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He was found in the midst OF q group OF
%garrulous male and female inmates. all OF
whom wanted something. One wanted to go
But You we're there last week and would
not stay, interiectcd the Warden.
oh. yo.I sir. but wanted a bit o. fresh
He was MI. old man and tile Warden
signed the order admitting him to the nos
He is dying Of consumption md moth
ing can save him, 20 we let him do pretty
much as he likes explained Mr.. Nc
An old woman wanted q pass to go to the
"YoH know I only give, passes on satur-
day, Ellen, " said the Warden kindly.
But l VAS sick last Saturday, por."
Ah, we cant break q rule on that Rc-
count hope you will be all right reyt
you the pass" he said. and she hobRled
away. She was an old worn-out woman, and
did her walking on two crutches.
DO You permit the inmates to go to the
city? asked the reporter.
About once every two months wo do"
Many Of the inmates have old oronies in
the city whom they like to visit for q day or
two. and We LEI them go. It does no harm"
10, Under ihsr guidance &c OF the Warden the rspor;
frst.
$50 male tenants, including ~ blind, and
900 women, Of whom AZ are blind.
Mary j. Mullins 10 the matron in charge
OF the women, and she showed lis where her
The sleeping apartments are divided into
wards and each ward contains from twenty
to forty straw pallets, on iron bedsteads,
well furnished with blankets.
The inmates arise at $50 o'clock every
morning during the Summer and at 0 in the
In p~latoons they repair TO- the wash-house,
where they thoroughly cleanse face and
hands aud combtheir hair.
RraaEfaaf nnnaiatinn NJ IeW h.,nl A.l
cotiee. follows, and then those who wish to
repair either to the Protestant or Catholic
chapel on tile grounds to hear religious
After that those who are able to work are
employed about the grounds cleaning or
t%cTubbing aud keeping tho place generally
At noQp-time they are summoned by a
bugle-call to a dinner consisting of meat,
soup and bread without butter.
On Fridays they have Goldfish.
Supper consists Of tea and dry bread, and
by & o'clock every one OF the paupers III
hnpposed TO re in bed.
Some who are afflicted with asthma and
similar complaints are permitted to stay mp
longer. though.
the incurable hospital, Here the dregs Of
humanity lie dying, afflicted with all man
Nearly all Of them arc hed-ridden or no
crippled as to be only able to st up in chairs
by their bedsides.
John McTayne has lain on one cot in the
He is an ossited man. Ills head and arms
are pc rfectly formed, but his chest il shriv-
elled to almost nothing and his lower limbs
are not any thicker around than a police
mans baton.
The toes turn downward and are long and
ta!on-li ike, The soIes of his feet ARE cal
loused and, era ked. He il forty years old
and waa admitted to tho institution at the
age OF eighteen. Where he came from is
forgotten.
Orderly John Hult has attended him for
twenty vearP. He told The EVENING WoRLD
young man that when McTnyne first entered
the institution he wasnot much bigger than
The evening world., 1889-12-13
T OF FASHIONS.

