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The evening world., 1894-02-09
When shop Girls sbop.

Shop girls In New York are generally
permitted by the firm in whose employ
they are to do their shopping between
s and 3 O'Clock every morning, Saturday
excepted. In most houses goods are sold
at a discount of S or 10 per cent. The
salesled!es IN the main floor can and do
make it so disagreeahle for the girls
who come up from the basement and
down from the work-rooms that many
of them prefer to do their shopping
outside.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Stealing and Marking Books.

Men steal library books: women mar
them with pencil marks, and the libra
rians of the large free libraries deplore
the mutilation more than the loss, as
many people regard them with the same
antipathy that they do a second hand
toothbrush, and eventually the books
nave to be replaced. In every set of
rules and regulations the ill-bred bor-
rover Is cautioned against defacing the
volume. An extra rule marked N. B.. in
full-face letters. was seriously considered
begging the borrower to refrain from
using red Ink or crayon. This, however.
was voted down by the Board, who
wisely decided that the object OF the in
stitution was to educate, and that under
no circumstance should a taste for read
ing-even with a red pencil in hand-be
discouraged. Mutilated books are set
aside for cleaning and repairs, and
those that cannot be erased are de-
stroyed. The works that suffer most
from brackets, parallels. understanding
and marginal notes are romances, love
stories and poems Of passion.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
STRANGE MEN THESE.
Did Business at Night and Left
$1,000 Worth of Tobacco.
Big Electrical Title But No EleC-
tricaI Dealings.
Except, Pcrhap, In the Disappear
anc of Holman AZ Cert.

In the cellar Of the building at 2G7
Pearl street, brooklyn, an Evening
World' reporter this morning discovered
1900 worth OF leaf tobacco, whIch some
persons believe to have been stolen or
smuggled.
The building Is n four-story wooden
structure, between Fulton street and
Myrtle avenue. and almost within a
stones throw of the city Hail, and
the Kings County Court-Ilouse.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
EggsheIIs for Cold Cream.

A pretty, old-fashioned custom was
the use of eggshells for the reception OF
cold cream. To prepare the shells make
n SINAI. opening in the end Of an egg and
pour out the contents. While the shell
is still moist, pour In the camphorated
cream and set away to harden. The egg
shells may be tied with ribbon and hung
beside the toilet table, taking the place
Of the jar OF cold cream.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
He wouldn't Make a Fire.


To the Editor:
In reply to "A Louisiana southcrrer," who calls
a man brute and coward only because he allows
his wife TO make Are, I will say that I think
that she belongs to the high school OF women who
have their husbands working all the day, and
yet when they return home have to sweep. wash
the dishes, make Are, &c, while she sits with
the cat on her lap. But II she meets with a
sweet husband like myself she will make FIRE,
ra- ra- boom decay!
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Perhaps the New York Steam Heating
Company. now that It's President and
Secretary have been arrested for main
tanning a soft-coal smoke nuisance, will
realize that the Health Board is in
earnest. II Will be wise for the corpora
ton TO see that 1t does not run out of
hard coa at another critical time: also,
that "a green hand does not again
shovel soft coal into the furnaces, Obedi-
ence. not excuses, Is what the law de.
mandg.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
pied of n PIN Scratch.

Irwin Thompson. two weeks old, OF ISl West
Thirtieth street. died OF blood-poisoning at his
home yesterday. In dressing the child a day or
two after It's birth IL was scratched with a pin
an Tho aide OF the law. supsryened
IA hlood-polsoninK resulted. The attending ply
sioian' Or. john II. Wilson. OF s6+ West Twenty
eighth street. save . certificate Of death, which
was pIsrrsd 70 tia Coroner by Registrar Maggie.
Of the0 Health Board
The evening world., 1894-02-09
s.nmen Complain of Consul.

10y N56lcINTeI IT'H'T
GLOUCESTER, Mas. Feb. 9-The ere" OF hte
shlpwrccked schooner Porter s Roberts rescued
in midocean by the Payonil' arrived mere 'eSt
night and complain bitterly OF their treatment ~
a.. Tn,,s1 s,stos Consul at Liverpool. They claim
Ir made no offer uf assistance, and when hnAlly
nreyaiIcd upon TO help them to get home only fur
nishri them with steersFe passage, On his own
accountability. Capt. Akin, OF the Catalonia
gave them, they say, better accommodations eS-
PRESSING the opinion that they had not been fairy
The evening world., 1894-02-09

