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a POINTED REsukE.
The Rustic Hits Back at the Humoroasiy.
Inclined Chief

Inclined Chief
Functionaries In public Offices In
great cities, who do not always have
work enough 70 keep tn m out OF mis-
chief, sometimes conspire to play Joke
upon some person from the country
who comes In ON business; and IL Il
cheerful to learn that occasionally they
get more than they bargain for, as the
common saying Is, from these same
simple minded country people. Dur
ing the recent excitement over dyna~
mite explosions In Paris, when anar-
chists were causing disasters under the
very noses of the police and many were
escaping detection, a policeman one
day found upon the street a poclsetbook
containing thirty thousand francs.
He took II TO the central police Office
and gave It 10 his chief, who examined
and made note Of its contents.
/ A few minutes later rich farmer
from Normandy arrived at the Office.
and declared that he had lost pocket
book containing thirty thousand francs.
He described the contents Of the pocket
book with SO much detail that the
superintendent Of the office was salts
fed that the pocketbook already in the
Office belonged 10 the farmer This
was indeed the case.
The superintendent, noting the coun-
trified air-ef the applicant, resolved to
Eamuse himself at his expense, Calling
IN clerk, who had overheard the CONVEX
sation. he said to him, inpressiyely:
Il give you inst five minutes to go
| out upon the streets and find this mans
! pocketbook IL you do not come back
with 1t in that time shall discharge
yon."
The clerk saw through the Joke, and
pretended to be terrified. He pleaded
for mercy with clasped hands, and put
on such an air Of dismay that the
farmer interceded for him and begged
the chief not to require an impossibility
of the man.
| But the chief was inexorable He
sent the clerk out whining and trem-
| ling.
At the end Of three minutes the clerk
rushed in, apparently ont of breath,
and threw down the pocketbool, which
he had simply picked up in the mex,
roem.
For moment the farmer was stupc.
fed Then he pnt the pocletbook Ii
his pocket, and remarked, as he went
out:
well, welIl If you fellows could
tind dynamitcrs half as easily as yor
can pocketbooks, il would be grea'
benefit to the publicF Youths Com
panion,
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DO you know the value Of an
oath?" asked the judge Of an old darby
who was to be the next witness. Eyes,
sab, ! does. One OBJ desc yeah lawyers
done glib me foah dollars for to swear to
suffin. OATS de value Of an oath. Foah
dollars, sab" And then there was con-
sternation in the courtroom. -St- Jo-
seph News
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Most Equitable System Of
Life Insurance.

Ever offered to the public. as the rate
charged s. directly "a proportion 70 the
risk assumed rather than an equal rate
for alt Ahile none hut those safely I'M
silrahle are aceeY.fed. the
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Merits Of the Risk Establishes
The Rate Of Premium

The principal 4 similar tothat applied
70 frs insurance. the premiums being
regulated ia accordance with the nature
OF the risk, The Adjusted Rate Plan
avoids also the
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-04-26
The Adjusted Rate plan
u original WITH this Company and II an
cnftrciy new feature h life insurance
u enables the Company p provide IN
stsrance 70 persons who arc
Frst-CIass Risks at Lower Rate!

Than any equally sAund Institution that
places All it. risks AZ one rate. wholly
Ignoring the Importance Of charging
each policy holder a premium equifably
rroYortioDet 70 the risk assumed This
+ the
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-04-26
UNREASONABLE AND PURELY
ARBITRARY TECHRiCAlIIIES

which have so long worked injustice 70
applicants and agents, and while IL does
not contemplate In anysenSe the accept
Ance Ut any applicant not safely insEr-
able. 1t recognizes the fact that q large
number II risks usually declined can be
safely insured al an Increased premium.
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A woman with wart on her n ose
always hates the looking glass. Rams
Horn.
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Additional trains will leave Harrisburg, daily
except Sunday at SEE and 1875 a. M, and kIb
p. m. arriving at Carlisle at o. i0a M, ii 10 IN
and 500 p. M. stopping at all intermediate sta
ti0ns
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars between Hag
erstown and New York on Nos and 10 east
and on Nos 3 and Q west
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos 0 md 10 he
tween philadelphia and New Orleana
Daily.
! Daily except Sunday.
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WEsrERS MARrLASD RAILROAD.

