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drawer is quite big and deep, and viii
hold $40 900 worth of the dust.
You would not imagine II to he any
very precious substance IL you found :
quantity OF II in some odd place; II looks
rs much like powdered tInsel as anything
else. However, IL is worth $40 an ounce.
and when drawer full is collected the
gold is forwarded 10 the Mint in Philadel-
phia. which subjects il 10 assay and sends
back a check ior its value.
The young woman is held responsible
for the safety Of the gold in the drawer,
She carries the key to 1t about with her
alwavs. and nobody but herself is allowed
access to it. There does not seem 10 be-
any reason why she should not slyiy
pocket n small quantity of II occasionally
u she so desired. though the number Of
books Of gold foil charged AGAINST her do
serve as some sort of check in the account
ms to the metal employed in this way.
The burnt rubber used for the final
polishing OF of the gold lettering. etc..
is simply india-rubber which hos been
subjected toa peculiar fire process that
makes II very spongiose and absorbent.
So remarkable is its latter quality that =
chunk of II IA big Ms three Of your fingers
will take up more than SIS worth Of gold
in its pores. When. after some months
of use. such n piece of burnt rubber II
loaded with all the gold Il will comfort
ably carry, IL is seut. with lot of others
IN he .ame condition, to the mint to be
assayed
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TOOK HIS BRIDE BY FORCE.
But Dictator Barrios Left Her S7, ooo,'
900 When He Died.

But Dictator Barrios Left Hers7, ,ooo.-
900 When He Died.
Nine. de Barrios. widow Of the we'll
known Central American dictator. who
was killed a few years ago in revolu-
ton, says the Denver Ners, Is not yet
thirty-fi years Of age, is the mother OF
seven children and Is worth 81, 900, OO0.
She is one of the prettiest women in
Washington and New York and is of a
dark South American type that is rare in
this Northern climate. Her story is filled
with romance.
The Dictator BRrrios. who was then
nearly forty years old, caught sight of her
one day when she was i'll her fourteenth
year.
She had reached that sudden develop
ment which comes to girls OF The South
soon after they reach their teens. Bnrrios
was inspired with a sudden passion and
demanded her hand.
Tho g ri rebelled. her parents objected.
and the lady was Whisked oh TO q noun
tain convent
The dictator's next move was 10 clap
the lovely senoriia's father into ini aud
inform him that he would remain there
TILL his pretty daughter became Mme- de
Barrios.
The senorita suddenly reappeared and
was welded with great pomp to her hardy
wooer.
Barrios fell head over ears in love with
his bride and brgan investing IN property
in tine Upited States and France against a
rainy day.
When the dictator was taken OF his
widow found herself immensely wealthy
and in possession OF a nice little family.
most of the children having come in
pairs.
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A WIFE'S LESSON.
HOaO UnfOWnded jealousy Caused a
World of Suffering.

tips rather than with her eyes the
name Of the occupant of these
lighted chambers, Scarcely mad she
time TO accomplish this ere cab. driven ct
great speed, was heard dashing through
the square. and the lady could hardly
start across the road and gain the shelter
OF the trees before 1t pulled mp with =
jerk. and Harry Herbert spTSnE N the
ground. As the cab departed another
form glidsd up the Stsps She went on
without pause, as II tTsAding an aeeuS-
toned way, looking neither 10 the right
nor to the left until shs actually ran into
HArry's outsprsad arms; who, greeting
her with fond embrace, seemed almost
10 bear her in his arms into the house.
MY poor darling Alice :" he
exclaimed" my suffering angel b
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At sea in a Burning Ship.

N he Editor
1t was the night Of our sixth day out at
sea between Cuba and New York that our
misfortune befell. About II p. NJ was
awakened by the cry of Fire! Firel
All hands on deck" dressed myself,
and rushing out on the deck found men,
women and children rushing franticallv
TO and fro. while sailors were launching
the lifeboats.
saw at q glance that the FIRE had got
beadway, for nearly half the ship was
ablaze. At times the wind would drive
the tlumes towards the people. and it was
drea itul to hear the heartreuding cries
of those who had fallen and were be-
ing trampled to death. The sea was run
ming high at the time and two of the boats
were capsized by the heavy swell.
On all sides was certain death. At last
the boats we're all lowered aud the cap
tain and myself. with few Of the crew,
were the only souls aboard.
He ordered nll hands. to abandon the
ship; | refused, as did the cook. Sui
denly the ship gave lurch and began to
sink gradually until the bow only re-
NAMED afloat, Lashing ourselves to the
rail, we waited.
1t was nearly sunset the next day when
we were rescued ly q passing schooner.
No one ever heard of the crew and passen-
gers in the liteboats and they were given
up as lost. FRANK @.
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Another one-oent cotree Stand.

