The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1903, Page 10

i" ‘by the Press Publishing Company, No. 63 to i) Park Row, New York, Entered at the Post-OMice at New York as Second-Class Mali Matter. FOLUME 48........ NEED OF ASSISTANT ENGINEERS, ' General Manager Besler's objection to The Evening| orld’s plan of having an assistant engineer in the cab every mogul engine {js that his presence would “divid responsibility and cause disagreements.” With the| r still in supreme charge of the locomotive there} ‘be no occasion for disagreements; and it fs hardly that any division of responsibility would lead to © deliberate ignoring of danger-signals. Does the public realize how frequently passengers) exposed to the danger of collision by the {Illness or| ity of the engineer? Here are a few cases of escapes that found their way into the news-| NO, 15,140. ‘Gopt. 19, 1902.—Foginesr A. W. @xglenton, jr., In cba express on the Harlom road, Giod in his cab while hin train wi at the rte of sixty milen an hour through Dover Plains. The fan wild until the fireman, who had been ocoupled in stoking the @niahed his work and took his seat. er Michael diay, In charge of an Ontario and Wentera train running 0 West Shore tracke between Weebawken and GOrswel!, eras struck on the head and Killed by some object unknown | ‘While dhe rain was at full speed. ils fireman, busy tn the “‘pit'’ ten feat | Behind him, was not aware for perhapa Gtteen minutes that the train was | Panning without control. When stopped it had passed three miles beyond | the potnt where it was to take a switch. Nov, 1, 1900.—Engineer George uuatin, in change of @ Central New trata in Connectlout, fell in @ fit in hte cad while the train was) bead at the rate of alxty miles an hour. fireman knew ‘of the onishap untll apprised By the train's alarming apeod that ‘was mrong. 8, 1890.—Somewhere erest of Bound Brook the engineer of a and Reading express, on putting his heed out the cad win- ‘was struck by a projecting pipe from a water tank and Killed. minutes elapsed petore the fireman Giscovered the accident and ‘of the engin rhe accident near Kast Hannibal, resulting in the Wabash Bali,’* west dound, running tnto an east-bound express, * Jn each of these perilous situations the ecene was set ‘for @ terrible disaster. Whether tts avoldance ts to be| ‘ascribed to luck or to providential interposition, every) should be taken against a recurrence of the when the guardian angel is off duty, as at West: “fhe only adequate precaution is the presence of an-| man in the cab. He {s as much needed there as| pilot-house; and will General Manager Besler con- ‘tend that the extra man in the pllot-house has caused and a division of responsibility?” It is economy that keeps him out—econonty that been fatally costly to the Central Railroad of New oun ‘As the raflroaq will not put him there the law rofit in Gas—While Sir Waiter Soott was in London ‘y4at about mcontury ago he wrote home to a friend in Scotland: ‘There is a fool here who !s trying to Mght London with smoke.”” In such contempt were the firat at- tempts to make fIluminating gas helt, Now in Greater New York alone, according to the report of President ‘ Gawtry, of the Consolidated Gas Company, the net profits from gas for the year just closed ceached $2,100,000. In the manufacture of this gas coal to the enormous amount + of 947,763 tons was consumed. + PRETTY GIRLS AS WIVES. “\© ia} eurprising number of the correspondents who are mtributing their opinions to The Evening World's Girls-as-Wives” contest betray a rather unchiy- » giric attitude toward the girl of superior good looks. Whey indulge in reflections on the skin-depth of beauty ind find beneath that thin cuticular veneer faults that punterbalance the fairness of face. In some the dias of the rejected suitor may be recog- Tt seems a mistaken estimate. Is not a pretty girl ‘Gs amiable, as truo, as sincere, as devoted a daughter i ae faithful a wife as her homelier sister? ‘There 18 i evidence that she is. Whether she loves as deeply the girl less gifted with good looks is not so apparent, the homely girl is more frequently a woman of one | on on which all her heart 1s set. Her more favored may have distributed her affectlons more widely, towing them at various times on various suitors. | However that may be, a writer some years ago set ‘to show that in most of the great passions of history of the parties if not both was homely. He proved Anis own satisfaction at least that many of the world’s | peatest feminine charmers had been both homely of face insignificant of figur Life of Germs.