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The evening world., 1894-04-02
He DIDN'T TAKE THE HOUSE.
But for n Time the Agents Heart
Was Light with JOY.

La Sale street real estate men are
laughing at story which is not half
bad In Itself. and which aptly illustrates
the feeling existing between house hunt
ers aud agents, says the Chicago Mail
certain firm which has control of six
frame cottages about a mile from a cable
terminus-onc of which cottages has been
vacant eighteen months and two others
| from a man who expressed wish to rent
one or the places. The rent was s25. he
was told; he offered s23. beginning
April /. oo.... om., =. ,,
| figure" was the agents reply.
| II noticed" said the caller, that the
house is very dirty. The bathroom needs
repair, the inside blinds are down and
some of the doors unhung. The board
walk Is out of order, too
We Will put the house in perfect or
der, was the agents assurance.
| There are no gas fixtures" suggested
the customer, although the pipes are
lad In the house; will you put in the
tixtures?'
II suppose you will furnish fly
| screens?'
"No. that we can't do"
well. you Will pay the water rate?'
"No, each tenant must pay his own
water tax"
The customer rallied. The house needs
painting ne said meekly, but don't
suppose you would object to my doing
1t myself
hTe agent looked somewhat surprised.
but nodded assent.
II like to have a cistern where | live
continued the caller: for sometimes a
water pipe bursts and the city supply is
cut off for day or so. But there Is no
Sstern ,1 on the , PLACE n9% bj,t don! suppose
The agent looked tritie confused, but
managed to give silent consent.
As to the fly screens" continued the
terial to you, would it, not, If put in
wire screens instead of netting the last
occupants used, provided, of course,
leave the screens when | move out|'
Perplexity settled all over the agents
face and he tried to frame a reply, but
was interrupted.
II have young son who must be out
him to the yard; ! know there's no
fence in front of the lot now, but |
suppose l may build one provided I
show YOU the plans and tell you the
carpenters Nance
Astounded beyond expression. but de-
lighted with having discovered such a
wonderful tenant, the agent held his
ueaCe.
IF pay the water rates," continued
the caller cheerfuly, II would like also
to pay the taxes on the property Those
thingS are SO much better done when
one person attends to them. And If
there should arise any need for repairs
of plumbing or anything of that kind,
hope you will permit me to have the
out subiecting you to the annoyance oc-
casioned by attention to those petty de-
tails"
The agent was beginning TO tumble"
but the caller Ralloped on.
Well. then the caller said. cheerily
now that our deal seems to be all ar
ranged, I'll tell you what We'll do. I'll
look elsewhere and you keep your va
cant houses ana be - to you'-
And the caller lodged out just in time
to miss the inkstand thrown at him.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
CAT THAT EATS PICKLES.
Her Truthful Owner Says Her Coat
Is Changing Color.

The following story is told by a we'll
known Detroiter and Is vouChed for as
tru" lie Is also willing to show them
tn" cat, says the Detroit Free Press:
1T would make you laugh until your
sides aChed to see my little girls pet cat
eat pickles. The only way that we can
account for her liking for the strongest
kind of mustard pickles is that at every
meal she used to share the chair Of her
little mistress and have a taste of every
thing on the table. Well, she started on
sweet pickles, and she is now like the
old topper who started drinking sweet
cider and will now not look at anything
weaker than old rye.
she is a great cat to catch English
o'clock \. NJ. and generally within the
hour she has a sparrow caught she
kills it at once, then jumps up on the
window sill and makes noise until
some one, most always her little owner
who is on the watch for her. raises the
window and lets her in. She is then
shown into the back kitchen. and. after
tossing and playing with her sparrow
lust as "A cat does with "A mouse, she eats
dish of pickles, and If she is not waited
on at once she makes more fuss than IA
tramp who 1, asked To saw stick of
wood before he gets a good dinner AS
soon as she has satisfied herself on
pickles ShS stretches herself out before
the fire and looks happier than king.
"NOw, the strangeSt part of this story
/ is to y" told, BEFORE this eat took to ca
/ ing pickles she was spotted gray and
/ white. but she gradually turned a rich
| golden color, Just as near the color OF
| mustard pickles as could he. To look at
! her when the sun shines on her she looks
! like old gold and Is "A pretty sight"
The evening world., 1894-04-02
SHE STRETCHED his FATHER.
An Incident In II Chicago Suburban
Theatre Train.

