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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
The Kegs and the Tomato-Can Man

To the Editor:
This is the result OF dry Sundays" The gen
tlemaniy bum in a chinchilla overcoat and blue
overalls who has had the tomato-can privilege at
the saloon on our corner these Ave years. and
who has enjoyed lovely siestas on my front stoop
and revelled in the beer DRAWINGS since my
eldest baby was on hand as usual last
Sunday He came with his familiar devii-may-
care swagger. a beatihc smile wreathng his rubi-
cund face, and his strong right arm thrust deep
down in the ample pocket OF the upper OF two
garments which. with broken brogans and
derby hat. vintage OF 1879. are full dress with
him. couldn't see It, but I knew that his
brawny hand. unused to toll, was fondiy fond
ling his tomato can. and his joyous heart was
dancing In ecstasies of anticipation. Like a
gentleman he had slept till noon. having gone
home to his dry goods box up a back alley at .
in the morning. full to the brim with beer got
from the kegs the night before. With gentle
haste he approached the areaway rack where the
saloon-keeper piles his "empties" his eagle
eye scanning the streets in either direction for
sign OF that enemy OF luxury. the "copper". I"
Deity he turned up the first key. but none of the
fragrant Juice ran into the can. The turn Of 4
second was not more productive. A third and the
amber drops did not come. The others were as
empty. Then he paused and looked about him In
a bewildered way. The saloon was silent as the
grave, with curtains drawn aside. He peered
in. II was empty as his can. Then with one
low wall OF bitter he sank down upon the
pavement. Those who found him said his dead
face wore q look OF terrible anguish. 1t was
DRY SUNDAY
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

Clubbero, ms we'll as blackmailers,
must be weeded from the police force.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

The Druggists' Convention at Delmoni-
co.'s will probably before adjourning open
several small bottles--of liver pills.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

HsNUEINHTsIk INNIo NVVT'
backed his train through six miles OF
fire at Hinckley, MINI, several weeks
ago. and thus saved 300 lives.
He is guest Of his brother-in-law,
Engineer William Higgins, OF the New
York Central Railroad. at 5l3 East One
Hundred and Forty-sixth street. q.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
stone deaf!"
the ghost !

Old Party (who has come upon a really
gorgeous hght(-oh, dear! oh. deari You
mustn't do this; Qmpressively) d'you
know what sort OF little boys go TO
heaven?
Juvenile Reprobate-Dead 'unsI
(Aioral lecture postponea.l
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
The New Prince Albert Coat.

Prince Albert coat. The success of the
tailors is expressed in the cut. On paper
1t is pleasing enough, but 1t is a design
that will not bear amateur handling.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

The Kendals have apparently made a
big hit In Chicago with Lady Clancar-
ty,' and one Chicago critic Is loud in
Kendall practises the art of self-suppres-
sion, It's pity that Chicago likes
Lady Clancarty" so much but still the
unexpected happens at times and New
diet
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

One of Marian Manola's friends, who
1t Is pathetic to listen to her. While he
was there she sang IA song called Cast
Thy Gold in the Furnace" of which she
used to be very fond many years ago.
She Is perpetually reviving some melody
connected with her earlier years. John
Mason says he believes that her reason
will ultimately be restored through her
voice
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

Augustus Pitou is set down as CO.
author. with George H Jessop in THE
irish Artist" at the Fourteenth Street
Theatre. The programme also an
nounces him as collaboration with Mr..
Jessop in "Mavourneen'-w Is
news, as 1t was generally supposed that
complete. Mr.. Pitou was also set forth
as one OF the authors OF Col Alfriend's
Across the Potomac" 1t now remains
10 ne seen what this enterprising gentle
man will do with Nine. Sans Gene"
VIII II be announced as by Augustus
Pitou and Victorien. Sardou?''
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

Minnie Palmer (alas! these foolish
tearsD Is never coming back to America
She says so herself She loves Eng.
land since an English Judge refused to
try the Palmer-Rogers divorce suit
Miss Palmer has told an interviewer
that she will never forgive her Johnny.
"Never' she declared. II abominate
him. He has slandered me outrageously,
and no good wife can forgive that AL
though / earned the money in Sweet
heart l had to beg OF him whenever I
wanted a couple Of pounds"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

