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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-10-16
SECRETARY ROOT
HAS RECOVERED
GREATLY BENEFITED ny HIS
ADIRONDACK TRIP.
Not to nesiRn aud VIII Return
to WdshinHton Next
Week.

WASHINGTON. u. g, Oct, ia let
ter received at the War Department
from Secretary Root says that hc ex-
poets TO resume his Official duties in
Washington abou, tho middle OF mex;
week
For tho nast three weeks Secretary
Root has been rccupcrating at cx-Scc-
Rotary Wh!tncy's place In the >Adiroi-
dacks. and his convale.ccnce has been
81 rapid and complete that he has beer
ous hunting or nshins every day for the
last week.
Mrs. Root and their invalid son. who
was III. with typhoid fever. were with
the Secretary up to Friday last. when
tH.y returned 10 New York city. A
telegram wax received from her this
morning saying that she would come
to the city WITH the sick boy and other
children. Her purpose In coming Ia
Washington u to prepare the family
tcs!dcncc for the winter.
Mr. Root Not TO Resisn.
Mrs. Elihu Root. wife II the Secrctar,
OF War. to-day denied the rcpor, tina,
her husband Is about - resign as 4
member OF the Cabinet.
My husband Is at present In the Ali.
rondacks." she ssid. MIR. Root expect,
1, return to Washington In n few ,,ayp
shall go there tomorrow. Report,
that he Is 10 resign his post ate utt.r!;
untrue. He has no intention OF dolnv
20. There Is NOT the slishtes, founda
ton for thL,' report. Ny husband wa,
tropbled with return OF the a!,men,
which necess!tatei an operation a yea,
ago. but he has almost recovered"
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good. substantial homes are to BE
pAnd by bright seekers through, San.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-10-16

Where and when to advertise.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
BRAIN WORKERS EAT APPLES.
per on Half 6 Dosen with
Plenty of Cider.

The declaration is made by an in
vestigator that he has discovered a
food that is peculiarly adapted to the
aeeds of the literary man.. This man
,sserts that apples, and raw apples at
hat, are the best diet on which to
'eed genius. lie tells OF the penchant
II his father, man of letters, who
ived to The age Of nearly 90, for ap-
olc pudding which he ate almost
!aily, and raw apples, which he ate
morning, noon and night. He adds:
ut is surprising how many per-
sons fancy that raw apples are indi-
gestible, and only endurable in the
early morning. Doubtless the old
adage that fruit is gold in the morn
ing and lead at night is to some ex-
tentnnswerable for this, to my think
ing, erroneous impression. ! find that
after working late at night, say till
twelve or one o'clock in the morning,
one gets hungry, and that then five
or six apples or more, according to
their size. with draught OF good
cider, constitutes n most agreeabi bic
and wholesome supper, and one that
conduces to n sound and refreshing
nights rest. But apples, to be really
bene fetal, should be eaten as children
eat them, rind and all, and in snfi-
cient quantities to be satisfying. The
man who. first pairing off the skin and
with it the best part Of the flesh. dnl-
lies with the residue OF an apple after
dinner is no true apple lover.'
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
HAS PECULIAR POWER.
Wills Il, None Can Lift HIa
from the Floor.

A Young man at Cleveland who
weighs only i2o pounds and whom no
strong man can lift unless be ehoos,s
to be lifted is furnishing entertain
ment just now. The hsri-io-lift man
is named Mack. The strongest men
have tried it and have Invariably fai.ed
to raise Mack from the floor against
his will. although they can 90 ii easily
when he consents TO be lifted. This
peculiar power, which few possess. is
very much OF mystery. Some say
II is trick which can be learned from
an instructor and acquired h, practice.
But this Is not consistent with the
fac, that only five or six persons are
known 10 have practiced it. The per-
formance is so interesting that more
would undoubtedly give exhibitions
il they were able TO learn how.
Persons who make themselves unlift-
able invariably profess ignorance of
how they do it, and physicians and SCI
entisis have been unable 10 account
for their power. Possibly earned men
will be able 10 explain II some time.
but as yet il seems 10 come under soue
law of nature that has thus far eluded
the searchlight of investigation.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
AS A LAST RESORT.
Another Addition to the Yarns Told
About the Wicked Con-
ductOF.

