTightness- II is well that should keep such
men in ind-Philadelphia Ledger
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
The Prayer All pi<ht.

The efficacy OF prayer was putt to q severe
test in indianapolis a few days sEo when a prom
inent Christian gentleman was discovered en-
deavoring cure sick horse hS the faith-cure
method. II is due to the pious gentleman, how
ever, TO say that he relied on prayer only when
the efforts of veterinary surgeon had failed
Poor Richard tells US that God helps them that
help themselves, and we see no reason why q
combination of medicine and prayer should not
me most eficacious. So far We know. horse
cannot pray for himself, and while the prayer
may not have any immediate iniiuence on him
it is certainly most uplifting and beneficial TO
his master, therefore the petitio. is timely and
encouraging. There is something rather touch
ing in the spectacle of kind hearted man pray
ing over his favorite dog or hcCse. provided hs
does not neglect other means OF effecting a cure.
and we are quite sure that IL prayer is ever an
Swered in such cases IL is not forgotten In this
instance.-Rosweil Field. In Chicago Post.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
Education Notes.

DR.. William Tecumseh Vernon chancellor of
the Kansas Colored University in ouindaro is
regarded out in that section as the Booker T.
Washington of the West. specially since his
views coincide with those of Washington as to
negro training.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. colored woman of
Washington, d. c.. who last week addressed
the graduating class of the OberIin Theological
Seminary. sailed for Europe TO address the In
ternational Congress of Women at Berlin on
The Progress of the Colored Women in the
United States"
Prof. Melville Thurston Cook of the depart
ment of biology of De Pauw University Green
castle, Ind. has accepted a position with the
Cuban government a chief plant patholosist.
The position carries with it the supervision Of
all experimental work on plant diseases which
arc injurious TO agriculture
DR.. Mackenzie. who has been elected president
of Hartford Theological Seminary. is only forty
five years old. He is the son of a missionary
and was born at Fauresmith. Orange River Col
ony. South Africa, where his father engaged
in religious work. Dr. Mackenzie was educated
at Edinburgh University. where he graduated in
1881.
Prof. George w Carver OF the Tuskegee In
stitute. will deliver a public address in Louis
Vile, KY, June 10, at the public exercises OF the
students and choral union of the Ecksten Nor
ton Institute. The institution is a few miles out
from the city, but these exercises held in
Louisville a part of the regular commence
ment programme Of the school,
1t is announced that the agents of the Interior
Department, who have been at Helena, Mont,
for some time. looking over the ground with a
view to transferring the Indian school at Car
Isle. Pa. to that vicinity. have made favor
able report to the government and that the gov
ernment has submitted definite proposition to
the owners of the lands desired, looking to the
acquisition of the property.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

political influence in England 1t is really only
since the fiscal question came up that the Lon
don daily papers-or some of them, at any rate
have taken to publishing cartoons as a regular
feature. The experiment has not so far proved
a happy one and has really only served to make
clear the dearth OF talent. Outside of Punch
there is only political draughtsman of the
very first rank, and he is f. c. ~, the unsur-
passable caricaturst for the Westminster Ca
zette and perhaps the greatest asset that the
Liberal party and the free-trade cause possess
The proprietor of the most widely read protec-
zionist journal in the kingdom assuring me
the other day that he had searched the entire
country to discover. IL possible. a cartoonist
who might in some measure counteract F. c. G..
and without success. The day Of the brush
and pencil in English Journalism is still to
come. Punch is practically the only paper that
provides them with an opening, and every black
and-white man who has the knack Of caricature
aspires in consequence to a post on Punch. One
ought. therefore, to remember, in trying to ac-
count for Punch's unchallenged SUPREMACY in
England. that IT has practically a monopoly OF
what little gift for political cartoons exists in
the kingdom. and that its age and fame and the
mpossibility-proved a score Of times over--of
competing with IL make its monopoly an as
sured thing.-Sydney Brooks. In Harper's Week.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
A CHANGE OF PLAN.

If it be true. as a Paris dispatch has IT.
that the Car has ordered Kuropatkin TO
march to the relief of Port Arthur with
his present army and equipment. it is small
wonder that the military experts os Eu-
rope have their breath taken away at the
very foolhardiness of the venture. in which
the odds are so heavily against the Rus
slams. Port Arthur is like Gibraltar in
this. that whenever the power holding 1t
permanently loses control Of the sea to an
enemy it is doomed. for control OF the sea
means the easy and rapid transportatidsl Of
modern warfare, not TO mention food sup
plies.
There can be no doubt that by this time
the japanese have landed heavy artillery
and plenty of guns of the lighter kind on
the Liao-Tung peninsula and are as well
prepared for an attack from the north. al
most, as is Port Arthur itself. Kuropatkin
is but i'll supplied with artillery. and since
the railroad has been torn up it is a prac-
teal impossibility for him TO transport
what he has with anything like the neces-
sary celerity. And to march against the
Japanese fortifications now stretching
across the peninsula from Pitsewo and
Dalny On the one side to Kin-Chou on the
other without first-class artillery would be
the plainest kind of suicide, no matter how
many men the Russian general may have
at his command.
But, worse still, is the fact that this
movement means an entire change of the
Russian plan Of campaign and all the con-
fusion. unpreparedness and Generalization
that any great change in the midst of a
fight implies. 1t is the nature OF the Rus
slams to be aggressive in peace, not in war.
Their greatest expansion has been through
the conquest of weak peoples and tribes
that offered practically no defense. and
their only successes against hrst-class
powers in war have been through the
Fabian policy of wearing the invader out
in their own territory. Kuropatkin's plan
was in full harmony with Russian history;
TO change ii looks like sacrificing the only
possible chance for Russian success.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

