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The evening world., 1889-10-30

tn me Editor:
During my stay in Guayana we were greatly
annoyed by red balloons, which started an in-
iernal howl every morning near our house.
The same concert" was repeated late in the
afternoon. Several times / made a round with
10y gun. but could not ZEE any balloons, though
| could Judge the presence OF dozens by the
noise.
One afternoon, however, l was lncky enough
to see u large female caresslng her young one on
u branch of an enormous tree. Hiding myself
behind the trunk OF, another tree, l took careful
aim, and when ] pulled the trigger both mother
and yp%ng pnS fell; the latter At once set mp a
The blood streaming down the poor mothers
side showed that she had been MORALLY wounded.
With one hand pressed firmly on the wound she
took the young one with the other. and placing
II on the rongh trunk OF the tree fairly gave il u
push to make it climb up quick.
Al this moment ! raised my gun to fire at the
little fellow. but the mother seeing my inten-
ton gave me such an imploring look that itmade
me feel ashamed OF my sport. | raised my gun
and fired into the air, when the mother gave me
one last thankful look and fell overload.
Yours truly, II. d.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
SPOTLETS.

The expected happened this time. That wasn't
TascOtt In Philadelphia.
toothache, 30 two Petersburg tVA.) men found in the
journey towards their chosen duelling E.ounds an
end Of their wrath.
A game by any other name. "oontz" playing
isn't recognized as 4 felony in Kentucky, but eI-faro
ShArps thrive on It. It's played with dice.
-.
An ice dealer ID accused o.. robbing the white Star
Steamship Company Of fifteen thousand cold dollars
by overchArging. He watered his accounts and froze
to the cash.
A Bridgeport woman has kept her husband at home
evenings by clipping with another man. The deserted
one bought beer by the key. called in his friends and
has made merry ever since.
Considering c.. 500 in hand better than c10, 900
in q lawsuit, Actress Phyllis Broughton has COM
promised her breach OF promise suit against Lord
DAgnan.
Detroit minister made a telling gesture outside
the pulpit yesterday. II hit Q sarcastic editor in the
eye and landed him in the gutter.
A Hope (Me.) physician has lived for eighty years
on a strict bI ead-Hnd.milk diet, never having occasion
to try his own prescriptions.
The ChinRman is at last becoming self.assertive.
One with a hot iron and n determined mien saved his
cash and caught an cas- t-side sneak thief yesterday.
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Killing n Dead woOdchuck.

To the EditoT
Sheriff DurlinG and l went mp in the new
ground back Of New Milford to hunt wood
chucks. Sheriff was armed with an old muzzle-
loading smooth-bored rifle. and l was equipped
with a 32-calibre Remington rifle. Sheriff went
through the hollow aud | went on top of the
hill. had knocked over several chucks, and
had heard the report OF Sherif's old fusee sew
eral times.
took an old chuck that | had Just killed and
prOppcd 1t M on u stump. RO ii looked lust az
natural AZ life, Then | went after Sheriff. He
had not killed any. yet. He said his old gun
didn't shoot straight. l told him there was a
woodchuck over In the next lot, behind the
stone wall
Sheriff took my gun, crept mp, took q rest
lodged back ana sRid: ut never stirred"
l handed him the cartridgc-hox aud he kept
loading and firing until he had shot seventeen
times, then I sAidi "Iet me try him" idrew
bead on the crotch stick that was holding up
'he wr riH 5nnn %nw over To,Ieu NE chnck,
shooting at q lead woodohuek, and l hope he
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HORRIBLE |

A Committee appointed BY a public meet
ing held in Newport explains its Object thus
in n letter TO the President:
It was called to protest against the wholesale
and unrestrained numbering OF innocent Amerl-
can citizens by thousands now going OH III some
protest against the deprival in these States of
life. liberty and property without due process
OF law.
Can it be that thousand" of innocent
American citizens" are being murdered"
in Southern States. and that the public
meeting in Newport alone had knowledge Of
it2 If so. it is time for somebody to inter-
fere, and the Commi tee need not have gone
10 the trouble o, saying that they did not
think IL ''indecorous " TO call the Presidents
attention to this wholesale slaughter.
Stop the butchery of these innocent thou
sands by all means. Nobody can obje t.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
THE BATTLE woN-pREpARE TO WIN.