CONNECTING MI1H
2 4 r Il, al ShippensbuTg, and Geftyshnre
Norfolk a Western aud b. i o. Isaifrss,,ls
at HagerstSwn. Pennsylvania n af~S
Frederick Junction, and r. W4B
CA M G. and b. p. Railroads
At Union station, Bal
tilnore Nd.
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on sunday will stop on signal or to let of
passengers. a
Additional trains will leave Carlisle daily ex-
cept Sunday at 81 i m. II 30 p M. Al p. M,
stopping at all intermediate stations, arriving at
harrisburg at 40a. m, ii5 p. M, and 433 p ~:
No. runs daily between Harrisburg and
Chambersburg.
Daily
I Daily except sunday.
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well, welli If you fellows could
find dynamitcrs half as easily as you
can pocketbooks, il would be great
benefit to the publicr' Youths Com
nanion
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MAIN LINE AND CONNECTIONS

ticking e6ect October 2OM, 1892
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD TIME
" TABLE-Dec. IS, 1892.
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For momcnt the farmer was stupe-
fed. Then he pnt the pocisetbook in
his pocket, and remarked, as he went
The evening world., 1893-12-23
POLICE SERGEANT A PRISONER.
MIR. Egan, of Bowery Bay, Charged
with Assault.

LONG ISLAND CITY. l.. l., Dec. %
Scrgt. Egan, of the Bowery Bay
police, was IA prisoner in the Long Island
city Police Court this morning charged
with ~assaultlng Frank and Eugene
D'Autreville. of Astoria.
The D'Autrevilles We're. on last
Wednesday. moving the furniture be-
longing to Mrs. Belmont from a house
on Flushing venue INC Blackwe ell street
to another house on K~owenhoven street.
Sergt. Egan Is %janitor OF the house
in which Mrs. Belmont lived. He OBJ
iected to the emova of the furniture
because he alleged Mrs. Belmont owed
him S6 for rent.
According to the complaint, SerGt.
Egan struck Frank D'Autreville
Franks brother, Eugene. came to his
rescue. Sergt. Egan then drew his re-
volver n threatened to shoot both men.
The C~omplainants allege that Sergt.
Egan. at the point Of his revolver. then
took their horse and wagon away from
them, and they did not see them until
the next day.
Judge Noble adjourned the case until
Thursday morning next.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
BURGLARS sM0RE WAKED HER..
John Hackman Found Asleep
Under a Mother Superior's Bed.
Protestant Episcopal Sisters Home
In a State OF Turmoil.

The Protestant Episcopal Sisters
Home. at 81 West Twenty-second street,
was in an uproar about 3 O'Clock
this morning, at which time II was dis.
covered that a burglarious intruder had
invaded the sanctity of the chamber of
the Mother Superior.
lie had crawled beneath her bed when
his movements partially aroused the
Mother Superior, and he fell into a deep
slumber, during which his loud snoring
thoroughly awakened the good woman.
Without making an cutlery she rams
the burglar alarm and officers responded.
a search of the room revedled the man
under the bed fast asleep.
He was dragged out and taken to the
West Thirtieth street station, where he
gave his name as John Hackman, forty
two years old of 2S5 West Houston
street, an upholsterer.
In Jefferson Market Court to-day Po-
liceman Reid, of the Terderloin Precinct,
said there was no complainant in court.
He told how Hackman was found be-
meath the bed in his stocking feet and
of his arrest.
Thc prisoner said he remembered moth
ing, as he was drunk at the time. AL
though no property had been taken,
Justice Hogan held Hackman for trial.
The police say that Hickman must
have entered the house through a base
ment window, and, after leaving his
boots in the hall, made his way upstairs
to the Mother Superior's room. The po-
ice refused to divulge the latter's maine
The evening world., 1893-12-23
BRO0KLYN Ne WIS.
CUT THE BILLS ONE HALF.
Ezorbitant Charges for Myrtle
Avenue Court Furniture.
Report of Experts VIII BE Given
Out Next Week.

