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Fo. Ahcibiades's Dog.

To the Editor:
"Alcibiades's Dog Of the 18th inst. seems TO
have the consistency OF vinegar blended with
pepper. and a third crfp OF tea disposition. And
all OF this, exhibition for a miserable black and
tan, which. probably. through terror, alarmed the
house when burglars were trying to force an en-
trance and. perhaps. scratch the paint on the
balustrade. Then "Al's Dog wines that prop
erly cared for dogs have no odor; men have been
known TO reek in nicotine and worse.' Perhaps,
OF onions. The Grccian's purp continues: '3e-
sides. dogs do not go mad II properly cared for,
and not worried nor ill-fed. there are contagious
illnesses worse than hydrophobia." or the last
clause the writer pretends no Knowledge. The
anal reads: Dogs do not drink without thirst
nor eat without hunger. We have known human
beings who do!' Yes. 1T Is to be %deplored and
the Increase OF dentists only goes to prove that
the $50 II. e. CAMS isn't soliloquizing through
its turban. En-. ]. HEWLETT.
"A Tuttifrutti Plcb.' Paterson, y. J.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
CAUGHT IN The RAID.
Eleven Prisoners Taken from an
Alleged Opium Joint"
One Of the Largest and Most EIabo.
rate Places Yet Found.
Three Floors Fitted Up Tor Smoking
the Drug.

Eleven prisoners, the result of a raid
upon an alleged opium joint over
kenncy's saloon at Forty-frst street
and Seventh avenue, were a~rraigned be-
fore Justice Hogan. in jefferson Market
Police Court. this morning.
The Joint was one of the largest
and most deliberately furnished. Capt.
Price says, that he ever raided. The
several thousands OF dollars.
Four pipes with all appurtenances and
n quantity of opium were found in the
place and confiscated.
The rcputed proprietress was Mary
Silsby. According to the police. she was
driven out of Philadelphia two years
go. Since that time, 1t is alleged, she
has opened several lens in this city,
which were closed by the police.
The three upper stories of the building
were occupied by her. Or the first floor
Mrs. Silsby, Adeline Harris and a young
man who EaES the name me OF CRAY ayg Wepd
in, cooking the drug. Mrs. .Silsby was
lying. on "A Japanese rug smoking. Gray
was lounEing on the bed.
on the second floor Belle T~horndyke;
were found smoking. \ fashionably
dressed young man. said to be a clerk
in y big sixth avenue store. was. just
getting ready for a soothing draught at
a pipe arranged for him. lie gave his
name as Charles Hearn.
The top floor was occupied by Mary
Edwards. Lena Harris, Mary Williams
and William Wilson. Only Mary Ed
wards was smoking.
The prisoners made no fuss, but went
along just as If the experience was not a
novelty.
The raid was made by Capt. Price. OF
the West Thirty-sevcnth street station,
and ward Detectives Hay and Curry.
The complaint was made at 80 INST
evening, and at $50 the eleven inmates OF
the place were behind the bars in the
station-housc.
The prisoners We're all held for exam
nation this afternoon.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

