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MORE EXTORT|ON.
The Sugar Trust Finds a RObDor Ally
In Standard Oil.
A WOrkinuman's Family Taxed 81
a Year on Sugar Alone.
Now Comes "a Gigantic Deal to Make
Kerosene OIL Bearer.

The audacious moves Of the conspirators at
tbe head of the great Sugar Trust. which
have gradually forced the price of that family
necessity far beyond what II should be, thus
lining their pockets with the hard earnings
of the poor, have awakened widespread in
dignation among those who suffer most by
the unlawful I" squeeze"
THAT these people should be permitted
10 go on in this way, : cornering articles of
necessity md then advancing their cost to
any figure they see fit, in violation of the
laws of God and the State. is a gross outrage
and is o matter that calls for some action on
the part of those whose duty il is to prosecute
them. - said u retail grocer in q tenement
house on the east side this morning.
When the Trust was organized in the Fall
of 1887 everybody kicked because they
were asked to pay a half cent more than they
had been in the habit of paying.
OF course growing about tt didn't do
any good. and the only thing that could be
done was to grin and bear it.
"Since then there hns been q steady adj
vance, but there hus been little agitation over
the matter; but ncw when they come forward
and increase the price far beyond any reason
able figure, 1t 10 time, / say, that q halt
should be called.
Just to think of it, the Trust has
squeezed out q net profit of over IS. 00O, 900
(eXacI uBuTeS Fo,z0U,UOOJ, ana tnaC IN leSS
than five months!
well. it is verv easy to understand how
this is done when we see the enormous amount
OF sugar that is used. -
Take, for instance. the family of the
poorest ~workingman; they use on IN aver.
age q pound of sugar a day-seven pounds o
week.
At the increased price. that is about three
cents q pound, the consumer is robbed of 81
cents a week, about 30 cents q month-nearly
Gil a year.
IF a man was compelled 10 pay that
amount in a lump at the beginning or end of
the year as q tax on some article of subsist-
.ence what q row there would be. They
would fight first before giving it up.
II am glad to see The EVENING WORLD
come out SO thoroughly against this gigantic
robbery, and hope that the authorities will
be stirred to do their duty in the matter"
And right on the heels Of what the Sugar
Trust is doing comes the report of a big deal
in petroleum-another necessity that affects
the wage-worker.
The Standard Oil Company and the pro-
ducers of Pennsylvania petroleum have com-
pleted q deal by which the latter realize q
profit OF over six cents a barrel, or between
1900. 900 and 1890. 900.
OF course this extra profit must be squeezed
out of somebody, and as a result the poorer
class of people. who are compelled by neces-
sity to burn kerosene, will be- the ones to
suffer.
The evening world., 1889-06-29
CHAPTER Ill.

III he has been stupid enough not to have
those tickets sent straight from the box Office
here we shRnt get them till THURSDAY morn
ing" calculated Matilda Lawrence. two days
having passed during which nothing further
had been heard from Godfrey. II is tire
some, for if he had written again -
why should he write again ~
II thought he might have sent a line to
say he had ordered the tickets TO come to me
direct. or something OF the kind. And if he
hail, ! could have replied, and asked him to
dine here on Friday"
well. you can do it at the time"
Yes, / can do it at the time"
Thursday morning came, but even Thurs.
dRv morning brought not the expected
tickets. The two looked at each other, each
reading her sisters face.
He must intend To call himself with
them. 4" said Mrs. Lawrence at length, with u
bright idea, " How stupid of us not to have
thought Of that :"
Ill did think of it, Matte"
You did, you minTg No wonder you
kept 80 Iulet then.
4" But there can be no possible reason why
| should remain at nome tins busy morning,
when i have such lots Of things to do, can
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FROM THE CITY'S BY-WAYS.
METROPOLITAN LIFE PICTURED BY
EVENING WORLD" REPORTERS.
An ~InprOvised Checker Board, Which
Anawers All Necessary Purposes.

AAA eNNNN-A-Ag ShPW@VNH
In circulating about the more ragged
sections Of New York, ones attention is some
times drawn to the way in which the children
will devise simple means for playing games.
The newsboys have one that they play with
pictures taken ont Of cigarette boxes. There
Is nn element OF gambling IN it..
The other day IN EVENING Womb reporter
was strolling along the river front. There
nre always groups of 'longshoremen hanging
about at every corner and on the string piece
OF the docks. They smoke and talk and wait
for o Job.
Going mp Desbrosses street, he saw two
great, lusty fellows sprawled out on the side
walk near a building so that they enjoyed
the shade and at the same time were not dis
turbed by the passers-by. They had marked
out a checker board with chalk on a lagstone
and were using pebbles, red and white. III
lieu of checkers. They seemed TO he enjoy
ing a very pleasant game. Three or four
pairs were similarity engaged in the neigh
borhood. Necessity Is truly the mother OF
invention.
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True Realism.

tFrom me Fieoende Blatsr.l
Well, sir, you heard me sing Masaniello
yesterday. Are you ready to engage me ?"
II don't know. four voice was very heavy.
You were almost hoarse." I'm heavens
name. don't you understand that / am o
realistic playerp Don't you see that Nassau
iello was a fisherman. and almost all day in
the water. He must have had q continual
cold.
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Perfectly Satisfactory.