The report of experts. appointed by
Mayor Body. has brought to light fur
ther overcharg"s In connection with the
remodelling Of tn" Fourth Irocinct sta
ton for the Myrtle Avenue Police Court.
This report Is rendered by men in
strnctcd to Investigate bills sent in for
stationery and furniture.
Recently Mayor Body received "A re-
port from experts on carpentry and
masonry which reduced the charges Of
contractors from S2j. 900 to Sl2, OpJ, as a
falr price for the work done.
The men who have made the lntcst re-
port are William SChwartZweller, n New
York. furniture dealer; NJ. Schultz. n
Brooklyn dealer; John Bullwinkle and
Mr.. Rapplcyea.
IL Is said that this Commission has re-
ported that the total amount charged for
furniture and stationery has been re-
duCcd from S27. 81 10 to onC-half.
When Mayor 1ioody was seen this
morning he said: II can say nothing
except that the matter will co,ne be-
fore US early next week. when the re-
port, OF the Commission will he made
public. ! have received the report OF
cuss it,
Assistant Corporation Counsel Green
wood. with whom the bills and report
were placed in trust, refused to let an
Evening World" reporter see them. He
Contrmcd the statement that great re-
auctions had been made by the ex-
perts In the bills of the contractors.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
HAS MRS. CARMAN ELOPEO?
Said to Be with Capt. Gereau on
His Canal Boat.
Policeman nt the Pier TO Prevent n
Possible Fight.

A police officer Is stationed at pier G
East River TO prevent a possible fight
between jacob Carman. of Roslyn. and
Alex. Gereau. who IL expected to reach
the pier to-day on n canal-boat. II a
conflict takes place CArman's pretty wife
Will probably be n witness to II. 1t is
alleged that she is on board the canal
boat.
The gossips Of Roslyn claim II ls a case
Frenchman, who for the past four years
has been in command of the boat
Peter Dion. 1t took him frequently to
Roslyn, where he became acquainted
with Carman and his wife.
Carman IL a bayman, ard Thursday
afternoon AS he rowe homeward after
a successful days claiming he passed
Gercau on his boat. They exchanged
tarman noticed q female head bob into
the cabin as the Canal-boat neared his
little craft, but thought nothing OF 1t:
When he reached HON the incident
came back to him with renewed force.
had eloped with Gereau and was In the
cabin when the two men exchanged
salutations.
Carman expressed his intention of be-
ing at pier 8 when Gereau arrived to-,
nay. The Police Department had heard
Of this and an officer was on hand to
prevent bloodshed.
No one answering Carman's description
could be found on the pier. 1t was
stated there that It was doubtful II &C.
at THE Spikes" in Jersey. or go on to
Amboy.
The lonely police officer, however, will
keep a sharp lookout all day.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
POLICE Appointments.
Thirty-four Men Made Patrolmen in
BROOKLYN.