Miss Annie Irish, who was to have
played the part of the stepdaughter in
Miss Nethersoles production OF THE
In that cast. She is unfortunately too
stately and imposing, and she would be
better than her step-mommer-a state
of things which would, of course, be
quite too awful. Miss Irish's last APP
pearance as a stepdaughter was with
the Kendals in The Second Mrs. Tan
queray."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11

The 70 ky islands of jersey and
Guernsey are perhaps the highest
tyres Of culture at the present dayS
Jersey farmers make $500 an re
yearly from early potatoes for the
London market; they have more than
one cow to each er OF meadow in
grass, and average $3.50 to each acre
OF the island Guernsey, with !, 900
souls to each square N lie, and more
rock than Jersey, has developed
greenhouse culture. The raising OF
hOthouse grapes was started 80 years
ago by few men, and now the island
exports yearly so tons of grales,
which bring s2lS, 900 at the low price
IS cents a pound in winter
Kitchen garden under glass ar,
now the rule. Three fourth OF an
acre covered W tn glass and heated
for three months in the spring yield,
8 ton OF tomatoes and 200 pounds oil
beans as first CroD in April and May,
to be followed by two crops more dur
ing the summer and autumn. One
gardener Is employed, with two ass s.
tants; small amount OF coke is con-
sumed with dollars worth of gas a
month for small watering engine.
Prince kraI Iotkine writes that he
saw Quater mile or green peas un-
der glass 10 April whi h has already
yielded 3, 200 pounds of excellent leas
and were full, as if untouched. and
be also saw potatoes dug from the
ground in April at the rate of five
bushels to 21 feet square of ground.
The immense wineries of Mr.. Bash
ford, in Jersey cover I3 acres; their
cost excellently built was 81. 81
a square yard. The whole work
is done by 35 men, and I,00O
loads Of coke and coal heat the whole
Tor a season.
A well-known writer on agriculture
states that the money returned from
these 13 acres OF glass greatly exC eeds
those Of an English farm of l, 800
Ncres
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
Water Proof Masonry.

What was at first cons .dered 9
doubtful experiment, Damely, the
use OF coal tar as 4 means Of render.
ing masonry impervious TO water, es.
pecially in positions exposed to di.
rect contact with the latter, has
proved a practically valuable resort
Used as a coating for masonry built
up OF very porous stone, tar renders
it quite impervlous, even alta depth
OF some fifty feet of water, and, ac-
cOrding to the opinion Of those whose
experience has been extensive with
IL the article should be utilized il
all public bu ldlngs particularly those
designed for the preservation OF works
OF art, the dsSolving action Of water,
even upon mortar OF superior quality,
being wei known, and also the un-
favorable effect of the eXudation Of
water charged with lime salts from
the water. Two methods Of using
the tar are named, namely, in a boil.
ing state in one or several layers,
this being suitable tor surfaces eE-
posed to the air; or it may be made
to flame up before using. this being
appropriate to surfaces which have &c
be covered up 1t is stated that when
boiling coal tar is employed In three
coats on masonry the result is black
and very brilliant varnish, which
perfectly resists the action of frost,
water, and sun, being likewise abSo,
luteIy impervious; and the tendenc5
Of the black coating to absorb heat
may be overcome by white-dusting
ihe whole before the tar is cutie dsy
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
The ShyIock Quotation.

A good story is told on extension
Commissioner Black. Everyone who
knows Black is aware that lie is one
Of the most dignifled legal practition.
ers IN the West, and that he is also
somewhat enamored of the classics.
Not long ago he was attorney IL. a
usury case at Springfield, Ill, and in
his address to the Jurv he quoted very
freely from the Merchant of
Venice" and wound up by saying
that although the plaintiff could de-
mand his pound of fe h the terms Of
bis bond did not enable him &c 60 be-
yond this.
The attorney for the alleged usurer
seemed very much amused at the line
of argument Mr.. Black was taking,
and when that gentleman's peroration
was concluded he rose and remarked
with somewhat of pitying tone that
Brother Black had recently held a
brief in a dressed-beef case ana that
he had got the two cases mixed up,
concluding by assuring the Jury that
there was no flesh in the case at all.
but only money A legal friend of
mine, who solemply asserts be was
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
,SPRING CLEANING.