IRON the Detroit Free PrsSsl
Have you any work on punctuation p she
asked at the book store.
Sorry to say we are just out"
well, perhaps you could tell me what l
want to know. What does a mark under a
word signify 7"
"That is TO emphasize the word"
"Oh-f see. Thank you"
And as she passed out q clerk heard her
whisper to herself:
And James put five marks under the
word 'DeRr!'n
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almost registered the document (only he did
not know exactly how) and he faithfully
promised a check Godfrey always paid by
check on receipt of the pieces of p~Asteboard.
We may here Just remark that ns the seats
had not been priced in the newspaper adver-
tisement, no clue had been obtainable from
them regarding their relative merits.
Everything thus in trim. the young Squire
had a mighty run with the hounds. and told
every one who CHANGED to be in his company
throughout the day that he should not be out
on the following Thursday, AZ he was run
ming MP TO tow for a few days, ~and-ard-
and could not say. in short could not exactly
say when he should be back. ~
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A Brief Introduction.

They were seated in the parlor and he was
declaring his love in fervent tones. All ut
once she stopped him with an imperious ges-
ture and q look of pain overspread her coun-
tcnance. .,
"Wait! wait!" she exclaimed in short,
sharp tones.
In o moment the sneeze came. and Heloise,
looking tenderly up into his face. said. IA
you we're saying, George? ?"
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Wouldn't Let II Interfere.

And you say you have q very bad case of
religion? Then l don't want to hire you.
It's impossible to get work out of a negro
when he has religion"
why, boss, dat amt gwin ter binder me
fr ON 'tendiD' ter bisneSs. / never hab no
use fer it 'ceptin' on Sundays an special
occasions"
The evening world., 1889-06-29
A Man of Push.
lErODl Time. /

Wife-Mr. Blower, you've always claimed
to be q man Of push. haven't you?
Husband-That's what / claim to be, dear
est, and I'm always ready to stand by that
assertion. ,..
Wife-Then what's the matter with pushing
this baby-carriage o little, precious?
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An Additional Impetus.

from the Boston Transcript.l
Tn saddest when I sing" she said, when
Henry can and caught her in the very act of
vocalization. Are your" he replied,
smoothing the look of agony which ruffled his
visage. "Darling. II shall be my constant
endeavo or to make your life a cheerful one."
The evening world., 1889-06-29

"BLIND LOVE-" Opening Chapters
in the SUNDAY WORLD. Dom Fail
to Begin this Thrilling Story with the
First Instalment.
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Jones (who has been taking a Turkish BATH
The water was very briny. Where do you
get your salt2
Colored Attendant-Kight from Turkey,
eAh
The Money saved.
Ernnl IL. N..n I.urL I'LL. L

Detective-I have discovered. sir, that your
confidence bookkeeper, Mr.. De Clerk. Is O
defaulter to the extent of many thousands OF
dollars. As he has lived plainly, and has not
gambled in stocks. he must still have all
your money in his possession, but if WI
arrest him you will never get it. of course.
and if We corner him and try to compromise
for half or two-thirds, he will probably skip
to Canada with the whole Doodle.
Business NANNY goodness! Mr.. De
Clerk
Mr.. De Clerk-Yes. sir.
Business Man-Mr. DE Clerk. a few days
ago ] refused you the hand of my daughter,
and | afterwards employed this gentleman,
who ia "A detective. to look closely into your
personal character and past history. His re-
port refers in such detail to yonr correct
habits and bus,ness aptitude that / have
changed my mind. You shall have her.
The evening world., 1889-06-29
RehearsinE for Charades.

Freddy-Now. Charlie, you must propose
to Angeline Gin her sixth ~season), and. Angie,
you must refuse him. 1t shall be Paradise
Lost" See?
Charles Cthoughtlessly) - They'll never
guess il in the world.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

The Police Gazette special train for New
Orleans will leave New York by Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad depot foot Liberty
street, at $50 A. NJ, Thursday, July 4, ar
irving in New Orleans at IL A. NJ. on Saturday.
S3l. so for the round trip. The number of
tickets have been limited and are good until
July Is,
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Times A. NJ.

