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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
EVOLUTION.
The Variation Between the Same Species
i'm Different Localities.


Prof. Morse lectured in Sayles Hall
last night on the interesting subject,
'The Variation OF Animals in Domesti-
cation and Nature"
at is astonishing" he said, how small
is the mt Del OF species Of animal life
with which we are all familiar. Fifty or
sixty will exhaust our stock around
Providence. Ysta German scientist has
defined over 5000 varieties of flies.
"The variation of the same species in
d fferent places is due to various reaso IS.
Climate and food are the principle fac
tors. The same birds differ in size in diff
ferent localities. The birds OF the South
have larger p%eripheral parts, sucn as tail,
feathers and bills, but their bodies are
smaller. Their plumage also is lighter.
The speaker mentioned the claw
which becomes larger the farther South
we 20, as he had proved by careful meas
urements. The beetle is also an interest
ing example. The survivors be ing
either those who annot fly at all
or those who can fy most vigor-
ously. Then there is the salaman-
der. This animal changes from gills to
lungs in his methods of breathing in ac-
cordance with the increase in tempera-
ture OF the water. These varieties were
long thought to be different species.
Besides varying In form, these crea-
lures vary in intelligence. Some ants,
for example, are able to distinguish be-
tween beads and the seeds they are stor-
ing up, while others cannot"
The next lecture in the course will be
delivered next Monday evening on THE
Struggle for Existence and Survival of
the EiLtest.p
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
NEWS ~CUNUANoAD

The little King of Spain has scarlatina.
The future of bi-metallism depends upon
England.
Parnellites want general amnesty for
political purposes.
Ex-Governor Robinson has been re-
trined "a counsel for Lizzie Borden.
More than s25O,OOo was paid for stamps
at the Boston post Office in January.
The Republican caucus at Lincoln, Neb.,
nominated John NJ. Thurston for United
States senator.
All the business houses at Gillett, Car
bou county, Wyo., were burned. Loss
s1O0,0 900; no insurance.
A despatch from Paris says that n de-
cree Of divorce has been granted to
Edward Pnryo- Deacon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

of work upon terminal railroad facilities
which was expected, has not
been realized"
1t is particularly pertinent, at this
juncture, when we have been treated
again to promises to recall the same class
of promises which were so emphatically
made by President Choate three years
ago. The General Assembly was at that
time asked to condemn certain lands so
that she Old Colony might build its APP
proaches. AT the hearings President
Choate promised that, if his requests
were granted, that the new terminals
would be begun within three months
and would be completed within three
years. He further promised that If the
other roads would not assist in building
the terminals his road would undertake
the work alone.
The three years time limit will ex-
pire within two months-to speak ex-
actly, on March % of this year. OF
what avail have the promises of MIR.
Choate been thus far?
Again we are confronted with a com
plant that certain land is not available
for approaches, and work is delayed
thereby. If this land is granted prom
ises are made of the speedy completion
Of the work.
Without attempting to disparage the
value Of the promises now made, the ex-
perience of the past should teach the
people of Providence that the only way
TO be absolutely sure of a promise is to
get it on paper and have its fulfillment
guaranteed by a forfeit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
THE BALLOT BILL.
what supervisor BIodgett Proposes to
DO for the People.

