The evening world. Newspaper, April 3, 1895, Page 4

Che SHH riord Publihed by the Prees Publishing Company, @ @ @ PARK NOW, New York WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1895. Batered at the Post-Office at New York as jwecond-class matter. gr BRANCH OFFICES: WORLD UPTOWN OFFICE—Junction of Broad- way and Binth ave. at 324 at, WORLD HARLEM OFFICE—126tu ot, and Madi- eon ave. BROOKLYN—900 Washington ot. GRILADELPHLA, PA.—Prese Building, 102 Chest. met ot WASHINGTON—Te2 14th ot. THE WORLD'S Circalation for March, 1896, 560,195 per aay Fee March, 1894, 481,316 per day Fer March, 1891, 825,846 per day For March, 1883, 24,595 per day Por day. Gain ta One Yer, 78,879 Gata ta Four Years, 284,849 Gath tn TwelreYeare, 635,600 = GPAIN'S TROUBLESOME BABY. It has become very evident that poor #14 Spain fs in for a good long night of loor-walking, after peaceful slumbers @f a decade or #0. There is no doubt that the fractious child, dear little Cuba, faas a real case of colic this time and Goes not propose to have it dandied out @f her by a few brief turns up and down the floor. ‘Toanation exhausted by dissipation and @ubject to chronio political nightmares, uch @ disturbance as the Cuban insur- fection is sure to be dangerous. To abso- lately conquer Cuba, honestly and sincere- aroused and fighting for freedom, would ‘be too great a task for any nation in the work, let alone Spain. If the great mass of the Cubans really support the revolt, such a thing as permanently suppressing {t by force is imposnible. It becomes only @ question of what the compromise shall ‘be, of how great a concession Spain must make to regain the adherence of a fair majority of the inhabitants. That the concession must be a considerable step towards the practical freedom of the fsland {s certain, but only enthusiasts will hope for a really “Free Cuba.” Cuba will never be free until it be- comes a part of the United States, by an honorable and fair purchase, as did Florida and Lousiana. It is not conceiv- able that Spain will perpetrate any folly or inhumanity great enough to justify an armed Interference and the acquisi- tion of Cuba by conquest. We don't do things that way nowadays on the clvi- Ased side of the earth. The night will probably be long and tiresome for Spain and her fretful baby, but it must end in a dawn. THE TROLLEY MURDERS. The State Railroad Commission has Prepared a report on the Brooklyn trolley roads. Suggestions are made with the object of affording some pro- tection to the public, But the report has to be submitted to the Attorney- General, and it is for him to take such ection ae he may deem proper. ‘The suggestions of the Commissioners ere that no cars going in opposite direc- tions shall meet at street crossings; thet all cars shall be supplied with @@ective fenders; that the speed shall ‘de limited to eight miles an hour; that enly experienced motormen shall be em- Ployed, and that there shall be a thorough inspection of all gearing and Spperatus before a car is run out from the depot. ‘These precautions are all very well, but in this matter there ought to be no ‘waiting on the Attorney-General or any- body else, Here ie a cruel butchery of eitizens, and especially of children, go- fmg on in a city of the State almost every Gay. The murderous cars are gathering in their victims without mer- ey. No person who walks the street, and certainly no child, is safe. Yet we Rear of “reports” and “references” to put @ stop to the cruel slaughter as if it wea some insignificant breach of a eity ordinance. ‘The murders ought to be stopped at ‘ence, and without a moment's delay for feports or references, or the action of gudlic officers or anything ele. The people whose carelessness and gr @acrifice human life ought to be thrown tmto jail The courts ought to interfere @ summarily remove the danger, if every car in Brooklyn should be pre- vented from running. ‘The people of Brooklyn have borne this wrong long enough. They should Bow insist on immediate and uncondi- tional protection, 3 >, ie ached oon THE CHARTER ELECTIONS. The elections in the West have no Great significance just now, because they mainly turned on local {ssues. It fs @ little surprising to find the Demo crate doing as well as they did in Onlo after their last year's snowing unde They won a victory in Columbus, but as they were beaten in other cities the General result may be considered a draw, with an advantage to the Dem: Facy in decreased Republican majorities and in the solidity manifested in the Democratic ranks. It i significant that in the school elec. tions the women's ballots told effec- tively against the A. P. A,, the new edi- tlon of the old dark-lantern Know Nothing, party. In Calcago @ Reform wave swept over ths city and the Republican Mayor was Genes by on aa large ma- jority. In St. Louls the Republicans were also successful, and there was the usual amount of fighting and shooting at the polls, In Minnesota and Wiscon- sin the Democrats did fairly well, and the honors were about evenly divided. If the elections show anything, It Is that thd party ¢o remarkably successf: last year