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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
THE WIFE WON BY A NECK.

A West Virginia farmer quarrelled
with his wife and went out doors and
hung himself 10 tree. His wife cut
him down and resuscitated him. When
he had recovered his fun strength he
doubled the rope and whaled her with
II, so that she went several laps closer
than he did to that bourne whence no
traveller returns.
A meddling wife does an awful lot OF
harm at times. The West Virginia
woman may have snatched a golden
crown right out Of her husbands hands.
She doesn't know how far he had got
In his negotiations for shining wings
and a wedge OF celestial Joy when she
cut him down OF that tree. He may
never have another chance at golden
slippers and glory. No wonder he was
mad when he returned TO earth. She
deserved the lambast!ng she got.
When husband hangs himself he has
plans for his future. The wife that in
terfere with his plans is simply stand
ing in her own light Wives should let
husbands alone in these matters, partic,
ularly when they are considerate enough
to go outdoors to choke themselves on
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
A BURGLAR AT HARD LABOR.

There is an enterprising burglar in
New Jersey who. should he. perchance
receive a sentence to hard labor in State
prison, will hear his doom pronounced
with misgivIngs peculiarly his own,
founded on the facts OF a singular eN-
perlence. He knows what hard labor is.
lie has had the knowledge fired into him.
as 1t were. at the mouth OF a roaring
furnace and the muzzle Of threatening
revolver.
This burglar was victim OF circum-
stances and an inspiration. He brought
the circumstances about by breaking
into a mandatory at Metuchen through
the scuttie-hole OF the coal-celiar. The
Inspiration came to Waterman. who
was taking care OF the furnace as well
as guarding the works.
The Waterman did m.re than see the
burglar at his game. He raised him,
and had a handful OF big pistols to back
up his venture. 1t was a neat play. and
prompt one. The burglar could see
that, even through his own veil OF preju-
dice against such a proceeding. But
though he had got his burglar without
difficulty. the Waterman found that
he was not to keep him without one
The furnace needed care and the bur
glar wouldn't consent to divide attention
with It, 1t was a case of both eyes and
pist oil on him. or he wouldn't stay.
This Is where the inspiration came in.
The burglar became a fireman, under
compulsion. You have five hours u
learn the business" said the Waterman,
in persuasive tones, and the burglar is
convinced that those five hours were
fully improved. He shove!led coal. rakei
| ashes, turned the fire, cleaned the brass
work, swabbed the floor, swore, per
spired and became a wreck. But he
didn't get out from under the watch
mans eye and pistol
The burglar was very glad when
o'clock and the factory workmen came.
He welcomed the quiet and rest of tho
county Jail. He admitted shat he had
done no work before for Ave years.
Upon the question OF whether he ac-
auired a taste for honest labor during
those Ave long hours hangs the moral
OF this pleasing little tale.
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TO STATEN ISLAND FOR FIVE CENTS !

It is to be hoped that Staten Island
people will not be unnecessarily alarmed
over the ferry situation. II all bluffs
were carried out. this would be a queer
world to live in, and Staten Island peo-
pie might have to swim or stay at home.
But as long as BLUFFS are blufrs, there
is no danger that Staten Island ferry
people Will throw away the profits OF
even a single days business.
Staten Island is much more apt to
have two ferries than none.
When $40 will take a man across the
ocean on a fast liner. 10 cents for the
trip to Staten Island is a dazzling lure
to Transportation companies. II worst
comes to worst, and both Starln and
the Rapid Transit Company fail them.
let Staten Island people gather on the
shore and hold up their little ten-cent
pieces. There'll be boats enough there
in an hour to float the universe.
The most satisfactory outcome Of the
affair that we can imagine would be
for the city authorities to declare the
sale of for non-fulfllment OF conditions
and sell the franchise over again with
a fve-cent fare provision. II separate
fare is to be charged on the railroad five
cents is enough for the ferry.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
A NEW CLEARINGHOUSE.

