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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
OUR ZOO.

It's such n comparatively new thing
that perhaps there are good many
Providence people who don't realize that
we have a Geological garden, and a very
fine one so far as it goes, out at the park.
There ought to be no ignorance about
it for it is about as pleasant an expert
ence as any person past middle age can
wish merely TO stand in our Zoo and
watch the children and grown folks, as
they come in a never ending stream TO
see the animals. There cannot remain
after such observation any doubt what
ever of the manner in which such
place serves rs n source of perennial
amusement and instruction.
There is very little money TO spend
upon the Zoo, and perhaps it is just ms
we'll for this fact leaves to private
munifcence a pleasant opportunity.
More than one-quarter of the wall space
in the animal house might easily he
vacated for new specimens of the lords
of earth, air and water. Who will be
the first TO take note of the gaps in the
park collection and win everlasting graft.
tude by filling some of themg There are
plenty Of these gaps. The park has a re-
markably fiue black bear, tiger, lions,
monkeys. deer and other smaller things,
but here is a partial list of things it
hasn't - antelopes, emus, ostriches,
eagles, pelicans, seals. camols. baby
elephants, springholSs. panthers, buffnlos
spoken for, however). yal,s. hyenas.
leopards, white bears. snakes Of all
kinds, more monkeys, chimpanzees.
kangaroos, wolves, coyotes, grizzlies,
chipmunks, hawks, hippotamuses, rhi.
noceroses, tapirs, peccaries, aardvarks,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
RED MONDAY.

Monday is the day when business men
look over the reports and accountsof the
week past and ask themselves how
things have gone. Sometimes there are
blue Mondays "a term borrowed
from the slang of the pulpit where it ex-
pressed the exhaustion following Sun
days sermon.
There are no "blue Mondays" in the
News office. Take to-day, for instance.
This is "red Monday" like the last and
the one before that. There is but one
report from every quarter. The News
is booming. Its circulation is increas-
ing with marvellous rapidity i'll every
quarter of the State, and even beyond it,
The recent increase of it's size is hailed
as decided improvement where already
SO much had been accomplished. 1t
stands on the threshold of the busy year,
confident, assured of success, making
new friends every day and keeping the
old ones.
Providence has at last a Republican
paper which has come to stay.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
CRUELTY TO BOOKS.

1t is perhaps unfortunate that books
lack the power of resistance to wrong
doing, they are so often made the OBJ
jects of it. We do not now refer to the
minor bad habits of dogs-earing and pen
Cling books, for most of them are easily
replaced and at slight expense. 1t is the
soul of book that suffers most, Pytha-
goreanly inhabiting many different
bodies, by the =" cutters" and slashers," I"
the "editors" and "expurgators and
"Americanizers, by ninnies who think
they can improve upon master work,
simply because they are ninnies, and by
lznaves who banker after dishonest gains
reaped by hawking this or that "com-
plete masterpiece of literature shorn of
half its fair dimensions.
Shakespeare has suffered much by this
kind of mutilation. Old Bowdler, who
sought to improve the great Elizabethan
Englishman by cutting out the coarse
ness that was part of the very meat and
marrow of the man and his times, was a
type of this whole brood of literary
jacxals who feast on the lions leavings.
And even in our own day, when the best
scholarship of the age is spending count
less years in restoring Shakespeare's
words to Shakespeares work, an Eng
lish she-novelist Of no particular genius
has had the audacity to propose the
improvement of Walter Scott's novels
by cutting them down to much shorter
space.
abuse is mingled with absolute theft
that cruelty to books is at it's worst. If
an English authors work, published be-
fore the copyright law went into opera
ton, is to be pirated in America, the
thief might at least have the decency to
print the work as it stands and not rob
the author at once of property and repu-
tation. Or when, as in the case of an
encyclopedia, the labored work of count
less learned experts massed together
into one magnificent and costly group of
volumes, the American thief coolly ap-
propriates the whole matchless monu
ment of enterprise, toll and research
and, having set cheap hacks to cut
down its articles by rule of thumb to
about quarter of their former dimen-
sions, publishes the bleeding torso as a
revised or improved" or American
lied" edition, impudence becomes
colossal and dishonesty passes the
bounds which even thieves of common
mould respect.
There are too many of these knavish
tricks practised in America. and until
the public, awakened to the truth that
the receiver is as bad as the thief and the
butcher, rebulSes them as they deserve
by sternly Withholding its patronage, it
is to be feared they will continue.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
EX-GOVERNOR wErMoRE.