Rumor has 1t that chisnons are coming into
fashion again, and that the hustle is put in every
mro rtcd dress.
Annie Jenosse Miller pounds at all air-bag
overy morning before breakfast to get up color
and physical vim.
Much OF the decorative furniture used on
library tables is made OF scorched ivory.
Tho piano stool has been replaced by the mu-
steal chair, an old fashioned design made in
ivory or gi!t-fnished wood upholstered with
bright silk plush.
Pearls rival diamonds for full dress. Gold is
seen at dinner parties, and silver on the street.
The new pieces of Royal Worcester are decor
ated with italian designs of curved branches.
o"en-mouthed serpents and beautifully modelled
figures done in imitation OF carved ivory on mas
sive lars. bowls, vase forms. plaques, COMFORTS
and trays.
Tea plants form the decorations on the Royal
Worcester tea caddies.
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ASSH 'hb hAbh
Carroll. Carroll!" he called aloud, N
to one OF the .orderlies who came running UP
he raid. where is Carroll?"
and mST from J nT Behind SiT, t fSad 6 a dee EoT SgT Mhe SSif Sc
had been lying down o the floor there arose
the massive gray head and broad. power
lower limbs were thin, bent and twisted,
james Carroll. gentlemon. said the War;
den, and tho unfortunate pauper bowed
conrteously and 10 kcd inquiringly.
been here and how you received your iniu-
ries," explained the Warden.
beef" here tHttSs% Years. yea Ct' "' was making RtHS
R %%a K aHf in '0V%P %shimEto %''SMii ar RR.Seiy when a.
not Let uS DO business there any more.
How did you lose the use OF your lower
limbs p asked the, reporter.
about ten years old. | was struck in the
small OF the back with a brick. My spine
was, injured and the circulation of blood in
my lower limbs was stopped.
carriage"
enty-tNe old women rat. like girls in n
sGhool-room on benches. busily sewing on
all kinds OF garments. They do all the sew
ing for the institution.
Thence to the cobbler-S shop, where all the
sh9emaklng amt repairing, is done.
Ihrse Physiciansi Drs; Won kaitz' Henry
Father B%lumensaat and DR.. French, attend
to the physical and spiritual welfare OF the
inmates.
Charity Commissioner Sheehy visits the
AlmshouSo nearly ever day and goes among
the pauperR to nee il any OF them have any
complaints to make, but they never have.
Indeed, it IL surprising to notice the atfec-
ton and respect with which they seem to re-
gard Warden Mcnamara.
Day was fast waning ere the reporter and
his companion had seen all the sights aud
were prepared to return to New York, which
they did in n rowboat commanded by Capt.
Kennedy, who landed them at the foot OF
East Seventeen street.
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o baby, but he has grown in bed until no
beard.
He Is an imbecilc, but harmless, and the
essence NJ good nature.
Another man in the .inCurable ward ia old
Fred AnspNke, once the envied foreman of
BLACK Jake Engine Company, No. 80, OF the
old Volunteer Fire Department.
lie commanded her in AZ, and was then
one Of the most popular men in town.
To-day he is wearing the cheap garments
OF charity, forgotten apparently by all those
who once Courted his society.
He IL siNtv-eiGht years old and has been in
The AImEhuuse eighteen years. Paralysis IL
his athictiOn and he will never recover.
He is cheerful aud contented, and in an
Rwer to the reporters question he said: "Ol
The evening world., 1889-12-13
TWO DOWN THE AIR-SHAFT

Terrible Fall of Workmen in a Nor
folk Street Tenement.
While at work in an Air-shaft in the ten
cmcnt house 40 Norfolk street early this
morning Martin Ellenburg and VIM. Beck
OF U3l Fast Ninth street, fell from the third
floor of the structure to the basement and
were terribly injured.
They were removed in an ambulance to
GOuNernpur HOSPITAL,
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atism It was the asthma, and u not the
asthma II was paralysis or bronchitis.
Withnl. they were cheerful.
The appearance OF the reporter among
them silenced their chatter for several Fcc-
ondH. and they aTed in Htolid Holemnity
ns the reporter paused and returned their
inquirinR gaze.
One old dame with a crutch by her side
made bold at last to ask for n "bit o.
'baccy." When possession Of the " ed was
GeDied, she suggested, with a knowing
laugh. that money would do Just as we'll,
and when this was given her she glohted
over the dime in silent admiration, and her
companions glare1 at her envionsly.
Suddenly there was n movement. among
the old women and two or three OF the more
vigorous HpranR mp with unusual agility and
Rtumped away 10 one end Of the building,
where q young woman with Madunna.like
features came slowly along, feeling her way
by the side OF the building as she walked.
She leld her head high in the air, and II
needed but n glance to zee that she IVES
totally blind.
The three old women surrounded her. and
with many manifestations Of affection
guided her lovingly to the most comfortable
part Of the uncomfortable seRt, and let her
sit down there tn enjoy her Run-bath..
WHO II she 2" the reporter asked one OF
the women.
That Blind Mary. sir. She was a lady
once. God bless her. and her gentle ways
have. won us all to love her;
How she ever came to this place none on
us knows cause she never will talk about her
aelf: but my! shes jest the kindest, sweetest
one there is in the almshouse.
Blind Mary would not talk about herself,
20 tho younp men from THE EVENING
WoRLD wendell their way along to Warden
McNamara's Office.
The evening world., 1889-12-13
THREE CHILDREN MISSING.
They Were Last Seen Skating and
Are Probably Drowned.

PoRT Horn, Ont, Dec. l3-There is
mourning in two households. to-day, for
three children who were probably drowned
by breaking through the zee on the Electric
Light Pond, last night.
Two of the children We're SONS of Joseph
MallottC, the third was Il. Ii. Mitcheil's boy.
Their bodies have not yet been found. but
they were last seen skating on the pond and
there Is little doubt ns to their fate.
The evening world., 1889-12-13
Check Turned Out IN. G."

