The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-09

pulses TO the present rather haltiny
progress Of the mother cOuntry-eN-
pansion. wealth and nJti nal feeling
and loyalty. The strong British seat
ment In Australia comes llse heali1y
balm 10 the nation wbirn has had for
the last year 10 reali ~ how much of
half heartedness there Is ia the Sou' n
African war. Minneapolis Times.
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I'VE ought To keep an eye ON this
Venezuelan business The Asphalt
Trust processes 10 fear that it's all
legged rights I'm pitch lake in Nene-
zuela may be infringed by another
American company, and We are send
ing war ships down there To see that
nothing OF the kind happens. Now,
we are not concerned for the moment
with the merits OF the controversy
between the rival asphalt companies.
Let IL be assumed. II you will, that
the equities arc all in favor of the
trust. And still the question arises -
What business has an American war
ship To be mixing in real estate
transaction I'm n foreign country? -
New York Journal.
'The preservative OF tissues, the
protection from and prevention OF dis
eases, the Surgical as we'll as thera-
peutic skill that marks modern medi-
cine, all tend TO give the human being
who IS endowed with phenomenal
vitality an unusual length of life. The
very enfeeblement OF age may lie
seemingly arrested In instances and
bodily activity be kept up with men
tai activity, but all this Is far from
indicating anything so absurd as the
discovery of an elixir of ife."--Phil-
adelphia Press.
New York game laws, like those
Of Colorado, are not enforced as they
should be. To this cause alone Is due
the extinction of big game In the
Adirondacks, and this cause will stand
in the way of Mr.. Whitneys COM
mendable enterprise. unless sportsmen
and state officials put their heads
together and see that the laws ere
lived up To I'm letter and spirit and
that the imported elk and deer will
be safe from the pot hunter. Den
yer Republican.
'If there IN one measure before Con-
gress upon which action Is impera-
lively needed more than upon another
. 1t is the army bill. without such
action the United States military force
next June would be decreased at once
TO 27. 600 and the nation would be left
at "A critical time I'm a condition oe
impotence. Chicago Record.
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"The newly discovered elixir Of life,
II salt really does turn out to be that
long sought boon. ought to be cheap
enough TO place longevity within the
reach OF all. At the same time Il Is
well TO remember that there is n Salt
Trust which will doubtless see 10 Il
that revival or renewal OF circula-
tion shall not be obtainable at bar
gain counter prices. es."-Philadelphia
Times.
'One OF the most significantly pleas
ant incidents OF the holiday season,
10 students OF the Affairs of nations,
IS the conditions existing I'm France.
The ministry is at splendid war with
itself. and the nation IS consequently
safe.'--San Francisco Call.
Just as like as not the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty viii sleep year or so. and
vessels will continue TO sail round the
Horn indefinitely" En-
Quirer
"Bishop Potter tells the New York
rcformers that II they want any re-
forming done they must do IL them
selves, which strikes many Of them
as n bit OF bad news"-Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Mr. Bryan's ambition TO run for
president I'm two centuries Is indicated
by circumstantial evidence much
stronger than that which has con-
demnod many q person 70 the scaf-
fold kansas City Star.
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SMILES.
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