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The evening world., 1889-07-04

I caught nothing but sea robins, so / gave
up fishing in disgust and began to expert
ment with tho robins" They possess great
vitality and emit, when annoyed, a curious
grunt or croak. and the idea struck me to
select a quartet of different voiced croak-
ers. / selected two %tenors, q baritone and n
bayso. and these, when stirred up, produced
by the combination of their voices quite u
pleasing melody. firing of this | strung all
the fish and tied the ends of the string to-
gether; l then threw the bunch overheard.
/ watched them tugging In different dlrec-
lions for Il few moments and then weighed
anchor aud went home. Two Sundays alter
ward l went to the same place 70 have an
other go with the fnnv tribe. and soon | got
of holding the handles of a galvanic battery
with o mild current on. Ipulled IN, and what
do you think On the word of q fisherman, |
landed my string of old friends. After re-
covering my composure | cut the striug and
began experimenting again, when my atten-
ton was attracted 10 a sloop which threat
Bened to run me down. Having squared
things with the sloop l turned again to my
amy friends. and found that my quartet had
detached themselves from the rest and had
collected ut my feet. They must have been
Visiting for my attention, for as l turned
around they began to grunt the familiar air
ofr'A Life on the Ocean Wave" | listened
in speechless surprise to this air, but was
moved to tears when, upon finishing The
first song, they began to croak, Home,
Sweet Home" The subject was so suggestive
that l immediately threw them all overheard
and resolved to lead a new and better life,
which resolve l have strictly adhered to.
w. p. KENYON, so Bowery.
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"PINAFoRE."

A highly creditable performance of Gilbert
and Sullivan's "Pinafore - was given at Proc
tors Twenty-third Street Theatre last night by
American Juveniles. The tuneful strains
aud ~satirical lines were az welcome as old friends
who have been tried by all sorts of comparison
and have not been found wanting.
The American Juveniles" did admirably
though-as heard somebody in the audience
remark-they were not so dcucedly juvenile a.
they might have been. In fact one or two mem.
bcrs of the company must have cut their wisdom
teeth. This does not in the least detract from
the value of their performance, but merely
from the claims of juvenility.
The young people seemed to enter into the
spirit of their work. They enjoyed themselves
as much as the audience did, l am sure. and
they danced with the impetus lent by health and
pleasure; they sang and acted with the care and
precision impaired by the reality of the pro,
cecding.
Master Charlie A. Heidlcr made a capital Sir
Joseph Porter. His makeup was marvellously
good and the boyish dryness he had been trained
to give to the role was very funny. Master
Harry Leighton as Ralph Iiackstraw was
also a success. He has a charming
voice, but there is Il hard time in store
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resolved to have tho dread inter
view over, to know the worst at once. lie
found Matte in the parlor of her fathers
handsome house, and, fearing for his W
strength, told his errand gently.
The girl looked Mt him with white cheeks
and u startled expression, as If she had re-
cciYcd a si!uden, unexpected blow where she
had looked for kindness. Her great brown
eyes had a hunted, piteous look that 1t went
to his heart to SEE. She struggled for COM
and il was low and trcmulous when she said.
" Since you are Mr.. Gordon's ambassador, tell
him, from me. that he has my most sincere
good wishes for his success IN his new life.
He has no warmer friend, no more ear
nest well-wisher than myself. But can
never he his wife. | do not love him.
We have been like brother and sister from
childhood, and / can give him my sisterly
affection. nothing more
" thInk he is sincere in his resolution to
make his lie more earnest and useful than it
has ever been. " the Rev. Henry Stillman
said, his own pain urging him still to plead
Nod's cause.
- hope no will persovere in his resolve.
He may make II noble man"
But his love -
II can never return" she said resolutely.
Pray leave me now Il am not WE'LL,
He left her. Only n few feet from the
He had satisfied his conscience had
pleaded the cause of the younger, hand
somer man. Faithfully he had placed before
Matte all Ned's pleadings, all her influence
might do for him, and be had won only q
steady refusal of the suit he urged.
Now-hes set his teeth hard, and went back.
Now he would risk his own fate But NJ
the door he paused, for Matte had thrown
herself in "A deep nrm- chair, and with her face
hidden, was sobbing with a perfect passion
Vas it for Ned? Did she already repent
her decision? lrresolute whether to retreat
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OVER THE PATHLESS OCEAN,

thoroughfHres, many-armed like the tabled Briareus.
myriads set forth daily to encounter the vi,issitudes of
travel, change OF climate. unAccustomed food, and an
atmosphere. possibly m%iasmatic. yet with a calm conf
dence that their health will be preserved. When this
con d ience is based upon the possession of the supreme
medicinal defense. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, It Is In
decd well founded. otherwise not. Brackish water. bad
food. the wearyinE and other bad effects OF railroad jolt
ing. sea.sickness and nervousness, aggravated by a
journey and it's attendant ~discomforts, are shorn OF their
pernicious influence by this sterling Alternative paciher
and compensStlnE medicine, invaluable for dyspepsia,
feeblenesS, nervousness, 20 i%stipation, malaral disorders,
rheumatism and kidney complaints.
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The Young Mans Fatal BIem;sh.