Police Commissioner Hayden. of
Brooklyn. to-day appointed thirty-four
new patrOlmen. The new bluecoats and
their assignments are as follows:
J. L. stevens. 46 Bergen street, assigned to
duty In the Tenth Precinct: william Nelson. 1928
President street, Third. Il. c. Whitehead. 1870
Himrod street, Twentieth Martin Ryan, sos Hicks
street. Eleventh. Thomas Kane. III Twenty
second street, Eighth; &. r. Reid, 81 Willow
place. Fifteenth. e. j. Clarkson. c6s Norman
street. Nineteenth John J. Fennell. 5st seventh
avenue. Eleventh. William Whiting. $50 Van Sic
len avenue, Seventeenth; A. Parkes. % Prospect
avenue, Second Daniel Quimlish, ll9 President
street. Third James +. Blake. % North Third
street, Thirteenth. X, j. Cnlligan, Jt Hicks
street, Second Felix J. Mccarthy, $50 Henry
street, Second Eugene McCue, 3Si Oakland ave-
nue., Nineteenth e. e.. johnson. - Union street,
Tenth, James shea. 1870 Fifty ninth street, Eigh-
tcenth John r. Turner. OF North sixth street.
Fifth; I'D ID. PULLED. ~ Skillman street. Fourth:
John 7. Farmer, az Union avenue. seventh, lr-
wing A. Storey, llS5 IIerkimcr street. Twelfth;
NJ II TuOhcy, 23a Hillary street, Second George
Sp"'kleton. . Fourth place, Fifteenth; q, 4, Jcn-
Conlin. las North Eighth street, Sixteenth: Pat
rick Doherty. 67 bergen street. Tenth. W. r.
uNonn'n. llIa Third avenue, Eighth. Henry
Ehcrlr, 9n knickcrbocker avenue. Fourth James
Tormey, 200 Kent avenue. Fourth p. J. Clarke.
30 Park avenue. Fourth: A. j. Dickson, $50 Lex
ington avenue. Fourteenth; James Hickey, l2l
Harrison street. Third James f. Whnlen, 2so
Twentieth street, Tenth. Thomas +. Wall, 70
Columbia place. First.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
PARKHURST'S NEXT BOMB.
Il VIII Be Ready for Firing Next
Tuesday.

Rev. DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst is rest
ing quietly at his residence to-day. When
an Evening World reporter called upon
him this morning. DR.. Parkhurst said
that he had nothing to say at present re-
garding the accusations he made public
last night against District-Attorncy
Nicoll. He begged to be excused from
discussing the controversy with Mr..
Nicoll.
He did say. however. that he would
make a statement for publication on
Tuesday next. DR.. Parkhurst intimatod
that his statement would be another
bombshell fired into the camps OF those
he considers opponents of the work Of
moral and police reform.
DR.. Parkhurst declined to make public
the nature OF the statement he was pre-
pairing, but It is inferred that II will be
based upon this remark Mr.. Nicoll made
to him: your policy thus far in this re-
spect has been a most unwise one. In
that you have Jumped the Superintendent
n the captains together"
He limited that he would not take n
snap chance with the Grand Jury and
submit his evidence against a certain po-
lice official, who Is supposed to be Capt.
Echmittberger, Just before the Grand
Jury adjourned for the term.
Indirectly he said that the evidence
was SO voluminous II would take the
Grand Jury considerably more than n
few hours to carefully weigh IT.. and the
examination of witnesses would occupy
almost a full days session.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
JERSEY.
ROW IN A TREMENDOUS.
Christmas Festivities Commenced In
UobOkpn To- Day.

There was a small sized riot to-day in
the tenement house 3j6 Newark street.
~Iioboken, which resulted in the injuring
Of "A number of people and the demolish-
ing Of the interior of the house. Soon
after 10 O'Clock. Mary Hargrave, "A young
woman, rushed INTO Police Headquarters
and said n man had been killed at the
plac" above named. \ number OF po-
licCmen forced their way into the house
whore they found William Higgins, aged
thirty-eight, lying on the floor covered
with blood. He had terrible cuts in the
head, which locke as If they had been
inflicted with an AK. Mrs. Higgins was
also badly injured and suffering from
Il number of wounds.
Their injuries are said to have been
caused by a woman named Maggie
Lyons, aged thirty-four years. All the
combatants and the injured were re-
moved to the station-h house. The Wounds
of the Higgins family were attended to
by Police Surgeon Simon, and they were
afterwards taken to the hospital. Mag
gie Lyons was charged with assault and
battery and ockc1 NJ, as was william
Ryan. another of the combatants
Ryan lived On the top floor of the
house where the fight took place. The
furniture in the roomos was broken to
pieces and the walls were spattered
with blood.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
HIS WIFE HELD AS HOSTAGE.
The Charge Carnso Makes Against
Carunc Manette.