ITO purify the ballot"
These were the words o. Unit d tltes
Supervisor Blodgett when asked TO ex-
plain the me ming of a bill now in tn o
uands of the IIou o judiciary COMM tee
The bill requires that the boards of can
vassers in the cities and towns shall meet
on the last Monday in February and pre-
pare lists OF voters for each voting dis
tr ct. and the said list shall contain the
address OF each voter by street M mum
Der so far as these can possibly be oh
ia ned.
A glance at the books now being made
up bv the supervisor will show the con
dition into which the check lists have
gotten and the need of some system by
means of which those who nave no right
TO vote will not be allowed TO usurp
rights which are not theirs. Page after
page OF names is recorded. and after
nearly half OF them are written the words
''can not be found" Occasionally "A
name occurs followed by the words dead
five year,
In most all OF these cases the
ton is hat some one has voted on the
name thus illegally on the canvasser's
list. For these errors the cdnvassers are
not responsible. In the main they have
no means of knowing that the names are
improperly registered. IL IS to find out
these errors thaJ the supervisor Is ap-
DOluJ u. DIV llNeSLlStIlOu NC nhS us
covered l,22) errors IN the lists OF Pr1vi-
dence and Pawtucket. Four hundred
dead men were registered, and 500 names
have been stricken of the lists or sent to
o her voting districts.
These errors Mr.. Blodgett proposes to
correct as far as possible. lie proposes
that "A mans name shall not only b. reg
istered, but that his residcnc shall also
! be gwen. This change will cause some al
ditlonal labor to the town and city clerks
first, but after the system is once estab-
lished it will be only "A little more trouble
to keep 1t correct. 1t will greatly aid i'm
Identifying the voters. Mr.. Blodgett
calls attention to the fact that the new
bill is drawn on the same lines as the
present law in force in Massachusetts
and New York.
A canvass made Yesterday Of a few
me Der, OF the General Assembly
showed approval Of the measure, botn
Democrats aud Republicans, favoring
anything that will tend TO purify the bal
lot OF the State.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
Nothing to Brng of.

Two women were talking on a street
car. They were evidently strangers and
the n in a sealski in cloak showed a dis
position to patronize the other, who APP
peared to be a thrifty, Independent sort
Of a person who didn't care whether corn
was forty cents a bushel or not.
81 suppose" said the sealskinned lady,
"that your husband is a bread winner?"
The sealskinless lady shifted the air.
Most anybody would think that OF a
husband, " she replied, " but I've discov-
cred after an experience of a dozen years
that he isn't anything morethan a water
winner, and nothing TO brag of at that"
Detroit Free Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
DICK SANDS.
The Famous Clog Dancer says His Feet
Are Not Old.

Are Not Old.
Providence has the honor OF having
manvo of the leading theatrical people
claim 1t for their home, and many an ac-
tor who has become fam rus made his In
itial bow TO n Providence audience.
Among the celebrities is Dick sands.
and who is there hat don't know Dick
sands. the champion clog dancer VINO Is
now playing an engagement AT Lothr pis,
Museum. Away back in the mites"
Dick undertook 10 learn the Jewelry
trade in Attleboro Falls. but gave IL up
and came TO Providence, and rs neal as
ne can remember, got an engagement
with Bill Pierce, who at that lime con-
Quoted n show on the corner Of orange
aud Pine street. where the blacksmith
shop OF Councilman l.. T.. Davis now
stands. For this he received - per week,
and as he says, lived on smelts.
From here he went TO New York city
and opened at the Art Union, on the
corner of Broadway aud Broome streets.
where he made "A hit. His next en-
gagement was with Joe Pentland's cir
Gus. In 1860 he vas one of the leading
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
Official.

BE IT KNOWN that whereas OWEN
MCAULIFFE & son OF the city and
county of Providence, State Of Rhode
Island. are Manufacturers. Importers,
Jobbers and Retailers Of Manteis, Crates,
Tiles, Ranges, Stoves, Furnaces, Metal
Goods, Bric-a-Brac and other articles too
numer us To mention
THEREFORE,, The inhabitants OF New
England in general, but more plrticu-
larly OF Providence aud vicinity, are
hereby ordered, requested aud eujoiued
TO purchase for their needs-during the
year present - all the aforementioned
goods from the firm aforementioned.
Given ut Providence, at South
~ west Corner Weybosset and
Seal. Richmond Streets, this 18TH
~ day q January. \. ID. 1893.
OWEN MCAULIFFE Il son.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
GOV. BROWN ON TERMrNALs.

If the chief executive Of Providence
were as active as the duties Of his Office
demand there would have been little
need for Gov. Brown 20 call the atten-
tion Of the General Assembly 20 the
trihing MANNER in which the terminal
question has been dealt with in this
city by the railroads.
Undoubtedly the governor, who has
followed this question as an interested
party since is inception, fully realizes
the hidden m aiming q his words when
he says that 1.-THE stssdy advancement
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

With a view TO obtaining a careful
judgment Of the exact conditions pre-
yailing in the various congressional dis
tricts throughout the country, The
American Protective Tarif League has
congressional districts according TO the
territorial lines prevailing in 1892. and
z wing the returns for the same territory
fJr n congressional election OF 1890. u
will ut olss W g~Scosuiz.d that this Is II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