There has been considerable said
about the per cent. of fare the con-
ductor thinks belongs TO him over and
above his salary, and some very witty
things have been said abon, it. Even
the Broadway back platform philos-
ophcr has his digs at thera," said a
Cleveland professional man the 9TH
er day TO a Plain Dealer reporter.
II once heard OF fellow. much nn-
der the influence OF liquor, who got
on the train to go home after enjoy
ing himself al picnic. He slipped into
a seat and fell asleep. After the train
pulled out the conductor cane into
the car and called 'Ticketsl' The
picnicksr was too weary to respond.
and so the conductor pokod him up n
little. The fellow reused up, furnsled
in one pocket, then another, till final
ly he pulled out a very ragged bill anu
handed it to the conductor. After eN-
amining it carefully the latter said:
Say. my friend, see here. can't use
this
THE passenger pushed himself up
on his elbow and remarked: What's
(hic) that you shay
~ can't use this. the conductor
replied.
"'Well. give it (hic) to the comp'ny
zen.' remarked the weary but gener-
ous-hearted man, dropping back into
the seat. confident he would be put OF
at his destination"
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
RELICS OF ANCIENT MINERS.
Interesting Discovery In . Long
Abandoned Scottish Nine
Near Edinburgh.

ArchAeologists are much interested
IN . discovery just made in the Fife
coal pit near Edinburgh. During op-
erations by the WeInyss Coal com
pany ut an old disused pi; at the
Blair burn, in order to prevent food
ing. the overmen discovered large
number of miners tools such as were
used some 300 years ago. The shoyels
are all made OF wood, some OF them
being as good as the day they were
made; the picks and mells are iron,
the pinches are wood with iron
points. One of the operators stated
that there are huge blocks of coal
lying abou; all cut out with the pick,
so large as to puzzle the present day
collier how the old miners acsom-
plished the task Of cutting them out;
the pick handles are of great thick
ness, approaching almost to the
thickness of props used for support
ing the roof at the present time.
There is tradition that the old mine
was flooded, causing the death of
many of the miners, and the condi-
iions OF the r:ine and the fact of SO
many tools lying abou, the seams
point to the truth Of the story.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
PIANO OF MUSICAL STONES.
Extraordinary Instrument On Dis
play st the Drest Expt-
sftlOn


Honore Baudre, an aged amateur
scientist. has placed on show at the
international exposition at Brest
what he calls geological piano, the
most curious instrument perhaps in
the whole world, reports London
exchange. NJ. Baudre says it took
him 80 years to construct it and even
now he claims there is slight defect
which he hopes to remedy Before his
death. That there are musical stones
is not a new thing. but an instrument
composed of stones collected during
more than three decades of patient
research in France and Canada is a
phenomenal achievement.
~ Baudre found most of his music
al stones In Auvergne and every one
of them represents either petrifed
fish or some prehistoric instrument.
He relates that his greatest difficulty
consisted in finding the low c OF his
octave. For more than ten years he
searched for Il. when last fall he
came across it in Canada. He says
none can appreciate the joy he felt
at its discovery. Those who have
heard VI. Baudre play on his geolog-
ical piano say the music is much pur-
er and sweeter than that of any 9TH
er instrument and it needs no piano
tuner to put it in order.
NJ. Baudre has received fattering
offers TO bring his piano to America,
but he claims to be too old to under
take the journey, and as for selling
it. he would not part with it for all
the money in the world.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
MOSQUITO SAVED HIS LIFE.
Industrious Biting of the Trouble
some Iasect Aroused . Sleeper
10 Deadly Peril.

Mosquitoes have been known to kill
people, but here is story OF one
that saved mans life. A Castle Val
ley man tells the tale in the follow
ing manner, says the Philadelphia
Record.
ION Thursday night of last week
went to bed very late, undressing and
putting out the gas in kind of
dream, for | had been drinking heay-
lily. A mesquite awakened me with
its maddening buzz snd l lay in q
stupor for little while, asking my
self what the overpowering odor was
that filled the room and what was
the cause of my feeling Of dizziness
and faintness. Then / tried to get
to sleep again, but the mosquito
wouldn't let me. 1t buzzed ard bit
and at last it reused me thoroughly.
"'What smell Of gas said to
myself. and 1 got up and staggered to
the chandelier, to find one burner
turned on full. would have died
Of asphyxiation If had not been
aroused, and 1t was mosquito that
awakened me. may truly say, there
fore, that a mosquito saved my life" !"
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
Tar xA1Hn,s HOTTER.
Assuit Sf Her EEorts to "RefornaS
0srnany According to the
English Model.

