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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12
A Christian Who Fnvors Theatres

To the Editor:
am glad that people considering Mr.. Peter
Rudolph Pickers query ''ls 1t wrong to attend
a theatre? Why not give un glimpse OF Mr..
PickellH Since he has twice created such stir, It
Is certainly time that people consider the ques.
ton. | am a Christian, but am not opposed to
theatres GEORGE W. WATERS
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Cure for m Sly.

The small infiamed tumor or boil,
called sty, which sometimes forms at
the edge of the eyelid, though incon-
venient and painful. is not dangerous.
A bread poultice. to which a little olive
oil has been added, promotes suppura-
ton and helps it to run its course.
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THOMAS ]. BRADY.

This Is a picture of the man to whom
the people of New York pay a large
salary for seeing that all new buildings
erected in the city are safe. A new
building on Monroe street blew down
Wednesday and many citizens were killed
and injured.
II this were China Mr.. Brady by this
time would have been beheaded.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

rs much cannot be said for the refuse
which the Department is supposed TO
dispose of. A good deal of that has been
washed back. and more of 1t hasn't gone
out. The city Is wonderfully patient
over this evil.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

DIR. Parkhurst claims TO know OF a
clerk in a criminal court who paid $50 a
month TO a relative OF the Judge as the
price for his position. Let us all know
about II. Doctor. That viii be a part
Of the process of going Higher Up.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

Now that Tammany has indorsed the
municipal construction plan for rapid
transit. what is to become of Mr.. Peter
B. Sweeny's lately published columns OF
matter denunciatory OF the project?
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Mr.. Gof discovered yesterday that
policemen play policy right along. He
has been demonstrating for some time
that many wearers of the municipal blue
take more desperate chances than those
of the gig"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

II is explained that Police Justice
Gradv's disappearance was due to the
fact that he had gone to Albany on Sc
crct political business. New YORK Guy
pays MIR Grady 5000 year with the
understanding that he Is to devote him
self TO public business.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

The charming women who have joined
the ranks of the Tiger-hunters should
not feel hurt or put out II they learn
that the unwashed are referring to them
not as Ants, but "Aunties.' Such
things are to be expected in political
campaign
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

Harvard promises some great achievements in
the educational line this year Notwithstanding
the fact that the football season is In its va-y
infancy the Harvard team has developed one
broken Decentralization Post
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Laughter has been desacd to such degree that
1t wouldn't be hit surprising II the next genera
tons were born laughing instead OF crying as has
been mans custom sinee he nrst entered this
world.-Boston Herald.
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LETTERS.

This column Is open TO everybody ,aho has a
complaint 10 make, grievance TO uentiits informd-
ton to give subject Of general inerea to discuss
or q public serrtce to acknowledge, and pho ca,.
put the idea MO less than 100 toorda Long letters
cannot be printed. ]
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A Chance for Conan Doyle to DO
Some Detective Work.

To the Editor:
daily reader of THE Evening World"
and as this paper has solved more mysteries than
any other would like 1t to solve one for me.
For some time past have been trying to md Q
few stamp stores the west side of Broadway.
have heard they were there but the person
would not tell where they were. They are
not above Fourteenth street and not on Broadway.
II you will kindly solve this riddle you will
oblige me greatly and add another feather In your
cap. Please return answer by mail
DONALD d. GRAHAM
1900 Pacific street, Brooklyn,
p. s.-The stamp stores sell postage stamps
from all parts OF the globe.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

Thomas Bracket Reed confines his
presidential hopes, for the time being,
TO diet of silence and seclusion. Some
other gentlemen are overlooking theirs.
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Park Commissioner Straus will be
more careful hereafter about snubblng
small boys who have peppers that run
newspapers.
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Make Him n Living Picture"

To the Editor:
Let THE Evening World" give us glimpse Of
Mr.. Peter Ii. Pckell by a picture in The Even
ing World's' living picture column,
GpACE Y
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the Scripture to prove their doctrine is found
In Genesis ill.,, 4. "And the serpent said unto
the woman, We shall not surely de-" so you see
that the doctrine Of the immortality OF the soul
is DEVILS doctrine. g.
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The New Fur Wraps,

This may or may not be cold Winter,
but the fur wraps provided for it have
not stopped to consider the question
of possible mildness. The atmosphere
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

Whether Justice Diver stays in or
out OF the Second District leadership is
matter which doesn't affect his avail
ability as a LeXow witness.
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The good gale Of reform will accom-
plish an excellent piece of work in
blowing down the "Walled-Of Flats"
of Morton street.
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Let us see. Mr.. Con-, II some of the
Police Commissioners will profit by the
example of policemen who told the
trnth
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

The New York and New Jersey Bridge
is probably TO be cantilever. But the
bridge project remains persistently In
suspense.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

The Columbian half-dollars are to go
into ordinary circulation. They will be
souvenirs of their own failure to become
souvenirs
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have met within four walls-and the
walls yet stand!
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Pity for the Observation-Disclosures.