Carune Manette. a clearinghouse
Keeper. of 81 North Second street, Brook
lyn. was before Justice Goetting, in the
Lee Avenue Court. Williamsburg, this
morning, tor the purpose of explaining
whether or not he had kidnapped the wife
or Salvatore Csrnso, of Hope and Have
meyer streets.
Ihe woman In question. Marie Antoni-
anna 'arnso, is twenty years old. and
was married in Naples two years ago.
Immediately thereafter the husband came
To- TINS country, intending to send for his
wl1c as soon as he had the necessary
FUNDS. Carnso worked hard, but was not
able to send for his wife until six months
ago.
On Dec. s the wife arrived at Ellis
Island, and was met by Manette, who
LOOK the woman away, saying that he
had been sent by her husband.
since then, so CarnSo says, his wife has
been "A close prisoner in the house of
Manette. who refuses to give her up be-
cause, he says, her husband owes him
money.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
Coming Events.

a Christmas message win be delivered by Rev.
george 5. Webster, D D., pastor Covenant Pres.
byterisn Chapel, az the l1uuE Mems Institute
222-22i Bowery, tomorrow III I = NJ Spe.II
christmas music by Miss Isabel Davenport. So
pIano, and Miss Louise Davenport, c]ontrslto
MONDAY there VIII be a Christmas celebration
from ! to . p, NJ. and s to 10 p. NJ.
The annual ball OF the Thomas +. Willis Asso.
PATTON VIII take place at suffers Muslr Hall
~ evening Music BY Prot. Usher. Dancing
Wi Commence at . O'Clock sharp.
We hrSt annual masquerade and civic bail Of
~ Lady Sports will be held at the Lyreum
Opera House, Thlrty-fourth street and Third ave
nue., Monday evening, Dec. % Christmas nlrhu
There will be dancing In both halls.
Mobiles OF the Mystic shrine by hurdreds are
coming from all neighboring cities To attend
Mecca Temples carnival at Madison square Car
den, Monday evening. Jan. Is. 1894 All will
be IN full reRalis. and the decorations will be Inn.
mense. lines will supply the music, and a ma.
tive Arab village will be a prominent feature.
Many will be the queer and funny masks and
costumes at the Lyceum Opera-House, THIRTY
ourth street, near Third avenue, this evening,
ee occasion being the masquerade and civic bali
q us Black Crook.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
FOR THE GREATER NEW YORK.
Brooklyn Consolidationists Propose
"a New Plan for the Vote.

The Consolidation League. OF Brook
Ign, is opposed to the plan suggested in
the bill drawn up by the New York
Consolidated Commission to be pre-
scented to the Legislature for merging
the two cities into the Greater New
York. and has drawn up a new bill
embodying its views.
The objection of the Brooklyn consoli-
dators to the New York scheme Is
that the latter seeks to annex too much
territory. and that Brooklyn does not
secure the rights to which they think
she IL entitled.
At a meeting held in Brooklyn last
evening. at which Senators-elect Bradley
and Reynolds and several Assembly
men We're present, resolutions were
passed favoring n vote upon consolida-
ton only by electors in the cities of New
York and brooklyn, the draft OF
the new bill was unanlmously adopted.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
TRIED TO PASS A BOGUS CHECK.
Tegeda Held for Trial on the Charge
of Forgery.