Alexander Beer. of 0S Eighth street, was
he'd tor trial in tho Essex Market Court this
morning, charged with passing a worthless
check for SEQ on Henry Albers. a butcher,
at | X FirHt avenue, IN payment OF q small
bill, recovering the difference in money.
The evening world., 1889-12-13

He Was Not Tipped" with Checks.
James Jshnson, q waiter in the st. Cloud
Hotel, was rcmanded by Justice Mcmahon
in the Yorkuille Police Court this morning
on a charge of forging the signature of ex-
Senator BiXby, a boarder i'll the hotel, to u
number of checks for small srms and pass
ingthem on various trndcsmou.
The evening world., 1889-12-13
COLUMBIA DANCES TONIGHT.
Glass of 81 Gives It's Annual Ball
in the School of Arts.

III CN9 SCHOOL OF ATIS.
Tonight the second annual Junior Christ
mas ball will be given by the class OF '01,
School of Arts. Columbia College.
To-day the college exercises close until
after the Christmas holidays.
Early this morning the work OF removing
the chairs, desks and tables in the college
library was begun, as the spacious depart
mcnt will be used for the ballroom.
The tloor has been highly polished for the
feet of the blithGsomc daucers. 1t was not
polished last year, aud the defect was very
noticeable.
The Committee in charge of affairs are
Townsend Dawes, jr. Mr.. Charles Conover
kalbileiEch, President OF the class; Mr..
Richard Suydam Palmer, MIR. Alexander
william Stein, jr., and Mr.. Henry Rich
mond Taylor.
The evening world., 1889-12-13

Mechanics Bank Scores n Defeat.
Judge Patterson, OF the Supreme Court
to-day denied an application OF the Me-
chanics' anil Traders Bank for an iniunc-
ton restraining the assignee of LOucheine
& Co., from parting with the firms prop
nptV
The evening world., 1889-12-13

Cure sick headache. liiiouFnesS, liver complaint,
dyspepsia, heartburn. indigestion. malaria, PIN
pies on lace and body. impure blood. &c, by using
regularly DIR, @. McLANE's CELEBRATED LIvER
PILLS, prepared only by Fleming Bros. PittsburE.
Pa. Price rs cents. Fold Ly all druEEiSts. Insist
upon having the genuine Oh. O. MoLANE's LIVER
PMLs, prepared by Fleming Bros., Of PittsburE,
Pa, the market being full OF limitations OF ths
nSonnnsjsIiien' SpsiI ~Sys msSa oat q tne same
' FiominE BroS, PIttsburE. Pa. on the wrapper.
The evening world., 1889-12-13
IN THE CITY ALMSHOuSE.
Peculiar Characters Who Are Depend
ontS on Government Charity.
In "EvenIng World" Reporters
Visit to the Island Home.
How tho Inmates Are Cared For and
How They Spend Their Time.

The City Almshouse buildings are situated
at about the centre OF Blackwell's Island,
opposite the foot Of Severtieth street.
There are two main buildings. one for
males. the other for females. located at Q
The evening world., 1889-12-13
New York Schooner Stranded.

A telegram to this city to-day from st.
John, N. b. states that the schooner Alaska.
which sailed from Canso. Dec. 3, for New
York, Is stranded at Roshea.
The evening world., 1889-12-13
FROM
HELENA. M. T.. Jan. ~, 1883

