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The evening world., 1894-06-19
LEWIS DELAFlELD ACCEPTS.
He VIII He the Rapid Transit Com
mission's Secretary.

Lewis l.. Delafcld. who was selected
as Secretary of the new Rapid Transit
Board at its meeting yesterday after
noon, called on Comptroller Fitch to-
day and verbally accepted the place. The
Comptroller had just finished debating
the official notice to be sent to Mr..
Delafield.
The new Secreary took 1t along with
him, and sent his formal acceptance
to the Commissioners this afternoon.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
Altoona Agreement Doesn't Go.
(By Associated Press,

ALTOONA. Pa. June l9.-The coal
operators OF the Broad Top region were
notified to-day by District President
Bradley, OF the mine workers, in a
telegram dated Dubois, Pa. that the
agreement to resume at the compromise
wages had been rescinded. Another con-
vention will be held here on, june q.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
The Peary AUXILIARY Expedition,

The members OF the ''Peary auxiliary expedf-
ton will start for the Arctic regions tomorrow.
They will depart as ordinary passengers at nooa
on the steamer Portia for ST. Johns N. Y,
where they will hnd the Falcon In waiting ne
party expects to reach home before the end q
next September.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
AGAINST BARTLETT'S FIRM.
Empire Warehouse Co.'S Attach
mcnt for Mallett, of Mallett & Co.

The Empire Warehouse Company.
Limited. to-day obtained an attachment
In the Supreme Court for Si4.0ls against
Peter MaGett. surviving partner OF the
firm OF Peter Ma..ett q Co., which was
composed OF Edward B. Bartlett and
Peter Mallett.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
New Trolley Road in White Plains.

WHITE PLAINS, " Y. June is.-The Board q
Village Trustees OF this place this morning granted
q franchise to the White Plains, New York and
Mamaroneck Trolley Railroad Company to operate
a trolley railroad between White Plains and Tie
Sound for period OF 100 years
The evening world., 1894-06-19
Looking Into Immigrntion.

The Commissioners OF immigration are In sI.
eeutiye session at the Victoria Hotel. and will
remain In session until late this afternoon. A
number OF witnesses have been subpoenAsd and
are being examined.
The evening world., 1894-06-19

You read The Evening worldw
Do you read the Sunday Worldf
The evening world., 1894-06-19

You read The Evening Worldr'
Do you read the Sunday WOFIdf
The evening world., 1894-06-19

The newly formed Troy A. C. has ap-
piled TO the Metropolitan Association for
It's grounds at Troy. n. y. Permission
has been granted, and II is the intention
OF the Club 10 hold athletic games, bicy-
Gle races and amateur sparrln6, Nalua-
BILE prizes will be given and entries close
with p. j. Hynes, Secretary, 253 River
street. Troy, n. Y.
The evening world., 1894-06-19

"It was an understanding with the
npiice." said Clark, that we should
Tot work citizens OF New York. min
sters or priests. They were to be
The evening world., 1894-06-19
His Career of Vice.


Clark then described the well-known
bunco game. which was worked upon
strangers in the city. Two men were
sent out to rope in victims. One is the
The latter ana Woud ns brng he .he
victim or guy into the joint on some pre-
text or other where there would be a
lottery game going on. Money would
pass between the bunco man and the
steerer. and at last the victim would be
interested in the game,
We had to lay aside half Of All we
5D 6qr the for pcs sa1 cHs hs.e S
victims who would go 10 the police and
The ward men would come around
would be changed SO that the victim
could not recognize the ROOM
THE wardmen would usually scare the
him to the station and pay for his ticket
out Of town. The ward men would al
ways charge us extra for these expenses,
They got half anyway of what we got
I; Sometimes. the witness said. they
would get a dozen or more victims
day. The man who stayed in the joint
they brought In squealers was known as
the trailer" There was also a man
around usually to scare the victim after
town quickly and keep him away from
:" In the old days they used to be care
full to leave the victim enough to get
home with, or pay his hotel bill. But
afterwards they wanted everything the
man had.
The most startling testimony given
by the witness was brought out by Mr
Con- when he asked Clark about how
much money was paid down for the
privilege OF working the ward.
some People Exempted.
1T was an understanding with the
IRplice." said Clark. that we should
sters or priests. They were to be
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
AN ANCIENT PEOPLE.
Relies ot a Prehistoric Race FourA ii
Russian Excavations.

