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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

bled the great fighting nations of the
world. armed to the teeth.
Dominating in the situation, elbowing
al others aside, speaking with the voice
Of absolutism. we see the Russian-the
Tartar OF whom Napoleon said. I'm an
other so years Europe will either be all
republican or all Cossack." He is the
successor OF the Scythian nomads. the
great conquering khans and of those
fierce unknown races before whom. in
far distant times. the Teutonic tribes
fed westward. Overwhelming all Eu-
rope. Now, however, the tide has turn
ed. and he meets his opponents on the
Pacific coast. in the far northern part
of Asia, where for centuries he has been
as q fur trader and penal colonist.
Suddenly he has made great strides
southward. seizing territory 1862. 900
square miles in extent erecting forti-
fications of immense strength and
working SO energetically on the vast
Trans Siberian railway that its 5000
miles OF line within few months will
be entirely completed.
He has robbed Japan OF the most i'm
portant fruits OF her victory over China
in 1895. he has ousted her from the
mainland and thwarted her in Korea.
he has deposed Great Britain from her
pre-eminence at the court of Peking
and operated the governmental machin-
cry In way that has caused universal
nfsmay. According to late advices from
the United States minister at Peking,
he has gathered more than 200, 900 sol
diers in Manchuria. so long ago as at
the close of the Japo- Chinese war. hav-
Ing Increased his forces in the Amur
river province TO 5000 men and his
fleet in Chinese waters to % warships.
II need not be said that Japan has re-
garded the czar's aggressive operations
with deep anxiety and resentment, or
that she has been increasing her arma-
ment ever since she retreated from the
mainland I'm consequence OF his men,
aces. and that her best soldiers are of
the opinion that war with the Russian
colossus is inevitable
And what Is the character OF this
giant who has such an unappeasable
earth hunger" that he reaches out
from the Baltic sea to the Pacific ocean
and evidently aims to encircle the
globe, unless his progress is arrested?
II Is not assuring, despite his unvary-
fng professions of friendship for Amer
ica during many years. What we know
as the spirit of the. twentieth century
he laughs to scorn. So far from going
forward along the lines of our advance.
he has gone backward. The bonds of
his peasants have been frightened. the
local self government which was in the
hands OF their communes has been alb
rogated and the powers formerly exer-
cised by them are now controlled by
district chiefs appointed from the no.
bility by the governors of provinces.
who themselves are nominated by the
czar.
'Despotism." says stepniak. has
stricken with sterility the high hopes TO
which the splendid awakening OF the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

their being there is TO be found In the
encroachments of those same foreigners
on the territory OF the country they
have invaded. The first effect of the
Chino-Japanese war OF 1895 was to
arouse an antipathy toward all foreign
ers on the part of the interior people.
whose superstitious prejudices were
played upon by the educated classes.
The restless revolutionists. always
ready TO rise i'm China, took the field
against those they called the common
enemy. Like great python disturbed
in its sleep. the vast network of secret
societies uphcaved it's bulk and over
turned the disjointed social system.
1Sr missionaries. as representing the
foreign devils" most conspicuously.
were naturally the first objects Of at
tack.
The deposition of Emperor Kwanssu.
the banishment of the Chinese progress
twists by the empress dowager and the
reaction against foreigners and their
ways. however. must have been inspir-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

The family of Count Tolstoi has
large circle OF acquaintances, and hard
ly an evening passes but there are
guests. At one music party lady 8
singing displeased Count Tolstoi's boys.
and they adjourned 10 another room
and made noise. Their father lost
patience and went after them. and a
characteristic admonition ensued.
"Are you making a noise on pur-
poser" he asked.
After some hesitation came the an
swer i'm the affirmative. Yes"
: Does not her singing please your
well, 20. Why does she howl?' de-
clared one OF the boys with vexation.
80 you wish TO protest against her
singing ?'.. asked Lyeff Nokalevitch I'm n
serious tone. Then go out and
say 30 or stand In the middle OF
the roem and tell every one pres
ent That would be rude. but up
right and honest. But you have got
together and are squealing like grass
hoppcrs in corner. l will not endure
such protests" t n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25
YOUNG FOXES At PLAY.

