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The evening world., 1893-10-02
C0RBETT'S PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Resigns Because He Has to Mix
Cows and Clean Stables.

1t is one thing to he a private Sec
rotary and quite another to be the pri-
Hate secretary of the worlds champion
puRilist, says the Chicago Post.
This is the opinion publicly expressed
or Buidi" WOodthorp. the dapper young
Californian who stood in that capacity
to P~ompadour James j. Corbett until a
short time ago.
Rudddie and Jim were boys together.
and while the latter had been only a
bank clerk, an. athletic Instructor and a
pugiiist, the friend Of his youth had been
II clerk, II drummer. II theatrical advance
agent, u Flnkerton employee and a
great many other things; but never"
he said, have | done 40 many things
nj "l,e and the same time as when |
acted as private secretary to the cham
pion.
at happened In this way continued
Buddie. 'Corbett wanted some one to
attend to his correspondence and TO pre-
pare the challenges and statements
which he issued from time TO time.
Being an old-time friend | was engaged.
Then the peculiar Views OF the pugilist
az to the duties of a private secretary
began to h. made known
We were on the road playing Gen
tleman Jack and jim needed some one
70 play two little character bits, an
Irish woman and II German. never
was pressed into the service. IL was
fun for the time. but when the season
ended at Chicago when the Worlds
Fair management invited Jim TO leave
the Midway. and | went to Jim's home
at .Asbury Park. ! sang Il different tune.
ut was at torbett's suggestion that
came East with him. lie told me that
] could help Delaney to train him. !
had a pretty good time at first, but It
didn't take long for the duties of pri-
waite secretary to become burdensome.
81 had no objections to carrying forty
buckets OF water from the next lot for
Jim's bath every morning and then
carrying the water out after he had
used II, but when they got to making me
clean and MI the twenty-five lamps used
Clincd to question II that was part of a
private secretary's duty. ! did 1t,
though.
eft was sport attending TO the law It,
cutting the grass and raking NJ the
fallen leaves, but | can't say that |
liked attending to the horse clean
ing after him. This made me grow sus-
picious. | thought they were irving TO
make a stable boy out of me. stu, ii
ment. everybody doing a little something
for the common good and general com
fort. and ! stood "A good deal that didn't
Comport with the dignity and character
OF "A great mans private secretary.
"When Jim said he was going tn, get
a cow. though. | cut sticks. l imagined
myself monleying with that cows on
~hinduuirtor. vainly trying to relieve a
mix famine. ! knew / couldn't do 1t,
and quit. A man who cant milk a COW
Isn't sufficiently accomplished 10 be prt-
yatr secretary to a champion pugilist.
"Dh. yes. | read and wrote a few
7 LAT tors
The evening world., 1893-10-02
COLD COMFORT FOR TOADIEs.
Frank Hattsn Says Bissell VIII Put
His Foot Down for Syncophants.

lust after Rissell got his office, Frank
Hatton, aforetimc Postmaster-General
under Arthur. called around and had a
congratulatory chat with him, says the
Kansas city Times.
As Hatton emerged from Bisscll'r pri-
vatc Office he was eagerly hailed by a
cringing rNteric ~ departmental heads,
who hoped 10y some lying, some iiattcry.
some turning of political coats, To per
suade Bissell To retain and rcRppuint
them to their DARING offices. So far
they hadn't had the luck to meet Riss"ll,
As lIatton came out they made a defer
entail circle about him.
Did YOU see Mr. BiSSrll"'
What sort OF n man Is he
what are his marked traits
This was the chorus which hcsct Hat
NouslH Interested. bn BiSsrll depended
their creeping r~Nistences. So they chung
round uaiton To tell them all about Bis
sell and his Impressions Of him, and how
t%ention. natton looked AT them and
knew Of yorc what fawners and syco-
phantS they We're. Vet he began airily
and az one who would point y way:
Yes; | Just, saw Riss"u. Good man
great man, Big mentally and physically.
Going I" maxi" ON" of the best Postmas-
ter-,enerHls we've ever had. And"
continued Hatton, sinking his tone mys-
~teriously, while the listeners came
nearer, not to lose ono precious WORD,
he has one attribute no other Postmas-
ter-General ever possessed and which il
OF the most direct and personal import
ance to every one of you
What is that, Mr.. Hatton? What is
He has concluded Hatton. with a
species of brisk ferocity. utterly terrify-
ing TO his listeners, "a boot big enough
for W Of you toadics TO Hex al once"
The evening world., 1893-10-02
GETTING READY.