II was Saturday night and the OutgD-
Ing " th"htr" train" was crowded. y
man with light-brOwn ovrrC at on his
arm ana wearing a crush hat rose. say $
the Chicago Tribune. and CAV" hts seat
to "A self pOss .Ss"i young woman With
gold rimm,l eyeglasses. AMI stood pa
tirntly In the aisle cncurri M" nat hS
the reflection that she had thanked him.
In on" Of tn" side seats short dis
tanCr away sat an old mlu abs Irh"l IN
newspaper His hat was off, ami
as tn" car vas warm ne hai removed
his cont. with his bald head, long ANA
struggling beard. ald-inshiun"d sI"ctl-
Cl"s home made shirt, and bnok IL
ship apI"drIur" generally h, was q
striking iiru", ana It was not long un'ii
h" attracted The attention Of tn" young
woman wIth thu iii trimmed ,y"giassrs.
Drawing from som" hiding place,
known only to herself, a small blank
hu X anh a lead pencil sh" b gan TO-
II grew, under h"r skiliul fingers, not
witns'nndIug IN" muuiun Of lhr car, int
a striking likeness. Sh" was up begin
nrr, this young person She VAS an ar
inst ana purtrHitur" evidently was "u'
Of her sp,rialtirs Tn" sketch attracted
ia" notice "f the man VINO hti given her
his scat.
II beg your pardon" hr said. stoop-
ing to look at it. but am something
of "A Judge of such work as that, ANA
II y"u VIII permit a total STRANGER to
express his appreciation of your ara"
INK ! should lik" to- say that II IL Won
d,rfully lif"-lik" and artistic
'Du you think su"' sh" replied.
II do You have caught his express
sion exactly. Th" irtnr" of hair round
his head. his long whisk"rs. his pruiui-
nent nose. his Hntiuuat"I glnSs"s, the in
tense onrncstn"sS with which he Is r"ad-
ing his paper. an his utter unconscious
ness that he can possibly u" an object
Of interest or curiosity to HnNbudN, ar"
all reproduced with startling iI"lltN.
Don't let me interrupt YOU in your
drawing. It isn't every day YOU hay"
the opportunity to max" study Of
subject SO original | dar" say
no. indeed
And You do well to improv" It, He
Is altogether unique. II" looks as II
this might be tn" first tim" that ne has
ever visited II city. Probably 1t is. That
was AN admirab" touch. with two or
three strokes you have mad" it NOR"
laughahle and yet YOU hay" hardly "N-
aEgeratod any feature. Tint is wh.r"
true talent for CariCaturr comes in.
An. now. YOU hatter me.
"Not ut all. ] may claim. without
hoastinE. to h" II Cnpabl" critic Of work
like yours. and in this cas-" | am un-
usually well qualified to judge. The old
g"ntlcmnn''
"Dh. do you know him.
Yes. | knew him very well He hap
pens to be my father
The evening world., 1894-04-02
STRAIN OF ARMED PEACE.
Its Cost Too Tremndous to Last
Much Longer.

