The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-06
The NEWS TURN NOW.

The NEWS TURN NOW.
1t is announced that Jay Gould is de-
sirous OF selling mis- steam yacht, the At
Atlanta She cost half . million dollars,
and can be purchased for t2Oo,Ooo. In
or Jay.-Woonsocket Evening Call.
To him that hath shall be given. The
Call wouldn't offer such good free
lad" to everybody.
Francis OF the Evening Call, Masterson
| OF the PROVIDENCE NEWS, Colburn OF the
Gazette. Smart and Fitz OF the Herdtd
and Mathewson of the evergreen burrlii-
| VILE Nctos, are regularly on the hunt for
news items on the highways and byways
| OF the town, SD X a man Is shineling an
| outbuilding ha Is liable to be startled oy
| seeing the fact announced IN about
dozen different STYLES Of choice and eie-
| giant English. News.
In busy Burrillville let the newspaper
business continue to boom.
In regard to "store teeth the PRovI.
| DENcE NEWS observes; "Alas, no we're
not old enough to have any, but 1t was
kind Of the Cleaner to express such con.
| sideration." We had no record at hand
| Of the age OF the News. or the exact con-
ever that its "eye" and wisdom :"
teeth were yet uncut,-Pawtuxet Valley
| Cleaner.
And of course you are prepared to con-
| gratulate us on not having to go through
with such pesky performances as tooth
cutting until after dog days.
A union is a commendabls and sensible
thing, but It's power should be confined
| to its own members and prompt aud Sc
who threaten and assault their fellow
men.-Burrillville Gazette.
This is common sense, but somehow
| it seems to take most uncommon sense
in these times to see 1t.
There may be geological reasons for the
| presence OF sewage In wells and springs,
and these causes probably enter largely
into the case In Springfield. Probably
very few wells and springs in the city are
entirely free from death In the pot:
The question is one OF life and death:
| This should he remembered. the taste OF
| water is no guide. 1t may taste perfectly
pure and yet be impregnated with poison.
Report on Springfield Water.
The carelessness of communities in
| this country as to the character Of their
drinking water is terrible arraignment
Of civilization. A ''cup of cold water"
is often more poisonous than the worst
stuff sold In the gin-mills, and thou
sand times more dangerous because un-
| suspected.
So the Iron Hall is all right II only the
assessments are put on heavy enough to
compel sufficient number OF lapses.-
| Woonsocket Reporter.
All right for the ''stayers," but what
Is the opinion of those compelled to drop
| out by the way? There must be q good
many who mourn the money they could
i'll spare, and feel as if they had been let
in for bunco game.
| When man makes up his mind to kill
his wife and commit suicide he should
| reverse the order and attend to the suicide
business first. Tribune.
1t seems to us we have seen this re-
piece of excellent advice, which could
not be bettered, except by urging the
man to unmake his mind.
| The announcement that Mr.. Blaine
| would take an active part Ia the cam
paign has had very depressing effect
upon the Democratic party.-Springfield
| Union.
1t has depressed them beyond the
| power Of recovery-until Mr.. Hill takes
the stump for Cleveland. That might
chirk 'em up bit.
Can any Democratic editor put his fin-
| ger on the map of Free Trade England
aud point to a town where the majority
| of its mill hands do not rent but own the
| houses they live In New York Recorder
No Democratic editor can, because
such town does not exist. And in all
England but one agricultural laborer
owns home-Joseph Arch of Bardford.
Mr.. Hayes made good congressman,
good general ia the Held, good COVER
nor, and q good president, a. he Is now
making good citizen. Newport News.
Here's a true remark about man to
whom history must do justice IL he gets
| it, for his contemporaries don't as rule.
It'll becomes State supposed to be
| founded on democratic principles of gov
ernment to back up such men as Frick in
| their assumption OF the power of life aud
| death over fellow-citizens.- Twentieth
| Century.
To the unbiased spectator it appears
| that it is the fellow-citizens who assume
| the power Of life and death over Frick.
Not a hair OF the head of any of the
brave conspirators and rioters and out
| laws OF Homestead will ever be harmed
on account of the part they took In put
| ting an end to sm.-Twentieth
| Century.
That f.rm of insanity known as hys-
| terra gravis afflicts the writer of the
above paragraph and he should be COM
mitted promptly to an asylum.
The Chicago convention, when 1t threw
| the original tariff plank overheard and
| adopted In it's stead the free-trade plank.
served notice OF eviction on a large mum
| Der of the men on whom the Democratic
party has depended in the past.-Spring-
| field Union.
Did Page decline to stand on this
account? He's not credited with liking
the Chicago platform.
As WAS SAYING.
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