Mrs. J. NJ. Lamadrid. who has been so
successful ~ the promoter and supporter Of
the st. Andrews one-cent coffee aud lunch
stands in this city. has established stand
in Brooklyn at the corner OF Sands and Full
ton streets, near the Bridge entrance.
Mrs. LamAdrid IL recognized as 4 most
efficient friend of the poor, and Ter warm
hearted charity induces her to eIpend many
thoussndS OF dollars annually in providing
lunch stands, " for she supplies many poor
families at their homes at the same rates
charged at her stands.
The thrnngs Of evidently deserving poor
which crowded about the newly opened
Brooklyn stand yesterday 10 ample evidence
that the best quality Of food At minimum
price is something " lioh IL appreciated.
Mrs. LAmAdrid will extend AID to the
Brooklyn poor by means of these lunches as
rapidly as she can see the prAcIicA bility of
establishing other stands.
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Open to All Corners.

GIToBI Puck
IndiRent IndividuAl-Kind sir. could you
help me to few cents this morninRI
Prosperous Person-I'm sorry. but
haven't got Anv small change about me.
Can't YOU get work?
IndIgent IndividuAl-No. sir; there
doesn't seem to he any place for me.
Prosperous Person-But there Is no use in
vour starving, man. You can surely get q
penAlOn.
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particular king for cucumbers declared
he would carry some by putting them in
the bottom of an ice-chest.
The other captain ridiculed the idea,
saying, They would not keep; the ice
would melt. &c.
His friend laughingly replied, You'll
see; when | come across you on the
equator l will throw one on board to
you. "
The singular part of the story is that
the two vessels sailed the same day, and
when near the equator did sight each
other, and sailed close enough for short
time for the friend TO inquire for the
promised cucumber, but II was not forth
coming. An OLD BAILoR.
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tCon,fnusd rom Nsstsrdavo

The evening was cold and the wlntry
sleet beat into the faces of the passers by
as they hurried through LincOln's lnn
Fields, and the neighboring clocks we're
striking 8, as a lady, we'll shawled and
Neilsd, passed the turnstlls and took her
way down the least fTsquentsd side OF the
square until, when she had arrived at the
southern corner. she drew from her bosom
small tablet and stopped beneath lamp
to read the address which it contained.
Having done so and carefully replaced
the tiny renIembTancsr she hastily moved
on until she came to a building where =
light, dimly visible, CLEANED from an up
per chamber. Quickly she assembled the
steps aRd seemed to trace with her finger
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He Discovered Her Ago.

Mary JAne-What did Veh tell Silns Jones
when he ast yeh fer me the other night that
yeh had set apart calf fer me on my first
birthday
Her Gther-I thought he'd like ter know.t.
Mary Jane We'll, after yeh toll him he
went down teh the barnyArd an counted the
rings on the ole cows horns an ain't seen
him since.
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In the Taii-End OF a Typhoon.