The proceedings at the ceremony OF
laying the cornerstone OF the new
Clearing II ouse yesterday were OF much
interest. The address OF Mr.. q. @.
Williams. the President OF the Chemical
Bank, and the President OF the Asso-
citation. was review OF the operations
Of the Clearing House since its estab-
lishment in 1853. and merited eulogy
OF It's patriotic course during the war
and in the panic.
II the modesty OF the President had
not stood in the way 1t would have
been only Just to have paid a tribute
to the valuable services rendered by
Mr.. Williams himself during our recent
financial troubles.
The new building will occupy an i'm
posing site, from II to 50 Cedar street
What a pity II Is that a political
clearing house cannot be established In
this city. in which the debts and credits
OF organizations, machines and bosses
might be set of against each other and
balance struck. The people woult
then learn the true condition OF partie:
and leaders and be able to Judge fol
themselves whether Plat or Croker
Gilroy or Grace, Milholland or Barney
| Martin has the most-or, rather, th'
least-to recommend him to public con
| flenCe
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brooklyn Beauties, Foreveri

To the Editor:
II Affords the writer a pardonable qualification
to settle beyond further dispute a question that
has been asitatins the readers of The Evening
World for several weeks The question refers
to the whereabouts OF the prettiest girls that
Uncle Sam can boat OF. Such OF The Evening
World readers who have the misfortune to hail
from the windiest city on earth rashiy assert
that Chcago's girls are the ne plus ultra Of
American femininity. The adherents OF the spec
taeled divinities who nutter about the city noted
Tor eultur, and the juicy bean, contend that
The little Philadelphia maiden, sweet. demurs
and pnm has Ltr champion. As have also the
little women OF Baltimore. Cincinnati and other
cities where The Evening World is read. But
what Is most astonishing to q reflective mind II
that New Workers. who live In such cioss prof.
unity to Brooklyn. and who. consequently ought
to know better. have the tenerty to argue that
New York girls are the prettiest In the realm.
As Ingersall would say, 1t Is monstreusiy un-
belieyable. II Is common knowledge the world
over that the fair OF the City Of Churches
are the handsomest. wittiest, most attractive.
captivating. bewitching. fascinating and darling
OF all the beauties that help to make old earth
q secondary paradise. The writer will accept tho
congratulations OF all tair-mindsd persons for
having shown so lucidly the superiority Of thu
Brooklyn girl over all her competitors.
". B, D.. Brooklyn.
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THE CATS CLAUSE AND OTHER THINGS

The Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals is holding a meeting
in Albany. The whole State is repre-
scented.
Yesterday the Society resolved to pc
tition the next Legislature for law to
authorize cities TO tax cats as well as
dogs, so as TO give felines the dignity Of
recognition under the law, now confined
to CANNES. Such an amendment to the
Dog Licensing law will be appropriately
named the cats clause. The Commit
tee on Legislation. consisting Of John
p. Haines, OF this city; Col. lockwood.
Of Buffalo. and Rev. Dr. Dennis, OF
Rochester. was requested to attend the
next session OF the Legislature and see
how the cat jumps.
1t was also resolved by the Society to
petition women not TO wear the plum
age of birds In their hats or hair. The
Society believes that the universal prev
alence OF the custom causes the destrue-
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ton OF the lives OF a vast number of
birds OF beautiful plumage.
But row far is this humane move
ment In the direction Of woman's dress
to extend? How is 1t with the harmless
seal. squirrel. sable, ermine, beaver,
coon, and others of the weasel family,
whose skins supply the furs In which
woman looks so charming. and takes so
much delight? How about the limo
cent. playful kids sacrificed to make
womans hands and feet so attractive
in high boots and close fitting gloves?
II every living thing slaughtered to
contribute to the beauty and attrac-
ton 81 well-dressed woman Is TO be
protected" by the Association, where
can substitutes be found? or will our
female population be reduced to the
condition OF Flora McFlimsey OF the
medlci Venus?
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Bake shops of Paris.

Winter excepted. a French woman
never heats up her house cooking or
baking foods. Connected with many of
the shops where fruit, vegetables, poul-
try and game are sold is place for
roasting. This is generally in full view
Of the public. One can order roast
from these places. or the meat and poul-
try may be prepared and sent there to
be roasted. The cooking is done before
an immense wood-hre in an open fire.
place. The meat Is put on a spit which
is turned constantly by clockwork.
Sometimes there will be a dozen chick
ems on one OF these spits. The roasting
generally begins about o'clock and
continues until s. At these shops one
can always purchase cold roast poultry
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Eat Girls and Hominx.