The Giants nre again crowned baseball
champions Of the earth.
While their friends have felt sure that this
was to be the end OF their seasons struggle.
there have been times when the balance was
very delicately poised and the strain became
a bit intense.
At these times the team behaved itself
nobly and the final squirt came Just when it
was needed.
The championship has been we'll won this
second tIme-even more bravely won. be-
cause in the face of a stronger opposition
than when it first fell to MurRIE's men.
Shake, boys. rest we'll for the Winter and
capture ali the flags again next season.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
Paterson, N. j., Oct. II.
Killing n Big LiOneaa.

Wf FdTtOT
would like to narrate one OF the many thrill
ing adventures I had in Central Africa during
the three years l was there with two other gen.
tlemen. One day We found three cubs alone in
o lair and brought them to camp. At night. as
usual. with large fire around IN. we went to sleep,
leaving one OF our servants to, keep up the fire.
A lioness approached and went stealthily
walls. Presently the cubs heard their mothers
voice aud yelped IN response. when she roared
situation.
We always slept with our Martini-H enrys
loaded and handy. In less time than | can tell,
| had grasped mine. aimed and fired at the lion
ess and shot the brute through the heart. Her
skin measured thirteen feet from the nOstrils TO
the tip of the tail. l.. NJ. BOSCowITCH,
1876 East Twentv-ninth street.
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FANclEs OF FASHION.

Rubens hats are to be the rage for afternoon recep-
lions.
Dove gray and pale green is the popular combinA-
ton for q brides breakfast roOe, and one that few
women are beautiful and lair enough to wear.
Art furnishers charge 5000 to make up baby
corner, which consists OF a shell-shApod cradle OF
ivory rattan set IN an angle OF the mothers room,
hung and canolied with white.
Mrs. Kendall wears a string of diamonds presented
by Queen Victoria and a sapphire ring the GAIT OF the
Princess Of Wales.
Mock gems are put in the rattlss used by the babies
Of the 400.
Avery delicate heSh tint is made by using Turkish
rose leaves. the newest thing In cosmetIcs.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
BY Actual Chemical Tests.

REPORTS or GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As TO PURITY
AND WhuLEBOMENEss or DE PRICES
CREAM BAKING PowDER.
DIR. PRICES Cream Bsklng Powder does not contain
Alum, Ammonia or Lime, or any AdulteranL- r. Is, q
PAloN, Ph, d.. Chsmist Tor tho United States Gov
eminent.
The Cream of Tartar used in DIR. Pico's Cream
Baking Powder Is The strongest and free from ali lime
and other impurities. The best Baking Powder made =
Prof, PETER COLLIER, Chief Chemist for the United
States Department oi Agriculture. Washington, ID. q.
lhAys several times examined baking powders In the
market 10 deteTminr their purity, raising power and IN.
hnence on the heath o. those using them. have uni
IN all ~Tespacta, In raising power II stands AT the head
II . a pure, clean, elegant and healthiul preparation.
have used PTIceIB" IN my family Tor years, -PIoi
Il. q. KEDzIE, late President Michigan State Board OF
Health.
All Alum Baking Powders, no matter how high their
strength, are TO be avoided a. dangerous, PLosphste
and tartArIe Aeid powders ltbeTats their EAs TOO freely,
" under climatic changes suffer deterioration.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
shot An Albino sparrow.

A rather poor hunting story. but still a strange
circumstance. Eight years ago l lived at Au-
burn. N. Y, and after school was out. and
Saturdays, i always had one or two friends and
my gun with me. 1 had been away two or three
miles hunting all day with very poor success.
When u mile away from home | shot into a
hock Of English sparrowa IN the road, | had
noticed one was an Albino. and | wanted it for
its skin. Among those KILLED was the Albino,
that a shot had passed through botIH ewes, max.
ing it totally blind. l was persuaded to let it
20.
Several days after / found the same sparrow
on our piazza stepS, almost u skeleton. | killed
il to save 1t from starving to death. L. L. L.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
SQUELCHING A SURE THING"
Marshal DeEer's Way of Regulating the
Lottery Busiue.a in Dodge Civ.