or course, the present state Of Italy is
but the hrst and inevitable demonstra-
ton that the present state of things in
Europe cannot continue, says the Lon
The weakest member of the armed
band is naturally the first to collapse
and there is considerable danger in
this. Italy is too much tempted at
stance, War! Var! No peace! Peace is
}S ms wIT those Il asns Is greatly 1 to tbe be
right who say that Italy ever had much
choice in the matter The state of
things in Europe now and in the future
is one which has has no r,D PITY fer the weak
served herself more than she helped
her friends; and II better use had been
made by her OF all these years of peace
the position would not be so difficult
as it now appears. That position. how
ever, is bad enough as It stands to
foreshadow a change in the European
The armed peace is becoming intoler-
able and impossible Civilization cannot
endure much longer the triple mail in
which 1t eats and drinks and sleeps.
many is costing humanity a price 1t can
not pay. Trade and commerce are
semi paralyzed civil disorder Is TO-
mented;, while social schemes are en-
Couraged by the monstrous militarism
that darkens Christendom
The time seems to be approaching
when the dread alternative OF general
disarmament or war must present itself
to the most pacific statesmen.
AS for Italy, II she were to back out
OF the hi,e hi,tv A'a is hat sbe Wold m sldlodii diG
appear again as a separate power Either
alone. or with the aid of friendly ex-
checquers. she must endure to the end
OF this tremendous strain, and. II she
cannot endure, those who desire to see
her assume the role OF a second or
third-rate power. like Greece or Portugal,
are likely TO be satisfied.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
PATCHOGUE'S BURGLAR HUNT
The Young Men of the Town Had
Fun, but Caught No Thieves.

PATCHOGtE. l.. l., April 2-There
are many tired young men in this tow
to-day. the excitement OF burglar chase
having kept them up until an early hour
this morning.
Late Saturday night 1t became known
that three suspicious characters had
been seen inspecting the large stores
This coupled with reports of man
having been wdylaii and robbed at West
Pond recently, made the police extra
cautious.
About midnight the three men were
seen lettering about one OF the stores
ana two OF the watching police made a
lash TO capture them. The three men
turned ana ran, with big Joe Cannon
after them. his companion giving up the
pursuit The trio easily escaped
me alarm spread, however, and last
niHht nearly all the young men in the
town organized themselves into watchers
ana patroll"d the various streets Every
'uspicious-Ooking person was held up
AT the point of "A lighted cigar until ne
proved his identity. Then apologies
would follow. coupled with an invitation
70 enter the nearest hotel and look
through the bottom Of a glass
About o'clock the vigilantes gave nm
the patrol work and went to bed
The evening world., 1894-04-02
MELusINA FAY PEIRCE.
That Feast of Kisses.

To the Editor:
In reply to your 'osculatory correspondent,
-. II. r." who has inveiglei a woman
Into his geomctrical ''yum-yum wager" will say
that his calculation is right. But the men should
rebel against such gigantic monopoly of sweet-
ness. They ought to attach his claim to the Wil-
son Tariff bill for reduction on saccharine mat
ter I would like to see him try to kiss me
S.3NS,6os times. I'd make him believe ethereal
kisses were worth that many dollars apiece. Why.
the performance Of such delightful 'Iabial FEAST
would paralyze a million pair Of juno Iips and
take fully AS many years to pay the wager But.
after all, am constrained to yield to this motto
DUN vivimus vivamus ERALDlNE.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
For little Girls.

Party dresses for little girls are quite
as attractive as the childish beauties of
the little wcarers deserve. The main
idea on which the small maiden's
party dress" is built is low-necked,
short-sleeved slip of silk, over which is
draped gauze, tulle. chiffon or muslin,
the skirt and bodice being made in one,
in the silk slip, the skirt either made
full or flaring, in ninc-gored shape. IL
there is muslin worn over this,it is a mass
of frills, high in the neck, the sleeves
coming down to the wrists, and the
whole enriched with beautiful needle-
work. Lace and body ribbon are also
used in the production of elaborate eff
The evening world., 1894-04-02

All the girls are going to wear sack
suits when the weather gets warm.
There are no tags on the shirt waists.
and belts will be needed to make things
connect. Leather merchants under
stand the difficulties OF the situation,
and there must be hundred belt pat
terms, more or less in the market this
moment. To make these waist bands
the lizard. alligator, goat, kid, seal.
calf and even the lowly hogs hide has
been seized, dressed or undressed,
punched full of eyelet holes and buckled
with fnncN metal
The evening world., 1894-04-02

