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The evening world., 1894-09-22
The Child in the Basket.

The vigilance of an old-time customs
Official, It may be said, came, perhaps,
within an ace of changing the course of
French history. One day a mother who
had been to a country house near Mar
settles returned with her son to Mar
settles. 1t was twilight The child,
eight years old, had been put in peach
basket borne by a donkey, and the
mother, fearing the child might take
cold-it was in November-had covered
the boy with thick brown shawl.
Tired with running around the country
all day, cosy and warm under the thick
shawl, the child was soon asleep and
hidden by the sides of the basket. When
the city gates were neared. the mother.
forgetting all about the child, walked a
distance behind the donkey aad did not
make him stop at the Custom- House to
be searched. The customs officer seeing
the donkey jog on without stopping, sus-
pected that he was laden with smuggled
goods and ran after him to thrust his
sharp steel probe through the basket.
Luckily the mother observed him. ran
forward and screamed: Don't use your
probe. My child is in the basket" The
child was Adolphe Theirs.
The evening world., 1894-09-22

To the Editor:
read your letter column daily, and while
some OF the letters are very interesting. others
are 80 full OF nonsense that they are amusing.
Let have something that is more interesting.
As for my part. 1 have q suggestion to make.
As this Ia an age Of progression. would 1t not
be quite natural for the women to become more
womanly7 OF course It would But Il 10 not the
case. for here we have women that dress like the
men. umoke cigarettes, and do other things too
numerous TO mention. which makes them regular
she men" And right here It may be said that
the reason there are 30 many bachelorp nowadays
Is because man cannot make UP his mind on
woman II 10 the refined, we'll spoken, well edu-
Gated and well-bred young women that our In
telligent young men OF to-day fall in love with.
not the ladies that ladies' in name only
And as there few women with the above
qualifications. for that reason there are many
OF them the matrimonial market The poet
says: Women, women. thou art divine" but he
surely did not mean the woman that Is perched
on q bicycle, with stopped shoulders. her yacht
ing cap pulled her eyes, and piece Of
chewing gum in her mouth At any rate. let
US have reform In women. For what is more
womanly than a womanly woman7 Perhaps I will
be roasted for this. but then ITS the truth
that stings" F. W. EICHBERG.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Claims the 800.

To the Editor;
In answer to 8. o. Blunqen's offer OF 500 for a
passage In Scripture relating to the soul. refer
him to the following duke vii. So and so: And
they laughed him to scorn. knowing that she was
dead And he put. them all out and took her
by the hand and called saying Maid. arise. And
her spirit cana again. and she arose straight
way. and he commanded to give her meat" Her
upirlt must have gone from her body else how
could It come again" Now turn TO Luke I. rs.
20 81: And behold q certain lawyer stood up
and tempted him. saying: Master. what shall l
do to inherit eternal lifef And he said unto
him, What is written In the lsw1 How readest
thouH And he. answering. said: Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all
thy soul and with all thy strength and with all
thy mind. and thy neighbor as myself" John
ILL.,, 8. 8, II Jesus answered and said unto him.
Verify, verify, say unto thee, except a man be
born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered: Verify. verify. I say unto thee.
except man be born Of water and Of the spirit
he cannot enter into the kingdom Of God Marvel
not said unto thee. ys must be born again"
These passages all prove that Christ taught that
m IN has a soul. and that the soul cOud enter the
kingdom OF God. Luke l.. U.s. 2e. n. calls for
O. s. Bluntgn to pay over his prize OF 800.
J. NJ W., Brooklyn. N. Y.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Witchcrnft and Polygamy.

To the Editor:
In stating that the Old Testament supports
polygamy -Four was right. emphatically right
and II. d. o." the know-it-all. as usual. en-
phatcally wrong Let those who arc In the least
doubt on this subject consult II. Samuel xii, H.
where God. In order to punish David for the alb
duction OF Bathsheba threatens to take away his
wives mot wife) and give them to another man.
We also know that Abraham had at least two
wives: while Solomon. who had hundreds was
condemned. not for his polygamous practices but
because his wives turned away his heart"
II. d. g." does not attempt to reply to -Four
m the subject Of witchcraft, doubt for the
excellent reason that with the story OF the witch
Of Endor staring him In the face. and the dis
graceful record Of Salem. Mass. where nineteen
poor women were executed on Gillows Hill by the
Chrlstian inhabitants of that town. there is not
much room left for controversy. It is amusing
too. to note how ~. d. G." evades ''Four's'
main argument as to the inconsistency of the
Bible tho Old Testament stating that Elijah went
uHeo heaven while tho New Testament says he
did not This is only one OF many II stances
that might be given. boief in the verbal In
errancy OF the Scriptures Is now adhered To only
by the ignorant and fanatcal. Thinking people,
like Dr. Briggs and the scholars of Germany and
Holland. abandoned It long ago. TRUTH.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Every Day Table Service.