must be on its good behavior if It desires to hold on to any important Portion of its old victories, One of the principal evils of Tammany's Jong and undivided rule in our muni- cipal affairs was the opportunity it afforded for combinations to deceive thi People to the real cost of the govern- Ment and to cover up extravagance and corruption. The Comptroller was in a great meas- ure a bar to this policy of deception, and at the close of the term of Theodore W. Myers in 1893 a plot was hatched to get rid of Mr. Myers and to place a Tam- many politician in the Comptrollership. Tt succeeded. Mayor Strong now sends a message to the Board of Aldermen, pointing out the fact that by a rystem of “financial jug- klery"’ the peopie have been deceived both as to the amount of debt they owe ‘and the cost of the city government. In stating the debt for 1804, the total was put at $105,777,%4, But more than seven millions of bonds ready for Issue were kept back and nothing was sald of nearly twenty millions for improvements al- really ordered. so that the total of real debt was about twenty-seven millions more than was stated. In addition to this, tricks have been resorted to for the purpose of keeping down fictitiously the tax rate for an- nual expenses of the government, "The Evening World” has repeatedly called attention to the fact that the people have been hoodwinked as to the actual cost of the elty government, Under Tammany, certain revgnues were di- verted from the Sinking Fund and ap- plied to the reduction of the year’s tax levy, which may prove @ serious impair- ment of the pledged securities now that the debt ts likely to be largely increased by deficiencies, ‘The valuations have been ratsed fictitiously for the purpo of keeping down the tax rate. Quite a large amount of expenditures that prop- erly belong to the tax levy are hidden away under cover of bonds and are tm- properly added to the permanent debt. Indeed, it is evident that we have deen Iving under a policy of fraudu- lent financial representations, and it is well for the safety of the city that the true condition*of affairs has now been made known. PANACEA PAD#, ETC. A woman dled some time ago and left & will disposing of certain money and property, A sister contests the will on the ground that the devisor was a faith curist and so not exactly mentally | sound. Bhe wore pads on different parts of her body, each pad containing a prayer for the rellet of her pains and suffering. If the people who believe in prayer cure are to be adjudged mentally de- ficient, what are we going to do about the folks who pin their faith in abraca- dabras, and make themselves round- shouldered carrying about amulets and eomical prophylactics? Are their thrones of thought tottering, too? There ts a very large army of such persons—almost jarge as the army of rabbit's-foot car- rlera, And how about the man with the horse chestnut in his pocket? Is the size of his hat a delusion and.a snare? A jury exonerated the motorman in charge of the trolley car that ran over and killed an old woman in Brooklyn on March 2, but It held the Compan: responsible for the woman's death. ‘Thi view of trolley slaughter may result In aj reduction of the number of trolley acci- dents, Good words were spoken too soon, when the Untontown coke-workers’ wages were raised 15 per cent. The rents of the Company houses have now gone up from 30 to 40 per cent, The ways of corporation landlords are thus | shown to be peculiar, Well, the more thoroughly the de- celved and deluded and bedraggied De- mocracy is trimmed down, the more solid will be the material left for reha- bilitation as the real and progressive Democracy Edward Mitchell, who may be the next Police Commissioner appointed, is described @ man of ideas. This ts equivalent to saying that he is not a man after the Boss's idea, “Hearings at Albany.” The trouble hap been that there was so little hear- ing at Albany. It appears, however, that the latest utterance of the Better New York caught a few ears. Kaiser Wilhelm has just sent word to the Reichstag that he “hopes tts activity will result In benefit to the nation.” Some of the Retchstaggers seem to think that this is a compliment. “If the first three days of Apri! he foggy, there will be a flood in June.” They have been very foggy—at Albany. But reform legislation should be at its flood long before June, A one-year-old baby drunk in the Streets with its drunken mother, Who Will say that this ts not a rapid ag But what a terrible start in life for that baby! David M, Stone was a man who loved | flowers and his fellow-men, But ean a man who works forty-four years with out @ vacation be said to love himself elt Ja DAILY HINT FROM M'DOUGALL, STYLES or CLOTHING MAJOR PLIMLEY--Don't Show Me Any Checks, I Hate the Very Name! connected with the Street-Cleaning De- partment, citizens would probably be better satistied with the resulta, We wonder if there was much ringing up of “Central during the Telephone bill discussion at Albany? It appears that the Police Justices’ Defense Fund should be known, rather, as the Defiance Fund, Chicago's race for the