Al buo Ahh-nhN Vi q ASpASShs
To me Editor!
On my fifth voyage to China left New
York the last of December, ls47, as an
officer of the clipper ship H., Capt.
l., bound direct to Shanghai. Moth.
ing unusual occurred until after sighting
the island of st. Paurs, Indian Ocean,
having made the run to that point tho
quickest on record.
Shaping our course from there to San
dalwood Island. on the night of Feb. n.
having the watch from 8 TO IL. the ship
bowling along eleven knots, with stud
ding sails allow and aloft, Just before IL.
the breeze increasing and the clouds as
suning a coppery color and moving rap
idly, / examined the barometer. but it
did not indicate any change.
At IL called my reliet and suggested
taking in all light canvass, and before
going to sleep heard one sail after an
other taken in.
How long l slept don't know, but was
awakened at the crv Of AL hands shorten
SAIL" and hustled on deck. The wind
had increased to gale. with heavy sea,
the ship going at n fearful rate right be-
fore it.
As soon as possible we got her down to
close-reeied maintopsail, reefed loreEail
aud foretopmast staysail. During this
time every truck. yardarm and gRH END
was capped with compo ants.
At daylight the wind suddenly shifted
and caught the ship fiat abeam. In an
instant away went reefed topsail. fore
sail and stays ill. oil three topgallaut
masts. with the head Of tho maintopmast
and the ilbboom.
The ship at this time heeled over. with
lee deadeYes under water and both quar-
ter boats smashed.
Before l2 it had moderated. all hands
clearing the wrecked spars, DC.
About $40 p. NJ. the typhoon without
warning piped up fercer than ever. and
each succeeding squall seemed TO say,
- If the last didn't do il will" It fairly
screamed and yelled. The sea at this
time was perfectly smooth and milk
white, the force of the wind preventing
the sea from rising. and the air full Of
spume, making it utterly impossible to
look to windward.
II WAS while trying to point the head
yards to the wind felt her going over. l
looked aft, saw the captain attempt TO get
hold of the weather rail. miss It and Flip
overheard. At this moment the ship WAS
so fur down that the tops were under
water. The capstan slipped OH. and the
main hatch house. with all the carpenters
tools. the galley, hencoop and everything
movable went overbolrd.
One of tho men was with me. With my
knife began cutting the lanyards TO the
main rigging. had cut four lanyards,
and while at the fifth the blade broke.
hut the mast at that instant broke close to
tho deck and the ship righted, although
two-thirds full of water.
As she came up 1t brought Capt. L. to
the surface and he came in over the lee
rail.
The pumps were both rigged. During
the night the sea rose and ~ the wind
moderated the wrecks of the spars hang
ing 10 the rigging threatened to staye q
hole in her; but during the night all
worked clear. BY morning the ship was
free of water and sound.
At sunrise, dead calm, with plenty of
sharks about. We got up jurymasts. and
worked her in that condition to Hong
Kong, where, after rehtting. went to
Shanghai, from there to New York.
e b H
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A Straddler.
tFroH Puck.l

'well, what do you think Of it7"
"oh. there's q great deal to be said on
both sides.
lint what do you thinkH"
oh, think III listen"
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How II started.

what started that rumor that English
capitalists had bought the Chicago stock
yards?'
they were going to buy every bloody thug
in the country, "
The evening world., 1890-08-08
THE KREUTZER SONATA.

Count ToIstoi Tells Thomas
stevens that the Views OF Mar
riage Exploited in His Latest
Story Are His own. See the
SUNDAY WORLD.
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Our Servants.

[From L'IHHaRsig,aHtl
A friend Of ours, on returning homo from
q journey, said to his valet;
why, Baptiste. this Is not my haiti"
oh Monsieur. I'll tell you how IL In.
put on your hat, one day, to make . few
calls, aud at cafe somebody changed IL:
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Can't Raise Cucumbers at Sea-
10 ne Editor'
In the Summer of 1s- two Nova Scotia
barks lay side by side at Sorel. Province
of Quebec, loading lumber for the River
Plate. The captains were intimate friends,
and In providing provisions for the long
voyage ahead of them one, who had q
The evening world., 1890-08-08
The Way of the World.

Miss Updike-Why. thought Mr.. Rocquet
was rich and got into society.
Mr.. Rvers-So he waR: but the society he
got into got into him. and now he's poor
again,
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Loss of Appetite.

IRON The BdsIer Naehriehtsnl
PRINCIPAL OF Girls Boarding School ito
her butcher)-From tomorrow you can send
me three pounds OF meat less than the usual
quantity. ,
" No, but four OF the girls have fallen in
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An Ingenious Pretext

A gentleman was looking at a shop window
when pokpocket sidled along and began
fumbling in his pocket.
nt.-I say, what are you up to now7
Pickpocket-I only wanted change for .
HOyeroign
The evening world., 1890-08-08
Pr'ze Banner on EXHIBITION.

PrHe Banner on bxnioltlon.
TIE EVENING WORLD's prize banner, won
by the Grimes Baseball Club. is now on sI-
hibtion at John Ziegler's store, $50 Tenth
. epue. Mr. Ziegler is an active member
OF the Club.
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Treason.

RoekAway Beeche-So, Pwince Gwage isn't
coming to Newport aftAh all! Bah Jove. I've
q mind TO turn Anglophobist!
Hoffman Howes-Wockey, are you cwAZy
The evening world., 1890-08-08
OTHER LADY DUNLOS.

English Aristocrats Who Have
Found Their Wives in the Con-
cert Halls OF London. See the
SUNDAY WORLD.
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DOG WATCH YARNS.
Tales Of ths Sea Spun by Young and
Ancient Mariners
Halrbreadth Soaps by Flood
and Field.
No Letters Eligible After 9 p. NJ.
Tomorrow.