One of the most fascinating bits Of
animal study is TO begin at the very be-
ginning OF fox education-that Is. find
fox den and go there some afternoon
and hide at distance. where you can
watch the entrance through your field
glass. Every afternoon the young foxes
come out 10 play In the sunshine. like
so many kittens. Bright little bundles
OF yellow fur, they seem full OF tricks
and whims, with pointed faces that
change only from exclamation TO IN
terrogation points and back again. For
hours at stretch they roll about and
chase tails and pounce upon the quiet
old mother. with fierce little barks.
One climbs laboriously up the rock
behind the den and sits on his tail.
gravely surveying the great landscape
with a comicai little air OF Importance,
as IL he owned II all. When called TO
come down. he In afraid and makes a
great to do about IT, Another has been
crouching for live minutes behind a tuft
OF grass. watching, like cat at rat
hole, for some one to come by and be
pounced upon. Another is worrying
something on the ground-a cricket.
perhaps, or doodle bug-and the
fourth never ceases TO worry the pa
ticnt old mother till she moves away
and lies down by herself in the shadow
OF the ground cedar.
AS the afternoon wears away and
long shadows come creeping up the
hillside the mother rises suddenly and
goes back TO the den. The little ones
stop their play and gather about her.
You strain your ears for the slightest
sound. but hear nothing. Yet there she
is, plainly talking to them. and they
are listening. She turns her head. and
the cubs scamper into the denis mouth.
A moment she stands. listening. look
ing. while just within the dark en-
trance you get glimpses OF four point
ed, black noses and cluster OF bright
little eyes. wide open for last look.
Then she trots away, planning her
hunt. till she disappears down by the
brook. When she has gone, eyes and
noses draw back. Only dark, silent
hole in the bank Is left. You will not
see them again-not unless you stay to
watch by moonlight till mother fox
comes back with fringe of field mice
hanging from her lips or young tur.
key thrown across her shoulders.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

I'm order that 1t be permitted to- ap-
propriate the same territory to itself.
Being dominated by the Bear. poor.
harried China could do nothing else
than yield with the best grace possible
to her friend" from the Baltic sea-
The partition OF China. indeed, as Sir
Charles Beresford has pointed out. has
proceeded quite far already. for IL the
subject be hastily reviewed IL will be
seen that
First, Japan took Formcsa by right
of conquest in 1895.
Second. Germany helped herself to
Kiauchau in 1897.
Third. Russia stole Port Arthur and
Talienwan i'm March, 1898.
Fourth. Great Britain "sorrowfully
accepted" Wei-Hai-Wei and slice of
the mainland opposite Hongkong.
II China has not been partitioned in
fact, she has been already, almost. in
effect. with this chain of foreign naval
stations and treaty ports extending
from Korea in the north TO Anam In
the south.
This is the question paramount at
first glance. The superficial or surface
excuse for mixing in Chinese affairs Is
that of protection to our missionaries
and the Americans already resident in
China engaged in mercantile pursuits.
who are estimated at about 10000 In
number, scattered along the coast and
in the commercial centers.
Although the foreign powers now act
ing in concert for the protection OF
their subjects in China are ostensibly
working only for the preservation of
life and property, the real reason for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25
A boom IN TOY sOLDIERs.

One of the results OF the war In South
Africa has been the sudden boom in
the demand for toy soldiers in Britain.
Young England has caught the war fe-
yer, and In this case the symptoms are
shown by the desire to play with toy
soldiers every morning. noon and night.
1t appears that the most expensive
toy soldiers-the biggest. heaviest. shin
lest, most highly finished--are made In
Germany. This may be and probably
is due to the fact that the industry is
only a few years old as far as England
is concerned, whereas toy soldiers have
been made in Germany almost ever
since toy soldiers existed.
AT present the supply Of Boer toy
soldiers In nothing like sufficient to
meet the demand: indeed the supply OF
all toy soldiers Is rapidly running out.
At present the Boer soldiers have not
been made so that their heads come of.
but IL is stated that i'm future they Will
he made so that they may be decapitat-
ed quite easily. II is even hinted that in
many cases the injuries the toy Boer sol
diers will receive from the quick firing
pea shooting guns will be so great that
IL will be Impossible to put their heads
on again.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