A wcil-known and popular diner-out,
as popular with one sex as with the
other. was asked what he considered to
be the<best Number for a dinner party.
His characteristic answer was: Two,
or, IL not, -four, three of them being
ladies'" He then conceded that eight
was the outside limit dinners should
reach II offered Q lvantages all around,
socially and domestically speaking. So
cially, because the eight guests could
be chosen to form a perfect octave as
regards knowledge of each other, reci-
procity of tastes. personal regard and
the rest; domestically, because the house,
hold star would be equal to the demands
made upon II, and no outside element
need be introduced to disturb the pre-
cision and order OF the the whole.
Dinners of ten or twelve are within
the n of popularity also. Fourteen.
sixteen and eighteen are considered USE
full dinner parties to give, but no n
Is enthusiastic about them: they are.
as ii were. quid pro u affairs, in other
words, g~ive-and-take dinners. Invita-
tIons received must meet with a CORE
spending return, and this IL the retufn-
10 he included In a dinner party OF from
fourteen to sixteen guests; bute the
sparkle, the charm. the briglitne5sf and
elan. all belong to the dinner of eight,
and seldom go beyond It IN
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GREAT STRIKE W
Big Four Railway Employees May
Go Out Tonight.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 22.-ln all
probability a general strike of Federated
employees will he ordered tonight on
the Big Four Railway.
Grand Master Sargent, Of the Fire
mems brotherhood has returned from
Cincinnati, whore he attended a fruit
less conference with President Ingalls,
relative to revoking the cut of wages
order.
The lodges are now voting and the
results may be known tonight.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Sept. 22.-Men who
We're brought here tn take the places of
the striking hoil"r-makcrS m the Zig
Four, who struck rather than accept a
reduction. refused To 20 to work on
lcdrnine of tn" strike.
The switChmcn and maChiuists threat
en- to go out II the strikers are not nut
back to work AZ the old scale. The
Company nave filled most Of tho va
]canCicS
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FOR THE PURITY OF ELECTIONS.
Representative Holman Introduces
a Comprehensive Bill.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Mr. Holman, Of In
diana, has introduced into the House a compre-
hensiye anti-corruption bill. 1t not only aims
4" punish bribery at elections. hut also to pre-
vent promises u appointment to oNfCe, to be
used as factors In election campaigns,
The bill makes II unlawful for any person
IN give, advancc or permit am OF his OF her
personal property 10 be used. directly or iRdi-
rcctly, TO aid, assist or influence any person
or persons to vote for or procure the appointment
mem"
Hereafter, prisons elected Or appointed to MI
any once are to make oath that they have not
directly or indirectly given, promised. advanced
or paid any money, OF advanced any personal
property or article of value to aid in procuring
the election or appointment.
This js to apply to Presidential elections as
well az to all Others. Any person violating the
provisions Of the act nay be indicted and fined
any sum not exceeding $500 and Imprisoned Tor
not more thai one yeai,
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FORMED.
Incorporated to Erc ourage Anna.
;eurs-Another Company.

ALBANY, n. V, Sept. 22.-These COM
panies nave been incorporated with the
Secretary of State:
Atlantic Electric Manufacturing Company. OF
Brooklyn, to sell and manufacture electrical an
paratus: capital. 800, 600, Directors. Warren il.
Freeman, Albert T. schlichting, julius smith,
all Of Brooklyn.
The American League Of Amateur Photographers
VAS also Incorporated. Its purposes are to prl-
mote the Interests OF Photography: Ia estib-
Iish and encourage friterEal fellowship beiw cen
amateur photographers all over the world To
secure rights and privileges for members. II has
a National Executive Committee composed OF the
following Paul l.. Y. Thiery. Newark. y. j.;
George $, Parmele, Hartford, Conn, IL, $. Fow-
Ter. New York; Francis II. johnson, Washington
William u. Drew, Lynn, Mas. 7. J. Burton.
New York Robert NJ, Fuller, Crawford. y. j.;
e. q. IIinc, Newark, y, j.; James II, Stebbins.
New York, The once Of the League is to he
located in New York city.
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SUIT FOR A DEATH BENEFIT,
The Society Claims Brunshwig Was
Ineligible on Account of Age.

LAWYER August I Wagner to-day began az.
ton against the Kaiser Wilhelm Lodge No, Il.
independent order of n" sons u Judah, to re-
cover SjH Insurance on the life Il Joseph Brun,
shNig The suit Is brought on behalf " Charts
prun>hwig his widow
lrunshwiE Joined the Lodge In NAV, 1872
He was forty -cight years "a at IN" time. lie
died last Aptil. and the sHtipty refuses to peN
the claim on the grounds that It's constitution
provides that people over forty five Years old
cannot be admitted no ucnhrrs Il further al
lrgrs that BruushWiE made false statements
ION. erning his age when admitted.
LAWYER Wag"HCr claims trat At the time
UrunshNig Joined tho lodge. the question u age
was dispensed Win, and that three other mem.
hers, all over hffv wears. wnrr initiated tho
same time as NrUnshVig
The suit is brought IN the supreme Court OF
kLrn. LmlniN.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
SEEKING CITY MONEY.
Numerous Suits for Damages Pre-
scented in Court.