New Works police head should not be
dominated by any political head
The evening world., 1894-04-02

The WoRID's circulation boom con 70
times and gains in volume. On March 3
Chairman j. EDWARD SIMMONS and
his associates ON q committee OF exam =
nation certified that they had carefully
investigated the circulation OF TnE
WORLD and found that for the months
of January and February, ls04, it
averaged ABB, 1G7 copies per day.
The figures published elsewhere show
that during March, 1894, it averaged
46O,020 copies per day. This is u
gain OF 81, 500 copies per day over
March OF last year, and n gain OF
14S,350 copies per day in three
,tnn
The evening world., 1894-04-02
HABITS or THE MAORIS.
Women Are Fond of Finery, but
Dress in Good Tnste.

The Maori lives mainly on the food
that nature has provided, but adds to
from other lands. says the Fortnightiy
Review. His native cloth tappa) has
long gone out Of use and European
fabrics have taken its place. The men
dom wearing shoes The women, also
shoeless, as u rule, dress with taste and
abjure gorgeous colors, sham jewelry
and loud display, but are, greedy of lace
flowers and adornments of a similar
kind. TO pay for their new wants the
copra of commerce is made from the
dried fruit of the cocoanut.
Cotton is picked or the magnificent
oranges are gathered when a paying
market can be found. They take the
trouble to make lime juice on the same
condition, but their chief export is
coffee. for ,wnich a market is always
sure. The height and wildness of the
trees make the picking of berries a slow
keep the growth within bounds would
acceptable. Manuring the Maori regards
as filthy and detestable, a practice un-
disgust in himself; Meanwhile the
coffee tree in It's wild state fourishes
as the Maori did in his. The breaking
of the branches by the lads who climb
pruning, and do for the coffee what, in
old times, war did for the man.
When the seasons come, COpra making
cotton picking and coffee or orange
gathering are turned into picnic per-
formances rather than made work in
our sense Of the term. The people sally
forth from the village in merry parties,
and in this spirit the whole work of the
country Is done. Saturday they devote
to cleaning their houses and collecting
and preparing food for the sunday,
which is observed as a Sabbath of the
ancient biblical kind. on three Of the
week days there is early morning ser
vice. Every day, in every household, is
opened and closed with hymns and fam
lily prayer.
on Sunday, clad in their best. they
troop to church or prayer from
three to five times a day, and. after each
service, assemble In appointed sections
for examinations by their elders as to
the sermon they have heard or the Scrip
ture which has been read The intervals
are spent in discussing the public an
nounCements-which are always made In
church before the service-or in the gos-
sip and bits of scandal which they dearly
love. So assiduous are they that women
will often leave their homes at daylight
for the early Sunday service and not re-
turn till the day is done. At sunset the
church Is closed. There are no evening
services, and the people are free once
more to resume the habits of ordinary
The evening world., 1894-04-02

To the Editor:
one word in regard to IS" and working girls
Neatncss is everything and is mostly seen am'h-
working girls" II working girl did not wear
kid gloves she would certainly be conslnereo WI
gar Would IS" like the working girls 10 carry
baskets for their lunches and have sign of'Hhd
them. telling every they meet their position IN
life? 1t would not be advisable to carry 'he'r
lunches in their hands, considering the s'fp when
always confronts us. Beware OF pIrki" h''S'
No doubt IS" would he arrested for breaking
such rules II any working girl were a'k"d she
would not deny her position, and as for not marry
,ng a workingman you cannot blame her II they
arc ANYTHING like IS" The proverh What ioois
20 rnortals be-" will suit IS" to perfection
- ANNA
The evening world., 1894-04-02
GI ARDING THE BANK.
Precautions Taken to Watch the
Hank of EngIand's Wealth.

