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by the Press Publishing Company, No. 88 to 6 Park Row, Nef York. Entered at the Pont-Omoce ‘at New York as Second-Class Mai] Matter. Hi VOLUME 48.........00000000066sNO. 18,133. qagocesesosbonnosnssnerecerssscoocosoosooosococeees te $0O$0000000000 THE LITTLE BIG-HAT SISTERS TRY THEIR COOKING ON WISE WILLIE. GHICAGO’S GOOD EXAMPLE. ‘The coal famine having been broken and prices low- )) } Gre, though not yet to a normal figure, are we to for-| ¢ |} wet the tmposition and forgive those guilty of it? ‘That | ip the customary proceeding after the trouble is over. Why not imitate, even at this late day, the praise- )} worthy action of Chicago in a similar emergency? / | © Im Chicago the Special Grand Jury investigating the | onl famine returned indictments against forty-four companies, corporations and dealers. In locating Tesponsibility for the “serious shortage of coal, high and consequent suffering” it exonerated the rail- ‘spade and mine owners, but found “that there existed 4m the city of Chicago and in the State of Ilinols outside ‘of Chicago and in the neighboring States certain com- t Dinations @eemed to be conspiracies or combinations in || westiaint of trade within the meaning of tho statutes.” ‘That fe to say, recognizing the existence of a coal famine this Grand Jury promptly proceetied to discover ‘| te cause and plave the blame; and it carried out its _— im an expeditions and highly creditable way. _ Ie-etmilar ctroumstances and with equal if not greater ‘for complaint, what has New York done? It Js le that somebody has been robbing the con- ‘by the imposition of a prohibitive price on coal. Lay “ al THA BIG HAT SISTERS—Why, Willie, wo were Just LITTLE LOU—Here are some delicious biscuits I LITTLE LENA—And here {sa nice ple I just made. LOU AND LENA—What do they call it ails him? AM the, feria Se aS Aetpunted ke Gi going home. So good of you to com after us. Dut you Just cooked; you must try them. LITTLE LOU—You wilt need this saw to cut that, DOCTOR—We call {t ple-phold-man-kant-eat-1s, bination’ ve been discernible for weeks, yel ©) > must try some of our new cooking. LITTLE LENA—You will need this axe for HDR all right. ‘aaa efty has done nothing about it but to protest and| Discuits. POOTPIIOESSEOEDOHDES THE M'INTYRE FLAT. A Reception Is Given Under Difficulties, to pay. ‘We must think that the Chicago way is better| ¢@0 and wish that the energetic Western example could be \ followed here. ‘The existence of the swindiing miadie-| N- sal ae al ESSAYS. tem end his extortions is undenied. To discover his NO. identity and to bring an indictment against him is timely work for a Special Grand Jury. IN LOVE. i “Tt 1s a duty too long delayed. If it had been per- By | formed sooner we should have been denied the spec- tacle of Brooklyn mob plundering a coal train and a| ROY L. M’CARDELL. Long Island magistrate dismissing a youth charged with [i= fe nove. noun. [tte a transposed bO09OO0 0-0 JOYS AND SORROWS OF MR. AND MRS. NEWLYWED: As Amusingly Depicted by Artist Ladendorf. ge McIntyres were going to give a reception. A real, reception; the kind where people wear gleesome gar ments ami sit on the very edge of the chairs (those ; who ere hicky enough to find chalrs) end conversation is geared up to the giggle, gabble, gobble and git point of oul- ture. Where no one even thinks of smoking or of voluntesr. | ing to sing such vulgar ditvies es ‘The Dooleys’ First Five O'Clock Tea" or “The Irish Orchestra.” { The McIntyre reception belonged to the herd bearing the”! “At Home" brand; a deck of cards belng dealt through sev- | eral pages of tho Flite Directory specifying that Mrs, Blank + Blank McIntyre was very much at bome at ‘The MoIntyre Wat Tuesday afternoon, January twentieth. stealing coal with the ruling that “to steal from a thiet| | “™#00%on ofS wae | oe fs not theft.” As a result of tho coal