Wife (arousing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. |!
There's O burglar downstairs.
Husband (drowsily)-Is there! Well, keep
quiet. perhaps he'll strangle your mother.
ISleeps.1
The evening world., 1889-06-29

On Monday next the S%eawanhaka- CORN.
THAN Yacht Club start on their annual cruise.
take part are the feet Sea Fox. the metamor-
phosed Mayfower, Cavalier and Medusa.
The most prominent sloops are the Bedouin,
Titania, Mischief, Kathleen, Banshee and
Oracle.
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lfT0m TShds SUhHgS.
Tough-Who writ that article about me il
this paper? .,r
EdItor-You want the writer's name
:" No; his skalp's what I'm after"
He is not in.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

Everybody who has Read CATER
DARK" will begin WILKIE COL
LINS'S Latest Thrilling Romance,
"BLIND LOVE,'' with tho Opening
Chapters in the SUNDAY WORLD.
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"BLIND LOVE-" the --latest Thrill
ing Romance by WILKIE COLLINS,
begins in the SUNDAY WORLD. Don't
Fail to Start this Story with the First
Instalment.
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Wtetched Marriage Customs and the
Baby Widows of India - SUNDA US
WORLD.
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An Unpleasant Reminder.
From JHd0s.1

Miss Wallison-I see you've got your
wrapping of, Mr.. Dresser.
Mr.. Dresser-Wappingp 1 don't under
stand you. deah cyril.
Miss Wallison-Why. Brother Jim said you
were beautifully lone up at the athletic club
last night.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

Bill Nye Tells His Experience in Guilt
waiting Bees. Read the SUNDAY WORLD.
The evening world., 1889-06-29
THE o il z 81 Of SUSAN.
BY l. 3. WALFORD,

Author OF M. Smith,. A Part or his LU" (" Ths Baovs Grandmother" "Trouo"Some
Daughters" &C., &C..
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Children Who Frequent jerome Avenue aud
Mhnan Ilxc. Are LIN DnEIl hnIlx.

whose Lives Are In PeriI Daily
Jerome avenue is the only speeding road | N
this city, and although IL IL kept in very bad
condition the owners of fast roadsters. and
there Is no place in this country where there
are more Of them than in New York, may be
seen there any pleasant day.
There are also on jerome avenue some
thing else which should not be there-a great
many little children whose lives are en-
dangered evefy day.
These little ones are from seven TO ten
years old and appear to be sent out by their
parents to make money.
They appear in the middle and on the sides
of the road Rlmost under the legs OF the fast
horses, carrying punches of wild flowers or
buckets of water.
They chase carriages Offering the flowers
for sale or put themselves in front of horses
with their water pals and jeopardize their
lives.
Many n fast horse has been pulled back on
its launches to save one of these little tor
ments and many a runaway has been caused
by them.
Fol their own sakes, M we'll as for the
safety of those who frequent jerome avenue,
he police ought to interfere and keep these
children out Of the roadway.
The evening world., 1889-06-29
The Wrong Man.

IRON Time.
Tax Collector-Oh, if you live in the sub
urbs you're not the man I'm looking for.
Enthusiastically not; my name is mud.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

Frank @. Carpenter Writes Of the Child
Widows of India for the SUNDAY WORLD.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

If Ted Pritchard. the English middle
weight, will come to America II is probable
he can be accommodated with q defeat at the
hands of some one of our many c'ever boxers
of his class. The Englishnen don't seem to
have much chance against the American
boxers.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

Billy Dncey and Jack Delaney leave
Monday for San Francisco. These two
plucky light-weights intend to combine
business with pleasure. They expect to go
on a pleasure trip throughout the Golden
State, meantime looking for chances of
getting on matches with some of the many
boxers who have of late made California the
Mecca of their pugilistic aspirations.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

Bill Nye Tells HIS Experience In Guilt
waiting Bees. Read the SUNDAY WORLD.
The evening world., 1889-06-29
Amateur Photographers to BE See
Every Public Place.