Lottery Business in Dodge City.
Dodge City (Kan.) was at all times a rough
town, SAYS a writer in the Washington Post.
Bat Masterson and his gang rode it rough
shod. Gamblers and saloon-Eeepers flour
ished. 1t was useless 10 interfere with them
SO long as they ran a straight game. but let
any crookedness develop and Marshal Deger
was after the guilty ones.
A crowd of sharpers opened a place near
the depot where they ran n lottery. They had
n stock of watches, jewelry, revolvers, SILVER
and 80 forth. Tho railroad men, COWBOYS
and ''square heads, ~ MS the Sc%Gndinavians
were called, were roped in to trying the
lottery.
A long box of envelopes was shown, each
one containing a number, which number was
supposed to draw sone of the art cles tempt
inGiy displayed III the showcase. But no
outsider ever drew a prize OF any value.
Deger arrested the sharpeis several times,
but the Justice invariably let them off with Il
nominal ine, and they Immediately resumed
business. One day he walked IN with q drawn
revolver.
long enough" SAID he. "pye told you iei.
lows to skip town half Il dozen times"
He put one of his big arms under the show
case aud picked it up.
III XIII every man inat draws II gun, " he
remarked az he started on the street. They
knew him, and though they swore consider
able not a gambler touched his pistol,
Arriving in the middle of the street, Deper
dropped his load. and then throwing his $50
pounds OF flesh and bone on the case, danced
q Wild Berserklr war-dauce on il unit its
contents were destroyed. Then he returned
10 the room, kicked down ali the fxings'
drove out the sharpers. locked the door as he
went out and put the key i'll his pocket.
Now, II You a To su9 me, -" said he.
go ahead. am a man of substance, and
The sharpers tried to set the gamblers TO
mob the Marshal, but his draw" and tre-
mendous strength We're too well known, and
Deger ruled the roosL
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won't see this in print. or he will be as mad IS a
MIssed HIs dame at Six Feet.

MIsaed His Game at Six Feet.
To me Editor
Last Fall we had a demonstrating match on
the HRckensack meadows. inst out of Jersey
City. ! had shot bnt three ont OF my allotted
ten and was not in very good humor over my
failure 10 make a decent record.
When | left the shooting ground l had one
barrel of my gun still loaded. Upon reaching the
road which skirted the mud-famous Hackcn-
sack | espied q sparrow, whose mood wat III di-
rect. contrast TO my own, hopping along the
road, apparently mistrusting nothing. shout
deied my gun at Il no greater distance titan six
feet from him and fired.
There were about -four hundred pellets OF No:
4 shot in that cartridge and not one struck
him. but scattered round him for ZONE dis
lance, some striking "a near as half an inch
from him. After the smoke cleared away the
sparrow turned around and emitted n good
natured 'tweet, and | walked Lomc swearing
VoGgeance against the gun for downright con-
spltRcy. BILLIE ACKEnMAN, No. 2.
The evening world., 1889-10-30

N. CArnot. the President Of France, is said to DO an
unusually polished gentleman, even for q French
man. He dresses with neatness. but with great stun
plicity. rarely wearing even one OF the orders that
have been conferred on him.
HOrAlo auEmAn. the NicaraguAn Minister to the
United States, IL . son Of ex-Presidsnt GuEman. He
was educated In this country.
The new Commissioner of Pensions il Just slxty
years old and . native Of Illinois.
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HE WILL BE HEARD FROM LATER,

A dear little genius of a boy in Connecticut
made a balloon of an old bag, filed it with
hot air. and then. with q view to preserv-
ing himself for future inventions, hitched q
smaller, less gifted boy to it for the trip.
The bag sailed around fer some time in the
upper mir with the squalling small boy hope
lessly out Of reach, but finally came gently
down and landed him like a feather on the
church steps. This Is encouraging to genius.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
Conditions OF the Contest.

A Cold Double Eagle. ''Epentng World " prize
ror ne lest recipe Jor keeping a husband at home
EVENINGS.
Competitors must address thefr recipes 10 ''The
EditOr, girin0 hei' name ana address. not Jor
publication tohere not desired. The recipe must
not be more than 200 toOrds long. and mast 6e
toriuen on one side or ne paper ohIy.
The evening world., 1889-10-30

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN says he won't he
examined again by lunatic experts. who can't
know as much about his mind as he doe
himself. GEORGE is content with one legal
opinion of his lunacy. Probably he fears
another might declare him sane.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
AGAIN,

Five thousand miners from Belgian col
lieries have gone ont on a strike. The move
hns caused intense excitement. The fire.
quency OF these industrial revolts of labor
against capital are large straws which show
tie way the wind is blowing.
1t is not pleasant TO forecast the conclusion
to which such premises logically lead.
The evening world., 1889-10-30

A duelling party Of VirGinians. principals.
seconds. surgeons and all, started out for q
fight, but before the ground was reached the
affair had been adjusted. This is less bloody
than a French duel.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
A Narrow EgcRpe.

from Grip.l
Reverend Papa-Did | see you yawning to-day
when | was telling the class about Jonah and
the whale
Irreverent Son-No, sir. 1 was Jest opening
my mouth with wonder.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
An OId.TImcr and n Tough One.