To The E1TtOF:
In answer to "BroOdwRy.' l would like to say
II must be very unpleasant not to receive even so
much as a thank YOU for giving up your seat
repeatedly TO ladies', or those who Imagine they
are such, But do not let that hinder you from
acting the part OF a gentleman. Others In the
car observe your courtesy and respect YOU for It,
A perfect lady will never fail to thank you. be
tho Kindness towards her ever so small, As for
rirtInE-never l despise the man who attempts it.
L. v.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

II the Senate Judiciary Committee
doesn't vote TO confirm Peckham on Mon
day 1t will confirm the suspicion that it
Is not moved to any great extent by the
pressing nature of the waiting and acct
mulating Supreme Court business.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Il guess things will fix themselves

81 guess things will fix themselves -
remarked Mr.. Bushe, of the Rapid Tran,
sit (s~o-called) Commission, yesterday,
when a World" reporter asked him
what was to be done about unpaid sal.
aries. &c. Mr.. Bushe, in this reply, eX,
pressed the apparent complete policy OF
the Commission Rapid transit Itself Is
10 be left to fix itself, so far as the evi'
dence goes In the proceedings Of thu
Board.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

ter's office. When he finally revoltcd
and stopped turning over IS a month
to Scannell. he says. he lost his place.
1t is unfortunate, perhaps, that this in
cident does not come within the scope
Of the State Senate investigation.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Mother md Lover.

y young man shall ever entice NV
little daughter from home by telling
her now sweet she is while 1 have a
tongue In my head and the power of
speech. Every day of her blithsome life
l sing her praise, and twice as often I
refer to the means of correcting some
defect, for no one is perfect" And that's
the way one proud mother keeps the con-
hdence and holds the love of a little girl
who has pretty ways and a pretty face.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Not Proper Work for n Woman.

To the Editor:
| think It is decidedly a mans place to get up
and make the FIRE, No man III he ia a mani will
allow his wife. a poor, weak woman, to get up in
all kinds OF weather and make the FIRE
II he really and truly loves her,
while he. a s~trapping big fellow, lies In bed
and sleeps peacefully, I think when Sweet Six
teen" has been married a few years and has a
family. she will think the sAme.
JERSEY MOSQUITO.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

The famous old Kearsarge came to her
fnal end while still in active service,
She was spared the fate of rotting away
in uselessness. This Is a triumph for
the American shipbuilding of more than
thirty years ago.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Another kangman's rope has broken,
This time 1t is In Mississippi and has
brought the murderer a respite. the
spectators at the scaffold voting that
the Sheriff should not be Allowed to try
again. Every such incident helps tc
bring on the day when the custom OF
hanging criminals shall be sent TO Join
barbarities gone before. New York.
with her electric chairs. has shown thu
way for the States to be humane at the
same time that they are severe.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
GUESTS BREAKFAST.
Assorted California Eri,it
For n Fair Face.

Nourish kindly feelings; look on the
bright side of things and the best sid
Of people; think happy thoughts; smile
whenever you can; speak gently; find
pleasant things to say, for they make
the music of the world. These things
are not written among the recipes for
improving the complexion. but they will
help to make the face fair.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

The omnipresence OF the pull" is
again brought TO light in connection
with the suit brought by one Louis p.
Smith against George +. S~cannell,
brother OF the President of the Board of
Fire Commissioners. Mr.. Smith seeks 10
recover the sum Of u7b. which he says
he paid In seven monthly instaIments
70 scannell al the price OF retaining
sioo-armonth clerkship in ~ Regis
The evening world., 1894-02-09
After Nnicn,ine'- Dn, the End.

Thu i5th ~ the present month IL the date fixed
by tho Ai'rutits At battle Greek for the end
~ all earthly things, This is thoughtful: 1t
allows US 10 oui"S our valentines before the final
r4Tr-up- Toledo blade.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Gov. Mitchell dldn't order out the
troops for Mr.. Croker. Corbett and
Mitchell are evidently greater men in
Florida than the boss OF New York.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Among the many assumptions o' Interrupted
factory operations announced IL that Of a sus-
pcnior establishment employin over 100 hands,
Business is hrlcing W Philadelphia Ledger.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
LETTERS.

ma column u cpen 10 1~cryhody rho has a
compliant to mdks, a e~rierdnn TO tnIVas, in
formation 10 otre, a Subteet Of 9enrd4 tnteres 70
dts-Is or a pubic seTptoe TO acknowledge, and "ao
caa pNa he idea INTO las 1>s 100 oorda Lo'o
et1s cannot BE priatod
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Would II be out Of the way OF the
State Senate Committee to inquire why
the Police Department OF New York IL
still without a patrol wagon and signal
service?
The evening world., 1894-02-09

The proportion of 7 to LOG rather ex-
aggerates the Importance OF the opposi-
ton to the Greater New York" Never
theless that was a signal victory In the
State Assembly yesterday.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
One View of a Bachelor Tax.