The refusal of Ex-Governor Wetmore
TO enter the senatorial contest is an act
so Characteristic of the man as to occa-
sion little surprise TO those who know
him. There is perhaps not a man in the
State whom the great mass of citizens
would delight more TO honor, or one
upon whom they can more uniformly de-
pend to sink all self interest where the
welfare of his party is concerned. His
administration of the gubernatorial
Office was honorable and business like;
he never swerved from his duty then.
and his decision in the present case.
whatever others may think of it, is in
direct line of his customary actions.
The ex-governor's judgment in this
matter Is no longer to be questioned and
while it mag be severe blow to those
gentlemen who have so earnestly advo-
Gated his election. we do not fear but
that they win now unite on the party's
candidate. whoever he may be. and give
their most hearty work 10 secure the
election Of full Republican delegation
from Newport as well as from the rest Of
the State. IL should be at least great
source Of satisfaction 10 the ex-governor's
friends TO know that the citizens Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
MONDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1892.
The only Republican daily
Of the Republican Capital
Of a Republican n State.
OUR HOME MARKET.

American wages enable MS TO live not
only comfortably, but even luxuriantly,
according to the standard of other coun-
tries, for the Injuries of foreigners have
become necessaries to the people of the
United States.
1t is this ability of our masses to buy that
makes our splendid home market.
IL Is of several times greater value to MS
than all the accessible worlds markets
combined.
We consume over 90 per cent. of our ag-
riculturial products, and this is also true
of manufacturers.
Every worker at manufacturing i'm this
country consumes over 500 worth of our
agricultural produce per year. the English
laborer consuming only S4.4S worth.
American Economist.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
WHAT THEY SAY OF 1T.

The Providence News has made another
enlargement and is evidently a growing
institution. Newport News.
The Providence Evening NEWS is a go
IL appears today enlarged to fifty-sis
columns, with facilities increased in pro
portion, having in four months easily
taken place in Providence journalism.
Woonsocket Reporter.
At last it looks rs if a Republican paper
had been started In Providence that will
remain for while The enlargement of
the NEWS would appear to be evidence
that the paper is receiving a liberal sup
Times
The Providencc Daily NEWS, "the only
Republican daily in the Republican capf
tai of "A Republican STATE" has moved in
to new and better quarters, and has again
been enlarged and improved. The News
has been in existance only about four
months, but has met with phenomenal
success. IL is bright, newsy and thoro.
ughly Republican River Mass.
THE PROVIDENCE News is again en-.
larged. The News is evidently not a
campaign document but permanent fix
ure.-Olneyville Times
The Tribune's copy of THE Providence
EVENING NEWS for the week arrived yes
terday morning We congratulate its
managers upon the improved appearance
of their paper, and upon the success that HAT
has enabled them to again enlarge it-this
time from forty-eight TO fifty-six col
umns.-Westerly Tribune.
lie PROVIDENCE NEWS nous est arrive
ces jours derniers, avec un format consld'
erablement agrandi
Ce Journal, qui "a pas encore six mois
dexistence, figure maintenant au prem
ier rang de In presse du Rhode Island
Ses redacteurs sont des ecrivains viuour-
eux, courtois, bien renseignes. aui font
une lutte admirable en- favour des princi.
pies republicans.
Avec lie NEWS, on Sc passe facilement dc
Iorgane dechu appele lie Providence
Journal
Nous felicitons notre excellent confrere
sur sa prosperite constante, en- recomman-
dant son interressante feuille a tous les
republicans canadiens verses dams la
lapaue de Shakespeare, 'Esperauce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

WHERE We're the chieftains when the
Democracy" met at Tillinghast's to or
ganize for the spring campaign? Few
of them cared to expose themselves and
remained out of harms way securely
perched on the fence, but at the same
time it is surmised that if an attentive
ear had been placed upon the ground in
the proper locality, the whirring of the
grindstone might have been distinctly
heard as it was rapidly revolved in the
process of putting a fine edge upon the
scalping knives prepared for use upon
the brethren in the interest of harmony,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