lfIOW te tHIchVb fFtNhNF. '.A..# .a
He had taken q vacant seat in the car by the
side of n lovely young girl with whom he had
some acquaintance already, and whom he was
ardently DESTROYS of impressing favorably.
Under the spell of his brilliant conversational
powers and the glance of his dark hazel eye
the ~teil-tale blush had risen to her cheek and
bore mute yet eloquent testimony TO the prog
ress the ~presumptuous youth was making in
her good graces. CareleSsly handing the
train boy a quarter of a dollar and requesting
the worth of 1t in caramels, he was about to
resume the conversation that had been inter-
rupted for the moment, when he saw the flush
die out of the Young lady's face and 0 cold.
indifferent. wearied look take its place, and
he knew a blight had fallen forever on his
budding hopes.
On what triles hang the destinies of two
human lives! AS the boxes of caramels were
thrown by the train-boy on the young mans
lap they fell to the floor. and his fair com
panion had seen them fall and noted the rea-
son.
- can never marry a man ~ she had said
to herself. las b%ow-legged as he is."
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law-books when the mood seized him,
floating carelessly down life's stream doing
no especial harm by the way, but assuredly
doing no good either. OF his personal re-
sponsibility in the scheme of creation, he had
never thought until the Rev. Harvey Still
man was appointed vicar of the fine old
church at Greyport, where Ned's fine tenor
was quite.a feature in the choir. 1t must be
confessed that, under the dull prosy preach
ing of Harvey Stillman's predecessor. the
choir seats had been a gathering place for
much quiet filtration among the bellies and
beauX of the town; and Red's chief magnet
was the certainty of sitting near Matte. and
hearing her clear sweet soprano join his own
voice.
But before Harvey Stillman had been a
month at Greyport, Ned was ~uneasily con-
scious that many of his words were as dagger
thruSts at his own aimless, useless life, and
waking to This consciousness, he also
awakened to another disagreeable fact
namely, that Matte was also perceiving that
life was n more earnest. real thing than she
had before pictured II to herself.
She had never been a drone in the hive,
but she had become more actively useful out
side of her little homework, visiting in a
quiet. transformations way, among tine
poorest of her ather's patients. doing good
in an humble spirit. but with a sincere desire
to help, as far as possible, those who needed
her gentle ministrations.
Ned loved her more than ever for the gen.
tie selt-denials she practised 80 quietly that
only those who were benefited knew Of them,
but. to his great disnay. there came a little
gulf between himself and his love, widening
SO gradually he could not tell where it had
omm need or would end.
For the first time since he was n mere boy
he saw that Matte gave him only the warm
friendship Of years OF brotherly and sisterly
intercourse, where he had given the first and
only love of his life. She seemed drifting
from him. absorbed in her new duties, and
leaving but little margin of time for the
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me as ! care for her; but if I
could believe she would be my wife
when / deserved her. it would stimulate me
as no other hope OF earth could do"
you think she loves youI"
The Rev. Harvey Stillman's very lips were
white as he asked the question.
II did think SO once. Now, l would give
all ! W to be sure of it,"
There was much more to the same purpose,
till Ned. with a sudden CLEAN of hope, asked
the clergyman to plead his cause.
No one has so much influence as You
have. She looks up to you as to n father, ="
said Ned, never seing how his listener
WINGED ut the comparison: and if you
were to tell her how her love would AID
me, she might believe ! do not always mean
TO be the idler she has known"
~ will SEQ herr was the grave reply. III
she loves you. she shall have the happiness
of giving you the announcement you desire 7"
But when the drive was over, and the
Clergyman entered his study, the quiet
gravity of his face broke up into au express
Bion of keenest suffering. He had borne
many sorrows IN ms NE. Death han taken
his nearest and dearest poverty had laid her
heavy hand upon hum: temptation had assaled
him, only driven back by pTayerfui struggles.
He had hoped TO find in Greyport rest,
after q long battle in life, His living prom
ised him an easy competence and some lei
sure for stuuies he loved, without neglect of
his higher duties. But before he had been in
his new home many weeks Matte Woolston's
sweet. earnest face, her gentle goodness, her
unobtrusive, sincere piety had wakcned in
his heart an emotion he had never hoped TO
experience. Love had been IA far-ofi posi-
bility for happier lives, and he had not per
eeivsd that II was seeking entrance into his
own till Ned Gordon roused him 10 con-
sciousness OF what his deep interest IN Matte
|signifed.
He loved her, and he had undertaken to
plead the cause of a II 1ther TO her
Thought became, such torture that h.
The evening world., 1889-07-04
Couldn,t Fool TIM Fish.