\ number OF suits for damages for personal
injuries and to property have been begun against
the city.
Gilbert Turgerson fell on a defective sidewalk
or hulkheai. between Ninety fourth and Ninety
fifth streets. East River. and sustained injuries
which only SO, 900 can heal.
E. Lizzie II. Myerr asks for 81, 600. She fell on
snow and ice on the sidewalk in twenty second
street last Water. and hurt herself badly, she
says.
Isabella II. Lockwood sues for s.. 800 as a. salyc
for injuries sustained by falling on a defective
sidewalk last June.
Alfred II. Inrton has begun an action for $50.
900 damages fer loss Of wharfage rights.
charles \. Gould has filed a claim for $500. -
ior damage to his yacht, the N.aira, which was
struck hv a rIty hathhousc which got loose from
,ts nonrincS.
John u. Iirol is suiaS - recover $50. the amount
~ damage. he alleges to his coupe, which was
run into hy Il city ashcart.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

The density u things at the centre OF the globe
Is so great that II Is rgrk'nci. II a block Of steel
four feet in cuhical dlmcnsions mere placed there
1t would be reduced 10 a n.ne-inch cube,
So vast are the ruins OF Pompeii that they can
not all be eNcavatcd, at the ordinary rate o,
progress, before the middle n the next century.
The Greek-lettor societies At the various Amer,
lean colleges have %, 20 members
Tho hrst attempt to give regular irs,-ar,Ior to
tho deaf and dumb vas made hy = spanish monL
In 1870.
Velvet Is rarely used nowadays Tor binulur
books, but It was a fayorite material Tor that
purpose In the early days Of printing
The evening world., 1893-09-22
MEEsE HELD FOR HOMICIDE.
The Plea OF Self. Defense Is Backed
by Els Foreman.

Christian Mcese. who yesterday afternoon
struck Jacob Srho"n"nherger in the left temple
with a screwdriyar. causing his death, was held
in jefferson Market Court to-day on a charge
OF homicide.
The story of the assault in F.. II. Fullers
carpenter shop, al l52 Spring street, was told
In Inc 6 O'Clock Edition Of The Evening World
Mecsc pleads selt-defense, lie is corroborated
hy the foreman. Jacob Randall, who was the only
witness Of the assault.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

1t was promised to the mob at Roa-
noke that full legal vengeance should
be visited upon the negro Smith, who
assaulted and robbed Mrs. Bishop. The
mob chose. however. to disregard this
promise and to take the punishment Of
the guilty man into its own hands. Re-
suit. eight citizens dead and one dying,
a town den,oralized, a Mayor and other
officials sent forth as fugitives. And for
all this Smith gave up one worthless
life. Did this investment of popular
wrath pay?
The evening world., 1893-09-22

TO inc EuItOT.
A good dog Is a handy thing to have about the
house: handler than a woman sometimes. He
can take care Of the house, mind tho baby. and
keep the vicinity clear NJ housebreakcrs and
crooks In general. Cheap and effective" hits him
right. | had = lady dog once, hut she went back
on me and ran away dixie the rest OF her
spccics).
Until then I did him oppose, who was their
enemy
Some dogs are good. some had. A dog Of the
male gender can he trusted with life. property
and love. As for the o~thcrs-rshaw!
A. SMILEY.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
4 Futi- BdcE Cloak.

This brown cloth cloak is extremely
full at the back, with cape sleeves and
triple shoulder cape, trimmed with
The evening world., 1893-09-22
GROCERY WAGONS COLLIDE.
Driver Harrison ThrC wn from Ills
Seat and Run over.