In the election of 1892 the Democrats
and Peoples Independent fused in the
Fifth Congressional District.
In 1890 the Democrats and Peoples
Independent fused in the districts now
known as the Fourth and Fifth.
Eighty-one scattering votes cast Ia tn c
election of 1890 are omitted from the
above,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
CANDLEMAS DAY.
An Ancient Festival That Is But slightly
Observed Now.

observed Now.
Today is Caudlemas day. IL is the an.
Gent Roman Catholic festival of the
publication Of the Virgin Mary. 50 called
because the tapers aud candles used in
the church throughout the year are then
cousecrated.
II Candlcnas day be fair and bright.
Winter Will take another fight
II taudiemas day be fOul a 1T rain.
Winter ~ gone and won't come again.
There are "A great number Of semi
superstltious saging, bearing upon the
day, and more or less Importance is at
tacAed to them.
How the day came TO be used as a sort
of barometer, or for how many years IL
has b zen looked upon rs q meteorological
phenome IN, will never be told.
IL is safe TO assume that -four hundred
years ago to-day, when Columbus was
nearing the shores Of Spain. eager Co tell
Isabella and Ferdinand OF his discov.
cries. lac piDed ali hands on deck aud they
snapped Condemns stories.
The old fHrmer living In the section
where the bear IL still seen will watch the
hillside today 20 sccvf Bruin Will be- able
TO cast a shadow. IL he does. the sayin,
goes. we will have six weeks more of
winter But n he does not throw a
shadow the winter is over, the sleigh bells
will cease TO jingle, the lakes aud ponds
will no longer present n CONCEALED sur.
face aud the horsecars will run on regular
time.
IL some sections OF the country Can.
dlcmas teas are kiven where the only
lights are candles. Small, round cake.
with q lighted candle In the center a.
ea.h are served. aud tradition has ID that
the owner ~ the cake whose light burns
longest will be the most fortunate dur.
ing the coming year.
The more superstitious organize the
household into "A procession aud, bearing
lighted candles. pass from room 90 rOom,
driving the shadow out that misfortune
may be- guarded against for another year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
STATE NEWS.
Items and Notes From All Parts of
Rhode Island.

Items and Notes From All Parts of
Rhode Island.
East Greenwich is taking measures TO
have its grade crossings protected.
The Crescent Literary Club OF Central
Falls is holding a fair in Foresters bali.
The CRYSTAL Ice Company, KNIGHTS
Vile, has not room enough to store all
the ice il has cut on Randall pond an it
is being stacked up by the c%ompauy's
houses.
number of bows attending the public
schools to be 207, and the number of girls
22l. There are 81 boys and 80 girls in
select schools. which makes a total OF 499
school children.
The Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph j. Nor
thup. of North S%cituate, have gone to
Clark's mills 10 hold revival services.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

If the state of New Hampshire wants
10 purchase the birthplace of Daniel
Webster it should keep the matter
quiet. If Chicago hears of il she viii
wan { to get it for the Worlds fair.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

NJ. DE BLowITz, who writes very nice
letters for the press, is advocating n
school of journalism. There are sew
eral good schools Of hat kind in every
fair-sized city in the country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

Boss MURPHY slyly gives ont that he
will soon begin a Southern tour. Hav-
ing been elected to the office of his am
bition he can safely announce along the
line of march that he is a Democrat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

AMONG other patients prepared for
the scalpel Of the Democratic Congress
is the international Copyright bill. The
past record of the Democrats on that
question does not augur well for its
future.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

PAUL DU CHATLLU, who knows more
about the gorilla than any other man
wants TO know, is reaping especial fame
rs a lecturer. While presenting val
uable facts he possesses none Of the
egotism Of Stanley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

The Dear Girls.
when, with an air ~ vertiqinous
And rancor quite i~ndigenous),
Her temper gets fuliginous
And she STANDS cold. apar.
Then, with a mind cquanimous,
BE civil and magnanimous-
Opinion IS unanimous
She bears a soiteuing heart.
But when. with smiles ambiguous,
she's fricndly-gets contiguous
Dons dainty airs %eNiguous,
Then are your hopes In vain.
For in her heart cUntrsfious
Your chances are prccarious.
Her moods sre multifariuus,
hut this one means dtsdain.
Chicago Esws.Rssord,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
weather.