Korea and therefore detrimental to the
peace OF Europe. This was the sharp
edge of Russian diplomacy. and when
once entered IL was driven home with
sledge hammer blows. When at last a
Russian ultimatum seemed imminent.
the Japanese consented TO evacuate the
Liaotung peninsula, as compensation
for it's retrocession demanding 100, ,000.-
900 taels and the island of Formosa.
Where the carcass is there the vul-
lures gather. The Germans were look
ing for a naval station on the Yellow
sea. in the Shangtung peninsula. when
two German Catholic missionaries were
brutally murdered by Chinese mob
with sufficient official encouragement TO
make the matter of international i'm
portance.
Not long after Admiral Diederichs, OF
subsequent Manila fame. sailed. with
three warships, into the harbor OF
Kiauchau and sent word to the Won
dering commander of the Chinese gar
rison that he had come to obtain salts
faction for the murder OF the mission
aries and intended to occupy the forts
at once. This he did by landing 600
marines, who ran up the German nag
and soon after went into winter quar-
ters. Meanwhile re-enforcements were
sent under Prince Henry, who came out
with the kaiser's parting words as to
the efficacy of the mailed fist" ringing
in his ears and was received by the Chi
nese emperor and dowager empress
without being obliged to "kowtow" TO
royalty. In compensation for the mis-
sionary outrage Germany secured a
lease of Kiauchau for 80 years. and the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

India. from which he has been tempo
rarity turned aside. IL lies apparent
ly supine at his feet, its possessor un-
able to defend II. There are now no
natural obstacles TO overcome. as in the
case of India. with it's barrier of noun
tains. One bold dash. and. assuming
that there is no external opposition. all
he Graves of China may be his. VIII
he make that dash? History argues
that In the light OF his unvarying pol
icy and great power. he certainly will
IL not now. when he is more fully pre-
pared 49,
For centuries his vast territory has
been growing at the expense OF his
neighbors, be they Turks or Turco-
mans. Poles or Celestials. and, though
after each accession he has soothingly
announced Gas did NJ. de Giers In 1SSD
that Russia has reached her full de-
velopment and will now turn her at
tention TO internal Improvement" the
world has always found him on the
morrow reaching out for MORE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

while the willy Jap holds otherwise and
is not afraid to try conclusions to test
the assertion. Russia Is vast. but pom
derous. Though strongly intrenched at
Port Arthur and with respectable
fleet at call. its base is far away. In
all the estimates of forces little account
has been made of the Chinese army and
navy. except as accessories to stron-
ger power; and this may explain Rus
sia's alleged request that China should
call upon IL for assistance.
On the other hand. Japan is alert and
striving to >-rprepared. Its fleet Is said
TO be stronger than Russia's. while its
dockyards and bases OF supplies are
near at hand. AS the situation stands,
with all the powers apparently acting
I'm concert. with warships Of the great
nations gathered at Taku and forces
concentrated at Ticn-tsin. there is yet
deep distrust of the White Cars mo-
tives. ITO sup with the devil" as the
saying Is, "one needs a long spoon"
TRISTRAM w. WILCOX.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

His words are peaceful; he declares
that he means no harm TO anybody by
his railroad-that IL is TO be a mere
trade route for the development of ST.
IBERIA and the carrying OF mails and
passengers between Europe and the far
east; but his aspect is menacing, his
actions belle his words and there is in
consequence a vast deal of nervous
ness in Great Britain and Japan.
OF this the world may be assured: !:
Wherever the Russian flag is planted
IL floats forever II force can keep ii
there. II any concession is made. as in
the matter of ceding Alaska to the
United States, IL Is in pursuance OF a
deep seated and farsighted policy; in
this instance the blocking of Great
Britain's scheme of an empire that
should reach without a break from
Baffin's bay TO the Bering sea.
Car Nicholas III is an amiable, ana
bic young man, of small stature. weak
eyes and frail physique. He means
well and would doubtless like to see
universal peace brought about, with
Russia, of course, as the dictator of
terms. But he is in the hands OF an or
ganigation of enormous power; he is at
the mercy OF Russian traditions; he has
in his service vast numbers of enter
prising and INSCRIPTIONS Adventures,
whose habit of pushing his flag little
farther and yet farther he ostensibly
deplores, but never repudiates.
The great object OF British diplomacy
as measured against that of Russia has
been to keep the latter from access to
the Mediterranean and from obtaining
a port on the Pacific free from winter
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25
THE SENSE OF SMELL.