Yes, clean yer house an clean yer sheI
An clean yer barn in ev'ry part;
But brush the cobwebs from yer hea1
An sweep the snow banks from yer hear.
Jes' wen spring >leanin' comes aroun
Bring forth the dustsr an the broom
But rake yer foggy notions down
An sweep yer dusty soul OF gloom.
Sweep o. idees out with the dust
An dress yer soul in newer style.
Scrape from yer min its wornout crust
An dump it in the rubbish pile.
Sweep out the hates that burn an smar.
Bring in new loves serene an puro
Aroun' the herth-stone of the heart
Place m0dern sly es Of furniture.
Clean out yer morrn chu6by-holeS
Sweep out the dirt. scraps off the scum;
Tis clea1in' time for healthy so1,s-
Git up an dust! The spring hez CO ne
Clean out the corners Of the brain.
Bear down with scrubbln' brush an soar
An dump OF Fear into the rain,
An dust cosy chair for Hope.
Clean out the brains deep rubbish hole
Soak eT'ry Granny great an small,
An in the front room of thu soul
Hang pootier picturs on the wall.
Scrub up the winders OF tbs mind,
Clean up, an let the spring begin;
Swing open wide the dusty blind
An let the April sunshine in.
Plant flowers in the souls front yard.
Set out new shade an blossom trees,
An let the soil once froze an hard
Sprout crocuses OF new idees.
Yes, clean yer house an clean yer shed,
An clean yer barn in ev'ry part;
But brush the cobwebs from yer head
An sweep the snow banks from yer hear
$. Walter Foss, in Yankee Blade.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
Friendship Between Horse and Dog.

A plumber at NarragaOsett, r. l., had
a horse twenty-seven years old, winch
was used for carrying around his masters
material when that was necessary, but
spent most of its time in a small pasture
A fox terrier, also belonging TO the
plumber, was an iuseparable companion
Of the old horse. When the old horse
was harnessed to the cart the dog was on
guard to see that nothing was stolen
from the cart. In the pasture the dog
was always smiling around the horse and
was never so delighted as when the horse
would begin to roll in the grass, which
it often did, apparently to please ths
dog, which would jump about In every
direction and bark for pure Joy. At
night when the horse was put in the
barn the dog always entered with its
friend and slept on the animals body.
One day the neighbors heard the most
dismal howls coming from the pasture,
and found that the old horse had died.
There was the terrier on the dead body,
howiing out its sorrow and misery. The
dog remained with the body until it was
removed for aI.-NeT York TrlbIae.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
He Wanted to Be Robbed in styi,


A lanky individual in a long and
faded brown overcoat dropped into a
restaurant on Eearborn street re,
Gently, took his seat at one OF the
tables. placed his hat on the floor be-
side his chair and beckoned to one of
the walters
Have you got any stewed pun
kin" Re asked.
Il think not replied the waiter.
"Got any fried onions?"
"No."
"What have you got that mah
can eat. anyhow"
"Iiere's our bill of fare"
~ can't read it without my specs,
and didn't bring 'em. S'posen' you
was hungry yourself, whatd you
want?"
well, here's porterhouSe steak,
roast turkey with cranberry sauce,
veal outlets, Dreaded, saddle of ven
sion, minced clans on toast, pork
and beans"
Pork an beans? That'Il do
Bring me some pork an beans and a
cup of sassafras tea, purity strong"
1--WE haven't any SaSSafraS tea"
'Hain't got no sassafras tea? What
kind of eatin' house are you run
min? Don't you know everybody Ort
to drink sassafras when the sprin's
comm on? Kind o thin's the blood,
like. How much do you charge tor
Uork an beans?"
'Twenty-1ve cents"
The stranger stopped and picked
up his hat put it on his head, rose
deliberately and said to the waiter
n tone Cf whitening rebuke:
"YOung man, when I want to git
robbed on pork an beans I'll go to a
trst-clasS tavern and have it done in
st le. Any charge fur the time Ive
been settin' down here? No? Wall.
C1Ol day"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
Poi, the National Dish of Hawaii.