NcE EubltC IIuCcs
Amateur photographers are now in their
glory. The warm Summer months seem to
bring them out in droves, and at all the
beaches, parks. picnics and excursions there
can be seen one or more Of these artists.
1t ID safe TO say that at nj other time have
photographers outfits been SO cheap as they
are at present.
A complete apparatus of good manufacture
that will take a fair. sized plate can now be
purchased as low as &1O, though the prices
run away above 800, but it is not necessary
to be 80 extravaganza.
A neat little camera that il made TO amuse
children sells for S2, and a man has invented
a scheme of inclosing O " dry-plnte" no that
II Will take a picture. The device il put on
the market Mt IS cents.
An EVENING WORLD reporter. who is not a
professional photographer. tried to make a
negative. and met with fair success. except
that the picture was n little blurred, owing
TO the plate having been moved while ex-
posed.
The evening world., 1889-06-29
Fair Street Musiciana Who Reap n RicI
Harvest from the ChappIes.

Two middle-aged women. who are still
rather good-looking in spite of their years,
have lately appeared in the downtown bust
ness ~thoroughfares, and have made quite q
neat little sum of money by giving street con-
certs.
One Of the women grinds an organ while
the other plays O trombone.
The organ is a fine new instrument, and
gives forth tones as clear and harmonious as
q church organ, while the trombone player is
an adept at the business.
She handles the big brass instrument with
true professional skill, which evokes the en-
thuSiasm of the audience.
They generally make a collection after the
second number, and after playing another
piece they move on 10 another neighborhood.
The young men who have plenty of money
chip in very freely, and the result is a
good. fat collection.
The evening world., 1889-06-29
NOTICES.

DYSPEPSIA IN IT'S WORST FORMS Will
yield to the use Of CARTER's LITTLE NERVE PmLA
aided By CARTER's LITTLE LIVER PILLS. DOSE. onSG
each after eating.
THE WAY TO. LEARN IS TO TRY. TRY A
bottle OF kNAPP'B Roof BEER EXTRACT. 30 and zoe.
The evening world., 1889-06-29

Every Nervous Person Should
Use CARTER's LITTLE NERVE PILLS. 90 cents. -
The evening world., 1889-06-29

The half-mile race between Dohm. of
Princeton. and Downes, of Harvard, at
Washington Park, will surely attract q large
attendance this afternoon. The race will
occur during an interlude in the bicycle rae
ing of the Kings County Wheelmen. Downes
has ten yards start. 4.,..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-04
TIE NEWS EPIToMIzIp.
Eastern ana MidaIe s,at..

THE City Hall at Dover, n. H.. was de-
stroyed by hrN Several nearby buildings
were also damaged. Loss nearly $i0O,000
RoRERr CRAvEN, OF Philadelphia. the
Secretary and Treasurer OF the Philadelphia,
wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com
pany, has stolen over $4,000 aud fed.
Ex-PhvArE SEcRFrARY DAN LAMONT has
been chosen President OF the Houston, West
Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Conn
pany OF New York city by the unanimous
vote of the directors.
EMILY ScHENCKLE was Albert Lindstrom's
sweetheart four years ago in Sweden. She
refused 70 marry him after he paid her pas
sage here, and In Worcester Mass he shot
her, inluring her fatally, and then killed
ES,UNIrED STATES SENATOR JOHN scorr,
freSident and one OF the receivers OF the
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company, died
AZ fittsburg OF pnsumoniE, In his sixty-ni
year. lie was identified with large number
OF financial and industrial institutions In
tlttSburg, and was ono OF the originators OF
the Edgar Thomas Steel Company.
OWEN McGoLpRIcK and his SON James,
aged hfty and twenty years respectively,
were killed by a train at Meriden. Conn.
ONE workman was killed and two wore
fatally injured by the collapse OF an unfin-
ished building az Binghamton, N. Y.
PATMcK FLEMING, a hay dealer OF Prov-
dence, r. L., has left town with liabilities
placed at $4,000.
w. II. BIGELow. OF Maine, has beon ap-
pointed Superintendent OF tho Railway Mail
Service of New England.
THE probabilities were that tho steamship
Conserva, which sailed from New York 20
become aguuboat in the service of Hippolyto
the leader OF thu Haytiau insurgents. was
wrecked 10y collision AMI that not only did she
90 to the bottom, but also the unknown craft
which struck her. Tho Commander OF the
steamer was John Henry Ankers, OF Brook
lyn. The crew was composed OF twenty
three Malays and Iascars.
THE explosion OF barrel OF kerosene de-
stroyed hat factory in Williamsburg N. ".
aud there being no other escape for the
eighty workpeople. they leRped from the win
dows About twenty were seriously injured,
two fatally.
T.. CUMMINGS & Co., Boston leather deal
ers, have failed for $500, 900.
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AmphIbiOus Youngsters at Alden.