The Bank OF England is watched
nightly 10y guard OF about fifty men
from the Household 'roops under the
command Of an officer. who usually
march from Wellington or St Georges
barracks, says Chamuers's Journal
They patrol the spacious quadrangles
# the bank and do sentry duty over
allotted spaces til the morning. when
they are relieved on the arrival of some
members OF the banks stan. The officer
IN command Is allowed dinner for him
self and u friend including the prOvis-
ion Of bottle Of the banks special old
port. The men are supplied with the
needful rejection.
Resides this military guard. two clerks
remain on duty allnight at the bank, as
Wei as air e"y s, U,s Sutuay' not A 20 ann % dhese
Their duty Is to move about from
building TO building inspecting various
rooms, 70 see that al goes well. Several
premises. ready 10 be summoned at a
moments notice. ..--.-.-.---.-.--..
The evening world., 1894-04-02
GETTING OVER 4 DIFFICULTY.
The Hnre-Lipped Man Hnd TO Go
out of Ills WnN.

The man with the hare Lip was nm.
CRY II" went into a stat" street rns.
ldnraut and ut once got into trouhl.
WIN IN" waiter because of his luahilir \.
10 pronounce the letter "p," saws thr
Chicago Post; He studied III" cofr""-
S'atIIhrd nm Of far" and then he SAID.
want four foaChcd uigs."
When the waiter returned he daposit-
Gi Gci h'i"rH IN" guest four slices Of pork
Tn" harc-lipprl man looked "A, tb,
meat, then At the waiter
! dlIHt order that" he said
I,atS what Nu' uhlahol sab" re
piled the darky You SAID yo' wanted
TO pok steaks"
no, ! didn't order four fork steaks, |
ordered -four foaohed airs."
We'll what go kicklu about perc's
your four polk steaks "
The hungry man first made sure that
the Sencgamhian was not guying him
and then said:
Sec here, my friend, ! don't think YOU
ever lived on a farm"
The waiter said he hadn't and tn,
Coloquy proceeded by the following cir.
cuitous route, in order to avoid the lin.
gual rock on which the hungry man,
gastronomic hopes had been wrcckrl
at the outset:
We'll you know what a rooster Is ."
Yes, sab; saw one on Souf Watar
street once
You know what a ROSTERS wife is?'
"Dcy yOuster call 'em hens"
You know what ROSTERS wife'S
children are?"
"ChiCkens."
you know what ROSTERS wife,
children afore they're hatched are?"
well! want four ROSTERS wife,
children afore they're hetched foached
The evening world., 1894-04-02
NEW PACIFIC LINE.
steamships to Connect Siberian
Halfway and California.

tIly Associated FrcssD
SAN FRANCISCO, April "A local
paper makes the statement that a COM
pany has been organized to operate a
large fleet Of steamships between Nladi-
voStoCk, the eastern terminus of the
Great Trans-Siner'an railway, and some
point on the Pacific coast, probably San
Diego. The organization is known as the
Russian American Direct Transportation
Company, with IA capitalization of 1884,.
100000. and among its hackers are Ameri-
can capitalists. several of whom are
largely interested in the Santa Fe Rail
road.
\ contract has been made with the
Russian Government for carrying the
mails for "a period of fifteen years. dur
ing which time a vessel must be con-
struCtei each year. For these vessels
nsEotia tons are now pending in New
York.
The Union Iron Works. of this city, are
to construct others.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
TO STRIKE AT TAMMANY.
John ID. Townsend to Speak in the
StccIIcrs' Rooms.