Mayoralty was to the Swift, even as New York's battle was to the Strong. Later reports convince Major McKin- Jey that the Ohio situation might have been worse. Mayor Strong can see a long way into municipal finance, More power to his eyesight! _ Chicago's election returns Indleate that the buckbone of Wenter waa broken yes terday. _ Will Coroner Hoeber let his failure to resign become an April nine-days won- der? Now they're off at—Albany! The Gray Racing bill has passed the Assembly. Chicago's Democratic majority got in the way of the Republican trolley, How enally the figures of the late city administration were made to lle, ‘The Anti-Tights bill would play fast and loose with the theatres, April should have been just a little ashamed of this morning. The Ridiculous Hoss ts a good thing. Push him overboard! ‘The Republican wave indulges in a few more lappings. St. Louls wears a look of Democratic surprise to-da: —_— = -—— FATHER KNICK ERHOCKER’S DIARY. April 2, 1895.-Thore in no now Pollce Board yet, ‘That Mayor of mine Ix #0 deliberate If ho ts making any waste It ia by hie lack of haste ‘And {must aay ‘ont moe what ho has gained | by his waiting, Everybody knew when Martin was put on the Board that an unfit ap- ntment had been made, and as for Kerwin ud Murray, the circumstances and understandings veted with thelr elevation ty as to make it certain, even betore t flat-footed agal to slay under the Jimmy?" y came ont that they were not Mt w aliiuistration, eo. ot reform, . It the Mayor has 1 bas made a mistake. the Ross's own t n playing with Platt he ys and dail L Ks are sharp blows with f honest ap of eubduing thie Qu the axe of removal and the weapo: Puintment are the best weap Would-be dictator and discouraging and dispersing his followers, I atill believe, ax I always hay; that Platt te almost destitute of such poll Aisciples ae will stand by him through @ period of lost prestige, In @ message to the Board of Aldermen to-day Strong showed up some of the jugglery of finances which was carried on under the last administration. The Agures had been skilfully arranged to conceal an added burden of millions of dollars tad on the city, beneath an apparent Mfting of @ great part of the taxpayers’ load. All this deception was practised and made easy under the ‘ose’ aystam, which the people voted to overthrow, The like of It would soon be going on again if another Boss were to hold sway Croker did. It is not to be doubsed that Platt aims at auch sway. He has been repulsed. He must be thoroughly routed - — BY OTHER EDrrons, Cont of the Jingo Whistle. The Jingo whistle costa far more than it ie worth. ‘The principal results of protectorates and territorial steals are expensive naval and military establishmente and opportunities for war —St Louis Post-Dispaten, Handicap tn the Race for Life. What with Christian Science in the house and trolleys in the street, the chiliren of to-day are badly handicapped im the race of Ufe.—Phiiadel- phia Press. A Sa O'Connor ts a very Mr. sighted 1 Fepresent the prevall- In New York ¢ His loud ey Aocelves no one. It fanve of per Un sentiment ha: t New tng rd the Ue York. It werviensy, Mayor Strong revealed the story yes-! terday of another “Mlot for a Million.”* But it had been correctly guessed sev: eral times previous to publication | 1 Police Commissioner Murray's expe ence as @ Federal census-tuker admira- | bly fits him not to have anything to do With the police census, | Brooklyn's oldest house ts g n mI will be thet of her Jol New York, hg to the Greater Whatever Chang's nerve that his eh sion. ts said about Li Hung it to be admitted kK was equal to the ovca Democracy, watehing the progress of the Republican wave did it with our Little Congress, Rival street-cleaning machines showed what they could do yesterday. They swept d\fferent streets and carried off the aecumu'ations, If a spirit of rivalry could be infused ino the Buman mach nes t further | “We = Whe New J Spall me rrection lasted Mm 1888 to. and Spaia | send may hope to on w the Hats, en admire w men the most when they ke their hate « th 1 bal ty News were mar 1 man’ kaow siudente at Tokio are ya Mr in a Weid's place near Swain in nape of a well. John Crump settied the place in 18:7 ant curbed his well with light wood boards, and the curb ts as sound to-day as when first put toxe'her, save from the wear Of time on the outer olga “TWO COLONELS.” ‘The “Story of Vermont and Virginia,” by William Richard Goodall, called “Two Colonels,” and produced at Palmer's ‘Theatre last night, is a hopelessly inco- herent and melancholy compound of ‘Shore Acres," “The Old Homestead,” ‘The County Fair," “Spooks,” ‘In Mize Soura"—and a few other truly rural af- fairs. It comes too late in the day, though had It arrived earlier ite abso- lute Innocence of all dramatic interest would have killed it. ‘Two acts are de- voted drearily to the changing of poor Popper's socks, the kissing of dear mom- mer’s photograph, the alring of sheets, the burning of cakes, and other squalid tails. It may be Mr. William Rich- ard Goodall’s idea of refined poesy, and enteftaining realism to picture