One day on a fishing trip on the upper
Elbe River in Germany, my English friend
and l separated he determined to angle on
the other side of the river, while l stayed
where / was, at the same time looking for
some shady place on the somewhat rocky
shore to take a little rest and lunch. 'Espv-
ing n wild cherry-tree with branches partly
s retched over the water, l sat down under it
and, unLJticed, watched some starlings feed
ing on cherries, dropping down one now and
then which would sink slowly. A sudden
splash turned my attention to the water and
there / saw n fine specimen of redfin Gas the
local name Isl swallowing the luscious fruit
and then lying motionless near the surface.
AS quick as | could / fastened a cherry
on my hook and threw 1t into the water. The
fish went for 1t, swan around it, but didn't
bite. | tried it two or three times more, but
without avail. At last / took an extraordi-
narily large one. threw it in again, and this
time. after n little hesitation. the fish took
the bait. / jerked, but to my great surprise
he had torn off the cherry without touching
the hook and, sticking his head out of the
water. he gave q sudden. impulsive squeez-
ing pressure with his jaw and hit me straight
in my right eve with the stone and disap-
peared. / had a sore eve for several days,
and my friend, who had been standing on
the opposite bank and had seen all, Is willing
to vouch for il. He is in the East Indies
now. II. LEHN, 500 Third avenue.
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l was fy-ishing one forenoon some years
ago on a well-known trout stream in Scot
land. A small trout rose to the tail fly and
was Immediately hooked. Scarcely had this
occurred when the bobby, n black gnat, was
seized by one of the numerous swallows
skimming over the stream. The hook in
some way or another got fixed in the birds
beak. and IL most amusing and exciting strug-
gle commenced. At one moment the swallow
would lift the trout completely out of the
another time the trout would get the best of
it. and, diving down deem into its native ele-
ments, would pull the swallow out of
sight. followed the stream for nearly halfa
mile, eagerly watching his unique contest
IL wondering how it would terminate.
Unfortunately the gut east got .entangled
across n projecting stump, snapped in twain
and liberated the i'll assorted couple stimuli
taneously. FnEp. KINsMAN.
1869 Ninth avenue.
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FISHERMENS YARNS.
Fact and Fancy for the Double Eagle
Purse.
Remarkable Occurrences That May
Not Have Occurred.
Some Strange Adventures of the
Votaries of Rod ana Reel.
IT WAS AN ADDER.
The Boy Thought 1t wna n Trout ant
Picked II Up.

The Boy Thought It wns n Trout and
Picked II Up.
One August afternoon years ago, when o
schoolboy in Monson, Mass. l went trout
fishing in Pinnacle Brook. Cotton Hollow, q
mile and n half west of the town. The stream
was nearly dry, and of course no front ex-
cept In the deep holes in the bed of the
brook. In one large pool. perhaps three
feet deep, were gathered q large number of
trout. A few took the bait and were landed,
q few others were yanked out after We had
carefully dropped the hook beneath them.
and then we stripped and plunged in to catch
in our hands any that had hid between or be-
meath the stones. We got nearly all of them.
but one particularly large old fellow avoided
us and hid beneath the bank in h edeepest
part of the pool. Putting my head
under water and reaching in with my
left liant | felt for, found and seized him and
dragged him out. shouting as my head came
into sight. I've got him, Lyme" Then /
slowly raised my left arm out of the brook
and there grasped firmly by the middle was q
great, three.foot long. scaly, loathsome,
brown-spotted adder winch quickly wrapped
his tail about my forearm and raised and
drew back his head with its wide-open mouth,
vibrating tongue and glittering eyes. Me-
Chanically my arm ~straightened suddenly and
my grasp gelaxed. whereupon the snake
slowly unwound and dropped ON one bank
of the brook while we little fellows. thor
oughly frightened, scrambled out on the
and killed the snake, but to this day ] never
recall the event without an odd sensation up
and down my backbone. "
SKULL AND BONES,
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Last Summer / started from Fire Island
with q party to troll for bluetsh. Our party
being large for the size of our catboat, l de-
termined to fish from the stern of the small
boat we were towing. Being warm, l re-
moved my coat and u%nbuttoned my suspend
ers. leaving them attached in the back. We
were having considerable luck and enjoying
ourselves generally, when in making q tack
my small boat came around rather suddenly,
and partially upset me from my seat. On
righting myself became aware, of something
Juggling at my waist, and, looking around,
found my suspenders dragging IN the water.
l reached to draw them in, but found 1t no
easv matter.
/ finally unbuttoned them and drew them
in, and was much surprised to see two large
bluehsh attached to the buckles. One fell
off as soon MS | drew it in. The other was
firmly canght, the buckle hooked III its gills.
Thefwo fish weighed fourteen pounds. Old
fishermen said it was the most novel fishing
tackle nsed on Great South Bay. | still have
the auspenders, and always wear them on
fishing excursions. j.. w. n,
I'll Lexington avenue, Brooklyn.
Prompt I'm Action, but No Burning from
Red Pepper. CARTER'sS S. W. & b. BACKACHE PLAsTERs.
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Society inSNebraaka.