To the Editor:
In regard to Mr.. Piekel's idea. I think that
Mr.. Picket has about one dozen children and
wants bachelors TO feed them. II he was single
he would no, like TO feed other mems children. I
think he has % many children that he is on his
base. JOHN and GEORGE. woodhaysu. I
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Cleaning Fluids for Clothing.

One for mems clothes that the house
wife will find valuable consists of one
pint of deodorized benzine, one-half
dram %sulphuric ether, one-half dram
chloroform, one dram alcohol and a
very little good cologne. II it is used
for cleansing coat collars and outside
garments, apply with an old piece of
soft black silk. For neckties-and 1t
can be used on those of light colors as
well as b~lack-apply with a piece
of white silk. In washing soiled black
goods put a tablespoonful in a gallon
of warm water. Twenty or twenty-five
cents will pay the druggist for a quart
bottle of the mixture. The fluid is
vouched for by Miss Helen Johnson, OF
cooking school fame.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Miss A. II. Whitney, of Lancaster.
Mass. has been elected judge of St
Bernards, Ne~wfoundlands, pugs and
ruby, Prince Charles and King Charles
spaniels, by the Mascontah Kennel Club
for the coming bench show to be held In
Chicago March IL to 16 inclusive.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Corset Fri

Only a corset-maker knows how "a
make a corset chic. Instead of a couple
OF yards OF two and one-half inch lace,
sne buys two yards of insertion an inch
"iue' the same quantity of edging one
ana one-half inches wide. and six yards
or baby ribbon. The insertion is fitted to
the corset, the width of the trimming
from the edge, the lace is gathered on
ana the ribbons run through the insertion.
Both for effect and durability ribbon five
or SIX inches wide is used to bind the
edge, top and bottom, before the lace
goes on. White lace is used on every-
thing out black.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Charity Is very much at home in New
York these days. Consequently faith In
mankind and hope for the future are
at q high mark.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

If the people had their full option II
would be the end of Mr.. Hatch's anti
option foolishness In Congress.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Mr.. Bland succeeds in affecting Con
gress with another dose of intermittent
silver fever.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

Gladstone's eyesight has not failed &c
the extent that he cannot see a parlia'
metary point.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

No extensive bargain sale has yet been
announced OF Plat collars. slightly the
worse for wear.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Repairing Taiior-Made Dresses.

Tailors charge $3.50 to put a cloth dress
In perfect order. Fresh whalebone Is
put in the bodice, stretched seams are
stitched up again, a new facing goes on
the bottom. the collar and cuffs are re-
lined. the buttons frightened, and If need
be the button bones overworked. After
putting a new belt and a new binding on
the skirt, the whole suit Is cleaned and
pressed, and the outfit is as nice as the
day II was first worn.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

It's no discredit to win on n fowl this
week In Madison Square Garden.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Davenportlsm died by will of the peo-

"Greater New York; scored heavily
yesterday.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
A Lady Always say. "rhanIs you.'

LA FIN DE Steele.
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Hard Times and Cheap Labor.

To tho Editor:
VIII some OF your numerous readers inform me
as to the benefits derived from living In a free
country" One great advantage, l think, Is for
a laboring man earning 81 per day to be suddenly
thrown out OF employment by an Italian. who WILL
ingly does his work for 80 cents per day. Also
take other undesirable classes that are dumped In
free America to drag 1t down lower than the
countries they came from. This and only this
Is the zeal cause OF the present hard times. That
little fracas In Blissville. l.. l., OF a recent date,
where the white laborers mobbed the Italians
fol running them out Of their Jobs. was quite a
jusunable act. and should be repeated In this
city. OF course, the Government objects to this
sort OF thing. but why. let me ask. does not our
glorious Government protect the interest OF its
citizens by restricting the invasion OF our Re
public by such Il class of beings? These people (O
follow that very simple rule for acquiring wealth
Work like a 'dago' and dor spend a cent"
K
The evening world., 1894-02-09

frill at the top. Fasten to the wall with
tacks. Then add little curtains of lace
or cheesecloth, and make rugs or car
pets OF bits of old carpet or heavy cloth.
A piece of plush of olive or cardinal.
with a wide border of another darker
color, would make rich-looking carne,
The evening world., 1894-02-09
Time for Cooking Winter Vege.
tables.