Empress Frederick did not have q
happy life III Germany. She went over
to Germany from E.g.and with no.
ton that the Germans were, n tribe
uncivii;zed, That they needed to be i'm
proved, and that it was her duty TO
apply to them curative dose of Eng
1sh civilization. In Il way this was Mr..
Gladstone's view of Germany. He
knew both France and Italy well, and
for him the French and Italians were
the two European nations in which Il
high civilization prevailed. says the
Hartford Courant.
As matter of course the German
| women, and particularly the Berlin
women, did not agree that they need
| ed to be reformed according to the
English model. Empress Frederick.
however, was certain that she coulf
not be mistaken, and she took her self
imposed duty in all seriousness. II is
! what the sphere OF activity of the Ber-
| lin women: got them to doing things
they had not done before; made thea
understand the functions OF pres
ident. secretary and treasurer. But
the process was not pleasant for her.
Bismarck believed. too, that she mixed
in serious politics too much for Ger
many's good. Then her husband died
and she was left without foothold.
by n not uncommon twist OF the
conscientious feminine mind she de-
cided from the first to regard herself
as a missionary soiourner in Ger
many; and this is the position she al
ways held among the German people,
down to her last days OF illness and
| pAin
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
MEXICAN GHOST STORY.
Dead for Five Years Confesses
to . Priest.

A curious story comes from small
town in the state of Puebla. reports a
Mexico correspondent Of the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal. A mission
ary priest named Patre Pimentel. stay
ing there, stated in sermon he
preached that he was visited by n
youth named Daniel Diaz. who begged
him to go to his house and confess his
sister, who had been dead five years.
land who had appeared to him, be-
seeching him to call on the mission
aries to assis. her on, Of purgatory."
The padre says that. despite the
|. fears which were aroused by this
strange request, he determined to go.
and took for his companions Mariana
Mellado and two sacristanes. On
reaching the house, which was
gloomy place, he WAS conducted to
cheerless room, where he seated him
self and Immediately became aware
of floating vaporous figure. while at
the same TING he heard ''creaking OF
bones" The wretched young woman
made her confession. and. on being
absolved. disappeared suddenly.
The padre states that the awful ex-
perience brought on severe illness.
but that since his recovery he has de-
terminei to make the fact known, that
others may not be exposed to the
same long durance in purgatory for
wnnt of absolution.
The news Of this occurrence has
spread like wildfire. and the mission
aries have been the recipients of hand
some contributions since il took place.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
THREE WIDOWS or KANSAS.
0Aly one Confesses She Wants .
Model Husband, the Others
Equivocate.


A short time AGO Mrs. Lydia Peach,
of Alton, Kan. published the follow
ing notice in the Empire. the local
newspaper:
"Mr. Editor-Please print this let
ter to quiet the storm raised BY some
half-idiot who has been telling that /
was going to be married, and by sew
eral smart Alecks who have made it
their business to ask my boys about
it. 1 will say that the talk is all
bosh. want it understood that when
l want husband | won't ask the
community to select one for me.
consider myself fully capable of de-
ciding that question to suit myself"
Mrs. A. Connolly, an Efingiiam
widow, annoyed by the village talk,
that she was bent on a second mar
riage venture, caused this notice to
be published in the New Leaf, her
county paper: when | get ready to
be married / will tell the noseys all
about it, but in the meantime they
had better keep out of it, as it is
none of their business"
Mrs. Emily Frier, widow living at
Russell, Kan, wanted husband, and,
according to her advertisement, this
kind Of husband: "The man | want
cannot drink intoxicating liquor, nor
chew tobacco. don't want bumped
over old man ready to tumble into
the grave. am quite small widow,
and l want quite 4 small man. /
want him to love me, and call ME
honey, and / want him to make a
living. don't want to have to take
in washing"
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
GIRL MANAGES BRICK YARD.
she Masters Every Detail % the
Dusiaess aad Makes MoDey
At IL,

Perhaps Owensboro. Ky, has the only
young lady in the country who is ems
gagged in the business OF manufacture
ing brick and who can lay brick as
rapidly as any man and do any kind
of work in connection with the man
ufacture and use Of brick that n man
can do and perform it as rapidly. She
is Miss Ida Hafner, and operates an
extensive brick manufacturing plant
in the lower end OF the city. She has
been known to dig and cart the clay
for 3.0co bricks in day and TO wheel
and set 10000 bricks in day. She is
assisted by her mother and younger
sister, and many Of the residences
and business houses of the city were
built with brick made by them.
About four years ago the husbapd
and father, who had built up the
largest brick industry in the city.
died and left a widow and two daugh-
.ers, Miss Ida took up the business
where her father left it and has con-
Quoted it with marked success. She
and her mother and the younger SIS
ter have built their own home, which
is a handsome structure, and they are
rapidly ACCOMPLISHING money and
DrODePtY
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
70 PROVE HIS BRAVERY.
Dig Mas with Weak Heart Takes
Home Drawn Tooth to Show
How Nevy He 10.

