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At this moment, further along this same
stream, where. in a little cove, lay hidden q
great tangle of water lilies, Annie Convers
sat in a rough little boat. rowed by Mrs. VIII
toms son Peter, a s~hockheaded boy Of twelve.
Little Fannie Wilton sat beside her, and the
two girls drew up the dank, dark, green
stems of the great beautiful white flowers.
" II one could only carry them to the city"
said Annie; but they always die. How
greedy. am, can never get enough. But
there comes one down the stream to us. Let's
try to catch it. Peter"
Peter, in obedience TO the mandate, rowed
his boat out into the deeper water, and Annie
leaned over the side with her hanu out
stretched to catch what she fancied was q
floating lily. "Pshaw!" she cried, with q
laugh, as It came nearer, it's nothing but
paper! But it seems to be lodging me I'll
catch it whatever IL ISL and with these words
her white fingers closed on an envelope. not
vet soaked through, and within which lay,
torn and crushed. paper still dry.
why, IL has my name ON the backF" ox1ed
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EA IIBEiiB3IEE: { Gi%;iOIj'NES S;ifii NJ in

Annie. II never destroy o letter whom I'm
away from home" Then her face changed,
and the children saw her pale ana flushed q
she pieced the torn letter together and readtt
through.
She was O wise little woman, and kept the
matter to herself, but Fannie did not
Wasn't II funny. ma ?" she DRIED. Miss
Annie found one of her letters foating down
the stream, just like q boat, whom We were
getting water lilies"
"Oh!" cried Mrs. Wilton, for 81 this mo-
ment the teacup Jane had lifted to hsx lips
dropped from her hand and dashed 10 pieces
on the floor.
"How careless of me I" cried Jane.
Hope you haven't spoilt your dreSgf"
said Mrs. Wilton; but a. Jane lifted her
crimson face from the fragments Of the
broken cup she met Annie Conyers's eyes.
Women sometimes talk TO each other with
their eyes; two did then.
He2 an invitation TO her wedding, which
Mis- b. with many rsgrstss declined
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THE LOVE LETTER.

They had been boarding together ct the
iarm' Jane Heth and Annie Conyers; and all
that autumn Mr.. Craig had been hshing and
ahooting in the vicinity, and making the farm,
which was renowned for its good fare, his
headquarters. Mr.. Craig was a handsome
and dashing young widower, and Jane Heth
mad made up her mind that to be Mrs. Craig
was her destiny. Indeed, It might have been,
,or perseverance can accomplish wonders.
mad not Annie Conyers brought her trunks.
ner oroeheting. her sketch-book and her blue
parasol to the farm for the summer.
Annie was not prettier, nor younger, nor
better dressed, nor moro accomplished than
Jane; but q man loves one woman and does
1%oooSye another, and Who can explain why
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Then Jane tore the letter in two, thrust i

Then Jane tore the letter in two, thrust it
into its envelope and looked about her. 1t
would be dangerous to tear il to bits in the
wood. Its white fragments might attract
some eye among the %greenness Of the grass.
Jane hurried TO the water side. and, looking
over her shoulder as one might who expected
to see q ghost, tossed the little package in.
1t fell with the closed side downward, and
distended by the torn note which was
roughly thrust into it. The surface was hard
and highly finished, and shaped so as to
resist the water. A little breeze that had Just
sprung up favored it, and away II foated,
like Q little boat, deity clearing the shore
and lacking and turning as Il passed the
dark, half hidden breasts Of the little rocks
over which the water played.
"Good-by," said Jane, laughing as she
watched 1t. ~ have set q vessel, freighted
with the hopes of Harry Craig, AAoat in fine
style. am afraid It will make shipwreck,
but ell the better for some n else. It's an
Ill wind that blows no one any good"
And turning. abe trippsd towards the
house.
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her ~unconquerable, she hurried away TO q
wood, hiding both letters In her pocket. At
least she would delay her rivals happiness ;
she would not carry it TO her at once. Then
alone in the green shadow she took the letter
from her pocket, and looked long and curl
ously at the superscription. Yes, II was from
Craig, and what had he said? Could She but
read what he had written, she would know.
She took a pin from her dress and drew it
along the edge of the envelope. It opened
. little space, but the rest chung as closely as
before. Impatient at this she forgot all pru-
dence and drew the pin across the paper with
a sudden push. It cut it's way through, and
now the mischief was done.
James heart beat hard and fast with terror,
but she had gone too far TO stop.
II shall know the truth" she said, and
letters are always being lost in these country
post-ofhces. III read II since I've torn It,"
Then she pulled away the envelope, spread
the sheet of paper on her NEE md read the
following words
DEAR Miss CoNYBRs; II seems odd that q man OF
thirty should 30 AFRAID 70 stand face 70 face with .
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Nc newspaper may print any details Of the
execution, which is to be inflicted by cleo
tricity. A current of electricity is to be
caused to pass through the body Of the con-
demned Of sufficient intensity to kill him,
and the application 10 to be continued until
he is dead.
Several plans for inficting death by cleo
tricity have been devised, but the DEATH
chat" is probably the most feasible. This
chair is made of steel, Concealed in its arms
are wires, which are to nnec with o con-
cealed dynamo. The condemned sits in the
chair, his bare feet resting on dampened
ground. At a signal a button is touched. the
electric current Is turned IN from the dyn-
amo, the hands on the arms of the chair and
the body of the condemned connect the poles
Of the battery and the victim is dead, the
electricity passing through him into the
ground.
The wires of the death chair could be con-
nected with an ordinary electric light wire,
from which electricity enough to kill O dozen
persons could be obtained.
Another method would be by o collar or
steel band clasped about the neck, with a wet
sponge squeezed between the band and the
neck at the base of the skull.
Still another plan provides for a tightly
clasped steel band about the top of the head.
Death could also be inflicted by compelling
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Talked of by Workiprmen.