An expert made affidavit i'm court re-
Gently that the holes I'm a tiger skin
were made by cat. Said the complain
ants counsel How do you know"
II can smell the cat" do you mean to
say that you can smell cat that Is
supposed to have torn this tiger skin
last September" demanded Justice Jo-
seph. II certainly do" the witness an
swered. well. you must have an ex-
traordinary sense of SMELL" the justice
remarked.
So far as the sense of smell Is con-
cerned the testimony OF the witness
was entirely in harmony with many
well authenticated facts. There have
been blind persons who could detect
their own raiment mixed up with other
clothes and left in a trunk for two
years. James Mitchell. blind. deaf and
dumb from hfSbbirth. could by the sense
OF smell perceive at once the entrance
OF a stranger. A blind man who had
an antipathy to cats was so acute in
this respect that he could discern the
proximity of cat shut up In a closet
next 10 his room.
The Peruvian Indians I'm the middle Of
the night can distinguish different
races. whether European. Indian or ne
gro Arabs can distinguish the smell
of fire 35 miles off In the great des-
ert The use of tobacco in any form.
particularly snuff. colds in the head.
Indigestion, the habit of breathing
through the mouth and the habitual
use of smelling salts deaden this sense.
It's absence or effectiveness often
causes sickness and loss OF life and
property. Gases escaping unperceived
have sickened hundreds. and inability
to smell fire has allowed confiagrations
to get beyond possibility of extinction.
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ought 10 develop into one Of the great
est literary men of his time. ON his IA
ther's side he In grandson of owen
Meredith. and on his mothers side he
is a great-great-gr OF Lord By
ron.
DR.. Marshall Lang. the new principal
OF the University of Aberdeen, is n
cousin OF Andrew Lang and was a
playmate In childhood Of Robert Louis
Stevenson.
The mayor of Salford England, an
nounced the other day that Colonel Ba-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

den-Powell is engaged 10 young wom-
an who lives in that town. The colonel
Is AZ years old and has been generally
regarded as an incorrigible bachelor.
Al. Danysz OF the Pasteur institute
has found a microbe which Will wipe
rats out OF existence. lie has tried the
effect OF his microbe In warehouses.
farms and other places, and in 90 per
cent of cases the rats completely disap-
pearcd.
Nineteen years ago Lord Roberts re-
ceived the thanks Of both houses OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

first half OF the century gave birth.
Mediocrlty reigns supreme. Any man
of brains who expresses an opinion goes
TO prison"
1T will, in the end" said General
Skobeleff, with the destiny OF Russia
In mind. "be our duty to organize mass
es OF Asiatic cavalry and hurl them into
India under the banner of blood and
pillage vanguard, as IL were, thus re-
viving the times OF Tamerlane."
But In China we find the Cossack con-
templating a richer loot than that OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25
MEN OF THE TIMES.

amusementH are going TO the theater
and taking an occasional walk.
Count Won Iiulow. who recently cele-
brated his fifty-frst birthday anniver-
sary. has received from the German
manufactured IN. the Royal porcelain
works.
Admiral Sir Ersanus ommaney Of
the British navy. who recently received
. Greenwich hospital pension. Is ss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

street. He is rich man and recently
refused an offer Of $500 per square foot
for lot on Broadway. III 81
Archbishop Ireland of 81. Paul has
written an Important letter 10 the Duke
OF Norfolk. president OF the Catholic
Union of Great Britain. urging a united
Roman Catholic propaganda on the
part Of the Anglo-Saxon faithful.
Senator Thomas staples Martin OF
Virginia has never yet made speech in
the senate. though he has been n men,
ber for six years fa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