famine the sense| mre rove ia where you state some- of ownership has become somewhat confused recently | «ning to a being antl get action. Bome | in instances far too frequent. If the law had taken early| time it is « breach of promise action. ‘notice of the persons primarily responsible for these| Hut there are ftty-atx other varieties. Love first attacks a boy just about minor {nfractions of {t we should not have oocasion to} ..0) 4 of his adolmcence when he ‘The idea of tho recoption had sprung from an tenoble 4 Meplore their frequency. agate eae for longer ¢rousers source. Mr. McIntyre had reason to delfeve his office job i 4 was insecure. He longed to make it @ sinecure, His good, ‘The object of hie affections ts in- hed CONCERNING READY CASH. vasanty a girl some two years older kind employer was addicted to the Soctety habit. He A: cheok for $22,500,000 drawn by J. P. Morgan & Oo.| than himself. After much mooning he pul } MN Beare eee au rentals tecae arsang ties comer tare * Im settlement for a large block of Reading railway stock | !3 placed in a position aad ne Bids 5 if fMnotton whose patronesses owned enough Jewelry to stock was presented at a New York bank and paid “without nj delere himaelt, JA Gaia, Se inv in? t “tipple of excitement,” as the account says, “in the money | ¢ormed that he {e “a snip,” and told to market.” The directors of the bank passed the check) ‘get out.” m i¢ around among themselves as a curiosity, glanced at it,; He gets out. ee long dal ead recalled other checks of eight figures deemed large in|!" seal. He sluaw feowd te ae their day, but not equalling this, and the incident was| nq sees the object of his adoration, dismissed as a noteworthy but not essentially important | conspicuous in pink ribbons, waltzing episode in the day's business of the bank. with the Meow pee Laas cane ot Yet {t was e big thing in a day of big things and one| {ve nelsmbomood Ure Manic ‘lt the rather beyond the full comprehension of the fmaginatton; poaa water he wantes and who puts at first thought. There was a time not remote when the| perfume on the girls’ handkerchiefs {National Government would have been put to straits to| When thay call in at the store, pay © check of this size without preparation, As Mt 18, | nert's generosity with his employer's with our per capita of circulation only $28 it wouM re-| chewing gum surge through the boy's Quire the ready cash of nearly a million citizens to pay | bratn. ‘te Tf paid tn emall change {t would make inroads on the|, Dut he combromone 07. tioxins be | nation’s stéok of subsidiary coin. It could not have been) soqueat occasions and paoelencay gaia in nickles, for in all its history the nation has not| ‘Shoot the dude that role the pila, enough nickels for the purpose. very day some one he kilia!"’ Wrondway, Saratoga. Hence McIntyre hit on the plan of giving an At Home, corralling a few of the most-nearly. well-known people of thelr acquaintance, and steering bias 00d, Kind employer up against the game. f “It'll give me a status at the office thnt will bebe against eight repctttions of the ‘getting-to-worl-an. Inte’ vice,” he decinred to his admiring wife. Several things consplred to rue the Ofcintyres’ serenity before the reception. in the first place the red stair carpel Was worn @o raggod that ft hex. to be tied together with atrings. ‘The landlord had promined a new stair carpet. But on the very morning of the reception he had the old cneried away to be cleaned and “‘tumed.” He said the hol in it would look smaiier, seen upside down. Now es ther® was no elevator, and the McIntyres dwelt on the fifth floon (morely because there was no elxth), tho prospect of thelt guevts tramping up five fights of bare, tack-sirewn stalrs nwaa not one of mecry glee. It would not tmpress the gool,: nd employer. Moreover, on the day of the reception every} one in the house resmer to have a craving for