ENDOWMENT orders continue to pass
in review before their receivers on the
way TO the burial grounds. In a few
more years the entire species will have
become extinct.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

REPORTS from Montana indicate that
it affords few inducements as a winter
resort. Western people might just as
well cease criticising New England
weather.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

WHEN it becomes an alleged necessity
for the police Of London to prevent the
poor Of that city from announcing their
forlorn condition il is time to paraphrase
Hamlet and ask IL there Is not some
thing rotten in free-trade England.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

If England mobilizes a feet of war
yessels at Honolulu its action will be
susceptible of Interpretation without
the formality Of an official protest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
The News

Is read by more than $4,000 pcO-
pie every evening. without doubt
not less than an average OF 3 or
4 persons reading every copy
sold.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
ForInf0rnatiion

We will ste te that provisions OF all
kinds are higher to-day than they
have been for "A long time-quite a con-
trast TO last season, when everything
was cheaper than it had been for
many years.
To-day, Pork product is the highest
IL has been since war times. Beet is
fully one third highe' than last year.
Lamb AMI Veal are higher than
usual, and Butter is m.lch higher than
it has been for several seasons.
If you examine u prices yUu will
find that Notwithstanding such a con-
dition OF the market they are even
now much lower than what YOU paid
last year, when goods were the cheap
est they had been in the memory of
man., and you ought TO have bought
them a great deal lower than to-day.
People with small income should re-
member our mark down sales evenings
after $3.50.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

EARTHQUAKES are becoming almost
as fashionable in the Old World as war
clouds or corrupt politics.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
The News

Ispreemlnently the Home Paper
Of Providence and Rhode Island.
IL is read by the family. III is
preserved and referred 10.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
The News

Believes in the future greatness
Of Providence. All its energies
are given TO advancing the in
terests of this city and state.
For Providence and Rhode Isl
and. is its motto.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
The News

Prints more news about Proyi
dence than either OF the other
evening papers, and often more
than both of them together.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
PROVIDENCE
PUBLIC MARKET,
Music Hall Building.
=. 5. Our adj. in this paper will be
found after to-day Oh page+
1.-THE
WATER
ABOVE ALL OTHERS"

To the Londonderry Lithia Spring
Water Co..
"Have tested your LIZII/A
M TER in numerous cases where
acid is not we'll eliminated from the sys-
ten, and find that it acts exceedingly
well. | believe that many cases OF uric
acid diathesis, which gives rise to
Rheumatism, cent and sooner or later
that form of kidney and bladder dis
ease dependent upon Uric Aod will be
greatly benefited by a free use OF the
fONDO LITH/A
WATER. and TO such would recon-
mend il as a table water. II liquors
are 10 be used. no 7Oafcy is at oH6c SO
o~eyccabke for diluting them and so pre-
yentiye of the bad consequences
following their use. L/IH/A
M TER is the water above all others
for the man who lives well and drinks
good wine"
fRoM II. NJ. JERNEGAN, NJ. D.rLATE
PROF. or SURGERY OF MED. DEPT.
BosroN UNIVERSITY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

Why don't some of these clamorers for
an honest pension list enlighteu Us AS to
the dishonest pensions New Hamp-
shire Republican.
Because it is the honest pensioner that
their guns are secretly trained upon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
The News

Is read by more people for each
paper sued than any paper In
the City OF Providence. 1t is
taken in the Homes of n very
large proportion of the citizens
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
The News

Goes among people who + lib
eral purchasers of the best goods.
IL is not dropped in the street
ear by the head Of the house. but
is preserved for the mothers and
daughters.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

attractions OF the then famous Morris
Brothers. Peel and Trnwbridge Minstrels.
He was NJ one time doing n doubli act
with j. II. Haverly and again with the
famous Ashworth. Dick has on several
occasions been the proprietor of a COM
pany and has b @ connected in business
with Sam Hague and others. In his day
Dick could make his feet rattle like
drums icks, and was the ACKNOWLEDGED
champion of the world for years,
and ne is n little ov r So years-old at the
present time. He says he is not afrt aid to
dance with the best of them" today.
As far as the championship is concerned
he says, th-re IL none there has never
b.en any contest nor any prize off red for
it, and claims he is rs much entitled To il
as any one, and will hold o to II as long
rs he can dance. He is quite bald, and
this fact makes Dick happy for he saws
his "head is old but his feet are still in
their prime"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
The News

Is growing steadily. and rapidly
enough to positively assure its
owners that il will within the
second year Gifts existence equal
the best record ever made in
Providence by an afternoon
paper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
THE NEWS'S TURN NOW.