Poi, the great food of the natives OF
Hawaii, is made from the taro plant, a
vegetable similar In size and shape to a
rutabaga turnip, which is grown in beds
kept constantly submerged in water,
number of the beds being termed taro
"patch." Owing to the genial character
of the climate the plant can be cult
vated throughout the year. 1t is consid-
cred to be one of the most nutritious
foods known, and is specially adapted
for dyspeptics and persons troubled witk
stomach disorders.
The process of making poi from the
plant is to first boil it and remove the
skin, after which it is placed on large
wooden trays and thoroughly pounded
with pestIes Of stone, small quantities of
water being added from time to time
during the process of maceration. An
hour or more of continual pounding is
required, when substance like dough
results, known as paiai. In preparing
it for the table, the paiai is placed in 4
wooden bowl, or calabash, and Is al
lowed to stand for couple OF days, un-
til fermentation sets in, when it becomes
poi, and tastes, to the unaccussomei
palate, like sour -four paste; but the
taro when boiled simply as a vegetable
is very palatable.
The natives eat poi sitting around
large calabash and dipping into it with
their fingers. The dish is known a.
either one, two or three finger poi, ac-
cording to its consistency. One finger
poi is the thickest form in which it IS
served, and sufficient of 1t adhere9 to
one finger when dipped into 1t to admit
of its being conveyed to the mouth. 4
thinner form of poi requires the use Of
two fingers for the purpose-hence two
finger poi; and yet another, still further
diluted, cannot be secured from the dish
without the use OF three fingers, hence
its name. Dyspepsia is almost unknown
among the Kanakas, owing principally,
it is said, to the general use of this sal
utary food.-Demorest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
A FIRE FIGHTER.
Che Big locomotive Fire Engine and W.T.,
It Can DO When at Work

Che Big locomotive Fire Engine and wr,
It Can DO When at Work.
The largest aid most powerful
locomotive st am fire engi in the
world 5 owned by the City OF Hart
ford, Conn, says Harpsr's Weekly.
The name W tn which she has bee J
chrlstened, Jumbo, IS one TO VIII ch
net dimeaso will entitIe lie.
Over 10 feet high aud II feet 10 Z,
she weighs g tons AID throw
i, $50 gallons Of water per minute.
Her boiler contains 39l copper tubes
This engine, at her first trial,
threw through fifty feet OF hose.
three and One-half inches IN diam.
eter, horizontal stream of water Il
distance Of 44S feet, and threw tv
streams, each as large as that thrown
by an ordinary fire engine, a distance
of over 800 feet The size of t! is
leyiathan is better appreciated when
we think that a common horse
draught engine only weighs about
6, 900 pounds and has a caIacity OF
only 500 or 600 gallons per minute.
The roaddriving power OF this en-
gne is applied through two endless
chains running over sprocket wheels
on each Of the main rear wheels, per.
mittIng these wheels to be driven al
varying speeds when turning corners.
The engine may be run either for.
ward or backward and can be stopped
inside of fifty feet wheh running al
'ull speed.
When In the house the boiler i.
connected with steam pipes from
heater IN the basement and steam Is
always kept up to about ninety-fve
20 nis, which would run her about q
quarter of 4 mile. The trebox Is
kept full Of material ready for Light
ing and 4 steel arm under the engine
carries 4 quantity of waste saturated
with kerosene oil, in close proximity
to card of matches In a holder IN
der sCrather the latter being at.
taChed to a cord tied to a ring in the
floor. At an alarm of fire the steam.
pipes are disconnected, the throttle
opened and before the engine has
moved six inches the cord pulls the
and the hod carrying tAe
blazing waste swings around under
the tire-box, igniting the shaw.
ings and wood. Camel coal is burned
and steam enough can be generated
in two minutes to run the engine at
q speed Of thirty-one miles an hour
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
Hitting the Funny Bone.

This most unpleasant sensation is
caused by the violent excitation OF the
ulnar nerve due to blow on the elbow.
This nerve passes down on the inner side
of the arm, and then, rather inconsid-
erately, bends round and enters the fore
arm at the back of the elbow joint.
Any one who has felt his neIghbor's
elbow sticking into his ribs knows that
the elbow is remarkably deficient in
flesh. The nerve is, therefore, at this
point very near the surface, and has lit
tie to shield it from a blow.
If We are SO unfortunate as to give our
elbow smart tap, we obtain prscti-
cal confirmation Of the fact that the ul-
mar nerve is the principal sensory nerve
of the forearm and hand. New York
World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
WORDS OF WISDOM
Love is the unknowab,e.
II you can be silent keep silent.

