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LETTERS in A BARREL.

The smallest, simplest and beat pro-
tectcd 1ost-oficc in the void is in tho
Strait of Magellan and has been there for
many years, says the st. Louis Republic.
II consi is of n small kug or casK and is
chaiued to the rocks OF the extreme cape.
in the its opposite Terra del Fuego.
Each passing ship s.ndS II boat to take
letters out and to put others III.
The ost-ofice " telf-acting and unpro-
vidcd with n postmaster and is, therefore.
under the protection OF ali the navies of
the world. Up to the present time there
has not been n single case reported in
which any abuse of the privilege 1t affords
has been taken
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SENATORIAL SECRETARIES.
Plenty OF Work for Them and They
Are Well Paid.

a SAAS VI 10 AHSNA "iN AMY
Are Well Paid.
The private secretary il an important
parsonage in this city. says tho Washing
ton letter to the Chicago Herdtj. He Mt
tends upon n great mi IL, or n man who is
supposed to be great, though 1t often
happens that the private secretary is the
e. eater man of the two.
Political private secretnryship TO rich
men is becoming quite II profession in tins
country, and certainly u reputable and
useful one. Men VINO have large business
interests, amt Ii nre mt the sume time in
politics up to their eyes, can bettor afford
to hire some one to attend TO the politics
while they continue to devote most OF
their time to the business.
The political private secretary must
know his Stute as a gardener knows his
truck patch aud be able to cultivate 1t
with Iully as much success. Some of
these deputy great mon II their voca-
lions lucrative.
For instance, Col. Dan Shepard. of
Illinois, Is said to draw all OF Senate
Fhrwell's salary from the Government.
He earns it, too.
Senator Mcmillan, of Michigan, keeps
three secratrieS going. Bnlcs, his political
man Friday, is paid 50. 900 II year.
Stockbrldge'S secretary. Mr.. Odds,
draws nearly as much. Senator Palmer
used to pay $4,000 to Sheppard, his polit-
zeal manager. Senator Stanford, of Cali
forum. has u secretary who is pad 81, 0O0
a yenr, mud NIce-presidept Morton one
who draws $500 u month.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
Fixed q Death Date.

10 The Editor
One night about twcnty-one years ago an
elder brother aud myself we're sleeping. l
awakened about midnight and espied the
figure of II man in corner. aroused my
brother. who surmised that the white
thing was soiled bed clothing. insisted
that it was a man, 30 he made me 20 over
and feel 1t. but | could feel nothing.
He then satisfied himself aud called my
father, but hc could not see anything. For
three nights in succession we saw the figure
and agreed in the description.
A.short time afterwards my brother came
to New York on the ill latcd City of Boston
and located the widow OF my fathers
brother and nscertaincd from het the dnte
OF her husbands deuth. which turned out to
lie the date we first saw the vision IN Liver
pool. and ii she or any of her three SONS are
alive they will corroDoratc this.
A,,,n, urnvyN
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Saw q Fiery Red Coffin.

To ire Editor
Some sixteen years ago. while sitting in
my room at the University thinking I was
suddenly impressed with the idea that l
must go to the basement. On going down,
when near the dead ROOM" in the base
ment, ! raw leaning against the door n fiery
red cotlin.. screamed and tried to run,
but was held by the stare of stony eyes.
A rat running across my foot 30 terrified
me that the spell was broken. | ran down
the tunnel" ami up the stairs to gain my
hal. When at the hall door the apparition
again met my gaze.
The shock was 70 fearful that / stepped
back and fell down the stairs, where / lay
unconscious for some time.
Physicians que, toned me and, thinking
it some - waggiSh trick =" of the students,
instituted a rigid search, but, failing to un-
earth any trick. concluded it was IL halluci-
nation of the mind. But to me it was a sad
reality, and to this day remains q mystery,
but none the less true. BERT.
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Always Haunted, Now.

To NE EiitOr
Christmas Eve, two years ago, I started up
from q sound sleep about midnight, thrilled
through with a feeling that some one was in
my room. Opening my eyes, the clear out
lines of q young girls pale face met my
vision. The look plainly told me that its
owner was i'll imminent danger.
1t passed away Mt once and l tried to dis
miss the occurrence from my mind. Try al
/ would, however, j could not shake it off,
so | got mp and started, for n stroll.
Soon after leaving my lodgings L came
across two men forcing n woman into n car
rage. The girl. turned her face towards
mine and great heavens it was the exact
counterpart Of that l had seen at my bed
side.
men, taking fright, fled.
For weeks. her face continued to haunt
me, so l took advantage of my slight service
and cultivated her acquaintance. Last
Christmas Eve, Just one year from our first
meeting, we were married. A.. X. Il.
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MAGAZINE READERS.
What States Are Most Represented
on Subscription Books.