—An instance of the Jong life of ge found in the death of Mrs. Hugh Benniker, at Hooksvil L. 1. Her busband died seven years ago of typhoid pneu Recently she opened a trunk filled with his old | ~ clothing and a few days later was taken Ji from the same | peers. No dimit has been set to the Nfe of the typhold | elllus. It is known to remain actlye and deadly after | "many year: | * TERRAPIN AND CANVASBACK. | While Prince Henry was among us ‘The Evening) expressed concern regarding the ability of his) trained digestion to cope with the continuous and re-| d assquits on it of terrapin and canyasback duck. | ‘The apprehension proved unfounded, for his sallor- 'a digestive powers carried him safely through the ; indeed, as a crowning performance he consumed h of these culinary delicacies twice In one day. But that one of the most vallant of Washington's out, Senator Hanna, has proved unequal to a gastronomic feat; after a round of elghteen din- at which terrapin and canyvashack Jointly mit on the menu, flanked by filet de boeuf, he suc- @ matter of fact, a society man going out regu-| An the season subjects his digestion to an ordeal bared with which thirty quail in thirty days would @M appetizer, a caviare canape. instance, if he went to Mrs. Ogden Mills's cotilion | confronted by these familiar culinary friends. them again at Mrs. Astor's dance, along with @ boeuf Richelicu. At Mrs. George Gould's din- pacountered them again, the terrapin here “a la} "as a slight variation. At Mrs, Gerry's vo- Innovations surprised him: red-headed ducks @anvasback and terrapin a la Newburg, the) | cream of the sauce partly disguising the} yw. At Mrs, Collier's Sunday dinner he was were le he found “terrapene” awaiting him) style. cred at that a winter of this atro- ‘and plays havoc with the digestion? d4 of these articles on the poverty of resource in the In to come Mogineer Blanchard dying suddenly of heart diseasoin bis cad. | 4 Wasbacks and filet, and at the supper fol-! mee seid de aca AAR as. LR a ®ODOGOADLODDDOHS +82 Freddie. at 3 P.M. FOXY FR friend on the force, ©0000090® 4OGO0HOOGOOOO® 6, THE LITTLE BIG-HAT LOU AND LENA—Yes, of course, we prefer you, But we agreed to go walking with Wise Willle DIE—Leave that to me. THE OLD JOKES’ HOME, who pretend to be authorized to solicit contributions for the Old Jokes' Home, Brn of cheats and tmpostors and so prey upon the bounty of the philanthropte and char- itable, Wo not eollciting funds, Tho O14 Jokes’ Home ts amply endowed from the consctence fund accruing ¢rom the donations of remorseful after-dinner speakers, boarding-house funny men, minstrela, comedians, drummers and other cruel taskmasters of Industrivus and uncomplaining old jokes. We will be giad to recelve instances of deserving cases of old and over- worked jokes, and a reward of $6 will be pald to the person bringing to our attention the oldest Joke atfll in the harness, Address PROF, JOSH M. A. LONG, O14 Jokes’ Home, Evening World. Our project to establish an Old Jokes’ Home and Rest Cure for Wornout Wng- gerlos meets with untvereal approval. Many reforms of existing abuses in this regard will be evolved from the original plan, Persons in the habit of overworking Jokes may be apprehended at any time by officers for the Prevention of Cruelty to Humor. Complaints will be investt- gated and all offenders promptly prose cuted, Meanwhile we must not lose alight of our original {dea of the Old Jokes’ Home, Retire the good old veterans! Let them pass thelr declining years in peace and comfort! If you know of @ poor old joke that should be retired from public ife bring Mt to our attention as a candidate for | 4 admission to the Old Jokes’ Home, a charity that relieves first and investl- gates afterward, CANDIDATES & CORRESPONDENCE, Brooklyn Man Wants Endowed Beas, Prof, Joah Of. A. Long Dear Sir,—Will you Kindly find a bed in your private home for this old joke, which, though aged, is still hearty and rug, and would work for its meals and board: "Miko, my salary is $500 per week, What Is your salary "Me?" suys Mike, "Why, 1 don’t get no salary, My wages are $5 a week,’ “Fifteen dollars! Why, Mike. | would ot think of getting that salary Hut, ways Mike, “1 get mine.” This joke, under various atlases, haa hunted me for years. Every ime 1 to the theatre tt ty there. So if y WHI take charge of dt and Jet tt out veoasi it will make good for gen erations, Ww ry Ce Prot, Josh Ml, A. Long With you, That ancient . T fully agree, es should rest Ne g nat Lire 1 sevk fore'er their ne fag, They have done (lr duty, every one. They b furnished many a treat As they wave the vhicken's reasou iy sing o'er the street