If family meals are not always nicely
served the company meal will be SO. Train
the servant to wait on table well every
day, and when you give dinner party
you will not need to look after her.
Teach her to hand the dishes and pour
glasses of water, and take the plates at
the left hand Of each person seated at
tho table, and watch and see when
glasses should be replenished, or plates
passed for more food, or vegetables re-
newed. Every servant should be taught
to do all this without any noise Of plates
or clasbing Of glasses, and to remove
the courses without speaking a word,
and when the dessert is placed on the
table to fill up the tumblers and pass
the plates, and then retire.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
QUEER CAVE-INS IN KANSAS.
sinking Earth Leaves Zig Holes in
Several Farms.
ny Associated Press. !

WICHITA. Kan, Sept. 22.-Land is
caving in In the vicinity OF the junction
OF Harvey. Butler and Marion coun-
ties In this State. Great excitement
prevails among the people, and many Of
them are moving. The disasters are Of
most unaccountable origin, and the State
officials have been summoned to investi-
gate the disturbance Of the earth There
was n shock felt when the earth caved
In nor did 1t bear any resemblance to
an earthquake.
Near Whitewater. on the farm OF
Thomas Fasington. an area OF forty by
ninety feet was sunk to depth Of
twenty eight feet, and when aman was
let down into the hole his weight alone
sunk II nearly three feet more. This
occurred Thursday, and about the same
time an area sewn feet equare sunk at
Plum Grave, eight miles away, to o
depth OF thlrty-fve feet. This was on
the farm OF Bid Jones. the falling
and separator with II. 1t Is supposed
that the cavcd-in earth Is resting upon
a vast body OF water
At AnIiellyn. some miles from White
water, there were several Cave-ins, rang
ing in depth from six to forty feet. The
theories are various, but none of them 30
far are scientific Not long since a
of Plum Grave. and when he reached
depth of thirty-sx feet the drill shot
into an apparent vacuum and could not
be recovered. All the cave-ins extend
| In n crooked, stream-like course n dis
lance of about twQpty-four miles.
The evening world., 1894-09-22

knowledge OF electricity would be injurious to
the electric companies. as every one would want
TO make his own electric lights
There is no reason why cannot have compe-
tent teachers. There are hundreds OF young peo-
pie OF both sexes recent graduate Of our high or
normal colleges many graduates OF other col
leges both native and foreign: hundreds Of eI-
pert bookkeepers who are past-masters of that
branch OF education. OF which the ordinary peda-
gogue seems never to have learned more than
the simplest rudlments. BY employing the above
class OF people as teachers. those Who teach
in the day schools would not be oyerworked
The evening schools should be open as long as
the day schools A STUDENT.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
A WEATHER SIGNAL

Secretary Lamont paid flying visit 10
the city yesterday. He came fresh from
Gray Gables. is supposed to have made IL
connecting link between President Cleve-
land and the Anti-Snappers and went TO
Washington this morning.
The report is that he met ex-Secretary
Fairchild. Perhaps he did. But there Is a
rumor also that he met Mr.. John d. Grim
minis. He may have seen them both. He
may have been drawn here by the inter
est felt In Gov. Flowers successor. He
may come back when Mr.. Whitney's
steamer arrives.
Certainly Secretary Lamont is some
thing OF storm signal, so TO speak
Whenever the political atmosphere is
disturbed he futters over the Victoria
Hotel. Yes. It is very probable that the
Secretary OF War will very shortly pay
another visit to the city.
But why is It that his name has not
been mentioned in connection with mex
weeks nomination?
The evening world., 1894-09-22
"HANDs UPlr IN THIS HAMLET.