-
Some people are perpetually shooting
all the birds that come il their way
Il. V. ID. Cleaner.
When they can find any left by the
iconoclasts who have preceded them.
Who is an Infanta, anywayi-Lowell
Courier.
An lnfanta Is a royal parsonage who
can't charter a hotel in this country.
IL is said hat London, Eng. has as a
city a spasm OF virtue about once In
twenty ears.-Newport Observer.
And a spasm only. Look at the annual
criminal report.
Here's hoping that " Home Rule" will
be Observation-Disclosures Tribu ne.
1t will take something stronger than
the element Of hope to materialize the
conception of Irish emancipation.
Canada ought to find it an easy matter
10 consent TO be a free and independent
section OF tbegreat American republic
Atlanta Constitution.
The trouble is that it is J. Bull who
does the consenting.
Theatres in Spain have no program
W ittB1lbtI.
Theatres in America have programs, but
generally nothing conveying the true
conception of a play.
Great Britain has instructed its repre-
sentative to America TO enter its protest
against the annexation Of the sandwich
lslands.-Newport News.
OF course that settles it. We might as
we'll resign the plan now.
Who wouldn't revolt gainst a queen
whose name was Liliuokalani Port
land Express.
Yet, the terse Hawaiian vocabulary
contains worse jaw breakers than tha'.
Mr.. Cleveland was at nome 70 all
callers at his office in New York on Mon
day. Had there been previous
ment OF his purpose he would have b en-
overrun with visitors. -Bostou Traveller.
Mr., Cleveland is very sly in the matter
of hanging out q card-basket.
Why don't some of these clamorers for
an honest pension list enlighten Us AS To
the dishonest pensions New Hamp-
shire Republican.
Because it is the honest pensioner that
their guns are secretly trained upon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02
Point
CE M Etc Y.
Office Breck's Building. No. 81 North
Main Street.

Telephone No. pit-2. City Omo.
TIMOTHY MCCARTHY, superintendent
Mt the Cemetery.
An omnibus will be run from Blackstone Park A.
the terminus 81 the Governor street horse car route
Co the Cemetery on sundays until fttlor notice. as
follows connecting with The Governor street. cars
which leave Market Squarc ~ 1910 a. NJ. and
every forty mluut - Thereafter tu $50 4. NJ Re-
turning leave swan Point a. n A., NJ. aud every
forty minutes thereafter un Ui0 4. ~
IIoNlaeace, vSI u. 1879.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

Who wouldn't revolt ,gainst a queen
whose name was Liliuokalani Port
land Express.
Yet, the terse Hawaiian vocabulary
contains worse jaw breakers han tha'.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-02

Great Britain has instructed its repre-
sentative TO America 10 enter its protest
against the annexation Of the sandwich
lslands.-Newport News.
OF course that settles it. We might as
we'll resign the plan now.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-13

their fair clientele with the names Of
the ships upon them, and we are now
liable TO see the summer maiden's eyes
fash under the gold letters Of her Ia
vorlte ship.
The collars have fouled anchors, and
north stars and regular bo'sun's cords
and whistles are around the necks. We
have seen sailor suits before aud
thought little Of 1t, but now the tail
ors are working night and day to fill
the sudden demand for Slniddy" jack
cts and military eapes, coats and
skirts, which, however. \seem to
follow foreign styles and eolOrs closer
than they do our own. The West
Point cadet jacket that was seen once In
awhile is out OF favor now, and IL UOcle
Sam has bit Of the right sort OF feeling
he viii Immediately spend several mil
lions putting more gold lace and buttons
or our soldiers and sallors-yes, indeed
and more feathers on their hats, az
hove the tailor give six sets Of butte
with every uniform. so that every
that wants one can have It'll mean q
button, not the uniform.
1t seems to me that every Amerieanl
girl ought to feel just now like having
her dresses made out Of the star span