Pia nuy with all the rest vrded by aimanac’s page, 1 Old Jokes! Hom proper), ‘\ ; Revired on account of old age IBAN JAR, No. 150 Nassau street, New York. What ilas Phis to wi t Prof 1A Lone Dear Sir-"Here Charmion, take my Ivacelet,’ maid the Serpent of the Nils - my Antony ts weary and I fain Id see hin sdmle She throw some airy persifiage abou And « the dog Just then s my voked boved! She oray Mtloned “summer girls, he 1 tis sword, Poor Cleopatra's heart stood still, she went out fo) , But how whe cursed the humorlsts with her expiring gasp might have known she vald in words, “that I'd not dare to rh Of all the Jokes e'er done to death kood old summer cine 1s most deserving of & rest and likewise Of a roast 1 hope I'm golng where it's cold!" whe wave Up the ghost, 61219. N We thank Mr, Keene for phymes, but he wanders from ‘What does he want done will oa? Can it v Att Hore his the point. p theae old o © é } $ODELHTHODHILOGOOGOPOHOHMION 303050 THE - = EBEVENING= ovat hice nanan Rae icant inl scemeiaatcs sini paces RELL LE & ‘ = —————=@ PPBDDOODGD9OOSOF.9GOO9H1F-0HEH144HO9O0HOOO9 HHH 6590046095 4O0090OGH-46O9HH0F0GH00O5090HH8 00000000 O99O, OOO9000000000E | SISTERS NOW LOSE BOTH WISE WILLIE A fon say lll} Trem TOOAT FOXY FREDDIE—Meet Wise Willie here at 2.45 P. M., and when you see me coming with the two Big- Hat sisters, arrest him for any old thing. Here's $5. FOXY FREDDIP (innocently)—Well, what's hoe been doing? Shake him up tn good shape. POLICEMAN—I'll shake the life out of him! T have a good THE POLICE INVENT A NEW TRICK FOR BURGLARS. SORRY, SIR, Bur orRIClR Avo ln TAKIN C28 STUFF Ta INSURE YeR APPEARANCE IN COVAT?! pOOCETOADOSOOOS o> oot: OnE WAY UIT pant 6e WORKED. SPINE. OMUGG ALIAS a "THE TOOTH: PICKS ONDER IP £ LOOK LineAcoP 50 Yov .Iine Pain cLotme BETTER TohAanw THE ont ogre, OP EICER moOuirAN THE CROOKS MIGHT. ITIPERSOWATE TOE BURGLING COPS” EVEW AS FAR AS THIS, cAPT, LANTRY HAVE WIS NBN Oc FHID MOURLY ” , ao . Ses - a GWAN! WERE CENTRAL OFFICE MEW OETAILER TO NQVE THE Jot The sneak-thief 4s uproarious at the vista bright and glorious, Which Capt, Lantry's stunt of ent'ri honses now suggests; For with safety all good eracksmen for thelr plate and cash can tax men 4 Whose houses they have entered with sleuth badges on their ar juggling position marked, ‘The three passenger one who haw a coaches are to be placed on section B aspires toa of the track, The two freights on sec- HLH. Vree- tion A land, Pro There is a shed at the function of switches C and D which will just hold twa cars, but won't accommodate the first on engine, How careless! thls prob Now the question ts, how ts the engine We ks below, and to handle the two trains so that when in the se swe have three passen- it is through the three passenger coaches ger coaches, two freight cars, one filled will be in the ction A, where with coal and very precious at this writ- the frelghts were, and the two freights ing. We haye also an engine, will be in the lower section B, where Phes the passenger coaches were, and the Place yo! track Xin engine back tn ts original position? Freddie! FOXY FREDDIE. LE LOU AND LE Now we'll have to go walking alone, —Oh, my poor Willie! Poor -@ THE RISE OF GEORGE Q. PERKINS And How His Native Town Honored Him, EORGH Q. PERKINS, of Skaneateles, left home and went G to New York with the idea of necepting a position. At, the end of a week he sald he'd be satisfled with a Joby He got one and wrote home the good new ‘The following !tems in the Skaneat: Clarion-PaNadium: trace his career and show how a really bright, veractousy hard-working young man may succeed desplte the tempta« tlons of @ great city: ' Jan, 1, 19%2,—Our esteemed and genial young fellow-towns- man, George Q. Perkins, has accepted a remunerative offen from the P., W. & X. Railroad, The exact nature of this pos sition our New York correspondent {s unable to learn, further} than that It 1s remunerative and that the president of the road offered It in person, Good for you, George! You do am proud. i Feb, 28, 1992.—While we were in Now York last week nego tlating for the purehi of a block of valuable metal offered us by mall at a ridiculously low rate, we were so fortunate, as to encounter on Rivington street (the fashlonable resident district of our sister-burg) our popular ex-fellow-townsmand George Q. Perkins. George informed us that he is already, high in the councils of the P., W. & X. Ratlroad and that his only eetback was his peremptory refusal to accept the vice-presidency of that road. Skaneateles has every reasom to be proud of her favored son. We always prophesied great things for you, George! Juno 20, 1902.