WILL the Telegram kindly observe
THAT the troifey-tt1v- -deadfyn trolley
cars have been in use in the city now
about month without injury to person
or property, and giving the people on
Broad street and Pawtuxet line the best
service they ever knew, running all the
regular trips on time or so near it that
the loss will not exceed five or six min
utes per day, and doing this while the
horse cars have been running or trying
to run ON 'storm time y also that the
electric lighting service furnished by the
Narragansett Company has been perfect
during the late storm, while that in
some of our neighboring cities and
towns has been paralyzed and their lines
a wreck?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE Honorable David A. Wells, one
of the "most influential free traders" in
the country, favors Mr.. Springer's ho-
moeopathic free trade doses. Mr.. Wells
views were of a similar nature during
the last Congressional campaign in Con-
necticut, when ne was candidate
against Mr.. Charles +. Russell. After
due deliberation his fellowiowpsmen
gave Mr.. Wells very urgsE gall to
stay at home and sept Mr.. Rexell to
Washington. Influence, like 'cilarity,
should begin at home, Mr.. WellsS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE New England manufacturers who
have allowed their zeal for free wool to
betray them into the hands of the Dem
ocratic House must have discovered by
this time that the Southerners and West
erners who represent the sheep growers
have far too sharp an eye to the inter
ests of their own constituencies to be
profitable people to attempt deal with.
The position of the sheep farmers is log
ical if they are to lose their protection
on their product, they call for cut in
the price of other peoples products big
enough to promise some little compen-
sation. Luckily for them they have
numbers on their side, and luckily
for the manufacturers and the manufac-
turers' employees the Senate is Republi-
can, for the latest Springerism of
Springer proposes even more sweeping
reductions than were contemplated by
the Mills bill, under which, if enacted,
great numbers of New Englanders in
sisted they must either close their facto-
ries or scale down wages.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
MIR. NETWORKS DECISION.

Some Republicans will hear with deep
regret, some of course with equal relief,
hat the Hon. George Peabody Wet
more has definitely decided not to enter
The Senatorial race.
The great mass of party members nat
urally think less of Mr.. Wetmore's per-
sonal fate, one way or another, than Of
the effect his decision will have upon the
party. To them its success is para
mount, and the honorable ambition Of
any man, however high his place and ad-
mirable his character, is "A secondary
matter. Such men, we believe, rejoiced
in the prospect of possible contest for
the Senatorship as tending to add zest
and interest to the campaign. If ex-
Gov. Wetmore thought differently and
judged it his duty to retire for the party's
sake, such Republicans will hail his ac-
tion as fresh proof of the devotion to
his party and his country of which the
typical Republican is capable.
The campaign will not lack zest in
any case. There are the common foe.
They must be met and minced.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

foxes and. many others. Here is plenty
Of opportunity
We do not see why wealthy men
should not take joy in increasing at the
same time the common stock of happi-
ness and their own private boards Of
pleasant memories of good things done,
by enriching our already interesting Zoo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

The " Netcs" should be ordered ofyour
nearest ne,csdealer. Those acisting to
secure the paper ,cH confer favor upon
ats publishers By reporting at once any
failure or irregularity in ats delirery.
Patrons not hUing near a ne,esdealer wiH
be supplied on application to the office, 2
Weybosset street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

HAS David b. Hill even yet realized
the marvellous revulsion of feeling which
caused twenty New York counties to re-
turn 24S Republican and ia Democratic
supervisors against 1919 Republicans and
163 Democrats a year ago? Does he
know who did it and how? Does he
realize how the whole country, now
keenly attentive to his trickery, will in
terpret the message?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

Rhode Island never more forcibly than
now appreciated Mr.. Wetmore, and that
the time is not far distant when his re-
fusal TO become candidate for Office
will be set aside and honors will be be
slowed upon him by the force of public
approval whether he wishes them on
not.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE Journal is moved TO remark that
it is pity that "brains do not always go
with wealth" One conscience-stricken
contemporary evidently refers to the
contrast between its own editorial
columns and its bank account.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE eminently respectable poet, Oliver
Goldsmith, once remarked that
"Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long"
But Mr.. Goldsmith lived some years be-
fore the advent of Messrs. Brennan,
Carroll and Page.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

The NEWS free trip to Europe is
attracting great deal of attention now
a-days. The universal verdict is that it
is the most sensible plan ever devised
for getting at the actual facts with re-
gard to the condition of British wage
workers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

AS will be seen from another column
goodly number of people are taking
Dr. Garvin's canvass for the Senate very
seriously. And why shouldn't they?
He's an able man.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

If the quarantine inspection at the
port of New YORK is so lax as the Massil-
las experience seems to indicate it is in
urgent need of radical and immediate
reform.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE usual Monday announcement does
not fail us; Senator Hill was in New
York yesterday he did not take train
for Washington as expected, but re-
turned at night to Albany"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

ewANogYMoUs LETTERS addressed to the
NEWS win receive no attention. All communica-
tions should be accompanied by the names and ad-
dress of the writers. which win not be printed un-
less desired.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE fire in the Sevres factory which
did "few thousand francs damage
can't, at current prices, have destroyed
more than one cup and saucer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE presence in town of typhus fever
lisa disquieting fact, but it need not be
IN alarming one. The disease is located,
known, combated. 1t will not spread.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

