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The evening world., 1894-03-31
SPECIAL SUNDAY FEATURES

Most everybody who goes to the circus
feels IA strong impulse to pat the lions
head, stroke the tigers fur and wake
up the big polar bear. One of the sun
day W1sd's" venturesome young wom-
en- has done all this and a good deal
more. Miss Meg Merrilles, in fact, spent
half an hour In the cage with twelve OF
Barnum's ~fercest wild beasts last Thurs
day evening and assisted the trainer In
putting the animals through their per
formanCes. As an exhibition OF cool
nerve and fearless daring. Meg Merrill
less narrative of sensations and events
in that den of beasts. as told In to-mor-
rows Sunday World" is unparalleled.
Another young woman has completed
a week OF very interesting experiences
trying TO get an office at Washington.
She managed to see nearly everybody of
influence from Mr. Cleveland himself to
Tim sullivan. With the most unblush-
ing %frankness she was told that 1t was II
waste OF time TO hunt for m Office with
out political pull" Her story Is an in
structive object lesson and warning to
any OF the sunday Worlds" readers
who are thinking OF joining the wretched
army of othcr-seekcrs at the National
capital.
Nobody ever supposed that Napoleon
the Great had ever written a novel. But
he lid. And now, after more thar a
hundred years, the old, musty manu-.
script, in the great French Generals owl
l handwriting, has been brought to light,
= 1t is a striking plo:, full of tragedy AND
dash, as might be expected. An outline
. Of the story, extracts In the writer's owr
= words, and a fac-simile of the first pagt
e of the manuscript win be published II
= the Sunday World"
: Eighteen hundred n niuety-four viii
4 be a great year In politics. More thar
e twenty United States Senator's are to b,
2 chosen by the various legislative cleo
: lions this yea, and the State elections
r local issues, pfobable candidates .ant
The evening world., 1894-03-31
who Lost This Pockctbook?

To the Editor:
on Monday afternoon. March 60. in coming
home on the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad,
about I 30. a young girl about eighteen or nineteen
wears Of age, wearing n light sacque. boarded the
train at Grand street and left II at Fourteenth
street. In leaving. she dropped her purse. A gem
tleman entering, picked II up, and we told him
who had lost It. After he had examined its con-
tents. he turned It over to the train guard. who
promised to turn It In at the end OF the road. |
think It my duty to write, knowing that, II posi-
BILE. THE Evening World will see that the
owner will recover her pocketbook. as 1t contained
considerable money. She perhaps thinks she lost
1t in the street. and will not make an attempt to
recover II. W. L. w.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Never Mind Her Flirting.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
In answer to "lIonor's'' complaint OF his sweet
hearts firtations, let me give him a little I'D
vice, as the case seems very familiar to me. lie
Is very foolish and. indeed, unjust In thinking
that OF her. as 1t liz perfectly natural for every
girl to firt Just u little, She cannot help being
pleasant to other men. Honor asks whether
1t would be safe for him to engage himself to her.
He must he a very innocent young man. too
young In fact to be allowed the honor OF having
any young lady for a sweetheart. II he Is wise
he will put aside his petty jealousies. put a firm
trust in his girl. so ahead and pop the question
and leave 1t to her to do the rest.
KATuERINE c.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Trouble In Central Park.

To the Editor:
| was sitting on a bench in Central Park. not
far from Fifty-ninth street, with a very respecta-
BILE young lady. when an ofncer came along. and
In a gruf. insulting tone ordered US on the seat.
| expostulatsd with him on the ground that the
seats In the park were for the use Of the people,
And II 1t were wrong to sit on that particular
seat. the seat should not have been placed there.
hut to my queries he replied In the most insult
ing language. | was compelled to hurry away
to get my friend out OF hearing OF his remarks.
which only a degraded brute OF the Inferior
order could utter. p. c.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Dress

A very exclusive ladies' tailor is keep
ing very quiet about a dress binding
his very ow~n-consisting of a cord COW
cred with velveteen, to match the dress.
When the skirt Is all lone this corded
velveteen is put on by hand, to ave
the edge and finish the hem. Facing
is not put on skirts any more, for the
reason that the stiff hem is ugly and
death to the shoes. A two-inch hem Is
turned up, the cord protects the edge
and a silk ruffie. two inches higher up.
saves the lining.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
MORE POWER FOR DULUTH.
Minnesota Company VIII Begin Ia
Hutid u CRnnI.