TTTTTT ~" TTTVVTV 1TVW7'T
The people of Nebraska are the most socia-
BILE of human beings. A lynching committee
in that State caught n murderer the other day
and then issued polite invitations to oil the
elite OF the neighhorhood to come and grace
the impending festivities. A notable gather
ing was soon on the ground, and then the
ceremony of COMPRISING the neck of the
prisoner with n rope was successfully per
formed. To turn n hanging into q society
event, at which every one is in good spirits
except the corpse. is to triumph over some
rather serious obstacles.
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Romance and Provisions.

As the last page of the epic lay before him,
Pietro Flanders drew a long breath and sailed
In with renewed vigor. Line after line was
reeled OF until, late in the afternoon the final
stanza alone remained to DO written. Girding
himself for o supreme effort he penned
And at last with the jewels of ophia
can toy; and take rest OH my sofa.
Just then the landIady's voice came rasping
up the stairs.
Mr.. FlandeFsl Oh! Mr.. Flanders. Eggs
In eggs, an money is money. II you've got
Is cents in cash. dinner 3 ready"
Mr.. Flanders didn't dine that night.
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Don't shoot, don't shoot any more" /
turned and said: See what l have shot, two
too, sir; ycu hit me in the leg see the
marks.n 1t was too true; but fifty cents
healed Sandy's wounds in u moment. was
astonished TO find in the cranes throat which
he had tried to swallow, II large club that had
fastened on my hook. When | pulled the
fish out i saw that several shot had punctured
his body. AS the crane. squirrel. pigeon
and sandy happened to be in n straight line
the shot was not SO surprising. b.
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Interference Resented.

John. wake up! / hear II noise in the
kitchen. There's somebody in the house !"
Dumping out Of Bedl-Don't be afraid,
Maria. IN drive him out. BE calm. darling.
Don't go down that steep stairway with
your revolver cooked. John. 1t might 60 of
before You are ready"
Crawling back into bed): Mrs. Billus, if
you haven't any confidence in my manage
ment of burglars you can take the revolver
and GO down yourself"
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Fishing with IA suction Pump.

At Rome City, Ind. now famous as the
C~hautauqua Of the West, occurred rare sport
in the Winter of 1857.
Its beautiful lake, at once the charm and
pride of the locality, was then covered with
perfectly transparent ice. through which and
near its surface the fish. for which it is like
period l had the rare pleasure of initiation
into one of the very novel and original
methods of catching fish. Walking out upon
the ice to some central point we would cut
q hole in it and around the hole, upon the
ice aud 10 some distance away. sprinkle q
plentiful supply Of seductive macaroni, then
into the hole insert II suction hose and pump
out Q satisfactory supply of fish as they
huddled to the scratch.
INAsMUCH BLACouE.
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Had to Withdraw III. Patronage.