HOPE is the anchor Of the soul. But
Dave Hills soul is dragging its anchor,
the wind of public disapproval blows so
fiercely.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

The prize Of $3.50, offered by Thomas G..
Shearman Of Brooklyn, for the best essay
on the subject of state and Local Tax.
alton Of Personal Property in the United
States" has been awarded TO - NJ. Dick
of Ann Arbor, Mich. The committee of
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technol-
ogy, Professor Seligman OF Columbia coll
lege, New York, aud Professor Folwell of
the University Of Minnesota
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
THE NEWS TURN NOW

We have never thought Cleveland and
Hill were opposed to each other and we
still believe that these two men under
stand each other, no matter what over
jealous friends say.-Pawtucket Tribune.
The Tribune has faith that would re-
move mountains. Not opposed Oh?
no ho!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
calender, McAusIan & TrOup
Company.

mates the Journal in its cry for free
wool; that the manufacturers alone may
be benefited. What about us poor
fellows who would like god clothes at
fair price?-Independent Citizen,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE journalistic Ishmaelites of this
city evidently begin to feel that this is
indeed a cold and heartless world.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

There is no more effective implement
with which to open pocketbook than a
cork screw. w Westerly Tribune.
How do you knowp--Providence NEWS
How very innocent some people are,
ar'n't they g-Westerly Tribune.
Not you, though. You have got the
psychical effects of corkscrews down fine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE DE Stuers cocktail-brandy. red
pepper and champagne - just suits
Chicago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15
Calender, MCAusIan & TrOup
Company.
SUNDAY AT THE PARK.

Everyone was there: sleighing if he could
get horse and sleigh or, indeed If he
could get the horse. For sleigh can gen.
orally be extemDorized, if the resources of
the establishment don't include one.
saw one which looked suspiciously like
box of an undertaker's wagon mounted on
runners, yet Youth was at the prov and
Pleasure at the helm as obviously as when
n neatly matched pair of bays dashed
along with jingling bells and luxurious
furniture of robes.
Those who couldn't sleigh it took the
cars Some walked and found it sloppy,
but they didn't care.
IL was great day for observa tions.
observed
That light overcoat sleeve looks con-
spicuous when thrown protectiugly across
the back of q black cloak.
That gentle horses, which can be driven
with one hand while the other arm finds
its own work cut out for it, have their ad-
vantages.
That Park comm issioner carried
lighted cigar into the Zoo, In spite of the
no-smoking rule which he had helped
frame.
That the two little black bears who
were always having a seven-day walking
match round their cage have been parted
because they growled and fought for
twas their nature to.
Speaking about the black bears, who
says they haven't a memory? These two
little fellows have become very fond of
President Deming's little daught er, who is
often at the park, and recognize her in
stantly, crying for her in very human
fashion. II is true she feeds them dainties,
but the road to a bear heart is through
its stomach, which is one reason why men
are sometimes called perfect bears"
Since the electrics began running on
Broad street, the Elmwood route has
ceased 10 be the most popular avenue to
the park. Passengers on Broad street see
on the fences some amusing examples of
the sign painters art. Thus, some fellow
had printed in big black letters: "Well
go's TO the famious''-what, no one knows,
for some one had torn off the next board.
That's the worst of fence advertisements.
Just as you begin 20 get interested In one
the next boards sure TO be torn off.
Advertising i'm newspaper pays best;
I'm representative newspaper like the
Providence News. for instance
But that has nothing to do with the
park. There is only one flaw in IL since
the snow. There Is no skating.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

NEVER mind the slush under foot.
Providence people don't 30 that way.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

A great bargain in Pearl
and Jets. Former prices 25c.,
size. and Soc, all now 12sc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

II the ex-president could only. have a
little state made with George Freddy
Williams Sherman Hoar and the Provi-
dence Journal in it, he might get delega-
tion to back him up.-Newport Mercury.
What pretty little state it would be.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE latest Sun spot the Alger. The
disturbance is ON the surface only.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

THE sleighings name is mud.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-15

The New York Sun is trying to kill
Ayers presidential boom by throwing
dirt on his war record. 1t might be well
TO wait till his nomination is seriously
considered New Bedford Journal.
Or until a genuinely sticky brand of
dirt is discov cred.