Luis Tegeda, twenty years old, said to
be a Venezuelan studying medicine In
Washington. ID. c., was arraigned on n
charge of forgery In Jefferson Market
Court to-day and held for trial. Ernest
A. SAM. of Sanz's Hotel. ~ West Fiji
tenth street. was the complainant.
He said Tegeda offered him a check for
800, drawn on the Sixth National Bank.
Of this city. to his own order. and pur-
porting to he signed by Saldivia II. RI
vero. ACKNOWLEDGMENT for Venezuela In
this city.
Tegeda had contracted a bill for sl,O5
at Sanz's Hotel. and he offered the check
in payment of that amount and So for n
months rental of "a room. lie wished
Mr., Sanz to give him the difference Of
$67 In cash.
The hotel man communicated with the
bank and learned that the check was
bogus. An officer was and
Tegeda's arrest followed.
Mr.. SAM added that the. prisoner ,ad.
mitted to him that Consul Rivcro had
not drawn the check. but that he himself
did 30. 1t was proved that Senior itlvcro
had been out OF the country for two
months.
Judge Hogan held Tegeda after hearing
this evidence.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
FOREIGN NEWS OF THE DAY..
British Naval Vessels in a Bay Of
Biscay Hurricane.
Grain Trust Causes q Famine In
Central Asia.


QIEENSTDWN, Dec. 23-Tho British
warship Resolution. a twIn-scrcw battle
ship Of the first class. carrying fourteen
guns, accompanied 10y the twO-gun. win
screw torpedo catcher Cleaner, encoun-
tered n hurricane In the Bay OF BisCay
on Ti"elny, during which the Cleaner
was lost sight ~.
Th" Resolution has returned here much
damaged. ana having lost "A lifcboat and
reporting one man missing. Grave fears
are entertained for the safety OF the
Cleaner.
The Resolution had a terrible expert
ence. and was almost submerged for sev-
oral hours. She shipped tons OF water
below. and several of the crew were in
jured. while much damage was done to
the warship's ~deckwork.
I.ater.-The Cleaner has arrived safely
at Araso Bay.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
The following are the comparative fig


Money lent at 1 II / IL per cent. on
4Sl a. for bamEE"r E"s GS n%i' AT bis and
i.SG IA n ts6 "a for demand.
The stock market was fevcrish and
unsettled to the close. The Changers
were sold with considerable freedom.
and left of within n fraction Of the
England and Distillers rallied | l-2 a 2
per cent. from the bottom prices. The
rally In the general list was about IL
II | per cent, hut the bulls displayed lit
tie confidence I'm their ability to main
taln the Improvement.
The sales Of stocks were l53, 100 shares.
In the unlisted department $500 shares
OF sugar and 400 Lead were traded In.
a Director of the New York a. New
England road states that so far as the
are making to provide the necessary
funds A meeting of the directors will
be held on Wednesday next to act on
the matter. The Committee appointed
to raise money to meet the interest con
sists of Mcssrs. Mcleod. Armstrong.
Plhtt and Spencer Erwin,
The directors OF the Wabash Railway
Company have decided not to pay II divl-
dend on the dcbcnturc bonds, series a,
on Jan |. owing to the demands upon
settlement for injuries resulting from aC-
cidents on the Detroit division and near
Mobrrly.
The money to meet coupons on the
various Issues OF mortgage bonds due
Jan. ! is in bank, and the Company has
also on hand 5000 MO OF the $35O.OO re-
uired for the payments of the p
on the second mortgage bonds due
The exports OF specie from the mort
7O3, Of which I $500 was gold and 81 ,Os3.-
2OJ silver.
The evening world., 1893-12-23
GRAIN TRUST CAUSES FAMINE.
C%upidity of Merchants Renders Bread
Scarce in Central Asia.
(By Associated Press.).

-
LONDON, Dec. ga Standard de-
spatch from st. Petersburg says that
there Is a famine In Central Asia. Wheat
Is selling for W roubles and ten co.
pecks n pood at Samarcand: at over
three rouhles at Ferghana, n for near
ly four and a quarter roubles at fash
kend.
The troops have to buy their own ra-
Ions at n heavy loss. People In the diff
fcrcnt towns are paying from six and
seven copecks to a pound for bread,
when they can get It. Many go without
bread.
Meanwhile there Is n plethora OF
grain on the Volga, 20 that the famine
in Central Asia Is merely due to n move.
ment gotten up by a syndicate Of mer-
chants.