i. One Of the first remarks OF Lord Dun
raven on his arrival in tr,s country was
an expression OF establishment at the
widespread Interest in the yacht race
shown by all classes and conditions of
people. 1t is something unprecedented.
yet IL Is a proof of the widespread In
tcliigence Of the American people and
their keen appreciation of the merits of
q new situation.
The coming contest is not merely be-
tween two yachts, 1t is a struggle be-
tween two nations. The prize IL not
merely the silver cup. 1t is the lordship
of the seas. Not even in the Olympic
games was sue reward of fame given
TO the victor as that which waits upon
the winner In this match. We do not know
how the British regard their interests
In the result. 1T IL possible that the
British temperament may be more phleg-
matte than the American. But over here
Tor the time being every one OF us Is a
yachtsman. and every one OF us appre-
cistes the interesting points which make
tss coming contest the most important
The evening world., 1893-10-02

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is n
poet, a thinker and a scholar.
She reads half Il dozen differ
ent languages, n has outstripped
most men in the higher walks of philoso-
ply and literature. She Is familiar with
Hegel, Compile. Goethe, Dante. Sweden
borg and all the great masters of song,
faith and metaphysics. She has also
mingled with cultivated society and trav-
clled extensively, both in this and the
Old World. But she is not an artificial
lady" She is a large-hearted woman
one whose soul has been energized by
study. levated by reflection. chastened
by sorrow and sahctiiied by faith. Her
home, too, has always been worthy Of
the best OF housekeeping and her chill
dren have never been neglected for the
less important interests of other people.
The evening world., 1893-10-02

College girls speak much OF '~elevating
humanity" and they often speak az IL
1t consisted chiefly in studying political
science and in working in the slums.
1t means a great deal more than that.
1t means an uplift in other directions.
A college girls influence, for instance,
ought to be an education in refinement.
She ought to make it felt that gossip,
SLING, scandal and unkind personalities
In conversation are not only unwise, but
Inherently vulgar. as are also all pre-
tense and ostentation. In her pres
ence men and women ought to feel that
all books and speech which cast any
slur on womanhood are coarse and
base; and her active life ought to prove
that high intellectual training does not
lead to pride and selfish isolation, but
that it fits one superbly for showing
warm-hearted human sympathy and
practical, everyday helpfulness.
The evening world., 1893-10-02

There are many new delicate tint0
which paint particularly we'll, and 1t
will surprise many to find how easily
a soft, pretty effect can be obtained by
eiluting old paints with t%urpentiEe.
Siccatif de Courtray can be used in
stead of turpentine. and will dry more
quickly.
The high sreen-glass vases with
broad, fiarina tops are wonderfully
pretty to hold one or two choice bios
SONS, no more. else are the stems
crowded.
When buying wall paper avoid getting
the figure too small, and thus Destroy
ing the character OF your room.
Those experienced in decoration are
very prompt to give the go-by to =
" weak"-looking paper.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
OUT.

The call for the resignation of three
assistant appraisers, Corbett, Goode and
Leaycraft, is the first definite result
Of the investiga ton made by the Fair
child Custom-House Committee. 1t will
cause no little fiuttering II commotion
In the Appraisers building.
A thorough cleaning out OF the APP
praisers' Department is needed in the in
terest of honest administration For the
past four years the revenues of the Gov
srnment have not been honestly collected,
and as soon as the present inquiry COM
menced II became evident that the cor
ruption rad extended to Washington.
and that the different cliques in New
York had each its pull in the late
Treasury Department.
Yet there are some features about the
Fairchild investigation which are hard
to understand. For instance, it Is
found that Assistant Appraiser CORRECT,
discovered and protested against the al,
legged un~dervsluations OF .J~avaness
silks by a New York firm. The firm con,
fessed to a little over 5000 of underval,
uation. Collector Hendricks charged
that there had been differentiation,
amounting to $4,000 in one year. TIL,
matter was not investigated; the impli
Gated Appraiser was protected" by tn,
Treasury Department under Harrison
and now Assistant Appraiser Corbett ii
one of the first to suffer removal.
1t il easy to understand why Michae
Goode. a plssterer. who Was put II
charge Of the valuation OF fine laces
mould be sent back to plastering. II
was appointed through the late Col
shepard's influence, to whom he wa
useful as a politician. But surely til
request for Mr.. Corbett's resignation
needs some further explanation.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
SEIZED BY A Y o
A Little Girl Saved Just in tho Nick
OF Time.