Years Of age and entered the navy In
1896 He fought as midshipman at
the battle of Navarino and served In
Sir James Ross expedition to the Arctic
i'm 1895. Tie was The first To discover
traces of Sir John Franklin's expedi-
tion I'm 1850. He was i'm command OF
the White sea squadron in the Crimean
war and has been active I'm scientific
and geographical work.
IL hcredity counts for anything. the
son recently born to Neville Lytton. heir
presumptive TO the earldom of Lytton,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

parliament for his march from Kabul TO
Kandahar. He Is the only man living
entitled TO wear two Victoria crosses.
His own he wears on his, left breast
but. according 10 army regulations. the
cross earned by his son he is not only
allowed, but commanded. TO wear on
the opposite side.
Benjamin I. sllliman OF New York Is
the oldest living graduate OF Yale. OF
which his father and grandfather we're
also graduates. MIR. Silliman Is % years
old. but still practices law at 81 Nassau
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

rs THE oriental disturbance to prove
merely tempest in a teapot, or Is
= II to culminate in one OF the great
est wars the world has ever seen. with
the partition of China and the Chinese
market as the victors' ultimate reward
Many observers believe that the
storm so long gathering is at last about
TO burst. and notes of warning in books.
newspapers and the uttersnces of pub
lie men are ringing all over Europe and
America. Gathered around the pros
trate form OF hapless China are assem-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25

Ex-Congressman Edgerton of Akron.
o.. Is one OF the l5 surviving delegates
20 the first convention OF the Republic
an party, held at Pittsburg. June rs.
1856.
Jules Verne does not care for notorie-
~ and lion hunters. and that is one rea-
son why he does not live in Paris. hut
at Amiens. There he has a fine villa.
with q large garden. In the quietest
otruet He " II years old. and his chief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-01
FOR A JOB PRINTING TRUST
AGENT OF AN ENGLISH SYNDICATE AR.
RANGING FOR THE COMBINATION.
PLAN TO PURCHASE ABOUT a DOZEN OF
THE LARGEST ESTABLISHMENTS
IN THIS CITY.

Men connected with the printing business in
this city have been interested in a report that
an English syndicate has been negotiating for
the purchase of some of the largest job printing
establishments in the city. with a view 10 the
formation Of Job printing trust and the prac-
tical control Of that business in New-York. 1t
has been reported that the negotiations have
reached the stage where options on some Of the
largest printing plants have been obtained. The
Martin B. Brown Company. in Park Place and
the Wynkoop- -HalIenbeck-C k-Crawford Company. in
Pearl-st. have been mentioned in the reports
the most conspicuous of the job printing
concerns which the English syndicate has been
negotiating buy
Mr.. Crawford yesterday said to a Tribune re-
porter that he aware Of the sale of the
Wynkoop- p-Hallenbeck-C Crawford Company to any
syndicate. You see" he added that I am
busy signing checks as the vice-president of the
company. I do not know of any sale of the
company's plant, and I do not know of any
arrangement for consolidation with the Martin
B. Brown Company"
A representative of the Martin B Brown Com
pany said he had heard reports Of negotiations
for the formation Of job printing trust by an
English syndicate. but he did not believe the
negotiations had amounted TO anything We
have been hearing talk of thai kind for three
of it,
From man connected with of the largest
job printing establishments in the city the re-
porter learned that the plans for the formation
OF job printing trust have been maturing sew
eral months. The negotiations for the trust g"
said The Tribune's informant. have been car
ried on largely by the agent OF an English syn
dicate who has been in this city several months
examining job printing plants and learning the
extent Of the job printing business here. The
agent has just returned TO England. presum-
ably confer with the capitalists of the syndi-
cate. The plan is TO combine the business of
about dozen of the largest job printing estab-
lishments in the city. That would involve the
purchase Of the plants, several of which
tensive and expensive.
Probably company would be formed. like
the American Lithographic Company to control
the business OF the trust. 1t is understood that
the combination of photographic interests
through the formation of the American Litho-
graphic Company has been successful. and the
combination Of job printing interests may pro-
ceed on the same lines.
1T is not expected that the formation of job
printing trust would result in the closing of any
plants the loss Of employment 70 printers
The number of printers employed depends upon
the amount of printing TO be done. The forna-
ton OF a trust might put a stop TO some rulnous
competition in prices