1yONC - bl2O I'll
II you can be silent keep silent.
Don't give heada hes instead OF heart
aches.
Charity and money cover multitude
OF sins.
Work taken in proper doses is a good
medicine.
Dividends are the legs Investments
walk upon.
There is always something provoking
in amiability.
To be shining light we must have a
heart burning.
In order to carve out fortune, oaa
must be sharp.
II we leave the wolves alone we cease
to be shepherds.
Welcome is the honey the visiting bee
finds in the flowers.
Happiness is a result OF what we are,
not of what we have.
Love is like religion; it must De ac-
copied largely on faith.
To be young is surely the best, if the
most precarious, gift Of life.
The highway OF virtue is so little fre'
ouented that collisions are rare.
L9ziuess grows on people. 1t begins
in cobwebs aud ends in iroa chains.
IT'S grand thing when man In
the faculty for precipitstiDg decision.
The truths which have broken the
nreacher's heart will break the hearts o.
his hearers.
Avoged work, even when unconge-
nial, is far lecs trying to patience than
feigned pleasure.
The bore is usually considered a hard
less creature, or OF that class OF irrational
bipeds who hurt only themselves.
Man only was created under the Ia"
OF reason man only maintains constant
opposition to the law and reason OF erea
ton,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
SELECT SIFTINGS.
The authograph of General Israel Put
nam sells for S35.

The autograph of General Israel Put
nam sells for S35.
Men with gray and blue eyes are
usually better mRrksmen than those with
dark eyes.
In olden times deformed people were
frequently thrown in prison to be kept
out of sight.
A Louisville CKy.) barber cuts hair
with razor more artistically than his
rivals with shears.
Nearly every county in England has
its favorite oak, the largest of which i;
the Cowthorpe of Yorkshire.
Mervin Page, colored man of How.
ard County, Missouri, wears q shoe four
teen inches long aud five inches across
the sole.
4 fourteen year. old boy who has been
attending school at Alliance, OHIO, for
the last seven years cannot even learn
his letters.
Rousseau tells OF fricnI who was 6
warm advocate of suicide, and at the
are of eighty drowned himself in the
Lake of Geneva.
a stranger on the cars near Los
Angeles, Cal, ordered cigars for his fel.
low-passengers and, just as the weed:
had been lighted, blew out his brains.
A wonderfully good imitation o
maple sugar may be made by favorins
ordinary brown sugar with au extract Of
hickory bark. 1t is said to be almost
indistinguishable from the genuine.
In recent case in Chicago an expert
testified that the value of a corpse in
good condition was SI2j. He said that
if a man had no use for corpse, ht
might not give more than S. or $40.
The Minnesota Historical Society say:
that the source Of the Mississippi Rive.
is in partially enclosed basin containing
many ponds, lying directly south of Lake
Itasca, and distant from its head three
miles.
Buffalo, N. Y, is the only city in the
United States that has given the country
two Presidents-Fillmole and Cleveland.
Both these Presidents appointed theu
former law partners to the office of Post
master-General.
The Simplon Tunnel, which is to run
from Bieg in Switzerland to Isella in
Italy, will take from eight to nine years
for its completion It will be the longest
tunnel in the world, and will measure
about twelve aud half miles from en-
trance to outlet.
According to tradition the test of
tho ancient japanese sword was even
more rigid than that of Saladin's blade.
1t was enough for the latter to cut in
twain at q single blow q down pillow
thrown in the air, but the japanese
blade, suspended horizontally beneath
tree, must sever any leaf that, falling,
should accidentally light upon the edge
of the blade.
The willingness of performing dogs IS
one Of the most interesting charactcris-
tics of those intelligent animals. So
delighted are they to play their parts
that they eau hardly wait for the cue to
go on. Even the coldblooded grey
hound, usually undemonstrative and shy,
wags his tail in the pleasant anticipation
of an early call to the front. The po JdieS
simply cannot keep still moment.
They whine and bark for recognition,
and never tire of their own tricks.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11
PRAYER hv Machinery.

Praying by machinery is used
among the inhabitants of Central
Asia a large hollow cylinder like q
drum is erected, and within it are in.
closed the prayers that any one
may wish to offer written out neatly
The cylinder is then made to reyolye
by wind or water power, and every
time that it goes around the devotee
imagines it to be equivalent to a
verbal repetition Of all the prayers il
contains. -