—George Q. Perkins, a promising oMcial of the P., W. & X. Railroad, ts spending a week {n our beautifub town. Dame Rumor hath it that a certain young lady on. Posselwizzle street—but that, as the playwrightist Darwia says, 18 another story. When interviewed by a Clarion-Pale jadium reporter, Mr, Perkins said he had meant to spend the whole of his three months’ vacation on the President's yacht in Burope, but could not forbear passing the first week here. George lavished on us a cigar that could not have cost @ penny less than five cents, With all his success, he 4s affable, and condescending toward those who knew him In other dayay Editorial in the Skaneateles Clarion-Palladium, Jan. 3, 190%—_ While it is not our custom to dabbie in the muddy waters Folltics, yet one suggestion seems imperative. ‘Tho offlce of Solectman for this district 1s vacant. Who so fitted to all 4 fs one who has showered honors on the namo of Skaneatelem, by his meteorically brilliant career in the great metropollaR, We refer to our talented and fortunate ex-cltizen, the Hong Georgo Q. Perkins, who, as our readers know, occuples a pot sition of unparalleled responsibility and power on the P., Wd & X, Rallroad. By this time next year George will, accords ing to his own confidential prophesy made to us in thie sanctum, be president of the road. What a feather in Slang eateles'e cap, could he be induced to accept the vacant oflod of Selectman! We, together with a committee composed of, Mayor Bartholf, Equire Wetherwolks and Stationmaster Vam Oren, will wait on George with thts proposition, in his owm palatlal office in New York, next week, — fi Jan. 2%, 1908.—It {9 painful to record a failure, Stil paing fuller to brand one’s self in error. But the Clarton-Palladiumt cannot sh ink from the flowerless path of duty. Our come. mittee went to New York, as stated in our last issue, to walt) on George Q. Perkins with a proposition, This proposition, wat blush to #ay, had {ts origin in these columns. Our committee was ushered into the palatial offices of the P., W. & X. Raile, road. George was there, He was fashionably attired in @, Jumper and overalls and was engaged in the important exe. ecutive duties of mopping up the walting-room floor, We withdraw our randidate for Selectman, A. P, T*) CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOMS. Of all the quaint industries which furnish @ Ivelthood fon, @ corps of workers there {s none moro worthy of comment! than the sacred furnace of Mon-War, erected and supported! by the religious fervor and reverential sentiment with which’ the Chinese regard their letters and papers, says Leslie's, Weekly, In every Chinatown, however mall, a bullding, dedicated to Confucius can be found, and to every almond= eyed celestial that building 1s sacred. Sacred from the in« scription over the door to the blue smoke that curls up and mingles with the fog, for it 18 the oven wherein are tnciners ated all the letters, nowspapers and old books of the Chinese quarter, Every scrap of paper upon which @ Chinese char. acter has been written or printed, when ‘ts purpose in the Lusiness or social work has been accomplished, is burned {n a perfumed blaze, and the ashes are disposed of with reverential care, That they may not become contaminated with the touch of human @ngers, they are, with sacred shovels, scooped into sacks and are carried out to sea, where the tide runs swift, and there they are given into the care of old Neptune, who respects equally the customa of ell nations. e~n~e MOLASSES AS CATTLE FOOD. Col, Wade Hampton, of the Indian Territory, but forms of South Carolina, end @ nephew of the lamented ‘Wad Hampton, Senator and General of that Btate, after having spent several days in Houston on business, has returned home, saya the Galveston News. The object of his business was to take the Orst step toward the trial of a new feed fox cattle, he being @ large cattle raiser in that section He accomplished the object of his visit by purchasing a langw ‘uantity of black molasses, #0 coarse as to have practloaliy no value as human food, upon which to feed cattle The molasses ts a grade that is frequently allowed to go ta Waste, especially where there ts not enough live stock om the place or about the mill to consume it, It may turn out, as did the conversion of bagasse tnto paper, through the enterprise and wledom of Col. Bd Oune ningham, Bagasse is that part of the sugar cane stalk lett over after the juloe has been equeesed out of ft, It had te ‘be got rid of by five until the peper mill was erected, where it was all converted into « very salable art! | See