Howell Gibbon Il don't like to trade with
Cutaway; you can't depend upon what he
says. Tells you he'll have your suit ready
Wednesday, and you may not get il for n
week. When 1 order a suit of clothes l want
it on time.
Upson DownesGSo do I, and l think six
or eight months is enough for any tailor.
I've had to leave Cutaway OF that account
myself.
The evening world., 1889-07-04
OutIandIsh Pronunciation.
tFrom ne Ee,o York weekly

Ih. lfrom ne hcn loTh hechfV,l
Boston Girl-Did you ever! The Arkansas
Legislature has enacted that in all official pro-
ceedings the name OF the State shall DO pro-
nouuced Arkansdu.
Cultured Mother-Ips monstrous! II our
Legislature should insist on such an out
landish pronunciation of Massachusetts,. it
would cause the biggest kind of M indigna-
ton meeting in Funnel Hall.
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1853 NEW ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Easier for the Voters and Good for Rlec
tiOn-Day Omce-Seekers

To relieve the overcrowding at many of the
polling places in the city and prevent such in
convenience as arose at the last election. the
Police Commissioners have divided163 election
districts, making the total number henceforth
1919.
The changes by election districts are shown as
follows: WI. 2 ~ ~.
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Two Birds, a squirrel md a Crane.

Many years ago | stood on the bank of a
famous fishing creek. In the middle of the
stream was a small island, on the other side
a she'll bark tree, with branches almost touch
ing the water; on the shore above a dead
oak, backed by a cornfield. Casting my line,
l was almost doing, when l saw a crane on
the island jumping up and down, Tapping
his wings as if deranged. | siezed my gun
yelling III the cornfeld. l got on the island
and found the crane dead. 1 was surprised
to see a squirrel floating in the water, giving
his last kicks. The yelling continued, and,
springing up the bank, was still more aston
under the oak. when Negro Sandy
broke out of the corn row, hollering /:
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A Rionde in Disguise.

Lecturer-An statistics prove that the
blonde women are more difficult TO get along
with than brunettes,
Astonished Man in the Audience (starting
up)-Are you certain OF that?
!" II is q fact
Then l believe my wife's black hair is
dyed"
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tFrou ne Rarrdrd L%ampoon.l
Hollis Hclworthy-Yes, I've been looking
up some of my ancestors. and
Miss Beacon-I guess you found a good
many Of them up . Tree, didn't You?
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ReadiuG Matter Handy.

, [From The Burlington Free Fres.l
Sarah Ann-0h, this awful railroad
junction Here we are for five hours with
! absolutely nothing TO read.
Mary Jane (sotto yoice)-Say! why couldn't
we read your hustle P
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Mr., Ulster Coe-Ah, Miss Washer I! Read.
ing Herrick, as usual. l see.
Miss Minnie wasker-Oh, yes; you really
can't imagine how much he helps me to per
suade myself that the country is really beauti-
full, after all
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A Boston ~Pnruphruse.

ufOm Puck.
Miss Bacbey-I wonder if President Har-
rison win receive q synonym.
Miss Wobbash-A which?
Miss Bacbey-A synonym-another term,
YOU know,
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Two Kinds Of Notes.

Iron Tie Laurence American
Merritt-Wonderful singer, Nine. Highcee.
Why, she holds q note nearly five minutes!
Fortune-That'B nothing. I've been hold
ing one Of your notes for nearly six months,
and / wish you'd pay up.
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A FEW EOsEGEYs FROM THE GREAT BOU.
QUIET OF nUMOR.
Tho RiGor of the Game.
LYON IncL.

Excited Pitcher ~(running in, to blasted
umpire)-Say, Billy, how's dat? Yer amt
got der nerve ter call balls on dat, have yer
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His Head was a Void.

IRON the Pitsburg Chronicis.
81 often feel an aching void, ~ remarked
young Fitzpercy to Miss Susie.
~ am sorry you are troubled with chronic
headache" replied the girl, sympathetically.
The evening world., 1889-07-04
BUSINESS NOTICES.

WOMEN, FROM THEIR sedentary habits.
are often subject to headache and constipation. These
are quickly removed by CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
SUMMER NECTAR" NAME.
You viii think OF 1t, perhaps. when you, ue KNAPP's
ROOT BEER EXTRACT at home. 25c. and Doc.
MARINE. FIELD AND OPERA-GLASSES,
Telescopes, dc, cheap. GEO. SMITH, 81 Park Row.
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Prof. Hermann says that the Transatlantic
Vaudeville Company that he will put on the
agent, Lederer, now in London. is engaging
some very strong people. Herrinann's clever
assistant, D'Alvini, died last night in Chi
cago. D'Alvini, in spite of his name and his
personality, was q Cockney Engli shman.
The evening world., 1889-07-04

THE Medicine Man" is the name of q
new American comic opera soon 10 be pro-
duced in San Francisco.
The evening world., 1889-07-04

The half-mile race to-day at the Prospect
Harriers' games ought TO be rather interest
ing, and no doubt this event alone will draw
a crowd to Washington Park. Tommy Con
neff Is at scratch. Banks, Devereux and
Corbett, with handicap allowances, should
make the finish exciting.