During the night recently a coyote
came up to the ranch house of ID. $.
Thomas, near Arizola, where the fam
lilies of the men employed on the ranch,
Simon West and Manuel Marine, were
sleeping out OF doors, the West family
on the east side of the building, the
Marine family on the north, says the
Arizona Oasis.
The tracks of the animal showed that
It passed the cot where the Vests We're
sleeping. Going to the north side the
voracious beast seized by the arm a lit
tie girl about six years of age, dragged
her from the cot and around the house
in the direction whence he came.
The outcries OF the child quickly
aroused every one and they were not
long in determining the cause. Mr.. West
ran into the house and got n pistol.
As he came out of the door Mrs. West
called that the beast was passing her
cot, The cries OF the child, however
bouts. Going close MIR. West placed the
muzzle Of the pistol against the beasts
side and fired. The animal released its
hold and fell dead. The child was Sc
verely bitten, and her face was consider
ably bruised from contact with the
ground as she was being dragged
The evening world., 1893-10-02
LUCK OF rENDEREO0T.
He Narrowly Escaped q FAN, bu,
Fell Into q Fortune.

MIR, r. l.. lIdgcrton, agent for the
William Dcering Harvesting Machines.
who has been in the valley west of Dun
can for a couple OF weeks, drove to the
camp Yesterday to while ava a lone
some sunday. and while strolling over
Milwaukee lin made a very important
md, ays the Denver Republican,
He stepped upon "A rock, which rolled
with him and cam. near causing him
a serious fall. Recovering his eQuilib-
rum he cast about to see the cause of
his misfortune and picked up the treach-
erous missile. which proved to be u cop
per-stained rock considerably moss GOV
cred.
I'pon breaking the rock ia two a mug
get ~ gold as big as Il kernel of wheat
was revealed, and the inside of the rock
proved To be almost solid hematite and
pyrites of iron, which in this camp car
ries "A large per cent. Of Rold.
The specimen was carefully carried Ia
camp, where II portion OF il was PANIED,
revealing a long string OF free gold. by
a little prospecting a Lad was found
close to where the float vas picked up.
and Mr.. Edgerton was not long In get
ting his name upon the stake.
This camp has been visited by several
mining experts OF late, and all unite In
saying that II viii makS!one OF the rich
est mining camps in tho tate.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
That Blind organ.Grindsr.

TO The Editor.
The blind undoubtedly have the sympathy o.
all in their sniiction. and deserve every con-
sideratiOn in their chorts 10 acquire a liyeli-
hood, but I have yet 10 learn that this city
grant a license to anybody to commit a nui-
sance, and It IL past reason that q sick aud
nervous woman should be driven almost frantic
by the continual grinding out, on a miserable
apology for Il %ncludeOn. The Cricket on the
Hearth and After the Bail" for ten hours
at a stretch, which is this mans usual limit.
The hind man in question has been told in
reasonable language that he was infringing his
license by making himself n nuisance. aud has
been quietly asked to vary his location, but Li.
i%mpudcut persistence has made IL necessary to
call In the aid Of the Law Ispell this with q
big H. before any relief could be obtained.
The peanut orftial' simply did his duty and
did IL without any unnecessary show Of su-
thority or aggressivcness and M. p" should
investigate " little before Judging such cases
while merely passing by"
THE OTHER SIDE.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
WHEN WAS In CHICAGO.
But HIS Friend Kicked Against Hav-
ing Any More of 1t Served Up.

1.-The other day, when I was in Chi
Gag
The mar with the long hair was i'm
proving his eleventh opportunity to tell
II little incident which happened dur
ing his stay at the Fair, says the Buff
falO Times.
"Now, look here. Cy.' put IN his COM
panion, stop right whore you are.
| know YOU We're at the Fair, and that
o rode In the Ferris wheel, breathed
Lake Michigan air from the roof of the
Manufactures Building, did the Midway
and rode in a gondola. That's enough
If | know the rules OF supply and de-
mand."
| was saying. persisted he of the
long hair, the ots-r day, when l was
"Good-hy. old man., was The xasp-
Grated Interruption which. ~ the sec.
ond time. put "A stop on the tonP-haired
man story.
Not mad, I hope. JUS, because !
proposed telling a very amusing Incl
dent which happened to happen when
say, do you remember the cAnten-
"Remember the Centennial? Course
do! Wasn't l there. and didn't ! see the
whole show from beginning to end?
tion! Time and again have told
That's just the rouble. Now, as !
remember. the Centennial was seventeen
years ago
..1ns you went
And when you got back YOU had con
siderable TO say about what you saw
there"
Yes"
And you We're telling me only yes
terday about the big engine you saw
at he Centennial
Well, your hair may be long. Cy,
and I may be chock-fuli of patience. and
your list of incidents which happened
miles long. but III tell YOU n thing
right now. I've had enough"
Not mad, ! hope, just because !
mo" was the reply. I'm not mad
! was only thinking. For seventeen
years I've listened patiently to your
never-ceasing Incidents about the Cen
tennial. We bought a piece OF land to-
time, side by side. n married twin sis
ters OF the same day. I've tried to do
the right thing by you always When
Centennial strcaks I've tried to look
Interested. I've laughed when you
laughed. have said wonderful
white. Now, In the face of all this.
you won't let up. I heard you say the
Columbian show is ten times bigger
than the Centennial. and that there Is
ten times AS much going on
THAT is So
We'll, IL you think l. am patiently
going t. submit to your little Incidents
on top of these seventeen years Of Incl,
! dents about the Centennial. we might
as we'll break friendship right here"
And the long haired man is still look,
tell what it was that happened when
he was in Chicago the other day.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
"