In the dietary for girls who are try
ing to get thin hominy may be used as
a substitute for potatoes. bread and
breakfast cereals. Boiled fine hominy,
with butter, crushed fruit, sauces, Jelly
or milk. is fine, provided 1t Is cooked
right; cold hominy, formed in diamonds,
squares or balls. and fried in boiling
lard, doughnut fashion, beats all the
potatoes ever mashed, and the griddle
cake that could compare with a corn
cake has yet to turn up. Hominy gives
the muscles elasticity, the body strength
and the brain vigor. and It is not flesh
forming.
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His god blessed or punished the family or nadea-
even unto the third generation. Herodotus states:
The Egyptians were the first who asserted the
doctrine that the Soul Of man IL immortal"
The Hebrew saw famine and pestience strew the
land with corpses; the wicked rich and prosper
Gus; the Just suffering the taSments of disease
and poverty. and tn idea OF another life OF
retribution was eag.reiy welcomed among the
common people. and almost displaced the belief
In the Restoration Lazarus, brooding over his
wrongs and dismal lot in life imaEinss there
should be a future In which he and Dives shall
exchange situations 1t Is hard to die without
ever having really lived. But. instead Of an
opinion. II immortality were a proven fact, and
Its full significance fairly presented. II 10
questionable II the majority Of mankind would
accept II II left to their own choice. Those Who
believe in immortality meet death with as much
or more reluetancs than those who prefer Q
Sirvana- n
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The Way 20 Walk.

Try and be quiet when you walk, says
a physical culturalist; don't wobble,
dent beat the air. don't shuttle the shouI-
ders; don't fancy yourself wnirligig.
Keep to a narrow base when walking. and
not by any breadth" or sidewise move
ment interfere with other pedestrians.
How tired all those people look! Their
faces are haggard and drawn; their backs
ache; their nerves are unstrung, and
their brains are muddled. All this is the
result of mal-poise and waste OF nerve
force through misdirected locomotive ac-
ton. Walking on scientific principles
with unimpeded hip and leg action. and
otherwise a conservation Of energy. is a
joy alike to the walker and the on
locker.
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Prisoner in IN Oozy Place.
To the Editor

To the Editor:
Il may be the law and the Gospel. this won
dertul virtue OF Mr. Byrnes and hts police. but !
am a wife who got a good scare out OF the first
dry SUNDAY" as you call It. and just want to
say that don't believe 10 It. Ny husband is
a hard working honest man. and he never takes
any more than is good for him. Now last Gun
day after church he went for a OF beer. as
usual. but he never came back. waited and
waited for the beer. but neither the beer nor
the man came. After while I got scared that
maybe he had taken a drop too much and was
locked up. So | went around to the saloon TO
inquire But the door was locked-the FIRST time
these seven years-and nobody answered my
knock went up to the policeman on the
beat and asked him had he seen my man NO.
says he but think he's not far about" Then
he said something with ugly look about law
breakers and Sunday drinkers, and then knew
my man was locked up. sure. went TO the
station house but he wasn't there. Then, scared
half out Of my wits 1 took the baby on my arm
and ran to Bellevue. Blu, nobody had seen him
there had asked among all his acquaintance:
| and was tired out 1t was after dark. so
went hom.-and there was Martin! OF course. a.
| / am only a woman, l started in to give him q
going-over when he stopped me. Have DONE
| saws he Have done, ye hussy! Isn't 1t enough
| TO be cooped up In a saloon for six hours Will
| the doors locked and the windows down and
policeman ready to arrest the boss any minute
| the door opens And l might have stayed til
morning II the man who came on the post at
| o'clock hadn't been decent enough to go aloni
| down the block" MARTINS WIFE.
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"Tonys" Closed Up, Too.
To the Editor:

To the Editor;
when you arise OF bright Sunday morning
with 81 thirst, a taste in your mouth like that
new shade OF brown. your nerves all unstrunE
and your wife calling to you to Hurry up, or
wen be late for church" and you rush out to
Tony's to get that which will unkink your hair.
only to md that Tony's doors are bottled and
barred. that the vigilant policeman who has
never bothered to know anything about the do
ings on his post is watching Touys place with
an eagle eye, and Tony himself, who is sitting
on the bootbiack's stand In front. says he /,
waiting for his wife to get ready for church
and tells you that Hernan's and Mikes and all
the rest are closed up. too-then. and not till
then are you ready to let your epItAph be written
Then do you rudely awaken to the realization
that 1t is a dry Sunday. EXPERIENCE.
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A CONDITION PRECEDENT.