Two grocery wagons collided In front OF the
Harlem Market this mornine. They were being
driven by John Harrison, aged twelve, OF 3OI7
First avenue, and Raphael A2elone, Of i6 East
Onc Hundred and Fifty-nrst street. Harrison
was thrown from his seat and was run over
by Azelon, wagon. 1t is thought thst his
back was broken
Alclnne was arrested and held At Harlem Po-
lirr Court TO await the result OF lldrrisoR's IN
irrI.a
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Knea uis Daughters A~ssannnt.

GRA$r FORKS y, l., Sept, 2..-n = Muir
ply. President ~ the state Bank. Of Reynolds, aul
a prominent business man Of this city, shot and
instantly Killed Charles Link Yesterday l.ilk
had twice attempted 10 assault Murphy six. year
old daughter. lis was arrested. and while he was
shot hin in the back. Aurphy Is at liberty on
his own TeJcgniEan'e.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
Dr.. Pn.l7s Elected President.

ST, lOll3- Sept. e!-Thc fD'lowlnE ocl-rrl
Ncr" elected Is ne American O,,loassdir As-l.
citation, which adjourned YESTERDAY:
President. Dr. 4. n. phelpr %. Ss% Nnrt.
FiTSt Nre-lTcs!dcnt, Dr. II, Augustus Wilson NJ
Philsdslphia; Second Nior.Prrslden pr. Harry
II sherman, # san IRAN isrr. &crrorlry. H..
!ohr Ritlon, Of Chicago. Treasurer. Dr. T. g..
Bracelet, Of Boston The neat session viii be
held In Washington City.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

To the Editor:
Suppose a woman marries a man who has told
her that he is a church member. and who. to all
appearances, Is one, but after marriage he tells
her there Is no religion, and that he can do what
he likes II he is NO. found out, and by his actions
proves that he is an Atheist. with all the torture
that can thus be Der lot. she being a church mem
Der and a true Christian woman. Can the law
provide fer such . state Of affairs? A Christian
woman and an unprincipled man. in other words
an Atheist, cannot live In harmony. What. then.
can some of your Intelligent readers suggest
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she alone was injured. Through her, So
ciety suffered. The man who was capa
BILE of shooting her is incapable Of
filling n useful place in the community.
He made himself n menace TO the peace
and safety of all abont him. So the
law wisely dcc:ccd to emo him He
should stay away till the fixed period or
his punishment Is complete.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
Men with Fractured SKULLS in Court.

Thomas Drake and John Casey, the two men
who received fractured skulls in q ngbt In
Michael Scraglime's saloon, one Hundred and
FlEhticth street and Tenth avenue. yesterday. APP
pearrd In the Harlem Police Cour; this morning
against the bartender, Frank Phillips. Phillips
said he two men got in a neht with an Italian
named Nolurcio. lie was paruled while the police
lmnk ILr NmIun.ll-
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HORSES KILLED BY A CAR.
Struck While Crossing the Hudson
River Railroad Track.

While VIM. Fischer. driver Of m ice
wagon, of l02 Lawrence street, was driv-
ing his team across the Hudson River
Railroad track at one hundred and
Thirty first street this morning his
horses were struck by "A freight car,
which VAS being switched.
Both horses were killed. Mr.. Fischer
was not injured.
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stabbed His Man and Rar.

The police OF the Fast EIshty-e'ghth street sta.
tor are looking this morning Tor tho unknova
lI,isn who, at tie corner OF Eighty fourth street
end Flrsi avenue. last night stabbed in the thigh
FRANK RYAN, thirty years old, Of 80 Fast Ninety
eighth street, Nyan was standins on the cor
aer, ~h,a ar usi, looking Italian got into Q
quarrel with him. The Italian stabbed Ryan aad
ran.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
Restoring F~afhers.

Violet. Holding feathers over a hot
stove, then shaking and repeating until
curled, is said to be a very good way OF
restoring them to their first beauty.
In doing this, however. yon must be
very careful not to burn them.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
BAIL not YET REDUCED.
Lawyer Moss Ready to Argue for
Parkhurst's Agent.