What States Are Most Represented
on Subscription Books.
The subscription lists II the large maya
zines reveal some Interesting facts, If one
has the opportunity of studying them,
and the composite impression enc re-
ceivcs after GluncIng over four or five is n
peculiar know ledge iii itself, says the
Philadelphia 2imes.
1t convinccs one iii tho 6r I place that
seven.cightha of the subscribers to the
magazine literature of to.duy Lre of the
icinale sex, On the list Of one magazine
have bCcu counted $50 names successive y
before comIrg to that OF II man. Divide
the lists INTO states and there IL another
surprise. re
You will see. for eShmplc, that Iowa is
the moSt productive of all the States tor
tue magazine publisher that Is, there Rro
more subscribers To magazines in Iowa,
pro~purtionately, Than IN any other single
State in the Uniou.'ss
The next Is Connecticut, and then in
order come New York. Massachusetts,,
Illinois, Ohio. pennsvlyanin. and so ON.
The clergy also form avery large part
OF the subscription lists. OF famous men
III public life, the names OF Secretary
Bnyurd. tx President Hayes, Senator I'D
munds and George w. Guilds are most
frequently IN ruuntercd.
Mr.. Gladstone's name appears on the
lists OF two American magazines, the
reason for the preference of the American
editions being his desire 10 follow the at.
vett,slng pages aS n guide 10 American
industries and new ideas.
Foreign Subscribers mnumornble attest
to the wonder nj circulut,on of American
magazines abroad, one periodical having
regular paid subscribers in iortv-six of
the sixty nations OF the civilized world.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
PoNDEROUS TOM REED.

Pertinent Pen Picture of the New
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Mr.. Reed. the largest man physically
and intellectually on the Republican side
of the House this session, is indeed "a
whale, " says the Pittsburg Post. He is
over SIX feet high and very stout.
When he walks it is with II rolling
though active gait, bu. it is no oxaggera.
ton tn say that the floors OF the Shorohnm
oScillate when he trends across them.
He has n light complexion. IA partially
bald head, n struggling lrindle mustachc
aud n cold, cynical drawl III his speech.
Mr.. Reeds ability IL unuuestioned, but
he is probably f,ared more than he is
liked.
He is naturally sarcastic. His cutting
remarks, cool self-complncency and evi.
dent mild contempt Tor the great major.
ity of his contrcreS have made hin re.
gardcd more as one to beware of than one
to like.
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THE W0RLD: III RsDAY EVENING, DECEMBER IS, 1889.

cept, our voices grew louder as fear in.
creased.
Finally we reached the top story; the
rooms were thoroughly inspected, closets as
raped thrice mon the closet door. saving;
III MIR. Ghost In at home he must surely
be in here, and IL no favor us with Yankee
Doodle p"
No sooner had wo spoken when. great
Caesar! the Spook was accommodating.
In our mad haste to reach the road the
stairway collapsed. The negro fiddler from
the ball we had just left said afterwards.
was list as skeerel a. lie bows when
dey aNed me to play Yankee Doodle, from
dat dark clusit. T.. ii. ID.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
GOSSIP OF THE GREENROOM.
What POOtlisht PaVOriteS Are Saying
and Doing,
Items of interest In tho Theatrical
Profession.