Squash, one hour; potatoes. white, one
half hour; potatoes, baked. n hour
sweet potatoes. three-auarters Of an hour
baked sweet, one hour; turnips, two
hours; beets. three and one-half hours
parsnips, one hour; carrots, one hour
and a half; cabbage, three hours.
The evening world., 1894-02-09

To the Editor:
There are thousands OF the readers OF your
valuable paper who believe. as does the writer.
signing himself an American Gentleman, that
women are entirely out OF place in stores. o.ices
and factories. They ire not only useless. but
a nuisance. They cannot do a mans work. They
are fussy, nnicky, panichy. In stores where girls
are employed the male clerks have a hard time.
The girls, as a rule, at noon all rush to the toilet
rooms and spend a half hour in chattertng, doing
up their bangs and leave the combs and the air
full OF hair, hair. hair. Men lose all respect
FOR such creatures. This is one OF the reasons
men refuse to give up their seats in the cars
stick to your seats. boys. When you see a girl
standing up remember she has no business down
town at all. A woman's place is at home-wash-
Ing. ironing. sweeping, busting, cooking, attend
ing babies, washing dishes and scraping out ket'
ties. ANOTHER AMERICAN GENTLEMAN.
The herald., 1894-04-08
womaa as 4 ysagY.yys reo1s.,,,S.s.

Woman has Discovered herself
inassc. But the intelligent observer dt
covered her long ago. She tcok ever
opportunity offered her for educatioa.
and she uGed every opportunity to a1fiig
her education after it was hcr possaa
sion. The year 1893 was her oppor.a-
nifty to show what her educatioa, her
training in organization, heg belief il
her responsibility for tho ccmuacn fame
and common good of her country, on-
abled and compelled her to Go. Worapn
as woman centralized may have been
discovery to somo, but woman as a poai-
tive influence, a common factor in na-
tional development, is not tho discovery
of year ago. She is not phenome-
non, but human being who needs edu-
cation, experience and natural ondow-
ment to use with wisdom the opportu-
mites that come to her. She holds no
patent from nature tAat saves her from
error of judgment nor endowment tina;
frees her from the toilsomc years of prep
aTation if sho is to reach tho position
her true lover secs her filling. g.-Outlook.
The herald., 1894-04-08
Judge Kent once in a very sensible

Judge Kent once in q very sensible
and summary fashion disposed of a quib-
bic such as lawyers SO often set up in
defense OF their clients. A man was in
! dicted,for burgEryyand the evidence on
the triad showed'thaf it consisted in cut
ting hole through a tent in which sew
eral persons were sleeping and then in
Producing his head and arm through the
hole and abstracting various articles of
value.
1t was claimed by prisoners counsel
that inasmuch as ho never actually en-
tered the tent with his whole body he
had not committed the offense charged
and must therefore be acquitted.
The judge in reply to this plea told
the jury that if they were not satisfied
that the whole man was involved in the
crime they might bring in verdict of
guilty against SO much of him as was
thus involved.
The jury, after brief consultation,
found the right arm, the right shoulder
and the head of The prisoner guilty of
the offense of burglary.
The judge therefore sentenced the
right arm, the right shoulder and head
to imprisonment with hard labor in the
state prison for two years, remarking
that. as to the rest of the mans body. he
might do with it what he pleased
Green Bag.
The herald., 1894-04-08
\ ocsAN srElEeRApHI..'
The Heaviest Gable In the World Is to Be
Laid During This Year.

The Heaviest Gable In tho World Is to Be
Laid During This Year.
This will be great year for ocean
telegraphy. The eAnglo-American Cable
company will lay new Atlantic cable
this spring, which is now making in
England. The copper conducting wire
of this cable will weigh $50 pounds per
knot, while hitherto no cable has had a
conductor weighing so much as 500
pounds per knot.
The Atlantic cables have conductors
weighing 400 pounds or less per knot.
Many short cables have cores weighing
as little as 107 pounds. Gables 1900
miles long on the east coast of Africa
have cores weighing 250 pounds to the
knot.
The heaviest core Is that of the French
cablefrom St. Pierre, Miquelon, to Brest.
1t is 2,242 miles long and weighs 4S5
pounds per knot The estimated cost
for making and laying long cables is
about 1920 per knot. The cost of the
proposed Pacific cable will be somewhat
greater because it cannot be manufac-
tured in the vicinity.
The total length, exclusive of TAO knots
already laid in Australasian waters, will
be about 1900 knots, making the total
cost about SO 200 900 for cable and laying
alone.-Philadelph Press.
The herald., 1894-04-08
WILL STUFF THE CARCASS.
A Man Mt Far Rockaway Wins In Strug-
gle with a Fighting Sea Dog.