Tho cra,om vsrn,abers and nolishsra n, ,b,. o,,x
Brooklyn and Jersey City are to amalgamata
A, tho naat,nn n, ,hs rorman r.au.r., r.,..
v.atora,v worr Go ,enor,aS sianr !, o u.n
1rosn.cfy s',r pi0a'n'' Win
delegate Jones. OF inc progressive Painters,
a y 1 10 M eu ~ u y KUN ~ ii FePor' 'ns' no Id
O '
Ihe I'm and eheet-lr0n workers Union Ia In
creasing is membership rapidly and Ii In such q
good financial condition that II has quite q balance
In is FAVOR In the treasury.
DELEGATE Ford, Of the Metal Workers, reports
tnat alhouPn trado Ii rather duu at present, all
hands are at work. Inc b~rassworkers who had
such q long LOCKOUT nave all found employment.
The smallest per capita tax In the order of the
KniRhts of Labor Ia that of National Trades Dia-
lriot No. Ql0 1t Ia about four cents per member
mo LAGER Reer WAGON Dr,vera, un,on ma, v.s
terday in Clarendon Hall Building and voted to
push the boycott on Milwaukee beer. The next
ruary.
THO ,rrd,,, ,roaao, rn,ons 10 ,o,.,,. .r,r
,,a H. ,ih pmst,dtnn rrados' c M ~ -
y n ~ ~ shtoh wui ha no"naS. " " ssV hS
~. Vi "nnon ~ 20 ~ snv uiloA
hS, h 'rodos opeA@'0 "''n 'Ho o'nef umons
Ahor, cyo h,,,r.a ,r,on ma, r.,,r
h,Id;n. traJoa Io,iowoS Iema ~ nau u sao
Nv ,ha W s.stnroay ~ Sa =. SaAes.ys uTuy
ala !, = n IN ,Sya osrnar Mo a,s
~ ~ naSr ~ sno S"'Pen'ois unions' u LIE uea'n
Beer Brewers Union No. ], OF New York and
vicinity, met yesterday In Clarendon BAN, and
after admitting q number OF new members and
voting aid to their Milwaukee brethren, adjourned
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Gueata mt the Hotels.

Congressman ". Bourke Cochran Ii at the Hon-
man House.
Edward Kemper, q Paris nnancier, are guests Of
the Brunswick.
Congressman Martin Maginnis, of Montana, and
Col. Charles X. Dnworth, OF piltsburg. are staying
at the St James,
Among others at the Grand are Judge J. @.
Yancey. OF Batesyille, Ark, and Q. II. Cummings,
Of tue Lehigh Valley Railroad.
capt l. Barkley, Royal Navy, from British Co
lumbia; ]. l. Mcbride, OF Montreal, and K. b.
Stevens, OF Chicago, entered the Astor House
early this morning.
Commodore w. s. Schley, q. s. N, commander
OF the Greedy Relief Expedition, and Lieut.. d. l.
Brainard, U. 8. N, q member OF the Greedy Expe-
dition, and VINO has been further North than any
olher white man, are now enjoying the comforts Of
the Grand Hotel.
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Colonel gave his heart to little Annie and she