onfons; and{ the fragrant aroma of those dninties hung heavy as the perfumes of Araby the Blest throughout the halls, ‘The plumber’s man, too, had been expected for a week +4 ment the gas fireptace in the drawing-room. [He had not} come and the oder of doMlar-ten gas enriched the nostrila and ime ny Ly al Mrs. Newlywed—And this is the material I bought No. 1. Mrs. Newlywed—I bought a pattern. I'm going to make my own dress. DP 9OS99S20O4 . It @ apinater, It ip aot only the corporations and the banking-houses| |i? reer Te et ee eae ae impoverished the pocket-book. ‘that are “flush.” On the day before this check was| were uve swesthesrts, were we not?’ | ¢ Mcintyre found, mt the last moment, he would bave to ‘drawn e@ theatre-goer tendered 2 $1,000 bill in payment|And he will answer brutally: sa 2 wore sete Bo Be Ie to his wife the task of impressing his 5 h older than me, I] ¢, emp! at two seats at the Empire Theatre. Change was pro- Be, letaoh nn Lies) $ A Cmoon MrayGrolntene eent a) last\ despairing cicasameiraiant ;¥ided as desired and the tickeis furnished. Here was @)" 5) tits time he te twentyone and|% the plumber's man to come and repair the drawing-room Fy plain citizen peeling off from a roll a single Dill repre-| thinks Bimself a hardened man of the | ¢. fireplace, and got nahh pea be sronm BS cies, Soon acee ‘genting two-thirds of the entire wealth of the average| world. He ls now secretly in love with | ¢ in pews begun itp a ve ne ae ea ein tyre met Him & plump, dark-eyed witow. We would | % | in the mull, wrath in her eye, She knew he was a plumber's American, as computed by the census experts. We can Geclare tis passion, ‘but the widow's 3 man from hia alr of prosperity. fancy the reflections of the elder Booth !f he were allve) oigest aon sucks his thaab, ry “This ts a nice time for vou to come,” ane cheer stern-, to hear of this incident of an afternoon's business at the] He could never bear the onus of being | } i i GP easton come in Pal. box-office. We can fancy the reflections of Garrick as|@ stepfather \# MeVoL GaN leomhe anit! wie Fupented coldly, \I-dolnetonte ope oT ‘Then he meets @ girl who is g $ me i ol I ; he surveyed a scantily filled “pit. These old-timers relatives in hie neighborhood, 2 y | to have my guesis to see you, You surely don’t suppose r@ ould iow the young matinee hero of h ‘ ity loved will @ . ’ 5 , 3 let you Into my drawing-room at an ‘At Honio!’ Go, please,, Bie baye tiked to. kn TORRE Beane tzey that he has never reaily loved Ull|q No, 3. Mr. Newlywed—Now, she’s an economical wite. No, 4. Mrs, Newlywed—I hope I can finish this before George %| at once!” mpenotio'drame who made the occurrence possible, ik ¢ comes home. 2) As the man elill hesitated she beckoned the passing Jan-, ¥. With Joy he funds he ts regarded with mes home. > ae Civat Wap nedolvanite vane @ conalache.|(e for—a large, husky man éevoted to the Molntyre, V0 che. sail enol) ‘Nhe janitor seized the intrater and derartea suddenly. ( A CONVICT'S INVENTION Be lconddes (hie ‘cemaye te es Jowuctairs with him On the way they collided with the morata. She ts becomingly enthustastic, One of the most important of recent minor inventions| 446 ¢eels that he could die for her. “4m credited to the ingenuity of a convict in the New| ‘hen they quarrel. They do not speak, Jersey State prison—Charles Filer. It is a blind lock- He ia very miserable and hopes she gtitch sewing-machine which will enable one operator | ™* same ~ to do the work of many. The device was invented by eaaad: RAIDS yo gang ome Ale Wier while he was at work in the clothing shop of the |rervid correspondamee te maintained for “prison. Outside capital was interested in the machine,|« period of ‘three months. ‘and Filer received as his reward a cash payment of ‘Then e young minister comes to the town wh his wweetheart ves, Ho ‘95,000, @ dlock of stock, his parole and the promise of «| O° UN? hay oe position with the company at @ good salary, wattes @ great deal about the revivel he _ Other convicts have figured in Patent-Office reports |is conducting, ‘There are aconsations tis inventors. One whose name is recalled was Melohior |@nd letters are returned ‘The young man acoepte @ position he Warkar, who while confined in a Hungarian peniten- has been begging for (n another Btate, tlary in 1892, devised a mechanism for giving a man @| years pass. He has marcied the clean shave in twenty-five seconds. The cable report |daughter of his landlady. He has @ ¢am- assured us that the Governor of the penitentiary had| ‘ly. He has risen to @ position that oar tested the machine and declared it 4 success, but what ran OR B® ime came -of it is unicnown. they went on @ bridal tour, His wite & convict of a mechanical turn of mind ts apt to find | says the trip would do the childven good. .| He purchases « silk hat dnd a frock his confinement and his isolation from deterring tne) ee eee it @ “Prince Albert.”” fiuences most helpful in enabling him to acquire greater} 316 jocks like @ bartender who {s on facility. The exhibition in this city by the Prison Asso-|the reception committees of an annual 3 elation of articles made by convicts contained specimens | outing and games. Irigh-ciess 8 |" But he doesn't thimk eo, ? a4 work done behind the prison bars, Asonk) i115 ‘ion ta thet tie Glenda ot nie| 3, No. 8. Mrs, Newlywod—dJust finished the dress, I'll try it on. ‘them were an elaborate iron door grill, a richly carved | yourn will believe he t# opulently proa- oak @taincase, chairs, desks, banjoes, cabinets, iron bed | perous. — sab ee nae soe ta men coming to relay the carpets, and, festooned In Atty yards of ragged stair carpet, rollel dreamy down the ree maining fights, Five minutes later Mcintyre arrived out of breath, “What's the matter”’ he whispered. "On the way up tthe ptsect I met my good, kind employer. He was disheveled, | and patches of red @talr carpet were clinging to him. He wouldn't even spomk to me, ‘but just glared. Whet aitod | him, do you suppose?"" “1 don't know,” faltered Mrs. McIntyre, after a moment, of Aeart-reading thought. “But I think, dear, I'd resign from that borrid old offoe, % I were you. I don't believe, he'll ever raise your pay.” APT Os Onn { FOOTBALL AND DREAMS. { re Bvery college community, saya the Springfield Republican, w encompassed by superastition—myths and legends of various ports. Particulacly 1s this true tn regard to sports, but stition is more closely interwoven with football legends and beliefs than with any other game. It ‘s wonderful what @ great difference is made by the presence or absence of one man in Whom ihe team has confidence. ‘The team's playing tw toned by his, Then tho state of the weather, the condition of the fleld and the place where the game is played all react! on the superstitions of the men of different teams. ‘The effects may unnoticed for a time, but are none the leas real and always to be reckoned with if it 4# possible to dim cover them, Yale k and the belief that Dartmouth wags unconquerable for an eleven anywhere near her — when playing on her own ground are two examples {n pain & But the ¢riends ofhis: youth bear his plaster casta, &c, A piece of cloth woven at| i poe MUFFS FOR THE FEET. t t ke th LINCOLN'S AVIT WON, Princeton has a euperatition, based on common sense, how- came in for the highest praise. Richard Barker, i : iv o Qo Q ay. ever, that it 1s poor polley to have the same captain through a ni se cei Another townsman tsback Imtown on! Foot muffs are used to keep the feet When Joseph Jefferson, the famous than one season, Dreams are held in high estimation, eonvict at Auburn, made a box out of 11, BOD- | visit, Loo. 1 they 0 th more than o) "| fleces of woot which was a marvel of skilful) 16 is a bill-poster with « otrous and posal ali # ” Apes pase long] “CAWNIT" VERSUS “CAN'T.” — [where you tle a ntring around it to| American actor, was a boy, say the especially among the players shemsstves, and the iterwnag . |{e made much of. FOOSE ERGs mtOveR: Aor Oaty | © people who haunt |make you reoollvct!"