Relies of Prehistoric Race FOura in
Russian Excavations.
The Hermitage is famous building
in st. Petersburg, in which the relics
of Peter the Great are preserved. IN
II there is also kept what is called the
Kertch collection.
Six centuries before Christ, the
Greeds founded colonies on the shores
of the Black sea. They united with
the native Scythians, and Scythian
rulers were generally placed over the
colonies
Outside the gates of the modern
town Of kcrtch there are rows of
tombs and mounds. In the year 1880,
the Russian government began to care
fully examine these tombs. the objects
found there-remains of the ancient
colonies-bcing taken to St Peters
burg and placed in the hermitage
In ISL mound was opened called
hy the Tartars The IHllock of the
brave, and in room Of hewn stone
tile remains Of Scythian king were
found, together with those Of his wife.
his war horse and servant His gold
en- crown and ornaments were there
untouched.
Even the sarcophagus of carved cy-
press wood, in which his body was laid
remains undeoayed, and the carving
and gilt figures upon it are still sharp
and beautiful
1t seems incredible that substance
50 frail should have endured for more
than two thousand years uninjured.
The gold bars of his shield, the sill
yer slaves Of his heralds, the collar of
twistedI gold wire, are TO be seen, be
sides many other articles found in his
tomb, although a large number were
stolen at the time of the discovery.
But still more interesting and beau
tiful were the contents of a tomb dis
covered in 1868, of q priestess of Ceres,
with all her rich ornaments, and these
were all preserved
Most exquisite they are. The gold
chains. buttons. bracelets, necklaces,
equal the best workmanship of Venice
or Florence at the present day. The
golden plates from her head-dress are
of response work of perfect beauty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
YANKEE ARIsTocRAcY.

Curious Admissions Made by Some New
England People of Good Families.
A conversation among a group of
people the other day, all of whom were
of good New England families, brought
ont some curious admissions. Only one,
says the Boston Transcript, of the par
ty could trace his descent, in the line
of mothers, farther than to the grand
mother, though several could trace it
very much farther in the paternal line,
and even in what they called the ma
ternal line, which meant, of course,
the mothers fathers family.
All present could tell the maiden
name of their mothers mother, but
only one could tell the maiden name
Of her mother. OF course, many in
New England among those genealog-
ically careful people who can tell you
the names of all their sixteen great
Observation-Disclosures and grandmothers
can do this; but these are comparative
ly few. And those who cannot carry
back the lines of mothers more than
three generations include the repre-
sentatives of some of the most aristo-
cratic families in New England, whose
line of paternal descent is unbroken Ia
the settlement and beyond
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
COST or A BILLIARD BALL.

About Ten Dollars In Cash and Usually a
Large Amount of Human Blood.
The globe of ivory which is knocked
about a table IN glme - billiards
costs, if Of good quality, at least ten
dollars, says the Million. This repre-
sents its cost in money. There is,
however, far more important and
formidable element in the price which
has been paid for it. The billiard ball
of pure ivory represents, as it lies
white and glistening upon the cloth
an expenditure Of human life blood as
well as of money. Elephants tusks
are brought down to the African coast
by caravans, generally in charge of
Arabs, which have been trading in the
interior. Very often they have picked
up slaves as well as ivory. But this
phase Of tile matter maA be left out
of the account. 1t is estimated that
every large caravan bringing ivory to
the coast has cost more than one hun
dped and sixty human lives through
fights and murders in the course of the
expeditions. Thirty more men are
likely to have suceumbed TO fevers or
AblttA NAlntfslts-@ Ct4ltl J4lE ldb1A Ita tl LIlc
march. The hunting Of the elephants
and the capture Of the ivory are very
likely to have caused the death of ten
men altogether. Such casualties are
the rule in elephant hunting rather
than the exception. An average tusll
does not furnish more than enough ma
terial for two good billial balls. Of
course the remainder of the ivory in
each tusk is made use of in other ways;
a perfect cut billiard ball requires spe-
cial quality, or so-called NERVE"
which is found only in one part of the
tusk The chances are that billiard
ball of the first quality has cost at
least one human life; and there Is not
one such ball which may not be truly
said TO be stained with mems blood.
They can hardly be considered, there
fore, a cheerful accompaniment to a
sensitive PERSONS diversion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
sarasltr OF Mini norsss.