dear pop- per changing his socks by the fireside while dear mommer looks on affection- ately, but New York hasn't got there yet. And during the entire play the nock-changing episode remained the most original incident of the evening. ‘The two Colonels were reminiscent old people, who were fearful nuisances, You never felt @ spark of interest In any- thing they sald. Your only hope wi that they would soon cease, but the} were well nigh interminable. nothing more irritating than @ prosy old man—except perhaps tno of ‘em. Mr. Goolall's dramatic flavor is a ewoetly simple arrangement. Ralph reads pas- sages from a flowery novel to Clara. Renton enters and thinks he hears a declaration of love. He is jealous, and to be revenged, causes Ralph to be ac- cused of the theft of some bonds, There's your drama before you. There was nothing more—and really you felt that you wouldn't want any'hing else. Sumi- clent for the evening was the Goodall thereof. Among the characters in the “pastoral comedy” were “a man of the world,” who looked as though he had spent his life selling ribbons in Four- teenth street; a Hiram, who talked with @ fearful accent and was screamingly sorrowful; @ charity ward, who dressed like the old-fashioned soubrettes, and whose comedy came in—and went out— with thé toothache; a haughty daughter, who wore a Parisian silk gown while she baked cakes In .he kitchen; @ colored housekeeper and a tinted butler, whose lines were supposed to be hilariously emusing. Of course, this evil play swamped all {ts interpreters. Frank Mordaunt played the leading role with a Southern accent uch as no educated Southerner would Possibly use (a Colonel in the audience told me #0). Mr. Mordaunt worked hard and spread out his speeches for all they were worth. George C. Staley was the other Colonel, and Robert Ransom the grimy Hiram, long suffering juvenile, and Henry God- den the man of the world. Lawrence Eddinger was the black villain, and Willis P. Sweatnam the darky, Miss Hedith Crane was ridicu‘ously overdreesed 9 Clara Thornton. Why not dress a part suitably, and if you possess nice clothes, ask your friends up to your house to see them? Mies Crane's imita- tion of Ada Rehan was clever, Miss Georgla Welles played an ingenue part effectively. The cruel audience called out William Richard Goodail, and applauded him, I call that unkind kindness, for the very people who called him out, knew that he had flascoed drearily, It wax pathetic to hear his speech. It was the only really heart-touching Incident of the evening. Which do you think is really preferable: to call the author of a failure out and hiss him as they do in London, or to ca:l {him out and appiaud him to the echo as do in New Yor Don't you con- sider {t more amiable to put him out of hia misery at once? ALAN DAL ———_ WHAT IT WILL COME TO, (Tune Poot Hah Our great Reconter, When he tor Resolved The eh rie Mikado") «mam plan wher Dy sentied. ‘To Albany he atralgheway went eding, wraps, in Lent), Hatton bent To have those clerks belwwaled, And L expect you'll all agrea Ho thought ty do it speeiiiy, And he was right, and they were right, And all was right as right could be! His stern resolve, you'll un Caused great dismay throws! For atl who bore a stueoure Were equally affected ‘The man who rather fancied rye, OF drank @ lager on the sly Would know the wherefore and the why, Despite that they objected, And you'll allow, as 1 exwect rstand, he land, They would have cause to so object, Though he was right, yet they were right, Aud all was right us right could bet A great ¢ sion then wos s Tos wee what the Ke And try if they And come to some ¢ And though the J nuld smooch the way, ges gave Lie Sald try would have their way or die, hey settled tn the by and by With mutual eMusion. Their better plan would aurely de To seitle {t amtoadly, For he was right, and they were right, And all was right as right could be! LA TOUCHE HANCOCK, GREAT ‘OF OUR OWN TIME. | | The most yourdtul appearing m |Regisiative te Assemblyman Jam Jot the Fourta New York cit for a Jude ke see at on : private se years DD uying to be a ma ot Tam profe | papor 1 always look at the end of it to see Mf Your signaturo is there? Waltzabout (delighted)-Do yout Voug—Yes, and when I Gud it { don't read the talon Transcript, We, tm \ There is! Charles 8. Abbe was the | WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, c#JL 8, 1 Gallery of Living WILLIAM COURT GULLY. ‘This ts a picture of the man who will succeed Sir Arthur Pcel as Speaker of the English House of Commons. He} comes of pugilistic stock, his grand-{ father having risen from the prize-ring to a seat In Parilament. tb GLEANER’S BUDGET. TH Goasip Here, a Hint There and True ‘Tales of City Life, A few days ago T met a gentioman whone office fo In one of the big new buildings on Broadway, | Opponite City Mall Park. He abhors a beard, and | for some inexplicable reason, nature 1s playing mean tricke upon him, So rapid t# the hiraute Fowth upon his chia that he has @ contract with | @ barber to be shaved twice a day, As he Feaches the Dullding tn the morning, he rane {nto the barber's