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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-24
Every Stock Contains Exceptional Values.
Always wondering II IL, knowing unless you

Always wondering II It's never knowing unless
Commanding values bring quick and magnificent
responses This week promises 10 be another record
breaker. Confidence has much to do with the pros
peritv Of the OCCASION; confidence that results from
knowledge OF the source OF the bargains Study the
stocks and the prcesponts Of interest are frequent as
April showers and the case will be plain.
Such Merchandise offerings have before
been made You can only know how true it all is by
going through the store !esurey. DO So
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-24
coLLI0ED WITH A SMACK.
Frat: steamer Prin,n lowed small
Boat to Fort.

The Norwegian fruit steamer Prima.
from Progreso. Mexico. arrived here
friday. to~tng the Gloucester mackere!
schooner Monarch. With which sshs was
In co!l,sion north OF Atlantic CITY at go
last night during a dense fog.
The fisherman was struck on the star.
board side abaf, the fore chains. which,
with the rigstng Attached, were smnsheH.
Her main boom was carried away. The
Prima had some Of hsr port rail
suaDhAds
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
MISS HALLOWEEN.

escorted to the city calaboose to serve
out a weeks sentence. 1t was a rare
thing, however, to find them within
the enclosure the following morning,
as their numerous friends were ever
ready to unlOOse the shackles and set
open the doors. that the imprisoned
might once again breathe the air of
freedom. Prison walls had no great
terrCTs for the wrong doer. as he we'll
knew that little effort on his own
part from the inside, and considerable
more from his friends on the outside,
would soon again gain for him that
bliss for which he sighed.
History repeats itself year after
year whenever these old-time Gus
toms are observed; but in this, opera
tons have become considerably modi-
fed since the gentler influences of
the East have intermingled theirs with
the crude and lawleSs ones Of the
wild and woody West" and these
tendencies have become milder in
character, 50 much so, that the OBJ
servers of Halloween privileges are
now satisfied with "Jack-o'lantern
parades and the accompaniment of
proper music (?), and inside they en-
gage in the mirth-provoking games
that were inaugurated in the days of
'Auld lang syne."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
Was Easily Satisfied.
To be continued.

"WhaZzer masser wi this car?
Don't it go to Euclid Beach," asked a
much befuddled individual of con-
ductor on a Broadway street car re-
Gently.
This is a Broadway car" said the
conductor, who was a pompous sort
of man.
About five minutes interviewed and
then the conductor passed transfer
checks around.
Say, does this car go to Forest
City Park?" asked the man of the
conductor.
''This is a Broadway car" reiterat-
ed the conductor, YEARLY.
When the car reached the down
town section the befuddled Individual
arose and beckoned to the conductor.
SHAY, l want t6 go home Don't
this car pass Pearl street," he asked
This car is still a Broadway car
said the conductor, in a tone that
would have made a Boston maiden
envious.
well, 1 JUS wanted to ride, any
way" said the man as he settled him
self back in his seat and rode around
the loop with the conductor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
HALLOWEEN FOllIES.

game that is not entirely new and
yet especially appropriate for Hallow-
cen is known as "clairvoyance." 1t
is especially enjoyable for an evening
CT mystery, because it always proves
mystlfying TO the uninitiated. Take
some particular person who under
stands the game to play the role of
medium. and send her from the room.
an empty chair being reserved for her
next to the person who is in COLLISION
with her. When she leaves the room
some word is determined upon by the
rest of the party. for instance horse"
and when the medium returns her
task is to tell what the word is with
out any questions. She is summoned.
Sis down next to her friend, and while.
all present are seated in a circle. with
joined hands, the one who was in the
room. and hence knows the word.
spells it to the medium by tapping
with finger upon the palm of her
hand, the number of taps being equal
to the number of the letter in the al
phabet. For insance eight taps for
II, then quite a pause; fifteen taps for
., etc. When the medium announces
the word successfully. those not
knowing the secret cannot under
stand it at all, and it is even more
when it is explained that
it is based upon some peculiar mental
action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
ChILDREN'S HALLOWEEN.