The way in which blind horses can
60 about without getting into more
difficulties than they ordinarily do is
very remarkable. They rarely, if ever,
hit their heads against q fence or stone
wall. They will side off when they
come near one. 1t appears, from care
full observation. that It is neither
shade nor shelter which warns them Of
danger. on an absolutely sunless and
MINDLESS day their behavior is the
same. Their olfactory nerves, doubt
less, become very sensitive, for, when
driving them, they viii poke their
heads downward in s. -rch Of water
fifty yards before they come to q
stream crossing che roadway. 1t can
not be an ahnor1nauy developed sense
Of hearing which leads them to do this,
for they will act alike though the wa
ter be . stagnant pool. Men who have
been blind Tor any great length of
time develop somewhat similar in
stincts to blind horses
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
TWAS A GOOD STORY.
That Is. When IL Was Applied to Some
other Fellow.

The Texas congressman usually has
a shrewd perception Of humor, re-
marks the Washington Post. The del
egation has a corner on half the good
stories going, and can lay claim 70 sew
eral which have got away. A CORE
spondent backed the dean of the dele
CATION up in a corner the other Gay
and told the following tale:
"a friend Of mine said the CORE
spondent, ''came up from Texas when
the session opened. and as he expected
to be here some time he looked around
for q moderate-priced room, which he
located in a nice neighborhoOd A
motherly old lady showed him the
room, which pleased him very much.
AS he was about TO leave the room she
asked him where he was from.
from Texas, madam
We'll, let me show you how this
gas works. You turn il on so, and put
match TO it, SO; when you get through
turn il off, So
But l understand all about gas.
We have it at home
Yes, but have had a good deal Of
trouble with Texans about gas, and it
doesn't do any harm 10 show you. Turn
it on so, and turn it off this way.
DoI try TO blow it out,
'ltut, madam, protested my friend,
You needn't go to all that trouble. If it
viii rel We your mind any, lived in
Chicago +, six months before coming
here
You did. Ell? Well, want you to
understand that this is respectable
house, and won't have any poker
playing or drinking and carousing up
here
"Haw, haw!" laughed the congress-
man, THAT is one of the best stories I
ever heard" and his sides shook with
laughter.
but, said the CORES pondent, the
boys are sending that story out tonight
and saying that you are the Texan"
The deuce you say. Well, that is a
pretty low-down sort of yarn to spin
on anybody" grunbled the congress-
man
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
The HIentschikons.

The last representative Of tic famous
Russian family of Mentschil1oT died a
short time ago in Baden Baden The
founder OF the family was Prince Alex
ander Danilovitch Mentschikoff. who
was the son of stableman and the ap-
prentice to a baker. The boy attracted
the attention Of Gen, Lefort, who in
PRODUCED him TO Peter the Great
Owing to his extraordinary clever
ness he obtained great influence over
the czar and soon advanced to the
highest place in the empire. In time
he became the most important and the
most feared man in Russia. In 1877,
however, he fell suddenly into dis
favor and was banished TO Siberia, his
immense fortune being oonfiscated by
the crown. He became insane there
from broOdiug over his fall and losses,
and died in 1890 His son was restored
to favor, however, and the family
quickly regained its prominence The
fortune OF the last Mcntschil1off, rum
ming into the millions, VIII 20 to a dis
tant relative, Prince Sagariu
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
PROMPT REPLY.
The Check Given to Farnc. Jones and
His Matrimonial Intents.

The Check Given to Farnc. Jones and
His Matrimonial Intents.
Some business is best done quickly
and with few words. Other business,
of more delicate nature, is commonly
entered upon in more leisuwly man
ner. Now ana then, however, a man
is found who makes no such distinc-
ton
Farmer Jones sought an interview
with Widow Brown lie had long
prided himself upon his short horn cat
tie; she was in her way as proud Of her
poultry and pigs
Widow Brown, said he Il am a
man Of few words, but much feeling.
l possess. as you know, between three
and four hundred head of cattle l
have saved mp eight hundred dollars or
SO, and I've tidy and comfortable
home. l want you to become my wife.
Now, quicls the word with me; give
you five minutes to decide"
Farmer Jones, said Widow Brown
Il am woman Of few words say
nothing Of my feelings. ! possess, as
you know, between three and four
hundred head of poultry, and about
ten score OF pigs. l have nigh twelve
hundred dollars well invested-my late
husbands savings and my own earn
ings. / tell you | wouldn't marry you
If il were choice between that and
going to the scatfold. sharp my word.
and give YOU three minutes to clear off
my prcmises.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
ID. the nren1 NaIlsr.