has been recognized as almost a certainty
way or another could be created a marquis
count for the asking. and then could
sport his title in Paris to his hearts con-
tent. Thus there have been a considerable
number OF newly created noblemen OF Amer
ican blood in the French capital The blow
will fall heavily upon them, and it is not
unlikely that it may reach the Vatican in
the way the French government evidently
hopes. namely. by causing a cessation OF
such contributions.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

The President has fallen heir to the neat
little sum OF $4,000 from dead uncle. and
he probably needs II. While not by any
means a prodigal. the President is. on the
other hand. no money maker at all. and
were IL not for the royalties on his books
and what little money ne has inherited he
would have found himself in financial diff
ficulties long ago. He is a living demon
stration Of the fact. just as was his prede-
cessor. Mckinley. that a man can accom-
plish the highest good In the world. even
II not blessed with the money-making in
s}inct.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

We imagine that the people of Indianap-
oils will be very slow to invest their money
in such another enterprise on the assur-
ance of such men as those who are now
refusing to carry out the purposes of the
trust, and are appealing to the courts TO
enjoin them from the performance of their
plain duty.-News.
There is no reason to suppose that the
men alluded to held any other belief than
that the trust was all it purported to be-
Natural gas at that time was thought to
be inexhaustible, and they could hardly
have been looking forward to the time
when the trust would go out of the busi-
ness it was organized to carry on. When
the people of Indianapolis go into such a
public enterprise again they will know
something more about the laws of prop
erty; and when they are in doubt they will
investigate. The trust was to a large ex-
tent emotional undertaking, and the
tendency was TO take too much for granted,
the penalty for which is now being paid. (
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

money lender and left II there security for
what was advanced TO him, lie slow I'm
paying: he paid in instaiments; and one morning
he came with the last Of the dept and claimed
the sword. The money lender. sour tempered.
remarked that he had about given up expecting
that the loan would be repaid whereupon tho
sarnurai drew the sword from its sheath He
was strong and he knew how TO WELD IT, and
he swung 1t three times above the head Of the
money lender. Then. suddenly. he put the blade
back in its place. and went out OF the shop and
home. That same day he slew himself ripped
himself open. leaving explanation:
IT could have killed this MAJ. TO satisfy the
affront if 1t had not been that Re once lent me
money. That being the case ane my honor be-
ing left impugned. there was nothsas to do but to
die mysef."-Tokio Letter.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
The Rod in school.

Neither parent nor teacher should fog child
in a temper, but il be remembered that
the offense which tends to rouse the teachers
temper is not committed in the presence of the
principal He meets the offender in a cool and
unbiased state OF mind. like court of appeals.
Under such circumstances the chance of a prin-
cipal fogging a boy unjustly to crafty either
his sense OF power his own brutal nature is
very slight. II principal fogs in such a spirit
and without cause he ought to be tried and dis:
missed. Because in a hundred misuses
a power is no reason why the other ninety nine
should be deprived of the power when they need
il to maintain discipline. The principals say
they do need the liberty to fog in emergencies
and they the best judges OF the situation.
Brooklyn Eagle
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.


One of Mayor McClellans favorite stories is OF
a young Irish lad who came to America to seek
fame and fortune. He had uncle engaged in
a small business, who. taking advantage OF his
nephews ignorance. offered him employment on
terms highly advantageous to his employer.
The boy soon discovered the istuation, and, at
end of the year, informed his uncle that he
had obtained more lucrative employment and
intended to leave.
You are making great mistake" protested
the uncle, 'in leaving steady job for little
more money. You should remember that a roll
ing stone gathers no moss"
Moss" queried the lad ''and where is there
a market for moss ?''-New York Times.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
Told at Last.

"a woman can't keep a secret" declares the
mere
''Pve kept my age a secret since twenty
four"
YES but one Of these days you will give II
away. In time you will simply have to tell it,"
well. l think that when woman has kept
secret for twenty years she comes pretty
knowing how to keep it'-Judge
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
Vacation Work.

when I was fifteen years DID," says a man
OF middle age. II never refused the chance 20
earn a quarter by moving some ones lawn or
spading a garden or wheeling away a load OF
ashes: but II you try 10 hire boy 10 do those
things now. the chances are that he will laugh
at you"
The generalization implied in this remark is
perhaps. not quite true, but IL does not tell the
whole truth. The registrars Of universities and
colleges now collect facts relating to the means
and the expenditures OF students that were
formerly not available Their Investigations
show that the number OF boys who work their
way through college Is increasing. and that the
field of their activities is broadening
There for this. First the
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
Height cf Men.