This isn't Blue Cut or Glendale Gap,
Mo, and II is doubtful II Frank or Jesse
James could do n rushing train-robbery
business in this line unless they fol-
lowed the example OF the green-goods
men and entered into n copartnership
with the police. But highwaymanship is
not unknown here. and 1t is not high
waymanship OF n mean or measly order
either.
An Eighth avenue street car was
held up at Abingdon Square Thursday
night us neatly and successfully almost
as Black Bart was wont to hold up
stages in California A band of desper-
ate characters compelled the driver to
halt, and went through the passengers
| in rafting outlaw style. This, too, In n
densely crowded and quite brilliantly
| illuminated part OF New York City. And
| the most remarkable thing about the &C.
currence Is that all but two of the rob-
bers got away.
Our police are pretty busy now pro-
tecting themselves against the eagle
eyed Investigations OF the Lexow Com
mittee. But a few OF them ought to be
spared to protect the public who pay
them as much, at any rate, as the crimi-
nails. II not more. Life in the metropolis
may soon assume frontier aspect I'M
less our highwaymen conclude to go Out
of business on their own accord
wouldn't II be a great sight to see pas
sengers in our street cars carrying rinei
and the driver keeping his eye on how
itzer and a team OF horses at the same
| time?
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Anent the Night schools.


To the Editori
From your paper have learned that the Cen
tral Evening High School Is open for the regis
try OF students What about the other evening
hiRh schoolsI We could more than Ill one with
Young men, not Kids, at One Hundredth street.
east side. The evening school a. conducted Is
considered by many students who have tried II
a. q mere burlssqus. and perfectly useless as an
aid to even an education In the ordinary branches
What would bsnsnt the young men OF New York
would be evening schools six nights in the
week from To 10 o'clock. each student
to select three studies, which would give him
two nights In the week for each subiect-six
hours, or he may be allowed to spend all his time
on one subject At present, the student has only
about eight hours a week less for all
studieA the rest OF the time being wasted In roll
call in the distribution Of books and waltEins
from one room to another These three things
should be done away with. Text books should be
either given sold to students TO take home
to be referred 20 at leisure; It would also save
tho teachers time In distributing books, = when
the student takes his seat he is ready for bust
mesa Teachers should instruct their pupils a. to
the best text books on the subjects studied. In
struction in foreign lAnEuAgss-soms Of them
dead and all Of them useless TO the American
but no instruction In Law CT would be Of too
much bsnsau Navigation or slsctrieity. The
American sailor u . tAinK Of The past ana any
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Claret Jelly with Pruns Conpo&,

C1aret Jelly with Pruns Comp0tAv
Bring to the boil gill of water WIN
four ounces Of loaf sugar; then disSoevu
in It not quite one-half ounce Of best
leaf gelatine, and allow IL to get cooA
but not set: now mix into It a liqusuS
glassful Of brandy. a few drops Of car
mine and three-quarters OF q pint u
claret; pour this mixture into any fancy
mould, preferably NEST" or border
mould, and put II aside till set. Now
prepare a compete Of French plums OF
prunes by placing one-half pound Of the
fruit in pan with two and q half
gills OF cooking claret, the thinly pared
rind Of a lemon and about one inch Of
stick cinnamon; sweeten 1t with two
ounces of loaf sugar, add few drops
of liquid carmine and let the whole
simmer ut must not boiD very gently
till the liquid is thick and creamy; then
remove the lemon-peel and cinnamon.
and use. Now turn out the jelly and
fill UP the centre with the compete OF
plums arranging some OF the latter
also in tiny heaps round the jelly with
vanilla-favored whipped cream alter
nately, II you have the latter.
The evening world., 1894-09-22

to exchange Tammnny's man for any
other mans man7
The Committee OF Seventy proposes to
make a Peoples ticket. The Mayor must
be a man wholly Independent OF poliu-
cal parties, machines and leaders. That
Ia an absolute necessity. He must not
be a Republican partisan any more than
q Tammany partisan. Republicans are
not barred. provided they are not ma
chine politicians and are not selected
by any boss who can and would use
them.
When will the political leaders under
stand that peoples ticket must be
one with the head OF which they have
nothing to. do, whom they will not be
allowed to select, and who, II elected,
would be wholly independent of their
influence7
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Science and wrinkles.

An italian scientist, NJ. Montegazzo,
has written an essay upon the science Of
wrinkles. He believes ones history can
be largely told by the lines upon the
fece. Entering into a description Of the
different varieties and their meanings,
he says: Horizontal lines across the
forehead are found even in children
who are ricketts, or idiots and that being
out in the sun with the eyes unshaded
will produce them prematurely, but they
are natural at forty or even earlier. Yer
teal lines between the eyes denote
thought and study, since deep concen-
tration contracts the eyebrows; grief
and worry produce the same effect. and
frequently repeated. either leaves a
The evening world., 1894-09-22
A MODEST REQUEST.