French suhurhans in the Bronx val
ley delight ia holding old world yash-
ions, and the peasant blue Is still
seen among them, while doubtless
there are sabots in every house. called
into use on wash day and at other low
barometer seasons. 1t is pretty
habit of these simple aliens % keep
English rabbits and family 81
French people at WoodIavn travel
over all the country round digging
greens for these creatures. The rab-
bits by the way, are kept not as pets,
but fer food. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
RANCH NATIONALITIes.
Dutchmen in the West Who Have Become
Thoroughly AmericanIzed.

Thoroughly Americanlzed.
In THE Wilderness Hunter" Theo-
dore Roosevelt says that as rule no
body displays much curiosity about
other peoples autecedents in the far
west; but on one occasion Mr.. RoOse-
welt returned 70 his ranch and found a
strange hunter staying there, and
asked his foreman who was this new
conner, who evidently appreciated good
things and seemed inclined to make a
permanent stay, according to the GUS
tom of the country.
My foreman. who had large way of
looking at questions of foreign eth
nology and geography, responded with
Indifference:
"Oh, he's kind of Dutehman; but
he hates the other Dutch mortal Hes
from an island Germany took from
France in the last war"
This seemed pulling; but it turned
ont that the island" in question was
Alsace.
Native Americans predominant
among the jewellers on the borders Of
the wilderness, and in the wild coun-
try over which the great herds of the
cattlemen roam; and they take the
lead in every way. The sons of the
Germans, Irish and other European
newcomers are usually quick TO claim
to be straight United States" and to
disavow all kinship with the fellow
countrymen of their fathers.
Once, while with hunter bearing a
German name, we came by chance on
q German hunting-party from one of
the eastern cities. One of them re-
marked to my companion that he must
be part German himself. to which he
cheerfully answered:
well, my father was a Dutchman,
but my mother was white womanl
Pm pretty white myself" whereat the
Germans glowered at him gloomily.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
HORRORS OF SHAVING.
Whether You Do 1t Yourself or Go TO a
Barber, There Are Dangers.

Barber, There Are Dangers.
There is a story told Of French no
/ bleman who, when he had been shaved
in the morning, always heard the man
mutter: nank heaven on leeying
the room. He inquired thecarse- 1T
| is the money, my lord, yen always
leave on your table over r.Ight for he
| was a gambler). Every morning | say
TO myself: i must cut his throat, and
am truly thankful TO have escaped the
/ temptation" After which confession
| the nobleman shaved himself It is
| quite extraordinary how many people
/ and even poor people-employ BARRIERS
TO shave them, partly from conscious
ness of their own clumsiness (''What
do you give the man who shaves you?"
| inquired some one OF Macaulay. ''Sev-
eral cuts on the face" was his reply),
but chiefly from their inability TO strop
the razOrs- If there is an industry that
makes use of old strops with cutsl
shall be happy tosupply them at whole
sale prices, says a writer in the Lon
don Illustrated News. That there is
no machine for strOpping razOrs speaks
volumes for the power and intelligence
of the BARRIERS company.
Nevertheless, for man who has al
ways shaved himself the employment
of another person to DO il for him
seems for the first time, apart from the
humiliation of being taken by the
nose, rather a serious business. One
wishes TO make great friends with
him TO start with. but the usual meth
DDS are closed to us; genial converse
ton is out of the questionr-au the soap
is on his side-and we daren't offer
him liquor. 1t Is the greatest conf
dence trick known TO man The per-
former may be an expert or he may
not; but it is certain that at one time
or another these gentlemen must have
been new to their trade With whom
did they begin? With whom, indeed!
Dead men tell no tales / ventured to
ask the question the other day of
professional He replied, with some
confusion: we begin with one an
other" and it was only the day before
that he had observed, with an air Of
pretended Indifference: eve are rather
short-handed at the Shop just now"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
AN ODD TlMEPlECE.
The Chariot Clock of the Emperor o
China.