The voice of the Independents will be
heard in the Seventh District to- o-morrow
night, when branch of the Independent
county organization will be organized
At tn" rooms of the SteCkler Association,
l22 Second avenue. The meeting will be
II more than usual Importance. Repre-
sentatves will he present from nearly ali
he other Anti-Tammany organizations,
and Tlll make speeches.
The united front of the AntiS will be
an answer to the stories circulated by
Tammany leaders in the Seventh that
the independent factions lacked cohesion.
he independents propose to show that
they ar" very much in earnest. and have
but single purpose-the overthrow of
rammany Hall.
The principal speaker at the meeting
will b" John II. Townsend. who made
the famous expose of Tamnany corrup-
ion at the Cooper Union meeting on Dec.
Il last. He will fire another broadside.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
BOH KILLS 4 LION.
The Young Hunter Is only Ten
NrRrs OLA. at That.

A correspondent of the London Globe
vouches for the truth of good story
Of ton-ycar-old courage. An old Dutch
man had sold his possessions in tn"
cap" colony, ana. accompanied 10y his
grandson, had gone to the country of
IN" MhshonaS prospecting. lie had en-
camprd not far from Fort Salisbury
when his hrrdsman brought word that
"A lion had Killed and partly eaten on
or tn" oxen. The old man -p"ohvd
tn" idea. No lion would venture So
near the camp. hr felt sure.
Let's go and Sec said the boy. lie
had heard Wonderful things about the
killing of lions. The grandfather picked
up his rife, handed his cartriige-bolt
To- tn" boy ana III" two set out.
Tru" enough, tn" carcass of the on
had been partly eaten. the Dutchmnn
and tn" boy h"at through several patches
Of dried grass. but saw, no lion, Not
far .n was big ant -hill.
"iir might he behind that ant-hill i"
suggested tn" boy The man inspected
1t ON thr"" sides, but saw nothing,
"I."ok into that bunch of tambookir
grass, said ihr boy
Hardly had tn" man faced that way
when IA splendid lon"ss sprang out. She
landed upon his shoulder her weight
carried him to the ground and she fast
gnod her teeth in hi shoulder. He lay
Hat, with the riii" crosswisr under him.
The boy neither ran away nor hluh-
h"r"i. He went down on his stomach.
iIdNl''l near enough 10 i'dtn lnt lIlt,
drew 1t out. looked at tn" cartridge, took
tn" best aim he could, anl fired. The
bullet took effect in the loin Of tn"
liuncss. and with a snarI sh" hulf-ruSr,
somewhat uun"rving the lad. That
was only for a moment. however. II"
Cr"pt back few feet. removed the
empty shell inserted another, fired
again. and Killed her.
Some natives now came running up.
An ambulance was made, the wounded
man was removed to camp and a doctor
summoned.
The evening world., 1894-04-02

In their plans Of resistance. So there
have been rioting and bloodshed, and so
there Is condition approaching that OF
anarchy. New York Is also having an
experience with an unwise Excise law
IA statute which has not the indorse-
mcnt of a popular majority and which
cannot therefore, be enforced. There
has not come II clash of arms In this
State, for the authorities are more level
headed than Gov Tillman and the peo-
pie are calm. But the defiance of the
law Is quite as open as in South Caro-
lima. All laws will experience gain In
the popular respect when this on" law
is so amended that II can be put into
The evening world., 1894-04-02
poison ~ TOBACCO.
ihe Human system, However.
Nhnnis Itsnlf IN IL.

Chemists says Turkish Tobacco, CON.
tains rrussic aril ami cuban tuNlr.u
his another a,kaloit cmI~i rulnIiur.
uhc-twrntieth Of Il drop OF which wNI
XIII frog, giving tho creature AL tnr
- Smptolns "i paralysis says the s.
Louis Rcmhlic,
drops Of the liquor that accumulairs i'm
the bowl Of a pipe will Kill u rabbi, In uin,
minutes \ drop of pure nicotine im-
serted near the ConJunctiya Of any small
animal VIII Kill II almost Instantly, rtght
drops will kill horse, giving him fright,
full commissions.
II one drop Of the stuff would give a
man convusions one day it would take
two the next. four on the third dav. Sc
which shows how readily the system
adapts itself to poison.