To the Editor:
l am a young woman eighteen years old and
my hair is falling out very much. l had It
cut twelve months ago, and friends are advising
ne to have It cut again. VIII some kind reader
have pity on me and tell me what to doH
MADGE.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

George Gould owes nothing to the tax
collector-ln Lakewood.
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Make II your personal business to do
some canvassing for rapid transit and
Greater New York.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

The doctors of the Gar still fail to
'get together"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

Gov. Hill cpers his campaign with the
II am q Democrat" key.
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Tonight the city convention OF the
G. o. P. Then we shall see how things
strike T. C. Z.
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GETTING SQUARE WITH sTRAus.
Ayenginy Grievances of His Son
Paul, who Resigned from Park
Board Because Nr. Straus
wouldn't Let Him Have
His own Way.

CFrom to-days SUM
As The Sun has never used partisan
ship to mystify or to deceive any mans
credulity, we are compelled to state
plainly the facts in regard to Mr.. Ma
than Straus, the candidate put up Tor
Mayor by Tammany Hall.
Against Mr.. Straus as an aspirant for
general favor there lies the unusual
objection that he has already, as city
officer proved himself unfit for public
office: and we cannot advise that the
highest place In the gift of the city
should be conferred upon any man
when the city's affairs would manifestly
be benefited by his retirement from
lesser public trust which he exercises
now. And this presents precisely and
accurately the status and qualifications
IF Mr.. Straus.
We must protest. also, against the
presentation to this community OF a
candidate for an office of the first i'm
portance and dignity, on the strength
If his ostentatious charities. In itself,
charity coupled with wisdom Is worthy
" all praise; but when it is pushed into
politics as a draft to be honored by
the reward of public office, 1t becomes
offensive. Every official must first pay
lonorably for his place by his services
o the public life of his party, or of the
community; but no one can pay II
money or in gifts, and leave his candi-
lacy either commendable or defensible
We regret extremely, therefore. our
obligation of entire simplicity and i'm
)erativeness to say that we can see IL
the venture of offering such candidate
IN grounds new in New York politics,
40 worthy element whatsoever.
From Yesterdays World)
For two or three days the weight OF
sentiment had been in favor of Nathan
Straus for Mayor. But it was not with
out opposition, and the greatest opposi-
ton came from Charles A. Dana, the
father of eX-Park Commissioner Paul
Dana. Mr.. Dana's troubles as a Park
Commissioner are fresh in the public
mind. Mr.. Straus and he were opposed
on most questions concerning the public
parks, and their quarrel became bitter
and personal. 1t was said at Tammany
Hall last night that the elder Dan
waited upon Mayor Gilroy and strongly
urged that Mr. Straus be not nominated
It was said that Mr.. Dana urged his
many services to Tammany Hall fol
which he had asked no favors, and ha6
had none except the appointment of his
son to the unsalaried office of Park Com
missioner. 1t was also said that Mr.,
Dana intimated that he would not sup
port Straus If nominated.
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II was bad day for Capt. Schmitt.
berger when NJ. Forget recovered his
memory,
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Competition in ferry service may be
come a blessing to the Staten Islanders.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

The trouble with the football situation
seems to be too much kicking OF the
field.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

Tammany Leader Purroy is perhaps
on the way to find out where Croker
got 1t.
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Though the Street Cleaning Depart
nent isNail ut sea on the garbage matter,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

VIII a Coroners jury find that "the
hand of God" caused the Monroe street
disaster?
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You Are Not.
To tbs Edittr:

To tbs Edittr:
My wife left me about sl< wears and I have
never or heard frop her since, An |, after
her long Gossnre divorced from her. Kindly
answer .nis thi,IEh the columns OF your pre-
rioua pape=, ana oo!igG
A MISERABLE MAN.
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Are DR.. Depew and the Bowery t
be drifted hopelessly apart7
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1t Is undoubtedly Yomans right t.
use her influence against wrong. g.
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Well, the first news of London's re-
ception of "a Trip to Chinatown" has
arrived. The piece Is said to be written
"in vein Of Enthusiastically American
humor, in which prcposterous fuss and
racket song and dance are of more con
plot" The "Trip to Chinatown" II
London refers to "China Ball. at
Covent Garden, which is heard of, but
not seen. The songs and dances are
praised. but the intervals between them
are said to be too long.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