Colonel Tom" is the name of the new
play that Nat Goodwin will produce next
month at the fremont Theatre. Boston.
Colonel Tom " is the work of MIR. Steele
Mncknye. and Is entirely new aud
original. The contract calls for its speedy
production, 30 Mr.. Goodwin will do it
during his Boston engagement. Manager
Warner, of Mr.. Goodw:n's company, ute
his pium-pudding in New York ycster-
dny. He is here on business connected
with Mr.. Goodwin's production. Tues
day night he sec ured the services of Mr..
Wilton Lackaye who will play mn impor-
liant part III Colonel Tom." Mr.. Warner
Inns still to engage n leading lady and an
ingenue, these parts in the play being pnr-
ticulErly good. When Steele Mnckaye
wrote Colonel Tom" about eighteen
months ago, he had no idea that it
would be done by Nat Goodwin. but
since the contract between actor and play
wright was signed he has made q few
changes for the versatile Nat, whose role
is said to DO exactly fitted for him. 1t
is Goodwin himself" said Mr.. Warner
yt sterday. Anybody VINO knows mt
personally and hls noticed his lido.
syncrnsies will see him i'll the part he
plays in Co onel Iom.'"
Afterth production of Steele Mnckaye's
play Mr.. Goo win will present The
Nominee" which he bought from Messrs.
Richard, on and Gardley. MIR. PigJtt's
play. The Boohmaker," has been sur
rendered to Mr.. Pigott. MIR. Goodwin
proved that it was rather too English AMI
| fnn lnrgny II ia nnIInr.fnnI IN La uf
present III the hands Of Mr.. Daniel Froh-
man.
THE Lucky Star" is the name of
another very English melodrana that
may possibly have Il hearing in this u
try. This play has the Endorsement of
the English provinces, not that OF The
metropolis. Perhaps this may be II fact
initiating III its favor. The melodramas
tnat have come here Lcndon.stamped
have not, of late, been brilliant successes.
Here is one of Gilbert's funny
speeches. from The Gondoliets." 1t
IL addressed by the Duke Of Plaza Toro
to Marco and Giuseppe, two young men.
one of whom-nobody knows which one
lis a Prince II am now b TO adj
dress myself to the gentleman whom my
daughter married The other NAV ALLOW
his attention to wander, IL he likes, for
what l I'M about TO say does not concern
HIM. Sir. YOU will find in this young
lady n combination of eXcellences which
YOU would search for in VAIN i'll any
young lady who bud not the good fortune
to he my daughter. There is some little
doubt as to which OF you is the gentle
man | am addressing, and which IL the
gentleman who is allowing his attention
/ shall saw (still addressing the attentive
C%entleman), Take her, and may she
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stand il. Passcpartout explained the situa-
ton TO her.
MIR. Fngg, this honest and courageous
gentleman. to whom she owed her life, was
arrested us u rObbcr. The yourg woman
protested against such nh allegation, her
flowed from her eyes when she Jaw that she
could not 10 Anything or attempt anything
t. save her delivcTer.
As for Fly, lie had arrested the gentleman
because his duty commanded him to,
whether he was guilty or not. The courts
would decide the question. .
But then a thought came to Passepart ont
the terrible thought thai III was certainly
the cause Of I'LL tlis misfortune! Indeed.
why had lie concealed his adventure from
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and certainly il the worthy man had been
%apoplectic he would never have recovered
from IL.
where are we?" he repeated. his face
purple.
Liverpool, " replied Mr.. Fogg, with imDcr-
turbable calmners.
Pirate" cried Andrew Speedy.
have sent Tor you, SIR
"Sea-Skimmer!"
Y" Sir, - continued ,Phileas Fogg. ito
ask you to sci! me your ship.
No! by all the devils. no."
~ shall be Obliged TO burn her"
To burn my ship!'
AT least her upper portions, for We are
ont OF fuel.
Burn. my ship!" cried Captain Speedy.
who cOull no longer pronounce his villa
g!es. "A ship that il worth nifty thousand
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the lower regions, ' cried Andrew Speedy.
since ! make by II Rt least $40, OOO.'
Then he added. calmly:
- Do you know one thing, captain ~
'Foyg."
",,We!l, Captain Fogg, there is something
of the Yankee in YOU.
Aud, having paid his passenger what he
thought to he u compliment, he went away,
wlrn Phiieas togg aid tn him:
Now this ship belongs to me -
" Certainly, from the keel to the truck of
the ma ,ts, nll the wood, understand.
Very well. Cut away the inside ar
raugcnieuts and fire mp with the debris"
IL may be- Judged how much of this dry
wood WAS necessary 10 mliutain the steam
deck. thc %cHbius, tho hunks and the spar
deck all wCut.
The next day. the 10Th of December, they
burned the masts, the RATS and the spars.
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.Nsend Your Best Ghost Story to The Evening world.

my bed-chambor, and when I entered the
already there. examined the room thor.
oughly, but could discover no one. then
retlrcd, and could not have been In bed
more Than tve minutes when the form of q
astonishment the .apparition informed me
that It was Michael NJ. After smiling ut me
aud bidding mi good-by It slowly faded
away. ~
The next morning, when | arrived at the
store, a brother Of Michael was there, and
ne informed me that he (MichacD had died
the night before about o. 30. l saw Ills
splTtt the same night at IL o'clock.
Did he appear to fulfil the compact made
between MS?
l think he did. And to this day | have
when l saw the spirit of Michael NJ.
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Ghosts Who Fid die.