Children approve entirely and en-
Enthusiastically of Halloween and have
their own ways of celebrating the oc-
casion. There is, of course, more fun
than superstition about their pet prac-
tees. The abracadabra verses,
handed down from generation to gen
Grafton, are almost without number.
One of the oldest is the Shooting
Star" familiar to the children of the
South and Southwest:
If I shooting star can see,
And before it falls count "one, two,
three"
I'll find my love in the nearest tree,
For hunt him and he hunts me.
In the darkness of the night, as
every child who has grown up in the
country knows, it is a spooky thing to
feel your way around the barn. But
plenty of little girls will make the trip
this year, as in the years of the past, on
Halloween. With almost every step
they will repeat, with bated breath:
Three times around the barn we go,
In order our true loves to know;
Unless old maids we're going to be,
Some bright young chap we'll surely
see.
Perhaps the oldest and most nearly
universal plan is simply to gaze for IA
long time in a mirror.
On Halloween night you must look in
the glass,
If you look long enough your true love
will pass.
The truth of this verse has never
been questioned, but many a dainty
little maiden has kept her eyes fixed
CD the mirror till she has gone off into
dreamland and Prince Charming has
appeared as he never could appear in
real life.
In parts of the country where the
sunfower is still blooming late in Oc-
tcber the petals of sunfower are
pulled off one by one, while the watch
er says slowly:
SunfOwer, sunflower, tell to me,
Who my true love is to be.
Is he rich, poor, tall or fat?
Sunflower, sunfiower, tell me that,
Of course there is no prophecy in
this case. unless the pulling off of the
last petal falls On the word ''rich, .
or poor" or "talP' or fat" but the
lexperimenter is at liberty to destroy
as many sunfiowers as she pleases.
| Watching at window for the first
| boy who passes is common enough.
| too. Sometimes this does not require
any abracadabra, but it is often as
sisted by the following verse:
| He whom first through glass | spy,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
TRIED TO KILL JACKSON.
An Attempt On Old Hickory's Life
Described.

Described.
The New York Sun says: Mrs
Harriet Maxwell Converse, of this
city, has a letter describing the
attempt to assassinate President Jack
son, written by Congressman Howell,
of New York, to her aunt, Mrs.
Frances Cameron. Congressman
Howell was a witness of the attempt
to kill President Jackson His letter
is dated at Washington, January 80.
1885, on the evening of the day of the
event. The letter is in part as
follows:
ct have been under high degree
of excitement all the afternoon at a
most daring attempt to assassinate the
president of the capitol today. We
had been attending the funeral of i
deceased member, Congressman Davis,
of South Carolina, and the president.
as is usual On such occasions, was
present
GAS the president came out of the
rotunda a man advanced toward him
from the front, ard when he approach
ed within two yards he presented a
pistol and attempted to discharge it at
the presidents breast. It was what
is called a percussion lock, which is
primed with little copper cap con-
tanning percussion or decorating
powder, a material the most com
bustible and constituting a means IF
firing any weapon with the most fatal
certainty. This cap exploded without
discharging the pistol, which was in
stantly dropped by the miscreant and
another drawn from his bosom and
snapped at the president with a
celebrity that prevented all possible
interference by the bystanders and
resistance by him.
But the president observed the
attack and the lion was aroused at
once. He raised his cane (the only
weapon IN his reach) and aimed
blow at the assassin. At the same
time Captain Gedney seized the as
sassin and threw him down. Mr..
Woodbury., who had held the presi-
dents arm, Immediately assisted and
| he was disarmed and secured.
1.-The passions of the president were
up and for few minutes his froWn
| was appalling. He is certainly the
! most extraordinary man of the age.
| No blanching, no timid misgiving even
for a moment affected him. Every
trace of age had fied-he stood giant
| in his youth and lowered above all
| his attendants, as the falcon towers
above partrides in her swoop upon the
| quarry.
The monster was taken before the
| judge and examined, but no light IS
| thrown upon this mysterious transac-
I ton. 1t has only transpired that the
name of the cuiprit is Lawrence, by
! trade printer, raised in this city and
| hitherto of good character; but al in
| ducement to the preparation Of the
| dreadful crime is undiscOverable
Strange surmises are afIoat By some
| it is regarded as the effect Of insanity.
| which receives some countenancc
from the strange desperation of the
attempt that was so made as to render
| all hope of escape impossible, and also
by the circumstance of his stating to
the marshal while in his custody on
the way to examination in answer 10
an inquiry why he had made such
| nefarious attempt upon the life Of the
president that the president had killed
his father, when the fact is that his
father died in this city some years
ago, which he well knew
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
HALLOWEEN