DULUTH, MINI, March a.-Thc Min
nesota Canal Company, which proposes
to furnish to Duluth 20o,OO0 horse power
for the operation OF mills and factories
by the construction of u canal from a
point on the ST. Louis River, twelve
miles above Cloquet, to this city, a dis
lance of thirty-three miles, IL abuu
ready to begin operations,
W. II Darwin, "A wealthy contractor.
who has done much work on the Mcslba
Range, IL also to become interested in
the enterprise and will act ms superin-
tendent OF construction. He will be
ready to let contracts by May /. The
work will require two years ana viii
cost 81. ONJ, 600.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

In trimming the bell-pulls white and
black are not used on Murray Hill. I'm
less otherwise directed the New York
florist combines garlands with the EN-
blem of woe. When the young die bios
sons and buds are woven in a chaplet
and tied to the bell with white ribbons
or ribbon-grass. The other day a home
in East Sixty-fourth street had black
Grape on the door with ropes of smilax,
and at the death of a good man in West
Thirty-fourth street purple violets with
strips Of fan-palm were kept on the bell
handle for half a week.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
More Advice TO Edna.

To the Editor.
| wish to offer some advice to Edna. II she
loves as dearly as she admits. and thinks she is
loved in return. | am unable TO comprehend
why the young man allows his lodge to interfere
in that on which all hts happiness depends' !
am afraid his love Is like the flowers that
bloom In the Spring. and fade In the Fall. II
he loves you as he pretends, he would gladly
leave his lodge, faith and everything else for
the one whom he adores, and | am sure he would
be able to secure a situation somewhere In this
wide world without assuming a false name
There are many young men OF your own fslth
as good as he, and | would advise you to seek
the acquaintance of one. Edna. consider 1t well
before 1t is too late or you may regret In tears
LANES n
The evening world., 1894-03-31
PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON.

Every phase OF college life will be
touched upon. from football to the class
room. The success OF the institution
under the several Presidents will be
fully told about. and the expenses of a
year viii be given in detail, that young
men may know what II will cost them
to go there.
The advantages n disadvantages Of
being near the metropolis will be a fea-
ture. and educators everywhere VIII find
the article of great interest, because OF
Princeton's location neal a large city.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Doesn't Care for City Girls.

To the Editor:
I read Fred Decker's opinion that a country
girl makes I perfect wife. and I most decidedly
agree with him on that point. ! am thirty-eight
years OF age, and during the past thirteen
years l have got acquainted with a great many
city girls. yet I have never met one whom I
would lead TO the altar. They think OF nothing
but balls. theatres. picnics and all such amuse-
ments. and l find there are very few OF them
who can wash and iron 4 shirt. My advice to
all young men is to look for a country girl for
. wife. as I intend to do. He will find In her
good health. rosy cheeks and a hrst-class house
keeper In every particular, and not a city thing
30 stuck up and proud that she imagines she
has no equal.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Erg-shnped Jewel Cases.

Jewellers are up to time. Gems and
jewelry are set forth in gigs made Of
white or colored velvet and lined with
silk Grape. Did they take? Well, rather.
People bought them during holy week
because they were novel, and the sales
are still In progress. Little h~eart-shaped
brooches of enamelled silver, price $2.25,
were done up in velvet eggs; so were
gemmed and painted watches and soli-
taire pearl, diamond and colored stone
worth a bankers salary.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
The Beauties % of Protection.

To the Editor:
w. r. C. says protection enables the employer
to give more wages. He does not say they get
what they earn: this is the stock protection argu-
ment, and enough to make any sensible man a
free-trader. Statistics prove that protected indus
tries pay lowest wages. and the men have the
honor also OF being locked out without pay-tor
months at a time-all on account OF our Chinese
wall policy. called protection to home indus
ries." Now. W. r. c., where do all the IS 900, 900
people come In when only a small fraction are
subject to foreign competition' We are all con-
sumcrs and want good goods at low prices Pro-
lection certainly raises prices, and gives inferior
goods. or It does not protect. Save us from this
continental lie. GEORGE. +. MARSH.
Westheld, N j.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
He Want. to Get Married.