Take the yolks OF six eggs, a pinch of
mace, half tablespoon Of salt, a small
pinch OF cayenne pepper and beat well
in a bowl, adding half a pint OF sweet
cream. Then strain. prepare six small
tin cups well creased and busted with
bread or cracker dust, and fill them with
the above batter. Set the cups in a
pan. filling the same half full Of boiling
water, and set the pan in the oven until
the batter becomes firm, which takes
about fifteen minutes; turn them out.
let them get cold. cut them In slices.
lay them in the soup tureen, pour over
them one quart of hot consomme "
serve.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
CUT AND DRIED.

Secretary Lamon has paid another
flying visit to New York. Although he
saw many politicians while he was here.
and although we are on the eve of II
State Convention, the Secretary dis
claimed any interest In the Saratoga
gathering other than that felt by II good
Democrat in the wise action ana success
Of his party.
Indeed, 1t would be a waste of time
and energy to seek to influence In any
manner the action OF the Democratic
Convention. The bosses have decided
what shall be done. and who is to run.
and the followers have only to indorse
and confirm their DEGREES. There ave
been some ''contests," ns they are
called, in various districts. In one.
State Treasurer Danforth has been set
back and badly beaten by the bemoc-
racy, but what follows? He will b. ad-
mitted to the State Convention and will
sit among the faithful.
This cut-and-dried preparation OF the
business of n Convention may save
trouble. But does II make the candi-
dates OF the Convention strong with the
people, Would it not excite greater IN
terest in the ticket ir the delegates from
various parts OF the state had some
thing to say about its construction?
Especially. will a high judicial officer
who Is forced into nomination by the
iron will OF less han half a dozen
leaders be more certain Of success a,
the ballot box than h would h" If his
candidacy vas the result OF the sense
and Judgment OF the Convention"
Judge Maynard IL to he nominated
for the Court of Appeals, not by the
Convention, but by the bosses. Their
Is little doubt lat he woull be refused
the nomination il the choice was left
TO the Convention. packed az 1t il. VIII
this knowledge Increase his chances OF
election
The evening world., 1893-10-02

The New York gas companies are put
ting gas ranges in private houses for
about ST.. All the new schoolhouses are
to have a model kitchen, including a
gas range. where the little girls will
make soup, coffee, mullins and cro-
quotes in class. The Superintendent OF
School Buildings is an enthusiast on
the subject. His gas bills for cooking
and lighting pui Doses in a family of six
do not exceed s. a month. With a gas
range it takes five minutes to cook
brcakfast-coffee II eggs. Biscuits
will bake considerably quicker than they
can he moulded and cut. Manufacturers
are working on an attachment for heat
ing the water cylinder.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
cheap Dish. Wdshers.

Thousands of little dish-mops are sole
in New York every day They are cheap
IL cents, and very helpful for washins
pitchers, jugs, vase forms and common
wares that are not likely to 10 injured
under a stream of hot water. The nor
is nothing more than a round stici
about the length and thickness of s
poker, with Il tuft of soft candle wici
on one end. Fine china requires deli.
cate handling, but F.kin and queens
ware can he mopped and dried without
wettins the hands.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
Economic H0use,rOrk.

The fioor of the kitchen and dining
room should be brushed after every
meal, the s%ideboard r~earranged, and the
table prepared for the coming meal. This
Is an important matter when the house
keeper attends personally TO the dining
room. The receptacles for suga-, salt,
the various table sauces, &C., the glasses,
silver, napkins and cutlery may be placed
ready for use, and the table prepared
ready for the water, bread. &C., and
then covered with a clean cloth large
enough to protect it entirely from dust
II disarrangement.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
Answers to Correspondents.