The German Emperor william Is
touch and go sort OF young man. II
he had been so fortunate as to have
been born on this side Of the Atlantic
he would have had considerable Young
America In him.
His latest freak is the announcement
OF his intention to visit Paris during
the next Worlds Fair. This declaration
has been received with varied feelings
both in France and Germany. BY some
1t is regarded as evidence Of desire
to live in neghbOrly relations with the
French people. Others attribute II to
self-conceit and a wish to let the French
people see the grandson OF his grand
father. while others again believe 1t Is
simply an inclination on the part OF a
young fellow who has been reading
Zola's novels to break loose a little and
do the gay capital.
But one French journal. La Patrie.
fires up at the Emperor's effrontery
and lnounces that he will never be
permitted to enter Paris until he shall
have returned Metz and Strasburg to
France. Exactly how william Is to be
prevented from going to Paris as a
private individual is not made clear.
But La Patrie. looking upon the young
gentleman as a receiver OF stolen goods.
would probably cause his arrest on that
| charge.
so now Emperor William knows wha,
| he has to do. He must send back 70
France Metz and StrasburB as pres
ent, express charges paid, before he
can expect to enjoy a drive in the Bots
lounge in the foyer Of the Grand Opera
smoke his cigarettes In the cafes
chantants or chat with the grisettes a
| the Jardin Mabille.
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ty-three times; third, who has been
ten times on his defense. and others
who have been convicted time and
again and ligh tly fined for otfenses which
would Justly have earned dishonorable
retirement Il think the Commission
ers are worse than he is for not break
ing him." was Senator Bradley's com
ment, as the interesting details came
out, regarding the career OF one Of
these unworthy wearers Of the munich
pal blue. And Senator Bradley was
quite right.
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Police Amenities.

To the Editor:
Seeing ''Biil Of Billsville's'' account in Fri
days Evening World" should like to cor
roborats his statement. As was waiting for q
surface car last Saturday midnight lower
Broadway. with another gentleman, was &C.
eosted by q vagrsnt. who abused and insulted
both OF us, and I. for relief. sought an oficer.
foud two In ''conversaEione'' two blocks away,
and asked for assistance. and one OF them merely
came along In a ''go-as-you- please way. and by
the time reached the destination the bum
had assaulted the other gentleman. 1t merely
shows lack Of fidelity OF the police.
EDWARD SCHAEFER
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SOME POLITICAL MANIMs.

ftIsA mistake to put a candidate In the run.
ming simply because he s we'll heeled
Fat,tryins produces the oil 10 calm many
troubled political waters
The idea that II is votes that count should not
be carried To the extreme OF considering thai
principles no count.
Intelligent selection is never Amiss as a pre-
lude to Intelligent election.
The rich candidate is bound to be tried b!
IRE His friends toast him and his snsmie
roast him.
Full many political saplins nnds that tn
stump Ia all there is OF what he took for al
evergreen tree.
The mAu who Is showed under on election da
| feels that fate has cruelty cast him dritt.
rs the man who cuts Ice whom the voter
can't freeze out.
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Our Economic System.
To the Editol

To the Editor:
"R. L. ontoit' Is evidently not onto II. An
economic system that enables a workinsman to
become immensely rich has many excellent
points. When an employer has millions. united
labor can get more out OF him than II he has
nothing. I see nothing to gain by making the
employers OF England and Germany rich, instead
OF own. Read this mornings papers Sept
81 and see with what delirious Joy England re-
ceives Mr.. Wilson. and tells him he has helped
to start her furnaces and factories Under the
worlds economic system. business is a warfare
one mans loss is anothsr's gain. Until that ia
changed. free trade means commercial anarchy.
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WORLDLINGS.