To the Editor:
Can some OF your readers tell me how a young
mar OF moderate means, and a stranger In the
city, is ever going to find a wife? ! have been
living In the city for the past Ave years. and so
far have been unable to make the acquaintance OF
n single young lady whom I would care to call
my wife. | am not an Apollo. but l do not con-
slider myself ugly. and l do not know how II Is.
but the homely men seem to be able to hnd wives
very readily. Now l hope some OF your read
ers who are crying marriage will let a would be
know how II Is done. LONESOME.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

Bake as many potatoes as are needed.
Cut a small piece from one end and a
larger one from the other. Remove the
inside and rub through a sieve. Put on
the fire with half an ounce of
butter and one ounce of grated
cheese for every four potatoes. Add
boiling milk, salt n pepper as for
mashed potatoes. Fill the skins with
this paste, sprinkle tops with grated
bread crumbs and cheese and put in the
oven to brown.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
T"hickening sauce.

One of the mistakes Of the inexpe-
rienced cook in making a sauce with a
thickening Of butter and -four cooked to-
gether is that the liquid is added to he
thickening before the temperature has
been lowered. The pan In which the
butter and Jour are cooked should be
drawn back to a cool part of the range
and the mixture should be stirred until
partially cooled; then the liquid may be
added gradually. 1t should be cold or
nearly 30. Whenever possible.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

not the duty OF the State most jealousy
to guard and protect the good name and
fame of the enterprise ranking so high?
And does 1t so guard and protect when,
for a single day longer than is necessary,
the overwhelmingly convicted Brockway
and his subservient local managers are
flowed to remain in control?
The evening world., 1894-03-31

IN addressing a memorial to the Leg
stature against the Robertson bill
which proposes to change the method
~ governing the Reformatory at Ell
uira. the Prison Association of the
state OF New York deems 1t wise To
@istinctly disavow n intention of de-
{tpding Brockway. The idea OF the
4seociatIon seems to be solely to pre-
<tnt the RELOCATION of the Reformatory
~ the ordinary State prison grade. In
D uemorial occurs this sentences: 1.-THE
*Infr4 R~eformatory is. perhaps. the
@osf Widely known and dlstinctiye en-
kespfise ne state Of New York has ever
The evening world., 1894-03-31
A TIMELY MOVEMENT.

Judge Glegcrich, OF the Court Of Com
mon Pleas. has started a movement for
a conference OF the Judges OF all courts
that issue naturalization papers. to con-
suit as to the best methods of putting a
stop to the wholesale traffic In fraudu-
lent certificates Of citizenship. exposed
by 1.-THE Evening World" and to me-
morialize Congress for a reconstruction
of the naturalization laws. The sug-
gestion Is timely, and Judge Giegerich
deserves credit for making It. The
courts incur a serious responsibility by
the careless issue OF naturalization pa
pers. and have a direct Interest In the
erection OF proper safeguards against de-
ception and fraud on the part of ap-
plicants. The crimes dragged to light
by The Evening World' are OF a start
ling character, and II they do not show
collision they at least Indicate gross
carelessness in the courts. An honest.
upright judicial officer like Judge Gieger-
ich naturally desires to render such
scandals impossible.
The Law strives to guard the purity
of the ballot-box, and. as has recently
been seen. inflicts heavy penalties on
those who are guilty of wilfully allow
ing n single illegal vote to be polled at
an election. How much more heinous
Is a crime which actually supplied thou
sands of fraudulent voters with the
means of breaking the law. with scarce.
ly any danger of detection.
1t Is to be hoped that all the courts
will unite in the movement to guard
against the issue of fraudulent certin,
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gress for such a remodelling OF the
naturalization laws as will make suci
crimes less easy in the future.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Rabbits and Easter.


To the Editor:
Dot asks why rabbits are connected with
Easter. am happy to answer her. The legend
goes that one OF the English or German princesses
some time ago inaugurated the Easter-egg hunt
for children. Jus, before the game began a rab-
bit was seen to run from under a bush. The chill
dren. running to the place, found a nest OF eggs,
and In their Juvenile minds believed that the
rabbit had laid them, Ever since 1t has been
said that the rabbit lays the Easter eggs.
STUDENT.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

the trade wants, and talks 1t up-wheth-
er 1t Is n double-breasted corset, with a
high neck and suspenders, made of
jeans and loaded with steel and straw,
or a low-cut, short-hip, feather-welght
French design, in fine coutille. Her
sales are as large as any mans in the
establishment, her bills of expense are
smaller, she is well paid, and highly
thought Of by her associates and Gus.
toners
The evening world., 1894-03-31
ALEXANDER wHIrLA RICHIE.
Thinks He Did Not Exaggerate

