The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-03
What Others
Are Saying

Most persons who have studied the
subject with any care believe that over
eating is too common. and the recently
ended experiments OF Professor Chitten-
den, at Yale. Justify this conclusion.
Prof Chittenden has been experiment
ing for nearly a year with students, In
structors and United States soldiers. He
has gradually reduced their customary
amount OF food has kept a strict eye up
on the kind OF food and has provided
plenty OF exercise. AS a result the men
weigh as much as they did and have
greater bodily vigor Professor Chitten-
den declares that the ordinary healthy
man eats two or three times as much as
Is good for him. Professor Chittenden
talks like an enemy OF the Beef Trust. -
Galveston News.
In one of the recent attacks on Port
Arthur by the Japanese feet. great
twelve inch shell. fred with malevolent
purpose by incarnadined pagan hands,
fell I'm the yard OF Gen. Stoesseis house
and broke the leg OF n rooster Such splen-
did precision OF aim seems almost incredl-
BILE To fire a shell OF that calibre and
break leg OF chanticleer without ami
hilating or otherwise injuring the fowl
surely is the acme of attainment In the
use or the big cannon. and proves the
deadly efficiency OF the implacable foe
with whom the Russian Empire must
grapple. Buffalo Courier.
Perhaps newspaper reports are not al
ways correct, but no reputable journal in
tentionally will tell false stories Err
roneous accounts usually can be traced TO
the gum shoe systery assumed by mis-
guided persons who compel the reporter
to turn 10 less reliable sources for his In
forma ton. The surest way 10 avoid mis-
takes or misrepresentation is 20 afford
the newspaper man every opportunity 10
get news from those compe tent TO impart
it"-Milwaukee Sentinel.
1T is a little interesting to note that
when, in Philadelphia, we celebrated the
centennial OF our declaration OF independ-
ence from Great Britain we did Il exactly
on time There was no waiting for year
TO get things into shape. Some OF our
neighbors among The cities are inclined az
times To call us bit slow. but we got
there In the handling OF the first great
worlds fair. and that IL more than can
he said Of either Chicago or St Louis.
Both started operations In ample time
and with the best of intentions, but both
for full twelve months. s."-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
"a dollars worth OF Improvement work
visible for every dollar OF taxation is bet
ter for city than n tax OF twenty-fv
cents with no results In sight. San
Francisco Call.
The supposed unthrftiness OF Spain Is
negatived by sanitary conditions which
exist In the town OF Jere Go la Frontera.
Every house In Frontera has been con-
nected with the main sanitary sewers for
fifteen years. It's streets are cleaned three
times daily In TIE summer and twice daily
In the winter. Sewage proper r. emptied
Into the Guadaleto river. Much OF the
garbage waste Is sold 20 sugar reflneries,
for use In fertilizing sugar beet farms
The street sweepings are collected outside
the town limits. and useful waste In sep
arated and shipped to Seville. where II is
sold. Not bad arrangements for n town in
q country which is deemed non-progres-
sive. st. Louis Republic.