AS six sturdy Arab boatmen rowed us
ashore, writes Thomas Stevens TO the
New York World from Alden, Arabia.
there came swarming about our larger
craft fleet Of tiny cockle-shell boats.
These boats are little bigger than the
haif-shell OF the annual prize pumpkin
at Topeka or indianapolis, and each is
padded by a slim young SOmali boy,
who sits in the bottom. These young.
sters arc the famous divers of Alden, who
gain livelihood by diving for coins
tossed into the sea by steamship passen-
gers curious to witness their perform
ances. Toss n sixpence carelessly into
the sea, and as IL touches the water
''hop, flop, flop" go from three TO
dozen of these diminutive divers head.
foremost after It. Before you cen count
six they are back into their boats. the
lucky one grinning broad grin as he
displays the coin preparatory to slowing
IL away in his cheek.
These youths seem strangely like hu
man frOa s, built chiefly Of arms and legs
as they flop into the water and chamber
with astonishing ease back into their
tiny craft. Everybody wonders why
the sharks, which are numerous here.
don't gObble gp these daring young
amphibians One Of them would lust
about make a good mouthful for Red
Sea shark. Strange 20 say. they are
never molested. A one-legged Somali
OF forty or 50 is pointed ont to the tour
ist on the streets as a former diver and a
victim Of Mr.. Sharks voracity, but he Is
the only case of the kind known 10 the
city. Some say the boys are too quick
for the sharks, and that the latter, hav-
ing found 10 out years ago, no longer
pay any attention 20 them. Others as
sert that, like the crocodiles and the buff
faloes of the Indus, the Somali boys and
the sharks got along so well together
that they actually fraternize at times,
and that the former have been known
20 dive under a shark aud pat him IA
miliarly on the stomach. However all
this may be, the little black fellows are
quite fearless, and accidents from sharks
are singularly rare.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-04
vvHAr TAE cHIMNEy sAlNo.


Over the ehinney the pAght wind sang,
And chanted :. melody no one knew;
Aud the woman stopped and her babe she
tossed,
And thought of the one she had long since
lost,
And said. as her ,eardrops back she forced,
~ hate the wind in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang
And chanted a melody no one knew,
And the children said. as they closer drew,
" lis somo witch that is cleaving the black
night THROUGH,
1is fairy trumpet that just then blew,
And we fear the wind in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted n melody no one knew:
And the man, as he sat on his hearth below.
Said 10 himself "It viii surely snow,
And fuel is dear and wages low,
And III stop the leak in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted melody no one knew;
But the post listened aud smiled, for ne
Was man and woman and child, all three.
And said: "It is Gods own harmony.
This wind We hear in The chimney
Bret Harte.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-04
Presidential Nominations and
Senate Combinations.
The List of Appointments in the
Diplomatic Service.
Eighth Day's NomIna,Ions.

The President sent the following nomina.
tions TO the Senate during the afternoon:
Miles 9. Moore, OF Walla Walla, Washing
ton Territory, TO be Governor OF Washing
ton Territory.
.. Oliver c. White, of Dayton, Washington
Territory, TO bo Secretary OF Washington
Territory.
Henry N. Bland, of Montana, TO bo Chief
Justice OF the Suprems Court OF Montana.
John ID. Fleming, of Colorado. 20 be United
States Attorney for tho District OF Colo.
RADIO.
Postmastsrs T.. Molo at Adams
Mass; Seth Pratt, at Litchield. Conn. I;
Charles II. Doty, at South Norwalk Conn. I;
Henry Z. Horton, at Phlmont, NJ Y Fred.
erick X. Hoag at Phelps, N. Y; George II.
Shuteldt, at Chatham, NJ Y. Herman r.
Granville, N. Y; John NJ Sutton, Wood.
bridge, N. j.; Steven A. Philley, Troy. Ala. /;
Carlos q. Wilson, MilledQeville, ILL., Alan
son III. Reed, Flora, ILL.,. William n. Parks,
Petersburg, Ill. Graham L.. Rice, West Su.
perior, Wis. Daniel Korns New PhilGdel-
phla, Ohio; John r. Welch, Nesonville
Ohio; George W. Baker, at Athens, Ohio;
james S Reeves, Union City, Ind. Do Witt
g. Carr. Fowlerville, Mich. John T.. Yost,
North Bend, Neb. John w. Banbury, Brit
ton, Dakota
In the distribution OF Executive patronage
the Offices had thus far been distributed as
Michigan J., California /, Minnesota !. Indi-
ana 2, Illinois 2, Maine 2, Iowa 2 Ohio A.,
Pennsylvania ]. Wisconsin I, West Virginia
], Connecticut /, New Jersey T. Delaware :
total 23 No resident of New Hampshire
Vermont, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Missouri.
Oregon. Nevada, or any Southern State had
received an appointment up TO this date