The average height OF whits men OF the
United States is szs7 inches. or 5 feet and
nearly Ills inches The height cf the women is
4lz inches less. By way OF comparison: We
gard the Russians giants ard the Jsps as
pygrnies All the illustrations OF var show
our lsaning in this matter. But the average stat
ure of the Russian is only s.0i inches while that
OF the Jap is e3. IL The taIsest msa in the world
are Pclynesians (ss. 33) and Patagonans (ss.) The
Bosjesmans 2.70 the shortest-New York
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

Mr.. Folks platform is simple as his
speeches. Thou shalt not stesl-even IL thou
art Democrat. thou shalt not sies:" He reiter-
ates IL everywhere as he stands cp the platform
short. thiek-set and wearing his face that
look OF quiet. almost placid determination which
is photographed on the soul OF eNery boodler in
Missouri. The farmers trust him. Folk himself
told me once that he believed every Democrat
in Missouri with beard more than two inches
long was with him. II Is rrue.-l.eslie's Weekly.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

Two wills fled with the probate Judge IN
Atchison county. One read:
will give all my property 20 my wife"
The other read:
II give. devise and bequeath all my property.
real. personal and mixed. together with all tsns-
ments hereditaments and appurtsnances there
unto belonging otherwise eppertsinins 20.
wherever situated. 10 have and 20 hold for all
time and forever" etc.
And the first is as good as TIE iast.--Kanszs
CITY Journal
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

Here is another occurrence. though not mar
tiai. which Will probably help you understand
the spirit Of these people.
At New Years japanese Will spend like a
lord He viii pledge all his next years income
to live during these holidays though he had
inherited the earth. Last year In Yokohama a
sAmnrAi took his ancestral sword to a foreign
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

When Prince Pu Lun was being escorted
about Columbia University he asked II any
of the buildings had been erected by An
drew Carnegie II the prince has acquired
the idea that Mr.. Carnegie is building up
the educational and library departments
Of the United States he did not get the
foundation of it during his visit in Indian
apolis. Indianapolis has managed 10 worry
along without help from the former Pitts
burg iron master
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

Persons sending the Journal through the malls
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All communications intended for publication in
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accompanied by the name and address OF the
writer.
:. Rejected manuscripts Will not b returned un-
Jess postage is inclosed for that purpose
Entered as second-class matter March is. 1904.
n the postoflce at Indianapolis. Ind
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

Conditions are in a fair way to be such
IA Bedford that prominent citizens will look
at each other with suspicion. and the ne
cessity will presently devolve upon every
mothers SON OF them of proving their
murder in order to go on living in peace in
the town.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

Russia says she cannot tolerate the idea
of mediation until her prestige is restored.
This prestige" they keep talking about
stands with the Russians for the honor
that troubled Spain so much during her
war with the United States.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

Now that Illinois Republicans have
candidate for Governor, let them get to-
gether and engage in campaign so ener-
getic that they will carry everything be-
fore them. The party at large has not ap-
proved of the long nominating contest and
looks to them to make up for lost time and
for all mistakes.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
The Modern Youth.

I'm George washington's place." said the
kindly old gentleman, would you have con-
fessed to cutting down the cherry tree?'
THAT would depend" replied the modern
youth, ION whether was caught with the
hatchet in my possession. George seems to
have been caught. According TO some Of the
pictures of the incident. 1 don't see how he had
any chance of denying it'-Chicago Post.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

New York automobilists have begun legal
proceedings against the authorities OF a
New Jersey town. claiming that the Jersey
people have been making good thing by
haling them up and hning them for viola
'tions OF the speed laws. practically without
trial One easy way for them to escape the
alleged persecution would be to stay away
from New Jersey
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

A Kansas City minister has been preach
ing in st. Louis on the modern fiat as the
enemy of family life. The subject is not
by any means a new one. but. like the evil
OF intemperance. its truth does not grow
old. The owners of fats are making it a
crime, punishable by homelessness. to bring
children into the world.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04
Merit. of tho Lon. No.e.

II may not be well 10 laugh toe much at the
claimed advantages Of the long In q con-
test. ignore its merits entirely. The
Brooklyn handicap was won ''by a nose" and
A. POSSIBLE that Irish Lads nose
short. Just as matter of curiosity. why
doesn't somebody measure the noses of Hearsts
Tor the ation.-Ss~Axk <H- -
AaxSxf
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

The retaliatory blow OF France against
the Pope in canceling registration OF the
papal patents of nobility will not be gener-
ally understood throughout the United
States. but IL will hit few Americans in
Europe very hard The Vatican has not. OF
course. been selling patents Of nobility to
Americans IL has~to the French but It