atop, and then be repeats the | act on leaving Im the evening, "I can raise a | beard within thirty-six hours that would Le long enough to part with a comb,” he sald. How | Jong {t would grow I do not know. I went camp- | Ing a fow Summera ago, and used a pair of | eon my beard each day. 1 think st would to my waist In a month, but do not pure giving It @ chance." oo. was a leaky steam-pipe in Barclay street F morning, and the vapor came out in| uch cloude that & person passing into the mist was lost to the view of the outsiders for « time. T saw @ portly man with # silk hat dart rapidly into the steam from the side towards the river. An instant later there were two femifine shrieks, the man’s hat rolled out into the street, the man hiinseit tumbled Into the gutter, and a woman's handbag followed the hat. Then two scared and Aishevelled females came running out of the mist, ‘There had been another collision in the fox. oe One of the “hayveed’ Assemblymen came to New York, the other day, to get orders, and his business naturally led him to the office of ex-| Senator Platt, at 49 Broadway. When the fara! statesman reached the curb In front of the bulld- | Ing, he was noticed looking curiously at the big | EIIt Mguren above the door, Then he commenced | Working his fingers, and was heart counting from four to thirteen, ‘Yes, that's right."* remarked @ bystander, ‘four and nine are thirteen.” “Wall, {t's & — outrage,” answered the rural Assem- | blyman, ‘to place the Republican party tn Jeopardy by tempting fate in that way.” THE GLEANER. . Th TALKS W Hoarders and Keepers Receive To the Editor Boarding - Ad ce. In a landiond responsible for boarders’ prop> erty, and {s articles lost oF stolen could a buurder hold landiont responsible for thelr value? BOARDER, A boarding-house keeper is not, Hke an Inkeeper, an insurer of the property of his guests, and is liable only In case the loss results from the gross nesli- gence of himyelf or his servants. If he took such cure of the house and the things In it as a prudent owner would take he is not liable for goods of guests which were stolen, ee My trunks and clothes, w 0, have been held for six mouths for a board DIL of $15, which 1 owe, and now wish to Can the law Tega e mld my Roads, or can she charge age for them? FD. Under recent liws a boarding-house keeper has a Hen upon apparel of board. ers for board. But to enforce the lien the conditions preserihed by the statute must be Uy followed, Notice must be given and julgment had before the xls can be sold, In there any way to collect a $25 board bill HA man Who Is Worth nothing, but is work- ing steadily? Me is an in te board-Junper, 34 A judgment against him in a District Court will cost but little. ‘Then fle a transcript in the County Clerk's office, When you have leisure, get an order and examine him as to his proper: It often happens, too, that such men Become entitled to some inter estate, on which an against them becomes Pr. C. T., Renova, taine food or If a person ob- vdation at a hotel in this State without paying therefor, and with intent to defraud the proprietor, or absconds and surreptitiously removes | his baggaxe, is x of a mi meanor and may be seat to jail for one year. The proprietor may also) main- tain a civil for the amount of the bi Atte + are resuining. Atenaial | in The Danes er Mar Vaknowa por ba w eld, end rook on Arm yoke placed a can of powder in ema sk Phiry -Ave the fost the pr id hery, were res cently placed in the streams of Hath, Howard and Coboston. — Croker's Poor Opinion, Dick Croker says the newspapers are very 8395. BETWEEN US WOMEN. ‘The Grand Duchess of Hesse has hit upon a unique idea for commemérating the birth of her daughter, an event of recent date, She hi founded a society for the encouragement of falth- fulness and constancy in servants, and proposes to present @ reward to every servant who bh tven oF will give twenty-five yours of servict the same family. The reward will consist of @ gold cross, with the inseiption: ‘For twenty- five years’ faithful service," and further adorned with & prettily designed monogram formed of the {ittals of the Grand Duchess. The ‘Kind Word" Soclety formed by Mra, Sherwood last Winter, aud in which many New York wome took auch a warm Interest, Inasmuch as it dealt exclusively with the training Of rervante—method, plillonophy and acience in the culinary department all considered—might inaugurate euch an idea with profit. Four ‘co-operative housekeepers’ were stand. ing out in their little hall last Saturday speeding the parting guomt, one of thom en dishabille and the entire lot keyless, when the treacherous wind blew the door shut, and there was a pretty lively scurrying about to know what wae to be done ‘The parting guest was Gespatched for a lock- |amtth and miscellaneous draperies were supplied to the gowaless woman unt!] the locksmith came, fyhe same quartet -was locked out again yester- day, and an the exchequer was low and the lock- emith a luxury, it waa decided to make an en- trance by crawling on a board over the air. shatt Into the bathroom, The thinnest of the four was selected