Colonel gave his heart to little Annie and she
gave hers TO him.
But on the day that called him home moth
ing had been said hat could have been con-
strued into an engagement; but he had asked
her If he might write to her, and she had said
Yes" and Jane had heard the request and
the permission.
Three days had passed since the Colonel's
departure, and one morning Jane stood lean
ing over the gate when q wagon drove up the
road and stopped by the side Of 1t q oment.
From beneath Its covers peeped the white
head Of an old farmer.
"Good-evenin', miss said he. "pve
been to the post-ofice, and they said there
was letters for Wilton's folks, and I fetched
'em over. Aint.got my glasses with me, so I
don't know who they're writ 70. but you can !,
And away he drove, leaving Jane with two
letters in her hand. n for herself and one
for Annie Conyers, from Mr.. Craig.
Jane, between her tseth-".I.".
And then, with an impulse that seemed 10
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Quite Irresistible, We Know.

To he Editor Of TIE EVsRtng World:
hereby give you notice that I shall soon
begin q criminal prosecution against you If
you do not stop publishing The EVENING
WORLD, or at least cease to make 1t 30 inter-
the morning WORLD regularly is expense
enough, without your making The EVENING
WORLD 80 spicy and of such an absorbing in
terest as to make the temptation to buy Il ir-
r%esistible.
the score that you give people ten times the
equivalent of their money but / shall never
theless be satisfied that your conscience will
smite you for pulling out 30 much Of the
poor's necessary with your irresistible papers.
Yours enthusiastically. PAUL AaAs.
OBS West Fifteenth street, New York. Jan. 20.
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Young Lads Up for Burglary.

Harry Green, age fourteen years, Of Es East
Eighty-fourth street; Daniel Ryan, age twelve
years, Of 1876 Avenue b; David Walker, age twelve
years, Of 1884 Avenue b, and Frederick Muller,
age twelve years OF 1891 Avenue 3, cut GU, a pane
OF glass In the basement window Of Charles II.
East River, Last night, and stole a quantity Of
clothing and jewelry. In the Harlem Police Court
this morning Green and Ryan were held in 81, 900
bail each for trial. Walker and Muller were dis
chaF0Ad.
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What Riker saws About It.

In Offering our many preparations for general sale our
great aim q TO supply the people with good. honest. re;
10 no or BE all that is claimed for them. or, BETTER
STILL, ali they may EXPECT from them. We do not
wish one cent IRON any man unless he ia fully satisfied
Sith his purchase after an exhaustive, trial. RIKER's
them or they Cost You nothing.
Insist ON having RIKEk's PREPARATIONS. Do not al
low any one ~ persuade you otherwise. Be your uWn
Judge. See for yourself The Trial Cosrs You MOTH
WIN; +. RI5ER 4 Son, Dypsgis.s and Manufacturing
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The Doubly Interesting "Rvenins wsrld1'
n The Editor Of TAs Evsntao World:
Although we are seventy-fve miles from
New York we get The EVENING WORLD abou
Gas i. y. have taken it from its third issue,
but fnd It doubly interesting since the
police captains stories have been published.
Success to The EVENING WORLD, and may its
circulation soon exceed that Of the morning
issue. u. o.. CLoUoH,
Manager j. e. Williams's dry goods store,
1877 Main street, Phillipsburg, N. J.
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girl OF twenty. and tell her that he loved her; but
l could not summon courage TO DO 30, nor TO ask
the question that follows such a confession. So.
far from you, i commit my hopes TO this paper, and
having In plain words said l love you, ask you in
palmer words still-Do you love me enough 10 no
my wifef II you 10. write to me at once, l pray,
aud make me the happiest man on earth by telling
me 30. II you do not, then pain neither OF us by Q
refusal Simply leave my letter unanswered i
can bear IL better so. Butt shall pray for the let
ter, for / love you better than my life.
HARRY CRAIG.
Jane drew a deep breath.
$50 it has gone as far as this" she said;
What fools men are She will be glad
enough to say = yes but II l should destroy
this bit Of paper he would never know il. and,
then-well, then he would do his best to ill
her place. Mems hearts never break, and !
should meet him in the city this winter, and
there is no one whom l know suits me better.
That old man who gave me the letter never
read the address. There can be no inquiries
made. It would be safe TO destroy It, danger
GUS not to do so now, even II I wanted Annie
70 read It,"
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Then, too, many executioners bung]e their
work. Men have been hoisted in such man.
ner that death could not follow. while shock
ing suffering. both mental and physical, was
inflicted.
The Anarchists of Chicago were hanged by
the - death-trap" method. Each stood on O
trap-door. At q signal the supports were
Knocked from under the trap-doors and they
fell. the pinioned men following them till the
ends of their ropes we're reached, when they
were 30 suddenly checked rs to break their
necks. or at least to render them uncon-
scious.
The method followed in the execution of
Driscoll, as of his predecessors in this city,
was to break his neck by the fall Of o weight
over pulleys from the moose about his neck.
following the outline of the gallows. The
weight was attached to the other end Of this
rope and the rope was very slack at each end.
Tit weight was drawn up four feet from the
ground by means of smaller ropes. When all
weight fell, taking up the slack in the hang
ing-rope and jerking Driscoll into the air.
Senator Coggesball's bill before the State
Senate would do away with all this, as well
as with the description of the death struggle
in newspapers. 1t provides that the exact
dav of execution shall not be known except
to the executioner, two physicians, the Sheriff
and the District Attorney, a Justice of the
Supreme Court, twelve citizens as Sherif's
jury, and two priests if the condemned wishes
| them.
The Court shall sentence the prisoner to
death within a certain week, naming no day
or hour, and not more than eight nor less
than four weeks from the day of sentence.
The execution must take place in the State
| prison to which convicted felons are sent by
the Court, and the executioner must be the
agent and warden Of the prison.
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TIE PEOPLES LETTER-BOX.