—4ineinnatt Com-| Kansas City Journel, he used to tramp| made by this eecond sight in regsnd to the ne o work. It required a glass to see where the dif. ‘The biliposter ts with «| Flages were Invented, and there are peo- Puriloae itn thelnc mercial ‘Tribune. from town io town inthe United States] test appears in the degree of confidence of the play. This! {s well known to coaches, and some are sald to have of wood were joined together, In the ¥ b> SO ice es fragments @old-headed cane by the local lodge of} ple who still prefer them. They ha Sometimes they say ‘caw SOULS WITHOUT A THOUGHT, to strengthen the nerves of thedr charges by dreaming of asa small inember of his father's trav: 1885 the goods manufactured by the convicts of | Improved Onter of Red Mon, to which| manyfest advantages over the ato ‘Then forget and say "can't." “Don't you sometimes have thoughts,” « Ages ove § YOu #0 " f . tcome of tho etrugg! State of New York were valued at $6,236,820, he is allied, Ofe 1s presented mith Me! as foot mut t» something lke « Washington 8tar. | asked the soulful young thing, “thar are| 22S Company. They once etruck the ‘Rhsing tor one ‘ot the vanes ode 7 tae ding # jail-bird's possibilities in life when he | "thers erosery Bi | at wpacious, comfortable slipper, | JUST THE NAME. J absolutely unutterable?"” town of Springfield, 1)., at a time when ithe penitentiary with a trade well learned, a states | minister da again residing ta the town, | Wide enouki for two E8et, and coming |“ am golng to write for our Hi to wg ah Q na” anewored foeoid poet.) & great religions revival was in full iy Daniel Russell, a “discharged prisoners’ agent,’ @ho is married to the local makes, who | UP high on the foot, really a sort of | SOOM OR HAR Ae AA ar Craw- Pera “me ae ae Ta q es swing. In the hope of preventing any fiwe quoted. In an address before the Prison Asso- 4 echelon to drink, ve Ear EOE Ane, OnION mS daa SRY he te the matter, Silas?” asked |thoughia that are absolutely unprtnt- | Play nate niles speed ein Fem Russel a @ has become addicted to Christian i‘ =| Bins. Crawtoot. ble,"—Buffalo Commercial, Counofl deman wy feo ~| Sfany ourtous people hay uestions about the eean ST we ems ane betray yr eee t erg Hoty, raning tn hice trom $3 or | Tih Tle paper says a wan geeh | BUNNY REACHED FOR (7, | miseion. ‘Thie wes f serious matter fof ‘etia cm basvele st tear aah che Maaptens a sae 1 res gving through the Mechanice Guiry each up to $75, Ti lowest priced| downtown, In @ tran Bunda i 2 rollers, who ha: th oe Her old fame te aftronted, He teeta! S80) YP. iO te ot inexpensive| Koln to hay oy falli DentanGiay, are you emits eraazt > | oon 4 ¢o earn thelr eo the quality and strength of the squor inside, whe should have stayed single end have pined away, But he doesn't tell hia wife. me 1 lawyer furs lined with sheepalcin; the, higher| ‘aPe BY Fc leas ewe, Jolkley-Not to my knowledge, Why? | tray vere out ot ‘aot mill, ae y tines af excise tax of ten shillings had to be p made of seal and other EAT OF MEMORY, (Dents—You just eald you saw some- 4 oad shat a ee ue pis ae the feo was 4m sorry to meet you here, 1 wvp. OM, trade of picking pockets.” You ought to have = finished with an asked the teacher, at the| thing to-day that made your hair stand meh a If be grew two inches, ‘De you me sil| ‘The mext will an “Out” enaay upon the top. Any) end of @ long desoription of the brain, oot and od what ft was : ‘WIL, 1 have the whele hase |_vout of Work//mte appens te. |0f them makes @ slightly as well 9 «| “where @thoeeat of memory? | Can any) 7. icra gel oadd bea 8 “Tess, replied , ota Brightagse; “in the litte Ange, sae marae, ¥, ” co eh