IW TNf NO :
Weary aud wet from the driving rain we
took shelter upon the piazza of a haunted
house on the roadside at midnight. The
bravest in the party proposed a call upon
"rawhead and bloody-bones.
Anticipating a lively combat, he procured
a stout club, aud with an assumed fearless
ness we faced the greater darkness within.
On the first floor innumerable matches
were wasted, while examining pantries, &c,
without. success. Investigation on the
The evening world., 1889-12-26
They have Seen GHOSTS.
Supernatural YiSitantS 10 Various
People in Various Forms.
SpOok Stories that Have the
Semblance of Realism.
A New Literary Contest Opened by
"The Evening World"
Conditions ,

A golden double eagle t1iH be pfppn to the
person toho sends ~ me best ghost story to
THE EVENING WoRLD. Personal err
periences should FORM The foundation or The
stories. ; 7hey should BE- addressed ITO the
Ghost Editor, " should be toritten on only one
side or the paper, ND should IN no ease con-
tain orer o ,oords. The name and address
or me torfter IL required, bit ,uW not be pub
lshed n a request to that EFFECT accompanies
me IpftPl,
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Too Little Water Internally.

10 me EdifOr.
One day 1 was passing by a pond in a
solitary place. On the opposite side was u
great tree that looked as If it had been
struck by lightning. All of a sudden the
wind arose and forced me into the pond. In
my struggles to escane from the green and
Shiny waters j reached the blasted tree,
which wa suddenly transformed to " hid
eous old man with deviliSh wings and a long
fOrked tail, with which he dashed the waters
around me, aud at last wrapped it around
my body aud drew me towards him.
When lie had Inc nhout three feet above
water the heavens suddenly cleft asunder
and IL thunderbolt struck directly over my
h al. l felt myself dropped back into the
water. / reached the bank and tainted.
When / recovered the hobgoblin was again
the old tree. INDABA ZIMDI.
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This Ghost Had 4 Lantern.

10 me EdItOfs
About four years ago all West Point was in
q state OF great excitement over n ghost
which was seen nightly on the road leading
to the old quarry. The ghost appeared to
many, and 1t looked ALWAYS the same. The
spectre was in the torn of u woman and
carried q lantern. She would swing 1t back
and forth.
1t became such a scare that the soldiers
were AFRAID to pass the quarry even by day.
II made it's nightly visitntions for about
three months, but it has now disappeared
and has not been seen since. CLIMAX,
The evening world., 1889-12-26
Guess on Nellie's HOMECOMING.

Coupons for guessers on the exact dura-
ton of Nellie Dly's Journey against time
around the earth are printed, with full
directions for guessing. In the morning
WORLD. The winner will be givon o trip %
Europe at the expense OF 1hIE WOULD. The
conditions OF the gueSsing match are printed
III tull With the coupon.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
That Old Tomcat Story.

To me Edit1r
When l first came to this country my
amily went to Middletown. Conn. We lived
next TO a graveyard.
1t was about midnight one night when we
were all in bed that we heard u ghost in the
room below. l made my father get up.
Mother and my father got the gun and clnb.
Mother got a chair and the lamp, aud we all
went down to Mil the ghost. When we got
down We saw two old Tomcats fighting tooth
and nail. j. III. l..
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tire. Mr.. Marks will not make further
developments for diplomatic reasons.
See In the mean time he is wandering
about Europe, touching at such plnces Ms
Paris, Cologne, Hnmburg, Berlin, Drcs-
den. Prague. Nieunn, Munich. Brussels.
Antwerp and London. Rather II neat
little tour.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
His Dead Friend Appeared.

To NE Edifor D.;
Michael NJ. aud myself were employed by
the same firm-he as driver and l as ship
ping clerk. We made a compact that if one
of us died before the other he would, if pos
sible. appear to the survivor.
One night in February, 1880, l retired to
The evening world., 1889-12-26
1t Would Do for That.