The auld guidwife's weel-hoarded nitso
Are round an round divided.
An monte lads an lassies' fates
Are there that night decided;
Some kindle, couthie, side by side,
And burn thegither trinity;
Some start ava wi saucy pride,
An jump out owre the chimlie
Flu high that night
Burns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
HOLLOWE'EN DOINCS
IN THE EARLY DAYS

1t is a matter of establishment when
we note to what extremes the young.
and those of maturer years even, were
led by the spirit of conviviality which
developed during this Halloween fes-
tival season, in the early history of
our city. The rights of none were held
sacred; sufficient reason for this
line had been drawn over them, and
it permitted the leaders to take the
bits in their teeth and ride the town
into danger, and often almost to its
death.
There was, at this time, in our en-
bryo city, daredevil element that
defied the law, which was rather lax.
and consequently gave the authorities
no end of trouble and worry Those
who composed it were known as the
red-shirters,'' and were the sons Of
down-east lumbermen; they had cut
loose from home environments and
the restrictions of older civilization,
and had accepted in their stead the
freedom of a western pioneer life.
This freedom did not induce them
to stoop to downright viciousness, but
for unbridled, don't-care-for-expen
fun, more especially on days and
nights when fun and frolic were to
predominant, they had no equal.
1t would take more space and time
than is at my disposal, or yours, TO
enumerate one-half the SNAP shot
incidents that present themselves 70
my mind; but | will narrate some,
which are undoubtedly fac SMILES OF
before and since.
An eye witness to a considerable
| number of the exploits could not well
avoid being a participant to certain
extent, in order to have the mischief
prove successful and no give aways,'
| although he need not necessarily be
| designated as a promoter of the
schemes or responsible for results.
| During the whole of the afternoon
preceding Halloween eve all the tin
shops in town were busily engaged
manufacturing the horns of assorted
sizes, so selected that they might give
forth all the special notes that sa
vored of pandemonium; these horns
came up to expectation fully, when
tested later on.
| Secret meetings were held in lum
| Der Offices or some convenient livery
stable. to formulate plans for carry
ing out the program that was to he
adopted. so as to preclude all possibil
| ity of a missing number.
! In those days we were not metro
the well-developed muscles of about
200 sturdy, pork-and-bean fed lumber
men could elevate almost anything
without the aid of modern appliances
| This was evidenced by the fact tina
the next morning the plank Sidewalk
on business thoroughfare was found
to be at least five feet from the
ground. securely braced and nailed
as if it was so placed per order of tbs
city council, r. B. Graves, mayor, anC
attested by ". w. Wales, city clerk
This elevation" would often extend
for nearly a block at different location:
in front of business houses, and neces
STATED considerable work on the par
Of the proprietor and clerks to ge
matters in shape to receive thei
morning customers.
The Mississippi river. could it tel
tales, might give US many remi
tniscences of those Halloween nights
when she was compelled, willy-nilly
TO float to the gulf a load of hay o
wood that had been left on her bank
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

There is a farmer who is w

There is a farmer who is, w
Enough to take his ee,
And study nature with his ii
And think of what he &C.
He hears the chatter of the il
AS they each other tt,
And sees that when tree DIX
1t makes a home for BIB.
a yoke of oxen he will uu
With many haws and gg,
And their mistakes he will xqQ.
When blowing for his PIP.
He little buys, but much he sells.
And therefore little 90;
And when he hoes his soil by spel
He also soils his hose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
Measure For Measure.