for the experiment. The win- dow faa small, the board was thin, the height was just four fights up and the width of the well nolo wae six feet It seamed periivua, but co-operative housekeepers stop at nothing. The passage was auccensfully made, the door was opened, the lockemith's fee saved and novelty, ‘economy and co-operation sustained. These little Incidenta by way of showing the Importance of the key In co-operative housekeeping. Caer ‘A woman who I @ skilled wielder of the pen, a favorite of the muse and the pet of the read- ing public rented an apartment down in the vicinity of Washington Arch the first of month, and, like all new flat-dwellers, charmed with ber aurroundings In every particu- lar, She dilated on the et and the general modern appearance of everything. ‘To-day she le moving again, and when I asked why she had left ber erstwhile elysium she bad me ‘Guess! 1 guessed everything in the cata- logue of experience. She “You soc, whon I took the apartment,"* ahe exe plained, “‘T understood the janitor to say it was $25 a month, Instead of that tt was $75. Simple reason for moving, in It not?” None but @ child of the muse could blunder like that. PRUDENCE SHAW. a HE TOOK TIME TO DIE. ‘There was an olf fellow who never had time For a fresh morning look at the Volume sublime, Who never had time for the soft band of prayer To smooth out the wrinkles of labor and c: Who could not find time for that service most aweet j At the altar of home where the Gear ones all meet, And never found time with the people of God To learn the good way that the fathers have trod; But he found time to die, Oh, yest je found time to dl ‘This busy old fellow, too busy was he To linger at breakfast, at dinner, or tei For the merry small chatter of children and wife, But Jed in his marriage @ bachelor lit Too busy for kisser, too busy for play, No time to be loving, no thme to bega: Nt time to replenish his vanishing health, No time to enjoy his swift-gathering wealth; But he found time to di On, yes! He found time to die This beautiful world had no beauty for him; Its colors were black and its sunshine was dim. No leisure for woodland, for river or hill, No time In his life just to think and be still, No time for his neighbors, no time for his friends, No time for those highest immutable ends | Of the Iife of a man who is not for a day, But, for worse or for better. for ever and aye. Yet, he found time to diet On, yest He found time to die. Amos R. Wells, in Har — = HUMOR IN GOOD MEASURE. 8 Weekly, The Quality Whereof Is Warranted Not to Be Strained, At seventeen he madly loved ‘A woman twenty-eight; At thirty, In one twenty-three je thought he'd met his tat At forty to @ maid eighteen His passion he confesses; At alxty he 1s married to A schoolgirl in short dresses, ‘ansas City Journal, The Count's English, “Do you know the Count actually addresses her tn public an his treasure?” “Treasure? His English te a little off, means investment.’’—Indianapoils Journal, Cautio; Of birds he'd sing, and balmy Spring: Of flow'rets would he carol, Dut, Just the same, he clothed his frame In Winter-time apparel. Washington Star. Imnorance All Around. Kate—I cannot believe that Mr. Gayboy 1a #0 bad & man. His wife says that others do not know him as rhe doe Harey—Yeu, but then bis wife do others do,—Lorton Transcript. He Mary had a "Twas feminine and queer It laid like amoke when eg And quit when eggs Loui VENING WORLD" SKETCH-BOOK, He Washes the Windows, Rub, rub, tub! Thump! That's the way tt was, And while he was looking to see whose ribs were In the handle’s way, had bis turn. Let some droppings fall on me," the new victim might have suns, with his gospel hymns freah in his mind, He didn't sing it, but he Kot the droppings, Cleanliness is the next thing to the bargain counter, in the city mer- chant's category, Hence the window-washer. Is ft the fault of the paid emissary of soap and wicked, There !s au old adage about no feliow ever feeling the halter about hiv neck without a poor opinion of ¢> law.—Atlanta Journal, water if people will get in the way of the long handle of his washer? Ought he te be more care- ‘tly 4 Wad people won't | add one-half of a cup of cream and stir gnother unfortunate | Here is a charming blouse bodice, with yoke, gathered at the waist and flat above, mounting behind, made in plain material; the front, gathered at waist, is in plain material on the sides, open over a puff of striped material. Fiat- Plaited puffy sleeve, folding over a close foresleeve, to which it is attached. Collar) of silk or velvet mounted with a straight collar and scalloped on the sides of the front, falling over the sleeves and rounded behind. Surah Silk for Bike Costume: A bicycle club is being organized | among the young women riders of In- dianapolis, The club is discussing suits for riding, A teacher of experience, who has taught ladies to ride for several sea- sons, regards surah silk as the best for sults, This can be readily wiped free of dust, which the flannel or other wool sults hold. Cream of Corn Soup. Remove the corn from one can, cover with three cups of water and