LAWYER Frank Moss, Of Dr. Parkhursts society,
appeared in Justice Ingrahsm's court this morn
inG prepared To argue his motion for the re-
durtiou Of hail in which Charles W. Gardner,
the eN-sCont Of the society. is held, from
81 500 to 5 1000.
The District Attorneys once, however, was not
reprcsc I'ed, and as Justice lngraham declined TO
hear the motion unless Mr.. Nicoll's side was
heard. the ease was adjourned I'LL o-morrow
morning
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Mrs. K.-For a 10 o'clock breakfast we
would suggest the following menu:
Iced cantaloupes,
Soft shell crabs, Saratoga potatoes,
Maryland chicken and wanias,
Eggs a la creme.
Peach sherbet.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
LETTERS.

t7hfs column tsJor the beneftor epervoody
,oho has u complaint to make, a orterdncs TO
tenn,aie, irJormatton 10 otrs. a question TO
ASK or a lubhc sercies 10 acknowledge, and
,oho can put the idso into less than 100 words.
Long ietteys cannot be prtated.l
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DrctIed Riscui 8.
at the sid

Devilled biscuits make a tempting
relish. Butter some water biscuits
generously On both sides and dust them
with pepper rub a slice of good cheese
to a smooth paste with a little made
mustard and cover one side Of each
biscuit with this mixture. Grill tnem
over a clear fire.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

II forgive him. Why should not the
law, then, also forgive? l alone was in
jured." SO pleads a fearful woman in
a Brooklyn court, asking for the release
Of a husband who has gore To Kings
County Psnitentiary for firing three
shots from a revolver into her frail
body. The shooting was the climax of
a long series OF abuses. Yet the wife
forsives. IL may be hard to resist her
plea. But II wouid be a mistake to
grant It. She IL not right when she says
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Emperor Williams message OF sym
pathy to Bismarck is more creditable in
the eyes of Americans than his lead
ing of that successful charge in the
manoeuvres at Guens.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

To the I,litC

To the Editor:
Enclosed please find 81, the proceeds Of a fair
held at 3a East Ninctieth street by Wesley
Iewett, Charles Straube and Thomas Kelly. Hop
Ing It will be OF a little bcncnt to the sick
babies, Wesley Jewctt.
Charles Strauhe,
Thomas Kelly,
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Prisoner Taken H..

oIicemsr Fl, nm, Of The Charles street station,
.rcarrd rtrlrk Campbell for asssulting his
wife This morning, Al the stA'ion-house Camp
bell was suddenly taken ~, and had " be re-
moved " 81. vincents Hospital.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Brazil hasn't the only revolution of the
day. Young Republicans OF New York
have declared against wearing the col
lars OF Platt, Depew and Miller.
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valkyrie is more han welcome. So Is
the sense of relief due to her safe ar
rival at last.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Anarchist bombs are at a discount in
New York. 1t is the Parkhurst Society
which is preparing an explosion for the
police.
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Nnarced w.rh Assrnl.-

timer g. Ir''' 'NEru-ihrc" vHs-r Cd. ~ -
Willinn stree. Ua, srrtsnni and rrnanGcd m
tho Tomrs T.l', r1.- this morning rh,rset
vliA criminal assault m .cNra-. car-old Kate
STAKE, also ~ -, william street, FoNe We
. beatdeT IN The slaatI family,
The evening world., 1893-09-22

II Spain is ~quarantining against the
last visitation of cholera in Jersey city,
she is q little late; II against the next
one she is very early.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

1t has hitherto been the custom for
New York Coroners to sit upon other
people. Now the Grand Jury will show
them what II is to he sat upon them
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Socialist members in the French Sem
ate n Chamber have introduced bills
to abolish the standing army. Members
who are not Socialists have introduced
worse bills than these.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
HOUSE AND HOME.