Do not look for wrong and evil
You will find them if you do;
AS you measure for your neighbor,
He will measure back to you.
Look for goodness; look for gladness;
You will meet them all the while.
If you bring a smiling visage
To the glass you meet a smile.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
Is the one for whom | sigh.
Wanting him ! am forlorn.

Be he prince or peasant bonn,
Faith in these things is a lot easier
in the happy years while the mystery
OF love and the mystery of life are
sun II tiers of guesswork. Fun is
easIS gotten out of them. too. Even
fatality itself is joke TO little Miss
Pinafore. She will learn better hv
and iy.-New York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

Harvard has system Of honors for
especially proficient contestants in the
entrance examinations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

The Mississippi river, could it tell
tales, might give US many remf-
niscences of those Halloween nights.
when she was compelled, willy-nilly,
to float to the gulf a load of hay or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15
Re Careful of Superfuous Talk.

The late Professor Huxley, who was as
shrewd an observer of men as he was of
nature, once remarked, after falling into
indiscretion which annoyed him. that
when a man says what he has no need to
say he Is sure to blunder. The truth of
the observation will hardly be questioned
unless by the very few, if there are any
such, who never say more than there is
necessity for saying. Most of us acknowl-
edge, If we review our own experience in
the matter. that we have frequently erred
by saying what needed not to be said. But
why Is 1t that people so persistentIy COM
init this mistake? In the ordinary small
talk Of the household, or Of society. it mat
tiers little whether it is committed or not
But when serious matters are in question
whether in conversation, in set speech or
In correspondence, case is frequently
spoiled by irrelevance or redundance To
say what you mean to say is comparatively
easy; to leave off when you have said il is
difficult, and for many people impossible
In Huxley's case the fault, which he prob
ably did not often commit, was due neither
to want Of clear thinking nor to want of
facility in the use of words. One or the
other or both of these causes will explain
the inability to keep to the point" which
is usually apparent in the speech and writ
ing of uneducated persons But often, also.
the speaker or writer forgets that extrane-
Gus considerations, interesting enough to
himself, are of no interest to those whom
he wishes to convince.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15
Gold in the Philippines.


Gold naturally is of primary popular in
terest. During the year Of the Spanish
American war 1 met many members of
the Colorado volunteers, who came here in
tending to remain after their terms Of SER
vice expired, and search for gold. They
We're expert hunters and many did remain.
Hundreds of others have come from the
states and elsewhere on the same errand.
While the Instruction greatly limits their
field Of search. our local newspapers TEEN
with their wonderful discoveries. I meet
many personally, am shown small Walls of
virgin ore, specimens of quartz of great
richness. and hear the old, old stories so
familiar in the states.
From the frSarS, who have lived for years
in the interior: from old residents who
know it all; from Spanish government
records and other Sources-I am surfeited
with gold talk. Possibly / am over con-
seryative. but I have seen and heard of
nothing yet to make my pulse beat one
stroke faster. Gold can easily be obtained
from the natives One of the mines most
famous in past years is found to yield an
industrious native about 5 cents worth q
day. As he cannot eat or smoke it. it &C
cumulates on his hands, until by several
months labor he gets an amount which
will fill a tiny bottle half full This Is the
gold my prospecting friend buys and ex-
hibits as his find There are many such
celebrated mines shown in Spanish records
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15
At n Mexican Hotel.