A dentist congratulated young
woman on the pluck with which she
had undergone an operation in dental
surgery, says the Pluta Record, and
added:
but women always have more forti-
tude than men when il comes to the
treatment of the teeth. There's Mrs.
Blank. for instance, thin, pale, nerv-
Gus creature. l pulled four Of her
back teeth the other day, and she
didn't make the smallest whimper, but
her husband came to me little later
and he, six-foot Hercules Of man.
howled like Comanche while pulled
a molar for him. and after the job was
over he tainted dead away. When he
came to he said:
".Give me the tooth. doctor.
why said l.
ITO take home to my wife. to prove
to her that had it pulled. She said |
wasn't brave enough
II had thrown the tooth in box
with lot of others, and. of course, |
couldn't identify il, but picked out
one that might have been it, and the
man pu; it in his vest pocket and went
home"
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
MUSIC HAS STRANGE CHARMS
Diplomacy of Clever Collector Brings
Forth the Needful from De-
linQuents.

1T requires tact and diplomacy to
collect little outstanding accounts
these days, especially when dealing
with city employee said a Manayunk
business man the other day, according
to the Philadelphia Record ITS no
use making bluff or pleading poverty
when dealing with policemen. Their
hearts are like adamant. You must go
gently-kind of size them up. as it
were. Strike them about pay day be-
fore their wives get at the wallet; for,
OF course, if their better halves get it
first you are left, and the poor copper
has hardly enough left to buy his to-
bacco until the next month.
You see, / have an advantage be-
cause am sort of musician. When
the officer gets his money he will re-
turn to the sitting-rocm of the sta
tion, take an account of stock and con-
fer with the other fellows about how
to make the pile reach out until the
next pay day.
Il enter the room with CHEEKY
Good morning, gentlemen inquire
into their various healths. talk quietly
of the weather. and then sit down at
the organ and sing that beautiful song,
Then You'll Remember Me- By-.ud-
by they pony up and hurry off to the
next station and play the same Old
tune"
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
The shark rs n Swimmer.

For long-distance swimming the
shark may be said to hold the record,
IS he can outstrip the swiftest ships
apparently without effort, swimming
and playing around them ard ever on
the lookout for prey. Any human be-
ing falling overheard in shark-fre-
luented waters has very little chance
Of escape, so rapid is the action of the
shark, the monster of the deep. The
dolphin, another fast-swimming fish
a near relative of the whale--is credit
ed with speed Of considerably over 90
miles an hour. For short distances
the salmon can outstrip every other
fish, accomplishing its 25 miles an hour
with ease. The Spanish mackerel is
one of the fastest Of food fishes and
cuts the water like yacht. Preda-
tory fish are generally the fastest
swimmers
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
HEAVY GAMBLING N NONE.
DiggsoG Faro Games In the WeFl4
Are Bsiag Played There 1t
the Present Tine.

Dawson in its palmiest days never
saw any higher bets made on one
turn of the card than have been wit
messed in two plays in Nome lately,
says the San Francisco Call. The first
play came up at the Dexter, when
Bull Con" Jack and Gus Seifert at
tempted to put Wyatt Earp and
Charlie Hoxie out OF business in q
few turns. Bull Con" made several
stih bets, and with his usual luck
won, and the dealer did not cut him
down until he attempted TO bet $1,000.
1t was lucky for the dealer, as Jack
won his $500 bet, and for some time
that was the usual stack on = single
card.
There was another stiff play in the
Northern, when four gamblers pooled
together in order to win out enough
to stake themselves to 9 bank roll.
They started in with $50 bets, which
il the u ual limit in the Northern.
and then commenced to double, win
ming every bet until they had s1.o5o
in checks out. Then they stacked
them all up on the ace and asked the
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
eTo1Y or ToVo1 t0cK.
Seathsra Brothers whs Have twice
1issed Great Fortunes In
Boring for OH.