To the Editor:
In answer to NJ. W. C.'s letter referring to
my opinion as cynical" l will say l am will
ing to wager Ave years OF my future mother-in-
laws life that he does not build the Are or
carry up the coal; that is, as q rule. for I know
well enough that any man will do 1t when his
wife Is sick. CynicalI Why, man. Just look
and see what the ladies' Of the other sex say
right here as to the duties ~ OF a husband. and
you will see that l did not exaggerate.
JAMES E. RKMAN
The evening world., 1894-03-31

have no money or drink up every penny which
they can possibly earn. | am not hard to suit II
| am only treated right. | hope Will he some
day. cd you bet | will make some man happy
Oh why don't men who can make their wives a
nice living look out and get good girls who VIII
make their lives happy and not fight before leav-
Ing bed In the morning to ind out who will make
the FIRE. Any woman who wants her husband to
do such a thing knows no more about housekeep-
ing than does sam Lung. BROOKLYN GIRL.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

A curious fashion in scarf and hat pins
consist in having as the pin head a large
pearl, either pink. gray, white or black,
with a tiny diamond snake curled slant
ingly around 1t; the liliputian serpent
may be replaced by a fly resting on a
minuscule sprig of flowers; a turquoise
may be used instead of a pearl.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Marketing the EGGS.

To the Editor:
Three women go to market to sell eggs. One
had so eggs, one had 80 eggs and a third had 10
eggs. They retail them at the came price, and re-
ceive the anne amount Of money. How was It
done ]. OR.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
A basket of Apples.

To the Editor:
A lady. being asked how many apples she had
In her basket. replied: III divided by Z. there
will be no remainder. but II divided either by 9.
s, 4, 3 or 2. one will remain in each case" How
many apples did she have In the basket? p. d.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
4 Girl Wants Work.

To the Editor:
l am a girl OF seventeen and anxious TO earn
my own living. | was graduated from a public
school when | was fourteen. Having no parents,
live with an uncle. | do not know what kind
OF work to look for, ! am large, strong and
healthy. | am a good arlthmctician and also
well versed In ~eiocution, | do not want to work
for pleasure. but because | have to. II any OF
the readers OF your valuable paper would advise
me what to do they would have my sincere
thanks. SEVENTEEN.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
with the ProbIem-Worker,,

Answer to the Dog Ard Hare problem ia IN.
dog took bSa Ia Paeos and the hsns 700. Correctly
solved BY 4. II. RaphAu, Iohn McNslly, $40 West
Forty eighth street, agd Patrick j. burke. fsi
Hicks street. brooklyn.
''Thiefs Penalty'' problem. correctly solved by
Patrick y. Durts. 1877 Hicks street, Brooklyn;
John Mentally. j. W.. L. g., Harlem, and Fukhk
Dill tt East Eighty-sixth street. Answsf. rs,
The evening world., 1894-03-31

To the Editor:
A boat goes nve miles with the stream in
the same time that It goes three miles against
It. II the stream was a halt-mile faster per hour
the boat would 30 twice as far with the stream as
against It. Find teh speed OF the boat In smooth
water. J. D., Highland Falls, n, Y,
The evening world., 1894-03-31
They Have No Beaux.

To tho Editor;
We are two young girls eighteen years OF age
and are not considered bad looking. We would
like to know how It is we cannot get any gen
tlemen friends. We do not 20 to balls or par
ties, as We do not dance or sing, but we can do
Homework. We are acquainted with young
ladies who do nothing but dance and sing and
they have any number Of gentlemen friends, and
they get married, too, SO we would like to know
how It is they prefer those nlrts.
KITTY and MAY,
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Starting a Stock Farm.

To the Editor:
A ranchman was the possessor Of 800, with
which he wanted to buy 100 head of cattle. Cows
would cost him $40 a head, sheep 50, and pigs
50 cents. How many did he buy OF each7
JACOB SCHWESZER,
The evening world., 1894-03-31
silver Above Harlem.

To the Editor
! sc" by The Evening World that gold was
found in New Jersey. | can tell YOU Of a silver
mine in this place, two miles east Of Harlem
station. on Jor's I'M or Mountain, where as
much silver can be found as In a ColoraSo mine.
JESSIE BRUSH.
Joe's I'M, Brewster. n. Y.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Securing I,nns.

New tins should stand near the fire
with boiling water in them, In which has
been dissolved a spoonful of soda, for an
hour; then be secured inside with soft
soap and afterwards rinsed with hot
water. Keep them clean by rubbing with
soft wood ashes or whitening.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Try Kindness Instead.

To the Editor:
My wife has a habit OF Shaping me In the
face when In temper. Would l be Justified in
boxing her ears for 80 duing' HENPECK.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Money in This One.