At Rockland, Me, Mrs. May Ranlett
conducts a shipping Office for sailors. 1t
is practically an employment office for
seamen. the lady furnishing to vessels
any number desired for a voyage.
Miss Roalfe Cox. Of the English Folk
lore Society, announces that the story
of Cinderella is found in the most
ancienp literature of India and Egypt.
and has been told in 3A5 different ways.
Eight thousand dollars, the entire for
tune of Miss Mary Wales. a spinster of
Boston, was recently bequeathed by her
to Otto. her pet tomcat.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Few people take kindly to vaccination.
Yet vaccination is not worth "A cent un-
less II takes
The evening world., 1893-09-22
Two Killed in a Clam rsn..

ESD a. r. sept ?s-u H. Rent. ~ he
Eo,I islsni detective bureau telcSraphcI last,
n'sAt that to men h! been sho; ami klllrI at
Wsukomis The ann o%C"Irroi over a dlvpu'p Of
ownership OF a clam. Tho nen pho I'D the
shooting are IN custody, one Of them ia a Texan
named Williams.
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VIII SsEd More.


To the Editor:
Please fnl incloscd 5. Tor the dear little sick
babies. hope to. from time to time. do what |
ran to make their suFcrings less by contributing
to your fund. W.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

The truth of 1t Is in the matter of
Coroners, their choosing and their pro-
ceedings. the system in vogue is u OF
date and should be obsolete. Coroners
should invariably be medical men. ap-
pointed for their special fitness for the
line of inquiry that falls upon them, and
mould be required to he prompt and
constant in their attention to duty. 1t
Is a fact, as has been alleged, that Coro-
.nerships In New York have been used IA
political way-stations. Literally, place
seekers have made stepping-stones Of
other peoples dead selves, that they
might noun to higher Offices.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

The value Of pluck on the right side
In san emergency precipitated by train
robbers was demonstrated or the ILL.,
nois Central yesterday.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

T%hirty-one years & to-day President
Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proc
lamation, to take effect Jan. |, 1868.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Now II is as sure a thing as can he
that there's going TO be a great race for
that Cup.
The evening world., 1893-09-22
IL. 90 A. NJ, Oct. 8, 1891.

To the Editor:
Please inform me Of the exact date o, BABY
Ruth Cleyeland's birthday. PAULINE $.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Rather a heavy loss for n pretty
small profit, in the practice of moi
law as exhibited at Roanoke.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

New York can but feel IGNORED in the
has led him TO return S2U,VJ to the Gov
inc Treasury in place Of the $4,000
which he acknowledges getting by fraud
thirty years ago. This man of the double
restitution is so shining a light in these
days of the omnipresent boodler that his
act in choosing to remain strictly un-
known assumes a complexion rather Of
modesty than Of guilt. Such attacks OF
conscientiousness are not likely to be-
come epidemic. II they were 50, II
would be a long time before the National
Treasury need he bankrupt in hope or
cash,
Though the appointment Of Van Allen
As Ambassador TO Italy involves some
features hat are farcical. it also raises
questions that are Very SERIOUS. Pre-
eminent among these questions is that
one which is so widely discussed as to
enforce public attention namely: Did
Van Allen buy his appointment by mean
OF a campaign fund contribution? The
OF an Administrators and the dig
nifty OF the Republic depend upon the
answer 10 this question Van Allen him
self is reported, as making remarks in
dicating his " belief that he had pur-
chased the place. What say those whom
he. by the fact OF his expressed belief,
accuses?
The evening world., 1893-09-22
Correct Your Diet.
Another Open Question.

To the Editor:
What will cure pimples, j L.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Better apply the gag rule" to a few
garrulous Senators han let them choke
of public business.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

Mr.. Van Allen sees American affairs
through his monoclc darkly.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

These are mellow days in New York
and Mello days in Brazil.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

The Worlds Fair. 1t is decided, shall
70 with the Autumn leaves.
The evening world., 1893-09-22

shaded braid. A ruche collar encircles
the throat. Felt bonnet with velvet
strings and bow in front, feather wings
at the side.