simmer for one hour. Strain, press through a sieve. Scald three cups of milk, add the corn and one tablespoonful of butter rubbed smooth with one tablespoonful of flour. Mix until smooth; season with balt. pep- per and a few drops of celery extract; until heated, Take from the fire, add the beaten yolk of an egg and serve at once. ‘The egg or cream may be omitted, but the soup 1s far more delicious with the addition of both. The corn from twelve ears equals one can, ‘The problem of finding a new branch of employment for women has been agitating the mind of the Russians, and} they have now taken @ somewhat novel step, At the last meeting of the Ad- ministrative Board of the street tram- ways of Tiflis, the capital ef Caucasus, it was resolved to make the experiment of employing women as tramway con- ductors. Up to the present, howeve &@ few women only have been appoint! as conductors of vehicles which p; upon less crowded routes. One of ti regulations of this new ordinance is th. in no case must the number of wome employed amount to more than one-ha of the whole number of licensed conde tors. ( Society No Longer Visits, Calls having become in. our busy if of great cities so perfunctory an oblig tion, many people have seen fit to ar the attempt to make them except cases where condolence or congratul, tion are in order. These cases de the leaving of cards in person only; so visiting, for form out of vogue. So well is the dimet of accomplishing all one’s visits undi stood that people of the world do hold each other to strict account te Season passes without an interchange cards, They simply meet somew! and take up the thread dropped they last met months before, with fect good temper.—Mrs. Burton son in Ladies’ Home Journal, Broiled Steak a In Shrewabury, Broil a thick porter house steak, lect fine, large, fresh mushrooms, the tops, scrape the stalks and cut tl off about half an inch from the top. these upper side down on a hot and broil until tender; they will not. quire more than five minutes, Turn, broll longest on the upper side. Hay some butter softened; baste the mush. rooma with this. Dish them around the beefsteak. Pour more butter over them, sprinkled with salt and pepper, end serve, Concerning Vinegar. Vinegar and sugar will make a good stove polish, Vinegar and salt will strengthen @ lame back. Vinegar used to wash the wall before Papering will help the paper to stick. Vinegar for soaking lamp wicks makee a brilliant light. Reversible Skirt A Berlin tailor has just taken out @ patent on a reversible dress skirt, which® he makes of any two kinds of dress goods selected by his patrons. The skirt can be worn on either side, looks very graceful, and is exceedingly prac tical. The inventor says that his sys tem will admit of any kind of cut and style. It seems that this novelty come bines usefulness with beauty. Women Who Want to Be Soldiers, In Nevada, the women are asking the Legislature to grant them permission te form @ woman's militia, and they tm tend to gain their point, All Europe repudiates the theory that woman ts {te ferior in physical strength to man, aa the women are the real agriculturaltste of European countries, In Germany we have seen 100 women at work under @ male boss in a beet field, while the mew soldiers idled about the country. LETTERS [7te column ts open to everybody whe has @ complaint to make, @ grievance to ventilate, i formation to give, a subject of general interest to discuss or @ public service 10 acknowledge, and who can put the idea into lem tham 100 words, Long lettera cannot be printed.) The Single-Tax Roa To the Editor: Your correspondent ‘“Patient,"* shows want of patience and an intolerance 11 in a single-taxer, He wants you to discontinue printing what he calls: ‘Silly letters about Birls,"" while devoting space to discussion of so- clal problems, He evidently means well, but forgets that people do not want to be everlasting. ly discussing serious subjects, That such dis cussion, however, 1s needed Im his case, is evi- dent. For Instance, he advances the absurd proposition that the accumulation of wealth 1s dishonorable, He professes to believe in sing! tax, but plainly does not understand it, The sin- gle tax will give opportunities to all men, and, by rendering It possible for any man to accumulate wealth as the result of hie efforts, will be an incentive to industry. as to Wealth. The Coroner Ston Greatness, of Hoeber's To the Editor: Since weeks I read nothing else almost, than about Coroner Hoeber. Reporters are going even far as making fun of his way of speaking by the way, very poor business for them, ax English-speaking nations are accededly the worst linguists on earth). Wohdt I would MWke to say {* that Coroner Hoeber must be @ great man indeed to have so many enemies, for no fool 1# talked about very much, I do not know Dr. Hoeber, but he must be an admirable man to set go many Irish tongues a-wagging, no Little wonder if he 1s @ Teuton, Jos. 0'B: RIEN. They Take Water at the Time. Wrong To the Editor People living on the east side are put to a great Inconvenience in the svening, between 5.29 and and 7.20 