Everyday Topics of Interest 70 Readers or
"The Evening World"
10 he Editor Of The Epsnfno World
Your suggestion in yesterdays EVENING
WORLD to supply the poor with coal at cost
prices, is q very good one. In Philadelphia
there Is a society such as you think we ought
TO have in New York. Why not agitate this
matter? I think Mr.. G.. W. Chifds, of the
Ledger, or Mr.. W. Slngerly, of the Record, in
Philadelphia, could give any information
which Is o blessing to many q poor family in
that city. GEoBal BURarN,
Jan. 10. $40 Avenue A., New York.
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Police Captains Knocked Out by Cold.
The severe cold spell Il telling on the police.
CAPITA Gastlin aud Copeland were reported on the
sick list Today. the former with Q heavy cold and
the latter with rheumatism.
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Hons Fashionable.

[From tie Cincinnati CoHmsreSaLl
81 expect the hop crop will be very large this
year, " remarked Q dancing teacher to 4 Cincinnati
brewer.
"Why :" was the interested question.
because IL IL leap year."
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A CIVILIZED WAY TO DO IT.
EXECUTIONS As PROPOSED By SENATOR
C0aaEsHALLs BILL.

The Condemned Man 70 Sit in n Chair aud
to be Instantly Killed by n Powerful
Electric Curront-The Force 20 be Sap
piled from n Concealed Dynamo or from
an Electric Light Wire in the street.
There has long existed a feeling against
hanging convicted murderors, and consci-
entious scruples on the subject have disqual-
fled fully 40 per cent. Of the total number of
citizons summoned to act as jurors in capital
cases.
The mind of the sensitive or kindly hearted
person revolts at the idea of taking the life
even of q murderer by this method. A prin-
cipal objection is the belief that o large per-
.~centaRe of the deaths by hanging are not
sudden, by the breaking of the neck, but are
slow and in the nature of torture, the subject
dying by ~strangulation.
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The Best Healthier.

RKER's "ALMoND MEAL is the best beautiher in
the World". II is harmless. simple. efeotuA and V0ry
cheap. Sold almost everywhere At ~ cents per Large
WIN. b. RIKER 4 Son. 1853 9th ave.,
Sole Manufacturers. -
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THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY %, 1888.

the condemned 10 take the poles Of . battery
In his hands.
By the electric method there viii be no suf-
fering, utter Inconsistencies being the In
a~tantaneous result Of the hrst shock, and
death N painless.
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Worth its Price.