FLEMING Bros,
GENTLEMEN ! have taken a great many Of On.
q. McLARE's CELEBRATED LIyER PILLS and find
them to be a wonderful piIl-ali that you claim for
them. ThsJ act like a charm IN case OF Liliousnoss,
sick headache, dySentery. 40.
boz 05i. MRS. HENRY WISKLEaAN.
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hND1 81
distance Of $50 feet from each other.
They are precisely alike in form and di-
mansions. each edificc consisting OF q GEN.
ire building with two wings, the centre
building being so feet square and 81 feet
high. The wings are go by 95 feet and rise
40 feet to the roof cornice.
There are -four staircase towers in front
and two in the rear, each IL feet square and
80 feet high.
The basement floor in each building In one
step above the ground, and there are three
stories above the basement in the wings.
These buildings are all constructed Of
blue-stone:rubble masonry, the material be-
ing obtained from the rock on the island.
The almfhouse proper IN about fifty years
old, but besides the main building il has
been found necessary to erect two new ad.
ditional pavilions to accommodate the over
flow Of paupers. and there is now in course
OF com, ,letion a new two-story brick build
ing which will accommodate 100 females.
The convicts on the Island are also ex-
cAvating the foundation for a similar build
ing to accommodate as many more male
paupers.
In addition to the buildings used for hous-
ing the city's poor there are four hospitals,
two each for males and females.
Two Of these are for the incurAbles Of both
Sexes, and the other two for the use OF those
only temporarily afflicted.
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course, / would like TO end my days amidst
pleafAntcr surroundings than these, but |
never was one TO croak, and II ] have to die
cot %Ste on which he sleeps Eetsi il a figure OF BIZ
Blk
In the female incurable hospital the War
den intro duced the reporter 10 Margaret
tmith, aged eiRhty-fiNe Nenrs.
She has been a pauper since 1879. and, is
slightly dcmented. Her. face Is shri, ellcd
ard wrinkled. She has lost all her, teeth,
has one attraction still. That IL her hair.
it IN white aud soft as down, but not very
long. The old lady IL Htill vain OF II, and
spends much OF her time in smoothing and
How DO you feel to-dNy'' the Warden
Fire, sir. Gne.' she yelled in a high
pitched voice. " am o!ghty-tve years old.
aud / can wash my own hnndkcrchie,ts and
tocks yet. Born in Cherry t~trcet-buricd
three husbands -diein the poorhoIse great
l%i'e-fnc tim"-oh. ] nm iing, Sir, fine!,, and
the old womau's voice died away in faint
tonessi half sob. half moan, :, ,h. ,,no,io
asylum before ,hc came here, said the fe'
male nurso, but perhaps the, old woman Is
not neprl. 30 crazy a.. s,c looks; ou.,
with the body Of a girl and the head OF n
'"She is afflicted with bydrocephalus,"
Easing out Of tbege gruesomc surround
inRs, the Warden led hia companion into
the IOunRlnR-fuOm Tor .mRleb.
Here were gathered the old-timers. Nearly
oil wore specthclcs and were reading scraps
OF newspapers, while they sucked black old
pipes or chewed tino-cut with a great smack
ing of the lips.
"Those old fellows spend nearly all their
time here swapping stories OF their youthful
DAYS, " tho Warden said.
''Wllnt do they do for nmusement7'
asked the reporter.
They have none. or at least none that the
majority of them can enjoy. Most OF them
are Catholics. George Bliss. in 1888, built
a,chapel here called the Church OF the Good
Shepherd, andin the basement he put n good
quantity Of reading material, checkers and
boards.
"But some Of the men wont go there. and
they suffer for amusement. Any one chari-
tably inclined could perform no better action
than erecting a library and amusement hall
here for the benefit of these unfortunate
wrecks Of life. II would be a Door beyond
price. " he concluded.
In tho male half of the almshouse. the
Warden eutered. saying, II will show you
one OF our oldest boarders.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-09-09

An Individual Who Makes the Drivers and
Conductors Life an Unhappy One.

People think we are too, strict and un-
accommodating sometimes" said South
side street-car conductor to Journal re-
porter yesterday. "but if they knew how
closely we are watched, and how promptly
we are reported when we do not carry out
all the rules they would make allowances
for u.s."
''Who reports you?"
'The spoilers. There's one of them now,v
and he pointed with his finger to a paunchy
looking man with Burnside whiskers who
was chewing a tooth pick under a lamp
post at a street corner.
"How do you know he is a spotterT'
"Well, you see we are on to some of them.
They give themselves away sometimes, as
they watch us too close. Some of them
never take their eyes off us from the time
they get on the car until they get off, and
we can tell by the way they watch the fig
ure on the register, that they are counting
passengers on u.s.. Some of them have their
watches in their hands at every switch and
corner. and we know they are keeping time
they will ask us to do things we are not
allowed to do, as for instance, to give them
a transfer to a car going in an opposite direc-
tion, or something of that kind, and then they
report us if we do what they ask. Anything
to get hold on us. And the worst of 1t Is,
we never have a chance to deny or disprove
what they report. In fact, we never hear
of their report until we are notified of some
punishment based on it,"
What kind of punishments are admins
teredfv
"Oh, anything from laying you off for q
week up to discharge"
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-09-09

She Is stopping in the Scottish Highlands,
and Is In Excellent Health and Spirits.

she Is Stopping In the Scottish Highlands,
and Is In Excellent Health and Spirits.
LONDON, Sept S-Mary Anderson is Wis
iting William Black, the novelist. at his
house, Kilichrenan Lodge, Oban, in the
Scottish highlands. She is in the best of
health, and her gayety. high spirits and
geniality have quite won all Scotch hearts.
She spends her time walking, rowing and
yachting. or III visiting neighboring places
of interest with Blacks pretty children.
She informed the correspondent who called
upon her at Oban, she should remain in
Scotland until the middle of October, but
should not return TO the stage for a long
time. Il intend to have real rest ana mean
20 play she said.
Concerning the rumors disseminated In
America regarding her recent illness. Miss
Anderson said: THE statement that was
on the verge of insanity had not the slight
est foundation in fact, and shall be
obliged if you will let all my American
friends know it. l was simply suffering
from exhaustion caused by excessive
fatigue. NV doctors told me to rest, and
am following their advice, and" she added,
with gay laugh, enjoying myself i'm
mensely."
Miss Anderson's appearance is a sufficient
refutation of the rumors that she had suf-
fered permanent physical or mental injury.
She has never looked better in her life, and,
as she says herself, has never enjoyed her
self more.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-09-09
Brief Mention.