c. L., Brooklyn.-PleAse send name and ~
dress 10 Letter Editor. Evening Worid."
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To the Editor:
Knowing that your paper well known Is al
ways willing to help and assist the needy and de-
serving. I wish to call your attention in regard
to the hard worked and poorly paid postal clerks
in this large city. Their prospects at present
learned salaries having failed to pass the last
session OF Congress. Some Of the clerks have
families to support their meagre salaries. AZ
no Increase has been made in four years. and to
still dishearten them. they prevented from
taking part In the examinations which were
formerly held when vacancy occurred and
thereby getting increase What mean by q
| vacancy is should clerk resign or be dis
charged receiving salary Of $500 $500 or $500
or ST. 900 per annum clerk would be ap-
pointed on a salary of 5000 The balance would
then be contested for. and the clerks receiving
| the highest percentage would get an increase Of
slOO Many vacancies have taken place, but the
| customary examinations not held, Mr.. Dayton
having stopped It for some reason Is this not
| doing the clerks a great injustice7 The balance
| of salaries are lying unused at the Post-ohoe.
| Why cannot these examinations go again and
give us a chance instead OF constantly showing us
| back? To secure this boon for the clerks would
| add another 1894 block to your monument Of
| seven years standing.
A CLERK AND CONSTANT READER OF YOUR
| INTERESTING PAPER.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12

BY the bye. Comstocks Minstrels have
MIX White Flag" The parody is to be
called "a Coal Black Flag" and will
probably be put on week from next
Monday.
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A Home Missionary Suggestion.


To the Editor:
Why don't you OF the power OF your
valuable paper for tho benefit Of the poor country
and pine people! You are fighting for the rights
of the city folks, but you don't seem to care for
the rights and wrongs of the Door country and
pine people. We a set Of good honest,
honorable people We have plenty Of common
sense. But we haven't enough learning. ars the
government is to be blamed for 1t, What is the
use of wasting money for missionaries to send
them to foreign countries among happy set Of
wild people? Why not spend that amount in our
own country. among sensible people, for good
schools and well educated teachers And the
government should compel the parents to send
their children to school, instead OF sending them
to cranberry bogs to their own clothing
Let some Of your sensible readers decide what
should be done for the benefit of the poor country
and pine people to educate their children. Help
| US, dear editor. and millions OF poor innocent
children now Will thank you in time to come.
A VICTIM FROM soUTHARD. N. J.
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II don't want people to think that I'm
trying to be funny on the subject OF
death" said Charles II. Hoyt yester-
day. "Such an idea was very far from
my Intentions. l admit that the funeral
episode in "A MIX White Flag stands
out rather conspiCuously, but my inten
ton was to show up the fraud and
hypocrisy that surround mourning cere-
monies | don't want to be irreverent,
and | hope I'm not"
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Lillian Russell sails for this country
n week from tomorrow, with her com
pany, and Ter costumes and her scenery,
ana her comic opera. c. j. Abud Will
accompany her to stage The Queen
of Briiliants" at Abbey's Theatre.
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\ funny little incident was noticed at
this entertainment. The Evening
World" has already related the pathetic
affair that led to the strained relations
between De Wolf Hopper and Richard
Mansfield. Just as Hopper came on the
day Mansfield got up and left his box,
declining to gaze upon the elongated
comedian. OF course, ii was very sad,
but 1t didn't seem 10 affect Hopper much,
He was funnier than everyone OF the
hits of the afternoon
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Mrs Matilda Alice Victoria Courtenay
has settled her difficulties with Roster
n Rial who had begun a suit agains
her for $1,000 for breach Of contract: She
viii appear at that concert hall Mon
day night Mrs. Matilda Alice Victoria
Courtenay has budget of bright,
breezy songs fresh from London. Mrs,
Matilda Alice Victoria Courtenay is bet
ter known to vaudeville lovers as Marie
llnNl.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-28

