The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-30
THE POINT OF VIEW.


Anew Yorker just from abroad has intro
dued a bsrkless dog. We almost dare hope
that the songless cat may yet come.-Denver
Post
With the tempting price Of s5O,O0o on his
head. President Barrios doubtless thinks To
look under the bed before retiring. Washing
ton Post.
c II Andree Is alive, how poor and bubbly
Fame must seem 10 him. and how great, and
noble, and good plate Of nice hot wsffies.-
Wichita Eagle.
{ Great activity is still noticed in one Of the
craters of Mount Vesuvius which opened in
1864 year before Bryan got into the game
Kansas City Journal.
A Kansas " idow recently published card
Of thanks 10 all her friends "who assisted in
the death Of her husband" F." but she neglected
20 include the doctor. Duluth Herald.
Mrs. Ballington Booth has been ordained as
a minister Of the Church Of God in General. "
And right in the town where Tammany Is
raising the devil in particular ST. Paul Dis
patch.
A ST. Paul physician ate very heartily of
Franldurter sausage few days ago. and
nearly died OF ptomaine poisoning. The wurst
nearly came TO the worst in that instance
Denver Post
Ii is now said that Sovereign is willing 10
accept the vice presidency. The public Is
perfectly willing to lay Sovereign on the
shelf, but not on such high shelf. Some
less exalted form of obscurity BELTS him. -
Kansas City Journal.
W. Ethel OF Anderson Ind, was james
Whitcomb Riley's partner when the poet was
in the sign-painting business. Ethel is also
going up in the world. He has secured Job
| as elevator man in the Senate chamber at
Washington. Duluth Herald.
The operations Of Russia and Germany on
the north OF Asia, and of Great Britain and
France in the south OF that continent, indicate
that the great European powers are parallel.
ing Asiatically their African policy or 'addi.
tion, division. and silence. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
In very few years Anna Gould's hus
band Count Boniface dc Castellane, " i'll have
squandered $1,000 100 left her by her father
The theory that the dead sometimes com,
back is discreditcd by the fact that the lat,
jay Gould makes no sign regarding the OK
trayagant career OF his posthumous son. in
law. .-Ierro Haute Gazette.
II isn't strange that fire did s25, ON
damage In London when one considers thai
nearly half nm hour elapsed from the dis
covery of the blaze until the arrival Of the frs
engines. II that delay had happened In any
American city there would have been n hot
ter time for some officials after the fire than
during it.-Buffalo News.
Sir Boyle Roche is best known 10 fame as th,
man who smelt n rat, saw him floating in tn,
air, and nipped him in the bud; but n writer
in the current Cornhill has unearthed som,
less familiar bulls from the same eminent
source. For example, discoursng on the re
lations between England ana Ireland, 81,
Boyle declared that 'he is an enemy to bott
Kingdoms who wishes TO diminish the broth
erly affection OF the two sister countries "
This Is, however, no better than tho benevo
lent wish OF the governor of Georgia in his
speech at the last Atlanta exposition, tha,
the occasion might be ah entering wedge
which would bring about a more perfect
unity between North and South. springfield
Mass. Republican.