The Chariot Clock of the Emperor of
China.
One of the most wonderful time
keepers known to the horulogist was
made in London about one hundred
years ago and sent by the president Of
the East India company as o gift to
the emperor of China The case says
the New Orleans Times Democrat, was
made in the form Of chariot, in
which was secuted ne figure of n woIn-
an. This figure was Of pure ivory and
gold and sat with her right hand rest
ing upon q tiny clock fastened to the
side of the vehicle A part of the
wheels which kept track OF the flight
OF time were hidden in the body of
tiny bird, which had seemingly Just
alighted upon the lady's finger Above
was canopy 50 arranged as 10 conceal
silver bell This bell was fitted with
"A miniature hammer Of the same metal,
and, although it appeared to have no
connection with the clock, regularly
struck the hours, and could be made
to repeat by touching a diamond but
ton on the lady's bodice. In the char
lot at the ivory lady's feet there was a
golden figure Of a dog. and above and
in front were two birds, apparently
flying before the chariot. This beau
tiful ornament was made almost en-
tirely OF gold and was deliberately
decorated with precious stones
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
\ Queer Chinese superstition.

The Chinese have a remarkable SUI
pcrstition about the Chu river, which
Is the local name Oh the border for the
Chatting. A considerable trade in
drugs IS horne along tins river, for
which a special class Of boats, com
posed Of very light hoar3s fastened
with wooden nails. Is built. The ma
tives say that the magnetic attraction
Of the bed of the river is - strong that
were ordinary boats used the iron nails
would he pulled out. Along the river
banks iron IS mined IN primitive fash
ion, and from the geological evidence
K IS believed that the ere is very rich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
COTTON AND TOBACCO.
Oid-Time Prices ct These Commodities in
the south.


Oid-Time Prices ot These Commodities In
the south.
We have before us, " says the Rich
mond journal Of Commerce, "sales of
two bales Of cotton and two horsheads
of tobacco sold at Norfolk, Va, June
2, 1881, by james Gordon, lif time
commission merchant 81 that city The
weights Of the bales Of cotton were 3l2
and $50 pounds Price, G7k cents-net
sales, S6l2L Weight Of the two hogs
heads Of tobacco. 1875 and 40
pounds. Price, 81 and 1875 per 100
pounds. Net sales of both, sGs.35.
The accompanying letter says. I fear
you will be disappointed in tho sales Of
the tobacco. | confess it seems 10 me
low price, but l assure you nothing
better cap be done here.
I'VE are net posted as to how long
after this leaf tobacco was sold that
Norfolk continued a tobacco market.
Wonder If q treaty was ever entered
into between Norfolk and Richmond,
that the one should sell cotton AMI the
other tobacco without business compe-
tition. II we so conclude the treaty
was like that of William Penn and
the Indians. nnwritten for il has been
faithfully kept e the pre- - day.
THE tobacco farmer tie hour
may CLEAN ray Of conservation Us he
oontemplates tile price of tobacco in
1881 and compares it with its value in
1898, and consoles himself with the
knowledge that our fathers received
less than present DliccS"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to days.
Its action upon the system is remark
able and mysterious. 1t removes at
once the cause, and the disease i'm
mediately disappears. The first dose
greatly benefits. IS cents Sold by,
Stone q Hassell, Druggists, Lancaster.
4Sly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04

Itch on human and horses and allani-
mails cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails. Sold by Stone u Hassell Drug
gists, Lancaster Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
After Breakfast

70 purify, vitalize and enrich the blood.
and give nerve, bodily and digestive
strength, take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Continue the medicine after every meal
for month or two and you will feel
like new man" The merit of
Hood Sarsaparilla is proven by its
thousands of wonderful cures. Why
don't you try it?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04

Mrs. 7. S. Hawkins. Chattanooga,
Tenn, says: "Shilob'S Iitalzer
SAVED NY LIFE. / CONSIDER ID the
lest remedy for q de5jhtated system
eUer used" For Dyspepsia, Liver or
Kidney trouble it excels. Price 75cts
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. sae chung to Castoria,
When she chad Children, she gave them CastOria.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04

He that judges without informing
himself to the utmost that he is capable
cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.