10 M FdTOT :
Ioffer a hunting story as l heard it seventy
years ago in Vermont. The hunters name was
HUFF. He went out hunting for deer and as he
came to the bank of a river saw n deer on the
other side. A. he fred he saw a salmon leap up
from the wafer and fall back dead. The deer
also fell.
lie iorded the river, got the salmon and found
the deer dead. There was u large elm tree in
thought he would zee whore the ball had hit the
tree. He soon found, it and there was honey
got III pounds of strained honey, from the
tree. W. y. s.,
373 Stuyvesant avenue. Brooklyn, n. Y.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
shot his Companion for n Fox.

To he FdhOr:
In the Fall Of 1850 l was f%ox-hunting in COM
parry with Jake Hobelle and the notorious John
Heensr at the Great Falls above Paterson. n.
J. Reguer has a lace and head much resembling
Reynard, but a body like a lion.
He got separated from us during the evening.
The night was beautifully clear. and the moon
shone with intense brightness. legner had
dropped his watch-key and waE crawling on all
tonrs TO lind 1t, when installing him for a verit-
able fox | blaZed way.
The air resounded with q terrific scream, in
which we detected some Of the well-knOwn notes
and cSdences OF our friend kegner. He was MI
whiskey flask In his side pocket.
COUNSELLOR.
pntarunn- n I Oct u
The evening world., 1889-10-30

The Russians celebrated yesterday a
thanksgiving service for the Cars safe
escape a year ago. Why not organize a per-
manent thanksgiving to be continued for the
rest of the Cars lifetime?
The evening world., 1889-10-30
The Boy Settled Mntters.

TTTV" THF D"TTTHYEUH TIT TTF65.
A Burlington boy. of the under-the-sofa var
iety, pinned his sisters beau's sleeve to her sash,
and then told his father there was a man in the
parlor who. wished to speak to him. There was
10 end OF fun Tor about two minutes. and il all
turned ont for the best, too. The young man
he bought the bad boy a jack knife and two
oranges.
The evening world., 1889-10-30

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN loves his country,
hence he is in politics. He loves himself.
hence he wishes to be out Of politics. He says
he hates to be abused.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
WY lie Wa ShY.

lFroHa he Epoch
"why don't You call on Miss Brown any
more ?
well, you see the last time / went. her father,
who is q minister, got me to subscribe S5 towards
the heather and I'm afraid I'd have to pay 1t II
l went again"
The evening world., 1889-10-30

The President has 10 pay for his own eating
At the White House. Is this u neat scheme
for promoting low living and high think
ing2"
The evening world., 1889-10-30
RenHnciRiIOn.

Harry-Mrs. 10 said TO be q very
self-denying woman. isn't she
~Larry-Indesd she Is. Why, she denies her
self to me every time / call.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
Shot a Five-DoIInr Bill Out of n Duck.

TO ne FdIi0T
While lying with my regiment, the Twenty
second Massachusetts Volunteers, at Beverly
Ford, Va, in 1868. l noticed a lot of ducks on
the pond down the meadow. l loade up my
Springfield with sluRs and went down and shot
at one sitting on tho water. but 10 my surprise
the duck rose and few away. leaving behind a
lot of feathers, and to my astonishment, u five
dollar bill all chewed up.
i procured the pieces and Major Burke, of our
regiment. sent them to Washington for me. and
l received ~. 80 for them from the United
States Treasury. Major Burke resides at Taun-
ton, Mass. now and can corroborate the state
ment CHARLES HENNISa,
20 Van Pelt street, Erastina, y. !.
The evening world., 1889-10-30
AErIeuItaraI Item.

ltroHl feEds SItnRL
A--Th weather we have had this Summer has
been good for the hay crop.
IL suppose so. It has been raining pitch
forks most Of the time.
The evening world., 1889-10-30