Boss PIatt is in favor OF a union OF all
parties and factions against Tammany
provided all parties and factions will
make Boss Platt's man Mayor. and thus
give all municipal appointments under
him to Boss Plat and make the city
government Boss Plat Trust instead
OF Tammany Trust,
The Grace faction would be brought
into union very willingly by the ex-
Mayor, provided he could name Mr..
Gilroy's successor. He would ask moth
ing more.
Neither would o'Brien. or Steckler,
or any leader OF an independent move
ment Give any one OF them the Mayor
and he would be very willing to shout
for union against Tammany.
But would the people elect a ticket
with a boss's man at the head7 Is
that what they want2 Are they willing
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Women Who Risk Criticism.

To the Editor;
Many women believe themselves beautiful in
face and figure who are not 30. The gallantry
and Imagination OF man incline him to believe IA
vcrsbly of any woman whom he likes or ad'
mres. so he credits her with beauty OF limb until
he sees her bicycling or bathing. Very few women
can wisely risk criticism In these ways. On such
displays by soms women the comment Of the be-
holder to himself to others 10 one OF rdicule.
Generally the comment 10 kept TO himself. for he
thinks III ignorance 10 bliss. tits folly to- make
her wise. But the possesscr Of even beautiful
limbs cannot AFFORD TO display them In public.
unless she 10 professional and is satisfied to re-
eeivs pecun,ary returns for the exhibition The
best happiness OF the large majority Of women Is
found In the fondest regard Of one man and the
highest respect Of all. These are saerinesd to a
degree when . appears on the strast
dressed in any way which displays more OF the
nKurs than the customs Of the average OF modest
women warrant She may have natural right
to 70 half clad. or to make proposals OF marriage
to her male friends, but abe cannot do these and
many othe. things without violating the safe
guards OF decorum and delicacy which foster the
s1elusiveness and modesty which are the most
valuable charm that woman haA
TRUE FRIEND OF WOMAN
New Haven. Conn
The evening world., 1894-09-22
The Percentage Protected.

To tho Editor;
II anything were needed to prove 20. O."
totally ignorant of his subject It Ia the assertion
that more than per cent. Of tho population bene-
At by protection. Let him refer to page 90 OF
Tho World Almanac for this year. Three ex-
perts employed by the Treasury Department to
investigate this matter give the figures ~, I 81
and So, respectively. as the percentages arrived
at by different methods. the average being 49,
less than per cent One of the experts stated
his belief that under absolute tree-trads the popu-
lation unfavorably affected could not possibly en-
coed per cent 20. G." splits hairs on the
point that trade 10 between individuals not be-
tween nations Even SO; but does not the aggre-
gate Of these transactions between individuals
constitute the trade between nationst He stoutly
maintains that we pay cash for imports. and
complains OF our gold going abroad. During
the last fiscal year our exports exceeded imports
by 5000 oOO. ooo VIII he explain what we
got In exchange for all this mass OF wealth. II
we must pay cash when buying. We necessarily
received cash when selling Therefore. ought
to have a balance OF over two hundred millions
In gold. Have we7 II we have. who has got It.
The evening world., 1894-09-22

Belt pins are placarded in nearly every
jewellers and fancy goods window now
adays. They are concession to tho
inertia of the woman who won't take the
trouble to furnish her skirt belts and
blouses or shirt waists with buttons and
buttonholes, or hooks and eyes, and
are slender silver bar pins intended to
pin the back OF a ribbon belt to the
under belt of skirt in such way that
the latter shall not slip down in tho
untidy fashion grown too familiar during
the past Summer.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
l19g2ak 011tEl

permanent fold IN the skin. Arched
wrinkles just above the nose indicate
extreme suffering. either mental or
physical. "Crowsfeet," says M. Monte
gazzo, "are especially dreaded by thu
ladies'" and he relates an anecdote OF n
lady who succeeded in warding them on
to old age by using a set Of springs to
keep the skin stretched at night. Tho
earliest wrinkles of all and the most I'm
avoldable are those which run from
either side the nostril down to IN.
mouth, and these are produced NV
smiling and even the motion Of the Jaw.
In masticating-a warning to gum chew
ers! The constant repetitions of these
motions Of the facial muscles grave their
record on the face.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Ribbon Harm ess.

