The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-03
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1T has been an open secret that this
country has all along determined 10
exercise control over the foreign at
fairs OF the Cuban Republic wher IL is
once enrolled among the nations of
the earth. The Cubans hsxe no, ljkrd
this, but they will perhaps now be sat-
ishcd, since Germany and other ma
tions Intend to call on them as soon
az they set up shop for millions Of
dollars In damages for INJURIES 20 for
elgners during the war with SPAIN
Galveston News.
''One hundred years have made the
Pennsylvania coal fields the arbiter OF
the commercial destinies OF the world
for at least another century Fifty
years of the century just closed have
built up an iron industry. OF which
Philadelphia enterprise was the faith
er. which has made the United States
the most powerful nation on the
globe. The pupy city of II 200 dwellings
in 1901 has grown TO metropolis OF
25S,6S dwellings i'm 1901, with n popula-
tion nearly half as great as the whole
United States contained at the begin
ming of .ae century. y."-PhiladelphIa
League.
ut Is hard To realize that the nine
teenth century Is really gone forever
that 1t II a closed book. as much as
the age of the crusades. 1t has really
seemed TO have n life and an individ-
uality OF it's own. distinct from the
ruck OF merely mathematic centuries
that preceded It. IL nature hasi not
thoughtfully provided us with ten fin
gers apiece we should never have
thought OF the decimal system OF
numbers. and consequently should
never have marked off time into perl
DDS Of one hundred years. We should
more likely have had duodecimaI
system, and instead OF century OF
years we shoum have had gross. We
should have begun our new era I'm
1872. and there would have been moth
ing to Indicate that 1910 had anything
In common with 1890. New York
Journal
"A rather curious commentary on
the much vaunted West Point honor
Is presented by the fact that all the
cadets who have told OF their partiei-
patton In hazing practices must have
violated their oaths, taken on enter
ing the academy. The future heroes OF
our military service need little ele-
mentary instruction on the binding
nature OF a solemn pledge. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
O Thomas B. Reed has kindly refrain.
ed from starting a paper or unloading
any advice. Mr.. Reed may wake up'
some morning and find himself a pop
ular idol. dol."--Minneapolis Times.
There II prevalent belief I'm the
world that France has degenerated.
but can great nation change its
character i'm one hundred years? IL In
possible mat the impetuosity and val
or of the Revolutionary armies and
the invincible courage OF the soldiers
of the First Empire can fade away i'm
century? The only plausible theory
Is that certain people require certain
Incentives 10 rise To- n supreme level,
and that the modern Frenchman with
out the inspiration that he requires to
be hero is a different proposition al
together from the Frenchman OF the
glorious past. kansas City Star.
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The past is behind u.s. the future
lies before. We cannot tell either what
tests and trials IL may bring. or with
what successes IL may be crowned.
Let us then face IL with courage, with
confidence and with hope: and, profit
ing by the lessons OF tho experiences
through which we have passed. let us
endeaNor, all In our several ways. TO
improve upon what has Thus far been
accomplished. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Speaking az Glasgow recently up
on university questions, Lord Rose
berry is quoted as saying that for uni
vcrsity work OF our time an lnstitu-
uon founded today has an advantage
over one ipunded I'm the fifteenth CEN
tury. No doubt I'm those ancient insti-
tutions there Is much an the way OF
historic association 20 stimulate carn-
est and noble Young minds, but to
stimulate to scholarship and to sup
ply scholarship are two different
things. Francisco Call
The Cramps are TO build "A uar ahlp
for Turkey. It's none OF our business
81 course. but IN n neighborly way We
venture Co hope that the Cramps have
been In business long enough to know
when they have good security for
their pay. Cincinnati Enquirer.
SNfkS GEES To CHURCH.