Constant Reader.-Dr. McGonigle IL In prison.
j. X. There IL no way in which YOU can
devote your whole time to the study OF medicine
without any financial OUTLAY.
Essay.-Hour letter il too long, is written on
both sides OF the paper, and no address Ia given.
lnquirer.-At birthday parties II Is %customsry for
the guests to sing, play, recite, dance or CON
tribmte to the amusement In any way. Leave the
carpet down, or. spread a dancing cloth.
iItrlemite, East Side.-We do not publish
business addresses In this column.
G.. n. R.-ior are entitled To vote under your
full name.
i.-It was Garfield who was charged with hav-
stock.
W. u Heroic. The twentieth century begins
with Ian. /, 1901.
Seeker for Information At table lsc.e- are
served hrIt.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
Pies bv the 7hsUaaad.

There is a pie factory In the vicinity
of Macdougal and Nandam streets that
runs from . A. NJ. to 2 p. NJ. six days
In the week. and turns out 10000 pies q
day for the local trade alone. Custard
is the queen of pies; mince is second and
apple pie ONE third on the list. Just
now there is an Unsuitable appetite for
peach pie. 1t takes 4SO, 900 Little Wash
ington pies n Napoleons to supply tt~
west side school stores.
The evening world., 1893-10-02

"MN husband told ms this morning
that he would not love mo when ! get
TO be old" said a newly married lady
to a friend.
"Wcll. that was a piece OF impotence
on his part" responded the friend.
NO. he is right about IT,. You see he
IL seventy years old and | am onIy
twenty. so hs will not love me when
I'm old because he viii be dead 10y that
tinnp -
The evening world., 1893-10-02
THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER =. 1898.
LETTERS.

ms column sJo, the benest or eper ybody
,oho has u complaint 10 make, a grievance TO
,entiate, ,Vo,1naiion ~ give. a question 10
ask or a public serp,se 10 acknowledge, and
,oho can put TIE ideo into less han io) uo,ds.
Long teters cunno, be printed
The evening world., 1893-10-02
Economy Of Wide Cloths.

Ii is cheaper to buy double thar single
width goods. Narrow width dress goods
cost 30 cents or ~ cents; goods of fifty
or more inches sell at $l.25 up, and cut
TO better advantage. Then. too, 1t is
unusual to get poor stuffs in doubl
widths Beautiful forty-six-inch hop
sackings are worrn from s1.c5 to s225 a
yard. and six and a half yards will
make a skirt and long walking jacket.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
Railroad Rumb

What time" asked a lady with an
armful Of bundles, does the next train
leaveg'
"It leaves ON schedule time" responded
the afable and accommodating ticket
agent,
room with the remark that she didn't
krsv' " left so late.
The evening world., 1893-10-02

The Military Tournament people will
probably rctuInto England after the COM
Ing week, which ends their New York
engagement. Tn" show opened very
well. but business fell. and nobody knows
why. for tn" entertainment Is an excel
LEM one. Henry j. Leslie. tn. protector
OF the enterprise, will not he sorry when
he has finished with 1t. He says that he
has rarely met a set of men with whom
it was more difficult to get along than
those military people. There was some
intention OF taking the tournament Ia
Boston, but this idea has been aban-
dOnel,
The evening world., 1893-10-02

"Plny the men In politics. was the
cry from IA Brooklyn pulpit yesterday by
Il clergy man who has watched the pro-
cesScs Of city government going on In
New York's sister town across the
bridge. II IL Il good watchword for more
than Brooklyn. "Play the men In poll
tics" everywhere. The mischief In gov
IL wrought when politicians are
ALLOW ed To play upon men.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
Not Fit Reading.
lFrou, I.ife.)

MIR. rastley (making a Sunday even
ing calD-I understand, Miss Kostick,
that you are an expert mind reader.
Won't you please experiment upon me?
Miss K.-Excuse me, Mr.. FNstley,
but / don't regard your mind as a proper
subject for Sunday reading.
The evening world., 1893-10-02
A Lios in the Path OF Science.
CFrum Puck

Il don't think YOU appreciate youns
Noodle"
No.
NO. Why, he has oVerthrowu ono of
the most famous doctrines OF III" evo-
lutiunists.'
(Which one"
THE doctrine of the survival of the
nttcst. He Is In excellent health"
The evening world., 1893-10-02

of insomnia than many drugs.
Infamed parts will subsidc under the
poulticing of real hot water.
Very hot water. as we all know. Ia q
prompt checker OF bleeding, and. besides,
II 1t is clean, as it should be, 1t aid in
sterilizing wounds.