There are two men in Texas who
are gritting their teeth, and swearing
between grits, nowadays, says Gin
cinnati Enquirer correspondent.
The two men are brothers., and
they missed fortune. They owned
the land on which the famous Lucas
gusher was struck at Beaumont, Tex,
and gave it up only short time be-
fore the fortunate owner struck his
bonanza. They settled on the land
about year ago and drilled for oil.
At a depth of about 80 feet they
struck a flow of ten or fifteen bar
rcls day. and then sat down to rest
and enjoy their income. Ten barrels
day wasn't much, and they finally
got tired ard went to Silver Lake to
see If they couldn't do better. They
gladly disposed OF their Beaumont
land for small sum, and were high
ly pleased with the change of terri
tory when they struck little larger
flow at Silver Lake. When they were
busy congratulating themselves on
their good luck the Lucas well was
sunk on the former property to dis
tance of I. 400 feet, and the biggestgush-
erever known was struck. II those two
brothers had gone down 600 or zoe
feet more they would have been
worth millions to-day, instead of plug
ging along with little old 20-barrel
WELL
That isn't their first experience,
either. A few years ago they bought
some land in West Virginia and
cleared of the timber. making quite
a tidy sum. They sold the land for
few thousand dollars and went to
Texas to hunt for oil. Iron was dis
covered on the West Virginia land
shortly after they disposed of it. and
81 ,oo0. 900 wouldn't buy it now. These
two men certainly have cause to be-
wall their luck
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
a Great Relief.

Mrs. Catterson-I thought I would
come and tell you that your Harold
has been fighting with my Bobbie,
and settle the matter If could.
Mrs. Hatterson-Well. for my part.
/ have no time to enter into any dis
cussion about children's quarrels. I
hope l am above such things.
I'm delighted. to hear that. I'll
send Harold over. on Q stretcher in
an hour or so."-Harper's Baxar.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
H.rt. freu Ftsh Fins.

In handling fishes 1t requires GER
tain amount of care to avoid being cut
by the fms, which in some species are
to some extent poisonous. The Key
West fisherman has an unbounded hor-
ror of being bitten by almost any kind
OF fish, as he fears blood poisoning
will set in, although according to
those who have studied the question
there seems to be very little founda-
tion for this fear.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17

desier to iNn for The Euhe.,, but be.
fore doing so the dealer asked Pro-
pr:etor Jailles Murphy If he would
"stand for It."
"Lct the boys put on as much as
they want. and il the ceiling is too
low we'll tear it OF" said Murphy.
With that the dealer wet his finger
and slipped oil card. 1t was great
big bullet, and four disgusted sports
walked out Of the house.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17

The Twentieth Century Psodigsl.
The wicked, witty prodigsl returned.
snd IN his old manner accosted his
father:
"Well, gov'nor, I've come back. Are
You going to kill the fstted caH?"
But the old gentleman was 1 match
for him and said:
mo, my son: I think I'll let Iou
Nv. Hit3, !. Il y &,
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
The Pope's Weak Psint.

The Paris correspondent of London
Truth writes: II said that Leo Kill,
as presented by N. Benjamin Con-
slant, was a vain man. The painter
would like the judgment TO be slight
ly softened. But he confesses that his
holiness is not exempt from coquetry.
When he was sitting, he from time to
time asked to see how the portrait was
progressing. 1t is said he whispered
into the painters ear, DO not try to
make me look too DID,"
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
A, lmpo..ibIe Proposition

Harold-You shouldn't wait for
something to turn up, old chap; you
should pitch right in and turn it up
yourself.
Rupert-But it's my rich uncle's
toes, old chap, that I'm waiting for.
|-JuGQc.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
A ravorite suot.

Miss Dusnap (disgustediy)-This is
the sixth jug l have hooked into and
pulled up.
Mr.. Bertwhistle Confidently
Good. That shows this mr/, be a
pretty good place to hsh.-Brooklyn
Ea-le.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
Nal Afte, NJ Hou.e.

Irate Parent Tell that young Soft
leigh that he must cease his visits
here. l forbid him the house..
Diughter-But, papa, he doesn't
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
A Beauty Hint.

Hortense writes: "What can / do
to make the freckles now on my face
less conspicuous?
"Why, SHortense, that's easy. Get
some more freckles.-Yonkers States
man.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
A popnhov

They tell US faithful! old Tray,
Who posed so long as true.
II but q m,,h. Cds can't be Tray
And ~ be faithful. too.
-PhAASsi>hia Press.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
0.lx Matter of Tlme.

Customer lin Boston restaurant)-
Waiter, have you any fried eels?
Waiter-We have ellis, sir, and they
are susceptible of being fried.-Les-
lies Weekly.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
woE-N AND SECRETS.

He-vou know they say woman
cant keep q secret.
She-That's libel. A woman can
keep secret as easily as man can
all but two kinds; secrets that
aren't worth keeping and others that
are too good to keep.-Fun.
Daily camera., 1901-09-17
GolI.Uricked,

"Your hair Is rarest gold" he cried,
You are the rls'd I've picked;
But after she beca1nc his bride
He found he'd been goid-brtcked.
r-Baltimore American.