To the Editor:
A man has Ave bags OF money containing re-
spectively $40, sl5. $50. s25 and $40. He offers a
prize to any one who will tell him the smallest
number which divided by the dollars in each
bag will leave a balance OF IS in every case.
What was the numberf Ohm NJ. GRIFFIN.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Tree Planting.


To the Editor:
Find the greatest number OF trees that can be
SET out a piece Of ground twelve rods square.
no tree to he less than one-halt rod from tho
fence. and TO be one rod apart, ]. d.,
Highland EalIa
The evening world., 1894-03-31
LIFE AT PRINCETON.
How the Students Make Records
ut Football and In Class-ROOm.

TIL next college to receive attention
in The Sunday World" is Princeton. A
great many New Workers call that in
stitution their alma mater. and all of
them Will fnd familiar references in the
article.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Another Carpenters Problem.

To the Editor:
I have a box IL inches long by Il inches wide.
and | want to have a lid made for It from q
board IS inches long by II inches wide. and 1
inch thick. The lid must be 1 inch In thickness
all over, having lumber to spare.
JOHN o'BRGEN. Keyport, N. j.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
For Theatre Trensurers.


To the Editor:
The treasurer OF a theatre on making UP his
cash fnds he has taken in s2i6. There were only
two different prices Of admission and the same
number OF persons went in at each price. Give
the prices and number OF persons who attended
the performance. l.. s. FULD.
40 Eat EIftu.rcnnnd atraet
The evening world., 1894-03-31
What Were Their Ages?
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
A gentleman being asked what was his age.
also his sons age. replied as follows: My sons
age is now one-fourth OF mine. but Ave years ago
his age was ons-ffth OF what mine was then.
What was each OF their ages1
WILLIAM o~'sULLIVAN.
$40 East Fortieth street.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

brockway was not convicted by one
a lie was pronounced guilty as
with one voice by all men who read
ana understood the evidence brought
before the State Board of Charities
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Circlinr the Island.


To the Editor:
A., d and c start from the same point and
travel in the same direction round an island
twenty miles In circumference. A goes three
miles an hour, d two-thirds OF a mile and c
eleven miles. In what time will they all be to-
gether? ARITHMETIC.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Nice Dish for breakfast.

Fry cold hominy in butter or drip
pings, and serve red hot with cold
stewed prunes and a bit of meat.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

Neighbors Of Mr.. Aston In Madison
avenue insist that however elaborate
that gentleman's new stable may b. in
construction, 1t will still be a Darn of
q place.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Selling Butter.


TO the Editor:
A farmer took some butter TO market, for which
hs received SIS. SO, receiving as many cents a
pound as there are pounds. How many pounds
were there! JOSEPH ORG CRANES.
l32 Bruome street
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Air Was Necessary.


To the Editor
on the Elevated cars one afternoon this week
one " a party Of ladies' tainted, No one could
succeed in forcing open a window. Under the
circumstances would | not have been justified In
putting my foot through one'
MRS. y. A. SKELDISD.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

In naturalization papers, thanks
to THE Evening World" will not con-
unue at the old stands in New York
and Brooklyn, and 1t will be a perilous
business to conduct at new ones.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
The Stewards Purchases.


To the Editor:
A gentleman his steward sent
Unto a country fair
stirks, sheep and lambs six score to buy.
with sovereigns, sixty pair;
Each stirk to cost him Ave pounds i've.
Each shep one pound, each lamb one-half.
What numbers did he buy! NUTME
The evening world., 1894-03-31

Bismarck will be seventy-nine to-mor-
row. He Is one of the few men because
Of whose existence things have gone diff
ferently In the world.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
How Much Will the Trough Hold?

To The EdItOr'
A workman squared a log and made a trough
out OF 1t twice as long as It was wide or deep.
The sides, bottom and ends were each three
inches thick, and the trough contained II. 772
cubic inches. How many gallons did II con-
tainI EUCLID,
The evening world., 1894-03-31

New York is the scene of a very pleas
ant military operation to-day in the TAX
Ing OF its new armory by the Seventy
irst Regiment, backed up by the gallant
4sventh
The evening world., 1894-03-31

h Park Board gives continued evil
dence of its regard for public desires
and interests by conserving to a trolley
line along Van Cortlandt Park.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
Your Digestion II Poor.

To the Editor
VIII some ~ your readers kindly ten me ~ n
cure for drowsIuess after eating' | get 80 bad
sometimes that l have to lay on from work.
Am employed in an office and nm OF good habits.
DROWSY