The pretty ribbon harness" in vogue
many years ago. is the latest novelty on
youthful gowns. 1t consists of bretelles
or braces starting from the belt in front
under a horizontal bow and passing over
the shoulders, where they are tied in fam
ciful knots. then down the back to meet
two rosettes at the belt. The novelty,
however. is in the continuation Of the
ribbons. two behind and two before. at
the foot of the skirt, each end being tied
in smart square bow, the long ends
flying out with every motion.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Free-rhinkers' Fatal Headaches.

To the Editor:
Anon SAYS, what's the matter with the
Christsnst Mistake. The question IL. Z" What's
the matter with Ingersol and the rest OF his
tribe'" Anon says i" Man shall think for him
self" Well. what has he done for all his think
ing It's about time they showed some OF thar
" brains In than words. Their end Is
always the same. They die OF headache and get
ersmAted OF follow Ingersolls theory, commit sui
eide and get buried. And the BibleH That re-
mains the great book, which 1t has been for 1900
ytGrs-ths solid rock and the shelter in the time
OF storm. Minister'S SOM No. no. only a mem
Der OF the EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
The evening world., 1894-09-22

To the Editor:
would like to gain some information regarding
an act passed by the last Legislature and duly
approved by the Governor. As the question is Of
interest to a large number of your readers,
would esteem It q favor to get answer through
your columns My query refers to the act
ducins the price of gas to Il q thousand feet.
When does It 90 into effect or is It merely a
dead-letter lawf We still continue to pay u.2b.
and will have to pay It a. long as the gas mo-
nopoy sees At to exact 1t, I suppose. BY giving
this a prompt reply you will obiss one Of your
readers Il. p. O.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Ttp-Toe Practice.

II a girl will take the trouble to walk
about the room on tip-toes for lightness
OF step, balancing book or sofa pillow
on her head for dignity, half an hour a
day for a year, she will walk like the
nobility the rest Of her natural life. Two
things are incompatible with grace Of
locomotion-heavy step and downcast
eyes. Step lightly. gentle woman. Look
up little girl
The evening world., 1894-09-22
COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR $50.
+. J. BrechteTs Novel Housefurnish-
ing scheme.

F. ]. Brechtel. OF 7S9-7sl Third avenue.
dealer in furniture, carpets and all kinds
OF house-furnishing goods, is offering
great inducements to the public in the
way OF prices and the quality OF goods
as well as system OF special credit.
Mr.. Brechtel keeps everything neces-
sary 70 furnish a house comfortably
and artlstically, and his prices and terms
are such as 10 enable every one to fur
nlsh his own home. As one OF his spe-
clal inducements, Mr.: Brechtel has a list
home completely. which he sells for $50.
Everybody u invited to cali and inspect
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Tomato Jelly.

A pretty dish can be made Of tomato
Jelly. Stew, strain and season to taste
the tomato. Soak as much gelatine to
the quart as you would for any jelly.
and add to the strained tomato. Put
into ring moulds. and when hard, put
on individual plates and I'LL the centre
in quarters. one-quarter to be filled
with chopped white of hard-boiled egg.
one-quarter with grated yolk Of egg.
one-quarter with chopped olives, and one
with mayonnaise dressing.
The evening world., 1894-09-22

No strike OF scowmen was on yester-
day. Somebody had, however. tempered
with the dumping machinery on the
scows, and New York's garbage did
not go out to sea. VIII these constant
ly occurring complications bring not
only to their senses, but to prompt ac-
ton. at last. the authorities having
charge of the garbage matter?
The evening world., 1894-09-22
The CnII to MeaIs.

The bell to summon a family to then
meals has long fallen into innocuous
desuetude. 1t is the proper thing Tor
servant to appear at the doorway anu
softly announce, calling the lady OF tns
house by name: MRS. So-and-so, tea
for example-''is served" ...,
The evening world., 1894-09-22
Chicago Girls Every Time.

To the Editor:
"old Chappie's' letter in your Issue Of to-day
gives that venerable old fellow away He has
either seen many Summers that he Is now
blind, or else the dear old fellow forgot to put
on his mcnocle. All that 10 wrong with him is
that his winning ways were not appreciated
by the Chicago girls. and consequently the poor
old gentleman is sore" Chicago girls have my
support when their beauty ia at stake, BILLY.
The evening world., 1894-09-22
New walking Coat.

A gentleman gets a Fall overcoat. 80
does his sister and his cousin and his
aunt" The model garment is made of
covert cloth or smooth melton, with can
vas interlining to shape the back, shout
ders and chest, and a twilled silk lining.