The Sea Story Contest will be closed at
ep. NJ. of Saturday. Aug. 3. No letters
received after that hour will be eligible
10 compete for the prize.
The evening world., 1890-08-08
Message Under an Aibatross's Wing


TO ne EDITOR:
While on the British bark Plutus,
from Valparaiso to New York, last year,
we Law becalmed one evening 200 miles
east of the Horn. In an idle moment we
caught an albatross, and in stuffing him
next day the following tale was found tied
under his wing, inclosed in pocket
book:
THANK God; land at last, although
n barren shore. after two years tossing on
the restless ocean. WINS q passenger on
The ill.fated Arctic in 1854. On that event
full foggy evening / found myself cling
lug 10 huge spar. to be picked mp next
day by an oil ship for Lisbon. Five days
la,er she was burnt to the waters edge,
and we were taken of by an Australian
packet, but, having Jonah aboard. we
struck reef in the Southern ocean. and
there we lay for nine months. till picked
up by largo whaler newly out.
She cruised around tor year or more,
when in nm awful gale the other night
she went to pieces on the extreme south
ern shore of South America.
"hll but myself were lost, which was
miraculous. When / recovered con-
sciousness was holding the limbs of an
alhatross which was biting hard. tied
his feet and wings till looked around.
All was wild and desolate. | sat down
that might make my condition known.
wrote this, which tied to the albatross,
and trust lie will reach some one soon. !"
Thus for thirty-three wears had this pit
iful tale been sheltered by that friendly
wing.
The evening world., 1890-08-08

A Reasonable Suggestion.
TFTOH Pueh.
"why do they publish so many dialect
stories in the ma gazineE7 ?"
" because II saves the proof-reAdsr the
trouble Of correcting the spellinR."
The evening world., 1890-08-08
LAWRENCE TRAINERS RECOVERY.

for hVs years, and trying almost every remedy
without success. l heard OF the yellow Pius Com
pound. used less than one bottle and vas cured
oOmplstsy, LAWRENCE TRAISER.
323 Second ave-. PttsbuTE, Pa.
send your address and tWO cent stamp for
tFsAtiss on khsumAtism and fun ini0rmAtI0n-
Address.
THE YELLOW PINE EXTRACT CO..
# Box s4d, PIusburE. Pa.
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CONDITIONS.

CONDITIONS.
J,rers must be addressed 10 me Sea
e,oyy Fdnor or THE EvESlTo World, p.
q. boy 2, 534, Neto FORK CITY.
WRITE ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAPER.
Tbe letters must not eJceed 900 ,oordS In
NnOth.
stories must not BE- copied or Ddrdphrdsed
ron, tooEs or travel, histories, &c.
Postage stamps ana a special request must
,, fnclosed 10 secure the retuin or any manu-
ScrfDt
A prf1e or ego IN gold UM be dtodrded TO
ne author Of the best story.
The evening world., 1890-08-08

Max Luttbeg. ex-amateur champion
wrestler. recently got the better of Mala-
koff, the Russian Giant, in some friendly
wrestling bouts at the Russian's training
quarters. where Malakoi was preparing
for his match with RoebeT. Luttbeg is
nearer his weight than the champion Of
Ruaaia
The evening world., 1890-08-08
John Sharks Posthumous Attach
ment.

Ioths Editor.
While lying in Black River harbor,
Jamaica, two sharks were frequently seen
playing about the ship. AT length the
female was killed, aud the desc oation of
the male was excessive. What he did
without her remains q secret. but what
he did with her was clear enough, for
scarcely was her last breath taken when
he stuck his teeth in her and began to
eat her up with all possible expedition.
Even the sailors felt their sensibility
excited by so peculiar mark of posthu-
nous attachment, and to enable him to
perform his melancholy duty more easily
they offered to be- his carver, lowered n
boat and proceeded to chop his better
half in pieces. while the widower opened
his Jaws as wide MS possible and gulped
down pounds upon pounds OF the dear
departed with the greatest delight imag
Unable.
make no doubt that all the while he
WAS eating he was thoroughly persuaded
that every morsel that went into his
stomach would make its way to his heart
directly.
She was perfectly consistent. he said to
himself She was excellent through life
aud really she's extremely good now she's
dead. CHARLES NJ. WEIDEBMAN.
The evening world., 1890-08-08