A Man Mt Far Rockaway Wins In a Strug-
gle with Fighting Sea Dog.
Charles Silas of the Belmore House at
Far Rockaway, L. l., killed sea dog on
Wednesday while walking along the
beach. Mr.. Silas, taking advantage of
the fine weather, started to walk along
the waters edge on the inlet of the penin-
sula. When near what is known as Hog
island, he saw an animal somewhat re-
sembling q seal lying asleep on the sands.
The animal was Of yellowish white,
with black rings on his back.
The animal was summing itself and was
disturbed by the approach Of Mr.. Silas.
1t started toward him. showing its tusks.
The only weapon Mr.. Silas had was a
small stick. This was snapped in two
by the sharp fangs Of the animal, and
the sea dog, or whatever it was, attempt
ed to bite Mr.. Silas. Mr.. Silas struck
the animal on the head with his fist and
stunned it, Before it recovered he OBJ
tanned heavy club, and when it rushed
ut him again he struck it on the head
and killed it.
! The animal had long, snoutlike nose,
with whisliers about the nostrils. The
ears were short and rounded. The fore
legs were short, with long, sharp claws.
The hind legs were hipperlike. The tail
was short, and the entire body was Gov
cred with short, coarse hair. Mr.. Silas
sarured thacancaSzand will have itstHfE
seen similar animals along the south
shore, New York Tribune.
The herald., 1894-04-08
BOWERY BURNED JUT.
A DISASTROUS BLAZE AgCONEY
ISLAND.
The Principal street Of - Wicked
suburb swept by Fire Dance
HaIIs aud Bawdy Hoses
Destroyed.

New York, April $40 a. m.-Fire
alter midnight destroyd the Bowery,
the principal street Ooney island.
The buildings were nall frame struc-
lures, and the loss cannot be very
heavy.
2:45 g. m.-The ditrict destroyed con-
sists chiefly OF dane halls and places OF
questionable resot. Msager details
only have been eceived by telephone
up to this hour. The loss is estimated
at 100000
The fire etartel at 20 p. m. in Perry's
pavilion, a woosen structure. and spread
rapidly. At tHs hour four or five ad-
joining places are in ruins, A strong
wind is blowng, and aH all the buildings
are wooden, 4 is thought the Bowery
will be swet from end to end. Aid mas
been summoned from Gravesend,
Sheepshem Bay and Fishvilie.
3:06 m.-Eleven structures have
been buned, including the big Bing-
ham music hall. Several persons were
rescued from the windows of the Perry
pavilion. Among tho houses so far de-
stroysd are Perry's pavilion, a house
owned by Mr.. German, Connor'e music
hall, Bob Sutherland's ealoon and f1ve or
six other small structures.
$40 a. m.-There is now good reason
to believe the fire is under control. IL
Is impossible 20 estimate the loss cor
rectly, but it will exceed $l75,OOO.
The herald., 1894-04-08
A steamsh.p on Lake Tltioaea.

A triumph in engineering is reported
from the mountains Of Peru. where a
twin screw steamer Of $40 tons, 170 feet
long and 30 feet wide has been success
fully launched on Lake Titicaca, the
highest nayigable waters in the world,
more than $4,000 feet above the sea.
This steamer, which belongs to the Pc
ruvian government and is to be used for
freight and passenger traffic, was built
on the Clyde, then taken apart in more
than ], 1000 pieces and shipped to Mollen-
do by sea. 1t was then carried to Puma
by railway and transported over the
mountains on the backs of llamas and
mules and put together by Mr.. John
Wilson, a Scotch engineer, with great
skill and success.-Chicago Record.
The herald., 1894-04-08
The roreign nred Woman.

When shall the American young girl
fully understand the young girl foreign
bred? 1t is indeed an unanswerablc
query. For instance, it comes to us
with the shock of an exaggeration that
Nine. Paul Bourget has only recently
been allowed to dip into unexpurgatcd
romance. Though tho wife of one of the
most famous novelists of tho day, Nine.
Bourget had never been allowed to look
between the covers Of one Of her hus-
bands books, is utterly ignorant of the
tainted literature of France and has
read only as une jeune file. Under
American influences she has venturcd
on ground hitherto forbidden and bor-
rowed some Of De Maupassant' works
as an experiment. Truly, an American
tour wcrketh wonders! But what does
M. Bourget say?-W Washington Post.