o'clock, Juat when the working people are returning home from work, by the stopping of trains for water at the Sixty-fifth street sta- thon, Sometimes thefe is a blockade of four or five trains, which delays traMe for a halt hour, each train taking at least seven minutes to fill up. ANNOYED. Brooklyn's Elastic “L" Schedules, To the Editor: 1, with hundreds of otters who have to patron fze the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad (Mroadway branch), wieh you would agitate better service on anid road. ‘Trains are scheduled to run every aix mi but they are run or fifteen minutes In the mo between 7 and § o'clock. tos, ry twelve nore ing an! evening A VICTIM. ould Men Carry Musie Rolla? the Eaitor Is it proper for gentlemen to carry those musle vr rolls that the ladies carry thelr songs in? 1 ask you, as T do not wish to take it unless it tw proper, and I do not want the girls to laugh a: me. ANDY, Two Days of Nest Would Not Re Too Many. To the Editor: In answer to my challenge I beg to say that I am well aware that Sunday was not the original Sabbath, and that God has never instructed us to chenge it. One thing I do know, the Almighty eur people took two days for worship there would be more work for those who are now idle, Ob, the greed of those who want seven daye’ pay where others cannot get three. The saloon-keopen Bas proft enough in six days without allowing him seven in which to rob children of thelr bread and fathers of their souls, This talk abow Christians wearing long faces 1s an untruth, The smile when the time comes to amile, while com poor fools grim every time the: and giggle over a conversatiot should turn thelr hair red, WILLIAM R. JACOBS, Mount Vernon, N, Te A Case of To the Biltor: ‘The Broadway cable men feol very angry over @ noice put up ia the depota, requesting all the ‘employees to sign @ petition against the Ten-Hour bill and trusting that the Governor will veto when it comes before him. Several of the Broade way car men stood and talked with the writer, and said that they had to work fifteen before they made $2.40, and eome men on swing cars worked all day for 00 ce on the Seventh avenue line worked ten hours and got only $1.80. All the declared that ever since syndicate got Béas of the nine car Mnes in this city the wages Dore been reduced and the boure lengthened. men say that the Legislature should regulate ti * wages. too, as well as the hours A Sixth eyes nue car man told me that when he makes 6a GB tra trip he Is paid 13 cents; but when he longp @ trip he is cus 33 cents in his wages Fel men on the Sixth avenue line signed the peti tlon under protest. Some men on the Broadway line eald that they would ase the Company ts @ warm place first, before they would sign it, JOHN HENRY, ‘Twenty-secomt street and Eighth avemam ° ign or Li Your Joh* ‘They were Eg tf | A Slow Am To the Editor: Will you kindly tell me why it is that taken from twenty to thirty minutes for am ambulance to get to the patient? To-day, im the case of an elderly lady falling in @ ft om Twenty-necond street, near Fitth avenue, it. wae exactly thirty-two minutes after telephone meee sage waa sent before an ambulance from the New York Hospital arrived, coming trom Wife | teenth street and Fifth avenue. This can be nothing but sheer neglect oF carelessness, AN INDIGNANT YOUNG DOCTOM® nce. The Rudest of All Conductors, To the Editor ‘The Third avenue conductors are the radest ‘and most ungentlemanly officials who are on case In New York City, T attempted to board a car wt at Eighty-second street, but did worm succeed as the gripman would not stop, To ad@ to ny indignation the conductor turned around and sneered and sald Twas an old foxy, After E waited for a car to stop T at last succeeded tm getting aboard, when T was jabbed into the crow@ just in the same manner as you pictured in your Wednestay evening paper, LP. De a Reformer, This Prodigy Is a Peach, To the Editor 1 know @ boy ni old, whom I and all who have heard him consider a prodigy, as he plays both organ and plano ali by ear, and hae ever iad « lesson He not only plays allt popular music, but alte at the organ every day and improvises some fine music, such as marches: and songs (either or sentimental) an@ church music, T thought { would Inquire throug r paper Mf some of your kind readers could| suggest some way by which this fine music could bas instructed ux to keep one day out of seven, As ninny things were ol by Jesus Christ, so through his resurrection a new bath wan created, on which day, as the Apostion teach us, we are to ‘come to- gether aud break bread ard give thanks after con- {easing our transgeasions, that our sacrifices may be pure.” If any man wills to observe Saturday Ro man has the right to forbid Bim. The coun- try would wot suller by Keeping both days It be reproduced, ax it Is well worth it, ML. We What Gives the Opal Its Bad Name: To the Editor: (Can any reader kindly tell me why tne opal is an unlucky stone, They say it is lucky for any person borm is October. I was bora im that month and have ea / opal ring, but several peopie have told me aah to woar YOUNG LADE,