WOFth tTb Pfice.
tFrom the WashiR0toa Pos.l
Real estate 10 worth 81, 900 q foot In Chicago.
That may seem Q large sum to pay for q single foot
OF ground, but It must be emembered that the
size Of q Chicago foot Ii something remarkable.
The evening world., 1888-01-23

A SAFE, sure cure for coughs and colds, ADAMsoN's
BOTANIC BALsAM. KISsMAN. 25th st.. 18th ave. -
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A Fair Trial

OF Hoods sarsaparillA for sorofula, salt rhsum. or any
affection caused by impure blood. IL sufficient 70 con-
vince any one Of the superior and peculiar curative
powers Of this medicine. The following statement u
right TO the point;
my daughter Mary was afflicted with sorofulous sore
neck from the time she was ~ months old till she became
G years Of age. Jumps formed In her neck. oauAing
great annoyance. and two of them. after growing to the
sire Of q pigeons egg. broke and discharged. One be-
came a running sore for more than three years. We
thought we would give Hoods sarsApArillA . Thorough
trial. We began with IL in January. and in . few
months. after she had taken Ave bottles. all suppuration
had ceased. We then waited three months. whom. as .
new lump was beginning to form. We again gave her
Hoods SArsAparillA. After she had taken less than two
bottles the lump and all indications Of scrofulA had en-
tirely disappeared. and now she seems to be . healthy
child. ~. 8, CARLuR, NGuright. Nj.
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Constitutional Catarrh.

Ne single disease hes sntsnsd mere s,Hsrins -
fastened the ~hrsahins up q Ne suustututasa thsa o.
tsfrh. The sense Of smell, 81 t.ste. u sshA . heas.A.
che human veise tbs mind-eue ~ msrs. md s-crnstinss
all. yisld 70 I've destructive inhuspes. 7hs potssa u IL
tributes throughout the systsm sttseks ever vital f,ese
aud breaks M the most robust Of constitutions. L.
nored, because but little Understood By most phyricians.
impotently ssssilsd by ouaoks and ohsrlstans. thoss suf-
fering from 10 have little hope 10 Be relieved Of 10 tins
aide Of the grave. IL 10 time. then. that the popular
treatment Of this terrible disease by remedies within the
roach Of all passed into hands at once compstsus sud
Trustworthy. The new and hitherto untried method
adopted by DR.. Sanford in the preparation Of his RApr-
CAL CURE has won the hearty approval Of Thousands.
II is instantaneous In ~nfordinE relief In all head colds.
sneezins, snufiinE and obstructed breathing. and rap
Idly removes the most oppressive symptoms, clearing
the head. swsetening the breath. restoring the senses
of smell. sste and hearing. and neutrslisins the CONSTR
tutionh tendency OF the disesse towards the lungs. liver
and kidneys.
sANToRp's RADICAL CunE consists Of one bottis Of
the RADICAL CuRE. one boz Of Catarrhal. soLyxxz
and IMPROVED INHALER, price. al.
POTTER DRUa AND CHrNICAI. On Roaror
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Hoods ~SarsapariHa

Sold by all druggists. 81; sI for s6. Prepared only By
O. 1. HooD a CO.. ApothecAries. Lowell. MAAa.
100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR
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PLEASURE IN THE BALLROOM.
THE LADIES or THE DEBORAH yERHIN
GIVE A DANCE.

Festivities at the Lexington Avenue Opera
House Attended with Only One Regret
somo Of the Pretty Dresses Noticed
Carnival OF the Manner verein - The
Ben Kaufman Associations Ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-13

The annual meeting OF the National Academy Of
Sciences will be held on Tuesday, wednesday,
Thursday and Friday next week In the lecture
hall OF the National Museum.
At q meeting last night or the National Prohibi-
ton Union at the hall corner OF Az street and
Pennsylvania avenue addresses were made by
Prof. Mitchell, Of Howard University; Col w. Z.
Rogers, Major Walker, Rev. L ID. Bailey, DR.. Car
penter Mr. Moulton, and others
Yesterday afternoon a dead male infant was
found In q sewer In The hayward
Yesterday Onlcer Farquhar found Frederick
MIMI, aged nfty years, on street, between 9th
and 7th streets northwest, In helpless condition
from paralysis He was removed to/the Aims
house Hospital
W. Hunter Haycock has been appointed third
class letter-carrier at the city post-office.
Rev. DR.. j. p. Newman, pastor OF the MetrOp0n-
tan church, has been confined TO his home since
Monday by q severe attack OF hillary calculL He
was, however, much improved to-day, and expects
to leave in day or two for q short season Of rest
al Old Point Comfort.
1BE WEEKLY STARS Pocket Atlas OF the World Is
offered free TO every new subscriber for year to
the WEKKLY STAR. IL Is q handsomely printed
book OF 191 pages profusely illustrated, with more
than 100 colored mapsand diagrams, and contains
awealth OF general information See advertise
ment In another column
James johnson, colored secondhand dealer,
was nned s. by Judge Smell to-day for failing to
make his returns 10 the chief Of police.