An old man named Bankson and his horse
were killed by the noon train on the Chi
cago. st. Paul a. Kansas City road, at
Wasco.
At a large meeting of the Illinois Masons'
Benevolent Society, in Princeton, it was
decided te move the home office to Chicago,
Oct. /.
The Woman's Club. of Decatur, proposes
to erect an elegant and commodious club
house to cost not less than $4,000. The
necessary sum was subscribed Friday.
At the Cutler family reunion, held near
Carthage, Friday, over seventy near kins-
folk and many others related by marriage
were present. The family roster of the
present generation numbers l4S members.
The Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion of the Fifth Illinois district has closed
a successful convention at Aurora. The
following officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Emma Norton, of Marengo; corre-
spending secretary, Mrs. &. +. Hunt, of
Harvard; treasurer and financial secretary,
Mrs. George s. Sutphen, of Aurora.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-09-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER O. 1882

was also slightly damaged in Tennessee.
but the condition of the soil has been lin-
proved, and the outlook is better. The
damage to the crop from worm, in Arkan-
sas. is not as great as was anticipated. but
considerable damage has resulted to
the crop from this source in Mississippi.
In the Carolinas the weather was favorable;
cotton picking is in progress, and there is
prospect of a fair average crop. In New
England and the middle Atlantic States
the weather conditions for the week were
especially favorable for all crops. In these
the damage from rot will not be as great as
was first reported. In New, England the
bean crop is improving. u heavy crop of
buckwheat Is ready for harvest, and cram
berry picking is in progress. with prospects
of more than an average crop.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-09-09
TELEGRAPHIC BREvlTIES.

Guilford, Conn.,, is celebrating it's two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary.
Mrs. G. Bernard, of Cincinnati, was killed
by jumping out of a buggy. Her neck was
broken.
Thursday next will be the centennial
anniversary of the formation of the War
Department.
Anton Brown committed suicide, at Gin
cinnati, by cutting his throat with butch
er-knife.
Miss Fannie Creamer, near Eminence,
KY, fell from the kitchen steps to the
yard. distance of four feet, and broke
her neck.
BENJAMIN Cable committed suicide at
Cincinnati by hanging himself by. rope
attached to his bed-pOst. He had been out
of work some time.
At Atlanta DR.. II. HI. Tucker. one of the
most prominent Baptist ministers of the
South, was probably fatally injured by fall
ing from second-stOry window.
The driying-rod of the steamer st. Law
considerable valuable machinery. The 500
excursiOnists on board escaped injury.
Andrew johnson. colored, shot his wife
through the body, at SmOkytOwn, Va,
while trying to draw the load from an old
gun. The condition of the woman is pre-
cariOus.
AT MOberly, Mo-, Two eX-cOnvlctS, BUD
McKinsey and John Zimmery, had a fight
with knives, and each received wounds in
the abdomen, from which it is expected
both will die.
William H. Halstead was killed in Gen.
trail Park, New York. His carriage collided
with another vehicle, and he was thrown
to the pavement. Three ladies with him
escaped injury.
Frank Cowan, of Gillian, and Frank
Blewett. of Marshall. Mo-. were drunk and
fell asleep on the Alton track, at Marshall.
The Chicago train for Kansas City ran over
them and killed them.
A New York dispatch declares that the
Sugar Trust managers are floating large
amounts of stock at fancy prices, and are
preparing to leave their victims with MOTH
ing to show for their money.
The Daily Star. Democratic paper at
Charleston, w. Va. was sold to a syndi-
cate of Republicans. and will appear to-day
as Republican paper. This leaves only
one Democratic daily in the city.
At GAINESVILLE. o., the body of Charles
Wurster, q rolling-mill hand, aged forty
five, was found in pool of water at the
bottom of an elevator shaft, with his face
badly disfgured. Foul play is suspected.
Dr.. Llewellyn A. Powell. who killed ed
itor Ralph Smith. at Redwood City, Cal.
two years ago, because of an article in
Smiths paper rejecting upon Powell, was
convicted of manslaugter. In two former
trials the juries disagreed.