"well. let's see." said ohnimus, and he drew .4-ealibre revolver as he stood close to the fence with the bear eight feet inside, He fired a shot, the bullet striking the sand two feet from Mon arch. and like n Hash the brute hew at the fence with savage srowl ana a wicked flerceness in his eyes, AS he came against the fence close to ohni- mus he delivered a blow that bent one of the inch bars two inches, He at once went back to his digging. and ohnimus fired five more shots.
 At the first shot Monarch looked around an instant and resumed his im- portant work. and the remaining four shots he paid no attention to whatever He showed himself to be wonderfully quick, and every few minutes he would take offense at somebody's presence by his enclosure and become cyclone of fury in his rush at the fence, against which he would rise and deliver clip with his right.
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were called, after Sir William consreye, inventor of the rocket. These congreyes consisted Of wooden spiints or strips of cardboard tipped with mixture of sui- phide of antimony, chlorate of potash. gum. and starch. No phosphorus was used, They were iEnited by rubbing on glass or sandpaper.
 From this time on incessant attempts were made in different places to pro- duce a really practicable and satisfae- tory friction match. In ls3f wooden friction matches containing phosphorus were made in Vienna. Darmstadt. and other places In Europe. The first patent in the United States for phosphorus friction matches was granted Oct, 24. lsSs. to A. D. Phillips. whose igniting composition was a mixture of phosphor- us, sulphur. chalk and gum.
 From time to time loud cries were made about the dangers attending the use of phosphorus in match making. It was not only poisonous and too in- fiammable, but the workmen employed were subject to a curious disease of the Jawbones, which was loathsome and distressing. Between the years lS40 and 1865 there was much warm discussion on these points. It Is by this time pret- ty well established that the danger of phosphorus disease" Is reduced to 0 minimum by the employment of such preventive means as good ventilation, impregnstion of the air of the fac tory with the vapor of turpentine. and the enforcement of absolute cleanliness on the part of the work people. Tn 1884 stringent regulations were put in force in German factories. In Denmark and Switzerland the use of matches containing the ordinary phosphor- us was forbidden by law In 1875 and 1879. and in Denmark since 1875 the use of Swedish safety matches" only has been allowed. In 1882 the Swiss govern ment forbade the Use of any but safety matches. It was in 1855 that Lundstrom of Jonkoping, Sweden, made the first true Safety" matches. He put his oxi- dizing mixture on the splints, and the red phosphorus Ca safe form of phos- phorus) on the box. This process was patented the same year in England Since then there has been no very i'm. l portant departures in the art of match. making, though various machines have been Invented and various igniting mix.
 lures tried with greater or less sue. cess.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-28

Government Bonds. Following are the quotations for United States bonds at the call to-day:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-28
INCUBATION OF ELM TREES.

Reported Results of 8 One Year Test-on the
 Other H and, What the U. s. Entomol oeist
 Says. .'. -o
 The South Norwalk Sentinel of Nov ember "A says: Upon invitation of President verlin, of the Norwalk Elm Tree Inoculation company, John P. Beatty and l.. A. Osborn of Newark, N. J., Druggist B. G. Tomlinson, South Norwalk, and representative of the Sentinel, visited a number of points along the Belden hill road yesterday, for the purpose of inspecting trees which had been inoculated by MT. Yer lin and his assistants one year ago. The, contrast between the inoculated elms and the trees upon which the process has not been performed was very conspicuous. The latter bore the appearance of rapid decay, while those into which the inoculAtion compound has been injected have grown new wood, show a full growth of buds, perfect network of new miniature branches sprouting from the larger limbs, and a healthy appearance gen orally. One particularly noticeable fea- ture was the soundness of the trees at the point where the inoculation had been performed. It was found that the compound, which Is prepared in the form of powder, had been nearly, if not all, dissolved, which substantiates the claim that the nature of the trees distributes the compound upward and throughout the entire body and branches of the trees.
 Assistant Secretary Dabney of U. s.
 Department of Agriculture)
 'Your letter of the 18th inst. relative to the inoculation of elm trees as a preventive to: the ravages of the elm beetles. has been received and referred to the sntomologist who reports that there Is no such thing as successful inoculation Of any plant against the ravages of insects which feed upon 1t. Many experiments have been made with no success. The laws Of veeeta- ble physiology contradict the theory, and experiments hsye shown the fu- tlity of the practice. The only satis- factory remedies against the elm leaf beetle are, first, spraying of accessible foliage with Paris green or London purple in the proportion of. one pound to 150 gallons of water, and, second, the destruction of the pupas about the base of the trees bY means Of hot wa1 ter" < sss '
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upon '"'spunk." The long and the last of such clumsy methods was that phos. phorls fell into disuse. It was another chemical discovery about the beginning of the present century that gave an i'm petus to invention. and finally led to the match as 1t Is to-day. Bsrthoilet was the chemist, and the discovery was known as "the principle of the oxidation of combustible bodies by chlorates in the presence of strong acids" Making practical application of this principle. Chancel, in 1905, pro- duced his so-called ''oxynariate match es," in which strips of wood. tipped with mixture of chlorate of potash, sugar and gum, were isnited by contact with sulphuric acid. About this time also there were various noa-phosphoric light producers more or less in vogue
 One of these, was known aS s'pyrophur. us." It was prepared by roasting alum with flour and honey or sugar. and in- flating by exposure to the air.g
 As early as 17S0 there were 'electro- pneumatic fire producers" in ssibe, In which a jet of hydrogen was unframed by an electric spark. The Dobereiner platinum lamp"4 belonged to q later date, 1923. In this hydfo1sn sas was ignited by contact with spunsy plat. mum. About this time Also there were in use in parts of Prussia small glass tubes containing equal psrtG of phos- phorus and sulphur carefully fused to- gether. Into this splintefs of wood were thrust and thsn ientbSds Dy frio- ton. !. {. ss5ss si Z as 1t was not. 1ntG 1s27 that the real precursor Of our pfesent day anstch ap- peared. Iii April sofy that. year sIef1n walker Of Htockto TAeS invented ,lucifer matches. or c0hsrsva. Fl thsy