Mr.. L. Niewer-This new book l brought
home is the veriest trash. l don't like to put
it in the library.
Mrs. Niewer-Then let us give it to some
body for n Christmas present.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
Life on q Farm.

IFTODl LVt.T
Farmer Oatcake Gn Summor)- Come, boys,
get mp! It's 1 o'clock, aud there's n big
days work ahead OF III.
get up! It's / o'clock, aud there amt II
dummed thing to do to-day.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
Spirits That Cooked and ouarrellet

10 me Editor
Some years ago l lived n few blocks fur
ther uptown, and while there my experience
was this: Almost every night an invisible
musician would play lively airs in my sit
ting-room; next a lady would rock and sing
her baby to sleep. L would be treated Ia
such little attentions.as dumping my CRATE,
or rather eGming to dump 1t, cooking u fine
supper and using my dishes without permits
sion. But when | examined them L found
that nothing had been touched.
They also treated themselves to the use Of
my gas, and opened and shut my doors and
windows at pleasure. Sometimes / judged
crying and moaning.
| became so used to it that il n night
passed without my invisible company /
next call, X. n. ID.
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They cut down tho masts and delivered
them To the AK. Inc crew displayed an i'll
credible zeal. PA, se%partout, hewinG, cut
ting. snwlnp, did the work of ten men. 1t
was II perfect fury of demolition.
The next day, the 10th, the ratings, the
armor. all uf the thip above water, the
greater part Of the deck. were consumed.
The Henrietta was now n vessel cut down like
Il pontOOn.
But ON this day they sighted the coast of
Ireland and Fustnet Light.
However. at 10 o'clock III the evening, the
ship was only ia. sing Queenstown. ihileas
Fogg had only twcntv-tour hours to reach
London! Now, this was the time the Hem
rletta needed to reach LIVERPOOL, even under
tuil healway. Aud the steam was about to
tan the bold gentleman!
who hal cOme to be Interested in his prof.
cct+, II really pity YOU. Everything Is
against You. We are AZ yet only III front of
"Ail!" said Mr.. Fogg. That is Queens
town. the place where re perceive the
liF.
Ian we enter the harbor -
Not Tor three hours. Only at high
LET MS wait" Philcas Fogg replied,
calmly, without letting II he seen on his face
that, by II last inspiration, he was going to
try to conquer once more his contrary fate,
pueehstOwn Is Il port on the coast of Ire
land, at winch the tranSatlau steamers
coming from the United States deposit thcir
mail bag. These letters are carried to Dub
lin by express trains always ready to start.
From Dublin they arrive in Liverpool by
very swift VESSELS, thus gaining twelve
hours over the most rapid sailcrs of the
ocean companies.
1llesc twelve hours which the American
C]OurierH gained, philcaS Fugg intended To
gain too, Instead of ARR, ing by the Huurl-
eta III the evening Of the next day at Liver
pool, he would be there by noon, and, con-
sClucntly, he would have time enough to
reach London before X. - III the evening.
Towards O'Clock in the morning the Hem
rictta entered Queenstown HaTbOr NJ high
tide, and Ihilcas Fog, having received n
vigorous shake at the hand from Cant.
Speedy, eft him on the leyclled luik of his
vc.sel, still worth the half of what he had
sold II for
The passengers landed Immediately. Fix.
at tins mOment hat n fierce desire Ia arrest
Nj. Fogg. lie did not Ito il. however.
Why" What conflict was going OF within
cncr 10 Mr, Fog" Did he finally perceive
that he WAS mistlkou? Fix, however. did
not leave Mr., Fogg. with him. Mrs. Aouda,
and passCpartuut, who did not take time to
breathe, he jumpCl into tile train at Queens
town NJ l.3O n tng morning, arrived at
Dublin at break al Gav, and immediately
embarked ON one of those strRmcra-regular
stce, spmdlcs, all ougine-whlch. disdainisg
o. Use with the wavcs, invariably pass right
through them.
At twenty minutes before noon, the 2lst
Of DCCGu.hcr, PhlltaS Fogg finally landed on
the quav at Liverpool. He was now only six
hours from London.
But at this moment Fix approached him,
put his INN on hIs shoulder aud, showing
ms warrant, said:
Arc you really Phileas Fog- -
e., sir,
4" arrest you. IN the name OF tho QuCen"'
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