When pins were invented 1t took man =
day to make two DOZEN. The machines now used
In their manufacture turn out 200 a minute each,
The smallest cattle in the world are natives OF
the Samoan Islands Their average weight Is
$50 pounds
The NOON It is estimated. weighs -elgh,isth
as much $ the earth.
1t costs about 800 to transport a carload oil
fruit from Sacramento to London.
There are more chemists employed In Pitts
burg than in any other city Of the United States.
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To the Editor:
What Is the public kicking 30 much sbout'
This dry Sunday nuisance is hurting US police
men more than It is them. They get cut OF from
their booze only one day in the week. while we
poor sons OF cooks cut on every day
The saloon-keepers that used TO be our friends
now regard As poison and refuse Us any Of
theirs Our suffering begins Monday at 1901
A. NJ and continues until l..oi A. NJ. the next
Monday. There are some people who think a
policeman doesn't know how to be thirsty.
COPPER O.
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We Don't Know.

To the Editor:
have read with deal Of interest the ssrtsl
OF raids by the New York Police Department fof
enforcing the Excise law. and herewith would
like to ask the following question, nrst stating
that believe there Is . Law In this State which
says that no store Whatsoever should be open On
Sunday. Now. since the liquor dealers are
bounded in this manner. why should not ths
grocers butchers. bakers. miikmen and also the
cars be stopped from doing business on this day !
Ny idea is that, since this law has not been re-
peAled. why should there be any diseriminAton
between the liquor people and others'
NEW YORK CITY LIQUOR DEALER
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Our Girls Are Good-Lookins.

To the Editor:
Charlie must have lived all his life in the
wilds OF Africa for II he the least bit civil
fred he certainly would not have gumption enough
to insinuate that New York girls arc not beauties.
Why. such 4 statement is ridiculous II he only
looked around him while out walking he would
be struck dumb by the good looks and graeiou,
movements OF our girls Maybe Charlie Is
some old fellow who is against the world in gen
ersl. hut who found 1t easier to ayenge himself
by attacking the fair Of New York. Let me
give Charlie a piece Of advice. which. II he
takes he Will regret II is, that he will
huy himself a pair OF eyeglasses and then visit
our principal pronenades. II then be does no,
change his ideas about beauty. he must be hoos
less- DIR. oLDFLIRT
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A JinEling Protest.

To the Editor:
oh dear. Oh dear it's very queer
That must lose my Sunday BEER.
| always took a friendly glass
on my way home from early mass;
And then about each hour or 50
Ny Tommy for a pint would go,
And 30 the moistened Sunday sped
UntI twas time to go TO bed:
And on my couch I'd nicely snoore
None the worse for my Sunday booze.
Oh Mr.. Byrnes. II you were clear
OF every sin but Sunday beer
You could be wearing ANGELS wings
And playing harps with golden strings:
But you're no angel in disguise
Just wait Till LeIow opes his eyes
Goes higher up-vhsn twill appear
There's worse than drinking Sunday beer
Mr. REILLY
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HOUSE,! t|HeME|

square. This netting. which is effective
In q variety Of ways, is done to order by
the nsh women. or rather by the fishers
wives Of the Atlantic coast. Half a GEN.
fury ago our grandmothers netted cotton
and silk garnitures and darned them,
both for trimmings to bed-hangings and
window draperies, and for the old-fash-
Toned tides" that have been replaced by
throws" and 'head-rests." These wer.
made in the same manner as the fish,
nets on our Atlantic coasts
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When a japanese girl marries. like
Little Totty Coughdrops," she doesn't
merely sing II will be true" She paints
her beautiful teeth black and shaves her
eyebrows down to a mere line. It Is not
fact that the blackening destroys the
teeth and INJURIES the gums, as globe
trotters say in their books of travel.
The paste is simply a black dentifrice
containing gelatine.
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Not So Dry on Third Avenue.

TO the Editor;
Mondays papers were full OF returns OF Dry
Sunday" Where' Not on Third avenue from
Forty second stree, to Third street, for as I
passed at 5 A. NJ. and u noon, also at :, T. 6 and
. P, N, they were all In full blast. particularly
- IS, at - street and Third avenue. Men
and pitchers OF beer all day suppose 1t is hard
for a policeman TO arrest a man who has given
him a drink any day night during the week
for breaking The Law on Sunday. A WOMAN.