From the International Magazine.
The dining room is scrupulously clean,
and the mozos are in attendance in their
spotless white blouses (Which resemble our
shirt waists, with the gathering string let
out at the bottom), the corners tied in a
hard knot in front below the waist. The
f1rst meal of the day is called desayuno
and consists usually OF different kinds Of
bread, some very fancy and sweet. with
coffee or chocolate, also fruit and eggs, il
you desire them. After a very slow canter
about the country on the back of a burro
through banana groves, to sugar planta-
lions. &c, you return promptly at IL
o'clock, ready for your dinner (comida)
This Is a full course meal, beginning with
soup and rice. All the dishes are novel
and are generally liked. Some of them are
rather hot, but after few meals you find
that your taste for chile con carne has be-
come cultivated, and you enjoy the
piquancy of the delicacies set before YOU
have learned to be very fond of the Mex
leans favorites, such as chiles stuffed with
cheese and roasted; a very delicious combi-
nation of peas, pineapple and banana boiled
together; meats dressed with chile; salad
of the alligator pear Clutter fruit; onions
tomato and chile, and the standby of all
Mexicans, tortillas (corn cakeS) and friioles
(beans). These last are always served after
the meat courses. Then we have the
dulces preserved fruits and coffee The
cena (supper) at Z is of the same number
of courses as the dinner and very much
like 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15

there being no other defendant liable to
forfeiture.
OF course, such defendants cannot defend
themselves After their seizure the own
ers, IL OF the opinion that the forfeiture
would be unjust can come forward and
defend them. In such a case the owner is
added to the title OF the suit. as Richard
Roe. claimant" for instance In the -four
teen diamond rings" case is added the
name "Pepke. claimant"
The procedure in such cases Is according
to prescribed routine. After the seizure
of the articles by a federal official they are
turned over to United States marshal
and are to all intents and purposes impris-
oned. Within a certain time the govern
ments attorney moves the court that they
be sold or destroyed. as the case may be-
The sentence is carried out either by an
auctioneer. as in the case of sale, or by
the marshal himself, as in the case OF de-
struction. Practically all confiscated ar
ticles, such as obscene pictures. immoral
literature and illegal paraphernalia, are
burned Those which are sold are put up
at public auction. there being no limit for
bidding. If the article be forfeited for
non-payment Of duty OF Slo9 and sold
thus for $4,000. the net proceeds go to the
United States treasury, whittier they are
sent through the registry OF the court. I'm
Gle Sam. of course. reaps a handsome rev.
enue through such cases.
Monkey n witness
There is record of a remarkable case in
Baton Rouge parish. Louisiana, in which
monkey appeared as a witness In a MUIR
der trial. and decided the case against the
defendants. One H. n. Alderman piled
the Mississippi in a houseboat, carrying
with him a performing menagerie. In the
course of his wanderings he picked up a
man and woman. who agreed to help him
II given a certain percentage of receipts
Some time afterward Alderman was miss
ed. The man and woman gave conflicting
information to his whereabouts They
We're arrested and brought to trial. A pet
monkey owned by Alderman was noticed
to manifest great aversion to the pris-
oners when they were arrested
The monkey was locked in cell at the
parish jail and held as witness The tes-
timony In the case was entirely circumstan-
tial All looked cheerful for the Defendants
until the monkey was brought into court i'm
the custody Of the sheriff. 1t was all that
otnclal could do to restrain his charge from
tearing the prisoners to pieces. There is no
record or the monkeys having been duly
sworn. But upon the strength of his ac-
ions the jury brought in prompt verdict
OF guilty. The man was sentenced to death
ana the woman to Imprisonment for life
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, Jr,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15
Bull Fighters Afraid of Cows.

From PearsOns Magazine
1t will probably not surprise our readers
to hear that most Spanish bullfghters OBJ
ject to fighting cows. The real reason may.
however, astonish them A sportsmanlike
objection to prosecuting female animal
has nothing whatever to do with it, The
fact is that the average toreador Is sin
cereiy afraid of a cow.
And he has good reason. The cows of the
half-wild breed used for the arena are
much quicker in their movements than are
the bulls. Their horns are more pointed
and more formidable; they do not lower
their heads to the ground, shut their eyes,
and charge like a locomotive upon the rails,
but are alert and ready to follow every
movement of their prosecutors. Their war
like tactics have been adapted not to blind
bovine frontal attacks. but to the strategy
of active and cunning beasts of prey. Of
which the human bullfighter is only a
feeble mimic. If these cheap idols of the
Spanish populace would face young and
active wild cows which had just been
robbed of their calves they might, perhaps
forestall the butcher. but they would. at
any rate, do something to earn their
laurelS.