Collision in a Thunderstorm.
IN ne Edfinr'
1t was in 1874 when We left the port of
New Orleans for Hong Kong, our inten-
tion being to fetch cargo of tea,
Our captain being unfortunately taken
ick, was substituted in lien of him, us
was the first officer of the vessel. For
two days everything went on nicely aud
pleasantly, but in the morning of the
ihrd day we were saluted by thunder
storm accompanied by lightning and rain.
All on board were very much excited, as
none of us had ever experienced storm
like to this.
Notwithstanding this distress, We col
lided with another vessel, and our ship
was SO badly damaged that 1t sunk in
about five minutes. Never in my life
will forget in what danger We were. We
we've too glad to escape with our lives.
MAURICE LANDAU.
The evening world., 1890-08-08

An especially noticeable feature about
the third trial heat Of the junior fours at
the Middle States rega tn Wednesday was
the fine exhibition OF rowing given by the
plucky crew of the Arthur Kull Associa-
tion. They steered perfect course, too.
The evening world., 1890-08-08

There is to be bevy OF Nautch maidens
in "Kajanka, which spectacle will open
the Autumn season at Niblo's Garden
Aug. 16. The Prince Of Wales was aw.
fully stuck on tho bewideringly sinuous
Nautch girls when he did India.
The evening world., 1890-08-08

Pat Cahill. ex-alnateur champion middle
weight boxer. who was recently installed
vest CATION as to his being n professional
resulting in his vindication. says that he
will appear in no more competitions: that
he has had enough of boxing. His friends,
however. are determined that he shall
enter the championships this year and
regain his old title of champion" 1t is
believed that Pat will yield to their per-
suasions.
The evening world., 1890-08-08

The Woman of the World was not
woman of the theatre world, and has been
quietly turned out of doors at the Stur.
" Tho Balloon" is the only piece pre-
sented there now for the evening per-
iormance. This is night. There was no
go in the little piece which preceded 1t.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-01-08
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain6eld
ILL.,, makes the statement that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs: she was treated for a month
by her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was hope.
less victim Of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption:
she bought a bottle and to her de,
light found herself benefited from
first dose. She continued its use
and after taking ten bottles, found
herself sound and well, now does
her own homework and is as well
as she ever was. Free trial bottles
of this Great Discovery at I. D.
Sales Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-01-08
Prohibition IN Ookoto.

North Dakota is going to try
prohibition in about the seve rest
form vet prescribed. The law will
go into effect ON July l, 1890. II
forbids the sale or manufacture oil
all intOxicants and fixes penalties
Of unusual severity. The first of.
tense is punishable by a fine Of
5000 TO 81, 900, or by imprison.
ment for not less than ninety sys
or not more than ore year. All
subsequent ofenses are considered
felonies, the penalty being impris,
onment in the PenitentiaFy for not
less than one nOr more than two
years. The authors of the Dako,
Ia law were evidently in earnest
in their efforts to forbid the liquor
traffic effectuaIly, but it is Lossible
that their very zeal may have de.
feated their purpose. When pen.
alties are regarded as too severe
convictions are difficult and juries
frequently disregard evidence
which they might cor 8 der suffi.
cient if a verdict of guilty did moi
impose suUi, serious consequences.
The heroic prohibition remedy as il
is to be applied in North Dakota
will attract general attention and
its results will be interesting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-01-08
Fire Insurance.

Fire insurance companies have
combined to put up rates of insur~
ance. In fact, they have been
doing so during the past year.
They have, on the average, doub-
led the premiums demanded in
1887. This advance was made
under the pretense of a losing bus
mess; that an increase in rates and
greater precautions and safeguards
were absolutely necessary. Of
course, no truthful statistics re-
garding the matter could be ex>
pected, but from what could be
obtained, it is asccrtained that in
1887 one hundred and sew .nty-
seven fire insurance companies re-
ceived $50, 100000 as premiums,
and paid out S55, 276, Coo for loss.
es, leaving a profit Of 1916, 224, 600
or about 5000, 900 on the average
for each company. This does not
appear like losing business. This
is the worst side Of the matter, as
the rnai facts never get outside
the Offices. All of these comma,
MES are supposed to be large own.
ers of real estate, and at the bot
tom of nearly all the mortgage in,
uestment concerns. Property has
deprecated at such a rate, and
mortgage interests and payment,
have so nearly ceased, that these
companies became alarmed at Their
condition. In order to imake up
for these losses the rate of insu.
rance was raised. This ia the only
reasonable solution possible.