To NE Editor
Cne day last Fall / was ont hunting
par'ridEeF, and alter trampirg through the
woods, Tor three or iorr hourf, without any
success, ! became disRusted with the way my
Tip. was turI ing ont; ard having reached tie
bank OF II small tIeam ! thru myself down ON
the ground intendil Z to rest ana tlen go home.
trees. when a crow on one of the limbs caught
my eye. AZ my gun was still loaded | thought
that l would not lave my trip entirely f~Iuitless,
20 | placed u to my shoulder and fired. The
crow y arcd slow INTO the wood, and there fell
from ,he tree tn the ground a fine large gray
squirrel. The squirrel had been in the tree I'M
known 10 me, and my shot had missed the crow
and killed the squirrel. MISTAKEN.
The evening world., 1889-10-30

d sE a5saIs,I '9 4srsu IS S'e SG$SH.s and f ssI::e'ss %. 'H::s
The evening world., 1889-10-30
How the Judge Banged Away Mt n Mule.

" ihc JuuHe bhhkeu away nt u Hiuie'
To ne Fdiior.
A few wears ago / went on a deer hunt with
two friendI-the Colonel and the Judge
The Judge was slightly near-sighted but was
too fond of hunting to allow his intirmity to
hinder him. We were to hunt ina wood several
miles from where we were living, and in order
TO get there had to ride mules.
On. reaching the wood we separated, taking
stand about half n mile apart.
After wa ting six hours without seeing any
thing decihei to mount my mule aud go home.
But the mule was 'mulish. Every time |
made an effort to get on him he would jump
away. At lat he broke away entirely and
started for home. / alter him. .
We had gone, quite a distance when l realized
we were somewhere near the Judge.
Bang ! wliz and ! found the shot flying
around like bail. Then i saw the Ju ge popping
ava nt my mule Tor all he was worth.
Evidently the mule lid not approve OF that
kind of cunning, for lie lifted M his unmuslcal
70 &C. 1t proved etfectual. The Judge. dropped
his gun like a hot potato. His face beggared
de i%cription. GANYMEDE.
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STORES IO4, 100 and los WEST 14TH ST
between 9th aud 9TH ayes.
a DIsRstrous clerical Error.
tFrom the Boston BeacoH

Government Clerk Ito friond)-lm in a freight
full hole. | went to see two doctors yesterday
and got a medical certificate from each, One
was n certificate of health for Il life insurance
company. and the other was n cGrtihcate OF
illness to send to the chief with my petition for
a weeks leave OF absence.
Frlend-Ive done that myself. What's the
matter.
c.. Matter ? Great Scott! ! mixed the
certlhcates in mailing. them. The insurance
the chief has my certificate of good health.
The evening world., 1889-10-30

MuSt Have Been In BostOn.
lFT"m LUs.l
Mabel-Amy. what has become OF your Anu
Slang Society ?
Amy-Oh, it's in the soup.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-07-04
rn auR NaHGHRnRS.

The question is often asked by our
neighbors T" Where, [ wonder, can l
get pure stimulant?'' Il is a fact that
there Is scarcely roof under which
you cannot find a stimulaut of some
kind. Old people prolong life with it;
sick people have it to sustain life; well
people may and do use it to make life
more enjoyable, but whare will we ad-
wise our readers to buy it? We learn
from the most reliable source that
Max Klein is one of the most popular
and respected citiz ,ns of this country.
AT his home his word is taken un-
hesitatingly. To him we can cheerfuliyr
recommend our readers for anything
in the liquor line. He authorizes us to
say that for ST 90 you can buy one quart
six year old rye, OF six quarts for $5.O
His "Silver Age" at ST. SO per quart is
without doubt the best whiskey
known. Send for price list and com
plete catalogue. His address is, Max
Klein, 81 Federal ST., Allegheny, Pa.
Mention this Paper
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-07-04

At the Universalist church, Sunday
morning, Childrens' Day was observed
by exercises of especial merit and in
terest. The interior of the building
WAS beautilied by the tasteful arrange
ment of a lare collection of living
plants and flowers, the entire north
end having the appearance of floral
retreat. Every seat was occupied,
very large number of children being
in attendance. Singing by the choir
and school, readings and recitations
from the children and young people
comprised the exercises, after which
Nj. Wilson spoke TO the children i'll
words of wisdom and kindly admOn-
ition, holding their close attention by
his entertaining talk. He mentioned
that day as being the 18th anniversary
of his installment az pastor of Raven
na Universalist church, and addressed
himself TO the value of good work aud
deeds. By singular coincidence, that
day also commemorated the birth of
tha Reverend gentleman who express
es his age by the figure 54.